Vocabulary: 第十二章
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- 赏钱x1 | Chapter Rank #485tip; gratuity; monetary reward; bonus
- 娱乐x1 | Chapter Rank #486to entertain; to amuse; entertainment; recreation; amusement; hobby; fun; joy
- 晚上x2 | Chapter Rank #262evening; night; CL:個|个[ge4]; in the evening
- 厨子x1 | Chapter Rank #487cook
- 厨房x1 | Chapter Rank #488kitchen; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 里x16 | Chapter Rank #36lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levelsLi (surname)
- 做x16 | Chapter Rank #37to 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)
- 点心x1 | Chapter Rank #489light refreshments; pastry; dim sum (in Cantonese cooking); dessert
- 年糕x1 | Chapter Rank #490nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour
- 白天x2 | Chapter Rank #263daytime; during the day; day; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 房x1 | Chapter Rank #491house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines)surname Fang
- 女主人x1 | Chapter Rank #492hostess; mistress
- 大的x2 | Chapter Rank #264
- 小的x1 | Chapter Rank #493(coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official)
- 聚x1 | Chapter Rank #494to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
- 老太爷x4 | Chapter Rank #125elderly gentleman (respectful); esteemed father
- 房里x5 | Chapter Rank #102
- 有时x1 | Chapter Rank #495sometimes; now and then
- 右x1 | Chapter Rank #496(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
- 上房x1 | Chapter Rank #497see 正房[zheng4 fang2]
- 窗x1 | Chapter Rank #498window; CL:扇[shan4]
- 下x6 | Chapter Rank #83down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 或者x8 | Chapter Rank #65or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 折x1 | Chapter Rank #499to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts bookto snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)to turn sth over; to turn upside down; to tip sth out (of a container)to fold
- 金x1 | Chapter Rank #500surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- 银锭x1 | Chapter Rank #501silver ingot
- 预备x2 | Chapter Rank #265to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory
- 供奉x2 | Chapter Rank #266to consecrate; to enshrine and worship; an offering (to one's ancestors); a sacrifice (to a god)
- 祖先x1 | Chapter Rank #502ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
- 用x3 | Chapter Rank #174to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 剪纸x1 | Chapter Rank #503papercutting (Chinese folk art); to make paper cutouts
- 花x1 | Chapter Rank #504flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustfulsurname Huaflower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]
- 红x2 | Chapter Rank #267surname Hongused in 女紅|女红[nu : 3 gong1]red; popular; revolutionary; bonus
- 绿x1 | Chapter Rank #505green; (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子[lu:4 mao4 zi5]) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)used in names
- 贴x1 | Chapter Rank #506to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip
- 纸x1 | Chapter Rank #507paper (CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]); classifier for documents, letters etc
- 窗上x1 | Chapter Rank #508
- 或x1 | Chapter Rank #509maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- 放在x1 | Chapter Rank #510
- 油灯x1 | Chapter Rank #511oil lamp
- 盘x1 | Chapter Rank #512tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc); to check; to examine; to investigate; to transfer; to sell (property); to shift; to move (sth big and heavy); classifier for things resembling a plate or dish; classifier for coils; classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
- 上面x2 | Chapter Rank #268on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shang4 mian5]
- 还是x2 | Chapter Rank #269still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 跟x9 | Chapter Rank #56heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- 往常x1 | Chapter Rank #513usual; customary
- 一样x5 | Chapter Rank #103same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- 很少x1 | Chapter Rank #514
- 在家x1 | Chapter Rank #515to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1]); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1])
- 他x88 | Chapter Rank #3(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])
- 到x19 | Chapter Rank #27to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough