Glossary of Terms

Time:
Shichen - 2 hours subdivision of time 

zishi - Midnight (11:00 pm to 1:00 am)
choushi - Crowing (1:00 am to 3:00 am)
yinshi - Dawn (3:00 am to 5:00 am)
maoshi - Sunrise (5:00 am to 7:00 am
chenshi - Breakfast (7:00 am to 9:00 am)
sishi - Ante (9:00 am to 11:00 am)
wushi - Noon (11:00 am to 1:00 pm)
weishi - Post (1:00 pm to 3:00 pm)
shenshi - Dinner (3:00 pm to 5:00 pm)
youshi - Sunset (5:00 pm to 7:00 pm)
xushi - Dusk (7:00 pm to 9:00 pm)
haishi - Quieting (9:00 pm to 11:00 pm)


Pronouns "I"

Zhen - Used by the Emperor It means "We".
Aijia - Used by a royal elder women (Dowager rank) or used by mothers of the Emperor.
Erchen - Used by the younger generation royals when speaking to the older generation royals.

Bengong - Used by Empress or an Emperor's Concubine
Bengongzhu - Used by a princess (Emperor's daughters)
Benwang - Used by Wang Ranks
Benwang Fei - Used by main wife of a Wang
Benhuangzi - Used by sons of the Emperor (a prince)
Benhuangzi Fei - Used by main wife of a prince

Common Names/Titles

Numbers are added before titles and common names to indicate the position in the family or group. See the Numbers Section above.

Di - First Wife (used as Di son or Di daughter meaning son or daughter of the First Wife)
Fei - Concubine or Wife
Huangzi - Prince
Huangzi Fei - Official wife of a Prince
Jiejie - Older sister; Jie or Jiejie is added to address females older than the speaker
Laoye - Old Master
Meimei - Younger Sister; Mei or Meimei is added to address females younger than the speaker

Momo/Mama - Wet nurse
Niangniang - Mother (Royalty)
Tai Fei - Imperial Concubine
Wang - King Rank (Brother of an Emperor or a Royal bestowed a King Rank)
Wangfei - Main wife of a Wang ranked person
Wangye - Person with Wang Rank
Xiangye - Prime Minister

Others

Fu - Residence
Xiangfu - Prime Ministers Residence
Wangfu - King's Residence
Huangzifu - Prince's Residence
Fenghuang - Phoenix (Feng and Huang separately may mean Phoenix too it just depends on the Chinese character)

Zijia secret guards - Purple armored secret guards

Numbers:

Yi- One
Er - Two
San - Three
Si - Four
Wu - Five
Liu - Six
Qi - Seven
Ba -Eight
Jiu - Nine
Shi - Ten
Shi yi - Eleven
Shi er - Twelve
Er shi - Twenty
San shi - Thirty
Bai - Hundred
Yi qian - One thousand
Bai wan - Million