Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- 微 wēi: 微 wei1: tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro-; Taiwan pr. [wei2]微 Wēi: 微 Wei1: surname Wei; ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing; Taiwan pr. [Wei2]
- throat; voice; CL:把[ba3]
- to check tickets
- 喽 lóu: 喽 lou2: (bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits喽 lou: 喽 lou5: (final particle equivalent to 了[le5]); (particle calling attention to, or mildly warning of, a situation)
- everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you
- matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine
- to buy tickets; (Tw) to buy votes (in an election)
- to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
- ticket; ballot; banknote; CL:張|张[zhang1]; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
- 哦 ò: 哦 o4: oh (interjection indicating that one has just learned sth)哦 o: 哦 o5: sentence-final particle that conveys informality, warmth, friendliness or intimacy; may also indicate that one is stating a fact that the other person is not aware of哦 ó: 哦 o2: oh (interjection indicating doubt or surprise)哦 é: 哦 e2: to chant
- eyelid
- to realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself); responsible; predisposed to do the right thing; considerate of others
- automatic; voluntarily
- coin-operated; to insert coins
- 机 Jī: 机 Ji1: surname Ji机 jī: 机 ji1: (bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity; (bound form) crucial point; pivot; (bound form) quick-witted; flexible; (bound form) organic
- to brake (when driving); to stop; to switch off; to check (bad habits); a brake
- curb; roadside; wayside
- ticket seller
- part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
- one by one
- one after another; in succession; one by one; continuously; diverse; in profusion; numerous and confused; pell-mell
- to pay out of one's own pocket; to dig into one's pocket
- to pay (money)
- ticket (for a bus or train)
- 钱 qián: 钱 qian2: coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]钱 Qián: 钱 Qian2: surname Qian
- would rather ... (than ...)
- pent-up unspoken grievances; suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of
- 愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: honest and prudent愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: (bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
- in order to avoid; so as not to
- trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble
- upper part of the body; to put on (clothes on the upper body); (of a spirit, disease, misfortune etc) to afflict one; to possess one
- purse; wallet
- sweat; perspiration
- to soak; to saturate
- from start to finish; from head to tail; the whole (thing)
- paper money; a bill (e.g. 100 yuan); CL:張|张[zhang1],紮|扎[za1]
- ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually
- street
- dark; deep; stupid; the underworld
- to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers); to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.); to join together; to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)