Vocabulary: 天问（节选）
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- 兹x5 | Chapter Rank #186used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2](literary) this; (literary) now; (literary) year
- 功x3 | Chapter Rank #338meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)
- 作x18 | Chapter Rank #33(bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works
- 斡x2 | Chapter Rank #542to turn
- 维x5 | Chapter Rank #187to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension; vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 wu2 er3]; surname Wei
- 焉x22 | Chapter Rank #22where; how
- 系x4 | Chapter Rank #236to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary)system; department; facultyto connect; to arrest; to worryto tie; to fasten; to button up
- 天极x1 | Chapter Rank #953
- 加x1 | Chapter Rank #954to add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia
- 八柱x3 | Chapter Rank #339
- 东南x3 | Chapter Rank #340southeast
- 亏x1 | Chapter Rank #955to lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient; to treat unfairly; luckily; fortunately; thanks to; (used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations)
- 九天x1 | Chapter Rank #956the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens
- 之际x1 | Chapter Rank #957during; at the time of
- 安放x2 | Chapter Rank #543to lay; to place; to put in a certain place
- 安x13 | Chapter Rank #58(bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1 yu2]); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1 pei2])surname An
- 属x4 | Chapter Rank #237to join together; to fix one's attention on; to concentrate oncategory; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute
- 隅x3 | Chapter Rank #341corner
- 隈x2 | Chapter Rank #544bay; cove
- 多x6 | Chapter Rank #152many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 有x61 | Chapter Rank #4to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 谁知x1 | Chapter Rank #958who would have thought; unexpectedly
- 其x19 | Chapter Rank #30his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 数x1 | Chapter Rank #959(literary) frequently; repeatedlyto count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to listnumber; figure; several; a few
- 老天x2 | Chapter Rank #545God; Heavens
- 共有x1 | Chapter Rank #960in total there are ...; to own jointly
- 九层x4 | Chapter Rank #238
- 经营x2 | Chapter Rank #546to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
- 测量x2 | Chapter Rank #547survey; to measure; to gauge; to determine
- 这个x6 | Chapter Rank #153(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 样子x1 | Chapter Rank #961appearance; manner; pattern; model
- 用处x3 | Chapter Rank #342usefulness; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 最早x1 | Chapter Rank #962
- 动手x1 | Chapter Rank #963to set about (a task); to raise a hand to hit sb; to touch; to handle (typically used in cautioning sb *not* to touch sth)
- 兴建x1 | Chapter Rank #964to build; to construct
- 轮毂x1 | Chapter Rank #965hub of a wheel; the whole metal part of a wheel; "rim"
- 上x16 | Chapter Rank #41used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1](bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- 绳子x2 | Chapter Rank #548cord; string; rope; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 拴x1 | Chapter Rank #966to tie up
- 何处x7 | Chapter Rank #125whence; where
- 极顶x1 | Chapter Rank #967
- 安装x1 | Chapter Rank #968to install; to erect; to fix; to mount; installation
- 哪儿x6 | Chapter Rank #154where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?
- 八根x2 | Chapter Rank #549
- 擎天柱x1 | Chapter Rank #969
- 如何x7 | Chapter Rank #126how; what way; what
- 顶住x1 | Chapter Rank #970to withstand; to stand up to
- 东南角x2 | Chapter Rank #550
- 倾塌x1 | Chapter Rank #971
- 九重天x1 | Chapter Rank #972