Vocabulary: 湘夫人
from 楚辞选
- 庭x3 | Chapter Rank #19main hall; front courtyard; law court
- 蛟x1 | Chapter Rank #115a legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods; see also 蛟龍|蛟龙[jiao1 long2]
- 水x2 | Chapter Rank #47water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garmentsurname Shui; Shui ethnic group
- 裔x1 | Chapter Rank #116(bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 華裔|华裔[Hua2 yi4] "of Chinese descent"); (literary) distant lands; (literary) fringe; periphery
- 朝x1 | Chapter Rank #117imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towardsmorningabbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea
- 驰x1 | Chapter Rank #118to run fast; to speed; to gallop; to disseminate; to spread
- 余x2 | Chapter Rank #48surname Yu(literary) I; meextra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me
- 马x1 | Chapter Rank #119horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chesssurname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- 江x1 | Chapter Rank #120surname Jiang; (bound form) Yangtze River; (bound form) Jiangsu Province (abbr. for 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1])river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]
- 皋x1 | Chapter Rank #121bank; marshhigh riverbank
- 济x1 | Chapter Rank #122used in place names associated with the Ji River 濟水|济水[Ji3 Shui3]; surname Jiused in 濟濟|济济[ji3 ji3]to cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help
- 西x1 | Chapter Rank #123westthe West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanish
- 澨x1 | Chapter Rank #124bank; shore; name of a river
- 闻x1 | Chapter Rank #125surname Wento hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at
- 佳人x1 | Chapter Rank #126beautiful woman
- 召x1 | Chapter Rank #127to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)surname Shao; name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
- 将x2 | Chapter Rank #49(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)to desire; to invite; to requestwill; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- 腾x1 | Chapter Rank #128(bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room; to clear out; to vacate; (verb suffix indicating repeated action)
- 驾x2 | Chapter Rank #50surname Jiato harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辭|敬辞[jing4 ci2])
- 偕x1 | Chapter Rank #129in company with
- 逝x1 | Chapter Rank #130(of flowing water or time) to pass by; to pass away; to die
- 筑室x1 | Chapter Rank #131
- 水中x1 | Chapter Rank #132
- 葺x2 | Chapter Rank #51to repair
- 之x3 | Chapter Rank #20(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 荷x2 | Chapter Rank #52to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibilitylotusHolland; the Netherlands (abbr. for 荷蘭|荷兰[He2 lan2])
- 盖x2 | Chapter Rank #53surname Gelid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build
- 荪x2 | Chapter Rank #54fragrant grass
- 壁x1 | Chapter Rank #133wall; rampart
- 紫x2 | Chapter Rank #55purple; violet
- 坛x1 | Chapter Rank #134altar; platform; rostrum; (bound form) (sporting, literary etc) circles; worldearthen jar
- 播x2 | Chapter Rank #56(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc); Taiwan pr. [bo4]
- 芳x2 | Chapter Rank #57fragrant
- 椒x2 | Chapter Rank #58pepper
- 成x1 | Chapter Rank #135to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenthsurname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- 堂x1 | Chapter Rank #136(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; CL:間|间[jian1]; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture
- 桂x1 | Chapter Rank #137cassia; laurelsurname Gui; abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
- 栋x1 | Chapter Rank #138classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old)
- 橑x1 | Chapter Rank #139
- 辛夷x2 | Chapter Rank #59
- 楣x1 | Chapter Rank #140lintel; crossbeam
- 药房x1 | Chapter Rank #141pharmacy; drugstore; dispensary
- 罔x1 | Chapter Rank #142to deceive; there is none
- 薜荔x2 | Chapter Rank #60
- 为x4 | Chapter Rank #12because of; for; toas (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
- 帷x1 | Chapter Rank #143curtain; screen
- 擗x1 | Chapter Rank #144(literary) to beat the breast; to break off; to snap off (a branch, an ear of corn etc)
- 蕙x2 | Chapter Rank #61Coumarouna odorata
- 櫋x1 | Chapter Rank #145
- 既x1 | Chapter Rank #146already; since; both... (and...)