- secretly; inwardly
- to exclaim in admiration; a gasp of surprise
- to supervise; to control
- efficient; highly effective
- suitable; to one's liking; to get along together
- (derog.) country bumpkin; hick
- to bet; to make a bet; a wager
- to lower (one's voice)
- to mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise; to initiate (legal proceedings)
- temporary law; provisional constitution
- vocabulary; list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes); word
- black devil (derogatory term for black or African person)
- kitchen; CL:間|间[jian1]
- junk; items of no value; various bits and bobs
- living room; sitting room; CL:間|间[jian1]
- guest room; room (in a hotel)
- study (room); studio; CL:間|间[jian1]
- to tremble; to shake out; to reveal; to make it in the world
- to nitpick; petty criticism; to nag
- vigilance; alertness
- let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more
- 喂 wèi: 喂 wei4: hey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)喂 wéi: 喂 wei2: hello (when answering the phone)喂 wèi: 喂 wei4: to feed
- dirty; filthy; vile; despicable; (literary) narrow-minded; petty
- (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
- skill
- near; approaching; to depend on; (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb; Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4]
- all year round; for years on end; average year
- mixed in as part of a community; hiding one's identity; occupying a position while not deserving it
- not necessarily; not likely
- (literary) angry; irate
- to be careful; to pay attention to
- lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom); to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
- to send; to give as a present
- illegal immigration; to stowaway (on a ship); to steal across the international border; to run a blockade
- even now; until now; right up to the present