Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- couch
- 计 Jì: 计 Ji4: surname Ji计 jì: 计 ji4: to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge
- 俟 qí: 俟 qi2: used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]俟 sì: 俟 si4: (literary) to wait for
- measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband; polite appellation for an older male
- (bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law
- clever; wonderful
- to move (from one residence to another)
- bridge; CL:座[zuo4]
- barn; granary; storehouse; cabin; hold (in ship)
- 米 Mǐ: 米 Mi3: surname Mi米 mǐ: 米 mi3: uncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan
- lane; alley
- (bound form) house; (bound form) room
- great; magnificent; macro (computing); macro-
- free; unimpeded; smooth; at ease; free from worry; fluent
- birthday
- to perform a play
- spectacle; impressive sight
- taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from
- to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)
- miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy
- 别 Bié: 别 Bie2: surname Bie别 bié: 别 bie2: to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc); (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])别 biè: 别 bie4: to make sb change their ways, opinions etc
- (old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)
- to portray
- (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
- to peep; to pry into
- 帘 lián: 帘 lian2: flag used as a shop sign帘 lián: 帘 lian2: hanging screen or curtain
- a good while; a long time
- to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards
- 支 Zhī: 支 Zhi1: surname Zhi支 zhī: 支 zhi1: to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
- (literary) chin; jaw; (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect
- mirror; lens
- bridal trousseau
- 侧 zhāi: 侧 zhai1: lean on one side侧 cè: 侧 ce4: the side; to incline towards; to lean; inclined; lateral; side
- why not?; why not do (sth)?
- 徒 Tú: 徒 Tu2: surname Tu徒 tú: 徒 tu2: (bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[pian4 tu2] "swindler" or 叛徒[pan4 tu2] "traitor" etc); (bound form) on foot; (bound form) bare; empty; (bound form) to no avail; in vain; (bound form) merely; just; only; (bound form) prison sentence
- heartbroken; to break one's heart
- worth seeing; considerable; impressive; significant
- to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- 刺 cì: 刺 ci4: thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder刺 cī: 刺 ci1: (onom.) whoosh
- 梁 Liáng: 梁 Liang2: Liang Dynasty (502–557); Later Liang Dynasty (907–923); surname Liang梁 liáng: 梁 liang2: roof beam; beam (structure); bridge
- to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe
- 称 chèn: 称 chen4: to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]称 chēng: 称 cheng1: to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise
- father's elder brother; term of respect for older man; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive
- early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
- succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition); posterity