Vocabulary: 二 一~三 〇
from 菜根谭
- 心爱x1 | Chapter Rank #75beloved
- 父母x1 | Chapter Rank #76father and mother; parents
- 保x2 | Chapter Rank #22to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] systemBulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])
- 爵位x1 | Chapter Rank #77order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]
- 策x1 | Chapter Rank #78surname Cepolicy; plan; scheme; bamboo slip for writing (old); to whip (a horse); to encourage; riding crop with sharp spines (old); essay written for the imperial examinations (old); upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy
- 国家x1 | Chapter Rank #79country; nation; state
- 出x1 | Chapter Rank #80to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 此x1 | Chapter Rank #81this; these
- 入x1 | Chapter Rank #82to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- 彼x1 | Chapter Rank #83that; those; (one) another
- 虑x1 | Chapter Rank #84to think over; to consider; anxiety
- 只x2 | Chapter Rank #23only; merely; justgrain that has begun to ripenclassifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- 差x1 | Chapter Rank #85difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightlyused in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official postdifferent; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]
- 毫末x1 | Chapter Rank #86
- 而x3 | Chapter Rank #13and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 超凡入圣x1 | Chapter Rank #87
- 人品x1 | Chapter Rank #88character; moral strength; integrity; (coll.) looks; appearance; bearing
- 且x1 | Chapter Rank #89and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)
- 判x1 | Chapter Rank #90(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different); to judge; to decide; to grade; (of a judge) to sentence
- 星x2 | Chapter Rank #24star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount
- 渊x2 | Chapter Rank #25deep pool; deep; profound
- 矣x1 | Chapter Rank #91classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]
- 胡x1 | Chapter Rank #92surname Hunon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]beard; mustache; whiskers
- 不x3 | Chapter Rank #14no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 猛然x1 | Chapter Rank #93suddenly; abruptly
- 转念x1 | Chapter Rank #94to have second thoughts about sth; to think better of
- 哉x1 | Chapter Rank #95(exclamatory or interrogative particle)
- 天渊x1 | Chapter Rank #96distance between two poles; poles apart
- 比喻x1 | Chapter Rank #97to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively
- 高下x1 | Chapter Rank #98relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc)
- 悬殊x1 | Chapter Rank #99vastly different; poles apart
- 四x1 | Chapter Rank #100four; 4
- 立x1 | Chapter Rank #101surname Lito stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately
- 百x1 | Chapter Rank #102hundred; numerous; all kinds ofsurname Bai
- 福x2 | Chapter Rank #26good fortune; happiness; lucksurname Fu; abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]
- 基x1 | Chapter Rank #103(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry); (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
- 在x1 | Chapter Rank #104to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 慈祥x1 | Chapter Rank #105kindly; benevolent (often of older person)
- 开x1 | Chapter Rank #106to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- 万x1 | Chapter Rank #107used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]surname Wanten thousand; a great number
- 善x1 | Chapter Rank #108good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect
- 门x2 | Chapter Rank #27gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4]); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure; way to do sth; knack; method; approach; family; household; lineage; (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic); (bound form) class; category; division; phylum; classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc; (suffix) -gate (scandal)surname Men
- 无x1 | Chapter Rank #109not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -lessused in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- 如x2 | Chapter Rank #28as; as if; such as
- 寸心x1 | Chapter Rank #110
- 挹x2 | Chapter Rank #29(literary) to scoop up; to ladle out; (literary) to draw toward oneself
- 损x2 | Chapter Rank #30(bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) mean; nasty; sarcastic
- 减少x1 | Chapter Rank #111to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
- 缩小x1 | Chapter Rank #112to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
- 五x1 | Chapter Rank #113five; 5