Vocabulary
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| 天后 天后 | Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu; Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) | Proper Noun |
| 日本人 日本人 | Japanese person or people | Proper Noun |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 少奶奶 少奶奶 | young lady of the house; wife of the young master | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 掳走 擄走 | to abduct | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 要有 要有 | to need; to require; must have | |
| 并不 並不 | not at all; by no means | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 你等 你等 | (archaic) you all | |
| 我等 我等 | we; us (archaic) | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 这几天 這幾天 | the past few days | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven | |
| 要人 要人 | important person | |
| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 吃喝 吃喝 | to eat and drink; food and drink | |
| 十二 十二 | twelve; 12 | |
| 奸商 奸商 | profiteer; crooked merchant | |
| 好几年 好幾年 | several years | |
| 跟人 跟人 | to marry (of woman) | |
| 一男半女 一男半女 | (idiom) a son or daughter; a child | |
| 好几 好幾 | several; quite a few | |
| 天明 天明 | dawn; daybreak | |
| 话说 話說 | It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount | |
| 跑出 跑出 | to run out | |
| 差一点 差一點 | almost; nearly | |
| 想起来 想起來 | to remember; to recall | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 怎么说呢 怎麼說呢 | Why is that?; How come? | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 住手 住手 | to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand | |
| 工 工 | labor, work; worker, laborer | |
| 了了 了了 | to realize clearly; to settle a matter; to get it over with | |
| 门外 門外 | outside the door | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! |