Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- ancient times
- art
- family; household; CL:戶|户[hu4]
- ethics
- economy; economic
- culture; civilization; cultural; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
- 山水 shān shǔi: 山水 shan1 shui3: water from a mountain; mountains and rivers; scenery; landscape山水 Shān shǔi: 山水 Shan1 shui3: Sansui, Japanese company
- to tour; to travel
- to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- many-sided; in many aspects
- content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- true; real
- to enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant
- 地 dì: 地 di4: earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]地 de: 地 de5: -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit
- ordinary person; private citizen; people; the person in the street
- circumstance(s) encountered in one's life (favorable or otherwise); stroke of luck; opportunity
- 与 yǔ: 与 yu3: (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow与 yù: 与 yu4: to take part in
- environment; circumstances; surroundings; CL:個|个[ge4]; ambient
- 芸 yún: 芸 yun2: common rue (Ruta graveolens); (used in old compounds relating to books because in former times rue was used to protect books from insect damage)芸 yún: 芸 yun2: used in 蕓薹|芸薹[yun2 tai2]
- mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate
- 妻子 qī zǐ: 妻子 qi1 zi3: wife and children妻子 qī zi: 妻子 qi1 zi5: wife
- Lin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese writer, linguist and inventor
- (bound form) to patronize; to support; to aid; (bound form) to praise; to laud
- China
- literature
- and; to reach; up to; in time for
- history; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]
- 上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]上 shàng: 上 shang4: (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- adorable; cute; lovely
- 女人 nǚ rén: 女人 nu:3 ren2: woman女人 nǚ ren: 女人 nu:3 ren5: wife
- she
- 美 Měi: 美 Mei3: (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])美 měi: 美 mei3: beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- the final (of a syllable) (Chinese phonology); rhyme; appeal; charm; (literary) pleasant sound
- gentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman)
- gentle and refined
- essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- (literary) the feminine arts (e.g. needlework)
- to understand; to comprehend
- verse
- 会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts会 hùi: 会 hui4: can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor
- system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic
- extended family; big family; harmonious group