Vocabulary: 6 人类的登场
from 2001：太空漫游
- 人类x1 | Chapter Rank #119humanity; human race; mankind
- 的x63 | 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
- 登场x1 | Chapter Rank #120to go on stage; fig. to appear on the scene; used in advertising to mean new product
- 一x4 | Chapter Rank #23one; 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
- 种x3 | Chapter Rank #37seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sortsto plant; to grow; to cultivate
- 新x2 | Chapter Rank #55abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xinnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
- 动物x6 | Chapter Rank #11animal; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],個|个[ge4]
- 出现x1 | Chapter Rank #121to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
- 在x11 | Chapter Rank #6to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 了x25 | Chapter Rank #2to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 这个x4 | Chapter Rank #24(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 行星x2 | Chapter Rank #56planet; CL:顆|颗[ke1]
- 上x6 | Chapter Rank #12(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; aboveused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- 从x3 | Chapter Rank #38surname 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
- 非洲x2 | Chapter Rank #57Africa; abbr. for 阿非利加洲[A1 fei1 li4 jia1 Zhou1]
- 中心x1 | Chapter Rank #122center; heart; core
- 往x2 | Chapter Rank #58to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous
- 外x1 | Chapter Rank #123outside; in addition; foreign; external
- 慢慢x1 | Chapter Rank #124slowly; gradually
- 扩散x1 | Chapter Rank #125to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
- 不过x6 | Chapter Rank #13only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 和x7 | Chapter Rank #9to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to 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 mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbssurname He(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; Japanese
- 陆上x1 | Chapter Rank #126land-based; on land
- 海上x1 | Chapter Rank #127maritime
- 几十亿x1 | Chapter Rank #128
- 只x2 | Chapter Rank #59only; merely; justgrain that has begun to ripenclassifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- 熙熙攘攘x1 | Chapter Rank #129(idiom) bustling with activity
- 生物x4 | Chapter Rank #25organism; living creature; life form; biological; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 比x2 | Chapter Rank #60Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
- 起来x1 | Chapter Rank #130(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
- 数量x1 | Chapter Rank #131amount; quantity; quantitative; (math.) scalar quantity
- 还x5 | Chapter Rank #17surname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to return
- 很x2 | Chapter Rank #61very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 稀少x1 | Chapter Rank #132sparse; rare
- 因此x1 | Chapter Rank #133thus; consequently; as a result
- 做x1 | Chapter Rank #134to 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)
- 个x2 | Chapter Rank #62used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 粗略x1 | Chapter Rank #135rough (not precise or accurate); cursory
- 物种x1 | Chapter Rank #136species
- 调查x1 | Chapter Rank #137investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
- 话x1 | Chapter Rank #138dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 可能x1 | Chapter Rank #139might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 都x7 | Chapter Rank #10capital city; metropolisall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allsurname Du
- 会x2 | Chapter Rank #63(bound form) to reckon accountscan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- 漏x1 | Chapter Rank #140to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old)
- 过x3 | Chapter Rank #39to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-(experienced action marker)surname Guo
- 就x5 | Chapter Rank #18(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 世界x4 | Chapter Rank #26world
- 曾经x1 | Chapter Rank #141once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- 有x4 | Chapter Rank #27to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)