Vocabulary: 第十六回 子牙火烧琵琶精
from 封神演义
- 一二x1 | Chapter Rank #528one or two; a few; a little; just a bit
- 瞒x1 | Chapter Rank #529to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark
- 造x5 | Chapter Rank #111to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops
- 七八次x1 | Chapter Rank #530
- 起来x3 | Chapter Rank #181(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]to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
- 就x6 | Chapter Rank #89(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 ...
- 烧x2 | Chapter Rank #280to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head
- 了x25 | Chapter Rank #14(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 故此x1 | Chapter Rank #531therefore
- 我x33 | Chapter Rank #10I; me; my
- 无心x1 | Chapter Rank #532unintentionally; not in the mood to
- 他x12 | Chapter Rank #40(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])
- 择x1 | Chapter Rank #533to select; to choose; to pick over; to pick out; to differentiate; to eliminate; also pr. [zhai2]
- 一日x1 | Chapter Rank #534
- 辰x2 | Chapter Rank #2815th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon; ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
- 只管x5 | Chapter Rank #112solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth)
- 上梁x3 | Chapter Rank #182to lay an upper beam; (a building's) upper beam; (a bicycle's) top tube
- 那日x3 | Chapter Rank #183
- 只是x2 | Chapter Rank #282merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- 款待x1 | Chapter Rank #535to entertain; to be hospitable to
- 匠人x1 | Chapter Rank #536
- 在x20 | Chapter Rank #20to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 此x21 | Chapter Rank #19this; these
- 替x3 | Chapter Rank #184to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for
- 你x45 | Chapter Rank #4you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])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.)
- 压压x1 | Chapter Rank #537
- 邪气x1 | Chapter Rank #538evil influence; unhealthy trend; (a person's) evil air; aura of wickedness; (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy)
- 自然x2 | Chapter Rank #283nature; natural; naturally
- 事x7 | Chapter Rank #77matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 信x1 | Chapter Rank #539letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
- 择日x1 | Chapter Rank #540to fix a date (for an event); to select an auspicious date
- 兴工x1 | Chapter Rank #541
- 破土x1 | Chapter Rank #542to break ground; to start digging; to plough; to break through the ground (of seedling); fig. the start of a building project
- 楼房x2 | Chapter Rank #284a building of two or more stories; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
- 那x22 | Chapter Rank #16(archaic) many; beautiful; howsurname Nasurname Nuo(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)
- 日子x2 | Chapter Rank #285day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life
- 时x7 | Chapter Rank #78surname Shio'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- 待x4 | Chapter Rank #135to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending toto stay; to remain
- 匠x2 | Chapter Rank #286craftsman
- 前堂x2 | Chapter Rank #287
- 里x5 | Chapter Rank #113lining; 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
- 坐定x1 | Chapter Rank #543to be seated
- 等候x2 | Chapter Rank #288to wait; to wait for
- 是x26 | Chapter Rank #13to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 何x5 | Chapter Rank #114surname Hewhat; how; why; which; carry
- 怪异x2 | Chapter Rank #289monstrous; strange; strange phenomenon
- 一时x4 | Chapter Rank #136a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time
- 狂风x3 | Chapter Rank #185gale; squall; whole gale (meteorology)
- 大作x2 | Chapter Rank #290your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific); to erupt; to begin abruptly
- 走x6 | Chapter Rank #90to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)