Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch
- 池 chí: 池 chi2: pond; reservoir; moat池 Chí: 池 Chi2: surname Chi
- to bully
- 听 yǐn: 听 yin3: smile (archaic)听 tīng: 听 ting1: to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- to comment; to talk about; to discuss; discussion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- cricket (insect)
- 纤 qiàn: 纤 qian4: boatman's tow-rope纤 xiān: 纤 xian1: fine; delicate; minute
- grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
- daily; (soup etc) of the day
- cooked rice; CL:碗[wan3]; meal; CL:頓|顿[dun4]; (loanword) fan; devotee
- to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]
- 泡 pào: 泡 pao4: bubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse; to dawdle; to loiter; to pick up (a girl); to get off with (a sexual partner); classifier for occurrences of an action; classifier for number of infusions泡 pāo: 泡 pao1: puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces
- 芥 gài: 芥 gai4: see 芥藍|芥蓝[gai4 lan2]芥 jiè: 芥 jie4: mustard
- 卤 lǔ: 卤 lu3: to stew in soy sauce and spices卤 lǔ: 卤 lu3: alkaline soil; salt; brine; halogen (chemistry); crass; stupid
- fermented tofu
- 臭 chòu: 臭 chou4: stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition)臭 xìu: 臭 xiu4: sense of smell; smell bad
- 虾 há: 虾 ha2: used in 蝦蟆|虾蟆[ha2 ma5]虾 xiā: 虾 xia1: shrimp; prawn
- melon; gourd; squash; (slang) a piece of gossip
- life (a person's whole life); in one's entire life
- 恶 è: 恶 e4: evil; fierce; vicious; ugly; coarse; to harm恶 wù: 恶 wu4: to hate; to loathe; ashamed; to fear; to slander恶 ě: 恶 e3: used in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]
- dog; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
- stomach; CL:個|个[ge4]
- manure; dung
- (bound form) dirty; filthy
- dung beetle
- 团 tuán: 团 tuan2: round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)团 tuán: 团 tuan2: dumpling
- cicada
- to lift up; to hold high
- decay; rotten
- childhood
- accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child)
- taste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel; quality; sense; (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
- to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once
- that being the case; then; in that case
- dog hole; gap caused by missing teeth; fig. den of thieves
- 人家 rén jia: 人家 ren2 jia5: other people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")人家 rén jiā: 人家 ren2 jia1: household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be; CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]
- 要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- garlic; CL:頭|头[tou2],瓣[ban4]
- to eat; to taste; to entice (using bait)
- brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory)
- 咽 yè: 咽 ye4: to choke (in crying)咽 yān: 咽 yan1: throat; pharynx; narrow pass咽 yàn: 咽 yan4: to swallow
- salt; CL:粒[li4]
- (bound form) appearance; looks; outward form
- pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect