The Little Nyonya

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小娘惹 xiǎo niángrě

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嫖 嫖 piáo patronize prostitutes, frequent ∼HSK 5
悄悄话 悄悄話 qiāo qiao huà whisperings; private words; confidences; sweet nothings ∼HSK 5
公公 公公 gōng gong husband's father; father-in-law; grandpa; grandad; (old) form of address for a eunuch ∼HSK 5
孝心 孝心 xiào xīn filial piety (a Confucian obligation); respect and obedience to one's parents ∼HSK 5
牵连 牽連 qiān lián to implicate; implicated; to link together ∼HSK 5
弟兄们 弟兄們 dì xiōng men brothers; comrades; men; brethren ∼HSK 5
出价 出價 chū jià to bid ∼HSK 5
飞涨 飛漲 fēi zhǎng soaring inflation; rocketing prices ∼HSK 5
花朵 花朵 huā duǒ flower ∼HSK 5
额头 額頭 é tóu forehead ∼HSK 5
叨 叨 dāo talkative; quarrelous ∼HSK 5
认亲 認親 rèn qīn to acknowledge sb as one's relative; to acknowledge kinship; (old) to visit new in-laws after a marriage ∼HSK 5
惊吓 驚嚇 jīng xià to frighten; to horrify; to terrify ∼HSK 5
莲 蓮 lián lotus, water lily; paradise ∼HSK 5
不方便 不方便 bù fāng biàn inconvenience; inconvenient ∼HSK 5
昆 崐 kūn elder brother; descendants ∼HSK 5
骂人 罵人 mà rén to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone ∼HSK 5
献丑 獻醜 xiàn chǒu (used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display ∼HSK 5
不管怎样 不管怎樣 bù guǎn zěn yàng in any case; no matter what ∼HSK 5
娣 娣 dì younger sister, sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
交待 交待 jiāo dài variant of ∼HSK 5
彩礼 彩禮 cǎi lǐ betrothal gift; bride price ∼HSK 5
打鼓 打鼓 dǎ gǔ to beat a drum; to play a drum; (fig.) to feel nervous ∼HSK 5
滚水 滾水 gǔn shuǐ boiling water ∼HSK 5
煤油 煤油 méi yóu kerosene ∼HSK 5
家婆 家婆 jiā pó (dialect) mother-in-law; (house)wife ∼HSK 5
叁 叄 sān variant of ∼HSK 5
泼出去的水 潑出去的水 pō chū qù de shuǐ spilt water; (fig.) sth that can not be retrieved; spilt milk ∼HSK 5
栳 栳 lǎo a basket ∼HSK 5
阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 Ēmítuófó Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) ∼HSK 5
奉 奉 fèng respectfully offer ∼HSK 5
待会 待會 dāi hui wait a minute; stop a while ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
效劳 效勞 xiào láo to serve (in some capacity); to work for ∼HSK 5
唬 唬 hǔ to intimidate; to scare ∼HSK 5
馊 餿 sōu spoiled, rotten, stale, rancid ∼HSK 5
不公 不公 bù gōng unjust; unfair ∼HSK 5
认人 認人 rèn rén to recognize people (of babies); to be able to tell people apart ∼HSK 5
怎能 怎能 zěn néng how can ∼HSK 5
刁 刁 diāo tricky, crafty ∼HSK 5
失陪 失陪 shī péi Excuse me, I must be leaving now. ∼HSK 5
娼 娼 chāng prostitute, harlot ∼HSK 5
妾 妾 qiè concubine; I (humble, female) ∼HSK 5
两样 兩樣 liǎng yàng not the same; different ∼HSK 5
眉头 眉頭 méi tóu brows ∼HSK 5
敝 敝 bì break, destroy; broken, tattered ∼HSK 5
宜 宜 yí suitable ∼HSK 5
橱 櫥 chú cabinet, wardrobe, cupboard ∼HSK 5
呆子 呆子 dāi zi fool; sucker ∼HSK 5
翁 翁 Wēng old man; father, father-in-law ∼HSK 5