Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology)
- lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)
- 玉泉 Yù quán: 玉泉 Yu4 quan2: see 玉泉區|玉泉区[Yu4 quan2 Qu1]玉泉 yù quán: 玉泉 yu4 quan2: nephrite (used in TCM)
- 鱼 Yú: 鱼 Yu2: surname Yu鱼 yú: 鱼 yu2: fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]); used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4 yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4 yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1 yu2])
- cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely
- 葛 gé: 葛 ge2: kudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth葛 Gě: 葛 Ge3: surname Ge
- 岭 líng: 岭 ling2: used in 岭巆|岭𫶕[ling2 ying2]岭 lǐng: 岭 ling3: mountain range; mountain ridge
- cornelian (mineral); agate
- the rest; the others; remaining; remainder; apart from them
- spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)
- ideal place; suitable location; merit; advantage
- feminine quality; effeminate
- secluded; quiet and remote; obscure and faraway
- loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
- 41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024
- majestic pomp; grand ceremony
- octagon
- a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele; CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4]
- see 錢塘江|钱塘江[Qian2 tang2 Jiang1]; see 錢塘區|钱塘区[Qian2 tang2 Qu1]
- to revisit the past; to commemorate
- to pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate; (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate
- to seek by inquiry or search; to call on; to visit
- 堙 yīn: 堙 yin1: bury; mound; to dam; close堙 yīn: 堙 yin1: to block
- countless; innumerable
- not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after
- very small; very few; very minor
- Qi of Southern dynasties (479-502)
- lake
- to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
- 缉 qī: 缉 qi1: to stitch finely缉 jī: 缉 ji1: to seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. [qi4]
- to sign up for an examination; to apply for admission (to a university etc); to apply (for a position)
- bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly
- to celebrate
- The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)
- railing; balustrade; door-screen; exhausted; late
- the rising sun