Vocabulary: 第一章 婚前的忙碌
from 南方与北方
- 泰x2 | Chapter Rank #324Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong; abbr. for Thailandsafe; peaceful; most; grand
- 妲x1 | Chapter Rank #541female personal name (archaic)
- 妮x2 | Chapter Rank #325girl; phonetic "ni" (in female names); Taiwan pr. [ni2]
- 娅x1 | Chapter Rank #542(literary) term of address between husbands of sisters; (used to transliterate foreign names); (used in Chinese women's names)
- 曾经x1 | Chapter Rank #543once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- 一间x2 | Chapter Rank #326
- 一张x1 | Chapter Rank #544
- 深红x1 | Chapter Rank #545
- 缎子x1 | Chapter Rank #546satin
- 酣睡x2 | Chapter Rank #327to sleep soundly; to fall into a deep sleep
- 过x12 | Chapter Rank #52surname Guo(experienced action marker)to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-
- 话x8 | Chapter Rank #82dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 那么x8 | Chapter Rank #83like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- 人家x2 | Chapter Rank #328household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be; CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]other people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
- 也许x7 | Chapter Rank #95perhaps; maybe
- 会x28 | Chapter Rank #15can; 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])(bound form) to reckon accounts
- 以为x2 | Chapter Rank #329to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- 就是x7 | Chapter Rank #96exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 哩x1 | Chapter Rank #547mile(modal final particle similar to 呢[ne5] or 啦[la5])
- 又x10 | Chapter Rank #60(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 给x20 | Chapter Rank #24to supply; to provideto; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
- 表妹x5 | Chapter Rank #148younger female cousin through a female relative
- 姿色x1 | Chapter Rank #548good looks (of a woman)
- 吸引住x1 | Chapter Rank #549
- 她们x13 | Chapter Rank #48they; them (females)
- 俩x3 | Chapter Rank #239two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个); both; someused in 伎倆|伎俩[ji4 liang3]
- 是x48 | Chapter Rank #7to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 从小x1 | Chapter Rank #550from childhood; from a young age
- 一块儿x6 | Chapter Rank #113
- 长大x1 | Chapter Rank #551to grow up
- 除了x2 | Chapter Rank #330apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- 外x1 | Chapter Rank #552outside; in addition; foreign; external
- 别的x2 | Chapter Rank #331else; other
- 人x13 | Chapter Rank #49person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 一直x5 | Chapter Rank #149straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- 都x16 | Chapter Rank #40surname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolis
- 夸赞x1 | Chapter Rank #553to praise; to speak highly of; to commend
- 长x5 | Chapter Rank #150long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
- 得x15 | Chapter Rank #43to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedstructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto have to; must; ought to; to need toused in 得瑟[de4 se5]
- 美x3 | Chapter Rank #240(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself
- 可是x8 | Chapter Rank #84but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- 直到x2 | Chapter Rank #332until
- 最近x4 | Chapter Rank #175recently; soon; nearest
- 这x49 | Chapter Rank #6(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)(coll.) this
- 几天x3 | Chapter Rank #241several days
- 以前x7 | Chapter Rank #97before; formerly; previous; ago
- 从来x4 | Chapter Rank #176always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
- 没有x19 | Chapter Rank #31haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 想到x8 | Chapter Rank #85to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
- 这件x1 | Chapter Rank #554