Vocabulary: 天问（节选）
from 楚辞选
- 打开x1 | Chapter Rank #999to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- 亮光x1 | Chapter Rank #1000light; beam of light; gleam of light; light reflected from an object
- 东方x4 | Chapter Rank #245the East; the Orient; two-character surname Dongfangeast
- 亮x1 | Chapter Rank #1001bright; light; to shine; to flash; loud and clear; to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)
- 时候x3 | Chapter Rank #360time; length of time; moment; period
- 藏x4 | Chapter Rank #246to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collectTibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture
- 地方x16 | Chapter Rank #43region; regional (away from the central administration); localplace; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part; CL:處|处[chu4]
- 不x31 | Chapter Rank #11no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 任x3 | Chapter Rank #361to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)surname Ren
- 汩x2 | Chapter Rank #577confused; extinguished; (onom.) used in 汩汩[gu3 gu3]
- 鸿x2 | Chapter Rank #578eastern bean goose; great; large
- 师x6 | Chapter Rank #155surname Shiteacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops
- 尚x5 | Chapter Rank #192still; yet; to value; to esteemsurname Shang
- 佥x2 | Chapter Rank #579all
- 忧x2 | Chapter Rank #580to worry; to concern oneself with; worried; anxiety; sorrow; (literary) to observe mourning
- 何不x1 | Chapter Rank #1002why not?; why not do (sth)?
- 课x2 | Chapter Rank #581subject; course; CL:門|门[men2]; class; lesson; CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2]; to levy; tax; form of divination
- 鸱x3 | Chapter Rank #362scops owl
- 龟x8 | Chapter Rank #108tortoise; turtle; (coll.) cuckoldused in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2]
- 曳x5 | Chapter Rank #193to drag; to pull; Taiwan pr. [yi4]
- 衔x3 | Chapter Rank #363bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings); to link; to accept; rank; title
- 鲧x18 | Chapter Rank #35Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great 大禹[Da4 Yu3]
- 听x4 | Chapter Rank #247smile (archaic)to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 顺x5 | Chapter Rank #194to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable
- 欲x2 | Chapter Rank #582desire; appetite; passion; lust; greedto wish for; to desire
- 成功x2 | Chapter Rank #583Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwanto succeed; success; successful; fruitful
- 帝x18 | Chapter Rank #36(bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
- 刑x2 | Chapter Rank #584punishment; penalty; sentence; torture; corporal punishmentsurname Xing
- 永x3 | Chapter Rank #364forever; always; perpetual
- 遏x2 | Chapter Rank #585to restrain; to check; to hold back
- 羽x8 | Chapter Rank #109feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
- 山x11 | Chapter Rank #68surname Shanmountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
- 三x7 | Chapter Rank #128surname Santhree; 3
- 年x5 | Chapter Rank #195surname Nianyear; CL:個|个[ge4]grain; harvest (old)
- 施x3 | Chapter Rank #365(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc); to apply (fertilizer etc)surname Shi
- 禹x10 | Chapter Rank #82Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu
- 纂x2 | Chapter Rank #586(literary) to compile; to edit; (coll.) (hairstyle) bun; chignon (as 纂兒|纂儿[zuan3 r5]); red silk ribbon
- 前x1 | Chapter Rank #1003front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 绪x2 | Chapter Rank #587beginnings; clues; mental state; thread
- 成x15 | Chapter Rank #44surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth
- 续x2 | Chapter Rank #588to continue; to replenish
- 继x3 | Chapter Rank #366to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards
- 业x3 | Chapter Rank #367line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; alreadysurname Ye
- 谋x8 | Chapter Rank #110to plan; to seek; scheme
- 不同x1 | Chapter Rank #1004different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- 洪x3 | Chapter Rank #368surname Hongflood; big; great
- 泉x5 | Chapter Rank #196spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)
- 深x3 | Chapter Rank #369(lit. and fig.) deep
- 窴x2 | Chapter Rank #589fill in
- 坟x2 | Chapter Rank #590grave; tomb; CL:座[zuo4]; embankment; mound; ancient book