Vocabulary: 天问（节选）
from 楚辞选
- 也x8 | Chapter Rank #114surname Yealso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 免不了x2 | Chapter Rank #688unavoidable; can't be avoided
- 命丧x1 | Chapter Rank #1163
- 雨师x2 | Chapter Rank #689
- 主管x1 | Chapter Rank #1164in charge; responsible for; person in charge; manager
- 降雨x1 | Chapter Rank #1165precipitation; rainfall
- 云雨x1 | Chapter Rank #1166lit. cloud and rain; fig. sexual intercourse
- 兴起x1 | Chapter Rank #1167to rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused; to come into vogue
- 风x3 | Chapter Rank #428wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- 体态x2 | Chapter Rank #690figure; physique; posture
- 柔顺x2 | Chapter Rank #691gentle and agreeable; supple; yielding
- 只x1 | Chapter Rank #1168only; merely; justgrain that has begun to ripenclassifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- 承受x3 | Chapter Rank #429to bear; to support; to inherit
- 风暴x1 | Chapter Rank #1169storm; violent commotion; fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)
- 重托x1 | Chapter Rank #1170great trust
- 顶x3 | Chapter Rank #430apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
- 大山x4 | Chapter Rank #274Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV personality in PRC
- 跳舞x2 | Chapter Rank #692to dance
- 稳固x1 | Chapter Rank #1171stable; steady; firm; to stabilize
- 失去x2 | Chapter Rank #693to lose
- 载x4 | Chapter Rank #275to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneouslyto record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zai4]; year
- 者x3 | Chapter Rank #431(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- 山岳x1 | Chapter Rank #1172mountain; hill; lofty mountain
- 水上x1 | Chapter Rank #1173on water; aquaticShuishang Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
- 漂浮x1 | Chapter Rank #1174to float; to hover; to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life); to rove; showy; superficial
- 易x8 | Chapter Rank #115surname Yi; I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1])easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"
- 旅x2 | Chapter Rank #694trip; travel; to travel; brigade (army)
- 厚x1 | Chapter Rank #1175thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress
- 覆舟x1 | Chapter Rank #1176
- 斟x5 | Chapter Rank #209to pour; to deliberate
- 寻x3 | Chapter Rank #432to search; to look for; to seek
- 道x2 | Chapter Rank #695road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 桀x15 | Chapter Rank #45(emperor of Xia dynasty); cruel
- 伐x8 | Chapter Rank #116to cut down; to fell; to dispatch an expedition against; to attack; to boast; Taiwan pr. [fa1]
- 蒙山x3 | Chapter Rank #433see 蒙山縣|蒙山县[Meng2 shan1 Xian4]
- 所得x1 | Chapter Rank #1177what one acquires; one's gains
- 妺x4 | Chapter Rank #276wife of the last ruler of the Xia dynasty
- 嬉x2 | Chapter Rank #696(literary) to amuse oneself; to play; to have fun
- 肆x5 | Chapter Rank #210four (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton; (literary) shop
- 殛x2 | Chapter Rank #697to put to death
- 闵x2 | Chapter Rank #698surname Min
- 在家x1 | Chapter Rank #1178to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1]); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1])
- 父x2 | Chapter Rank #699(bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父[bo2 fu4]); (computing) (bound form) parent-
- 鳏x2 | Chapter Rank #700widower
- 姚x2 | Chapter Rank #701handsome; good-lookingsurname Yao
- 告x2 | Chapter Rank #702(bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue
- 亲x3 | Chapter Rank #434parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dearparents-in-law of one's offspring
- 萌x2 | Chapter Rank #703(bound form) to sprout; to bud; (coll.) cute; adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え "moe", affection for an anime or manga character)
- 亿x2 | Chapter Rank #704100 million
- 璜x2 | Chapter Rank #705semicircular jade ornament