How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
river; stream; River; the ... river
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
after a long time; for the first time in a while
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly