Vocabulary: 第十六章 船
from 白鲸
- 从来x3 | Chapter Rank #325always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
- 后x2 | Chapter Rank #553empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulersurname Houback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 省得x1 | Chapter Rank #1388to avoid; so as to save (money or time)
- 磨x1 | Chapter Rank #1389grindstone; to grind; to turn roundto rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist
- 坏x4 | Chapter Rank #224bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
- 摆x1 | Chapter Rank #1390to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulumhem (at the bottom of a garment)
- 放在x2 | Chapter Rank #554
- 旁边x3 | Chapter Rank #326side; adjacent place
- 两x4 | Chapter Rank #225two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 交叉着x1 | Chapter Rank #1391
- 扣x1 | Chapter Rank #1392to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) codebutton
- 鼻子x1 | Chapter Rank #1393nose; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- 上架x1 | Chapter Rank #1394to put goods on shelves; (of a product) to be available for sale
- 专心致志x1 | Chapter Rank #1395(idiom) single-minded; fully focused
- 读x3 | Chapter Rank #327comma; phrase marked by pauseto read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
- 一本x1 | Chapter Rank #1396
- 厚x1 | Chapter Rank #1397thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress
- 书x3 | Chapter Rank #328book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to writeabbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
- 叫x2 | Chapter Rank #555to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 道x3 | Chapter Rank #329road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 看书x1 | Chapter Rank #1398to read; to study
- 据我所知x1 | Chapter Rank #1399as far as I know; to the best of my knowledge
- 三十x1 | Chapter Rank #1400thirty; 30
- 研究x2 | Chapter Rank #556research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into
- 经文x1 | Chapter Rank #1401scripture; scriptures; CL:本[ben3]
- 哪儿x1 | Chapter Rank #1402where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?
- 仿佛x2 | Chapter Rank #557to seem; as if; seemingly; alike; similar
- 早就x2 | Chapter Rank #558already at an earlier time
- 习惯x2 | Chapter Rank #559habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 友x2 | Chapter Rank #560friend
- 亵渎x1 | Chapter Rank #1403(literary) to blaspheme; to desecrate; to profane
- 神圣x1 | Chapter Rank #1404divine; hallow; holy; sacred
- 言谈x1 | Chapter Rank #1405discourse; words; utterance; what one says; manner of speech
- 敬x1 | Chapter Rank #1406(bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
- 态度x1 | Chapter Rank #1407manner; bearing; attitude; approach; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 安静x2 | Chapter Rank #561quiet; peaceful; calm
- 抬起x1 | Chapter Rank #1408to lift up
- 加入x1 | Chapter Rank #1409to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in
- 空洞x1 | Chapter Rank #1410cavity; empty; vacuous
- 声调x1 | Chapter Rank #1411tone; note; a tone (on a Chinese syllable); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 转过身x2 | Chapter Rank #562
- 不知不觉x1 | Chapter Rank #1412(idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly
- 认真x1 | Chapter Rank #1413conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart
- 怎么样x1 | Chapter Rank #1414how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?
- 继续x3 | Chapter Rank #330to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
- 闻x1 | Chapter Rank #1415to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff atsurname Wen
- 喃喃x1 | Chapter Rank #1416(onom.) to mutter; to mumble; to murmur
- 教徒x1 | Chapter Rank #1417disciple; follower of a religion
- 相比之下x1 | Chapter Rank #1418by comparison
- 朋友x2 | Chapter Rank #563friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]