Vocabulary: 都柏林人

• zǐ mèizi3 mei4姊妹x4 | Book Rank #2158(older and younger) sisters; sister (school, city etc)
• menmen5们x120 | Book Rank #71plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
• yī cìyi1 ci4一次x34 | Book Rank #315first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one)
• zāo yùzao1 yu4遭遇x5 | Book Rank #1799to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship); an experience (esp. adverse)
• ā lā bǐa1 la1 bi3阿拉比x11 | Book Rank #915
• Yī, yīYi1, yi1伊x25 | Book Rank #421伊 Yī: 伊 Yi1: surname Yi伊 yī: 伊 yi1: (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; (preceding a noun) that; (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克[Yi1 la1 ke4]); (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗[Yi1 lang3])
• fú línfu2 lin2芙琳x9 | Book Rank #1085
• sài chēsai4 che1赛车x2 | Book Rank #3626auto race; cycle race; race car
• yǐ hòuyi3 hou4以后x20 | Book Rank #521after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
• liǎngliang3两x67 | Book Rank #137two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
• gè, gěge4, ge3个x551 | Book Rank #12个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
• lànglang4浪x3 | Book Rank #2743wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble
• Hàn, hànHan4, han4汉x76 | Book Rank #112汉 Hàn: 汉 Han4: Han ethnic group; Chinese (language); the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)汉 hàn: 汉 han4: man
• gōng yùgong1 yu4公寓x9 | Book Rank #1086apartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tao4])
• yī xiǎo piànyi1 xiao3 pian4一小片x2 | Book Rank #3627
• yīn yúnyin1 yun2阴云x2 | Book Rank #3628dark cloud
• hé qí xiāng shìhe2 qi2 xiang1 shi4何其相似x2 | Book Rank #3629
• ní tǔni2 tu3泥土x6 | Book Rank #1530earth; soil; mud; clay
• tòng kǔtong4 ku3痛苦x8 | Book Rank #1189pain; suffering; painful; CL:個|个[ge4]
• de, dí, dī, dìde5, di2, di1, di4的x4759 | Book Rank #1的 de: 的 de5: of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs的 dí: 的 di2: really and truly的 dī: 的 di1: a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])的 dì: 的 di4: (bound form) bull's-eye; target
• shì jiànshi4 jian4事件x20 | Book Rank #522incident; event
• wěi yuán hùiwei3 yuan2 hui4委员会x20 | Book Rank #523committee; commission
• bàn gōng shìban4 gong1 shi4办公室x32 | Book Rank #334office; business premises
• lǐ, Lǐli3, Li3里x321 | Book Rank #25里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
• cháng qīngchang2 qing1常青x8 | Book Rank #1190evergreen
• jié, jiējie2, jie1节x12 | Book Rank #847节 jié: 节 jie2: joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)节 jiē: 节 jie1: see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
• mǔ qīnmu3 qin1母亲x44 | Book Rank #228mother
• shèng ēnsheng4 en1圣恩x2 | Book Rank #3630
• sǐ zhěsi3 zhe3死者x20 | Book Rank #524the dead; the deceased
• wén jíwen2 ji2文集x18 | Book Rank #586collected works
• zǒng xùzong3 xu4总序x1 | Book Rank #5508
• qiáo yī sīqiao2 yi1 si1乔伊斯x196 | Book Rank #40
• shìshi4是x878 | Book Rank #8to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
• ài ěr lánAi4 er3 lan2爱尔兰x79 | Book Rank #108Ireland
• dài, dàdai4, da4大x68 | Book Rank #134大 dài: 大 dai4: see 大夫[dai4 fu5]大 dà: 大 da4: big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
• zùo jiāzuo4 jia1作家x14 | Book Rank #742author; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
• xiàn dài zhǔ yìxian4 dai4 zhu3 yi4现代主义x27 | Book Rank #391
• wén xuéwen2 xue2文学x35 | Book Rank #308literature
• zhōng, zhòng, Zhōngzhong1, zhong4, Zhong1中x193 | Book Rank #42中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong
• dà shī jída4 shi1 ji2大师级x1 | Book Rank #5509
• rén wùren2 wu4人物x32 | Book Rank #335person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
• xué shù jièxue2 shu4 jie4学术界x2 | Book Rank #3631academic circles; academia
• dà dūo shùda4 duo1 shu4大多数x3 | Book Rank #2744(great) majority
• rénren2人x385 | Book Rank #18person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
• píng jiàping2 jia4评价x5 | Book Rank #1800to evaluate; to assess
• tāta1他x2561 | Book Rank #2(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
• shì jìshi4 ji4世纪x15 | Book Rank #704century
• Xī fāngXi1 fang1西方x18 | Book Rank #587the West; the Occident; Western countries
• wén xué shǐwen2 xue2 shi3文学史x4 | Book Rank #2159history of literature
• shǎng, shàngshang3, shang4上x451 | Book Rank #15上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]上 shàng: 上 shang4: (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