Chinese Words Pinyin Part of Speech Engl. Trans. Examples ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 幽默 yōumò n. humor 报童 bàotóng n. newsboy 蹲 dūn v. to squat on heels 玩耍 wánshu v. to play 哥俩 gēliă n. two brothers 戏耍 xìshuă v. to play, to tease 发配 fāpèi v. banish to a frontier garrison 河南 Hénán place n. Henan province 麦子 màizi n. wheat 稀稀落落 xīxīluòluò adj. sparse, scattered 肥 féi n. manure 上肥 shàngféi v.o. to apply manure 农家肥 nóngjiāféi n. farm/farmyard manure 粪 fèn n. excrement, dung 尿 niào n. urine 萝卜 luóbo n. carrot 吆喝 yáohe v. to cry out 鸭 yā n. duck 鸭梨 yālì n. a kind of pear grown in Hebei province 价儿 jià er n. price 机智 jīzhì adj. quick-witted 相声 xiàngshēng n. cross talk, comic dialogue 喜剧 xĭjù n. comedy 出其不意 chūqì búyì set phrase take somebody by surprise 突如其来 tūrú qìlái set phrase arise suddenly 经意 jīngyì v. to pay close attention, to be careful 面不改色 miànbù găisè set phrase not to bat an eyelid 侯宝林 Hóu Báolìn n. a famous xiangsheng player 岁数 suìshu n. age (usually used for elders) 糊弄 hùnong v. to fool, to deceive 哄堂大笑 hōngtáng-dàxiào set phrase whole room rocked with laughter 平 pìng adj. flat, level 箩 luó n. squared bottom bamboo basket 晾 liàng v. to dry in air/sun 爬 pá v. to crawl, to creep 虫 chóng n. worm 米虫 mĭchóng n. rice worm 呦 yōu interjection of surprise, oops 噢 ào interjection of understanding 养 yăng v. to cultivate, to foster 杜 dù n. a surname 仨 sā n. (colloquial) three 凑 còu v. (colloquial) to get together 猴 hóu n. monkey 泄肚 xièdù v.o. to have diarrhea 拉稀 lāxī v.o. (colloquial) to have diarrhea 难听 nántīng adj. unpleasant to hear