Vocabulary: 冬日笔记
- 娜 nà: 娜 na4: (phonetic na); used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜[An1 na4] or Diana 黛安娜[Dai4 an1 na4]娜 núo: 娜 nuo2: elegant; graceful
- 萨 Sà: 萨 Sa4: surname Sa萨 sà: 萨 sa4: used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2 sa4]; used in transliteration
- 丽 Lí: 丽 Li2: Korea丽 lì: 丽 li4: beautiful
- to think; to consider
- 姆 m: 姆 m1: used in 姆媽|姆妈[m1 ma1]姆 mǔ: 姆 mu3: (old) female tutor; used in 保姆[bao3 mu3]
- (bound form) hero; heroic; outstanding person; prominent; distinguished
- (bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry); (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
- 龙 Lóng: 龙 Long2: surname Long龙 lóng: 龙 long2: Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaur
- Buddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
- (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
- romance (loanword); love affair
- erotic (of art etc); facial expression (archaic)
- ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
- to exceed; to overstep; to go too far; to encroach
- edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
- sexual behavior
- not enough; insufficient; inadequate
- more (than sth else); even more
- to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning
- the sixties; the 1960s
- middle class
- unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors)
- to give oneself wholly to; to put oneself at sb's service; (of a woman) to give one's body to; to marry
- boundary
- 划 huá: 划 hua2: to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth)划 huà: 划 hua4: to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character划 huá: 划 hua2: to cut; to slash; to scratch (cut into the surface of sth); to strike (a match)
- to caress; to fondle; to look after (tenderly); affectionate care
- outer appearance; form; shape; formality; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (wool) sweater; CL:件[jian4]
- shirt; blouse; CL:件[jian4]
- to be worried; to be distressed; worries
- forbidden area; restricted area; (fig.) sth considered off-limits
- to push open (a gate etc); to push away; to reject; to decline
- to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
- to resist; to repel; to refuse
- in vain; to no avail
- toward; to face; to open onto; to turn towards; orientation; exposure; Qibla (Islam)
- territory; domain; estate; (old) fief
- halfway; midway
- to travel; journey; trip; CL:趟[tang4],次[ci4]