| tong chih: |
comrade (17) |
| ni hao ma? |
how are you? (21) |
| Shie-shie: |
thank you (21) |
| Haolaiwu: |
Hollywood (26, 117) |
| ch’yun: |
breath resonance (29) |
| huanying: |
welcome (33) |
| hsi-yi: |
style of freehand brushwork (36) |
| jie jie: |
older sister (65, 161) |
| danwei: |
work unit (68) |
| hukou: |
residency permit (68) |
| yu: |
fish (74) |
| Kumei: |
name that means bitter sister (75) |
| Lao Da Ge: |
Old Big Brother (83) |
| hai pah: |
sense of style (109) |
| ai jen: |
beloved (121, 323) |
| lo fan: |
Literally translation- “white ghosts”; Figurative translation- “foreigners” (126) |
| guan-hsi: |
connections (128, 186, 291) |
| nui-she-ge-da: |
cow turds (156) |
| hsin yan: |
Literal translation- heart eye ; mean mind or intention ; Good interpretation-kindhearted, negative interpretation-tricky (172, 266) |
| mu: |
Old Chinese unit of measurement (196, 197, 202, 216) |
| jin: |
unit of weight in China, also called a “Catty” (196, 197, 202, 255, 256, 261, 282) |
| erhu: |
Chinese violin (199, 310) |
| tuanyuan: |
reunion (203) |
| mao tai: |
a fiery liquor (204) |
| en ren: |
benefactor (221) |
| dichu: |
landowner (221) |
| yen-yen: |
grandmother (231, 259) |
| Ah Fu: |
Good Fortune (258) |
| Pan-di: |
Hope-for-a-Brother (258) |
| hong: |
red (266) |
| guang: |
bright (266) |
| liang: |
shining (266) |
| hong yen bing: |
red eye disease ; envy (266) |
| I Tzu, Erh Shih: |
Swap Child, Make Food (285) |
| Kung-ai: |
encompassing love (323) |
| ai kuo: |
love for the country and its people (323) |
