Vocabulary: 第二章 我的两所学校
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- 好手x1 | Chapter Rank #797expert; professional
- 但x42 | Chapter Rank #14but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 年x25 | Chapter Rank #29surname Nianyear; CL:個|个[ge4]grain; harvest (old)
- 昆士兰州x6 | Chapter Rank #160Queensland (Australia)
- 仍然x4 | Chapter Rank #241still; as before; yet
- 男人x3 | Chapter Rank #324a man; a male; men; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 工作x10 | Chapter Rank #79to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- 一x64 | Chapter Rank #8one; 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
- 个x57 | Chapter Rank #10used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 人x38 | Chapter Rank #16person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 躺x1 | Chapter Rank #798to recline; to lie down
- 农舍x3 | Chapter Rank #325farmhouse
- 前x3 | Chapter Rank #326front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 卧室x2 | Chapter Rank #476bedroom; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 里x18 | Chapter Rank #44lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|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] levelsLi (surname)
- 听x7 | Chapter Rank #129smile (archaic)to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 着x15 | Chapter Rank #53to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to applya move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to addto touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding inaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
- 主人x1 | Chapter Rank #799master; host; owner; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 协商x1 | Chapter Rank #800to consult with; to talk things over; agreement
- 什么x16 | Chapter Rank #50what?; something; anything
- 时候x11 | Chapter Rank #73time; length of time; moment; period
- 必须x4 | Chapter Rank #242to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily
- 搬走x1 | Chapter Rank #801to carry
- 提到x1 | Chapter Rank #802to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to
- 了x107 | Chapter Rank #4(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)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(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 自掏腰包x1 | Chapter Rank #803to pay out of one's own pocket; to dig into one's pocket
- 改善x1 | Chapter Rank #804to make better; to improve
- 向x8 | Chapter Rank #112towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...surname Xiangto tend toward; to guidedirection; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- 对方x4 | Chapter Rank #243the other person; the other side; the other party
- 索要x1 | Chapter Rank #805to ask for; to request; to demand
- 补偿x1 | Chapter Rank #806to compensate; to make up
- 提高x3 | Chapter Rank #327to raise; to increase; to improve
- 音量x1 | Chapter Rank #807loudness; volume
- 据理力争x1 | Chapter Rank #808to contend on strong grounds; to argue strongly for what is right
- 但是x9 | Chapter Rank #94but; however
- 谈判x1 | Chapter Rank #809to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 最终x2 | Chapter Rank #477final; ultimate
- 还是x9 | Chapter Rank #95still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 哭泣x1 | Chapter Rank #810to weep
- 收场x1 | Chapter Rank #811the end; an ending; to wind down; to conclude
- 身边x1 | Chapter Rank #812at one's side; on hand
- 除了x7 | Chapter Rank #130apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- 没有x35 | Chapter Rank #19haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 其他人x2 | Chapter Rank #478
- 只有x4 | Chapter Rank #244only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 尽可能x1 | Chapter Rank #813as far as possible; to the best of one's abilitysee 儘可能|尽可能[jin3 ke3 neng2]
- 地x19 | Chapter Rank #40earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- 安慰x2 | Chapter Rank #479to comfort; to console
- 突然x4 | Chapter Rank #245sudden; abrupt; unexpected
- 之间x3 | Chapter Rank #328(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])