Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- talent; ability; capacity
- unavoidably; can't help; really; rather
- slightly; a little; somewhat
- distracted; listless; in low spirits
- 种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
- in the end; after all; eventually
- 令 lìng: 令 ling4: to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem令 lǐng: 令 ling3: classifier for a ream of paper令 líng: 令 ling2: used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])
- 通 tōng: 通 tong1: to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc通 tòng: 通 tong4: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
- 尽 jǐn: 尽 jin3: to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to尽 jìn: 尽 jin4: to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); all; entirely
- alone; independent; single; sole; only
- to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth
- filial piety (Confucian virtue); to be a good son or daughter
- delight; pleasure; joy
- to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation; CL:次[ci4]
- intermittent; off and on; discontinuous; stop-go; stammering; disjointed; inarticulate
- to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
- to catch up with; to keep pace with
- here
- to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- to have a meal; to eat; to make a living
- to chat
- 待 dài: 待 dai4: to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to待 dāi: 待 dai1: to stay; to remain
- dining room; dining hall; mess hall
- ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shou2]
- friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- actually; in fact; really
- to be called; to be known as
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- other people; others; other person
- only; merely; just
- 常 cháng: 常 chang2: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant常 Cháng: 常 Chang2: surname Chang
- to have a meal
- to meet; to run into; to come across
- 向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...向 Xiàng: 向 Xiang4: surname Xiang向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: to tend toward; to guide向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: direction; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- 东西 dōng xi: 东西 dong1 xi5: thing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]东西 dōng xī: 东西 dong1 xi1: east and west
- time; length of time; moment; period
- (bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- no trace of politeness; unrestrained (criticism)
- lunch; luncheon; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]
- each other; mutually; mutual
- to call on sb; to drop in; to visit sb's home
- that day; the other day