Vocabulary
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| 小的 小的 | (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) | Colloquialism |
| 吃的 吃的 | (coll.) food | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 对不对 對不對 | right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 一块 一塊 | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same | Colloquialism |
| 有本事 有本事 | to have what it takes; (coll.) (often followed by) (used to challenge sb) if you're so clever,..., if she's so tough,... etc; Example: Hit me if you dare! | Colloquialism |
| 不行了 不行了 | (coll.) on the point of death; dying | Colloquialism |
| 哪儿的话 哪兒的話 | (coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment); don't mention it | Colloquialism |
| 今儿 今兒 | (coll.) today | Colloquialism |
| 小妹妹 小妹妹 | little sister; little girl; (coll.) vulva | Colloquialism |
| 走人 走人 | (coll.) to leave; to beat it | Colloquialism |
| 少块肉 少塊肉 | (coll.) (usually used in the negative) (can't) hurt (to do sth); (won't) hurt (to do sth) | Colloquialism |
| 吃瘪 吃癟 | (coll.) to suffer a humiliation | Colloquialism |
| 这会儿 這會兒 | (coll.) now; this moment; also pr. [zhè huǐ r] | Colloquialism |
| 一块儿 一塊兒 | erhua variant of 一块; a piece; a chunk; (coll.) one yuan; one dollar | Colloquialism |
| 爷爷 爺爺 | (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather | Colloquialism |
| 菜 菜 | dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor | Colloquialism |
| 肉 肉 | meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | 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 |
| 着 著 | to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in | Colloquialism |
| 南苑 南苑 | Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing | Proper Noun |
| 打下 打下 | to lay (a foundation); to conquer (a city etc); to shoot down (a bird etc) | Proper Noun |
| 中正 中正 | adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek | Proper Noun |
| 水里 水裡 | Shuili Township in Nantou County, central Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 花都 花都 | Huadu District of Guangzhou City, Guangdong; alternative name for Paris | Proper Noun |
| 魏国 魏國 | Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms | Proper Noun |
| 三月 三月 | March; third month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 老子 老子 | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi | Proper Noun |
| 汉人 漢人 | Han Chinese person or people | Proper Noun |
| 百里 百里 | two-character surname Baili | Proper Noun |
| 人行 人行 | People's Bank of China | Proper Noun |
| 白水 白水 | Baishui county in Weinan, Shaanxi | Proper Noun |
| 山下 山下 | Yamashita (Japanese surname) | Proper Noun |
| 回回 回回 | (old) the Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); a Hui person | Proper Noun |
| 前门 前門 | Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2 | Proper Noun |
| 天水 天水 | Tianshui, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province | Proper Noun |
| 中都 中都 | Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing | Proper Noun |
| 国大 國大 | abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005); abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS); abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (I | Proper Noun |
| 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 |
| 秦汉 秦漢 | the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties | Proper Noun |
| 魏都 魏都 | Weidu district of Xuchang city, Henan | Proper Noun |
| 说起来 說起來 | Say | |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 说真的 說真的 | to tell the truth; honestly; in fact | |
| 有一些 有一些 | somewhat; rather; some | |
| 从早到晚 從早到晚 | from morning till night; from dawn to dusk; all day long |