| 地位 | N: position, status |
| 職位 | N: position, post; an office; an appointment |
| 香片 | N: jasmine tea, tea scented with flowers |
| 烏龍 | N: oolong |
| 師母 | N: teacher's wife |
| 泡茶 | VO: to make tea |
| 泡 | V: to soak, steep |
| 花生 | N: peanut |
| 瓜子 | N: melon seeds |
| 地毯 | N: carpet, rug |
| 毯子 | N: blanket, rug |
| 燙 | V: to heat up in hot water; to get a perm; to iron, press; SV: to be very hot, scalding, boiling hot |
| 割草 | VO: to cut grass, mow the lawn |
| 割 | V: to cut only for horizontal slashing; to cede |
| 打掃 | V: to sweep, clean |
| 掃 | V: to sweep, clear away |
| 掃地 | VO: to sweep the floor |
| 掃毒 | VO: to scan and find then deal with; used for computer viruses or drug users and dealers in a society |
| 院子 | N: courtyard, compound, yard |
| 前院 | N: front courtyard, front yard |
| 後院 | N: backyard |
| 大男人主義 | N: male chauvinism; SV: to be a male chauvinist |
| 的確 | A: indeed, really (in agreement) |
| 職業婦女 | N: woman professional, career woman |
| 婦女 | N: woman, married woman |
| 家庭主婦 | N: housewife |
| 恨不得 | A: to itch to, to strongly desire to do something which is not possible or proper |
| 恨 | V: to hate, resent; N: hatred |
| 負擔 | V: to bear a burden, shoulder; N: burden, load |
| 能幹 | SV: to be able, capable, competent |
| 幹 | V: to work, to do |
| 聊天 | VO: to chat; N: chatting |