Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- wording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase; diction
- 翘 qiáo: 翘 qiao2: outstanding; to raise翘 qiào: 翘 qiao4: to stick up; to rise on one end; to tilt
- stunned; amazed
- to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
- tea and cake; refreshments; tea and dim sum
- to call
- see 吳江區|吴江区[Wu2 jiang1 Qu1]
- 钱 Qián: 钱 Qian2: surname Qian钱 qián: 钱 qian2: coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]
- to die of an illness
- 吊 diào: 吊 diao4: to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person吊 diào: 吊 diao4: a string of 100 cash (arch.); to lament; to condole with
- personal; private; selfish
- unavoidable; the only (road, entrance etc)
- 太湖 Tài hú: 太湖 Tai4 hu2: see 太湖縣|太湖县[Tai4 hu2 Xian4]太湖 Tài Hú: 太湖 Tai4 Hu2: Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡[Wu2 xi1], bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes
- 宽 kuān: 宽 kuan1: wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient宽 Kuān: 宽 Kuan1: surname Kuan
- (lit. and fig.) field of vision; scope; horizon
- can't
- to make an excuse; pretext; excuse
- 托 tūo: 托 tuo1: to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm; sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest); (bound form) a shill; torr (unit of pressure)托 tūo: 托 tuo1: to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee
- if; if so
- 泊 bó: 泊 bo2: to moor (a boat); to park (a vehicle); (literary) calm; quiet; peaceful泊 pō: 泊 po1: lake; Taiwan pr. [bo2]
- 万 mò: 万 mo4: used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]万 wàn: 万 wan4: ten thousand; a great number万 Wàn: 万 Wan4: surname Wan
- to enjoy the cool; to relax in a cool place (esp. in hot weather)
- to continue; to replenish
- poetic occasion; elegant situation; in literature, the cue for a poem
- 凉 Liáng: 凉 Liang2: the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)凉 liáng: 凉 liang2: cool; cold凉 liàng: 凉 liang4: to let sth cool down
- 胥 xū: 胥 xu1: all; assist; to store胥 Xū: 胥 Xu1: surname Xu
- 江 jiāng: 江 jiang1: river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]江 Jiāng: 江 Jiang1: surname Jiang; (bound form) Yangtze River; (bound form) Jiangsu Province (abbr. for 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1])
- ferry crossing
- 维 Wéi: 维 Wei2: abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 wu2 er3]; surname Wei维 wéi: 维 wei2: to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension; vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])
- sail; sailing boat
- 沙 shā: 沙 sha1: granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; CL:粒[li4]; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia沙 Shā: 沙 Sha1: surname Sha沙 shà: 沙 sha4: (dialect) to sift; to sieve
- water and sky merge in one color (idiom)
- casual conversation; chat; gossip; to talk about (whatever comes to mind)
- bank; shore; beach; coast
- see 江城區|江城区[Jiang1 cheng2 Qu1]; see 江城哈尼族彝族自治縣|江城哈尼族彝族自治县[Jiang1 cheng2 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- to go ashore; to disembark
- to fix; to settle; a libation to the dead
- (literary, or bound form) to look at
- 洞 dòng: 洞 dong4: cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers); CL:個|个[ge4]洞 tóng: 洞 tong2: used in 洪洞[Hong2 tong2] (the name of a place in Shanxi)
- to excel at (typically used after the area of expertise) (Example: 以研究見長|以研究见长[yi3 yan2 jiu1 jian4 chang2] to be known for one's research)
- name used for many fishing birds; cormorant; osprey
- to catch fish; to fish
- person who lives and makes a living on a boat; boatman; boat dweller