第百零一回　大觀園月夜感幽魂　散花寺神簽驚异兆 In Grand View Garden a Moonlit Night Stirs a Ghost; At Scattered Flowers Temple a Divining Slip Warns

卻說鳳姐回至房中，見賈璉尚未回來，便分派那管辦探春行裝奩事的一干人。Now to speak of Xifeng—she returned to her rooms and, finding Jia Lian not yet back, set about assigning the various people in charge of Tanchun's traveling gear and dowry.那天已有黃昏以後，因忽然想起探春來，要瞧瞧他去，便叫丰兒與兩個丫頭跟著，頭里一個丫頭打著燈籠。By then it was already past dusk, and suddenly recalling Tanchun, she wanted to go and see her, so she called Fenger and two maids to follow her, with one maid going ahead carrying a lantern.走出門來，見月光已上，照耀如水。As she went out the door, she saw the moon already risen, its light shining down like water.鳳姐便命打燈籠的“回去罷。”因而走至茶房窗下，聽見里面有人嘁嘁喳喳的，又似哭，又似笑，又似議論什麼的。Xifeng told the maid with the lantern, "Go on back." Then, passing by the window of the tea room, she heard people inside whispering and murmuring—now it sounded like crying, now like laughing, now like they were discussing something.鳳姐知道不過是家下婆子們又不知搬什麼是非，心內大不受用，便命小紅進去，裝做無心的樣子細細打聽著，用話套出原委來。Xifeng knew it was surely nothing more than the household matrons stirring up some gossip again, and she felt quite displeased at heart, so she told Xiaohong to go in, pretend to have no particular purpose, and listen carefully, drawing out the truth of the matter through casual talk.小紅答應著去了。Xiaohong agreed and went off.鳳姐只帶著丰兒來至園門前，門尚未關，只虛虛的掩著。Xifeng, taking only Fenger with her, came to the garden gate; it was not yet locked, only left loosely closed.于是主仆二人方推門進去，只見園中月色比著外面更覺明朗，滿地下重重樹影，杳無人聲，甚是凄涼寂靜。So mistress and maid pushed the door open and went in, and saw that the moonlight within the garden was even brighter than outside, with layer upon layer of tree shadows covering the ground; not a human sound could be heard, and it was utterly desolate and still.剛欲往秋爽齋這條路來，只聽忽的一聲風過，吹的那樹枝上落葉滿園中唰喇喇的作響，枝梢上吱嘍嘍發哨，將那些寒鴉宿鳥都驚飛起來。Just as they were about to take the path toward Qiushuang Studio, they suddenly heard a gust of wind pass by, blowing the fallen leaves on the branches so that they rustled loudly all through the garden, while the treetops whistled and shrieked, startling into flight all the roosting crows and birds.鳳姐吃了酒，被風一吹，只覺身上發噤起來。Xifeng, having drunk some wine, felt a chill run through her body the moment the wind struck her.那丰兒也把頭一縮說：“好冷！”鳳姐也撐不住，便叫丰兒：“快回去把那件銀鼠坎肩兒拿來，我在三姑娘那里等著。”丰兒巴不得一聲，也要回去穿衣裳來，答應了一聲，回頭就跑了。Fenger too drew in her head and said, "How cold!" Xifeng could bear it no longer either, so she told Fenger, "Go back quickly and fetch that silver-fox vest of mine—I'll wait for you at the Third Miss's place." Fenger, only too glad of the excuse, since she also wanted to go back and put on more clothes, answered at once and turned and ran off.

卻

què — 1. but 2. yet 3. however 4. while 5. to go back 6. to decline 7. to retreat 8. nevertheless 9. even though (HSK 4)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

回

Huí — Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) (HSK 1)

至

zhì — 1. to arrive 2. most 3. to 4. until (HSK 5)

房

Fáng — surname Fang

中

Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

尚未

shàng wèi — not yet; still not (HSK 7-9)

回來

huí lai — to return; to come back (HSK 1)

便

biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)

分派

fēn pài — 1. to assign (a task to different people) 2. to allocate

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

管

Guǎn — surname Guan (HSK 3)

辦

bàn — 1. to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event) 2. to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise) 3. (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect) 4. (bound form) office (as in 招辦 (zhāo bàn), admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室 (bàn gōng shì)) (HSK 2)

探

tàn — 1. to explore 2. to search out 3. to scout 4. to visit 5. to stretch forward (HSK 7-9)

春

Chūn — surname Chun

行裝

xíng zhuāng — 1. clothes and other items packed for traveling 2. baggage 3. luggage

奩

lián — bridal trousseau

事

shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

干

Gān — surname Gan (HSK 1)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

那天

nà tiān — 1. that day 2. the other day

已

yǐ — 1. already 2. to stop 3. then 4. afterwards (HSK 3)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

黃昏

huáng hūn — 1. dusk 2. evening 3. nightfall (HSK 7-9)

以後

yǐ hòu — 1. after 2. later 3. afterwards 4. following 5. later on 6. in the future (HSK 2)

因

yīn — 1. cause 2. reason 3. because (HSK 6)

忽然

hū rán — suddenly; all of a sudden (HSK 2)

想起

xiǎng qǐ — 1. to recall 2. to think of 3. to call to mind (HSK 2)

探

tàn — 1. to explore 2. to search out 3. to scout 4. to visit 5. to stretch forward (HSK 7-9)

春

Chūn — surname Chun

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

瞧

qiáo — 1. to look at 2. to see 3. to see (a doctor) 4. to visit (HSK 5)

瞧

qiáo — 1. to look at 2. to see 3. to see (a doctor) 4. to visit (HSK 5)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

便

biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

丰

fēng — 1. luxuriant 2. buxom 3. variant of 豐 (fēng) 4. variant of 風 (fēng) 5. appearance 6. charm

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

與

yú — variant of 歟 (yú) (HSK 6)

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

丫頭

yā tou — 1. girl 2. servant girl 3. (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) (HSK 7-9)

跟著

gēn zhe — 1. to follow after 2. immediately afterwards

頭里

tóu lǐ — 1. in front 2. in advance of the field

一個

yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

丫頭

yā tou — 1. girl 2. servant girl 3. (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) (HSK 7-9)

打

dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

燈籠

dēng lóng — lantern (HSK 7-9)

走出

zǒu chū — to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc)

門

Mén — surname Men (HSK 1)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

月光

yuè guāng — moonlight

已

yǐ — 1. already 2. to stop 3. then 4. afterwards (HSK 3)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

照耀

zhào yào — 1. to shine 2. to illuminate (HSK 6)

如

rú — 1. as 2. as if 3. such as (HSK 6)

水

Shuǐ — 1. surname Shui 2. Shui ethnic group (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

便

biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)

命

mìng — 1. life 2. fate 3. order or command 4. to assign a name, title etc (HSK 6)

打

dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)

燈籠

dēng lóng — lantern (HSK 7-9)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

回去

huí qu — 1. to return 2. to go back (HSK 1)

罷

bà — 1. to stop 2. to cease 3. to dismiss 4. to suspend 5. to quit 6. to finish

因而

yīn ér — 1. therefore 2. as a result 3. thus 4. and as a result, ... (HSK 5)

走

zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)

至

zhì — 1. to arrive 2. most 3. to 4. until (HSK 5)

茶房

chá fáng — 1. waiter 2. steward 3. porter 4. teahouse

窗

chuāng — 1. window 2. classifier: 扇 (shàn)

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

聽見

tīng jiàn — to hear (HSK 1)

里面

lǐ miàn — variant of 裡面 (lǐ miàn) (HSK 3)

有人

yǒu rén — 1. someone 2. people 3. anyone 4. there is someone there 5. occupied (as in restroom) (HSK 2)

嘁嘁喳喳

qī qi chā chā — chattering

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

似

shì — used in 似的 (shì de)

哭

kū — to cry; to weep (HSK 2)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

似

shì — used in 似的 (shì de)

笑

xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

似

shì — used in 似的 (shì de)

議論

yì lùn — 1. to comment 2. to talk about 3. to discuss 4. discussion 5. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 4)

什麼的

shén me de — and so on; and so forth; and what not

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

知道

zhī dào — 1. to know; to become aware of 2. also pr. (zhī dao) (HSK 1)

不過

bù guò — 1. only 2. merely 3. no more than 4. but 5. however 6. anyway (to get back to a previous topic) 7. cannot be more (after adjectival) (HSK 2)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

家

jiā — 1. home 2. family 3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) 4. classifier for families or businesses 5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China 6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian 7. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

婆子

pó zi — old woman

們

men — plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

不知

bù zhī — 1. not to know 2. unaware 3. unknowingly 4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) (HSK 7-9)

搬

bān — 1. to move (i.e. relocate oneself) 2. to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) 3. to shift 4. to copy indiscriminately (HSK 3)

什麼

shén me — 1. what? 2. something; anything (HSK 1)

是非

shì fēi — 1. right and wrong 2. quarrel (HSK 7-9)

心

xīn — 1. heart 2. mind 3. intention 4. center 5. core 6. classifier: 顆 (kē), 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

內

nèi — 1. inside 2. inner 3. internal 4. within 5. interior (HSK 3)

大

dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

受用

shòu yòng — 1. to enjoy 2. to reap the benefits (of sth)

便

biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)

命

mìng — 1. life 2. fate 3. order or command 4. to assign a name, title etc (HSK 6)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

紅

Hóng — surname Hong (HSK 2)

進去

jìn qù — to go in (HSK 1)

裝

zhuāng — 1. adornment 2. to adorn 3. dress 4. clothing 5. costume (of an actor in a play) 6. to play a role 7. to pretend 8. to install 9. to fix 10. to wrap (sth in a bag) 11. to load 12. to pack (HSK 2)

做

zuò — 1. to make; to produce 2. to write; to compose 3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) 4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) 5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for 6. to assume (an air or manner) (HSK 1)

無心

wú xīn — 1. unintentionally 2. not in the mood to

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

樣子

yàng zi — 1. appearance 2. manner 3. pattern 4. model (HSK 2)

細細

xì xì — 1. attentive 2. careful

打聽

dǎ ting — 1. to ask about 2. to make some inquiries 3. to ask around (HSK 3)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

用

yòng — 1. to use; to make use of; to employ 2. (coverb) with; using 3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) 4. usefulness; utility 5. (bound form) expense; outlay 6. (courteous) to eat; to drink 7. (literary) hence; therefore (HSK 1)

話

huà — 1. dialect 2. language 3. spoken words 4. speech 5. talk 6. words 7. conversation 8. what sb said 9. classifier: 種 (zhǒng), 席 (xí), 句 (jù), 口 (kǒu), 番 (fān) (HSK 1)

套

tào — 1. to cover 2. to encase 3. cover 4. sheath 5. to overlap 6. to interleave 7. to model after 8. to copy 9. formula 10. harness 11. loop of rope 12. (fig.) to fish for 13. to obtain slyly 14. classifier for sets, collections 15. bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) 16. tau (Greek letter Ττ) (HSK 2)

出

chū — 1. to go out; to come out 2. to arise; to occur 3. to produce; to yield 4. to go beyond; to exceed 5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) 6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (HSK 1)

原委

yuán wěi — the whole story

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

紅

Hóng — surname Hong (HSK 2)

答應

dā ying — 1. to answer; to respond 2. to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise (HSK 2)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

只

zhī — variant of 隻 (zhī) (HSK 2)

帶

dài — 1. band 2. belt 3. girdle 4. ribbon 5. tire 6. area 7. zone 8. region 9. classifier: 條 (tiáo) 10. to wear 11. to carry 12. to take along 13. to bear (i.e. to have) 14. to lead 15. to bring 16. to look after 17. to raise (HSK 2)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

丰

fēng — 1. luxuriant 2. buxom 3. variant of 豐 (fēng) 4. variant of 風 (fēng) 5. appearance 6. charm

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

至

zhì — 1. to arrive 2. most 3. to 4. until (HSK 5)

園

Yuán — surname Yuan (HSK 6)

門前

mén qián — in front of the door

門

Mén — surname Men (HSK 1)

尚未

shàng wèi — not yet; still not (HSK 7-9)

關

Guān — surname Guan (HSK 1)

只

zhī — variant of 隻 (zhī) (HSK 2)

虛

xū — 1. emptiness 2. void 3. abstract theory or guiding principles 4. empty or unoccupied 5. diffident or timid 6. false 7. humble or modest 8. (of health) weak 9. virtual 10. in vain (HSK 7-9)

虛

xū — 1. emptiness 2. void 3. abstract theory or guiding principles 4. empty or unoccupied 5. diffident or timid 6. false 7. humble or modest 8. (of health) weak 9. virtual 10. in vain (HSK 7-9)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

掩

yǎn — 1. to cover up; to conceal 2. to close (a door, book etc) 3. (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid 4. (literary) to launch a surprise attack

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

于是

yú shì — thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence (HSK 4)

主仆

zhǔ pú — master and servant

二

èr — 1. two 2. 2 3. (Beijing dialect) stupid (HSK 1)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

方

Fāng — surname Fang (HSK 4)

推

tuī — 1. to push 2. to cut 3. to refuse 4. to reject 5. to decline 6. to shirk (responsibility) 7. to put off 8. to delay 9. to push forward 10. to nominate 11. to elect 12. massage (HSK 2)

門

Mén — surname Men (HSK 1)

進去

jìn qù — to go in (HSK 1)

只見

zhǐ jiàn — 1. to see (the same thing) over and over again 2. to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) (HSK 5)

園

Yuán — surname Yuan (HSK 6)

中

Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)

月色

yuè sè — moonlight

比

Bǐ — 1. Belgium 2. Belgian 3. abbr. for 比利時 (Bǐ lì shí) (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

外面

wài miàn — 1. outside (also pr. (wài mian) for this sense) 2. surface 3. exterior 4. external appearance (HSK 3)

更

gēng — 1. to change or replace 2. to experience 3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided 4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) (HSK 2)

覺

jiào — 1. a nap 2. a sleep 3. classifier: 場 (cháng) (HSK 6)

明朗

míng lǎng — 1. bright 2. clear 3. obvious 4. forthright 5. open-minded 6. bright and cheerful (HSK 7-9)

滿

Mǎn — Manchu ethnic group (HSK 2)

地下

dì xià — 1. underground 2. subterranean 3. covert (HSK 4)

重重

chóng chóng — 1. layer upon layer 2. one after another

樹

shù — 1. tree 2. classifier: 棵 (kē) 3. to cultivate 4. to set up (HSK 1)

影

yǐng — 1. picture 2. image 3. film 4. movie 5. photograph 6. reflection 7. shadow 8. trace

杳

yǎo — 1. dark and quiet 2. disappear

無人

wú rén — 1. unmanned 2. uninhabited

聲

shēng — 1. sound 2. voice 3. tone 4. noise 5. reputation 6. classifier for sounds (HSK 5)

甚是

shèn shì — (literary) very; extremely

凄

qī — 1. intense cold 2. frigid 3. dismal 4. grim 5. bleak 6. sad 7. mournful 8. also written 淒 (qī)

涼

Liáng — the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼 (Nán Liáng) (397-414), Western Liang 西涼 (400-421) (HSK 2)

寂靜

jì jìng — quiet (HSK 7-9)

剛

gāng — 1. (literary) hard; firm; strong 2. exactly; precisely 3. barely; only just 4. just; only a short while ago (HSK 2)

欲

yù — 1. to wish for 2. to desire 3. variant of 慾 (yù)

往

wǎng — 1. to go (in a direction) 2. to 3. towards 4. (of a train) bound for 5. past 6. previous (HSK 2)

秋

Qiū — surname Qiu

爽

shuǎng — 1. bright 2. clear 3. crisp 4. open 5. frank 6. straightforward 7. to feel well 8. fine 9. pleasurable 10. invigorating 11. to deviate (HSK 6)

齋

zhāi — 1. to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc 2. vegetarian diet 3. study room 4. building 5. to give alms (to a monk)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

條

tiáo — 1. strip 2. item 3. article 4. clause (of law or treaty) 5. classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) (HSK 2)

路

Lù — surname Lu (HSK 1)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

只

zhī — variant of 隻 (zhī) (HSK 2)

聽

tīng — 1. to listen to; to hear 2. to heed; to obey 3. a can (loanword from English "tin") 4. classifier for canned beverages 5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) 6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) (HSK 1)

忽

Hū — surname Hu

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

一聲

yī shēng — first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)

風

fēng — 1. wind 2. news 3. style 4. custom 5. manner 6. classifier: 陣 (zhèn), 絲 (sī) (HSK 1)

過

Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)

吹

chuī — 1. to blow 2. to play a wind instrument 3. to blast 4. to puff 5. to boast 6. to brag 7. to end in failure 8. to fall through (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

樹枝

shù zhī — 1. branch 2. twig (HSK 7-9)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

落葉

luò yè — 1. dead leaves 2. to lose leaves (of plants) 3. deciduous

滿

Mǎn — Manchu ethnic group (HSK 2)

園

Yuán — surname Yuan (HSK 6)

中

Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)

唰

shuā — 1. (onom.) swishing 2. rustling

喇

lā — (onom.) sound of wind, rain etc

喇

lā — (onom.) sound of wind, rain etc

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

作

zuō — 1. (bound form) worker 2. (bound form) workshop 3. (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) (HSK 6)

響

xiǎng — 1. echo 2. sound 3. noise 4. to make a sound 5. to sound 6. to ring 7. loud 8. classifier for noises (HSK 2)

枝

zhī — 1. branch 2. classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc (HSK 6)

梢

shāo — tip of branch

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

吱

zhī — (onom.) creaking or groaning

嘍嘍

lóu lóu — see 嘍囉 (lóu luo)

發

fā — 1. to send out 2. to show (one's feeling) 3. to issue 4. to develop 5. to make a bundle of money 6. classifier for gunshots (rounds) (HSK 2)

哨

shào — 1. a whistle 2. sentry

將

jiāng — 1. will 2. shall 3. to use 4. to take 5. to checkmate 6. just a short while ago 7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把 (bǎ)) (HSK 5)

那些

nà xiē — those (HSK 1)

寒鴉

hán yā — (bird species of China) western jackdaw; Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

宿

Sù — surname Su

鳥

diǎo — 1. variant of 屌 (diǎo) 2. penis (HSK 2)

都

Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)

驚飛

jīng fēi — to go off like a rocket; to rocket

起來

qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

吃

chī — 1. to eat; to consume 2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc) 3. to eradicate; to destroy 4. to absorb 5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

酒

jiǔ — 1. wine (esp. rice wine) 2. liquor 3. spirits 4. alcoholic beverage 5. classifier: 杯 (bēi), 瓶 (píng), 罐 (guàn), 桶 (tǒng), 缸 (gāng) (HSK 2)

被

bèi — 1. quilt 2. to cover (with) 3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) 4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) 5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip") (HSK 3)

風

fēng — 1. wind 2. news 3. style 4. custom 5. manner 6. classifier: 陣 (zhèn), 絲 (sī) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

吹

chuī — 1. to blow 2. to play a wind instrument 3. to blast 4. to puff 5. to boast 6. to brag 7. to end in failure 8. to fall through (HSK 2)

只

zhī — variant of 隻 (zhī) (HSK 2)

覺

jiào — 1. a nap 2. a sleep 3. classifier: 場 (cháng) (HSK 6)

身上

shēn shang — 1. on the body 2. at hand 3. among (HSK 1)

發

fā — 1. to send out 2. to show (one's feeling) 3. to issue 4. to develop 5. to make a bundle of money 6. classifier for gunshots (rounds) (HSK 2)

噤

jìn — 1. unable to speak 2. silent

起來

qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

丰

fēng — 1. luxuriant 2. buxom 3. variant of 豐 (fēng) 4. variant of 風 (fēng) 5. appearance 6. charm

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

把頭

bǎ tóu — 1. labor contractor 2. gangmaster

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

縮

suō — 1. to withdraw 2. to pull back 3. to contract 4. to shrink 5. to reduce 6. abbreviation 7. also pr. (sù) (HSK 7-9)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

好

hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)

冷

Lěng — surname Leng (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

撐

chēng — 1. to support 2. to prop up 3. to push or move with a pole 4. to maintain 5. to open or unfurl 6. to fill to bursting point 7. brace 8. stay 9. support (HSK 6)

不住

bù zhù — 1. (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc) 2. repeatedly; continuously; constantly

便

biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

丰

fēng — 1. luxuriant 2. buxom 3. variant of 豐 (fēng) 4. variant of 風 (fēng) 5. appearance 6. charm

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

快

kuài — 1. rapid 2. quick 3. speed 4. rate 5. soon 6. almost 7. to make haste 8. clever 9. sharp (of knives or wits) 10. forthright 11. plainspoken 12. gratified 13. pleased 14. pleasant (HSK 1)

回去

huí qu — 1. to return 2. to go back (HSK 1)

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

件

jiàn — 1. item 2. component 3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc (HSK 2)

銀

yín — 1. silver 2. silver-colored 3. relating to money or currency (HSK 3)

鼠

shǔ — (bound form) rat; mouse (HSK 5)

坎肩兒

kǎn jiān r — erhua variant of 坎肩 (kǎn jiān)

拿來

ná lái — 1. to bring 2. to fetch 3. to get

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

三

Sān — surname San (HSK 1)

姑娘

gū niang — 1. girl 2. young woman 3. young lady 4. daughter 5. paternal aunt (old) 6. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

那里

nà li — there; that place (HSK 1)

等

děng — 1. to wait for; to await 2. by the time; when; till 3. and so on; etc.; et al. 4. (bound form) class; rank; grade 5. (bound form) equal to; same as 6. (used to end an enumeration) 7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

丰

fēng — 1. luxuriant 2. buxom 3. variant of 豐 (fēng) 4. variant of 風 (fēng) 5. appearance 6. charm

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

巴不得

bā bu de — 1. (coll.) to be eager for 2. to long for 3. to look forward to (HSK 7-9)

一聲

yī shēng — first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

回去

huí qu — 1. to return 2. to go back (HSK 1)

穿衣

chuān yī — to put on clothes; to get dressed

裳

cháng — 1. lower garment 2. skirts 3. petticoats 4. garments

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

答應

dā ying — 1. to answer; to respond 2. to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一聲

yī shēng — first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)

回頭

huí tóu — 1. to turn round; to turn one's head 2. later; by and by (HSK 5)

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

跑

páo — (of an animal) to paw (the ground) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

却说凤姐回至房中，见贾琏尚未回来，便分派那管办探春行装奁事的一干人。那天已有黄昏以后，因忽然想起探春来，要瞧瞧他去，便叫丰儿与两个丫头跟著，头里一个丫头打著灯笼。走出门来，见月光已上，照耀如水。凤姐便命打灯笼的“回去罢。”因而走至茶房窗下，听见里面有人嘁嘁喳喳的，又似哭，又似笑，又似议论什么的。凤姐知道不过是家下婆子们又不知搬什么是非，心内大不受用，便命小红进去，装做无心的样子细细打听著，用话套出原委来。小红答应著去了。凤姐只带著丰儿来至园门前，门尚未关，只虚虚的掩著。于是主仆二人方推门进去，只见园中月色比著外面更觉明朗，满地下重重树影，杳无人声，甚是凄凉寂静。刚欲往秋爽斋这条路来，只听忽的一声风过，吹的那树枝上落叶满园中唰喇喇的作响，枝梢上吱喽喽发哨，将那些寒鸦宿鸟都惊飞起来。凤姐吃了酒，被风一吹，只觉身上发噤起来。那丰儿也把头一缩说：“好冷！”凤姐也撑不住，便叫丰儿：“快回去把那件银鼠坎肩儿拿来，我在三姑娘那里等著。”丰儿巴不得一声，也要回去穿衣裳来，答应了一声，回头就跑了。

鳳姐剛舉步走了不遠，只覺身後咈咈哧哧，似有聞嗅之聲，不覺頭髮森然豎了起來。Xifeng had scarcely taken a few steps when she felt, behind her, a sound of sniffing and snuffling, as though something were smelling at her, and without meaning to her hair stood on end.由不得回頭一看，只見黑油油一個東西在後面伸著鼻子聞他呢，那兩只眼睛恰似燈光一般。She could not help but turn to look, and saw a pitch-black creature behind her stretching out its nose to sniff at her, its two eyes glowing exactly like lamps.鳳姐嚇的魂不附体，不覺失聲的咳了一聲。Xifeng was so frightened her soul seemed to leave her body, and she could not help but let out an involuntary cough.卻是一只大狗。But it turned out to be only a large dog.那狗抽頭回身，拖著一個掃帚尾巴，一氣跑上大土山上方站住了，回身猶向鳳姐拱爪兒。The dog drew back its head and turned around, its broom-like tail trailing behind, and ran all the way up onto the big earthen hill, where it stopped and, turning back, still raised its paws toward Xifeng as if in salute.鳳姐兒此時心跳神移，急急的向秋爽齋來。Xifeng, her heart pounding and her wits scattered by this time, hurried anxiously on toward Qiushuang Studio.已將來至門口，方轉過山子，只見迎面有一個人影兒一恍。She had almost reached the gate, and had just rounded the ornamental rockery, when she saw straight ahead a human shadow flicker past.鳳姐心中疑惑，心里想著必是那一房里的丫頭，便問：“是誰？”問了兩聲，并沒有人出來，已經嚇得神魂飄蕩。Xifeng, suspicious at heart, thought it must be a maid from one of the apartments, and asked, "Who is it?" She asked twice, but no one came forward, and by now she was frightened half out of her wits.恍恍忽忽的似乎背後有人說道：“嬸娘連我也不認得了！”鳳姐忙回頭一看，只見這人形容俊俏，衣履風流，十分眼熟，只是想不起是那房那屋里的媳婦來。In a daze, it seemed someone behind her said, "Auntie, do you not even recognize me anymore!" Xifeng hurriedly turned to look, and saw that this person's features were handsome, her dress and bearing elegant, and quite familiar to the eye, only she could not recall which household's young wife this was.只聽那人又說道：“嬸娘只管享榮華受富貴的心盛，把我那年說的立萬年永遠之基都付於東洋大海了。”鳳姐聽說，低頭尋思，總想不起。She then heard the person say again, "Auntie has been so intent on enjoying glory and wealth that what I spoke of that year—establishing a foundation to last ten thousand years—has all been thrown into the eastern ocean." Hearing this, Xifeng bowed her head in thought, but could not recall it at all.那人冷笑道：“嬸娘那時怎樣疼我了，如今就忘在九霄雲外了。”鳳姐聽了，此時方想起來是賈蓉的先妻秦氏，便說道：“噯呀，你是死了的人哪，怎麼跑到這里來了呢！”啐了一口，方轉回身，腳下不防一塊石頭絆了一跤，猶如夢醒一般，渾身汗如雨下。The person said with a cold laugh, "How Auntie doted on me back then, and now it's all been forgotten to the ninth heaven." Hearing this, Xifeng at last remembered—it was Jia Rong's former wife, Qin-shi—and she said, "Oh! You're a person who's already dead—how did you come to be here!" She spat once, and just as she turned to go back, her foot caught unexpectedly on a stone and she stumbled, and as if waking from a dream, sweat poured from her whole body like rain.雖然毛髮悚然，心中卻也明白，只見小紅丰兒影影綽綽的來了。Though her hair still stood on end with fright, her mind was clear again, and she saw Xiaohong and Fenger coming, their shapes flickering faintly in the distance.鳳姐恐怕落人的褒貶，連忙爬起來說道：“你們做什麼呢，去了這半天？Xifeng, afraid of being mocked by others, hastily scrambled up and said, "What have you two been doing, gone all this while?快拿來我穿上罷。”一面丰兒走至跟前伏侍穿上，小紅過來攙扶。Bring it here quickly, let me put it on." As she spoke, Fenger came up and helped her put it on, while Xiaohong came over to support her.鳳姐道：“我才到那里，他們都睡了。Xifeng said, "I had only just arrived there when I found they were all already asleep.咱們回去罷。”一面說，一面帶了兩個丫頭急急忙忙回到家中。Let's go back." So saying, she took the two maids and hurried back home.賈璉已回來了，只是見他臉上神色更變，不似往常，待要問他，又知他素日性格，不敢突然相問，只得睡了。Jia Lian had already returned, but seeing that the look on his face had changed and was unlike his usual self, she wanted to ask him about it, yet knowing his temperament of late, she did not dare question him so abruptly, and so she simply went to sleep.至次日五更，賈璉就起來要往總理內庭都檢點太監裘世安家來打聽事務。At the fifth watch the next day, Jia Lian got up early to go to the house of Qiu Shi'an, the eunuch in charge of overseeing palace affairs, to inquire about matters.因太早了，見桌上有昨日送來的抄報，便拿起來閒看。Since it was still too early, he saw on the table the gazette that had been delivered the day before, and picked it up to look through idly.第一件是雲南節度使王忠一本，新獲了一起私帶神槍火藥出邊事，共有十八名人犯。The first item was a memorial from Wang Zhong, the military commissioner of Yunnan, reporting the newly uncovered case of persons smuggling firearms and gunpowder across the border, involving eighteen accused in all.頭一名鮑音，口稱系太師鎮國公賈化家人。The first named was Bao Yin, who claimed to be a servant of Jia Hua, Grand Tutor and Duke Who Guards the Realm.第二件蘇州刺史李孝一本，參劾縱放家奴，倚勢凌辱軍民，以致因奸不遂殺死節婦一家人命三口事。The second item was a memorial from Li Xiao, the prefect of Suzhou, impeaching a household for indulging its servant, who relying on his master's power had oppressed soldiers and commoners, and, failing to force himself upon a chaste widow, had killed her and two others of her household, three lives in all.凶犯姓時名福，自稱系世襲三等職銜賈范家人。The murderer's name was Shi Fu, who claimed to be a servant of Jia Fan, holder of a third-rank hereditary title.賈璉看見這兩件，心中早又不自在起來，待要看第三件，又恐遲了不能見裘世安的面，因此急急的穿了衣服，也等不得吃東西，恰好平兒端上茶來，喝了兩口，便出來騎馬走了。When Jia Lian saw these two items, he already felt uneasy at heart, and though he meant to read the third item, he feared it would make him too late to see Qiu Shi'an, and so he hurriedly put on his clothes, not even waiting to eat; just then Ping'er brought in tea, and after drinking two mouthfuls he went out, mounted his horse, and rode off.

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

剛

gāng — 1. (literary) hard; firm; strong 2. exactly; precisely 3. barely; only just 4. just; only a short while ago (HSK 2)

舉步

jǔ bù — (literary) to move forward

走

zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

遠

yuǎn — 1. far 2. distant 3. remote 4. (intensifier in a comparison) by far 5. much (lower etc) (HSK 1)

只

zhī — variant of 隻 (zhī) (HSK 2)

覺

jiào — 1. a nap 2. a sleep 3. classifier: 場 (cháng) (HSK 6)

身後

shēn hòu — 1. the time after one's death 2. a place behind sb 3. (fig.) one's social background

咈

fú — oppose

咈

fú — oppose

哧

chī — 1. (onom.) giggling 2. breathing 3. tearing of paper, ripping of fabric etc

哧

chī — 1. (onom.) giggling 2. breathing 3. tearing of paper, ripping of fabric etc

似

shì — used in 似的 (shì de)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

聞

Wén — surname Wen (HSK 2)

嗅

xiù — 1. to smell 2. to sniff 3. to nose

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

聲

shēng — 1. sound 2. voice 3. tone 4. noise 5. reputation 6. classifier for sounds (HSK 5)

不覺

bù jué — unconsciously

頭髮

tóu fa — hair (on the head) (HSK 2)

森然

sēn rán — 1. (of tall trees) dense, thick 2. awe-inspiring

豎

shù — 1. to erect 2. vertical 3. vertical stroke (in Chinese characters) (HSK 7-9)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

起來

qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)

由不得

yóu bu de — 1. cannot help 2. to be beyond control of

回頭

huí tóu — 1. to turn round; to turn one's head 2. later; by and by (HSK 5)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

看

kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)

只見

zhǐ jiàn — 1. to see (the same thing) over and over again 2. to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) (HSK 5)

黑

Hēi — short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江 (Hēi lóng jiāng) (HSK 2)

油油

yóu yóu — oily

一個

yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

東西

dōng xī — east and west (HSK 1)

在後

zài hòu — behind

面

miàn — 1. face 2. side 3. surface 4. aspect 5. top 6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

伸

shēn — 1. to stretch 2. to extend (HSK 5)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

鼻子

bí zi — 1. nose 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 5)

聞

Wén — surname Wen (HSK 2)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

只

zhī — variant of 隻 (zhī) (HSK 2)

眼睛

yǎn jing — 1. eye 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 雙 (shuāng) (HSK 2)

恰似

qià sì — 1. just like 2. exactly like

燈光

dēng guāng — 1. (stage) lighting 2. light (HSK 4)

一般

yī bān — 1. same 2. ordinary 3. so-so 4. common 5. general 6. generally 7. in general (HSK 2)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

嚇

hè — 1. to scare 2. to intimidate 3. to threaten 4. (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut 5. (interjection showing astonishment) (HSK 5)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

魂不附体

hún bù fù tǐ — 1. lit. body and soul separated (idiom); fig. scared out of one's wits 2. beside oneself

不覺

bù jué — unconsciously

失聲

shī shēng — 1. to lose one's voice 2. (to cry out) involuntarily

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

咳

hāi — 1. sound of sighing 2. (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh 3. damn 4. wow (HSK 5)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一聲

yī shēng — first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)

卻是

què shì — 1. nevertheless 2. actually 3. the fact is ... (HSK 6)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

只

zhī — variant of 隻 (zhī) (HSK 2)

大

dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)

狗

gǒu — 1. dog 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 條 (tiáo) (HSK 2)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

狗

gǒu — 1. dog 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 條 (tiáo) (HSK 2)

抽頭

chōu tóu — 1. to take a percentage of the winnings (in gambling) 2. tap (in an electromagnetic coil) 3. drawer (of a desk etc)

回

Huí — Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) (HSK 1)

身

shēn — 1. body 2. life 3. oneself 4. personally 5. one's morality and conduct 6. the main part of a structure or body 7. pregnant 8. classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset 9. Kangxi radical 158

拖

tuō — 1. to drag 2. to tow 3. to trail 4. to hang down 5. to mop (the floor) 6. to delay 7. to drag on (HSK 6)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

一個

yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

掃帚

sào zhou — broom

尾巴

wěi ba — 1. tail 2. colloquial pr. (yǐ ba) (HSK 4)

一氣

yī qì — 1. at one go 2. at a stretch 3. for a period of time 4. forming a gang

跑

páo — (of an animal) to paw (the ground) (HSK 1)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

大

dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)

土

Tǔ — 1. surname Tu 2. Tu ethnic group (HSK 3)

山

Shān — surname Shan (HSK 1)

上方

shàng fāng — 1. place above (it) 2. upper part (of it) (HSK 7-9)

站住

zhàn zhù — 1. to come to a stop; to halt 2. to keep one's footing; to stay upright 3. (fig.) to hold one's ground; to gain a firm foothold 4. (of an assertion etc) to hold up; to be tenable (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

回

Huí — Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) (HSK 1)

身

shēn — 1. body 2. life 3. oneself 4. personally 5. one's morality and conduct 6. the main part of a structure or body 7. pregnant 8. classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset 9. Kangxi radical 158

猶

yóu — 1. as if 2. (just) like 3. just as 4. still 5. yet

向

Xiàng — surname Xiang (HSK 2)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

拱

gǒng — 1. to cup one's hands in salute 2. to surround 3. to arch 4. to dig earth with the snout 5. arched (HSK 7-9)

爪兒

zhuǎ r — 1. paws (of small animal) 2. foot of a utensil 3. stupid person

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

此時

cǐ shí — 1. now 2. this moment (HSK 5)

心跳

xīn tiào — 1. heartbeat 2. pulse

神

Shén — God (HSK 5)

移

yí — 1. to move 2. to shift 3. to change 4. to alter 5. to remove (HSK 4)

急

jí — 1. urgent 2. pressing 3. rapid 4. hurried 5. worried 6. to make (sb) anxious (HSK 2)

急

jí — 1. urgent 2. pressing 3. rapid 4. hurried 5. worried 6. to make (sb) anxious (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

向

Xiàng — surname Xiang (HSK 2)

秋

Qiū — surname Qiu

爽

shuǎng — 1. bright 2. clear 3. crisp 4. open 5. frank 6. straightforward 7. to feel well 8. fine 9. pleasurable 10. invigorating 11. to deviate (HSK 6)

齋

zhāi — 1. to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc 2. vegetarian diet 3. study room 4. building 5. to give alms (to a monk)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

已

yǐ — 1. already 2. to stop 3. then 4. afterwards (HSK 3)

將來

jiāng lái — 1. in the future 2. future 3. the future 4. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

至

zhì — 1. to arrive 2. most 3. to 4. until (HSK 5)

門口

mén kǒu — 1. doorway 2. gate 3. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)

方

Fāng — surname Fang (HSK 4)

轉

zhuǎi — see 轉文 (zhuǎi wén) (HSK 3)

過

Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)

山子

shān zi — 1. rock garden 2. rockery

只見

zhǐ jiàn — 1. to see (the same thing) over and over again 2. to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) (HSK 5)

迎面

yíng miàn — 1. directly; head-on (collision) 2. (of wind) in one's face

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

一個人

yī gè rén — 1. by oneself (without assistance) 2. alone (without company)

影兒

yǐng r — shadow

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

恍

huǎng — 1. (bound form) in a hazy state of mind 2. (bound form) to snap out of that state 3. used in 恍如 (huǎng rú) and 恍若 (huǎng ruò)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

心中

xīn zhōng — 1. central point 2. in one's thoughts 3. in one's heart (HSK 2)

疑惑

yí huò — 1. to doubt 2. to distrust 3. unconvincing 4. to puzzle over 5. misgivings 6. suspicions (HSK 7-9)

心里

xīn li — 1. chest 2. heart; mind (HSK 2)

想

xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

必

bì — 1. certainly 2. must 3. will 4. necessarily (HSK 5)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

房

Fáng — surname Fang

里

Lǐ — surname Li (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

丫頭

yā tou — 1. girl 2. servant girl 3. (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) (HSK 7-9)

便

biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)

問

wèn — to ask; to inquire (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

誰

shéi — 1. who 2. also pr. (shuí) (HSK 1)

問

wèn — to ask; to inquire (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

聲

shēng — 1. sound 2. voice 3. tone 4. noise 5. reputation 6. classifier for sounds (HSK 5)

并

Bīng — short name for Taiyuan 太原 (Tài yuán) (HSK 3)

沒有

méi yǒu — 1. haven't 2. hasn't 3. doesn't exist 4. to not have 5. to not be (HSK 1)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

出來

chū lái — 1. to come out 2. to appear 3. to arise (HSK 1)

已經

yǐ jīng — already (HSK 2)

嚇

hè — 1. to scare 2. to intimidate 3. to threaten 4. (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut 5. (interjection showing astonishment) (HSK 5)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

神魂

shén hún — 1. mind 2. state of mind (often abnormal)

飄

piāo — 1. to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft 2. complacent; frivolous 3. weak; shaky; wobbly (HSK 7-9)

蕩

dàng — 1. to wash 2. to squander 3. to sweep away 4. to move 5. to shake 6. dissolute 7. pond

恍

huǎng — 1. (bound form) in a hazy state of mind 2. (bound form) to snap out of that state 3. used in 恍如 (huǎng rú) and 恍若 (huǎng ruò)

恍忽

huǎng hū — variant of 恍惚 (huǎng hū)

忽

Hū — surname Hu

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

似乎

sì hū — it seems; seemingly; as if (HSK 4)

背後

bèi hòu — 1. behind 2. at the back 3. in the rear 4. behind sb's back (HSK 3)

有人

yǒu rén — 1. someone 2. people 3. anyone 4. there is someone there 5. occupied (as in restroom) (HSK 2)

說道

shuō dào — 1. to state 2. to say (the quoted words) (HSK 7-9)

嬸娘

shěn niáng — wife of father's younger brother; aunt

連

Lián — surname Lian (HSK 3)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

認得

rèn de — 1. to recognize 2. to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it 3. to know (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

忙

máng — 1. busy 2. hurriedly 3. to hurry 4. to rush (HSK 1)

回頭

huí tóu — 1. to turn round; to turn one's head 2. later; by and by (HSK 5)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

看

kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)

只見

zhǐ jiàn — 1. to see (the same thing) over and over again 2. to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) (HSK 5)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

人形

rén xíng — 1. human form 2. human-shaped; humanoid

容

Róng — surname Rong

俊俏

jùn qiào — 1. attractive and intelligent 2. charming 3. elegant (HSK 7-9)

衣履

yī lǚ — clothes and shoes

風流

fēng liú — 1. distinguished and accomplished 2. outstanding 3. talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle 4. romantic 5. dissolute 6. loose (HSK 7-9)

十分

shí fēn — 1. very 2. completely 3. utterly 4. extremely 5. absolutely 6. hundred percent 7. to divide into ten equal parts (HSK 2)

眼熟

yǎn shú — 1. familiar-looking 2. to seem familiar

只是

zhǐ shì — 1. merely; only; just; nothing but 2. simply 3. but; however (HSK 3)

想

xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

起

qǐ — 1. to rise 2. to raise 3. to get up 4. to set out 5. to start 6. to appear 7. to launch 8. to initiate (action) 9. to draft 10. to establish 11. to get (from a depot or counter) 12. verb suffix, to start 13. starting from (a time, place, price etc) 14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance 15. classifier for groups: batch, group (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

房

Fáng — surname Fang

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

屋

wū — 1. (bound form) house 2. (bound form) room (HSK 5)

里

Lǐ — surname Li (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

媳婦

xí fù — 1. daughter-in-law 2. wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation (HSK 7-9)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

只

zhī — variant of 隻 (zhī) (HSK 2)

聽

tīng — 1. to listen to; to hear 2. to heed; to obey 3. a can (loanword from English "tin") 4. classifier for canned beverages 5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) 6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

說道

shuō dào — 1. to state 2. to say (the quoted words) (HSK 7-9)

嬸娘

shěn niáng — wife of father's younger brother; aunt

只管

zhǐ guǎn — 1. solely engrossed in one thing 2. just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) 3. simply 4. by all means 5. please feel free 6. do not hesitate (to ask for sth) (HSK 6)

享

xiǎng — 1. to enjoy 2. to benefit 3. to have the use of (HSK 7-9)

榮華

róng huá — glory and splendor

受

shòu — 1. to receive 2. to accept 3. to suffer 4. subjected to 5. to bear 6. to stand 7. pleasant 8. (passive marker) 9. (LGBT) bottom (HSK 3)

富貴

fù guì — riches and honor

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

心

xīn — 1. heart 2. mind 3. intention 4. center 5. core 6. classifier: 顆 (kē), 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

盛

Shèng — surname Sheng (HSK 7-9)

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

年

Nián — surname Nian (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

立

Lì — surname Li (HSK 5)

萬年

Wàn nián — see 萬年縣 (Wàn nián Xiàn)

永遠

yǒng yuǎn — 1. forever 2. eternal (HSK 2)

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

基

jī — 1. (bound form) base; foundation 2. (bound form) radical (chemistry) 3. (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)

都

Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)

付

Fù — surname Fu (HSK 3)

於

yú — 1. (of time or place) in; at; on 2. (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for 3. (indicating a source) from; out of 4. (used in comparison) than 5. (used in the passive voice) by (HSK 6)

東洋

Dōng yáng — 1. Japan (old) 2. East Asian countries

大海

dà hǎi — 1. sea 2. ocean (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

聽說

tīng shuō — 1. to hear (sth said) 2. one hears (that) 3. hearsay 4. listening and speaking (HSK 2)

低頭

dī tóu — 1. to bow the head 2. to yield 3. to give in (HSK 6)

尋思

xún sī — 1. to consider 2. to ponder

總

zǒng — 1. (bound form) general; overall 2. to sum up 3. in every case; always; invariably 4. anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later 5. surely 6. (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理 (zǒng jīng lǐ) or 總編 (zǒng biān) etc (HSK 3)

想

xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

起

qǐ — 1. to rise 2. to raise 3. to get up 4. to set out 5. to start 6. to appear 7. to launch 8. to initiate (action) 9. to draft 10. to establish 11. to get (from a depot or counter) 12. verb suffix, to start 13. starting from (a time, place, price etc) 14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance 15. classifier for groups: batch, group (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

冷笑

lěng xiào — 1. to sneer 2. to laugh grimly 3. grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc) 4. bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile (HSK 7-9)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

嬸娘

shěn niáng — wife of father's younger brother; aunt

那時

nà shí — 1. then 2. at that time 3. in those days (HSK 2)

怎樣

zěn yàng — 1. how 2. what kind (HSK 2)

疼

téng — 1. (it) hurts; sore 2. to love dearly (HSK 2)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

如今

rú jīn — nowadays; now (HSK 4)

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

忘

wàng — 1. to forget 2. to overlook 3. to neglect (HSK 1)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

九霄雲外

jiǔ xiāo yún wài — 1. beyond the topmost clouds (idiom) 2. unimaginably far away

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

聽

tīng — 1. to listen to; to hear 2. to heed; to obey 3. a can (loanword from English "tin") 4. classifier for canned beverages 5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) 6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

此時

cǐ shí — 1. now 2. this moment (HSK 5)

方

Fāng — surname Fang (HSK 4)

想起來

xiǎng qi lai — 1. to remember 2. to recall

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

蓉

Róng — short name for Chengdu 成都 (Chéng dū)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

先

xiān — 1. beforehand; first; earlier 2. at first; originally 3. for the time being; for now 4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) (HSK 1)

妻

qī — (bound form) wife

秦

Qín — 1. surname Qin 2. Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇 (Qín Shǐ huáng) 3. short name for 陝西 (Shǎn xī)

氏

shì — 1. (bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏 (Wáng shì) "the Wang clan") 2. (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏 (Lǐ Wáng shì) "Mrs. Li, née Wang") 3. (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures

便

biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)

說道

shuō dào — 1. to state 2. to say (the quoted words) (HSK 7-9)

噯

ǎi — 1. to belch 2. (interj. of disapproval)

呀

yā — 1. ah (used to express surprise) 2. (onom.) creaking (HSK 4)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

死

sǐ — 1. to die 2. impassable 3. uncrossable 4. inflexible 5. rigid 6. extremely 7. damned (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

哪

nǎ — 1. how 2. which (HSK 1)

怎麼

zěn me — 1. how? 2. what? 3. why? (HSK 1)

跑

páo — (of an animal) to paw (the ground) (HSK 1)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

里

Lǐ — surname Li (HSK 1)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

啐

cuì — 1. to spit 2. (onom.) pshaw! 3. (old) to sip

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一口

yī kǒu — 1. readily 2. flatly (deny, admit and so on) 3. a mouthful 4. a bite

方

Fāng — surname Fang (HSK 4)

轉回

zhuǎn huí — 1. to turn back 2. to put back 3. reversal 4. melodic inversion (in music)

身

shēn — 1. body 2. life 3. oneself 4. personally 5. one's morality and conduct 6. the main part of a structure or body 7. pregnant 8. classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset 9. Kangxi radical 158

腳下

jiǎo xià — under the foot

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

防

fáng — 1. to protect 2. to defend 3. to guard against 4. to prevent (HSK 3)

一塊

yī kuài — 1. a piece; a chunk 2. (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這 (zhè)) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感這一塊 (qíng gǎn zhè yī kuài) "the emotional aspect (of it)") 3. (coll.) one yuan; a dollar 4. together; in the same place; in company

石頭

shí tou — 1. stone 2. classifier: 塊 (kuài) (HSK 3)

絆

bàn — 1. to trip 2. to stumble 3. to hinder

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

跤

jiāo — 1. a tumble 2. a fall

猶如

yóu rú — similar to; like (HSK 7-9)

夢

mèng — 1. dream (classifier: 場 (cháng)) 2. (bound form) to dream (HSK 4)

醒

xǐng — 1. to wake up 2. to be awake 3. to become aware 4. to sober up 5. to come to (HSK 4)

一般

yī bān — 1. same 2. ordinary 3. so-so 4. common 5. general 6. generally 7. in general (HSK 2)

渾身

hún shēn — 1. all over 2. from head to foot (HSK 7-9)

汗如雨下

hàn rú yǔ xià — 1. sweating like rain (idiom); to perspire profusely 2. sweating like a pig

雖然

suī rán — although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) (HSK 2)

毛髮

máo fà — hair

悚然

sǒng rán — 1. frightened 2. terrified

心中

xīn zhōng — 1. central point 2. in one's thoughts 3. in one's heart (HSK 2)

卻

què — 1. but 2. yet 3. however 4. while 5. to go back 6. to decline 7. to retreat 8. nevertheless 9. even though (HSK 4)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

明白

míng bai — 1. clear; obvious; unequivocal 2. sensible; reasonable 3. to understand; to realize (HSK 1)

只見

zhǐ jiàn — 1. to see (the same thing) over and over again 2. to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) (HSK 5)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

紅

Hóng — surname Hong (HSK 2)

丰

fēng — 1. luxuriant 2. buxom 3. variant of 豐 (fēng) 4. variant of 風 (fēng) 5. appearance 6. charm

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

影

yǐng — 1. picture 2. image 3. film 4. movie 5. photograph 6. reflection 7. shadow 8. trace

影

yǐng — 1. picture 2. image 3. film 4. movie 5. photograph 6. reflection 7. shadow 8. trace

綽

chāo — 1. to grab; to snatch up 2. variant of 焯 (chāo)

綽

chāo — 1. to grab; to snatch up 2. variant of 焯 (chāo)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

恐怕

kǒng pà — 1. fear 2. to dread 3. I'm afraid that... 4. perhaps 5. maybe (HSK 3)

落

là — 1. to leave out 2. to be missing 3. to leave behind or forget to bring 4. to lag or fall behind (HSK 4)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

褒貶

bāo biǎn — 1. to appraise 2. to pass judgment on 3. to speak ill of 4. praise and censure 5. appraisal

連忙

lián máng — promptly; at once (HSK 3)

爬

pá — 1. to crawl 2. to climb 3. to get up or sit up (HSK 2)

起來

qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)

說道

shuō dào — 1. to state 2. to say (the quoted words) (HSK 7-9)

你們

nǐ men — you (plural) (HSK 1)

做

zuò — 1. to make; to produce 2. to write; to compose 3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) 4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) 5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for 6. to assume (an air or manner) (HSK 1)

什麼

shén me — 1. what? 2. something; anything (HSK 1)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

半天

bàn tiān — 1. half of the day 2. a long time 3. quite a while 4. midair 5. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)

快

kuài — 1. rapid 2. quick 3. speed 4. rate 5. soon 6. almost 7. to make haste 8. clever 9. sharp (of knives or wits) 10. forthright 11. plainspoken 12. gratified 13. pleased 14. pleasant (HSK 1)

拿來

ná lái — 1. to bring 2. to fetch 3. to get

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

穿上

chuān shang — to put on (clothes etc) (HSK 4)

罷

bà — 1. to stop 2. to cease 3. to dismiss 4. to suspend 5. to quit 6. to finish

一面

yī miàn — 1. one side 2. one aspect 3. simultaneously... (and...) 4. one's whole face (HSK 7-9)

丰

fēng — 1. luxuriant 2. buxom 3. variant of 豐 (fēng) 4. variant of 風 (fēng) 5. appearance 6. charm

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

走

zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)

至

zhì — 1. to arrive 2. most 3. to 4. until (HSK 5)

跟前

gēn qián — 1. the front (of) 2. (in) front 3. (in) sb's presence 4. just before (a date) (HSK 5)

伏侍

fú shi — variant of 服侍 (fú shi)

穿上

chuān shang — to put on (clothes etc) (HSK 4)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

紅

Hóng — surname Hong (HSK 2)

過來

guò lái — 1. to come over 2. to manage 3. to handle 4. to be able to take care of (HSK 2)

攙扶

chān fú — to lend an arm to support sb

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

才

cái — 1. ability; talent 2. sb of a certain type 3. a capable individual 4. then and only then 5. just now 6. (before an expression of quantity) only 7. (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually (HSK 2)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

那里

nà li — there; that place (HSK 1)

他們

tā men — they; them (HSK 1)

都

Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)

睡

shuì — 1. to sleep 2. to lie down (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

咱們

zán men — 1. we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) 2. (dialect) I or me 3. (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you 4. also pr. (zá men) (HSK 2)

回去

huí qu — 1. to return 2. to go back (HSK 1)

罷

bà — 1. to stop 2. to cease 3. to dismiss 4. to suspend 5. to quit 6. to finish

一面

yī miàn — 1. one side 2. one aspect 3. simultaneously... (and...) 4. one's whole face (HSK 7-9)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

一面

yī miàn — 1. one side 2. one aspect 3. simultaneously... (and...) 4. one's whole face (HSK 7-9)

帶

dài — 1. band 2. belt 3. girdle 4. ribbon 5. tire 6. area 7. zone 8. region 9. classifier: 條 (tiáo) 10. to wear 11. to carry 12. to take along 13. to bear (i.e. to have) 14. to lead 15. to bring 16. to look after 17. to raise (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

丫頭

yā tou — 1. girl 2. servant girl 3. (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) (HSK 7-9)

急急忙忙

jí jí máng máng — hurriedly

回到

huí dào — to return to (HSK 1)

家

jiā — 1. home 2. family 3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) 4. classifier for families or businesses 5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China 6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian 7. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)

中

Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

已

yǐ — 1. already 2. to stop 3. then 4. afterwards (HSK 3)

回來

huí lai — to return; to come back (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

只是

zhǐ shì — 1. merely; only; just; nothing but 2. simply 3. but; however (HSK 3)

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

臉

liǎn — 1. face 2. classifier: 張 (zhāng), 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

神色

shén sè — 1. expression 2. look

更

gēng — 1. to change or replace 2. to experience 3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided 4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) (HSK 2)

變

biàn — 1. to change 2. to become different 3. to transform 4. to vary 5. rebellion (HSK 2)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

似

shì — used in 似的 (shì de)

往常

wǎng cháng — 1. usual 2. customary (HSK 7-9)

待要

dài yào — to be about to

問

wèn — to ask; to inquire (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

知

zhī — 1. to know 2. to be aware

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

素日

sù rì — usually

性格

xìng gé — 1. nature 2. disposition 3. temperament 4. character 5. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

敢

gǎn — 1. to dare 2. daring 3. (polite) may I venture (HSK 3)

突然

tū rán — sudden; abrupt; unexpected (HSK 3)

相

Xiāng — surname Xiang

問

wèn — to ask; to inquire (HSK 1)

只得

zhǐ dé — to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to (HSK 6)

睡

shuì — 1. to sleep 2. to lie down (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

至

zhì — 1. to arrive 2. most 3. to 4. until (HSK 5)

次日

cì rì — 1. next day 2. the morrow (HSK 7-9)

五更

wǔ gēng — fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

起來

qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

往

wǎng — 1. to go (in a direction) 2. to 3. towards 4. (of a train) bound for 5. past 6. previous (HSK 2)

總理

zǒng lǐ — 1. premier 2. prime minister 3. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 4)

內

nèi — 1. inside 2. inner 3. internal 4. within 5. interior (HSK 3)

庭

tíng — 1. main hall 2. front courtyard 3. law court

都

Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)

檢點

jiǎn diǎn — 1. to examine 2. to check 3. to keep a lookout 4. cautious 5. restrained (in speech or mannerisms)

太監

tài jiàn — 1. court eunuch 2. palace eunuch

裘

Qiú — surname Qiu

世

Shì — surname Shi

安家

ān jiā — 1. to settle down 2. to set up a home

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

打聽

dǎ ting — 1. to ask about 2. to make some inquiries 3. to ask around (HSK 3)

事務

shì wù — 1. (political, economic etc) affairs 2. work 3. transaction (as in a computer database) (HSK 7-9)

因

yīn — 1. cause 2. reason 3. because (HSK 6)

太

tài — 1. highest 2. greatest 3. too (much) 4. very 5. extremely (HSK 1)

早

zǎo — 1. early 2. morning 3. Good morning! 4. long ago 5. prematurely (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

桌

zhuō — 1. table 2. desk 3. classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

昨日

zuó rì — yesterday

送

sòng — 1. to send; to deliver; to transmit 2. to give (as a present) 3. to see (sb) off 4. to accompany; to go along with (HSK 1)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

抄

chāo — 1. to make a copy 2. to plagiarize 3. to search and seize 4. to raid 5. to grab 6. to go off with 7. to take a shortcut 8. to make a turning move 9. to fold one's arms (HSK 4)

報

bào — 1. to report; to inform; to announce 2. to respond; to reply 3. to sign up for; to register for (abbr. for 報名 (bào míng)) 4. to reward; to recompense 5. to take revenge; to retaliate 6. newspaper 7. periodical; journal 8. bulletin 9. telegram (HSK 3)

便

biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)

拿起

ná qǐ — to pick up

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

閒

jiān — variant of 間 (jiān) (HSK 5)

看

kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)

第一

dì yī — 1. first 2. most important; primary; foremost

件

jiàn — 1. item 2. component 3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc (HSK 2)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

雲南

Yún nán — see 雲南省 (Yún nán Shěng)

節度使

jié dù shǐ — Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

忠

zhōng — loyal; devoted; faithful

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

本

běn — 1. (bound form) root; stem 2. (bound form) origin; source 3. (bound form) one's own; this 4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc) 5. (bound form) original 6. (bound form) inherent 7. originally; initially 8. capital; principal 9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc (HSK 1)

新

Xīn — 1. abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 (Xīn jiāng) 2. abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 (Xīn jiā pō) 3. surname Xin (HSK 1)

獲

huò — 1. (literary) to catch; to capture 2. (literary) to get; to obtain; to win (HSK 4)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一起

yī qǐ — 1. (in) the same place 2. together; in company (with) 3. altogether; in total 4. an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc) (HSK 1)

私

sī — 1. personal 2. private 3. selfish

帶

dài — 1. band 2. belt 3. girdle 4. ribbon 5. tire 6. area 7. zone 8. region 9. classifier: 條 (tiáo) 10. to wear 11. to carry 12. to take along 13. to bear (i.e. to have) 14. to lead 15. to bring 16. to look after 17. to raise (HSK 2)

神

Shén — God (HSK 5)

槍

Qiāng — surname Qiang (HSK 5)

火藥

huǒ yào — gunpowder (HSK 7-9)

出

chū — 1. to go out; to come out 2. to arise; to occur 3. to produce; to yield 4. to go beyond; to exceed 5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) 6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (HSK 1)

邊

biān — 1. side 2. edge 3. margin 4. border 5. boundary 6. classifier: 個 (gè) 7. simultaneously (HSK 2)

事

shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)

共有

gòng yǒu — 1. in total there are ... 2. to own jointly (HSK 3)

十八

shí bā — 1. eighteen 2. 18

名人

míng rén — 1. personage 2. celebrity (HSK 4)

犯

fàn — 1. to violate 2. to offend 3. to assault 4. criminal 5. crime 6. to make a mistake 7. recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) (HSK 6)

頭一

tóu yī — the first

名

míng — 1. name 2. noun (part of speech) 3. place (e.g. among winners) 4. famous 5. classifier for people (HSK 2)

鮑

Bào — surname Bao

音

yīn — 1. sound 2. noise 3. note (of musical scale) 4. tone 5. news 6. syllable 7. reading (phonetic value of a character)

口稱

kǒu chēng — 1. to speak 2. to say

系

xì — 1. system 2. department 3. faculty (HSK 3)

太師

tài shī — imperial tutor

鎮

zhèn — 1. to press down 2. to calm 3. to subdue 4. to suppress 5. to guard 6. garrison 7. small town 8. to cool or chill (food or drinks) (HSK 6)

國

Guó — surname Guo (HSK 1)

公

gōng — 1. public 2. collectively owned 3. common 4. international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) 5. make public 6. fair 7. just 8. Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 9. honorable (gentlemen) 10. father-in-law 11. male (animal) (HSK 6)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

化

huā — variant of 花 (huā)

家人

jiā rén — 1. family member 2. (old) servant (HSK 1)

第二

dì èr — 1. second 2. number two 3. next 4. secondary

件

jiàn — 1. item 2. component 3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc (HSK 2)

蘇州

Sū zhōu — see 蘇州市 (Sū zhōu Shì)

刺史

cì shǐ — provincial governor (old)

李

Lǐ — surname Li

孝

xiào — 1. filial piety or obedience 2. mourning apparel

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

本

běn — 1. (bound form) root; stem 2. (bound form) origin; source 3. (bound form) one's own; this 4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc) 5. (bound form) original 6. (bound form) inherent 7. originally; initially 8. capital; principal 9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc (HSK 1)

參劾

cān hé — 1. to accuse 2. to impeach 3. (in imperial China) to level charges against an official

縱放

zòng fàng — 1. undisciplined 2. untrammeled 3. to indulge

家奴

jiā nú — 1. domestic slave 2. slave servant

倚

yǐ — 1. to lean on 2. to rely upon (HSK 7-9)

勢

shì — 1. power 2. influence 3. potential 4. momentum 5. tendency 6. trend 7. situation 8. conditions 9. outward appearance 10. sign 11. gesture 12. male genitals

凌辱

líng rǔ — 1. to insult 2. to humiliate 3. to bully

軍民

jūn mín — 1. army-civilian 2. military-masses 3. military-civilian

以致

yǐ zhì — 1. to such an extent as to 2. down to 3. up to (HSK 7-9)

因

yīn — 1. cause 2. reason 3. because (HSK 6)

奸

jiān — 1. wicked 2. crafty 3. traitor 4. variant of 姦 (jiān)

不遂

bù suì — 1. to fail 2. to fail to materialize 3. not to get one's way

殺死

shā sǐ — to kill

節

jiē — see 節骨眼 (jiē gu yǎn) (HSK 2)

婦

fù — woman

一家人

yī jiā rén — 1. the whole family 2. (lit. and fig.) members of the same family (HSK 7-9)

命

mìng — 1. life 2. fate 3. order or command 4. to assign a name, title etc (HSK 6)

三

Sān — surname San (HSK 1)

口

kǒu — 1. mouth 2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) 3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls (HSK 1)

事

shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)

凶犯

xiōng fàn — murderer

姓

xìng — 1. family name; surname 2. to be surnamed ... (HSK 2)

時

Shí — surname Shi (HSK 3)

名

míng — 1. name 2. noun (part of speech) 3. place (e.g. among winners) 4. famous 5. classifier for people (HSK 2)

福

Fú — 1. surname Fu 2. abbr. for Fujian province 福建省 (Fú jiàn Shěng) (HSK 3)

自稱

zì chēng — 1. to call oneself 2. to claim to be 3. to profess 4. to claim a title (HSK 7-9)

系

xì — 1. system 2. department 3. faculty (HSK 3)

世襲

shì xí — 1. succession 2. inheritance 3. hereditary (HSK 7-9)

三

Sān — surname San (HSK 1)

等

děng — 1. to wait for; to await 2. by the time; when; till 3. and so on; etc.; et al. 4. (bound form) class; rank; grade 5. (bound form) equal to; same as 6. (used to end an enumeration) 7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) (HSK 1)

職銜

zhí xián — title (position within an organization)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

范

Fàn — surname Fan

家人

jiā rén — 1. family member 2. (old) servant (HSK 1)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

看見

kàn jiàn — to see; to catch sight of (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

件

jiàn — 1. item 2. component 3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc (HSK 2)

心中

xīn zhōng — 1. central point 2. in one's thoughts 3. in one's heart (HSK 2)

早

zǎo — 1. early 2. morning 3. Good morning! 4. long ago 5. prematurely (HSK 1)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

不自在

bù zì zai — 1. uneasy 2. ill at ease

起來

qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)

待要

dài yào — to be about to

看

kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)

第

dì — 1. (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 (dì liù) "sixth") 2. (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed 3. (old) residence of a high official 4. (literary) but; however 5. (literary) only; just

三

Sān — surname San (HSK 1)

件

jiàn — 1. item 2. component 3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc (HSK 2)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

恐

kǒng — 1. afraid 2. frightened 3. to fear

遲了

chí le — late

不能

bù néng — 1. cannot 2. must not 3. should not

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

裘

Qiú — surname Qiu

世

Shì — surname Shi

安

Ān — surname An (HSK 4)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

面

miàn — 1. face 2. side 3. surface 4. aspect 5. top 6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

因此

yīn cǐ — thus; consequently; as a result (HSK 3)

急

jí — 1. urgent 2. pressing 3. rapid 4. hurried 5. worried 6. to make (sb) anxious (HSK 2)

急

jí — 1. urgent 2. pressing 3. rapid 4. hurried 5. worried 6. to make (sb) anxious (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

穿

chuān — 1. to bore through; to pierce; to perforate 2. to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street) 3. to thread; to string together 4. to wear; to put on (clothes, shoes etc.) 5. verb complement indicating thoroughness or completion (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

衣服

yī fu — 1. clothes 2. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 套 (tào) (HSK 1)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

等

děng — 1. to wait for; to await 2. by the time; when; till 3. and so on; etc.; et al. 4. (bound form) class; rank; grade 5. (bound form) equal to; same as 6. (used to end an enumeration) 7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) (HSK 1)

不得

bù dé — 1. must not 2. may not 3. not to be allowed 4. cannot

吃

chī — 1. to eat; to consume 2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc) 3. to eradicate; to destroy 4. to absorb 5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) (HSK 1)

東西

dōng xī — east and west (HSK 1)

恰好

qià hǎo — 1. as it turns out 2. by lucky coincidence 3. (of number, time, size etc) just right (HSK 6)

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

端上

duān shàng — to serve (food, tea etc)

茶

chá — 1. tea 2. tea plant 3. classifier: 杯 (bēi), 壺 (hú) (HSK 1)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

喝

hē — 1. to drink 2. variant of 嗬 (hē) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

口

kǒu — 1. mouth 2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) 3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls (HSK 1)

便

biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)

出來

chū lái — 1. to come out 2. to appear 3. to arise (HSK 1)

騎馬

qí mǎ — to ride a horse

走

zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

凤姐刚举步走了不远，只觉身后咈咈哧哧，似有闻嗅之声，不觉头发森然竖了起来。由不得回头一看，只见黑油油一个东西在后面伸著鼻子闻他呢，那两只眼睛恰似灯光一般。凤姐吓的魂不附体，不觉失声的咳了一声。却是一只大狗。那狗抽头回身，拖著一个扫帚尾巴，一气跑上大土山上方站住了，回身犹向凤姐拱爪儿。凤姐儿此时心跳神移，急急的向秋爽斋来。已将来至门口，方转过山子，只见迎面有一个人影儿一恍。凤姐心中疑惑，心里想著必是那一房里的丫头，便问：“是谁？”问了两声，并没有人出来，已经吓得神魂飘荡。恍恍忽忽的似乎背后有人说道：“婶娘连我也不认得了！”凤姐忙回头一看，只见这人形容俊俏，衣履风流，十分眼熟，只是想不起是那房那屋里的媳妇来。只听那人又说道：“婶娘只管享荣华受富贵的心盛，把我那年说的立万年永远之基都付于东洋大海了。”凤姐听说，低头寻思，总想不起。那人冷笑道：“婶娘那时怎样疼我了，如今就忘在九霄云外了。”凤姐听了，此时方想起来是贾蓉的先妻秦氏，便说道：“嗳呀，你是死了的人哪，怎么跑到这里来了呢！”啐了一口，方转回身，脚下不防一块石头绊了一跤，犹如梦醒一般，浑身汗如雨下。虽然毛发悚然，心中却也明白，只见小红丰儿影影绰绰的来了。凤姐恐怕落人的褒贬，连忙爬起来说道：“你们做什么呢，去了这半天？快拿来我穿上罢。”一面丰儿走至跟前伏侍穿上，小红过来搀扶。凤姐道：“我才到那里，他们都睡了。咱们回去罢。”一面说，一面带了两个丫头急急忙忙回到家中。贾琏已回来了，只是见他脸上神色更变，不似往常，待要问他，又知他素日性格，不敢突然相问，只得睡了。至次日五更，贾琏就起来要往总理内庭都检点太监裘世安家来打听事务。因太早了，见桌上有昨日送来的抄报，便拿起来闲看。第一件是云南节度使王忠一本，新获了一起私带神枪火药出边事，共有十八名人犯。头一名鲍音，口称系太师镇国公贾化家人。第二件苏州刺史李孝一本，参劾纵放家奴，倚势凌辱军民，以致因奸不遂杀死节妇一家人命三口事。凶犯姓时名福，自称系世袭三等职衔贾范家人。贾琏看见这两件，心中早又不自在起来，待要看第三件，又恐迟了不能见裘世安的面，因此急急的穿了衣服，也等不得吃东西，恰好平儿端上茶来，喝了两口，便出来骑马走了。

平兒在房內收拾換下的衣服。Ping'er stayed in the room putting away the clothes he had changed out of.此時鳳姐尚未起來，平兒因說道：“今兒夜里我聽著奶奶沒睡什麼覺，我這會子替奶奶捶著，好生打個盹兒罷。”鳳姐半日不言語。By this time Xifeng had still not risen, and Ping'er said, "Last night I heard that madam got hardly any sleep at all—let me massage you a while now, so you can have a good nap." Xifeng said nothing for a long while.平兒料著這意思是了，便爬上炕來坐在身邊輕輕的捶著。Ping'er, guessing this meant consent, climbed onto the kang and sat beside her, gently massaging her.才捶了幾拳，那鳳姐剛有要睡之意，只聽那邊大姐兒哭了。She had only given a few strokes, and Xifeng was just on the verge of falling asleep, when suddenly Daijie'er was heard crying on the other side.鳳姐又將眼睜開，平兒連向那邊叫道：“李媽，你到底是怎麼著？Xifeng opened her eyes again, and Ping'er called repeatedly toward that side, "Nurse Li, what on earth is the matter with you?姐兒哭了。The young lady is crying.你到底拍著他些。Do pat her a little, at least.你也忒好睡了。”那邊李媽從夢中驚醒，聽得平兒如此說，心中沒好氣，只得狠命拍了幾下，口里嘟嘟噥噥的罵道：“真真的小短命鬼兒，放著尸不挺，三更半夜嚎你娘的喪！”一面說，一面咬牙便向那孩子身上擰了一把。You really do sleep too soundly!" Nurse Li, startled awake from her dreams on that side, hearing Ping'er speak this way, felt quite put out, and could only pat the child hard a few times, muttering and cursing under her breath, "Truly, you wretched little short-lived imp—instead of lying there like a corpse, you have to go wailing for your mother's funeral in the middle of the night!" And as she said this, she gritted her teeth and gave the child's body a pinch.那孩子哇的一聲大哭起來了。The child began to wail loudly at that.鳳姐聽見，說“了不得！Hearing this, Xifeng said, "This is intolerable!你聽聽，他該挫磨孩子了。Just listen to that—she must be tormenting the child.你過去把那黑心的養漢老婆下死勁的打他幾下子，把妞妞抱過來。”平兒笑道：“奶奶別生氣，他那里敢挫磨姐兒，只怕是不提防錯碰了一下子也是有的。Go over there and give that black-hearted whore a hard beating for me, and bring Niuniu over here." Ping'er said with a smile, "Don't be angry, madam—how would she dare mistreat the young lady; it's more likely she wasn't careful and knocked against her by accident.這會子打他幾下子沒要緊，明兒叫他們背地里嚼舌根，倒說三更半夜打人。”鳳姐聽了，半日不言語，長歎一聲說道：“你瞧瞧，這會子不是我十旺八旺的呢！It's no great matter to give her a few strokes now, but tomorrow if people gossip behind our backs, they'll only say we go about beating people in the middle of the night." Hearing this, Xifeng said nothing for a long while, then gave a long sigh and said, "Just look—isn't this exactly the state I'm in now myself!明兒我要是死了，剩下這小孽障，還不知怎麼樣呢！”平兒笑道：“奶奶這怎麼說！If I should die one of these days, and this poor little wretch is left behind, who knows what will become of her!" Ping'er said with a smile, "Madam, how can you say such a thing!大五更的，何苦來呢！”鳳姐冷笑道：“你那里知道，我是早已明白了。At this hour of the morning, why bring that up!" Xifeng said with a cold laugh, "You have no idea—I have long since understood it clearly.我也不久了。My time is not far off now.雖然活了二十五歲，人家沒見的也見了，沒吃的也吃了，也算全了。Though I have lived only twenty-five years, I have seen what others have never seen, and eaten what others have never eaten—I may count myself as having had it all.所有世上有的也都有了。Everything the world has to offer, I have had my share of.氣也算賭盡了，強也算爭足了，就是壽字兒上頭缺一點兒，也罷了。”平兒聽說，由不的滾下淚來。As for pride, I have vented it to the full, and as for striving to get the better of others, I have contended to my heart's content; if there's only the one stroke missing from the character for long life, well, so be it." Hearing this, Ping'er could not help but let her tears roll down.鳳姐笑道：“你這會子不用假慈悲，我死了你們只有歡喜的。Xifeng said with a smile, "There's no need for you to put on false pity now—when I die, you'll all only be glad of it.你們一心一計和和氣氣的，省得我是你們眼里的刺似的。You'll all live together in harmony and good will, spared the sight of me sticking in your eyes like a thorn.只有一件，你們知好歹只疼我那孩子就是了。”平兒聽說這話，越發哭的淚人似的。There's only one thing—if you know what's good for you, just be sure to love that child of mine, that's all." Hearing this, Ping'er wept all the more, like a very image of tears.鳳姐笑道：“別扯你娘的臊了，那里就死了呢。Xifeng said with a smile, "Enough of that shameless talk—as if I were going to die just like that.哭的那麼痛！Crying so hard!我不死還叫你哭死了呢。”平兒聽說，連忙止住哭，道：“奶奶說得這麼傷心。”一面說，一面又捶，半日不言語，鳳姐又朦朧睡去。If I don't die, you'll have cried yourself to death instead." Hearing this, Ping'er quickly stopped her crying and said, "It's just that what you said, madam, was so sad." So saying, she went on massaging her, and after a long silence, Xifeng drifted off into a hazy sleep again.

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

房

Fáng — surname Fang

內

nèi — 1. inside 2. inner 3. internal 4. within 5. interior (HSK 3)

收拾

shōu shi — 1. to put in order 2. to tidy up 3. to pack 4. to repair 5. (coll.) to sort sb out 6. to fix sb (HSK 5)

換

huàn — 1. to exchange 2. to change (clothes etc) 3. to substitute 4. to switch 5. to convert (currency) (HSK 2)

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

衣服

yī fu — 1. clothes 2. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 套 (tào) (HSK 1)

此時

cǐ shí — 1. now 2. this moment (HSK 5)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

尚未

shàng wèi — not yet; still not (HSK 7-9)

起來

qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

因

yīn — 1. cause 2. reason 3. because (HSK 6)

說道

shuō dào — 1. to state 2. to say (the quoted words) (HSK 7-9)

今兒

jīn r — (coll.) today

夜里

yè li — 1. during the night 2. at night 3. nighttime (HSK 2)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

聽

tīng — 1. to listen to; to hear 2. to heed; to obey 3. a can (loanword from English "tin") 4. classifier for canned beverages 5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) 6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

奶奶

nǎi nai — 1. (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) 2. (respectful) mistress of the house 3. classifier: 位 (wèi) 4. (coll.) boobies 5. breasts (HSK 1)

沒

méi — (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not (HSK 1)

睡

shuì — 1. to sleep 2. to lie down (HSK 1)

什麼

shén me — 1. what? 2. something; anything (HSK 1)

覺

jiào — 1. a nap 2. a sleep 3. classifier: 場 (cháng) (HSK 6)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

會子

huì zi — 1. (coll.) a moment 2. a while

替

tì — 1. to substitute for 2. to take the place of 3. to replace 4. for 5. on behalf of 6. to stand in for (HSK 4)

奶奶

nǎi nai — 1. (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) 2. (respectful) mistress of the house 3. classifier: 位 (wèi) 4. (coll.) boobies 5. breasts (HSK 1)

捶

chuí — to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound (HSK 7-9)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

好生

hǎo shēng — (dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly

打

dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

盹

dǔn — 1. doze 2. nap

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

罷

bà — 1. to stop 2. to cease 3. to dismiss 4. to suspend 5. to quit 6. to finish

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

半

bàn — 1. half 2. semi- 3. incomplete 4. (after a number) and a half (HSK 1)

日

rì — 1. (bound form) sun 2. day 3. day of the month 4. (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本 (Rì běn)) 5. (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

言語

yán yǔ — 1. words 2. speech 3. (spoken) language (HSK 5)

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

料

liào — 1. material 2. stuff 3. grain 4. feed 5. to expect 6. to anticipate 7. to guess (HSK 6)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

意思

yì si — 1. idea 2. opinion 3. meaning 4. wish 5. desire 6. interest 7. fun 8. token of appreciation, affection etc 9. classifier: 個 (gè) 10. to give as a small token 11. to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc (HSK 2)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

便

biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)

爬上

pá shàng — to climb up

炕

kàng — 1. kang (a heatable brick bed) 2. to bake 3. to dry by the heat of a fire

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

坐

Zuò — surname Zuo (HSK 1)

在身

zài shēn — 1. to possess 2. to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit)

邊

biān — 1. side 2. edge 3. margin 4. border 5. boundary 6. classifier: 個 (gè) 7. simultaneously (HSK 2)

輕輕

qīng qīng — lightly; softly

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

捶

chuí — to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound (HSK 7-9)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

才

cái — 1. ability; talent 2. sb of a certain type 3. a capable individual 4. then and only then 5. just now 6. (before an expression of quantity) only 7. (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually (HSK 2)

捶

chuí — to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound (HSK 7-9)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

幾

jī — (literary) almost (HSK 1)

拳

quán — 1. fist 2. boxing (HSK 7-9)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

剛

gāng — 1. (literary) hard; firm; strong 2. exactly; precisely 3. barely; only just 4. just; only a short while ago (HSK 2)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

睡

shuì — 1. to sleep 2. to lie down (HSK 1)

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

意

yì — 1. (bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense 2. (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind 3. (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利 (Yì dà lì))

只

zhī — variant of 隻 (zhī) (HSK 2)

聽

tīng — 1. to listen to; to hear 2. to heed; to obey 3. a can (loanword from English "tin") 4. classifier for canned beverages 5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) 6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) (HSK 1)

那邊

nà bian — 1. over there 2. yonder (HSK 1)

大姐

dà jiě — 1. big sister 2. elder sister 3. older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) (HSK 4)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

哭

kū — to cry; to weep (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

將

jiāng — 1. will 2. shall 3. to use 4. to take 5. to checkmate 6. just a short while ago 7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把 (bǎ)) (HSK 5)

眼

yǎn — 1. eye (classifier: 隻 (zhī), 雙 (shuāng)) 2. (often used with 一 (yī)) a look; a glance 3. small hole 4. (bound form) salient point 5. classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc (HSK 2)

睜開

zhēng kāi — to open (one's eyes)

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

連

Lián — surname Lian (HSK 3)

向

Xiàng — surname Xiang (HSK 2)

那邊

nà bian — 1. over there 2. yonder (HSK 1)

叫道

jiào dào — 1. to call 2. to shout

李

Lǐ — surname Li

媽

mā — 1. ma 2. mom 3. mother (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

到底

dào dǐ — 1. finally 2. in the end 3. when all is said and done 4. after all 5. to the end 6. to the last (HSK 3)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

怎麼著

zěn me zhāo — 1. what? 2. how? 3. how about? 4. whatever 5. also pr. (zěn me zhe)

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

哭

kū — to cry; to weep (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

到底

dào dǐ — 1. finally 2. in the end 3. when all is said and done 4. after all 5. to the end 6. to the last (HSK 3)

拍

pāi — 1. to pat 2. to clap 3. to slap 4. to swat 5. to take (a photo) 6. to shoot (a film) 7. racket (sports) 8. beat (music) (HSK 3)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

些

xiē — classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several (HSK 4)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

忒

tè — 1. to err 2. to change

好睡

hǎo shuì — good night

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

那邊

nà bian — 1. over there 2. yonder (HSK 1)

李

Lǐ — surname Li

媽

mā — 1. ma 2. mom 3. mother (HSK 1)

從

Cóng — surname Cong (HSK 1)

夢中

mèng zhōng — in a dream

驚醒

jīng xǐng — 1. to rouse 2. to be woken by sth 3. to wake with a start 4. to sleep lightly (HSK 7-9)

聽

tīng — 1. to listen to; to hear 2. to heed; to obey 3. a can (loanword from English "tin") 4. classifier for canned beverages 5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) 6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) (HSK 1)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

如此

rú cǐ — like this; so; such (HSK 5)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

心中

xīn zhōng — 1. central point 2. in one's thoughts 3. in one's heart (HSK 2)

沒好氣

méi hǎo qì — to be in a bad mood

只得

zhǐ dé — to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to (HSK 6)

狠命

hěn mìng — exerting all one's strength

拍

pāi — 1. to pat 2. to clap 3. to slap 4. to swat 5. to take (a photo) 6. to shoot (a film) 7. racket (sports) 8. beat (music) (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

幾

jī — (literary) almost (HSK 1)

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

口

kǒu — 1. mouth 2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) 3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls (HSK 1)

里

Lǐ — surname Li (HSK 1)

嘟嘟噥噥

dū dū nóng nóng — 1. to mumble in whispers 2. to mutter to oneself

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

罵

mà — 1. to scold 2. to abuse 3. to curse 4. classifier: 通 (tòng), 頓 (dùn) (HSK 5)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

真真

zhēn zhēn — 1. really 2. in fact 3. genuinely 4. scrupulously

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

短命鬼

duǎn mìng guǐ — sb who dies prematurely

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

放

fàng — 1. to put 2. to place 3. to release 4. to free 5. to let go 6. to let out 7. to set off (fireworks) (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

尸

shī — 1. (literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies) 2. (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution) 3. variant of 屍 (shī)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

挺

tǐng — 1. straight 2. erect 3. to stick out (a part of the body) 4. to (physically) straighten up 5. to support 6. to withstand 7. outstanding 8. (coll.) quite 9. very 10. classifier for machine guns (HSK 2)

三更半夜

sān gēng bàn yè — (idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night

嚎

háo — 1. howl 2. bawl

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

娘的

niáng de — same as 媽的 (mā de)

喪

sāng — 1. mourning 2. funeral 3. (old) corpse

一面

yī miàn — 1. one side 2. one aspect 3. simultaneously... (and...) 4. one's whole face (HSK 7-9)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

一面

yī miàn — 1. one side 2. one aspect 3. simultaneously... (and...) 4. one's whole face (HSK 7-9)

咬牙

yǎo yá — 1. to clench one's teeth 2. to grind the teeth 3. gnaw

便

biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)

向

Xiàng — surname Xiang (HSK 2)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

孩子

hái zi — child (HSK 1)

身上

shēn shang — 1. on the body 2. at hand 3. among (HSK 1)

擰

níng — 1. to pinch 2. wring (HSK 7-9)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

孩子

hái zi — child (HSK 1)

哇

wā — 1. Wow! 2. sound of a child's crying 3. sound of vomiting (HSK 6)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

一聲

yī shēng — first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)

大哭

dà kū — to cry loudly

起來

qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

聽見

tīng jiàn — to hear (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

了不得

liǎo bu de — 1. terrific 2. terrible 3. (after 得 (de)) very

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

聽

tīng — 1. to listen to; to hear 2. to heed; to obey 3. a can (loanword from English "tin") 4. classifier for canned beverages 5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) 6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) (HSK 1)

聽

tīng — 1. to listen to; to hear 2. to heed; to obey 3. a can (loanword from English "tin") 4. classifier for canned beverages 5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) 6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

該

gāi — 1. should 2. ought to 3. probably 4. must be 5. to deserve 6. to owe 7. to be sb's turn to do sth 8. that 9. the above-mentioned (HSK 2)

挫

cuò — 1. obstructed 2. to fail 3. to oppress 4. to repress 5. to lower the tone 6. to bend back 7. to dampen

磨

mó — 1. to rub 2. to grind 3. to polish 4. to sharpen 5. to wear down 6. to die out 7. to waste time 8. to pester 9. to insist (HSK 6)

孩子

hái zi — child (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

過去

guò qù — 1. (in the) past; former; previous 2. to go over; to pass by (HSK 2)

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

黑心

hēi xīn — 1. ruthless and lacking in conscience 2. vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy 3. black core (flaw in pottery) (HSK 7-9)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

養漢

yǎng hàn — to commit adultery (of married woman)

老婆

lǎo pó — (coll.) wife (HSK 4)

下死勁

xià sǐ jìn — to do one's utmost

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

打

dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

幾

jī — (literary) almost (HSK 1)

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

子

zǐ — 1. son 2. child 3. seed 4. egg 5. small thing 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat 7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) 9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

妞妞

niū niu — little girl

抱

bào — 1. to hold 2. to carry (in one's arms) 3. to hug 4. to embrace 5. to surround 6. to cherish 7. (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely (HSK 4)

過來

guò lái — 1. to come over 2. to manage 3. to handle 4. to be able to take care of (HSK 2)

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

笑

xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

奶奶

nǎi nai — 1. (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) 2. (respectful) mistress of the house 3. classifier: 位 (wèi) 4. (coll.) boobies 5. breasts (HSK 1)

別

Bié — surname Bie (HSK 1)

生氣

shēng qì — 1. to get angry; to be furious 2. vitality; liveliness (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

那里

nà li — there; that place (HSK 1)

敢

gǎn — 1. to dare 2. daring 3. (polite) may I venture (HSK 3)

挫

cuò — 1. obstructed 2. to fail 3. to oppress 4. to repress 5. to lower the tone 6. to bend back 7. to dampen

磨

mó — 1. to rub 2. to grind 3. to polish 4. to sharpen 5. to wear down 6. to die out 7. to waste time 8. to pester 9. to insist (HSK 6)

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

只怕

zhǐ pà — 1. I'm afraid that... 2. perhaps 3. maybe 4. very likely

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

提防

dī fang — 1. to guard against 2. to be vigilant 3. watch you don't (slip) 4. Taiwan pr. (tí fáng) (HSK 7-9)

錯

Cuò — surname Cuo (HSK 1)

碰

pèng — 1. to touch 2. to meet with 3. to bump (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一下子

yī xià zi — 1. in a short while 2. all at once 3. all of a sudden (HSK 5)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

有的

yǒu de — 1. (there are) some (who are...) 2. some (exist) (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

會子

huì zi — 1. (coll.) a moment 2. a while

打

dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

幾

jī — (literary) almost (HSK 1)

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

子

zǐ — 1. son 2. child 3. seed 4. egg 5. small thing 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat 7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) 9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

沒

méi — (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not (HSK 1)

要緊

yào jǐn — 1. important 2. urgent (HSK 7-9)

明兒

míng r — 1. (coll.) tomorrow 2. one of these days 3. some day

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

他們

tā men — they; them (HSK 1)

背地里

bèi dì li — behind sb's back; secretly

嚼舌根

jiáo shé gēn — 1. to gossip 2. to argue unnecessarily

倒

dǎo — 1. to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally 2. to fail; to go bankrupt 3. to overthrow 4. to change (trains or buses) 5. to move around 6. to resell at a profit (HSK 2)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

三更半夜

sān gēng bàn yè — (idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night

打

dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

聽

tīng — 1. to listen to; to hear 2. to heed; to obey 3. a can (loanword from English "tin") 4. classifier for canned beverages 5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) 6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

半

bàn — 1. half 2. semi- 3. incomplete 4. (after a number) and a half (HSK 1)

日

rì — 1. (bound form) sun 2. day 3. day of the month 4. (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本 (Rì běn)) 5. (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

言語

yán yǔ — 1. words 2. speech 3. (spoken) language (HSK 5)

長

cháng — 1. long 2. (bound form) length 3. (bound form) strong point; forte 4. (bound form) to be good at 5. (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. (zhàng)) (HSK 2)

歎

tàn — variant of 嘆 (tàn)

一聲

yī shēng — first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)

說道

shuō dào — 1. to state 2. to say (the quoted words) (HSK 7-9)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

瞧

qiáo — 1. to look at 2. to see 3. to see (a doctor) 4. to visit (HSK 5)

瞧

qiáo — 1. to look at 2. to see 3. to see (a doctor) 4. to visit (HSK 5)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

會子

huì zi — 1. (coll.) a moment 2. a while

不是

bù shì — 1. no 2. is not 3. not

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

十

shí — 1. ten 2. 10 (HSK 1)

旺

wàng — 1. prosperous 2. flourishing 3. (of flowers) blooming 4. (of fire) roaring (HSK 7-9)

八

bā — eight (HSK 1)

旺

wàng — 1. prosperous 2. flourishing 3. (of flowers) blooming 4. (of fire) roaring (HSK 7-9)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

明兒

míng r — 1. (coll.) tomorrow 2. one of these days 3. some day

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

要是

yào shi — (coll.) if (HSK 3)

死

sǐ — 1. to die 2. impassable 3. uncrossable 4. inflexible 5. rigid 6. extremely 7. damned (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

剩下

shèng xià — to remain; to be left over (HSK 5)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

孽障

niè zhàng — evil creature

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

不知

bù zhī — 1. not to know 2. unaware 3. unknowingly 4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) (HSK 7-9)

怎麼樣

zěn me yàng — 1. how? 2. how about? 3. how was it? 4. how are things? (HSK 2)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

笑

xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

奶奶

nǎi nai — 1. (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) 2. (respectful) mistress of the house 3. classifier: 位 (wèi) 4. (coll.) boobies 5. breasts (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

怎麼

zěn me — 1. how? 2. what? 3. why? (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

大

dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)

五更

wǔ gēng — fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

何苦

hé kǔ — 1. why bother? 2. is it worth the trouble? (HSK 7-9)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

冷笑

lěng xiào — 1. to sneer 2. to laugh grimly 3. grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc) 4. bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile (HSK 7-9)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

那里

nà li — there; that place (HSK 1)

知道

zhī dào — 1. to know; to become aware of 2. also pr. (zhī dao) (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

早已

zǎo yǐ — 1. for a long time; long since 2. (dialect) in the past (HSK 3)

明白

míng bai — 1. clear; obvious; unequivocal 2. sensible; reasonable 3. to understand; to realize (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

不久

bù jiǔ — 1. not long (after) 2. before too long 3. soon 4. soon after (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

雖然

suī rán — although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) (HSK 2)

活

huó — 1. to live 2. alive 3. living 4. work 5. workmanship (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

二十

èr shí — twenty; 20

五

wǔ — 1. five 2. 5 (HSK 1)

歲

suì — 1. classifier for years (of age) 2. year 3. year (of crop harvests) (HSK 1)

人家

rén jiā — 1. household 2. dwelling 3. family 4. sb else's house 5. household business 6. house of woman's husband-to-be 7. classifier: 戶 (hù), 家 (jiā) (HSK 4)

沒

méi — (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not (HSK 1)

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

沒

méi — (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not (HSK 1)

吃的

chī de — (coll.) food

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

吃

chī — 1. to eat; to consume 2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc) 3. to eradicate; to destroy 4. to absorb 5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

算

suàn — 1. to calculate; to figure out 2. to include; to count in 3. to count; to be valid; to carry weight 4. to regard as; to consider (to be ...) (HSK 2)

全

Quán — surname Quan (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

所有

suǒ yǒu — 1. all 2. to have; to possess; to own (HSK 2)

世上

shì shàng — on earth

有的

yǒu de — 1. (there are) some (who are...) 2. some (exist) (HSK 1)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

都

Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)

有了

yǒu le — 1. I've got a solution! 2. to have a bun in the oven (abbr. for 有了胎 (yǒu le tāi))

氣

qì — 1. gas; air 2. smell 3. weather 4. to make angry; to annoy; to get angry 5. vital energy; qi (HSK 2)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

算

suàn — 1. to calculate; to figure out 2. to include; to count in 3. to count; to be valid; to carry weight 4. to regard as; to consider (to be ...) (HSK 2)

賭

dǔ — to bet; to gamble (HSK 6)

盡

jìn — 1. to use up 2. to exhaust 3. to end 4. to finish 5. to the utmost 6. exhausted 7. finished 8. to the limit (of sth) 9. all 10. entirely (HSK 6)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

強

Qiáng — surname Qiang (HSK 3)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

算

suàn — 1. to calculate; to figure out 2. to include; to count in 3. to count; to be valid; to carry weight 4. to regard as; to consider (to be ...) (HSK 2)

爭

zhēng — 1. to strive for 2. to vie for 3. to argue or debate 4. deficient or lacking (dialect) 5. how or what (literary) (HSK 3)

足

jù — excessive (HSK 6)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

就是

jiù shì — 1. exactly; precisely 2. only; simply; just 3. (used correlatively with 也 (yě)) even; even if (HSK 3)

壽

Shòu — surname Shou

字

zì — 1. letter 2. symbol 3. character 4. word 5. classifier: 個 (gè) 6. courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China (HSK 1)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

上頭

shàng tóu — 1. (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one's head; (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head; to capture one's attention 2. (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) (HSK 7-9)

缺

quē — 1. deficiency 2. lack 3. scarce 4. vacant post 5. to run short of (HSK 3)

一點兒

yī diǎn r — erhua variant of 一點 (yī diǎn) (HSK 1)

也罷

yě bà — 1. (reduplicated) whether... or... 2. never mind 3. fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

聽說

tīng shuō — 1. to hear (sth said) 2. one hears (that) 3. hearsay 4. listening and speaking (HSK 2)

由

yóu — 1. to follow 2. from 3. because of; due to 4. by; via; through 5. (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... (HSK 3)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

滾

gǔn — 1. to boil 2. to roll 3. to take a hike 4. Get lost! (HSK 5)

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

淚

lèi — (bound form) tears; teardrops (HSK 4)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

笑

xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

會子

huì zi — 1. (coll.) a moment 2. a while

不用

bù yòng — need not (HSK 1)

假慈悲

jiǎ cí bēi — 1. phony mercy 2. sham benevolence 3. crocodile tears

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

死

sǐ — 1. to die 2. impassable 3. uncrossable 4. inflexible 5. rigid 6. extremely 7. damned (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

你們

nǐ men — you (plural) (HSK 1)

只有

zhǐ yǒu — 1. only have ...; there is only ... 2. (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng guò zhì liáo cái néng quán yù) "the only way to cure it is with therapy") 3. it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 (zhǐ yǒu nán xìng cái yǒu cǐ xū yào) "only men would have such a requirement") 4. (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 (zhǐ yǒu qū fú) "the only thing you can do is give in") (HSK 3)

歡喜

huān xǐ — 1. happy 2. joyous 3. delighted 4. to like 5. to be fond of

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

你們

nǐ men — you (plural) (HSK 1)

一心

yī xīn — 1. wholeheartedly 2. heart and soul (HSK 7-9)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

計

Jì — surname Ji (HSK 7-9)

和和氣氣

hé hé qì qì — polite and amiable

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

省得

shěng de — 1. to avoid 2. so as to save (money or time)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

你們

nǐ men — you (plural) (HSK 1)

眼

yǎn — 1. eye (classifier: 隻 (zhī), 雙 (shuāng)) 2. (often used with 一 (yī)) a look; a glance 3. small hole 4. (bound form) salient point 5. classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc (HSK 2)

里

Lǐ — surname Li (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

刺

cī — (onom.) whoosh (HSK 4)

似的

shì de — 1. seems as if 2. rather like 3. Taiwan pr. (sì de) (HSK 4)

只有

zhǐ yǒu — 1. only have ...; there is only ... 2. (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng guò zhì liáo cái néng quán yù) "the only way to cure it is with therapy") 3. it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 (zhǐ yǒu nán xìng cái yǒu cǐ xū yào) "only men would have such a requirement") 4. (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 (zhǐ yǒu qū fú) "the only thing you can do is give in") (HSK 3)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

件

jiàn — 1. item 2. component 3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc (HSK 2)

你們

nǐ men — you (plural) (HSK 1)

知

zhī — 1. to know 2. to be aware

好歹

hǎo dǎi — 1. good and bad 2. most unfortunate occurrence 3. in any case 4. whatever (HSK 7-9)

只

zhī — variant of 隻 (zhī) (HSK 2)

疼

téng — 1. (it) hurts; sore 2. to love dearly (HSK 2)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

孩子

hái zi — child (HSK 1)

就是

jiù shì — 1. exactly; precisely 2. only; simply; just 3. (used correlatively with 也 (yě)) even; even if (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

聽說

tīng shuō — 1. to hear (sth said) 2. one hears (that) 3. hearsay 4. listening and speaking (HSK 2)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

話

huà — 1. dialect 2. language 3. spoken words 4. speech 5. talk 6. words 7. conversation 8. what sb said 9. classifier: 種 (zhǒng), 席 (xí), 句 (jù), 口 (kǒu), 番 (fān) (HSK 1)

越發

yuè fā — 1. increasingly 2. more and more 3. ever more 4. all the more (HSK 7-9)

哭

kū — to cry; to weep (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

淚人

lèi rén — person who is crying their eyes out, whose face is wet with tears

似的

shì de — 1. seems as if 2. rather like 3. Taiwan pr. (sì de) (HSK 4)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

笑

xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

別

Bié — surname Bie (HSK 1)

扯

chě — 1. to pull 2. to tear 3. (of cloth, thread etc) to buy 4. to chat 5. to gossip 6. (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous 7. hokey (HSK 7-9)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

娘的

niáng de — same as 媽的 (mā de)

臊

sāo — to smell of urine (or sweat etc)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

那里

nà li — there; that place (HSK 1)

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

死

sǐ — 1. to die 2. impassable 3. uncrossable 4. inflexible 5. rigid 6. extremely 7. damned (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

哭

kū — to cry; to weep (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

那麼

nà me — 1. like that; in that way; to that extent 2. (before a number) ... or so; about ... 3. then; in that case (HSK 2)

痛

tòng — 1. ache 2. pain 3. sorrow 4. deeply 5. thoroughly (HSK 3)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

死

sǐ — 1. to die 2. impassable 3. uncrossable 4. inflexible 5. rigid 6. extremely 7. damned (HSK 3)

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

哭

kū — to cry; to weep (HSK 2)

死

sǐ — 1. to die 2. impassable 3. uncrossable 4. inflexible 5. rigid 6. extremely 7. damned (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

聽說

tīng shuō — 1. to hear (sth said) 2. one hears (that) 3. hearsay 4. listening and speaking (HSK 2)

連忙

lián máng — promptly; at once (HSK 3)

止

zhǐ — 1. to stop 2. to prohibit 3. until 4. only (HSK 6)

住

zhù — 1. to live; to reside; to stay 2. to stop; to cease 3. (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state) (HSK 1)

哭

kū — to cry; to weep (HSK 2)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

奶奶

nǎi nai — 1. (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) 2. (respectful) mistress of the house 3. classifier: 位 (wèi) 4. (coll.) boobies 5. breasts (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

這麼

zhè me — 1. so much 2. this much 3. how much? 4. this way 5. like this (HSK 2)

傷心

shāng xīn — 1. to grieve 2. to be broken-hearted 3. to feel deeply hurt (HSK 3)

一面

yī miàn — 1. one side 2. one aspect 3. simultaneously... (and...) 4. one's whole face (HSK 7-9)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

一面

yī miàn — 1. one side 2. one aspect 3. simultaneously... (and...) 4. one's whole face (HSK 7-9)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

捶

chuí — to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound (HSK 7-9)

半

bàn — 1. half 2. semi- 3. incomplete 4. (after a number) and a half (HSK 1)

日

rì — 1. (bound form) sun 2. day 3. day of the month 4. (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本 (Rì běn)) 5. (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

言語

yán yǔ — 1. words 2. speech 3. (spoken) language (HSK 5)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

朦朧

méng lóng — 1. (literary) (of moonlight) dim 2. (literary) murky; indistinct (HSK 7-9)

睡

shuì — 1. to sleep 2. to lie down (HSK 1)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

平儿在房内收拾换下的衣服。此时凤姐尚未起来，平儿因说道：“今儿夜里我听著奶奶没睡什么觉，我这会子替奶奶捶著，好生打个盹儿罢。”凤姐半日不言语。平儿料著这意思是了，便爬上炕来坐在身边轻轻的捶著。才捶了几拳，那凤姐刚有要睡之意，只听那边大姐儿哭了。凤姐又将眼睁开，平儿连向那边叫道：“李妈，你到底是怎么著？姐儿哭了。你到底拍著他些。你也忒好睡了。”那边李妈从梦中惊醒，听得平儿如此说，心中没好气，只得狠命拍了几下，口里嘟嘟哝哝的骂道：“真真的小短命鬼儿，放著尸不挺，三更半夜嚎你娘的丧！”一面说，一面咬牙便向那孩子身上拧了一把。那孩子哇的一声大哭起来了。凤姐听见，说“了不得！你听听，他该挫磨孩子了。你过去把那黑心的养汉老婆下死劲的打他几下子，把妞妞抱过来。”平儿笑道：“奶奶别生气，他那里敢挫磨姐儿，只怕是不提防错碰了一下子也是有的。这会子打他几下子没要紧，明儿叫他们背地里嚼舌根，倒说三更半夜打人。”凤姐听了，半日不言语，长叹一声说道：“你瞧瞧，这会子不是我十旺八旺的呢！明儿我要是死了，剩下这小孽障，还不知怎么样呢！”平儿笑道：“奶奶这怎么说！大五更的，何苦来呢！”凤姐冷笑道：“你那里知道，我是早已明白了。我也不久了。虽然活了二十五岁，人家没见的也见了，没吃的也吃了，也算全了。所有世上有的也都有了。气也算赌尽了，强也算争足了，就是寿字儿上头缺一点儿，也罢了。”平儿听说，由不的滚下泪来。凤姐笑道：“你这会子不用假慈悲，我死了你们只有欢喜的。你们一心一计和和气气的，省得我是你们眼里的刺似的。只有一件，你们知好歹只疼我那孩子就是了。”平儿听说这话，越发哭的泪人似的。凤姐笑道：“别扯你娘的臊了，那里就死了呢。哭的那么痛！我不死还叫你哭死了呢。”平儿听说，连忙止住哭，道：“奶奶说得这么伤心。”一面说，一面又捶，半日不言语，凤姐又朦胧睡去。

平兒方下炕來要去，只聽外面腳步響。Ping'er was just getting down off the kang to leave when she heard footsteps outside.誰知賈璉去遲了，那裘世安已經上朝去了，不遇而回，心中正沒好氣，進來就問平兒道：“那些人還沒起來呢么？”平兒回說：“沒有呢。”賈璉一路摔帘子進來，冷笑道：“好，好，這會子還都不起來，安心打擂臺打撒手兒！”一疊聲又要吃茶。As it turned out, Jia Lian had gone too late—Qiu Shi'an had already gone off to court, and Jia Lian returned without having met him, already in no good humor; coming in, he asked Ping'er at once, "Are those people still not up yet?" Ping'er answered, "No, not yet." Jia Lian flung the curtain aside as he strode in, saying with a cold laugh, "Fine, just fine—still not up at this hour, bent on lounging about and shirking every duty!" And in one breath after another he demanded tea.平兒忙倒了一碗茶來。Ping'er hurriedly poured a bowl of tea and brought it.原來那些丫頭老婆見賈璉出了門又复睡了，不打諒這會子回來，原不曾預備。It turned out that the maids and matrons, seeing Jia Lian go out and then going back to sleep themselves, had not expected him to return so soon, and so nothing had been prepared beforehand.平兒便把溫過的拿了來。Ping'er therefore brought tea that had only been warmed over.賈璉生氣，舉起碗來，嘩啷一聲摔了個粉碎。Jia Lian, in his anger, raised the bowl and flung it down with a crash, smashing it to pieces.

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

方

Fāng — surname Fang (HSK 4)

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

炕

kàng — 1. kang (a heatable brick bed) 2. to bake 3. to dry by the heat of a fire

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

只

zhī — variant of 隻 (zhī) (HSK 2)

聽

tīng — 1. to listen to; to hear 2. to heed; to obey 3. a can (loanword from English "tin") 4. classifier for canned beverages 5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) 6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) (HSK 1)

外面

wài miàn — 1. outside (also pr. (wài mian) for this sense) 2. surface 3. exterior 4. external appearance (HSK 3)

腳步

jiǎo bù — 1. footstep 2. step (HSK 5)

響

xiǎng — 1. echo 2. sound 3. noise 4. to make a sound 5. to sound 6. to ring 7. loud 8. classifier for noises (HSK 2)

誰知

shéi zhī — 1. who would have thought 2. unexpectedly

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

遲了

chí le — late

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

裘

Qiú — surname Qiu

世

Shì — surname Shi

安

Ān — surname An (HSK 4)

已經

yǐ jīng — already (HSK 2)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

朝

Cháo — abbr. for 朝鮮 (Cháo xiǎn) Korea (HSK 3)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

遇

Yù — surname Yu (HSK 4)

而

ér — 1. and 2. as well as 3. and so 4. but (not) 5. yet (not) 6. (indicates causal relation) 7. (indicates change of state) 8. (indicates contrast) (HSK 4)

回

Huí — Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) (HSK 1)

心中

xīn zhōng — 1. central point 2. in one's thoughts 3. in one's heart (HSK 2)

正

zhēng — first month of the lunar year (HSK 1)

沒好氣

méi hǎo qì — to be in a bad mood

進來

jìn lái — to come in (HSK 1)

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

問

wèn — to ask; to inquire (HSK 1)

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

那些

nà xiē — those (HSK 1)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

沒

méi — (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not (HSK 1)

起來

qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

么

Yāo — surname Yao

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

回

Huí — Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

沒有

méi yǒu — 1. haven't 2. hasn't 3. doesn't exist 4. to not have 5. to not be (HSK 1)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

一路

yī lù — 1. the whole journey 2. all the way 3. going the same way 4. going in the same direction 5. of the same kind (HSK 5)

摔

shuāi — 1. to throw down 2. to fall 3. to drop and break (HSK 5)

帘子

lián zi — curtain (HSK 7-9)

進來

jìn lái — to come in (HSK 1)

冷笑

lěng xiào — 1. to sneer 2. to laugh grimly 3. grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc) 4. bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile (HSK 7-9)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

好

hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)

好

hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

會子

huì zi — 1. (coll.) a moment 2. a while

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

都

Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

起來

qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)

安心

ān xīn — 1. at ease 2. to feel relieved 3. to set one's mind at rest 4. to keep one's mind on sth (HSK 7-9)

打擂臺

dǎ lèi tái — 1. (old) to fight on the leitai 2. (fig.) to enter a contest

打

dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)

撒手

sā shǒu — 1. to let go of sth 2. to give up

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

疊

dié — 1. to pile up 2. (bound form) repeated 3. to fold 4. classifier: stack, pile (of thin objects) 5. classifier for repeated sections in a musical composition (HSK 7-9)

聲

shēng — 1. sound 2. voice 3. tone 4. noise 5. reputation 6. classifier for sounds (HSK 5)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

吃

chī — 1. to eat; to consume 2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc) 3. to eradicate; to destroy 4. to absorb 5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) (HSK 1)

茶

chá — 1. tea 2. tea plant 3. classifier: 杯 (bēi), 壺 (hú) (HSK 1)

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

忙

máng — 1. busy 2. hurriedly 3. to hurry 4. to rush (HSK 1)

倒

dǎo — 1. to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally 2. to fail; to go bankrupt 3. to overthrow 4. to change (trains or buses) 5. to move around 6. to resell at a profit (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

碗

wǎn — 1. bowl 2. cup 3. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

茶

chá — 1. tea 2. tea plant 3. classifier: 杯 (bēi), 壺 (hú) (HSK 1)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

原來

yuán lái — 1. original; former 2. originally; formerly; at first 3. so, actually, as it turns out (HSK 2)

那些

nà xiē — those (HSK 1)

丫頭

yā tou — 1. girl 2. servant girl 3. (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) (HSK 7-9)

老婆

lǎo pó — (coll.) wife (HSK 4)

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

出

chū — 1. to go out; to come out 2. to arise; to occur 3. to produce; to yield 4. to go beyond; to exceed 5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) 6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

門

Mén — surname Men (HSK 1)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

复

fù — 1. to go and return 2. to return 3. to resume 4. to return to a normal or original state 5. to repeat 6. again 7. to recover 8. to restore 9. to turn over 10. to reply 11. to answer 12. to reply to a letter 13. to retaliate 14. to carry out

睡

shuì — 1. to sleep 2. to lie down (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

打

dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)

諒

liàng — 1. to show understanding 2. to excuse 3. to presume 4. to expect

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

會子

huì zi — 1. (coll.) a moment 2. a while

回來

huí lai — to return; to come back (HSK 1)

原

Yuán — 1. surname Yuan 2. (Japanese surname) Hara (HSK 6)

不曾

bù céng — hasn't yet; hasn't ever (HSK 5)

預備

yù bèi — 1. to prepare 2. to make ready 3. preparation 4. preparatory (HSK 5)

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

便

biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

溫

Wēn — surname Wen

過

Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

拿

ná — 1. to hold 2. to seize 3. to catch 4. to apprehend 5. to take 6. (used in the same way as 把 (bǎ): to mark the following noun as a direct object) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

生氣

shēng qì — 1. to get angry; to be furious 2. vitality; liveliness (HSK 1)

舉起

jǔ qǐ — 1. to heave 2. to lift 3. to raise up 4. to uphold

碗

wǎn — 1. bowl 2. cup 3. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

嘩

huā — 1. (onom.) bang 2. clang 3. sound of gurgling, splashing or flowing water 4. (interjection expressing surprise) wow

啷

lāng — 1. used in 啷當 (lāng dāng) 2. used in onomatopoeic words such as 哐啷 (kuāng lāng)

一聲

yī shēng — first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)

摔

shuāi — 1. to throw down 2. to fall 3. to drop and break (HSK 5)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

粉碎

fěn suì — to crush; to smash; to shatter (HSK 7-9)

平儿方下炕来要去，只听外面脚步响。谁知贾琏去迟了，那裘世安已经上朝去了，不遇而回，心中正没好气，进来就问平儿道：“那些人还没起来呢么？”平儿回说：“没有呢。”贾琏一路摔帘子进来，冷笑道：“好，好，这会子还都不起来，安心打擂台打撒手儿！”一叠声又要吃茶。平儿忙倒了一碗茶来。原来那些丫头老婆见贾琏出了门又复睡了，不打谅这会子回来，原不曾预备。平儿便把温过的拿了来。贾琏生气，举起碗来，哗啷一声摔了个粉碎。

鳳姐驚醒，唬了一身冷汗，噯喲一聲，睜開眼，只見賈璉氣狠狠的坐在旁邊，平兒彎著腰拾碗片子呢。Xifeng woke with a start, a cold sweat breaking over her whole body, and with a cry of "Oh!" she opened her eyes to see Jia Lian sitting fiercely beside her, while Ping'er bent over picking up the broken pieces of the bowl.鳳姐道：“你怎麼就回來了？”問了一聲，半日不答應，只得又問一聲。Xifeng said, "How is it you're back so soon?" She asked once, but for a long while he did not answer, so she could only ask again.賈璉嚷道：“你不要我回來，叫我死在外頭罷！”鳳姐笑道：“這又是何苦來呢！Jia Lian shouted, "If you don't want me back, then let me go die outside!" Xifeng said with a smile, "Now what is all this for!常時我見你不象今兒回來的快，問你一聲，也沒什麼生氣的。”賈璉又嚷道：“又沒遇見，怎麼不快回來呢！”鳳姐笑道：“沒有遇見，少不得奈煩些，明兒再去早些兒，自然遇見了。”賈璉嚷道：“我可不吃著自己的飯替人家赶獐子呢。Ordinarily I've noticed you don't come back this quickly, and when I ask you about it, you're never so angry." Jia Lian shouted again, "I didn't even meet him—how could I not come back quickly!" Xifeng said with a smile, "If you didn't meet him, you'll just have to be a bit more patient about it; go again earlier tomorrow, and naturally you'll meet him." Jia Lian shouted, "I'm not one to eat my own rice while chasing another man's deer.我這里一大堆的事沒個動秤兒的，沒來由為人家的事，瞎鬧了這些日子，當什麼呢！I have a whole pile of matters here with no one to attend to them, and for no good reason I've been running myself ragged on someone else's business for all these days—what's the point of it!正經那有事的人還在家里受用，死活不知，還聽見說要鑼鼓喧天的擺酒唱戲做生日呢。And meanwhile the very people whose business it is are still at home enjoying themselves, not caring whether others live or die, and I even hear they mean to have drums and gongs blaring away, throwing a banquet and putting on operas to celebrate a birthday!我可瞎跑他娘的腿子！”一面說，一面往地下啐了一口，又罵平兒。And here I am running my legs off for nothing, damn it!" So saying, he spat on the ground, and went on cursing at Ping'er as well.鳳姐聽了，氣的干咽，要和他分證，想了一想，又忍住了，勉強陪笑道：“何苦來生這麼大氣，大清早起和我叫喊什麼。Hearing this, Xifeng was so angry she choked on her own breath, and meant to argue the point with him, but after thinking it over she held herself back, and instead forced a smile and said, "Why work yourself into such a rage, shouting at me first thing in the morning like this.誰叫你應了人家的事？Who made you take on other people's business in the first place?你既應了，就得耐煩些，少不得替人家辦辦。Since you did agree to it, you'll simply have to be patient and see it through for them.也沒見這個人自己有為難的事還有心腸唱戲擺酒的鬧！”賈璉道：“你可說么，你明兒倒也問問他！”鳳姐詫异道：“問誰？”賈璉道：“問誰！I've never seen the like—the very person who has trouble on his hands still has the heart to throw parties and put on operas!" Jia Lian said, "That's just what I say—you go ask him about it yourself one of these days!" Xifeng, astonished, said, "Ask whom?" Jia Lian said, "Ask whom, indeed!問你哥哥。”鳳姐道：“是他嗎？”賈璉道：“可不是他，還有誰呢！”鳳姐忙問道：“他又有什麼事叫你替他跑？”賈璉道：“你還在壇子里呢。”鳳姐道：“真真這就奇了，我連一個字兒也不知道。”賈璉道：“你怎麼能知道呢，這個事連太太和姨太太還不知道呢。Ask that brother of yours." Xifeng said, "Is it him?" Jia Lian said, "Who else could it be, if not him!" Xifeng hastily asked, "What business of his has you running errands for him now?" Jia Lian said, "You're still in the dark about it, aren't you." Xifeng said, "This is truly strange—I don't know a single word of it." Jia Lian said, "How could you know—even Madam and Auntie Xue don't know about this yet.頭一件怕太太和姨太太不放心，二則你身上又常嚷不好，所以我在外頭壓住了，不叫里頭知道的。For one thing, I was afraid it would worry Madam and Auntie Xue; for another, you yourself are often complaining of feeling unwell, and so I kept it suppressed outside and didn't let word of it reach the inner quarters.說起來真真可人惱！When you come to speak of it, it's truly enough to make one furious!你今兒不問我，我也不便告訴你。If you hadn't asked me today, I wouldn't have thought to tell you either.你打諒你哥哥行事象個人呢，你知道外頭人都叫他什麼？”鳳姐道：“叫他什麼？”賈璉道：“叫他什麼，叫他‘忘仁’！”鳳姐扑哧的一笑：“他可不叫王仁叫什麼呢。”賈璉道：“你打諒那個王仁嗎，是忘了仁義禮智信的那個‘忘仁’哪！”鳳姐道：“這是什麼人這麼刻薄嘴兒遭塌人。”賈璉道：“不是遭塌他嗎，今兒索性告訴你，你也不知道知道你那哥哥的好處，到底知道他給他二叔做生日啊！”鳳姐想了一想道：“噯喲，可是呵，我還忘了問你，二叔不是冬天的生日嗎？You imagine that brother of yours behaves like a decent human being, do you—do you know what people outside call him?" Xifeng said, "What do they call him?" Jia Lian said, "What do they call him—they call him 'Forget-Humanity'!" Xifeng burst out laughing, "Why, of course they call him Wang Ren—what else would they call him?" Jia Lian said, "You think it's just that Wang Ren, do you—it's the 'forget humanity' as in forgetting all of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trust!" Xifeng said, "Whoever it is that has such a cutting tongue, running people down like that." Jia Lian said, "Is it really running him down? I might as well tell you outright today—you have no idea just what fine deeds that brother of yours has been up to; do you even know he's throwing a birthday celebration for his second uncle?" Xifeng thought a moment and said, "Oh, that's right, I nearly forgot to ask you—isn't Second Uncle's birthday in the winter?我記得年年都是寶玉去。I remember it's always been Baoyu who goes every year.前者老爺陞了，二叔那邊送過戲來，我還偷偷兒的說，二叔為人是最嗇刻的，比不得大舅太爺。The other time when Father was promoted, Second Uncle's household sent over a theater troupe to perform, and I remember saying privately then that Second Uncle is the stingiest sort of person, not at all like Eldest Uncle.他們各自家里還烏眼雞似的。Each of those households eyes the other like fighting cocks.不么，昨兒大舅太爺沒了，你瞧他是個兄弟，他還出了個頭兒攬了個事兒嗎！Otherwise—now that Eldest Uncle has passed away, just look at how, being merely the younger brother, he's still stepped forward to take charge of the arrangements!所以那一天說，赶他的生日咱們還他一班子戲，省了親戚跟前落虧欠。So I said at the time that when his birthday comes round we ought to return the favor with a troupe of our own, so as to spare ourselves looking remiss before our relatives.如今這麼早就做生日，也不知道是什麼意思。”賈璉道：“你還作夢呢。But now, to hold the birthday celebration so early—I can't imagine what he means by it." Jia Lian said, "You're still dreaming, aren't you.他一到京，接著舅太爺的首尾就開了一個吊，他怕咱們知道攔他，所以沒告訴咱們，弄了好幾千銀子。The moment he reached the capital, riding on the coattails of Uncle's death, he set up a wake, and fearing we'd find out and stop him, he never told us, and made off with several thousand taels of silver.後來二舅嗔著他，說他不該一网打盡。Afterward Second Uncle took him to task over it, saying he oughtn't to have swept up everything in one net.他吃不住了，變了個法子就指著你們二叔的生日撒了個网，想著再弄幾個錢好打點二舅太爺不生氣，也不管親戚朋友冬天夏天的，人家知道不知道，這麼丟臉！Unable to bear the reproach, he changed his tack and, using your Second Uncle's birthday as a pretext, cast his net again, thinking to squeeze out a few more coins to placate Second Uncle so he wouldn't stay angry—never mind whether it was winter or summer for the relatives and friends concerned, or whether people would see through it—what a disgrace!你知道我起早為什麼？Do you know why I got up so early today?這如今因海疆的事情御史參了一本，說是大舅太爺的虧空，本員已故，應著落其弟王子胜，侄王仁賠補。It's because, over this business on the coast, a censor has now impeached Eldest Uncle, saying that since the official himself is already dead, his debt to the treasury should fall to be repaid by his brother Wang Zisheng and his nephew Wang Ren.爺兒兩個急了，找了我給他們託人情。Father and son, the two of them, panicked and came to me to plead for help in smoothing things over.我見他們嚇的那麼個樣兒，再者又關系太太和你，我才應了。Seeing them so frightened, and besides, since this concerns Madam and yourself, I agreed to it.想著找找總理內庭都檢點老裘替辦辦，或者前任後任挪移挪移。I thought I'd look up old Qiu, the eunuch overseeing palace affairs, to see about arranging something, or perhaps have the outgoing and incoming officials make some adjustment between them.偏又去晚了，他進里頭去了，我白起來跑了一趟。But as luck would have it I went too late, and he'd already gone inside, so I made the trip for nothing.他們家里還那里定戲擺酒呢。And here they are at home still setting up operas and laying out feasts!你說說，叫人生氣不生氣！”Just tell me, isn't that enough to make a person furious!"

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

驚醒

jīng xǐng — 1. to rouse 2. to be woken by sth 3. to wake with a start 4. to sleep lightly (HSK 7-9)

唬

hǔ — 1. a tiger's roar 2. to scare 3. to intimidate 4. (coll.) to fool 5. to bluff

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一身

yī shēn — 1. whole body 2. from head to toe 3. single person 4. a suit of clothes (HSK 5)

冷汗

lěng hàn — cold sweat

噯

ǎi — 1. to belch 2. (interj. of disapproval)

喲

yō — 1. Oh! (interjection indicating slight surprise) 2. also pr. (yāo)

一聲

yī shēng — first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)

睜開

zhēng kāi — to open (one's eyes)

眼

yǎn — 1. eye (classifier: 隻 (zhī), 雙 (shuāng)) 2. (often used with 一 (yī)) a look; a glance 3. small hole 4. (bound form) salient point 5. classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc (HSK 2)

只見

zhǐ jiàn — 1. to see (the same thing) over and over again 2. to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) (HSK 5)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

氣

qì — 1. gas; air 2. smell 3. weather 4. to make angry; to annoy; to get angry 5. vital energy; qi (HSK 2)

狠狠

hěn hěn — 1. resolutely 2. firmly 3. ferociously 4. ruthlessly

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

坐

Zuò — surname Zuo (HSK 1)

在旁

zài páng — 1. alongside 2. nearby

邊

biān — 1. side 2. edge 3. margin 4. border 5. boundary 6. classifier: 個 (gè) 7. simultaneously (HSK 2)

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

彎

wān — 1. to bend 2. bent 3. a bend; a turn (in a road etc) 4. classifier: 道 (dào) (HSK 4)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

腰

yāo — 1. the waist and lower back 2. (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) 3. the waist of trousers or a skirt 4. (metonym) money pouch; pocket 5. (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc) (HSK 4)

拾

shè — to ascend in light steps (HSK 5)

碗

wǎn — 1. bowl 2. cup 3. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

片子

piān zi — 1. film 2. movie 3. film reel 4. phonograph record 5. X-ray image (HSK 7-9)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

怎麼

zěn me — 1. how? 2. what? 3. why? (HSK 1)

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

回來

huí lai — to return; to come back (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

問

wèn — to ask; to inquire (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一聲

yī shēng — first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)

半

bàn — 1. half 2. semi- 3. incomplete 4. (after a number) and a half (HSK 1)

日

rì — 1. (bound form) sun 2. day 3. day of the month 4. (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本 (Rì běn)) 5. (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

答應

dā ying — 1. to answer; to respond 2. to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise (HSK 2)

只得

zhǐ dé — to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to (HSK 6)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

問

wèn — to ask; to inquire (HSK 1)

一聲

yī shēng — first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

嚷

rǎng — 1. to shout 2. to bellow 3. to make a big deal of sth 4. to make a fuss about sth (HSK 7-9)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

不要

bù yào — don't!; must not (HSK 2)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

回來

huí lai — to return; to come back (HSK 1)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

死

sǐ — 1. to die 2. impassable 3. uncrossable 4. inflexible 5. rigid 6. extremely 7. damned (HSK 3)

在外

zài wài — 1. outer 2. excluded

頭

tóu — 1. head 2. hair style 3. the top 4. end 5. beginning or end 6. a stub 7. remnant 8. chief 9. boss 10. side 11. aspect 12. first 13. leading 14. classifier for pigs or livestock 15. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

罷

bà — 1. to stop 2. to cease 3. to dismiss 4. to suspend 5. to quit 6. to finish

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

笑

xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

何苦

hé kǔ — 1. why bother? 2. is it worth the trouble? (HSK 7-9)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

常時

cháng shí — 1. frequently 2. often 3. usually 4. regularly

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

象

xiàng — 1. elephant 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī) 3. shape 4. form 5. appearance 6. to imitate

今兒

jīn r — (coll.) today

回來

huí lai — to return; to come back (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

快

kuài — 1. rapid 2. quick 3. speed 4. rate 5. soon 6. almost 7. to make haste 8. clever 9. sharp (of knives or wits) 10. forthright 11. plainspoken 12. gratified 13. pleased 14. pleasant (HSK 1)

問

wèn — to ask; to inquire (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

一聲

yī shēng — first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

沒什麼

méi shén me — 1. it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind 2. think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome (HSK 1)

生氣

shēng qì — 1. to get angry; to be furious 2. vitality; liveliness (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

嚷

rǎng — 1. to shout 2. to bellow 3. to make a big deal of sth 4. to make a fuss about sth (HSK 7-9)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

沒

méi — (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not (HSK 1)

遇見

yù jiàn — to meet (HSK 4)

怎麼

zěn me — 1. how? 2. what? 3. why? (HSK 1)

不快

bù kuài — 1. unhappy 2. in low spirits 3. (of a knife) not sharp

回來

huí lai — to return; to come back (HSK 1)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

笑

xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

沒有

méi yǒu — 1. haven't 2. hasn't 3. doesn't exist 4. to not have 5. to not be (HSK 1)

遇見

yù jiàn — to meet (HSK 4)

少不得

shǎo bu dé — 1. cannot be avoided 2. cannot do without

奈

nài — 1. used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 無奈 (wú nài) and 莫可奈何 (mò kě nài hé) (literary) 2. used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words

煩

fán — 1. to feel vexed 2. to bother 3. to trouble 4. superfluous and confusing 5. edgy (HSK 4)

些

xiē — classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several (HSK 4)

明兒

míng r — 1. (coll.) tomorrow 2. one of these days 3. some day

再

zài — 1. again; once more; re- 2. further; beyond this point of time 3. (before an adjective) more 4. then (after sth, and not until then) 5. no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 (yě) or 都 (dōu) for emphasis) 6. (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則 (zài zé), 再就是 (zài jiù shì) etc) 7. (literary) to reappear; to reoccur (HSK 1)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

早些

zǎo xiē — a bit earlier

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

自然

zì rán — 1. nature 2. natural 3. naturally (HSK 3)

遇見

yù jiàn — to meet (HSK 4)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

嚷

rǎng — 1. to shout 2. to bellow 3. to make a big deal of sth 4. to make a fuss about sth (HSK 7-9)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

可不

kě bu — see 可不是 (kě bu shì)

吃

chī — 1. to eat; to consume 2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc) 3. to eradicate; to destroy 4. to absorb 5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

自己

zì jǐ — oneself; (attributive) one's own (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

飯替

fàn tì — body double (in eating scenes)

人家

rén jiā — 1. household 2. dwelling 3. family 4. sb else's house 5. household business 6. house of woman's husband-to-be 7. classifier: 戶 (hù), 家 (jiā) (HSK 4)

赶

gǎn — 1. to overtake; to catch up with 2. to hurry; to rush 3. to try to catch (the bus etc) 4. to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away 5. to avail oneself of (an opportunity) 6. until; by (a certain time) (HSK 3)

獐

zhāng — 1. river deer 2. roebuck

子

zǐ — 1. son 2. child 3. seed 4. egg 5. small thing 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat 7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) 9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

里

Lǐ — surname Li (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

大

dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)

堆

duī — 1. to pile up 2. to heap up 3. a mass 4. pile 5. heap 6. stack 7. large amount (HSK 5)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

事

shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)

沒

méi — (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

動

dòng — 1. (of sth) to move 2. to set in movement 3. to displace 4. to touch 5. to make use of 6. to stir (emotions) 7. to alter 8. abbr. for 動詞 (dòng cí), verb (HSK 1)

秤

chēng — to weigh (variant of 稱 (chēng)) (HSK 7-9)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

沒來由

méi lái yóu — 1. without any reason 2. for no reason

為人

wéi rén — 1. to conduct oneself 2. behavior; conduct; personal character (HSK 7-9)

家的

jiā de — (old) wife

事

shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)

瞎鬧

xiā nào — 1. to make a scene 2. to fool around 3. to behave foolishly

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

這些

zhè xiē — these (HSK 1)

日子

rì zi — 1. day 2. a (calendar) date 3. days of one's life (HSK 2)

當

dāng — 1. to be 2. to act as 3. manage 4. withstand 5. when 6. during 7. ought 8. should 9. match equally 10. equal 11. same 12. obstruct 13. just at (a time or place) 14. on the spot 15. right 16. just at (HSK 2)

什麼

shén me — 1. what? 2. something; anything (HSK 1)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

正經

zhèng jīng — 1. decent 2. honorable 3. proper 4. serious 5. according to standards

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

有事

yǒu shì — 1. to be occupied with sth 2. to have sth on one's mind 3. there is something the matter (HSK 6)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

在家

zài jiā — 1. to be at home 2. (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差 (chū chāi)) 3. (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家 (chū jiā)) (HSK 1)

里

Lǐ — surname Li (HSK 1)

受用

shòu yòng — 1. to enjoy 2. to reap the benefits (of sth)

死活

sǐ huó — 1. life or death 2. fate 3. no matter what 4. anyway 5. for the life of me

不知

bù zhī — 1. not to know 2. unaware 3. unknowingly 4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) (HSK 7-9)

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

聽見

tīng jiàn — to hear (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

鑼鼓

luó gǔ — 1. gongs and drums 2. Chinese percussion instruments

喧

xuān — 1. clamor 2. noise

天

tiān — 1. day 2. sky 3. heaven (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

擺

bǎi — 1. to arrange 2. to exhibit 3. to move to and fro 4. a pendulum (HSK 4)

酒

jiǔ — 1. wine (esp. rice wine) 2. liquor 3. spirits 4. alcoholic beverage 5. classifier: 杯 (bēi), 瓶 (píng), 罐 (guàn), 桶 (tǒng), 缸 (gāng) (HSK 2)

唱戲

chàng xì — to perform in opera

做生日

zuò shēng rì — to celebrate a birthday

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

可

kě — 1. (prefix) can; may; able to; -able 2. to approve; to permit 3. to suit 4. (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very 5. but; however (HSK 5)

瞎

xiā — 1. blind 2. groundlessly 3. foolishly 4. to no purpose (HSK 7-9)

跑

páo — (of an animal) to paw (the ground) (HSK 1)

他娘的

tā niáng de — same as 他媽的 (tā mā de)

腿

tuǐ — 1. leg 2. classifier: 條 (tiáo) (HSK 2)

子

zǐ — 1. son 2. child 3. seed 4. egg 5. small thing 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat 7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) 9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

一面

yī miàn — 1. one side 2. one aspect 3. simultaneously... (and...) 4. one's whole face (HSK 7-9)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

一面

yī miàn — 1. one side 2. one aspect 3. simultaneously... (and...) 4. one's whole face (HSK 7-9)

往

wǎng — 1. to go (in a direction) 2. to 3. towards 4. (of a train) bound for 5. past 6. previous (HSK 2)

地下

dì xià — 1. underground 2. subterranean 3. covert (HSK 4)

啐

cuì — 1. to spit 2. (onom.) pshaw! 3. (old) to sip

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一口

yī kǒu — 1. readily 2. flatly (deny, admit and so on) 3. a mouthful 4. a bite

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

罵

mà — 1. to scold 2. to abuse 3. to curse 4. classifier: 通 (tòng), 頓 (dùn) (HSK 5)

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

聽

tīng — 1. to listen to; to hear 2. to heed; to obey 3. a can (loanword from English "tin") 4. classifier for canned beverages 5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) 6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

氣

qì — 1. gas; air 2. smell 3. weather 4. to make angry; to annoy; to get angry 5. vital energy; qi (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

干

Gān — surname Gan (HSK 1)

咽

yān — 1. throat; pharynx 2. narrow pass (HSK 7-9)

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

和

Hé — surname He (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

分

fēn — 1. to divide; to separate 2. to distribute; to allocate 3. to distinguish (good and bad) 4. (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局 (fēn jú)) 5. fraction 6. one tenth (of certain units) 7. unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm 8. minute (unit of time) 9. minute (angular measurement unit) 10. a point (in sports or games) 11. 0.01 yuan (unit of money) (HSK 1)

證

zhèng — 1. certificate 2. proof 3. to prove 4. to demonstrate 5. to confirm 6. variant of 症 (zhèng) (HSK 3)

想

xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

想

xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

忍

rěn — 1. to bear 2. to endure 3. to tolerate 4. to restrain oneself (HSK 5)

住

zhù — 1. to live; to reside; to stay 2. to stop; to cease 3. (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

勉強

miǎn qiǎng — 1. to do with difficulty 2. to force sb to do sth 3. reluctant 4. barely enough (HSK 7-9)

陪

péi — 1. to accompany 2. to keep sb company 3. to assist 4. old variant of 賠 (péi) (HSK 5)

笑

xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

何苦

hé kǔ — 1. why bother? 2. is it worth the trouble? (HSK 7-9)

來生

lái shēng — next life

這麼

zhè me — 1. so much 2. this much 3. how much? 4. this way 5. like this (HSK 2)

大氣

dà qì — 1. atmosphere (surrounding the earth) 2. imposing; impressive; stylish (HSK 7-9)

大清早

dà qīng zǎo — early in the morning

起

qǐ — 1. to rise 2. to raise 3. to get up 4. to set out 5. to start 6. to appear 7. to launch 8. to initiate (action) 9. to draft 10. to establish 11. to get (from a depot or counter) 12. verb suffix, to start 13. starting from (a time, place, price etc) 14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance 15. classifier for groups: batch, group (HSK 1)

和

Hé — surname He (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

叫喊

jiào hǎn — 1. exclamation 2. outcry 3. shout 4. yell

什麼

shén me — 1. what? 2. something; anything (HSK 1)

誰

shéi — 1. who 2. also pr. (shuí) (HSK 1)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

應

Yīng — 1. surname Ying 2. Taiwan pr. (Yìng) (HSK 4)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

人家

rén jiā — 1. household 2. dwelling 3. family 4. sb else's house 5. household business 6. house of woman's husband-to-be 7. classifier: 戶 (hù), 家 (jiā) (HSK 4)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

事

shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

既

jì — 1. already 2. since 3. both... (and...) (HSK 4)

應

Yīng — 1. surname Ying 2. Taiwan pr. (Yìng) (HSK 4)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

耐煩

nài fán — to put up with (sth disagreeable)

些

xiē — classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several (HSK 4)

少不得

shǎo bu dé — 1. cannot be avoided 2. cannot do without

替

tì — 1. to substitute for 2. to take the place of 3. to replace 4. for 5. on behalf of 6. to stand in for (HSK 4)

人家

rén jiā — 1. household 2. dwelling 3. family 4. sb else's house 5. household business 6. house of woman's husband-to-be 7. classifier: 戶 (hù), 家 (jiā) (HSK 4)

辦

bàn — 1. to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event) 2. to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise) 3. (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect) 4. (bound form) office (as in 招辦 (zhāo bàn), admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室 (bàn gōng shì)) (HSK 2)

辦

bàn — 1. to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event) 2. to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise) 3. (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect) 4. (bound form) office (as in 招辦 (zhāo bàn), admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室 (bàn gōng shì)) (HSK 2)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

沒

méi — (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not (HSK 1)

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

這個

zhè ge — 1. (pronoun) this 2. (adjective) this

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

自己

zì jǐ — oneself; (attributive) one's own (HSK 2)

有為

yǒu wéi — 1. promising 2. to show promise

難

nán — 1. difficult (to...) 2. problem 3. difficulty 4. difficult 5. not good (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

事

shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)

還有

hái yǒu — 1. there still remain(s); there is (or are) still 2. in addition (HSK 1)

心腸

xīn cháng — 1. heart 2. intention 3. one's inclination 4. state of mind 5. to have the heart for sth 6. mood (HSK 7-9)

唱戲

chàng xì — to perform in opera

擺

bǎi — 1. to arrange 2. to exhibit 3. to move to and fro 4. a pendulum (HSK 4)

酒

jiǔ — 1. wine (esp. rice wine) 2. liquor 3. spirits 4. alcoholic beverage 5. classifier: 杯 (bēi), 瓶 (píng), 罐 (guàn), 桶 (tǒng), 缸 (gāng) (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

鬧

nào — 1. noisy 2. cacophonous 3. to make noise 4. to disturb 5. to vent (feelings) 6. to fall ill 7. to have an attack (of sickness) 8. to go in (for some activity) 9. to joke (HSK 4)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

可

kě — 1. (prefix) can; may; able to; -able 2. to approve; to permit 3. to suit 4. (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very 5. but; however (HSK 5)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

么

Yāo — surname Yao

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

明兒

míng r — 1. (coll.) tomorrow 2. one of these days 3. some day

倒

dǎo — 1. to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally 2. to fail; to go bankrupt 3. to overthrow 4. to change (trains or buses) 5. to move around 6. to resell at a profit (HSK 2)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

問

wèn — to ask; to inquire (HSK 1)

問

wèn — to ask; to inquire (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

詫

chà — 1. to be surprised 2. to be astonished

异

yì — 1. different 2. other 3. hetero- 4. unusual 5. strange 6. surprising 7. to distinguish 8. to separate 9. to discriminate

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

問

wèn — to ask; to inquire (HSK 1)

誰

shéi — 1. who 2. also pr. (shuí) (HSK 1)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

問

wèn — to ask; to inquire (HSK 1)

誰

shéi — 1. who 2. also pr. (shuí) (HSK 1)

問

wèn — to ask; to inquire (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

哥哥

gē ge — 1. older brother 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi) (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

嗎

má — (coll.) what? (HSK 1)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

可不是

kě bu shì — (coll.) exactly!; indeed; that's for sure (HSK 7-9)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

還有

hái yǒu — 1. there still remain(s); there is (or are) still 2. in addition (HSK 1)

誰

shéi — 1. who 2. also pr. (shuí) (HSK 1)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

忙

máng — 1. busy 2. hurriedly 3. to hurry 4. to rush (HSK 1)

問道

wèn dào — 1. to ask the way 2. to ask

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

什麼事

shén me shì — 1. What's up?; Is something the matter? 2. (coll.) (used in rhetorical questions of the form 關 (guān) + {person} + 什麼事 (shén me shì) "what business is it of {person}'s?; what's it to {person}?")

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

替

tì — 1. to substitute for 2. to take the place of 3. to replace 4. for 5. on behalf of 6. to stand in for (HSK 4)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

跑

páo — (of an animal) to paw (the ground) (HSK 1)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

壇

tán — 1. altar 2. platform; rostrum 3. (bound form) (sporting, literary etc) circles; world (HSK 7-9)

子

zǐ — 1. son 2. child 3. seed 4. egg 5. small thing 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat 7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) 9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

里

Lǐ — surname Li (HSK 1)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

真真

zhēn zhēn — 1. really 2. in fact 3. genuinely 4. scrupulously

這就

zhè jiù — 1. immediately 2. at once

奇

jī — odd (number)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

連

Lián — surname Lian (HSK 3)

一個

yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

字

zì — 1. letter 2. symbol 3. character 4. word 5. classifier: 個 (gè) 6. courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China (HSK 1)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

不知

bù zhī — 1. not to know 2. unaware 3. unknowingly 4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) (HSK 7-9)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

怎麼

zěn me — 1. how? 2. what? 3. why? (HSK 1)

能

Néng — surname Neng (HSK 1)

知道

zhī dào — 1. to know; to become aware of 2. also pr. (zhī dao) (HSK 1)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

這個

zhè ge — 1. (pronoun) this 2. (adjective) this

事

shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)

連

Lián — surname Lian (HSK 3)

太太

tài tai — 1. married woman 2. Mrs. 3. Madam 4. wife 5. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi) (HSK 2)

和

Hé — surname He (HSK 1)

姨太太

yí tài tai — concubine

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

不知

bù zhī — 1. not to know 2. unaware 3. unknowingly 4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) (HSK 7-9)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

頭一

tóu yī — the first

件

jiàn — 1. item 2. component 3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc (HSK 2)

怕

Pà — surname Pa (HSK 2)

太太

tài tai — 1. married woman 2. Mrs. 3. Madam 4. wife 5. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi) (HSK 2)

和

Hé — surname He (HSK 1)

姨太太

yí tài tai — concubine

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

放心

fàng xīn — 1. to feel relieved 2. to feel reassured 3. to be at ease (HSK 2)

二

èr — 1. two 2. 2 3. (Beijing dialect) stupid (HSK 1)

則

zé — 1. (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then 2. (bound form) standard; norm 3. (bound form) principle 4. (literary) to imitate; to follow 5. classifier for written items (HSK 7-9)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

身上

shēn shang — 1. on the body 2. at hand 3. among (HSK 1)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

常

Cháng — surname Chang (HSK 1)

嚷

rǎng — 1. to shout 2. to bellow 3. to make a big deal of sth 4. to make a fuss about sth (HSK 7-9)

不好

bù hǎo — no good

所以

suǒ yǐ — 1. therefore 2. as a result 3. so 4. the reason why (HSK 2)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

在外

zài wài — 1. outer 2. excluded

頭

tóu — 1. head 2. hair style 3. the top 4. end 5. beginning or end 6. a stub 7. remnant 8. chief 9. boss 10. side 11. aspect 12. first 13. leading 14. classifier for pigs or livestock 15. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

壓住

yā zhù — 1. to press down 2. to crush down 3. to restrain (anger) 4. to keep down (voice)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

里

Lǐ — surname Li (HSK 1)

頭

tóu — 1. head 2. hair style 3. the top 4. end 5. beginning or end 6. a stub 7. remnant 8. chief 9. boss 10. side 11. aspect 12. first 13. leading 14. classifier for pigs or livestock 15. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

知道

zhī dào — 1. to know; to become aware of 2. also pr. (zhī dao) (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

說起

shuō qǐ — 1. to mention 2. to bring up (a subject) 3. with regard to 4. as for

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

真真

zhēn zhēn — 1. really 2. in fact 3. genuinely 4. scrupulously

可人

kě rén — 1. pleasant 2. agreeable 3. a person after one's heart (charming person) 4. a gifted person

惱

nǎo — to get angry

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

今兒

jīn r — (coll.) today

不問

bù wèn — 1. to pay no attention to 2. to disregard 3. to ignore 4. to let go unpunished 5. to let off

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

不便

bù biàn — 1. inconvenient 2. inappropriate 3. unsuitable 4. short of cash (HSK 6)

告訴

gào sù — to press charges; to file a complaint (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

打

dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)

諒

liàng — 1. to show understanding 2. to excuse 3. to presume 4. to expect

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

哥哥

gē ge — 1. older brother 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi) (HSK 1)

行事

xíng shì — 1. to execute 2. to handle 3. behavior 4. action 5. conduct

象

xiàng — 1. elephant 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī) 3. shape 4. form 5. appearance 6. to imitate

個人

gè rén — an individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own (HSK 3)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

知道

zhī dào — 1. to know; to become aware of 2. also pr. (zhī dao) (HSK 1)

外頭

wài tou — outside; outdoors (HSK 6)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

都

Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

什麼

shén me — 1. what? 2. something; anything (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

什麼

shén me — 1. what? 2. something; anything (HSK 1)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

什麼

shén me — 1. what? 2. something; anything (HSK 1)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

忘

wàng — 1. to forget 2. to overlook 3. to neglect (HSK 1)

仁

rén — 1. humane 2. kernel

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

扑

pū — 1. to throw oneself at 2. to pounce on 3. to devote one's energies 4. to flap 5. to flutter 6. to dab 7. to pat 8. to bend over (HSK 6)

哧

chī — 1. (onom.) giggling 2. breathing 3. tearing of paper, ripping of fabric etc

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

笑

xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

可不

kě bu — see 可不是 (kě bu shì)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

仁

rén — 1. humane 2. kernel

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

什麼

shén me — 1. what? 2. something; anything (HSK 1)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

打

dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)

諒

liàng — 1. to show understanding 2. to excuse 3. to presume 4. to expect

那個

nà ge — 1. that one 2. that thing 3. that (as opposed to this) 4. (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) 5. (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) 6. (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) 7. (euph.) menstruation 8. sex 9. also pr. (nèi ge)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

仁

rén — 1. humane 2. kernel

嗎

má — (coll.) what? (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

忘

wàng — 1. to forget 2. to overlook 3. to neglect (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

仁義

rén yì — benevolence and righteousness

禮

Lǐ — 1. surname Li 2. abbr. for 禮記 (Lǐ jì), Classic of Rites (HSK 5)

智

zhì — (literary) wise; wisdom

信

xìn — 1. letter 2. mail 3. classifier: 封 (fēng) 4. to trust 5. to believe 6. to profess faith in 7. truthful 8. confidence 9. trust 10. at will 11. at random (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

那個

nà ge — 1. that one 2. that thing 3. that (as opposed to this) 4. (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) 5. (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) 6. (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) 7. (euph.) menstruation 8. sex 9. also pr. (nèi ge)

忘

wàng — 1. to forget 2. to overlook 3. to neglect (HSK 1)

仁

rén — 1. humane 2. kernel

哪

nǎ — 1. how 2. which (HSK 1)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

什麼人

shén me rén — 1. who? 2. what (kind of) person?

這麼

zhè me — 1. so much 2. this much 3. how much? 4. this way 5. like this (HSK 2)

刻薄

kè bó — 1. unkind 2. harsh 3. cutting 4. mean 5. acrimony 6. to embezzle by making illegal deductions

嘴

zuǐ — 1. mouth 2. beak 3. nozzle 4. spout (of teapot etc) 5. classifier: 張 (zhāng), 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

遭

zāo — 1. to suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune) 2. classifier for events: time, turn, incident

塌

tā — 1. to collapse 2. to droop 3. to settle down (HSK 7-9)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

不是

bù shì — 1. no 2. is not 3. not

遭

zāo — 1. to suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune) 2. classifier for events: time, turn, incident

塌

tā — 1. to collapse 2. to droop 3. to settle down (HSK 7-9)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

嗎

má — (coll.) what? (HSK 1)

今兒

jīn r — (coll.) today

索性

suǒ xìng — 1. you might as well (do it) 2. simply 3. just (HSK 7-9)

告訴

gào sù — to press charges; to file a complaint (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

不知

bù zhī — 1. not to know 2. unaware 3. unknowingly 4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) (HSK 7-9)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

知道

zhī dào — 1. to know; to become aware of 2. also pr. (zhī dao) (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

哥哥

gē ge — 1. older brother 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi) (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

好處

hǎo chǔ — easy to get along with (HSK 2)

到底

dào dǐ — 1. finally 2. in the end 3. when all is said and done 4. after all 5. to the end 6. to the last (HSK 3)

知道

zhī dào — 1. to know; to become aware of 2. also pr. (zhī dao) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

給

gěi — 1. to 2. for 3. for the benefit of 4. to give 5. to allow 6. to do sth (for sb) 7. (grammatical equivalent of 被) 8. (grammatical equivalent of 把) 9. (sentence intensifier) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

二

èr — 1. two 2. 2 3. (Beijing dialect) stupid (HSK 1)

叔

shū — 1. uncle 2. father's younger brother 3. husband's younger brother 4. Taiwan pr. (shú)

做生日

zuò shēng rì — to celebrate a birthday

啊

ā — 1. interjection of surprise 2. Ah! 3. Oh! (HSK 2)

鳳

Fèng — surname Feng

姐

jiě — older sister (HSK 1)

想

xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

想

xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

噯

ǎi — 1. to belch 2. (interj. of disapproval)

喲

yō — 1. Oh! (interjection indicating slight surprise) 2. also pr. (yāo)

可是

kě shì — 1. but; however 2. (used for emphasis) indeed (HSK 2)

呵

ā — variant of 啊 (ā)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

忘

wàng — 1. to forget 2. to overlook 3. to neglect (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

問

wèn — to ask; to inquire (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

二

èr — 1. two 2. 2 3. (Beijing dialect) stupid (HSK 1)

叔

shū — 1. uncle 2. father's younger brother 3. husband's younger brother 4. Taiwan pr. (shú)

不是

bù shì — 1. no 2. is not 3. not

冬天

dōng tiān — winter (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

生日

shēng rì — 1. birthday 2. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)

嗎

má — (coll.) what? (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

記得

jì de — to remember (HSK 1)

年年

nián nián — year after year; yearly; every year; annually

都

Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

寶玉

bǎo yù — 1. precious jade 2. treasures

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

前者

qián zhě — the former (i.e. the one mentioned first) (HSK 7-9)

老爺

lǎo ye — 1. (respectful) lord 2. master 3. (coll.) maternal grandfather

陞

shēng — 1. to ascend; to rise (variant of 升 (shēng)) 2. to promote; to elevate (variant of 升 (shēng)) (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

二

èr — 1. two 2. 2 3. (Beijing dialect) stupid (HSK 1)

叔

shū — 1. uncle 2. father's younger brother 3. husband's younger brother 4. Taiwan pr. (shú)

那邊

nà bian — 1. over there 2. yonder (HSK 1)

送

sòng — 1. to send; to deliver; to transmit 2. to give (as a present) 3. to see (sb) off 4. to accompany; to go along with (HSK 1)

過

Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)

戲

xì — 1. trick 2. drama 3. play 4. show 5. classifier: 齣 (chū), 場 (chǎng), 臺 (tái) (HSK 5)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

偷偷

tōu tōu — 1. stealthily 2. secretly 3. covertly 4. furtively 5. on the sly (HSK 5)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

二

èr — 1. two 2. 2 3. (Beijing dialect) stupid (HSK 1)

叔

shū — 1. uncle 2. father's younger brother 3. husband's younger brother 4. Taiwan pr. (shú)

為人

wéi rén — 1. to conduct oneself 2. behavior; conduct; personal character (HSK 7-9)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

最

zuì — 1. (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est 2. (after 之 (zhī)) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 (shì jiè zhī zuì) "the greatest in the world") (HSK 1)

嗇

sè — stingy

刻

kè — 1. quarter (hour) 2. moment 3. to carve 4. to engrave 5. to cut 6. oppressive 7. classifier for short time intervals (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

比

Bǐ — 1. Belgium 2. Belgian 3. abbr. for 比利時 (Bǐ lì shí) (HSK 1)

不得

bù dé — 1. must not 2. may not 3. not to be allowed 4. cannot

大

dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)

舅

jiù — maternal uncle

太爺

tài yé — 1. (respectful for) one's grandfather 2. sb's father 3. older people 4. the head of the house (used by servants) 5. a district magistrate

他們

tā men — they; them (HSK 1)

各自

gè zì — 1. each 2. respective 3. apiece (HSK 3)

家里

jiā lǐ — home (HSK 1)

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

烏

Wū — 1. abbr. for country names that begin with 烏 (wū): Ukraine 烏克蘭 (Wū kè lán), Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦 (Wū zī bié kè sī tǎn) etc 2. surname Wu

眼

yǎn — 1. eye (classifier: 隻 (zhī), 雙 (shuāng)) 2. (often used with 一 (yī)) a look; a glance 3. small hole 4. (bound form) salient point 5. classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc (HSK 2)

雞

jī — 1. fowl 2. chicken 3. classifier: 隻 (zhī) 4. (slang) prostitute (HSK 2)

似的

shì de — 1. seems as if 2. rather like 3. Taiwan pr. (sì de) (HSK 4)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

么

Yāo — surname Yao

昨兒

zuó r — (coll.) yesterday

大

dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)

舅

jiù — maternal uncle

太爺

tài yé — 1. (respectful for) one's grandfather 2. sb's father 3. older people 4. the head of the house (used by servants) 5. a district magistrate

沒了

méi le — 1. to be dead 2. not to be, or cease to exist

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

瞧

qiáo — 1. to look at 2. to see 3. to see (a doctor) 4. to visit (HSK 5)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

兄弟

xiōng dì — 1. brothers 2. younger brother 3. classifier: 個 (gè) 4. I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) 5. brotherly 6. fraternal (HSK 4)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

出

chū — 1. to go out; to come out 2. to arise; to occur 3. to produce; to yield 4. to go beyond; to exceed 5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) 6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

個頭兒

gè tóu r — 1. size 2. height 3. stature (HSK 7-9)

攬

lǎn — 1. to monopolize; to seize 2. to take into one's arms; to embrace 3. to fasten (with a rope etc) 4. to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass (HSK 7-9)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

事兒

shì r — 1. one's employment 2. business 3. matter that needs to be settled 4. (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding 5. trying 6. troublesome 7. erhua variant of 事 (shì) 8. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng)

嗎

má — (coll.) what? (HSK 1)

所以

suǒ yǐ — 1. therefore 2. as a result 3. so 4. the reason why (HSK 2)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

天

tiān — 1. day 2. sky 3. heaven (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

赶

gǎn — 1. to overtake; to catch up with 2. to hurry; to rush 3. to try to catch (the bus etc) 4. to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away 5. to avail oneself of (an opportunity) 6. until; by (a certain time) (HSK 3)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

生日

shēng rì — 1. birthday 2. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)

咱們

zán men — 1. we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) 2. (dialect) I or me 3. (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you 4. also pr. (zá men) (HSK 2)

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

班子

bān zi — 1. organized group 2. theatrical troupe

戲

xì — 1. trick 2. drama 3. play 4. show 5. classifier: 齣 (chū), 場 (chǎng), 臺 (tái) (HSK 5)

省

shěng — 1. to save; to economize; to be frugal 2. to omit; to delete; to leave out 3. province 4. provincial capital 5. a ministry (of the Japanese government) (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

親戚

qīn qi — 1. a relative (i.e. family relation) 2. classifier: 門 (mén), 個 (gè), 位 (wèi) (HSK 7-9)

跟前

gēn qián — 1. the front (of) 2. (in) front 3. (in) sb's presence 4. just before (a date) (HSK 5)

落

là — 1. to leave out 2. to be missing 3. to leave behind or forget to bring 4. to lag or fall behind (HSK 4)

虧欠

kuī qiàn — 1. to have a deficit; to be in the red 2. to owe

如今

rú jīn — nowadays; now (HSK 4)

這麼

zhè me — 1. so much 2. this much 3. how much? 4. this way 5. like this (HSK 2)

早就

zǎo jiù — already at an earlier time (HSK 2)

做生日

zuò shēng rì — to celebrate a birthday

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

不知

bù zhī — 1. not to know 2. unaware 3. unknowingly 4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) (HSK 7-9)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

什麼

shén me — 1. what? 2. something; anything (HSK 1)

意思

yì si — 1. idea 2. opinion 3. meaning 4. wish 5. desire 6. interest 7. fun 8. token of appreciation, affection etc 9. classifier: 個 (gè) 10. to give as a small token 11. to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc (HSK 2)

賈

Jiǎ — surname Jia

璉

liǎn — 1. sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings 2. also pr. (lián)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

作夢

zuò mèng — variant of 做夢 (zuò mèng)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

京

Jīng — 1. surname Jing 2. short name for Beijing 北京 (Běi jīng) 3. Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi 4. Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam

接著

jiē zhe — 1. to catch and hold on 2. to continue 3. to go on to do sth 4. to follow 5. to carry on 6. then 7. after that 8. subsequently 9. to proceed 10. to ensue 11. in turn 12. in one's turn (HSK 2)

舅

jiù — maternal uncle

太爺

tài yé — 1. (respectful for) one's grandfather 2. sb's father 3. older people 4. the head of the house (used by servants) 5. a district magistrate

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

首尾

shǒu wěi — head and tail

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

開

kāi — 1. to open (transitive or intransitive) 2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start 3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run 4. to boil 5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) 6. (directional complement) away; off 7. carat (gold) 8. abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文 (Kāi ěr wén) 9. abbr. for 開本 (kāi běn), book format (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一個

yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

吊

diào — 1. to suspend 2. to hang up 3. to hang a person (HSK 6)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

怕

Pà — surname Pa (HSK 2)

咱們

zán men — 1. we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) 2. (dialect) I or me 3. (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you 4. also pr. (zá men) (HSK 2)

知道

zhī dào — 1. to know; to become aware of 2. also pr. (zhī dao) (HSK 1)

攔

lán — 1. to block sb's path 2. to obstruct 3. to flag down (a taxi) (HSK 7-9)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

所以

suǒ yǐ — 1. therefore 2. as a result 3. so 4. the reason why (HSK 2)

沒

méi — (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not (HSK 1)

告訴

gào sù — to press charges; to file a complaint (HSK 1)

咱們

zán men — 1. we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) 2. (dialect) I or me 3. (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you 4. also pr. (zá men) (HSK 2)

弄

lòng — 1. lane 2. alley (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

好幾

hǎo jǐ — 1. several 2. quite a few

千

qiān — thousand (HSK 2)

銀子

yín zi — 1. money 2. silver

後來

hòu lái — 1. afterwards; later 2. newly arrived (HSK 2)

二

èr — 1. two 2. 2 3. (Beijing dialect) stupid (HSK 1)

舅

jiù — maternal uncle

嗔著

chēn zhe — (coll.) to blame sb for sth

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

不該

bù gāi — 1. should not 2. to owe nothing

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

网

wǎng — 1. net; web 2. network 3. to net; to catch with a net (HSK 2)

打

dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)

盡

jìn — 1. to use up 2. to exhaust 3. to end 4. to finish 5. to the utmost 6. exhausted 7. finished 8. to the limit (of sth) 9. all 10. entirely (HSK 6)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

吃不住

chī bu zhù — to be unable to bear or support

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

變

biàn — 1. to change 2. to become different 3. to transform 4. to vary 5. rebellion (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

法子

fǎ zi — 1. way 2. method 3. Taiwan pr. (fá zi)

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

指

zhǐ — 1. finger 2. to point at or to 3. to indicate or refer to 4. to depend on 5. to count on 6. (of hair) to stand on end (HSK 3)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

你們

nǐ men — you (plural) (HSK 1)

二

èr — 1. two 2. 2 3. (Beijing dialect) stupid (HSK 1)

叔

shū — 1. uncle 2. father's younger brother 3. husband's younger brother 4. Taiwan pr. (shú)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

生日

shēng rì — 1. birthday 2. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)

撒

sā — 1. to let go 2. to cast 3. to let loose 4. to discharge 5. to give expression to 6. (coll.) to pee (HSK 7-9)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

网

wǎng — 1. net; web 2. network 3. to net; to catch with a net (HSK 2)

想

xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

再

zài — 1. again; once more; re- 2. further; beyond this point of time 3. (before an adjective) more 4. then (after sth, and not until then) 5. no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 (yě) or 都 (dōu) for emphasis) 6. (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則 (zài zé), 再就是 (zài jiù shì) etc) 7. (literary) to reappear; to reoccur (HSK 1)

弄

lòng — 1. lane 2. alley (HSK 2)

幾個

jǐ ge — 1. a few 2. several 3. how many

錢

Qián — surname Qian (HSK 1)

好

hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)

打點

dǎ dian — 1. to bribe 2. to get (luggage) ready 3. to put in order 4. to organize things 5. (baseball) RBI (run batted in)

二

èr — 1. two 2. 2 3. (Beijing dialect) stupid (HSK 1)

舅

jiù — maternal uncle

太爺

tài yé — 1. (respectful for) one's grandfather 2. sb's father 3. older people 4. the head of the house (used by servants) 5. a district magistrate

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

生氣

shēng qì — 1. to get angry; to be furious 2. vitality; liveliness (HSK 1)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

不管

bù guǎn — 1. not to be concerned 2. regardless of 3. no matter (HSK 4)

親戚

qīn qi — 1. a relative (i.e. family relation) 2. classifier: 門 (mén), 個 (gè), 位 (wèi) (HSK 7-9)

朋友

péng you — 1. friend 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi) (HSK 1)

冬天

dōng tiān — winter (HSK 2)

夏天

xià tiān — 1. summer 2. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

人家

rén jiā — 1. household 2. dwelling 3. family 4. sb else's house 5. household business 6. house of woman's husband-to-be 7. classifier: 戶 (hù), 家 (jiā) (HSK 4)

知道

zhī dào — 1. to know; to become aware of 2. also pr. (zhī dao) (HSK 1)

不知

bù zhī — 1. not to know 2. unaware 3. unknowingly 4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) (HSK 7-9)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

這麼

zhè me — 1. so much 2. this much 3. how much? 4. this way 5. like this (HSK 2)

丟臉

diū liǎn — 1. to lose face 2. humiliation (HSK 7-9)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

知道

zhī dào — 1. to know; to become aware of 2. also pr. (zhī dao) (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

起

qǐ — 1. to rise 2. to raise 3. to get up 4. to set out 5. to start 6. to appear 7. to launch 8. to initiate (action) 9. to draft 10. to establish 11. to get (from a depot or counter) 12. verb suffix, to start 13. starting from (a time, place, price etc) 14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance 15. classifier for groups: batch, group (HSK 1)

早

zǎo — 1. early 2. morning 3. Good morning! 4. long ago 5. prematurely (HSK 1)

為什麼

wèi shén me — 1. why? 2. for what reason? (HSK 2)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

如今

rú jīn — nowadays; now (HSK 4)

因

yīn — 1. cause 2. reason 3. because (HSK 6)

海疆

hǎi jiāng — coastal border region

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

事情

shì qing — 1. affair; matter; thing; business 2. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng) (HSK 2)

御史

yù shǐ — imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)

參

sān — three (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

本

běn — 1. (bound form) root; stem 2. (bound form) origin; source 3. (bound form) one's own; this 4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc) 5. (bound form) original 6. (bound form) inherent 7. originally; initially 8. capital; principal 9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

大

dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)

舅

jiù — maternal uncle

太爺

tài yé — 1. (respectful for) one's grandfather 2. sb's father 3. older people 4. the head of the house (used by servants) 5. a district magistrate

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

虧空

kuī kōng — 1. in debt 2. in the red 3. in deficit

本

běn — 1. (bound form) root; stem 2. (bound form) origin; source 3. (bound form) one's own; this 4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc) 5. (bound form) original 6. (bound form) inherent 7. originally; initially 8. capital; principal 9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc (HSK 1)

員

yuán — 1. (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity 2. (bound form) member 3. classifier for military generals

已故

yǐ gù — 1. the late 2. deceased

應

Yīng — 1. surname Ying 2. Taiwan pr. (Yìng) (HSK 4)

著落

zhuó luò — 1. whereabouts 2. place to settle 3. reliable source (of funds etc) 4. (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb 5. settlement 6. solution (HSK 7-9)

其

qí — 1. his 2. her 3. its 4. their 5. that 6. such 7. it (refers to sth preceding it) (HSK 5)

弟

dì — 1. younger brother 2. junior male 3. I (modest word in letter) (HSK 1)

王子

wáng zǐ — 1. prince 2. son of a king (HSK 6)

胜

shèng — 1. victory 2. success 3. to beat 4. to defeat 5. to surpass 6. victorious 7. superior to 8. to get the better of 9. better than 10. surpassing 11. superb (of vista) 12. beautiful (scenery) 13. wonderful (view) 14. (Taiwan pr. (shēng)) able to bear 15. equal to (a task) (HSK 3)

侄

zhí — variant of 姪 (zhí)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

仁

rén — 1. humane 2. kernel

賠

péi — 1. to compensate for loss 2. to indemnify 3. to suffer a financial loss (HSK 5)

補

bǔ — 1. to repair 2. to patch 3. to mend 4. to make up for 5. to fill (a vacancy) 6. to supplement (HSK 3)

爺

yé — 1. grandpa 2. old gentleman

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

急

jí — 1. urgent 2. pressing 3. rapid 4. hurried 5. worried 6. to make (sb) anxious (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

找

zhǎo — 1. to try to find 2. to look for 3. to call on sb 4. to find 5. to seek 6. to return 7. to give change (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

給

gěi — 1. to 2. for 3. for the benefit of 4. to give 5. to allow 6. to do sth (for sb) 7. (grammatical equivalent of 被) 8. (grammatical equivalent of 把) 9. (sentence intensifier) (HSK 1)

他們

tā men — they; them (HSK 1)

託

tuō — 1. to trust 2. to entrust 3. to be entrusted with 4. to act as trustee (HSK 6)

人情

rén qíng — 1. human emotions 2. social relationship; friendship 3. favor; a good turn (HSK 7-9)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

他們

tā men — they; them (HSK 1)

嚇

hè — 1. to scare 2. to intimidate 3. to threaten 4. (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut 5. (interjection showing astonishment) (HSK 5)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

那麼

nà me — 1. like that; in that way; to that extent 2. (before a number) ... or so; about ... 3. then; in that case (HSK 2)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

樣兒

yàng r — see 樣子 (yàng zi)

再者

zài zhě — moreover; besides

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

關系

guān xi — variant of 關係 (guān xi) (HSK 3)

太太

tài tai — 1. married woman 2. Mrs. 3. Madam 4. wife 5. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi) (HSK 2)

和

Hé — surname He (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

才

cái — 1. ability; talent 2. sb of a certain type 3. a capable individual 4. then and only then 5. just now 6. (before an expression of quantity) only 7. (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually (HSK 2)

應

Yīng — 1. surname Ying 2. Taiwan pr. (Yìng) (HSK 4)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

想

xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

找

zhǎo — 1. to try to find 2. to look for 3. to call on sb 4. to find 5. to seek 6. to return 7. to give change (HSK 1)

找

zhǎo — 1. to try to find 2. to look for 3. to call on sb 4. to find 5. to seek 6. to return 7. to give change (HSK 1)

總理

zǒng lǐ — 1. premier 2. prime minister 3. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 4)

內

nèi — 1. inside 2. inner 3. internal 4. within 5. interior (HSK 3)

庭

tíng — 1. main hall 2. front courtyard 3. law court

都

Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)

檢點

jiǎn diǎn — 1. to examine 2. to check 3. to keep a lookout 4. cautious 5. restrained (in speech or mannerisms)

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

裘

Qiú — surname Qiu

替

tì — 1. to substitute for 2. to take the place of 3. to replace 4. for 5. on behalf of 6. to stand in for (HSK 4)

辦

bàn — 1. to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event) 2. to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise) 3. (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect) 4. (bound form) office (as in 招辦 (zhāo bàn), admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室 (bàn gōng shì)) (HSK 2)

辦

bàn — 1. to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event) 2. to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise) 3. (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect) 4. (bound form) office (as in 招辦 (zhāo bàn), admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室 (bàn gōng shì)) (HSK 2)

或者

huò zhě — 1. or 2. possibly; maybe; perhaps (HSK 2)

前任

qián rèn — 1. predecessor 2. ex- 3. former 4. ex (spouse etc) (HSK 7-9)

後任

hòu rèn — 1. successor 2. to take up a position subsequently as ... 3. (attributive) future; subsequent

挪

nuó — 1. to shift 2. to move (HSK 7-9)

移

yí — 1. to move 2. to shift 3. to change 4. to alter 5. to remove (HSK 4)

挪

nuó — 1. to shift 2. to move (HSK 7-9)

移

yí — 1. to move 2. to shift 3. to change 4. to alter 5. to remove (HSK 4)

偏

piān — 1. to lean 2. to slant 3. oblique 4. prejudiced 5. to deviate from average 6. to stray from the intended line 7. stubbornly 8. contrary to expectations (HSK 6)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

晚

wǎn — 1. evening 2. night 3. late (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

進

jìn — 1. to go forward 2. to advance 3. to go in 4. to enter 5. to put in 6. to submit 7. to take in 8. to admit 9. (math.) base of a number system 10. classifier for sections in a building or residential compound (HSK 1)

里

Lǐ — surname Li (HSK 1)

頭

tóu — 1. head 2. hair style 3. the top 4. end 5. beginning or end 6. a stub 7. remnant 8. chief 9. boss 10. side 11. aspect 12. first 13. leading 14. classifier for pigs or livestock 15. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

白起

Bái Qǐ — 1. Bai Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國, the victor at 長平 in 260 BC 2. same as 公孫起

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

跑

páo — (of an animal) to paw (the ground) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

趟

tāng — 1. to wade 2. to trample 3. to turn the soil (HSK 6)

他們

tā men — they; them (HSK 1)

家里

jiā lǐ — home (HSK 1)

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

那里

nà li — there; that place (HSK 1)

定

dìng — 1. to fix; to set; to make definite 2. to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc) 3. to congeal; to coagulate 4. (literary) definitely (HSK 4)

戲

xì — 1. trick 2. drama 3. play 4. show 5. classifier: 齣 (chū), 場 (chǎng), 臺 (tái) (HSK 5)

擺

bǎi — 1. to arrange 2. to exhibit 3. to move to and fro 4. a pendulum (HSK 4)

酒

jiǔ — 1. wine (esp. rice wine) 2. liquor 3. spirits 4. alcoholic beverage 5. classifier: 杯 (bēi), 瓶 (píng), 罐 (guàn), 桶 (tǒng), 缸 (gāng) (HSK 2)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

說說

shuō shuo — to say sth

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

人生

rén shēng — life (one's time on earth) (HSK 3)

氣

qì — 1. gas; air 2. smell 3. weather 4. to make angry; to annoy; to get angry 5. vital energy; qi (HSK 2)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

生氣

shēng qì — 1. to get angry; to be furious 2. vitality; liveliness (HSK 1)