Vocabulary: 最后的问题-（1956）-The Last Question
from 100：科幻之书 I 窃星
- 拿x1 | Chapter Rank #796to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- 下来x1 | Chapter Rank #797to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- 不是x5 | Chapter Rank #166no; is not; notfault; blame
- 永远x8 | Chapter Rank #111forever; eternal
- 钻x1 | Chapter Rank #798drill; auger; diamondto drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain
- 牛角尖x1 | Chapter Rank #799
- 哪x3 | Chapter Rank #263which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)how; which(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")used in 哪吒[Ne2 zha1]; Taiwan pr. [nuo2]
- 差不多x2 | Chapter Rank #397almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad
- 就是x6 | Chapter Rank #143exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 直到x2 | Chapter Rank #398until
- 烧尽x1 | Chapter Rank #800
- 为止x1 | Chapter Rank #801until; (used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止)
- 老x4 | Chapter Rank #187prefix 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old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 吧x10 | Chapter Rank #87bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1](modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.(onom.) smack!
- 总得x1 | Chapter Rank #802must; have to; be bound to
- 若干亿年x1 | Chapter Rank #803
- 两百亿x3 | Chapter Rank #264
- 这么x10 | Chapter Rank #88so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- 你x38 | Chapter Rank #15you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 满意x1 | Chapter Rank #804satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction
- 吗x11 | Chapter Rank #81(coll.) what?used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1](question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- 手x2 | Chapter Rank #399hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 拨弄x1 | Chapter Rank #805to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc); to fiddle with; to stir up
- 脑袋x1 | Chapter Rank #806head; skull; brains; mental capability; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 所剩无几x1 | Chapter Rank #807there is not much left
- 头发x2 | Chapter Rank #400hair (on the head)
- 似乎x1 | Chapter Rank #808it seems; seemingly; as if
- 确定x2 | Chapter Rank #401definite; certain; fixed; to fix (on sth); to determine; to be sure; to ensure; to make certain; to ascertain; to clinch; to recognize; to confirm; OK (on computer dialog box)
- 完好无损x1 | Chapter Rank #809in good condition; undamaged; intact
- 一般x1 | Chapter Rank #810same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
- 抿x1 | Chapter Rank #811to smooth hair with a wet brush; (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly; to sip
- 一口x1 | Chapter Rank #812readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite
- 不x28 | Chapter Rank #27no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 等于x2 | Chapter Rank #402to equal; to be tantamount to
- 反正x2 | Chapter Rank #403anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side
- 这辈子x1 | Chapter Rank #813
- 足够x3 | Chapter Rank #265enough; sufficient
- 一辈子x1 | Chapter Rank #814(for) a lifetime
- 没错x3 | Chapter Rank #266that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong
- 现在x11 | Chapter Rank #82now; at present; currently
- 轻轻松松x1 | Chapter Rank #815
- 往x1 | Chapter Rank #816to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous
- 冥王星x1 | Chapter Rank #817Pluto (dwarf planet)
- 飞x1 | Chapter Rank #818to fly
- 一百个x1 | Chapter Rank #819
- 来回x1 | Chapter Rank #820to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth; to and fro; repeatedly
- 总x2 | Chapter Rank #404(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- 做x2 | Chapter Rank #405to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- 不到x2 | Chapter Rank #406not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than
- 信x1 | Chapter Rank #821letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random