Vocabulary: 民国第一家庭女性
from 百年袁家：袁世凯及杨氏夫人后裔百年家族史
- 外面x4 | Chapter Rank #55outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance
- 一圈x1 | Chapter Rank #217
- 它们x1 | Chapter Rank #218they; them
- 用x2 | Chapter Rank #114to 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
- 自己的x2 | Chapter Rank #115
- 身体x1 | Chapter Rank #219the body; one's health
- 保护x1 | Chapter Rank #220to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 笔者x1 | Chapter Rank #221the author; the writer (usu. refers to oneself)
- 多次x1 | Chapter Rank #222many times; repeatedly
- 采访x1 | Chapter Rank #223to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover
- 从x5 | Chapter Rank #39surname Congfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- 美国x1 | Chapter Rank #224United States; USA; US
- 来x3 | Chapter Rank #72to 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])
- 天津x4 | Chapter Rank #56Tianjin municipality (short name 津[Jin1])
- 探亲x1 | Chapter Rank #225to go home to visit one's family
- 菽x5 | Chapter Rank #40legumes (peas and beans)
- 诸葛x1 | Chapter Rank #226two-character surname Zhuge; Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2]
- 瑞x1 | Chapter Rank #227lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)
- 夫妇x1 | Chapter Rank #228a (married) couple; husband and wife; CL:對|对[dui4]
- 回忆x1 | Chapter Rank #229to recall; memories; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 家里x3 | Chapter Rank #73home
- 我x36 | Chapter Rank #2I; me; my
- 怕x5 | Chapter Rank #41to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhapssurname Pa
- 人x9 | Chapter Rank #16person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 奶奶x20 | Chapter Rank #6(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; CL:位[wei4]; (coll.) boobies; breasts
- 很少x1 | Chapter Rank #230
- 跟x2 | Chapter Rank #116heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- 我们x17 | Chapter Rank #10we; us; ourselves; our
- 笑x1 | Chapter Rank #231to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
- 极了x3 | Chapter Rank #74extremely; exceedingly
- 有时候x2 | Chapter Rank #117sometimes
- 高兴x3 | Chapter Rank #75happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
- 就x21 | Chapter Rank #4(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 挑x2 | Chapter Rank #118to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpickto raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir up
- 其中x1 | Chapter Rank #232among; in; included among these
- 两x6 | Chapter Rank #33two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 孩子x2 | Chapter Rank #119child
- 陪x1 | Chapter Rank #233to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist
- 去x7 | Chapter Rank #30to 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)
- 吃饭x5 | Chapter Rank #42to have a meal; to eat; to make a living
- 被x4 | Chapter Rank #57quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 上x8 | Chapter Rank #23used 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
- 与x2 | Chapter Rank #120(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestowto take part in
- 一起x1 | Chapter Rank #234(in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
- 坐x2 | Chapter Rank #121to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruitsurname Zuo
- 在x11 | Chapter Rank #13to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 座x1 | Chapter Rank #235seat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1 zuo4]); classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
- 很x9 | Chapter Rank #17very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 不苟言笑x1 | Chapter Rank #236
- 无奈x1 | Chapter Rank #237to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately