| 不 | bù | (negative prefix); not; no |
| 管 | guǎn | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; (spoken) to; towards; surname Guan |
| 白 | bái | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera; surname Bai |
| 猫 | māo | cat; CL:只 |
| 黑 | hēi | black; dark; abbr. for Heilongjiang 黑龙江 province in northeast China |
| 捉 | zhuō | to clutch; to grab; to capture |
| 住 | zhù | to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop |
| 老 | lǎo | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough |
| 鼠 | shǔ | rat; mouse; CL:只 |
| 就 | jiù | at once; right away; only; just (emphasis); as early as; already; as soon as; then; in that case; as many as; even if; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; to suffer; subjected to; to accomplish; to take advantage of; to go with (of foods); with regard to; concerning |
| 是 | shì | is; are; am; yes; to be |
| 好 | hǎo | good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness) |
| 好 | hào | to be fond of |
| 不管 | bù guǎn | no matter (what, how); regardless of; no matter |
| 捉住 | zhuō zhù | to catch; to grapple with; to hold onto |
| 老鼠 | lǎo shǔ | rat; mouse; CL:只 |
| 就是 | jiù shì | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as |
