Vocabulary: 第一〇五章 鲸鱼的体积会缩小吗？它会灭绝吗？
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- 便x5 | Chapter Rank #47used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards
- 七十二x1 | Chapter Rank #255
- 长x6 | Chapter Rank #34long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
- 我x6 | Chapter Rank #35I; me; my
- 听说x1 | Chapter Rank #256to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
- 根据x1 | Chapter Rank #257according to; based on; basis; foundation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 捕鲸x3 | Chapter Rank #88to whale; to hunt whales
- 者x5 | Chapter Rank #48(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- 权威人士x1 | Chapter Rank #258
- 所x4 | Chapter Rank #58actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 言x1 | Chapter Rank #259words; speech; to say; to talk
- 有些x2 | Chapter Rank #130some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- 被捕x1 | Chapter Rank #260to be arrested; under arrest
- 到x7 | Chapter Rank #28to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 抹香鲸x4 | Chapter Rank #59sperm whale; cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus)
- 刚x1 | Chapter Rank #261(literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- 被x4 | Chapter Rank #60quilt; 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")
- 捕获x1 | Chapter Rank #262to catch; to capture; to seize
- 时x2 | Chapter Rank #131o'clock; time; when; hour; season; periodsurname Shi
- 身长x2 | Chapter Rank #132height (of person); length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure)
- 接近x1 | Chapter Rank #263to approach; to get close to
- 一百x1 | Chapter Rank #264
- 虽然x4 | Chapter Rank #61although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 大小x3 | Chapter Rank #89large and small; size; adults and children; consideration of seniority; at any rate
- 超过x4 | Chapter Rank #62to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip
- 了x16 | Chapter Rank #10(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
- 以前x3 | Chapter Rank #90before; formerly; previous; ago
- 自从x1 | Chapter Rank #265since (a time); ever since
- 以来x1 | Chapter Rank #266since (used after a specified time or event)
- 呢x3 | Chapter Rank #91(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speechdense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
- 如x1 | Chapter Rank #267as; as if; such as
- 果x2 | Chapter Rank #133fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really
- 相信x2 | Chapter Rank #134to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
- 普林尼x5 | Chapter Rank #49
- 这样x8 | Chapter Rank #24this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 先生x1 | Chapter Rank #268teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- 以及x4 | Chapter Rank #63and; as well as
- 古代x1 | Chapter Rank #269ancient times
- 博物学家x3 | Chapter Rank #92naturalist (expert in natural history)
- 通常x1 | Chapter Rank #270regular; usual; normal; usually; normally
- 说法x2 | Chapter Rank #135way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretationto expound Buddhist teachings
- 就x17 | Chapter Rank #8(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 ...
- 必x1 | Chapter Rank #271certainly; must; will; necessarily
- 定x1 | Chapter Rank #272to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- 做出x1 | Chapter Rank #273to put out; to issue
- 肯定x1 | Chapter Rank #274to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer)
- 结论x1 | Chapter Rank #275conclusion; verdict; CL:個|个[ge4]; to conclude; to reach a verdict
- 因为x4 | Chapter Rank #64because; owing to; on account of
- 告诉x2 | Chapter Rank #136to press charges; to file a complaintto tell; to inform; to let know
- 活x2 | Chapter Rank #137to live; alive; living; work; workmanship