Vocabulary: 天问（节选）
from 楚辞选
- 冬暖x1 | Chapter Rank #1072
- 夏x9 | Chapter Rank #90summerthe Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432); surname Xia
- 寒x6 | Chapter Rank #158cold; poor; to tremble
- 太阳光x1 | Chapter Rank #1073sunlight
- 还要x3 | Chapter Rank #385
- 照耀x2 | Chapter Rank #627to shine; to illuminate
- 车夫x1 | Chapter Rank #1074cart driver; coachman
- 把x14 | Chapter Rank #53to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})handle
- 鞭x3 | Chapter Rank #386whip or lash; to flog; to whip; conductor's baton; segmented iron weapon (old); penis (of animal, served as food)
- 木x6 | Chapter Rank #159(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; woodensurname Mu
- 花x3 | Chapter Rank #387flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustfulsurname Huaflower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]
- 发光x2 | Chapter Rank #628to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous
- 冬天x1 | Chapter Rank #1075winter
- 温暖x1 | Chapter Rank #1076warm
- 夏天x1 | Chapter Rank #1077summer; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 严寒x1 | Chapter Rank #1078bitter cold; severe winter
- 石林x1 | Chapter Rank #1079Stone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan
- 兽x2 | Chapter Rank #629beast; animal; beastly; bestial
- 言x6 | Chapter Rank #160words; speech; to say; to talk
- 虬龙x2 | Chapter Rank #630
- 负x4 | Chapter Rank #255to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc)
- 熊x5 | Chapter Rank #201surname Xiongbear; (coll.) to scold; to rebuke; (coll.) weak; incapable
- 游x4 | Chapter Rank #256to swimsurname Youto walk; to tour; to roam; to travel
- 雄x2 | Chapter Rank #631male; staminate; grand; imposing; powerful; mighty; person or state having great power and influence
- 虺x2 | Chapter Rank #632sick; with no ambitionmythical venomous snake
- 九首x1 | Chapter Rank #1080
- 倏忽x3 | Chapter Rank #388(literary) suddenly
- 长x11 | Chapter Rank #70long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
- 守x2 | Chapter Rank #633to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
- 靡x5 | Chapter Rank #202to waste (money)extravagant; go with fashion; not
- 萍x6 | Chapter Rank #161duckweed
- 衢x2 | Chapter Rank #634thoroughfare
- 枲x4 | Chapter Rank #257male nettle-hemp
- 安居x3 | Chapter Rank #389see 安居區|安居区[An1 ju1 Qu1]to settle down; to live peacefully
- 一x19 | Chapter Rank #31one; 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
- 蛇吞象x2 | Chapter Rank #635
- 大x14 | Chapter Rank #54see 大夫[dai4 fu5]big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- 黑水x5 | Chapter Rank #203see 黑水縣|黑水县[Hei1 shui3 Xian4]
- 玄x6 | Chapter Rank #162black; mysterious
- 趾x2 | Chapter Rank #636toe
- 危x3 | Chapter Rank #390surname Weidanger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. [wei2]
- 延x1 | Chapter Rank #1081surname Yanto prolong; to extend; to delay
- 寿x3 | Chapter Rank #391surname Shoulong life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary
- 止x3 | Chapter Rank #392to stop; to prohibit; until; only
- 鲮鱼x3 | Chapter Rank #393see 鯪|鲮[ling2]
- 魁x4 | Chapter Rank #258chief; head; outstanding; exceptional; stalwart
- 堆x3 | Chapter Rank #394to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount
- 处x4 | Chapter Rank #259(bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department; bureau; classifier for locations: spot, pointto reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish
- 羿x19 | Chapter Rank #32surname Yi; name of a legendary archer (also called 后羿[Hou4 Yi4])
- 乌x5 | Chapter Rank #204abbr. for country names that begin with 烏|乌[wu1]: Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1 ke4 lan2], Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦|乌兹别克斯坦[Wu1 zi1 bie2 ke4 si1 tan3] etc; surname Wucrow; blackused in 烏拉|乌拉[wu4 la5]; used in 烏拉草|乌拉草[wu4 la5 cao3]