Vocabulary: 本杰明·巴顿奇事
from 50：伟大的短篇小说们
- 偶然x1 | Chapter Rank #338incidentally; occasional; occasionally; by chance; randomly
- 那里x1 | Chapter Rank #339there; that place
- 待x2 | Chapter Rank #131to stay; to remainto wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to
- 几天x1 | Chapter Rank #340several days
- 等待x1 | Chapter Rank #341to wait; to wait for
- 一艘船x1 | Chapter Rank #342
- 英国人x1 | Chapter Rank #343British person; British people
- 俱乐部x4 | Chapter Rank #52(loanword) club (the organization or its premises)
- 被x2 | Chapter Rank #132quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 介绍x1 | Chapter Rank #344to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction
- 给x4 | Chapter Rank #53to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)to supply; to provide
- 一起x3 | Chapter Rank #69(in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
- 打x4 | Chapter Rank #54(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")
- 桥牌x5 | Chapter Rank #42contract bridge (card game)
- 牌x2 | Chapter Rank #133signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]); brand; trademark; mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]); (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2 pai2] and 曲牌[qu3 pai2])
- 好x2 | Chapter Rank #134good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) helloto be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- 也x4 | Chapter Rank #55also; 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
- 很大x1 | Chapter Rank #345
- 方x1 | Chapter Rank #346square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic metersurname Fang
- 话x2 | Chapter Rank #135dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 多x5 | Chapter Rank #43many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 打牌x3 | Chapter Rank #70to play mahjong or cards
- 时x4 | Chapter Rank #56surname Shio'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- 之后x2 | Chapter Rank #136after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 喝酒x1 | Chapter Rank #347to drink (alcohol)
- 通情达理x1 | Chapter Rank #348(idiom) fair and reasonable; sensible; standing to reason
- 沉静x1 | Chapter Rank #349peaceful; quiet; calm; gentle
- 冷x1 | Chapter Rank #350surname Lengcold
- 幽默x1 | Chapter Rank #351(loanword) humor; humorous
- 似乎x1 | Chapter Rank #352it seems; seemingly; as if
- 里x3 | Chapter Rank #71lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)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] levels
- 颇x1 | Chapter Rank #353surname Po; Taiwan pr. [Po3]rather; quite; considerably; oblique; inclined; slanting; Taiwan pr. [po3]
- 人缘x1 | Chapter Rank #354relations with other people
- 随后x1 | Chapter Rank #355afterward; later; subsequently; following that
- 走x1 | Chapter Rank #356to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
- 以后x1 | Chapter Rank #357after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
- 形容x1 | Chapter Rank #358to describe; (literary) countenance; appearance
- 数一数二x1 | Chapter Rank #359(idiom) reckoned to be best or second best; one of the very best; (idiom) to list one by one
- 碰巧x1 | Chapter Rank #360by chance; by coincidence; to happen to
- 两x2 | Chapter Rank #137two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 住x1 | Chapter Rank #361to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
- 格兰德x2 | Chapter Rank #138
- 酒店x2 | Chapter Rank #139wine shop; pub (public house); hotel; restaurant; (Tw) hostess club
- 第二天x1 | Chapter Rank #362next day; the morrow
- 请x1 | Chapter Rank #363to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- 吃饭x1 | Chapter Rank #364to have a meal; to eat; to make a living
- 见到x2 | Chapter Rank #140to see
- 妻子x1 | Chapter Rank #365wife and childrenwife
- 胖胖的x1 | Chapter Rank #366
- 笑脸x1 | Chapter Rank #367smiling face; smiley :) ☺; CL:副[fu4]