Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- already; to stop; then; afterwards
- (lit. and fig.) deep
- classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]
- 仆 pū: 仆 pu1: to fall forward; to fall prostrate仆 pú: 仆 pu2: servant
- to hate; to regret
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- 士 shì: 士 shi4: member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker士 Shì: 士 Shi4: surname Shi
- see 安仁縣|安仁县[An1 ren2 Xian4]
- 长 zhǎng: 长 zhang3: chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance长 cháng: 长 chang2: long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- fine woven grass mat
- dust; dirt; earth
- to cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc); (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid; (literary) to launch a surprise attack
- mattress
- 帱 chóu: 帱 chou2: canopy; curtain帱 dào: 帱 dao4: canopy
- to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of
- public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- blemish; flaw in jade
- former residence
- 种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
- to search; to look for; to seek
- medicinal herb
- 尾 yǐ: 尾 yi3: horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etc尾 wěi: 尾 wei3: tail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish
- to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once
- rush; reed; Phragmites communis
- 山水 Shān shǔi: 山水 Shan1 shui3: Sansui, Japanese company山水 shān shǔi: 山水 shan1 shui3: water from a mountain; mountains and rivers; scenery; landscape
- to make an excursion; to ramble; to travel
- 头 tóu: 头 tou2: head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[ge4]头 tou: 头 tou5: suffix for nouns
- to hasten; to run; to open up; to gallop
- 花 huā: 花 hua1: flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful花 Huā: 花 Hua1: surname Hua花 huā: 花 hua1: flower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]
- outside; in addition; foreign; external
- I; me; my
- also
- monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
- 大都 dà dōu: 大都 da4 dou1: for the most part; on the whole; also pr. [da4 du1]大都 dà dū: 大都 da4 du1: for the most part; on the whole; metropolitan大都 Dà dū: 大都 Da4 du1: Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing
- beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 唯 wéi: 唯 wei2: only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)唯 wěi: 唯 wei3: yes
- to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth
- 生意 shēng yi: 生意 sheng1 yi5: business; CL:筆|笔[bi3]生意 shēng yì: 生意 sheng1 yi4: life force; vitality
- lazy
- to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- to disobey; to violate; to separate; to go against
- to realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself); responsible; predisposed to do the right thing; considerate of others
- who; also pr. [shui2]
- to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement