Vocabulary: 千禧年序
from 2001：太空漫游
- 千禧年x1 | Chapter Rank #372the first year of a millennium (esp. the year 2000)
- 序x1 | Chapter Rank #373(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
- 从x4 | Chapter Rank #101surname Congfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- 斯坦利x1 | Chapter Rank #374Stanley (name)
- 库x29 | Chapter Rank #6warehouse; storehouse; (file) library
- 布里克x29 | Chapter Rank #7
- 开始x3 | Chapter Rank #136to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 寻找x1 | Chapter Rank #375to seek; to look for
- 他x20 | Chapter Rank #15(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 众所周知x1 | Chapter Rank #376(idiom) as everyone knows
- 的x218 | Chapter Rank #1really and truly(bound form) bull's-eye; targeta taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
- 优质x1 | Chapter Rank #377excellent quality
- 科幻小说x3 | Chapter Rank #137science fiction novel
- 电影x28 | Chapter Rank #8movie; film; CL:部[bu4],片[pian4],場|场[chang3]
- 到x2 | Chapter Rank #199to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 现在x8 | Chapter Rank #48now; at present; currently
- 倏忽x1 | Chapter Rank #378(literary) suddenly
- 已经x8 | Chapter Rank #49already
- 三十五个x1 | Chapter Rank #379
- 年头x1 | Chapter Rank #380start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest
- 年x18 | Chapter Rank #19year; CL:個|个[ge4]surname Niangrain; harvest (old)
- 似乎x2 | Chapter Rank #200it seems; seemingly; as if
- 也x21 | Chapter Rank #12also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]surname Ye
- 成为x3 | Chapter Rank #138to become; to turn into
- 另x1 | Chapter Rank #381other; another; separate; separately
- 一x21 | Chapter Rank #13one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 个x19 | Chapter Rank #17(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individualused in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- 年代x3 | Chapter Rank #139a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 仅x1 | Chapter Rank #382barely; only; merely
- 有x24 | Chapter Rank #10to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 少数x1 | Chapter Rank #383small number; few; minority
- 男性x1 | Chapter Rank #384the male sex; a male
- 和x27 | Chapter Rank #9surname Heto mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japaneseto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with othersto complete a set in mahjong or playing cardsto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]
- 一位x1 | Chapter Rank #385
- 女性x1 | Chapter Rank #386woman; the female sex
- 曾经x2 | Chapter Rank #201once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- 上x16 | Chapter Rank #21used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1](bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- 过x10 | Chapter Rank #32(experienced action marker)to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-surname Guo
- 太空x11 | Chapter Rank #29outer space
- 而x15 | Chapter Rank #23and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 虽然x6 | Chapter Rank #61although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 肯尼迪x1 | Chapter Rank #387Kennedy (name); J.F. Kennedy (1917-1963), US Democrat politician, president 1961-1963
- 总统x1 | Chapter Rank #388president (of a country); CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2],屆|届[jie4]
- 宣言x1 | Chapter Rank #389declaration; manifesto
- 美国x2 | Chapter Rank #202United States; USA; US
- 打算x1 | Chapter Rank #390to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 在x49 | Chapter Rank #3to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 世纪x1 | Chapter Rank #391century
- 结束x1 | Chapter Rank #392termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close
- 前x1 | Chapter Rank #393front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly