- shoemaker; cobbler
- debt; liability; amount due; indebtedness
- to go to the countryside
- midsummer; second month of summer
- to hide; to evade; to dodge; to take shelter; to avoid (difficulties)
- diversity (of forms and colors)
- to bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argue; plan; stratagem
- many different types
- 便宜 biàn yí: 便宜 bian4 yi2: convenient便宜 pián yi: 便宜 pian2 yi5: cheap; inexpensive; a petty advantage; to let sb off lightly
- housewife; woman of senior authority in a household; the lady of the house; hostess
- bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1]); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc); frame; chassis; classifier for blankets, quilts etc
- zookeeper; stockman; breeder (of livestock, dogs or poultry etc)
- pregnant
- (bound form) breast; (bound form) milk; (bound form) newborn; suckling
- cow's milk; CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]
- hen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
- cock; rooster
- to deep fry
- floor
- to go out; to go away (on a trip etc)
- irascible; irritable
- to urge on (of horse); to drive; to steer; to handle; to manage; to master; to dominate
- nowhere
- to damage; to injure
- courtyard
- to butt; resist
- wardrobe; armoire; CL:個|个[ge4]
- iron cooking pot
- laundry room
- boiler
- to iron (clothes)
- 板 bǎn: 板 ban3: board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious板 pàn: 板 pan4: to catch sight of in a doorway (old)板 bǎn: 板 ban3: used in 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]
- extremely; exceedingly
- to take care of; to raise money; to attend to (guests, customers etc)
- to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate
- to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist; (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve