Vocabulary: 白鲸
- whale
- Sweden
- 作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)作 zùo: 作 zuo4: to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works
- 这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (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)这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this
- 种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate
- animal; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],個|个[ge4]
- to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming
- to originate from
- the whole body; (typography) em
- as round as a ball
- or; either one or the other
- to roll about
- because; owing to; on account of
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- circular segment
- maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- arch; vault; arched
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- (bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind; (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- 更 gēng: 更 geng1: to 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)更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more
- direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
- German (language)
- for example; for instance; such as
- 为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to
- to roll; (to do sth) in a loop; to scroll (computing); to progressively expand (economics); to rumble (of thunder)
- Richardson (name)
- Hebrew (language)
- Greek literature
- Latin (language)
- 古 Gǔ: 古 Gu3: surname Gu古 gǔ: 古 gu3: ancient; old; paleo-
- English (language)
- Iceland
- 文 wén: 文 wen2: language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67文 Wén: 文 Wen2: surname Wen
- French language
- Spanish (language)
- Fiji, a country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
- 戈 Gē: 戈 Ge1: surname Ge戈 gē: 戈 ge1: dagger-axe; abbr. for 戈瑞[ge1 rui4]; (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷[ge1 lei2]
- to extract; to excerpt; an excerpt
- a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
- going from there to lower grades (idiom)
- library; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]
- (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member; classifier for military generals
- 将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- 会 hùi: 会 hui4: can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts