Vocabulary: 第九十七章 灯
from 白鲸
- 都x2 | Chapter Rank #24all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolissurname Du
- 沉默x1 | Chapter Rank #74taciturn; uncommunicative; silent
- 得x2 | Chapter Rank #25to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedused 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 etcto have to; must; ought to; to need to
- 如同x1 | Chapter Rank #75like; as
- 雕像x1 | Chapter Rank #76sculpture; (carved) statue; CL:尊[zun1]
- 二十x1 | Chapter Rank #77twenty; 20
- 来x2 | Chapter Rank #26to 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])
- 盏灯x1 | Chapter Rank #78
- 蒙x1 | Chapter Rank #79(literary) sincere; honest; genuinedrizzle; mistblind; dim-sightedto deceive; to cheat; to hoodwink; to make a wild guessMongol ethnic group; abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古國|蒙古国[Meng3 gu3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Meng2](knocked) unconscious; dazed; stunnedto cover; ignorant; to suffer (misfortune); to receive (a favor); to cheatsurname Meng
- 眼睛x1 | Chapter Rank #80eye; CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]
- 上方x1 | Chapter Rank #81place above (it); upper part (of it)
- 闪耀x1 | Chapter Rank #82to glint; to glitter; to sparkle; to radiate
- 商船x1 | Chapter Rank #83merchant ship
- 上x2 | Chapter Rank #27used 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
- 对于x1 | Chapter Rank #84regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
- 来说x1 | Chapter Rank #85
- 油x4 | Chapter Rank #4oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning
- 比x1 | Chapter Rank #86to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- 王后x1 | Chapter Rank #87queen; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 奶x1 | Chapter Rank #88breast; milk; to breastfeedmother
- 还要x1 | Chapter Rank #89
- 稀缺x1 | Chapter Rank #90scarce; scarcity
- 摸黑x2 | Chapter Rank #28to grope about in the dark
- 穿衣x1 | Chapter Rank #91to put on clothes; to get dressed
- 吃饭x1 | Chapter Rank #92to have a meal; to eat; to make a living
- 黑暗x1 | Chapter Rank #93dark; darkly; darkness
- 中x2 | Chapter Rank #29to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right
- 跌跌撞撞x1 | Chapter Rank #94to stagger along
- 地x2 | Chapter Rank #30-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunctearth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- 回到x1 | Chapter Rank #95to return to
- 简陋x1 | Chapter Rank #96simple and crude
- 床铺x2 | Chapter Rank #31bed
- 这x2 | Chapter Rank #32(coll.) this(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
- 是x4 | Chapter Rank #5to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 他x7 | Chapter Rank #3(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 惯常x1 | Chapter Rank #97usual; customary
- 命运x1 | Chapter Rank #98fate; destiny
- 但是x1 | Chapter Rank #99but; however
- 捕鲸x2 | Chapter Rank #33to whale; to hunt whales
- 者x2 | Chapter Rank #34(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
- 因为x1 | Chapter Rank #100because; owing to; on account of
- 寻找x1 | Chapter Rank #101to seek; to look for
- 点亮x1 | Chapter Rank #102to illuminate; to turn on the lights; to light (a blaze)
- 灯光x3 | Chapter Rank #13(stage) lighting; light
- 东西x1 | Chapter Rank #103east and westthing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]
- 便x2 | Chapter Rank #35used 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
- 生活x1 | Chapter Rank #104to live; life; livelihood
- 之中x1 | Chapter Rank #105inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
- 把x3 | Chapter Rank #14to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})handle
- 自己的x1 | Chapter Rank #106