Vocabulary: 首版序
from 2001：太空漫游
- 首x1 | Chapter Rank #52head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
- 版x1 | Chapter Rank #53a register; block of printing; edition; version; page
- 序x1 | Chapter Rank #54(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
- 今天x2 | Chapter Rank #22today; the present time; now
- 每x3 | Chapter Rank #13each; every
- 一x7 | Chapter Rank #4one; 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x6 | Chapter Rank #7(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individualused in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- 活着x1 | Chapter Rank #55alive
- 的x25 | Chapter Rank #1of; ~'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(bound form) bull's-eye; targetreally and trulya taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])
- 人x6 | Chapter Rank #8person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 身后x1 | Chapter Rank #56the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background
- 都x7 | Chapter Rank #5all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allsurname Ducapital city; metropolis
- 立x1 | Chapter Rank #57to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediatelysurname Li
- 着x1 | Chapter Rank #58to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding ina move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to addaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing stateto wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply
- 三十个x1 | Chapter Rank #59
- 鬼魂x1 | Chapter Rank #60ghost
- 三十x1 | Chapter Rank #61thirty; 30
- 比x2 | Chapter Rank #23to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- 正是x1 | Chapter Rank #62is precisely
- 死去x1 | Chapter Rank #63to die
- 与x1 | Chapter Rank #64(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestowto take part in
- 活人x1 | Chapter Rank #65living person
- 比例x1 | Chapter Rank #66proportion; scale
- 开天辟地x1 | Chapter Rank #67to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth
- 以来x1 | Chapter Rank #68since (used after a specified time or event)
- 在x8 | 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)
- 地球x2 | Chapter Rank #24the earth
- 上x3 | Chapter Rank #14used 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
- 活x2 | Chapter Rank #25to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
- 过x2 | Chapter Rank #26surname Guoto cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-(experienced action marker)
- 大约x2 | Chapter Rank #27approximately; probably
- 总共x1 | Chapter Rank #69altogether; in sum; in all; in total
- 一千亿x2 | Chapter Rank #28
- 这x3 | Chapter Rank #15(coll.) this(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
- 是x5 | Chapter Rank #9to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 有趣x1 | Chapter Rank #70interesting; fascinating; amusing
- 数字x1 | Chapter Rank #71numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 因为x1 | Chapter Rank #72because; owing to; on account of
- 说x1 | Chapter Rank #73to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 巧x1 | Chapter Rank #74opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
- 不巧x1 | Chapter Rank #75too bad; unfortunately; as luck would have it
- 我们x9 | Chapter Rank #2we; us; ourselves; our
- 所在x1 | Chapter Rank #76place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located
- 这个x4 | Chapter Rank #11(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 宇宙x2 | Chapter Rank #29universe; cosmos; space
- 也x3 | Chapter Rank #16also; 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
- 就是x1 | Chapter Rank #77exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 银河系x1 | Chapter Rank #78Milky Way Galaxy; the galaxy (our galaxy)
- 有x7 | Chapter Rank #6to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 颗x2 | Chapter Rank #30classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc