Vocabulary: 第一一九章 蜡烛
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- 台风x3 | Chapter Rank #137stage presence, poisetyphoon
- 它x20 | Chapter Rank #13itit (pronoun for an animal)
- 有时x1 | Chapter Rank #385sometimes; now and then
- 从x12 | Chapter Rank #29surname Congfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- 无x2 | Chapter Rank #204not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -lessused in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- 云x1 | Chapter Rank #386(classical) to saycloud; CL:朵[duo3]surname Yun; short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2]
- 迸发x1 | Chapter Rank #387to burst forth
- 而x3 | Chapter Rank #138and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 来x8 | Chapter Rank #53to 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])
- 就x25 | 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 ...
- 像x14 | Chapter Rank #23to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- 一颗x1 | Chapter Rank #388
- 炸弹x1 | Chapter Rank #389bomb; CL:枚[mei2],顆|颗[ke1]
- 落x1 | Chapter Rank #390to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behindto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlementcolloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds
- 迷惑不解x1 | Chapter Rank #391to feel puzzled
- 睡意x1 | Chapter Rank #392sleepiness
- 沉沉的x1 | Chapter Rank #393
- 城镇x1 | Chapter Rank #394town; cities and towns
- 上x33 | Chapter Rank #6used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1](bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- 那天x1 | Chapter Rank #395that day; the other day
- 接近x1 | Chapter Rank #396to approach; to get close to
- 傍晚x1 | Chapter Rank #397in the evening; when night falls; towards evening; at night fall; at dusk
- 时候x3 | Chapter Rank #139time; length of time; moment; period
- 裴x2 | Chapter Rank #205surname Pei(of a garment) long and flowing
- 阔x2 | Chapter Rank #206rich; wide; broad
- 德x2 | Chapter Rank #207Germany; German; abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind
- 号x2 | Chapter Rank #208(bound form) to wail; to howl(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号[qi3 chuang2 hao4]); (bound form) mark; sign; to mark; to label; to assign a number; (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号[guo2 hao4], 年號|年号[nian2 hao4], 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4]); (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[er4 san1 qi1 hao4 fang2 jian1] "Room 237"); day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号[qi1 hao4] "the 7th"); (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2]); (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉[hao4 mai4]); classifier for numbered people or items
- 被x9 | Chapter Rank #45quilt; 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")
- 一股x2 | Chapter Rank #209
- 迎头x1 | Chapter Rank #398to meet head-on; face-to-face; directly
- 袭击x1 | Chapter Rank #399attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack
- 船帆x1 | Chapter Rank #400sail
- 撕x1 | Chapter Rank #401to tear
- 个x16 | Chapter Rank #16used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 精光x1 | Chapter Rank #402nothing left (money, food etc); all finished; bright and shiny; radiant; glorious
- 只x2 | Chapter Rank #210only; merely; justgrain that has begun to ripenclassifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- 剩下x2 | Chapter Rank #211to remain; to be left over
- 光秃秃x1 | Chapter Rank #403bald; bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc)
- 桅杆x8 | Chapter Rank #54mast
- 还x7 | Chapter Rank #63surname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to return
- 与x1 | Chapter Rank #404to take part in(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- 狂风x1 | Chapter Rank #405gale; squall; whole gale (meteorology)
- 搏斗x1 | Chapter Rank #406to wrestle; to fight; to struggle
- 黑暗x3 | Chapter Rank #140dark; darkly; darkness
- 降临x1 | Chapter Rank #407to descend; to arrive; to come
- 和x17 | Chapter Rank #15to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanesesurname Heto mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbsto complete a set in mahjong or playing cardsto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]
- 大海x5 | Chapter Rank #94sea; ocean
- 咆哮x1 | Chapter Rank #408(of beasts of prey, torrents of water, a person in a rage etc) to roar
- 劈裂x2 | Chapter Rank #212to split open; to cleave; to rend
- 电x1 | Chapter Rank #409lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc