Vocabulary: 第二章 公交车上的怪异
from 都市异闻录
- 主动x2 | Chapter Rank #143to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4]; drive (of gears and shafts etc)
- 低头x2 | Chapter Rank #144to bow the head; to yield; to give in
- 看了x4 | Chapter Rank #75
- 看x10 | Chapter Rank #28to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guardto see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for
- 坐x10 | Chapter Rank #29surname Zuoto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit
- 黄色x2 | Chapter Rank #145yellow; vulgar; lewd; pornographic
- 老弱病残x1 | Chapter Rank #257
- 专座x1 | Chapter Rank #258
- 脸皮x1 | Chapter Rank #259face; cheek
- 有些x7 | Chapter Rank #44some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- 不好意思x2 | Chapter Rank #146to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
- 只好x2 | Chapter Rank #147to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
- 起来x3 | Chapter Rank #99to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2](after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]
- 招呼x1 | Chapter Rank #260to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not
- 那个x9 | Chapter Rank #34that 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]
- 老人家x3 | Chapter Rank #100polite term for old woman or man
- 您x2 | Chapter Rank #148you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])
- 来x2 | Chapter Rank #149to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 这边x1 | Chapter Rank #261this side; here
- 位置x2 | Chapter Rank #150position; place; seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 转头x4 | Chapter Rank #76nutation (plants turning to face the sun)to turn one's head; to change direction; U-turn; volte face; to repent
- 一眼x1 | Chapter Rank #262a glance; a quick look; a glimpse
- 没有x5 | Chapter Rank #60haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 过来x3 | Chapter Rank #101to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care ofsee 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]
- 意思x5 | Chapter Rank #61idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
- 只是x5 | Chapter Rank #62merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- 面x5 | Chapter Rank #63face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etcflour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless
- 无表情x2 | Chapter Rank #151expressionless; wooden (expression); blank (face)
- 地x7 | Chapter Rank #45earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- 朝x3 | Chapter Rank #102imperial 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; towardsabbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Koreamorning
- 摆x1 | Chapter Rank #263to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulumhem (at the bottom of a garment)
- 摆手x1 | Chapter Rank #264to wave one's hand; to gesture with one's hand (beckoning, waving good-bye etc); to swing one's arms
- 似乎x2 | Chapter Rank #152it seems; seemingly; as if
- 不想x1 | Chapter Rank #265unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- 本来x1 | Chapter Rank #266original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- 不用x1 | Chapter Rank #267need not
- 强求x1 | Chapter Rank #268to insist on; to demand; to impose
- 但x5 | Chapter Rank #64but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 再x6 | Chapter Rank #50again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 坐下x3 | Chapter Rank #103to sit down
- 样子x1 | Chapter Rank #269appearance; manner; pattern; model
- 还是x2 | Chapter Rank #153still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 于心不忍x1 | Chapter Rank #270can't bear to
- 没事x1 | Chapter Rank #271it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble)
- 又x16 | Chapter Rank #9(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 看着x4 | Chapter Rank #77
- 这x13 | Chapter Rank #17(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)(coll.) this
- 脸x1 | Chapter Rank #272face; CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- 露出x1 | Chapter Rank #273to expose; to show; also pr. [lou4 chu1]
- 微笑x2 | Chapter Rank #154smile; CL:個|个[ge4],絲|丝[si1]; to smile