Vocabulary: 15 金星之变
from 3001：太空漫游
- 绚丽x1 | Chapter Rank #321gorgeous; magnificent
- 纹路x1 | Chapter Rank #322veined pattern; wrinkles; vein lines (in marble or fingerprint); grain (in wood etc)
- 普尔x10 | Chapter Rank #26
- 记得x3 | Chapter Rank #112to remember
- 那个x10 | Chapter Rank #27that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- 时代x5 | Chapter Rank #61Time, US weekly news magazineage; era; epoch; period (in one's life); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 曾x1 | Chapter Rank #323surname Zengonce; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
- 有x16 | Chapter Rank #11to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 位x1 | Chapter Rank #324position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
- 艺术家x2 | Chapter Rank #167artist; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 用x6 | Chapter Rank #48to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 胶膜x1 | Chapter Rank #325
- 把x8 | Chapter Rank #36handleto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})
- 一栋栋x1 | Chapter Rank #326
- 大楼x1 | Chapter Rank #327building (a relatively large, multistory one); CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
- 包x1 | Chapter Rank #328to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]surname Bao
- 了x40 | Chapter Rank #3(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to 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(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 起来x2 | Chapter Rank #168to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2](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]
- 如果x4 | Chapter Rank #76if; in case; in the event that
- 能x6 | Chapter Rank #49surname Nengcan; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- 让x6 | Chapter Rank #50to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- 这x7 | Chapter Rank #40(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)(coll.) this
- 此x1 | Chapter Rank #329this; these
- 机会x1 | Chapter Rank #330opportunity; chance; occasion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 数十x1 | Chapter Rank #331
- 亿吨x1 | Chapter Rank #332
- 冰x3 | Chapter Rank #113ice; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine
- 亮晶晶x2 | Chapter Rank #169gleaming; glistening
- 封x1 | Chapter Rank #333to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letterssurname Feng
- 套装x1 | Chapter Rank #334outfit or suit (of clothes); set of coordinated items; kit
- 多么x3 | Chapter Rank #114how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent
- 高兴x2 | Chapter Rank #170happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
- 啊x3 | Chapter Rank #115interjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK; expression of recognition; Oh, it's you!interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer; Eh?; what?interjection of surprise or doubt; Eh?; My!; what's up?modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
- 也x12 | Chapter Rank #18surname Yealso; 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]
- 只有x2 | Chapter Rank #171only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 这个x4 | Chapter Rank #77(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 方法x1 | Chapter Rank #335method; way; technique; procedure
- 才能x2 | Chapter Rank #172talent; ability; capacity
- 防止x1 | Chapter Rank #336to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions
- 彗星x3 | Chapter Rank #116comet
- 核x2 | Chapter Rank #173pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verifyto investigate
- 数十载x1 | Chapter Rank #337
- 日x1 | Chapter Rank #338(bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
- 向x3 | Chapter Rank #117surname Xiangtowards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...to tend toward; to guidedirection; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- 航行x1 | Chapter Rank #339to sail; to fly; to navigate
- 中x4 | Chapter Rank #78(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all rightto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 蒸发x1 | Chapter Rank #340to evaporate; (fig.) to vanish; to disappear
- 你x27 | Chapter Rank #4you (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.)
- 运气x2 | Chapter Rank #174luck (good or bad)
- 很x14 | Chapter Rank #13very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)