Vocabulary
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| 向 向 | towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ... | |
| 当 噹 | to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at | |
| 像 像 | to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) | |
| 才 才 | ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only | |
| 更 更 | to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) | |
| 可能 可能 | might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps | |
| 但是 但是 | but; however | |
| 又 又 | (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway | |
| 因为 因為 | because; owing to; on account of | |
| 已经 已經 | already | |
| 这样 這樣 | this kind of; so; this way; like this; such | |
| 为 為 | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) | |
| 可以 可以 | can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good | |
| 得 得 | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc | |
| 自己 自己 | oneself; one's own | |
| 但 但 | but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just | |
| 让 讓 | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) | |
| 啊 啊 | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! | |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 雍正 雍正 | Yongzheng, reign name of Qing emperor (1722-1735) | Proper Noun |
| 朱元璋 朱元璋 | Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu | Proper Noun |
| 打下 打下 | to lay (a foundation); to conquer (a city etc); to shoot down (a bird etc) | Proper Noun |
| 三月 三月 | March; third month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 美国 美國 | United States; USA; US | Proper Noun |
| 美国人 美國人 | American; American person; American people | Proper Noun |
| 中国人 中國人 | Chinese person | Proper Noun |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 贵妃 貴妃 | senior concubine; imperial consort | |
| 后妃 后妃 | imperial wives and concubines | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 乾 乹 | dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male) | |
| 并不 並不 | not at all; by no means | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 太后 太后 | Empress Dowager | |
| 椅 椅 | chair, seat | |
| 妃子 妃子 | imperial concubine | |
| 一家 一家 | the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group | |
| 天子 天子 | the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 十七 十七 | seventeen; 17 | |
| 荷包 荷包 | embroidered pouch for carrying loose change etc; purse; pocket (in clothing) | |
| 十二 十二 | twelve; 12 | |
| 贵人 貴人 | nobility; person of high rank | |
| 在后 在後 | behind |