Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- leisure
- 渐 jiān: 渐 jian1: to imbue渐 jiàn: 渐 jian4: gradual; gradually
- 通 tōng: 通 tong1: to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc通 tòng: 通 tong4: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
- to recite; to sing (of poetry)
- 秋 qīu: 秋 qiu1: autumn; fall; harvest time秋 Qīu: 秋 Qiu1: surname Qiu秋 qīu: 秋 qiu1: used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- to invade; to encroach; to infringe; to approach
- the shadow of a human figure; a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb)
- thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive
- frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting; (skin) cream
- to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting
- chrysanthemum; (TCM) chrysanthemum flower; (slang) anus
- fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure
- sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse
- one's remaining years
- 随 súi: 随 sui2: to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently随 Súi: 随 Sui2: surname Sui
- (literary) (of a married woman) to visit one's parents
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 见 jiàn: 见 jian4: to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view见 xiàn: 见 xian4: to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
- 作 zùo: 作 zuo4: to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
- to sigh; to exclaim
- imaginative power; creativeness
- 隽 Juàn: 隽 Juan4: surname Juan隽 juàn: 隽 juan4: meaningful; significant
- (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent; (loanword) show; (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears
- to steal; secretly; (humble) I
- afraid; frightened; to fear
- good fortune
- correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
- 注 zhù: 注 zhu4: (bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject; (bound form) to focus (one's spirit, gaze etc) on a single point; to concentrate; (bound form) stake (in gambling); classifier for stakes, sums of money, transactions or beams of light注 zhù: 注 zhu4: to annotate; to provide explanatory notes on a written text; an annotation; an explanatory note; (bound form) to put on record; to register
- cannot; must not; should not
- to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]); Buddhism
- (bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue
- to speak; to say
- 儿 r: 儿 r5: non-syllabic diminutive suffix; retroflex final儿 ér: 儿 er2: child; son
- to select; to choose; to pick over; to pick out; to differentiate; to eliminate; also pr. [zhai2]
- woman
- 非 Fēi: 非 Fei1: abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa非 fēi: 非 fei1: to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- (bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable; (used in given names); Taiwan pr. [shu2]
- older sister; Taiwan pr. [jie3]
- also
- to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- gentle; soft
- to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from
- 约 yāo: 约 yao1: to weigh in a balance or on a scale约 yuē: 约 yue1: to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- (archaic) to bind up inextricably; (bound form) to form an enduring union; to establish (an alliance, a friendship, a nation etc)
- marriage connections
- this; these
- thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015
- July; seventh month (of the lunar year)