Vocabulary
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| 着 著 | (chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add | |
| 天门 天門 | Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei | Proper Noun |
| 回回 回回 | (old) the Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); a Hui person | Proper Noun |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 花儿 花兒 | style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 做小 做小 | to be sb's concubine | |
| 三两 三兩 | two or three | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 没了 沒了 | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist | |
| 上好 上好 | first-rate; top-notch | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 机 機 | desk; machine; moment | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 班子 班子 | organized group; theatrical troupe | |
| 做人 做人 | to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity | |
| 说说 說說 | to say sth | |
| 再怎么 再怎麼 | no matter how... | |
| 一说 一說 | an expression of opinion; according to some | |
| 看不过 看不過 | cannot stand by idly and watch; unable to put up with it any longer; cannot stand by idly and watch; unable to put up with it any longer | |
| 镯子 鐲子 | bracelet | |
| 大白天 大白天 | broad daylight | |
| 奶奶的 奶奶的 | damn it!; blast it! | |
| 花钱 花錢 | to spend money | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 说书 說書 | folk art consisting of storytelling to music | |
| 每个 每個 | each; every | |
| 月俸 月俸 | monthly salary | |
| 话说 話說 | It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven | |
| 家小 家小 | wife and children; wife | |
| 日里 日裡 | daytime; during the day | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 男儿 男兒 | a (real) man; boy; son | |
| 坏了 壞了 | shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather |