Vocabulary: 第五十二章 “信天翁号”
from 白鲸
- 粗x1 | Chapter Rank #161(of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff; (of sb's manner etc) rough; crude; careless; ruderemote; distant
- 树枝x1 | Chapter Rank #162branch; twig
- 只x1 | Chapter Rank #163only; merely; justgrain that has begun to ripenclassifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- 张x1 | Chapter Rank #164surname Zhangto open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
- 较x1 | Chapter Rank #165(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to; (before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiao3]
- 低x1 | Chapter Rank #166low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline
- 帆x1 | Chapter Rank #167sail; Taiwan pr. [fan2], except 帆布[fan1 bu4] canvasto gallop; Taiwan pr. [fan2]
- 看到x2 | Chapter Rank #58to see
- 三根x1 | Chapter Rank #168
- 桅顶x3 | Chapter Rank #37
- 瞭望x2 | Chapter Rank #59to watch from a height or distance; to keep a lookout
- 员x1 | Chapter Rank #169(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member; classifier for military generals
- 满面x2 | Chapter Rank #60across one's whole face; (smiling) from ear to ear
- 长x1 | Chapter Rank #170long; (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
- 须x1 | Chapter Rank #171must; to have to; to waitbeard; mustache; feeler (of an insect etc); tassel
- 真是x1 | Chapter Rank #172indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
- 一副x1 | Chapter Rank #173
- 凄凉x2 | Chapter Rank #61mournful; miserabledesolate (place)
- 他们x5 | Chapter Rank #16they; them
- 穿x1 | Chapter Rank #174to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread
- 衣服x1 | Chapter Rank #175clothes; CL:件[jian4],套[tao4]
- 似乎x1 | Chapter Rank #176it seems; seemingly; as if
- 兽皮x1 | Chapter Rank #177animal skin; hide
- 破烂不堪x1 | Chapter Rank #178
- 打x1 | Chapter Rank #179a 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")(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- 补丁x1 | Chapter Rank #180patch (for mending clothes, tires etc); (software) patch
- 挺x1 | Chapter Rank #181straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns
- 过x3 | Chapter Rank #38to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-(experienced action marker)surname Guo
- 接近x1 | Chapter Rank #182to approach; to get close to
- 四x1 | Chapter Rank #183four; 4
- 年x2 | Chapter Rank #62surname Nianyear; CL:個|个[ge4]grain; harvest (old)
- 时间x1 | Chapter Rank #184(concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- 站x1 | Chapter Rank #185station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website
- 用x2 | Chapter Rank #63to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 钉子x1 | Chapter Rank #186nail; snag; saboteur
- 固定x1 | Chapter Rank #187to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular
- 桅杆x1 | Chapter Rank #188mast
- 铁圈x1 | Chapter Rank #189
- 中x4 | Chapter Rank #27(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all rightto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 深不可测x1 | Chapter Rank #190deep and unmeasurable (idiom); unfathomable depths; incomprehensible; enigmatic and impossible to predict
- 大x1 | Chapter Rank #191see 大夫[dai4 fu5]big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- 摇x1 | Chapter Rank #192to shake; to rock; to row; to cranksurname Yao
- 来x1 | Chapter Rank #193to 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])
- 晃x1 | Chapter Rank #194to dazzle; to flash pastto sway; to shake; to wander about
- 去x2 | Chapter Rank #64to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- 缓慢x1 | Chapter Rank #195slow; unhurried; sluggish
- 地x5 | Chapter Rank #17earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- 我们x14 | Chapter Rank #3we; us; ourselves; our
- 后x1 | Chapter Rank #196surname Houempress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulerback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 艄x1 | Chapter Rank #197stern of boat