43 words
| Word | Pinyin | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 不由自主 | bù yóu zì zhǔ | can't help; involuntarily (idiom) |
| 不足为奇 | bù zú wéi qí | not at all surprising (idiom) |
| 免得 | miǎn de | so as not to |
| 前仰后合 | qián yǎng hòu hé | to sway to and fro |
| 功劳 | gōng láo | contribution |
| 取笑 | qǔ xiào | to tease |
| 口音 | kǒu yīn | oral speech sounds (linguistics) |
| 咬牙 | yǎo yá | to clench one's teeth |
| 叽里咕噜 | jī li gū lū | see 嘰哩咕嚕|叽哩咕噜[ji1 li5 gu1 lu1] |
| 外人 | wài rén | outsider |
| 外号 | wài hào | nickname |
| 够呛 | gòu qiàng | unbearable |
| 天赋 | tiān fù | gift |
| 客套话 | kè tào huà | conventional greeting |
| 小品 | xiǎo pǐn | short, simple literary or artistic creation |
| 小心翼翼 | xiǎo xīn yì yì | cautious and solemn (idiom); very carefully |
| 得天独厚 | dé tiān dú hòu | blessed by heaven (idiom) |
| 扳 | bān | to pull |
| 播音员 | bō yīn yuán | announcer |
| 方言 | Fāng yán | topolect |
| 普及 | pǔ jí | to spread extensively |
| 毅力 | yì lì | perseverance |
| 泪汪汪 | lèi wāng wāng | tearful |
| 发奋 | fā fèn | to make an effort |
| 发音 | fā yīn | to pronounce |
| 硬是 | yìng shì | just |
| 老外 | lǎo wài | (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) |
| 老家 | lǎo jiā | native place |
| 老乡 | lǎo xiāng | fellow townsman |
| 自叹不如 | zì tàn bù rú | to consider oneself as being not as good as the others |
| 论 | lùn | opinion |
| 费劲 | fèi jìn | to require effort |
| 赔礼 | péi lǐ | to offer an apology |
| 起源 | qǐ yuán | origin |
| 过奖 | guò jiǎng | to overpraise |
| 乡音 | xiāng yīn | local accent |
| 功夫不负有心人 | gōng fu bù fù yǒu xīn rén | time cannot defeat determination |
| 成精 | chéng jīng | to become a spiritual being, a ghost |
| 揭短 | jiē duǎn | to expose somebody's faults or shortcomings |
| 家乡话 | jiā xiāng huà | native language |
| 图画文字 | tú huà wén zì | hieroglyph |
| 十里不同音 | shí lǐ bù tóng yīn | ten miles of different sounds |
| 老乡见老乡，两眼沮汪汪 | lǎo xiāng jiàn lǎo xiāng , liǎng yǎn jǔ wāng wāng | when the fellow sees the fellow, his eyes are gloomy |