Vocabulary: 圣诞树与婚礼
from 50：伟大的短篇小说们
- 先x1 | Chapter Rank #223beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 回x4 | Chapter Rank #53Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or timesto curve; to return; to revolve
- 镇上x2 | Chapter Rank #100
- 再x6 | Chapter Rank #28again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 过来x2 | Chapter Rank #101to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care ofsee 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]
- 买x1 | Chapter Rank #224to buy; to purchase
- 一支x2 | Chapter Rank #102
- 五x1 | Chapter Rank #225five; 5
- 美分x1 | Chapter Rank #226one cent (United States coin)
- 雪茄x2 | Chapter Rank #103(loanword) cigar
- 又x10 | Chapter Rank #10(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 点x1 | Chapter Rank #227to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts
- 一杯x1 | Chapter Rank #228
- 咖啡x3 | Chapter Rank #69(loanword) coffee; CL:杯[bei1]
- 接着x8 | Chapter Rank #16to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn
- 掏出x1 | Chapter Rank #229to fish out; to take out (from a pocket, bag etc)
- 衣兜x1 | Chapter Rank #230pocket
- 里x10 | Chapter Rank #11lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levelsLi (surname)
- 报纸x3 | Chapter Rank #70newspaper; newsprint; CL:份[fen4],期[qi1],張|张[zhang1]
- 读x1 | Chapter Rank #231comma; phrase marked by pauseto read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
- 起来x5 | Chapter Rank #38to 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]
- 我x13 | Chapter Rank #8I; me; my
- 等x1 | Chapter Rank #232to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- 夜里x1 | Chapter Rank #233during the night; at night; nighttime
- 趟x1 | Chapter Rank #234classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a tripto wade; to trample; to turn the soil
- 列车x2 | Chapter Rank #104(railway) train
- 它x1 | Chapter Rank #235itit (pronoun for an animal)
- 晚点x2 | Chapter Rank #105(of trains etc) late; delayed; behind schedule; light dinner
- 抱歉x1 | Chapter Rank #236to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry!
- 地x10 | Chapter Rank #12earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- 说x11 | Chapter Rank #9to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 乔x10 | Chapter Rank #13surname Qiaotall
- 凯恩x10 | Chapter Rank #14
- 之前x1 | Chapter Rank #237before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- 从未见过x1 | Chapter Rank #238
- 久久x2 | Chapter Rank #106for a very long time
- 盯x1 | Chapter Rank #239to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at
- 着x8 | Chapter Rank #17a 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 applyto 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 in
- 眼前x2 | Chapter Rank #107before one's eyes; now; at present
- 客人x8 | Chapter Rank #18visitor; guest; customer; client; CL:位[wei4]
- 一言不发x1 | Chapter Rank #240to not say a word (idiom)
- 毫无疑问x1 | Chapter Rank #241certainty; without a doubt
- 怯场x1 | Chapter Rank #242to have stage fright
- 正如x2 | Chapter Rank #108just as; precisely as
- 生活x1 | Chapter Rank #243to live; life; livelihood
- 中x3 | Chapter Rank #71(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)
- 一再x1 | Chapter Rank #244repeatedly
- 发生x2 | Chapter Rank #109to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- 那样x2 | Chapter Rank #110that kind; that sort
- 梦寐以求x1 | Chapter Rank #245lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom); fig. to deeply long for; to covet