Vocabulary: 天问(节选)
from 楚辞选
- 圃x4 | Chapter Rank #251garden; orchard
- 尻x2 | Chapter Rank #616(literary) buttocks; rump; coccyx; sacrum
- 增城x4 | Chapter Rank #252see 增城區|增城区[Zeng1 cheng2 Qu1]
- 高x2 | Chapter Rank #617surname Gaohigh; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- 四方x1 | Chapter Rank #1045four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere
- 门x4 | Chapter Rank #253surname Mengate; 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)
- 西北x3 | Chapter Rank #381Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)northwest
- 辟x2 | Chapter Rank #618(literary) king; monarch; (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official servicepenal lawto open (a door); to open up (for development); to dispel; to refute; to repudiate; (bound form) penetrating; incisive
- 启x1 | Chapter Rank #1046to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken; to state; to informQi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
- 通x13 | Chapter Rank #59classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
- 共工x3 | Chapter Rank #382God of Water
- 触x2 | Chapter Rank #619to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
- 不周x3 | Chapter Rank #383not satisfactory; thoughtless; inconsiderate
- 东南方x1 | Chapter Rank #1047
- 倾斜x1 | Chapter Rank #1048to incline; to lean; to slant; to slope; to tilt
- 布置x1 | Chapter Rank #1049to arrange; to set up; to lay out; to assign (tasks, homework etc)
- 河谷x1 | Chapter Rank #1050river valley
- 那样x2 | Chapter Rank #620that kind; that sort
- 割x1 | Chapter Rank #1051to cut; to cut apart
- 江x1 | Chapter Rank #1052river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]surname Jiang; (bound form) Yangtze River; (bound form) Jiangsu Province (abbr. for 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1])
- 河东流x1 | Chapter Rank #1053
- 入海x1 | Chapter Rank #1054
- 装x1 | Chapter Rank #1055adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack
- 不满x1 | Chapter Rank #1056dissatisfied; discontented; resentful; (before a number) to be less than
- 知道x2 | Chapter Rank #621to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 长度x1 | Chapter Rank #1057length
- 椭圆形x1 | Chapter Rank #1058oval
- 宽度x1 | Chapter Rank #1059width
- 几多x1 | Chapter Rank #1060(dialect) how much; how many; how (smart etc); such ...
- 到底x7 | Chapter Rank #134finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last
- 坐落x1 | Chapter Rank #1061to be situated; to be located (of a building)
- 高度x1 | Chapter Rank #1062height; altitude; elevation; high degree; highly; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 昆仑山x2 | Chapter Rank #622Kunlun Mountain range
- 四个x1 | Chapter Rank #1063
- 专门x1 | Chapter Rank #1064specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose); (of institutions, personnel etc) designated or assigned for a specific task; special
- 留给x1 | Chapter Rank #1065to set aside for
- 进出x1 | Chapter Rank #1066to enter and exit; to go in and out; inflow and outflow (of goods, vehicles, funds etc)
- 敞开x2 | Chapter Rank #623to open wide; unrestrictedly
- 留x1 | Chapter Rank #1067to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
- 啥x1 | Chapter Rank #1068dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]; also pr. [sha4]
- 通路x1 | Chapter Rank #1069thoroughfare; passage; pathway; channel
- 日x3 | Chapter Rank #384(bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
- 不到x2 | Chapter Rank #624not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than
- 烛龙x4 | Chapter Rank #254
- 照x1 | Chapter Rank #1070to shine; to illuminateaccording to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before
- 羲x2 | Chapter Rank #625same as Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 xi1], a mythical emperor; surname Xi
- 扬x2 | Chapter Rank #626abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] in Jiangsu; surname Yangto raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate
- 若x7 | Chapter Rank #135to seem; like; as; ifused in 般若[bo1 re3]; used in 蘭若|兰若[lan2 re3]
- 华x5 | Chapter Rank #200abbr. for Chinamagnificent; splendid; floweryflowerMount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi; surname Hua
- 光x1 | Chapter Rank #1071light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered