Vocabulary: 百年孤独

• dūo niánduo1 nian2多年x43 | Book Rank #346many years; for many years; longstanding
• yǐ hòuyi3 hou4以后x35 | Book Rank #411after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
• miàn dùimian4 dui4面对x31 | Book Rank #470to face; to confront
• xíng xíng dùixing2 xing2 dui4行刑队x18 | Book Rank #822firing squad
• àoAo4, ao4奥x1320 | Book Rank #6奥 ào: 奥 Ao4: (bound form) Austria (abbr. for 奧地利|奥地利[Ao4 di4 li4]); (bound form) Olympics (abbr. for 奧林匹克|奥林匹克[Ao4 lin2 pi3 ke4])奥 ào: 奥 ao4: obscure; mysterious
• Léi, léiLei2, lei2雷x838 | Book Rank #10雷 Léi: 雷 Lei2: surname Lei雷 léi: 雷 lei2: thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
• lǐ yà nuòli3 ya4 nuo4里亚诺x812 | Book Rank #11
• bùbu4布x441 | Book Rank #33布 bù: 布 bu4: to announce; to spread布 bù: 布 bu4: cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known
• ēnen1恩x424 | Book Rank #38favor; grace; kindness; (coll.) used like 嗯[en4] in online chat, expressing agreement
• dídi2迪x433 | Book Rank #36to enlighten
• Yà, yàYa4, ya4亚x431 | Book Rank #37亚 Yà: 亚 Ya4: Asia; Asian; Taiwan pr. [Ya3]亚 yà: 亚 ya4: second; next to; inferior; sub-; Taiwan pr. [ya3]
• shàng xiàoshang4 xiao4上校x328 | Book Rank #55high ranking officer in Chinese army; colonel
• qiāng, jiàng, jiāngqiang1, jiang4, jiang1将x347 | Book Rank #48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)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])
• hùi, kuàihui4, kuai4会x246 | Book Rank #71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
• húi, Húihui2, Hui2回x40 | Book Rank #369回 húi: 回 hui2: to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or times回 Húi: 回 Hui2: Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)回 húi: 回 hui2: to curve; to return; to revolve
• xiǎng qǐxiang3 qi3想起x51 | Book Rank #297to recall; to think of; to call to mind
• fù qīnfu4 qin1父亲x69 | Book Rank #215father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]
• dàidai4带x164 | Book Rank #96band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
• tāta1他x2894 | Book Rank #2(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])
• qùqu4去x311 | Book Rank #60to 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)
• jiàn shijian4 shi5见识x12 | Book Rank #1269to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight
• bīng kuàibing1 kuai4冰块x15 | Book Rank #996ice cube; ice chunk
• dì, de, dī, dídi4, de5, di1, di2的x7895 | Book Rank #1的 dì: 的 di4: (bound form) bull's-eye; target的 de: 的 de5: of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs的 dī: 的 di1: a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])的 dí: 的 di2: really and truly
• nà gena4 ge5那个x107 | Book Rank #144that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
• yáo yuǎnyao2 yuan3遥远x21 | Book Rank #699distant; remote
• xià wǔxia4 wu3下午x97 | Book Rank #155afternoon; CL:個|个[ge4]; p.m.
• nà shína4 shi2那时x76 | Book Rank #193then; at that time; in those days
• mǎ kǒng duōma3 kong3 duo1马孔多x184 | Book Rank #90
• shìshi4是x926 | Book Rank #7to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
• yí gè èr shíyi2 ge4 er4 shi2一个二十x1 | Book Rank #8751
• hùhu4户x1 | Book Rank #8752a household; door; family
• rén jia, rén jiāren2 jia5, ren2 jia1人家x15 | Book Rank #997人家 rén jia: 人家 ren2 jia5: other people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")人家 rén jiā: 人家 ren2 jia1: household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be; CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]
• cūn lùocun1 luo4村落x6 | Book Rank #2551village
• ní bani2 ba5泥巴x2 | Book Rank #5964(coll.) mud
• Hé, hé, hè, hú, húo, hùoHe2, he2, he4, hu2, huo2, huo4和x857 | Book Rank #9和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He和 hé: 和 he2: (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; Japanese和 hè: 和 he4: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others和 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
• lú wěilu2 wei3芦苇x2 | Book Rank #5965reed
• Gě, gàiGe3, gai4盖x16 | Book Rank #918盖 Gě: 盖 Ge3: surname Ge盖 gài: 盖 gai4: lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build
• Chéng, chéngCheng2, cheng2成x61 | Book Rank #246成 Chéng: 成 Cheng2: surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]成 chéng: 成 cheng2: to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth
• wū ziwu1 zi5屋子x10 | Book Rank #1539house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]
• yányan2沿x4 | Book Rank #3622along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge
• hé ànhe2 an4河岸x2 | Book Rank #5966riverside; river bank
• pái kāipai2 kai1排开x1 | Book Rank #8753
• tuān jítuan1 ji2湍急x2 | Book Rank #5967rapid (flow of water)
• hé shǔihe2 shui3河水x4 | Book Rank #3623river water
• qīng chè jiàn dǐqing1 che4 jian4 di3清澈见底x2 | Book Rank #5968water so clear you can see the bottom
• hé chuánghe2 chuang2河床x3 | Book Rank #4519riverbed
• lǐ, Lǐli3, Li3里x572 | Book Rank #18里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)里 lǐ: 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] levels
• luǎn shíluan3 shi2卵石x1 | Book Rank #8754cobble; cobblestone; pebble
• jié báijie2 bai2洁白x1 | Book Rank #8755spotlessly white; pure white
• guāng huáguang1 hua2光滑x2 | Book Rank #5969glossy; sleek; smooth