Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- 南 Nán: 南 Nan2: surname Nan南 nā: 南 na1: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]; Taiwan pr. [na2]南 nán: 南 nan2: south
- Xihu or West lake (place name); West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang; Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
- see 平山縣|平山县[Ping2 shan1 Xian4]; see 平山區|平山区[Ping2 shan1 Qu1]
- gait; to walk
- difficult; hard; hardship
- this life; this age
- 世 Shì: 世 Shi4: surname Shi世 shì: 世 shi4: life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble
- afterlife; next life
- to treat as; to regard as
- to conceal; dark
- this lifetime
- 不了 bù le: 不了 bu4 le5: no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)不了 bù liǎo: 不了 bu4 liao3: (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly
- separated by a generation; a lifetime ago
- to close one's eyes; to get to sleep
- minor divinity concerned with marriage; matchmaker; go-between
- to work solely on; to have as one's (or its) sole function; person or agency responsible for one specific thing
- marriage; matrimony; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]
- 承 chéng: 承 cheng2: to bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive承 Chéng: 承 Cheng2: surname Cheng; Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- a marriage predestined by fate
- occult force; the power of a God or spirit
- why not
- to draw; to paint; to depict; to portray
- to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- to sacrifice; to offer libation to
- 苕 sháo: 苕 shao2: see 紅苕|红苕[hong2 shao2]苕 tiáo: 苕 tiao2: reed grass; Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)
- creek; rivulet
- 戚 qī: 戚 qi1: grief; sorrow戚 Qī: 戚 Qi1: surname Qi戚 qī: 戚 qi1: (bound form) relatives; kin; (bound form) grief; sorrow; (old) battle-axe
- to observe; to obey; to follow; to comply with
- person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
- a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help
- a staff; a rod; cane; walking stick; to flog with a stick (old)
- to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation
- a book; a register; account-book
- 奔驰 Bēn chí: 奔驰 Ben1 chi2: Mercedes-Benz, German car maker奔驰 bēn chí: 奔驰 ben1 chi2: to run quickly; to speed; to gallop
- proud of oneself; pleased with oneself; complacent
- writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
- friend
- 石 shí: 石 shi2: rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]石 Shí: 石 Shi2: surname Shi; abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei石 dàn: 石 dan4: dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters; ancient pr. [shi2]
- 琢 zúo: 琢 zuo2: used in 琢磨[zuo2 mo5]; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]琢 zhúo: 琢 zhuo2: to cut (gems)
- every time; on each occasion; whenever
- the new moon; the first day of the lunar month