Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- time; length of time; moment; period
- after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis
- office workers (as social group)
- leading role; lead; protagonist
- angle from which one observes an object; (fig.) perspective; viewpoint; frame of reference; (cinematography) camera angle; (visual perception) visual angle (the angle a viewed object subtends at the eye); (photography) angle of view
- to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out
- because; owing to; on account of
- inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity
- to guide; to lead
- reader
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 那 nà: 那 na4: (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)那 Nā: 那 Na1: surname Na那 Núo: 那 Nuo2: surname Nuo那 núo: 那 nuo2: (archaic) many; beautiful; how
- classifier for vehicles
- talent; ability; capacity
- (production) target; quota; index; indicator; sign; signpost; (computing) pointer
- already
- to 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)
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- work (of art); opus; CL:部[bu4],篇[pian1]
- some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- method; way; technique; procedure
- heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- 比如 Bǐ rú: 比如 Bi3 ru2: see 比如縣|比如县[Bi3 ru2 Xian4]比如 bǐ rú: 比如 bi3 ru2: for example; for instance; such as
- 种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate
- old people; the elderly
- to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
- to not say a word (idiom)
- (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)?
- seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website
- 着 zháo: 着 zhao2: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in着 zhāo: 着 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add着 zhe: 着 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state着 zhúo: 着 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply
- improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- to compel; to force
- other people; others; other person
- to give up one's seat for sb
- (coll.) even if
- 你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- to 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)
- (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])
- why?; for what reason?
- 呢 ní: 呢 ni2: dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)呢 ne: 呢 ne5: (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
- ghost
- 累 lèi: 累 lei4: tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard累 lěi: 累 lei3: to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]); continuous; repeated累 léi: 累 lei2: rope; to bind together; to twist around