Vocabulary: 一
from 安娜·卡列尼娜
- 一x17 | Chapter Rank #16one; 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
- 谢x3 | Chapter Rank #134surname Xieto thank; (bound form) to apologize; (bound form) to decline; to refuse; (bound form) (of flowers, leaves etc) to wither
- 尔巴x3 | Chapter Rank #135
- 茨x3 | Chapter Rank #136Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
- 卡娅x1 | Chapter Rank #329
- 公爵夫人x4 | Chapter Rank #100duchess
- 认为x2 | Chapter Rank #197to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 斋戒x9 | Chapter Rank #43to observe a religious fast; to abstain from food or certain activities before a ritual
- 期x5 | Chapter Rank #79period; cyclea period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qi2]
- 距今x1 | Chapter Rank #330before the present; (a long period) ago
- 只有x1 | Chapter Rank #331only 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")
- 五个x1 | Chapter Rank #332
- 星期x1 | Chapter Rank #333week; CL:個|个[ge4]; day of the week; Sunday
- 要x7 | Chapter Rank #60to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important(bound form) to demand; to coerce
- 在x30 | Chapter Rank #8to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 之前x2 | Chapter Rank #198before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- 举行x3 | Chapter Rank #137to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
- 婚礼x4 | Chapter Rank #101wedding ceremony; wedding; CL:場|场[chang3]
- 是x22 | Chapter Rank #12to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 不x35 | Chapter Rank #6no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 可能x5 | Chapter Rank #80might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 的x131 | Chapter Rank #1(bound form) bull's-eye; targetreally and trulya 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
- 因为x9 | Chapter Rank #44because; owing to; on account of
- 有x11 | Chapter Rank #33to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 一半x1 | Chapter Rank #334half
- 嫁妆x5 | Chapter Rank #81dowry
- 无法x4 | Chapter Rank #102unable to; incapable of
- 赶x1 | Chapter Rank #335to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time)
- 这x23 | Chapter Rank #10(coll.) this(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)
- 一时间x1 | Chapter Rank #336for a moment; momentarily
- 前x1 | Chapter Rank #337front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 备x2 | Chapter Rank #199(bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely
- 好x6 | Chapter Rank #73to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone togood; 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) hello
- 然而x2 | Chapter Rank #200however; but; yet
- 莱x36 | Chapter Rank #3name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
- 温x36 | Chapter Rank #4surname Wenwarm; lukewarm; to warm up; (bound form) temperature; (bound form) mild; soft; tender; to review (a lesson etc); (TCM) fever
- 后x5 | Chapter Rank #82empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulersurname Houback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 再x2 | Chapter Rank #201again; 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
- 就x22 | Chapter Rank #13(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 ...
- 太x1 | Chapter Rank #338highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 迟x1 | Chapter Rank #339surname Chilate; delayed; slow
- 了x36 | Chapter Rank #5(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
- 基x5 | Chapter Rank #83(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry); (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
- 公爵x2 | Chapter Rank #202duke; dukedom
- 老x1 | Chapter Rank #340prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 伯母x1 | Chapter Rank #341wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 病x1 | Chapter Rank #342illness; CL:場|场[chang2]; disease; to fall ill; defect
- 得x5 | Chapter Rank #84used 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 toto obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- 很x7 | Chapter Rank #61very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 重x1 | Chapter Rank #343to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layerheavy; serious; to attach importance to