yā zi duck; male prostitute (slang)

mǎ lù street; road

xiān sheng Mister (Mr.); teacher; husband; doctor (dialect)

hé and

hè join

huó mix

huò mix

hú win

tài tai married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife

lái dào to come; to arrive

bō shì dùn Boston, capital of Massachusetts

zhù zài live at

chí táng pool; pond

zhōng center

zhòng hit

nà li there; that place

yǒu rén someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)

gěi give

jǐ supply

tā men they (for inanimate objects)

shí wù food

chī eat

dōu all

dū big city

hěn very

xǐ huan to like; to be fond of

nà ge that one; also pr. [nei4 ge5]

dì fāng region; regional (away from the central administration); local

dì fang area; place; space; room; territory

bù jiǔ not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after

bā gè (of quantity) eight

hái zi child

měi tiān every day; everyday

jiāo teach

jiào let

yóu yǒng swimming; to swim

qián shuǐ to dive; to go under water; lurker (Internet slang for sb who reads forum posts but never replies)

pái duì to line up

zǒu lù to walk; to go on foot

yī tiān one day

mǎ lā Marat (name); Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), Swiss scientist and physician

yào want

yāo invite

hé lǐ in the river

lǚ xíng to travel; journey; trip

duì reply

shuō speak

shuì persuade

wǒ men we; us; ourselves; our

xīng qī week; day of the week; Sunday

hòu behind

gōng yuán park (for public recreation)

mén kǒu doorway; gate

jiàn miàn to meet; to see each other

guò qu (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by

qù le gone

dài belt

pái hǎo line up

zǒu shàng Embark on; walk on

gāng hard

tà chū Step out

dì yī first; number one

dì yī bù step one; first step

yī liàng one (car)

jiǎo tà chē bicycle; bike (Taiwan)

chōng guò lái Rush over

guò lái to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of

guò lai to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of

chà diǎn almost; nearly

chà diǎn r almost; nearly

diǎn r point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order (food in a restaurant); to touch briefly; to hint; to light; to ignite; to pour a liquid drop by drop; (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更; dot stroke in Chinese characters; classifier for items

zhuàng dào hit onto

ràng let

chóng xīn again; once more; re-

kě shì but; however

lù shang on the road; on a journey; road surface

chē zi small vehicle (car, bicycle, cart etc)

tài duō too much; too many

bù gǎn dare not

biàn handy

gā gā (onom.) quack; honk; (northern dialect) very; also pr. [ga1 ga5], [ga2 ga5] etc

dà jiào yell; shout

qǐ lai to stand up; to get up; beginning; upward; bring together; preliminary judgement

jǐng chá police; police officer

chuī blow

shào zi a whistle

pǎo guò lái run over here

shì yì to hint; to indicate (an idea to sb)

suǒ yǒu all; to have; to possess; to own

de of

dí exact

dì target

tíng xià to stop

tā he

xiǎo xīn to be careful; to take care

lǐng collar

huán return

hái still

jiào lái call over

jì xù to continue; to proceed with; to go on with

hù sòng to escort; to accompany

dào dá to reach; to arrive

shí time

zhèng zài in the process of (doing something or happening); while (doing)

děng zhe waiting; waiting for

zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather