Vocabulary: 第二十八章 矿泉水
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- 上山x1 | Chapter Rank #195to climb a hill; to go to the mountains; (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons); to pass away; (of the sun or moon) to rise
- 吧x2 | Chapter Rank #113bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1](modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.(onom.) smack!
- 脑子x1 | Chapter Rank #196brains; mind; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 里x11 | Chapter Rank #14lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)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
- 想起x3 | Chapter Rank #77to recall; to think of; to call to mind
- 那栋x1 | Chapter Rank #197
- 木屋x6 | Chapter Rank #35
- 毕竟x3 | Chapter Rank #78after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis
- 山上x3 | Chapter Rank #79
- 除了x1 | Chapter Rank #198apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- 钢铁厂x8 | Chapter Rank #25iron and steel works; steelworks
- 之外x1 | Chapter Rank #199outside; excluding
- 就x10 | Chapter Rank #19(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 只有x2 | Chapter Rank #114only 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")
- 那个x5 | Chapter Rank #42that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- 难道x1 | Chapter Rank #200don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
- 也x17 | Chapter Rank #7surname Yealso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 怪异x7 | Chapter Rank #29monstrous; strange; strange phenomenon
- 警惕x1 | Chapter Rank #201to be on the alert; vigilant; alert; on guard; to warn
- 原x1 | Chapter Rank #202surname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Haraformer; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
- 想x2 | Chapter Rank #115to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 给x8 | Chapter Rank #26to supply; to provideto; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
- 烟x14 | Chapter Rank #9cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
- 萝x14 | Chapter Rank #10radish
- 萤x14 | Chapter Rank #11firefly; glow-worm
- 打x1 | Chapter Rank #203a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- 电话x2 | Chapter Rank #116telephone; CL:部[bu4]; phone call; CL:通[tong1]; phone number
- 说x6 | Chapter Rank #36to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 下x2 | Chapter Rank #117down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 此时x1 | Chapter Rank #204now; this moment
- 情况x2 | Chapter Rank #118circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 不x11 | Chapter Rank #15no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 知道x5 | Chapter Rank #43to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 怎么回事x1 | Chapter Rank #205what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about?
- 拿出x1 | Chapter Rank #206to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence)
- 手机x1 | Chapter Rank #207cell phone; mobile phone; CL:部[bu4],臺|台[tai2]
- 发现x3 | Chapter Rank #80to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- 没有x11 | Chapter Rank #16haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 信号x2 | Chapter Rank #119signal
- 万般无奈x1 | Chapter Rank #208to have no way out; to have no alternative
- 之下x1 | Chapter Rank #209under; beneath; less than
- 只得x1 | Chapter Rank #210to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to
- 选择x1 | Chapter Rank #211to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative
- 硬着头皮x2 | Chapter Rank #120to brace oneself to do sth; to put a bold face on it; to summon up courage; to force oneself to
- 正如x1 | Chapter Rank #212just as; precisely as
- 之前x2 | Chapter Rank #121before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- 所x2 | Chapter Rank #122actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 料x1 | Chapter Rank #213material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
- 家x2 | Chapter Rank #123used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 就是x3 | Chapter Rank #81exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if