The Little Nyonya

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Season 1 — The Little Nyonya

小娘惹 xiǎo niángrě

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Vocabulary

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娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
洋人 洋人 yáng rén foreigner; Westerner ∼HSK 6
阿爹 阿爹 ā diē dad; father; (paternal) grandfather; old man ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
佣人 傭人 yōng rén servant ∼HSK 6
认命 認命 rèn mìng to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate; to be resigned to sth ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
哑巴 啞巴 yǎ ba a mute; mute; silent ∼HSK 6
清白 清白 qīng bái pure; innocent ∼HSK 6
祠堂 祠堂 cí táng ancestral hall; memorial hall ∼HSK 6
结核病 結核病 jié hé bìng tuberculosis ∼HSK 6
蜈蚣 蜈蚣 wú gōng centipede ∼HSK 6
嫁人 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband ∼HSK 6
娘家 孃家 niáng jiā wife's family (before marriage) ∼HSK 6
小姨 小姨 xiǎo yí mother's youngest sister; wife's younger sister; sister-in-law ∼HSK 6
出嫁 出嫁 chū jià to get married (of woman) ∼HSK 6
糟踏 糟踏 zāo tà variant of ∼HSK 6
槟榔 檳榔 bīng lang betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut ∼HSK 6
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to ∼HSK 6
贩子 販子 fàn zi trafficker; dealer; monger; peddler ∼HSK 6
姨婆 姨婆 yí pó (strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt; sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father; (Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt ∼HSK 6
跳井 跳井 tiào jǐng to jump into a well (to drown oneself, esp. of ladies in fiction) ∼HSK 6
未婚妻 未婚妻 wèi hūn qī fiancée ∼HSK 6
招惹 招惹 zhāo rě to court (trouble); to attract (attention); to provoke (sb) ∼HSK 6
缝制 縫製 féng zhì to sew; to make (clothes, bedding) ∼HSK 6
挨骂 挨罵 ái mà to receive a scolding ∼HSK 6
曾祖母 曾祖母 zēng zǔ mǔ father's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother ∼HSK 6
祖居 祖居 zǔ jū former residence; one's original home ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
情郎 情郎 qíng láng boyfriend; paramour (of a woman) ∼HSK 6
侄儿 侄兒 zhír nephew ∼HSK 6
餐具 餐具 cān jù tableware; dinner service ∼HSK 6
惹麻烦 惹麻煩 rě má fan to create difficulties; to be troublesome; to invite trouble ∼HSK 6
阿公 阿公 ā gōng (old) grandfather; polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law; (Taiwanese) grandfather ∼HSK 6
汤汁 湯汁 tāng zhī soup; broth ∼HSK 6
米粉 米粉 mǐ fěn rice flour; rice-flour noodles; (Internet slang) Xiaomi fan ∼HSK 6
椰浆 椰漿 yē jiāng coconut milk ∼HSK 6
不吉利 不吉利 bù jí lì ominous ∼HSK 6
没命 沒命 méi mìng to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately ∼HSK 6
打理 打理 dǎ lǐ to take care of; to sort out; to manage; to put in order ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
诬赖 誣賴 wū lài to accuse falsely ∼HSK 6
诡计 詭計 guǐ jì trick; ruse; crafty scheme ∼HSK 6
真凶 真兇 zhēn xiōng culprit ∼HSK 6
享福 享福 xiǎng fú to live comfortably; happy and prosperous life ∼HSK 6
勾搭 勾搭 gōu da to gang up; to fool around with; to make up to ∼HSK 6
饶命 饒命 ráo mìng to spare sb's life ∼HSK 6
新娘子 新娘子 xīn niáng zi bride ∼HSK 6
显灵 顯靈 xiǎn líng (of a supernatural or divine being) to appear; to make itself manifest ∼HSK 6
不甘心 不甘心 bù gān xīn not reconciled to; not resigned to ∼HSK 6