Vocabulary: 天问（节选）
from 楚辞选
- 远古x2 | Chapter Rank #526antiquity; ancient times
- 开x6 | Chapter Rank #148to 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
- 事x8 | Chapter Rank #101matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 传述x1 | Chapter Rank #942to relay; to retell
- 下来x2 | Chapter Rank #527to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- 那时x3 | Chapter Rank #333then; at that time; in those days
- 天地x2 | Chapter Rank #528heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity
- 还x7 | Chapter Rank #123surname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to return
- 没有x6 | Chapter Rank #149haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 形成x2 | Chapter Rank #529to form; to take shape
- 根据x4 | Chapter Rank #232according to; based on; basis; foundation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 什么x29 | Chapter Rank #14what?; something; anything
- 去x8 | Chapter Rank #102to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- 定x2 | Chapter Rank #530to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- 宇宙x2 | Chapter Rank #531universe; cosmos; space
- 一片x1 | Chapter Rank #943
- 朦胧x1 | Chapter Rank #944(literary) (of moonlight) dim; (literary) murky; indistinct
- 浑沌x1 | Chapter Rank #945see 混沌[hun4 dun4]
- 日夜不分x1 | Chapter Rank #946
- 能够x3 | Chapter Rank #334to be capable of; to be able to; can
- 穷究x2 | Chapter Rank #532
- 出来x4 | Chapter Rank #233to come out; to appear; to arise(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)
- 只有x1 | Chapter Rank #947only 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")
- 大气x2 | Chapter Rank #533atmosphere (surrounding the earth); imposing; impressive; stylish
- 运动x2 | Chapter Rank #534to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign; CL:場|场[chang3]
- 怎么x9 | Chapter Rank #86how?; what?; why?
- 辨别x1 | Chapter Rank #948to distinguish; to differentiate; to discern; to recognize; to tell
- 明白x2 | Chapter Rank #535clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize
- 白天黑夜x1 | Chapter Rank #949
- 变化x4 | Chapter Rank #234(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
- 那x5 | Chapter Rank #183(archaic) many; beautiful; how(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)surname Nuosurname Na
- 为了x4 | Chapter Rank #235for; for the purpose of; in order to
- 缘故x3 | Chapter Rank #335reason; cause
- 二x3 | Chapter Rank #336two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- 气x6 | Chapter Rank #150gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi
- 参错x2 | Chapter Rank #536
- 配合x2 | Chapter Rank #537matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine
- 才能x1 | Chapter Rank #950talent; ability; capacity
- 生x5 | Chapter Rank #184to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- 万物x1 | Chapter Rank #951all things; all that exists
- 它们x1 | Chapter Rank #952they; them
- 起源x2 | Chapter Rank #538origin; to originate; to come from
- 当x7 | Chapter Rank #124(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just atat or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- 何如x2 | Chapter Rank #539how about; what kind of
- 圜x2 | Chapter Rank #540circle; roundcircle; encircle
- 则x6 | Chapter Rank #151(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- 九重x2 | Chapter Rank #541
- 孰x8 | Chapter Rank #103who; which; what
- 营x5 | Chapter Rank #185camp; barracks; battalion; to build; to operate; to manage; to strive for
- 度x3 | Chapter Rank #337to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrencesto estimate; Taiwan pr. [duo4]