Vocabulary
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| 只是 只是 | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however | |
| 为了 為了 | for; for the purpose of; in order to | |
| 种 種 | seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 被 被 | quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 见不得人 見不得人 | shameful | Xiehouyu |
| 没完没了 沒完沒了 | without end; incessantly; on and on | Xiehouyu |
| 星星 星星 | (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky | Colloquialism |
| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 挺 挺 | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns | Colloquialism |
| 西湖 西湖 | Xihu or West lake (place name); West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang; Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county, northwest Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 挺好 挺好 | very good | |
| 百姓 百姓 | common people | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 难不成 難不成 | Is it possible that... ? | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 名下 名下 | under sb's name | |
| 体恤 體恤 | to empathize with; to show solicitude for; (loanword) T-shirt | |
| 讲道 講道 | to preach; a sermon | |
| 过得 過得 | How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad | |
| 每次 每次 | every time | |
| 实 實 | real, true; honest, sincere | |
| 收下 收下 | to accept; to receive | |
| 卖出 賣出 | to sell; to reach (a price in an auction) | |
| 不怕 不怕 | fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 分房 分房 | to sleep in separate rooms; distribution of social housing | |
| 二房 二房 | second branch of an extended family; concubine | |
| 成日 成日 | all day long; the whole day; the whole time | |
| 行装 行裝 | clothes and other items packed for traveling; baggage; luggage | |
| 后院 後院 | rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.) | |
| 波 波 | waves, breakers; undulations | |
| 才分 才分 | ability; talent; gift | |
| 身 身 | body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 | |
| 时下 時下 | at present; right now | |
| 收成 收成 | harvest | |
| 当家 當家 | to manage the household; to be the one in charge of the family; to call the shots; to be in charge | |
| 执政 執政 | to hold power; in office | |
| 不一样 不一樣 | different; distinctive; unlike | |
| 咱家 咱家 | I; me; my; (often used in early vernacular literature) | |
| 义 義 | right conduct, righteousness | |
| 肉片 肉片 | meat slice | |
| 前脚 前腳 | one moment..., (the next...); leading foot (in walking) | |
| 后脚 後腳 | (one moment...,) the next...; trailing foot (in walking) | |
| 借钱 借錢 | to borrow money; to lend money | |
| 早知道 早知道 | If I had known earlier... | |
| 省得 省得 | to avoid; so as to save (money or time) |