Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- 系 xì: 系 xi4: to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary)系 xì: 系 xi4: system; department; faculty系 jì: 系 ji4: to tie; to fasten; to button up系 xì: 系 xi4: to connect; to arrest; to worry
- dog hole; gap caused by missing teeth; fig. den of thieves
- 人家 rén jiā: 人家 ren2 jia1: household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be; CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]人家 rén jia: 人家 ren2 jia5: other people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
- 要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- garlic; CL:頭|头[tou2],瓣[ban4]
- to eat; to taste; to entice (using bait)
- 咽 yè: 咽 ye4: to choke (in crying)咽 yān: 咽 yan1: throat; pharynx; narrow pass咽 yàn: 咽 yan4: to swallow
- 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
- salt; CL:粒[li4]
- (bound form) appearance; looks; outward form
- pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect
- 屈 Qū: 屈 Qu1: surname Qu屈 qū: 屈 qu1: bent; to feel wronged
- to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
- (literary) chopsticks
- 塞 sāi: 塞 sai1: to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork塞 sài: 塞 sai4: (bound form) strategic stronghold塞 sè: 塞 se4: (bound form) to block; to obstruct
- mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- to chew; to think over
- brittle; fragile; crisp; crunchy; clear and loud voice; neat
- nose
- 嚼 jiào: 嚼 jiao4: used in 倒嚼[dao3 jiao4]嚼 jiáo: 嚼 jiao2: to chew; also pr. [jue2]
- unpleasant odor
- sesame oil
- 加 jiā: 加 jia1: to add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")加 Jiā: 加 Jia1: Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia
- (refined) white sugar
- a little; a few
- to mix; to mix in; to toss (a salad)
- fresh and delicious; tasty
- to mash; to beat to a pulp
- to conceal; dark
- end; finish
- texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- cannot; should not; must not
- 钟 Zhōng: 钟 Zhong1: surname Zhong钟 zhōng: 钟 zhong1: handleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)钟 zhōng: 钟 zhong1: a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]); clock (CL:座[zuo4]); amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1 dian3 zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3 fen1 zhong1] "five minutes" etc)
- younger male patrilineal cousin
- son's daughter; granddaughter
- to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite
- to present to a superior; memorial; petition; to present (a certain appearance); to assume (a shape); to be (a certain color)
- to cherish; to begrudge; to pity; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale
- married woman
- 属 shǔ: 属 shu3: category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute属 zhǔ: 属 zhu3: to join together; to fix one's attention on; to concentrate on
- pure; simple; unmixed; genuine
- 阴 yīn: 阴 yin1: overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia阴 Yīn: 阴 Yin1: surname Yin
- essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- jewelry; head ornament