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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隆 隆 Lóng prosperous, plentiful, abundant ∼HSK 5
豆 荳 dòu beans, peas; bean-shaped ∼HSK 5
君 君 jūn lord, sir ∼HSK 5
老太婆 老太婆 lǎo tài pó old woman (at times contemptuous) ∼HSK 5
大姑 大姑 dà gū father's oldest sister; husband's older sister; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
婆家 婆家 pó jiā husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into) ∼HSK 5
大寿 大壽 dà shòu (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday) ∼HSK 5
姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family); uncle (husband of father's sister) ∼HSK 5
婶 嬸 shěn wife of father's younger brother ∼HSK 5
衰 衰 cuī decline, falter, decrease; weaken ∼HSK 5
哩 哩 lǐ mile ∼HSK 5
喳 喳 chā whispering ∼HSK 5
树胶 樹膠 shù jiāo tree resin; gum ∼HSK 5
洞房 洞房 dòng fáng secret inner room; bridal room ∼HSK 5
胡说八道 胡說八道 hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish ∼HSK 5
狮 獅 shī lion ∼HSK 5
女佣 女傭 nǚ yōng (female) maid ∼HSK 5
祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
妗 妗 jìn wife of mother's brother ∼HSK 5
尸 屍 shī corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; KangXi radical 44 ∼HSK 5
丢下 丟下 diū xià to abandon ∼HSK 5
嗅 嗅 xiù smell, scent, sniff; olfactive ∼HSK 5
粿 粿 guǒ rice cake ∼HSK 5
木薯 木薯 mù shǔ cassava, a tropical tuber plant ∼HSK 5
食材 食材 shí cái (food) ingredient ∼HSK 5
仗 仗 zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5
喝醉 喝醉 hē zuì to get drunk ∼HSK 5
舅 舅 jiù maternal uncle ∼HSK 5
祝寿 祝壽 zhù shòu to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person) ∼HSK 5
摧 摧 cuī destroy, break, injure ∼HSK 5
盅 盅 zhōng small cup or bowl ∼HSK 5
燕 燕 Yān swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy ∼HSK 5
娇 嬌 jiāo seductive and loveable; tender ∼HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
凭什么 憑什麼 píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
傻子 傻子 shǎ zi idiot; fool ∼HSK 5
眉 眉 méi eyebrows; upper margin of book ∼HSK 5
绿豆 綠豆 lǜ dòu mung bean ∼HSK 5
战火 戰火 zhàn huǒ the flames of war ∼HSK 5
胶 膠 jiāo glue, gum, resin, rubber; sound; shin bone ∼HSK 5
看清 看清 kàn qīng to see clearly ∼HSK 5
霉 黴 méi mold, mildew ∼HSK 5
香喷喷 香噴噴 xiāng pēn pēn delicious; savory ∼HSK 5
糟了 糟了 zāo le gosh!; oh no!; darn! ∼HSK 5
吭 吭 háng throat ∼HSK 5
逃婚 逃婚 táo hūn to flee to avoid an arranged marriage ∼HSK 5
椰 椰 yē palm tree, coconut palm ∼HSK 5
弟兄 弟兄 dì xiong brothers ∼HSK 5
神经病 神經病 shén jīng bìng mental disorder; neuropathy; (derog.) mental case ∼HSK 5