Vocabulary: 海蒂
- to step across; to stride over; to straddle; to span
- 大 dà: 大 da4: big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)大 dài: 大 dai4: see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- step; pace
- we; us; ourselves; our
- again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- it would appear; it seems (that)
- good-natured
- 女人 nǚ ren: 女人 nu:3 ren5: wife女人 nǚ rén: 女人 nu:3 ren2: woman
- house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]
- to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in
- 起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]起来 qi lai: 起来 qi5 lai5: (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors
- the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background
- to swing; to sway; to wobble; to hang around; to hover around
- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- acquaintance; friend
- to meet; to see each other; CL:次[ci4]
- to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
- nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
- friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- casual conversation; chat; gossip; to talk about (whatever comes to mind)
- 把 bǎ: 把 ba3: to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})把 bà: 把 ba4: handle
- band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
- where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- to ask the way; to ask
- older sister; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
- 吧 bā: 吧 ba1: bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]吧 ba: 吧 ba5: (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.吧 biā: 吧 bia1: (onom.) smack!
- to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer)
- to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
- to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- there; that place
- 不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not
- really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
- to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- insane; mad; wild
- 会 hùi: 会 hui4: can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts
- (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- old fellow; old man; father; husband
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- to be refused entrance; to find the door closed