Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- 蓝 Lán: 蓝 Lan2: surname Lan蓝 lán: 蓝 lan2: blue; indigo plant
- ribbon
- to seem; to look; to appear
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- if
- 泰 Tài: 泰 Tai4: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong; abbr. for Thailand泰 tài: 泰 tai4: safe; peaceful; most; grand
- female personal name (archaic)
- girl; phonetic "ni" (in female names); Taiwan pr. [ni2]
- (literary) term of address between husbands of sisters; (used to transliterate foreign names); (used in Chinese women's names)
- satin
- to sleep soundly; to fall into a deep sleep
- dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- 人家 rén jiā: 人家 ren2 jia1: household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be; CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]人家 rén jia: 人家 ren2 jia5: other people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
- perhaps; maybe
- 会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts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])
- to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- 哩 lǐ: 哩 li3: mile哩 li: 哩 li5: (modal final particle similar to 呢[ne5] or 啦[la5])
- 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
- younger female cousin through a female relative
- good looks (of a woman)
- they; them (females)
- 俩 liǎng: 俩 liang3: used in 伎倆|伎俩[ji4 liang3]俩 liǎ: 俩 lia3: two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个); both; some
- to grow up
- apart 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")
- outside; in addition; foreign; external
- else; other
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- to praise; to speak highly of; to commend
- 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])长 zhǎng: 长 zhang3: chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
- 美 měi: 美 mei3: beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself美 Měi: 美 Mei3: (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])
- but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- until
- recently; soon; nearest
- several days
- before; formerly; previous; ago
- always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens
- 便 pián: 便 pian2: used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]便 biàn: 便 bian4: plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards
- 要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important