Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- 子 zi: 子 zi5: noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"子 zǐ: 子 zi3: son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with
- 丑 Chǒu: 丑 Chou3: surname Chou丑 chǒu: 丑 chou3: clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30°丑 chǒu: 丑 chou3: shameful; ugly; disgraceful
- tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man
- to return; to come back
- already
- to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus
- still; calm; quiet; not moving
- quietly; sorrowfully
- doze; nap
- bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1]); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc); frame; chassis; classifier for blankets, quilts etc
- to remove makeup; (old) to take off formal dress and ornaments
- not yet; still not
- (medicine) high fever
- to droop; to hang low
- powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]); to be a fan of
- 颈 gěng: 颈 geng3: used in 脖頸|脖颈[bo2 geng3]颈 jǐng: 颈 jing3: neck
- spellbound; entranced; lost in thought
- to comfort; to console; to stroke; to caress; an old term for province or provincial governor
- shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
- day after day; for several days running
- exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s)
- lit. diligent and never slacking (idiom); continuous concentrated effort; assiduous (in study); to concentrate
- to turn around; to look back; (fig.) to recall the past
- to stand; Stand up!
- wardrobe; closet; cabinet
- to forget; to overlook; to neglect
- tired; weary; fatigued
- famous; of good reputation
- ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shou2]
- to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be
- gifted scholar
- to describe; (literary) countenance; appearance
- 薄 bó: 薄 bo2: meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or near薄 Bó: 薄 Bo2: surname Bo薄 báo: 薄 bao2: thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile薄 bò: 薄 bo4: see 薄荷[bo4 he5]
- 方 Fāng: 方 Fang1: surname Fang方 fāng: 方 fang1: square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter
- one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)
- (bound form) of short duration; hasty; rapid; (bound form) to hasten; to hurry; to urge; (literary) close by; pressed against
- 遂 súi: 遂 sui2: used in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2]; Taiwan pr. [sui4]遂 sùi: 遂 sui4: to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reach
- to be shoulder to shoulder; (fig.) to be as good as; to match; Taiwan pr. [bi4 jian1]
- to tease; to poke fun at
- (bound form) in a hazy state of mind; (bound form) to snap out of that state; used in 恍如[huang3 ru2] and 恍若[huang3 ruo4]
- close friend
- to meet again; to be reunited; reunion