Vocabulary: 海蒂
- to open one's mouth; to start to talk
- opportunity; chance; occasion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- why?; for what reason?
- 呢 ne: 呢 ne5: (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech呢 ní: 呢 ni2: dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
- since; as; this being the case
- (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
- should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned
- 为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to
- to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts
- what?; something; anything
- summer; CL:個|个[ge4]
- until; (used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止)
- to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after
- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- now; at present; currently
- someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)
- 好 hào: 好 hao4: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to好 hǎo: 好 hao3: good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello
- 差事 chāi shi: 差事 chai1 shi5: errand; assignment; job; commission; CL:件[jian4]; see also 差使[chai1 shi5]差事 chà shì: 差事 cha4 shi4: poor; not up to standard
- 告诉 gào su: 告诉 gao4 su5: to tell; to inform; to let know告诉 gào sù: 告诉 gao4 su4: to press charges; to file a complaint
- 可 kè: 可 ke4: used in 可汗[ke4 han2]可 kě: 可 ke3: (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however
- cannot; must not; should not
- to hinder; to obstruct
- to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
- to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- ordinary person; private citizen; people; the person in the street
- same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation
- but; however
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- how?; what?; why?
- especially; particularly
- still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official)
- guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge; CL:個|个[ge4]
- forever; eternal
- unable to; incapable of
- well; carefully; nicely; properly
- to be in contact (with sb); to associate; to interact; to get along (well, poorly)
- to accept; to take; next; following
- Frankfurt, Germany
- gorgeous