Vocabulary: 第六十章 捕鲸索
from 白鲸
- 浸x1 | Chapter Rank #214to immerse; to soak; to steep; gradually
- 在x38 | Chapter Rank #2to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 里x10 | Chapter Rank #18lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levelsLi (surname)
- 通常x2 | Chapter Rank #108regular; usual; normal; usually; normally
- 使用x3 | Chapter Rank #71to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of
- 能x4 | Chapter Rank #52can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energysurname Neng
- 使x3 | Chapter Rank #72to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- 变软x1 | Chapter Rank #215to soften
- 一些x4 | Chapter Rank #53some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- 便于x2 | Chapter Rank #109easy to; convenient for
- 制x1 | Chapter Rank #216system; to control; to regulateto manufacture; to make
- 人x10 | Chapter Rank #19person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 编制x1 | Chapter Rank #217to establish (a unit or department); authorized staffing allocation in government or public institutions (excluding temporary or contract staff)to weave; to plait; to compile; to put together (a lesson plan, budget etc)
- 更x4 | Chapter Rank #54to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)more; even more; further; still; still more
- 船上x1 | Chapter Rank #218
- 水手x3 | Chapter Rank #73mariner; sailor; seaman
- 但是x1 | Chapter Rank #219but; however
- 量x1 | Chapter Rank #220to measurecapacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word
- 不仅x1 | Chapter Rank #221not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
- 变得x2 | Chapter Rank #110to become
- 太x2 | Chapter Rank #111highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 硬x1 | Chapter Rank #222hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial
- 无法x3 | Chapter Rank #74unable to; incapable of
- 根据x1 | Chapter Rank #223according to; based on; basis; foundation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 需要x1 | Chapter Rank #224to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- 卷x1 | Chapter Rank #225to roll up; (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation); (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive; a roll; classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)scroll; book; volume; chapter; examination paper; classifier for books, paintings: volume, scrollto roll up; to sweep up; to carry along; a roll; classifier for rolls, spools etc
- 得x3 | Chapter Rank #75to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedto have to; must; ought to; to need toused 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 etc
- 紧x2 | Chapter Rank #112tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten
- 而且x1 | Chapter Rank #226(not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- 大多数x1 | Chapter Rank #227(great) majority
- 开始x1 | Chapter Rank #228to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 认识x2 | Chapter Rank #113to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
- 一般而言x1 | Chapter Rank #229generally speaking
- 虽然x3 | Chapter Rank #76although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 索子x10 | Chapter Rank #20
- 实x1 | Chapter Rank #230real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely
- 和x8 | Chapter Rank #25to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs(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; Japaneseto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with othersto complete a set in mahjong or playing cardssurname He
- 有x13 | Chapter Rank #11to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 光泽x1 | Chapter Rank #231luster; glosssee 光澤縣|光泽县[Guang1 ze2 Xian4]
- 却x3 | Chapter Rank #77but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 根本x2 | Chapter Rank #114fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 不能x1 | Chapter Rank #232cannot; must not; should not
- 增加x1 | Chapter Rank #233to raise; to increase
- 它x17 | Chapter Rank #7itit (pronoun for an animal)
- 坚固x1 | Chapter Rank #234firm; firmly; hard; stable
- 性x1 | Chapter Rank #235nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 强度x1 | Chapter Rank #236strength; intensity; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 近年以来x1 | Chapter Rank #237
- 美国x3 | Chapter Rank #78United States; USA; US
- 马尼拉x2 | Chapter Rank #115Manila, capital of Philippines