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Wandering Around a Night Market
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 夜市 | yeshi - night market |
| 夫妇 | fufu - married couple |
| 天黑了 | tian heile - getting darker |
| 天 亮了 | tian liang le - getting lighter |
| 黑 | hei - dark (as opposite to bright) |
| 热闹 | renao - bustling, populous hustle & bustle, festivity, merriment (i.e. enjoyable noise!) |
| 鸭(肉) | yarou - duck meat |
| 鸭子 | yazi - duck |
| 又 | you - and, also (i.e. indicating additional ideas, etc.) |
| 麦茶 | maicha - (roasted) barley tea |
| 趁 | chen - to take advantage of (an opportunity) |
| 皮鞋 | pixie - leather shoes |
| 皮 | pi - leather, fur, skin (not human skin) |
| 名牌 | mingpai - famous brand (name) |
| 配 | pei - to match (together with), to fit (with) |
| 配色 | peise - to match colors |
| 特价 | tejia - special price |
| 深 | shen - dark (color); deep (water); profound (learning) |
| 浅 | qian - light (color); shallow (water); superficial (thinking) |
| 算了 | suanle - Forget about it! |
| 还是 好 了 | haishi…haole - It would be better if … |
| 雨衣 | yuyi - raincoat, rainwear |
| 长袖的 | changxiude - long-sleeved |
| 短袖的 | duanxiude - short-sleeved |
| 袖子 | xiuzi - sleeve |
| 领带 | lingdai - tie |
| 皮带 | pidai - leather belt |
| 长度 | changdu - length |
| 宽度 | kuandu - width |
| 中号 | zhonghao - medium size |
| 试试 | shishi - to try (clothes) on |
| 试试看 | shishikan - to try (to/out); to give it a try |
| 试穿 | shichuan - shichuan (V) to try (clothes) on |
| 厚度 | houdu - thickness |
| 起来 | qilai - when, in the doing of... (often indicating the speaker's assessment of something) |
| 帅 | shuai - smart-looking, dashing (appearance) |
| 扣子 | kouzi - button or buckle (on a garment) |
| 量 | liang - to measure |
| 度 | du - degree |
| 瘦 | shou - thin |
| 厚 | hou - thick |
| 宽 | kuan - wide |
| 窄 | zhai - narrow |