Vocabulary: 变形记

• dǎo dúdao3 du2导读x1 | Book Rank #2841guide (e.g. book or other printed material)
• nán yǐnan2 yi3难以x4 | Book Rank #1141hard to (predict, imagine etc)
• shíshi2实x1 | Book Rank #2842real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely
• xiànxian4现x2 | Book Rank #1903to appear; present; now; existing; current
• dì, dí, dī, dedi4, di2, di1, de5的x2304 | Book Rank #1的 dì: 的 di4: (bound form) bull's-eye; target的 dí: 的 di2: really and truly的 dī: 的 di1: a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])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
• zì wǒzi4 wo3自我x11 | Book Rank #459the self; oneself; self-; (psychology) ego
• huāng dànhuang1 dan4荒诞x6 | Book Rank #817beyond belief; incredible; preposterous; fantastic
• lǐ, Lǐli3, Li3里x210 | Book Rank #19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
• zhēn shízhen1 shi2真实x4 | Book Rank #1142true; real
• yīyi1一x273 | Book Rank #13one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
• tiāntian1天x31 | Book Rank #175day; sky; heaven
• zǎo chénzao3 chen2早晨x3 | Book Rank #1422early morning; also pr. [zao3chen5]
• gé lǐge2 li3格里x277 | Book Rank #12
• Gāo, gāoGao1, gao1高x290 | Book Rank #10高 Gāo: 高 Gao1: surname Gao高 gāo: 高 gao1: high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
• ěrer3尔x279 | Book Rank #11thus; so; like that; you; thou
• sà, Sàsa4, Sa4萨x73 | Book Rank #74萨 sà: 萨 sa4: used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2 sa4]; used in transliteration萨 Sà: 萨 Sa4: surname Sa
• mǔ, mmu3, m1姆x37 | Book Rank #150姆 mǔ: 姆 mu3: (old) female tutor; used in 保姆[bao3 mu3]姆 m: 姆 m1: used in 姆媽|姆妈[m1 ma1]
• cóng, Cóngcong2, Cong2从x85 | Book Rank #63从 cóng: 从 cong2: from; 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从 Cóng: 从 Cong2: surname Cong
• bù ānbu4 an1不安x8 | Book Rank #616unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried
• mèngmeng4梦x6 | Book Rank #818dream (CL:場|场[chang2]); (bound form) to dream
• zhōng, Zhōng, zhòngzhong1, Zhong1, zhong4中x50 | Book Rank #109中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
• xǐng láixing3 lai2醒来x3 | Book Rank #1423to waken
• fā xiàn zì jǐfa1 xian4 zi4 ji3发现自己x2 | Book Rank #1904
• zàizai4在x645 | Book Rank #4to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
• chuáng shàngchuang2 shang4床上x17 | Book Rank #309
• biàn chéngbian4 cheng2变成x13 | Book Rank #392to change into; to turn into; to become
• le, liǎole5, liao3了x812 | Book Rank #3了 le: 了 le5: (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)了 liǎo: 了 liao3: to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least了 liǎo: 了 liao3: (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
• yī zhīyi1 zhi1一只x14 | Book Rank #369
• jù dà deju4 da4 de5巨大的x3 | Book Rank #1424
• chóng zichong2 zi5虫子x7 | Book Rank #695insect; bug; worm; CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]
• ào dì lìAo4 di4 li4奥地利x3 | Book Rank #1425Austria
• zùo jiāzuo4 jia1作家x3 | Book Rank #1426author; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
• Kǎ fū kǎKa3 fu1 ka3卡夫卡x64 | Book Rank #81Franz Kafka (1883-1924), Czech Jewish writer
• dài biǎo zùodai4 biao3 zuo4代表作x1 | Book Rank #2843representative work (of an author or artist)
• biàn xíng jìbian4 xing2 ji4变形记x9 | Book Rank #553
• kāi piānkai1 pian1开篇x1 | Book Rank #2844start of literary work; opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2]
• zhèi, zhèzhei4, zhe4这x387 | Book Rank #7这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this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)
• jùju4句x3 | Book Rank #1427sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse
• huàhua4话x51 | Book Rank #106dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
• shìshi4是x408 | Book Rank #6to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
• shì jièshi4 jie4世界x18 | Book Rank #300world
• shǎng, shàngshang3, shang4上x183 | Book Rank #27上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]上 shàng: 上 shang4: (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
• bèibei4被x111 | Book Rank #46quilt; 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")
• yǐn yòngyin3 yong4引用x1 | Book Rank #2845to quote; to cite; to recommend; to appoint; (computing) reference
• zùizui4最x40 | Book Rank #135(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
• dūoduo1多x38 | Book Rank #146many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
• wén xué zuò pǐnwen2 xue2 zuo4 pin3文学作品x2 | Book Rank #1905
• piàn duànpian4 duan4片段x2 | Book Rank #1906fragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc); episode (of story etc)
• zhī yīzhi1 yi1之一x4 | Book Rank #1143one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)
• chuán tǒngchuan2 tong3传统x5 | Book Rank #943tradition; traditional