Vocabulary: 水泥桶里的一封信
from 50：伟大的短篇小说们
- 是x3 | Chapter Rank #13to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 什么x3 | Chapter Rank #14what?; something; anything
- 价钱x2 | Chapter Rank #24price
- 我x17 | Chapter Rank #2I; me; my
- 片刻x2 | Chapter Rank #25short period of time; a moment
- 之后x1 | Chapter Rank #71after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 也x1 | Chapter Rank #72also; 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
- 因为x1 | Chapter Rank #73because; owing to; on account of
- 这位x1 | Chapter Rank #74this (person)
- 客人x1 | Chapter Rank #75visitor; guest; customer; client; CL:位[wei4]
- 继续x1 | Chapter Rank #76to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
- 说x2 | Chapter Rank #26to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 话x1 | Chapter Rank #77dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 一边x1 | Chapter Rank #78one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while
- 心不在焉x1 | Chapter Rank #79absent-minded; preoccupied; inattentive; with one's thoughts wandering
- 地x1 | Chapter Rank #80-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunctearth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- 拿x1 | Chapter Rank #81to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- 起x1 | Chapter Rank #82to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 一x3 | Chapter Rank #15one; 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x4 | 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]
- 你x3 | Chapter Rank #16you (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.)
- 看x1 | Chapter Rank #83to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guardto see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for
- 用x1 | Chapter Rank #84to 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
- 那么x1 | Chapter Rank #85like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- 多x1 | Chapter Rank #86many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 肉x1 | Chapter Rank #87meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130
- 把x1 | Chapter Rank #88to 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})handle
- 肚子x1 | Chapter Rank #89belly; abdomen; stomach; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 填x1 | Chapter Rank #90to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
- 得x3 | Chapter Rank #17to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedused in 得瑟[de4 se5]structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto have to; must; ought to; to need to
- 满满的x1 | Chapter Rank #91
- 那x1 | Chapter Rank #92surname Nuo(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)surname Na(archaic) many; beautiful; how
- 一小块x1 | Chapter Rank #93
- 可怜x1 | Chapter Rank #94pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on
- 羊排x1 | Chapter Rank #95lamb chop
- 再x1 | Chapter Rank #96again; 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
- 吃不下x1 | Chapter Rank #97not feel like eating; be unable to eat any more
- 只是x1 | Chapter Rank #98merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- 点儿x1 | Chapter Rank #99
- 小吃x1 | Chapter Rank #100street food; snack
- 所以x1 | Chapter Rank #101therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 能x1 | Chapter Rank #102can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energysurname Neng
- 享用x1 | Chapter Rank #103to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)
- 账单x1 | Chapter Rank #104bill
- 来x1 | Chapter Rank #105to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 付x1 | Chapter Rank #106to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of thingssurname Fu
- 完x1 | Chapter Rank #107to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- 账x1 | Chapter Rank #108account; bill; debt; CL:本[ben3],筆|笔[bi3]
- 发现x1 | Chapter Rank #109to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- 剩下x1 | Chapter Rank #110to remain; to be left over