Vocabulary: 第七章 围城
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 梁启超x31 | Chapter Rank #86Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
- 发来x2 | Chapter Rank #1398
- 急电x1 | Chapter Rank #2376
- 得知x4 | Chapter Rank #725to find out; to learn of
- 惨死x1 | Chapter Rank #2377to die tragically; to meet with a violent death
- 噩耗x3 | Chapter Rank #962news of sb's death; sad news
- 此外x1 | Chapter Rank #2378besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
- 寄x6 | Chapter Rank #483to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail
- 一封x3 | Chapter Rank #963
- 长信x1 | Chapter Rank #2379
- 今天x3 | Chapter Rank #964today; the present time; now
- 报纸x5 | Chapter Rank #587newspaper; newsprint; CL:份[fen4],期[qi1],張|张[zhang1]
- 上x75 | Chapter Rank #30(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; aboveused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- 传出x1 | Chapter Rank #2380to transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve)
- 可怕x2 | Chapter Rank #1399awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly
- 消息x6 | Chapter Rank #484(piece of) news; information; message; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 不忍x1 | Chapter Rank #2381cannot bear to
- 告诉x9 | Chapter Rank #333to tell; to inform; to let knowto press charges; to file a complaint
- 你x51 | Chapter Rank #46you (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.)
- 不能不x2 | Chapter Rank #1400have to; cannot but
- 要x50 | Chapter Rank #49(bound form) to demand; to coerceto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- 十二分x2 | Chapter Rank #1401exceedingly; hundred percent; everything and more
- 镇定x2 | Chapter Rank #1402calm; unperturbed; cool
- 着x79 | Chapter Rank #28aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing statea move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to addto 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 into wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply
- 看x30 | Chapter Rank #88to 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 forto look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- 封信x1 | Chapter Rank #2382
- 我们x34 | Chapter Rank #76we; us; ourselves; our
- 总x20 | Chapter Rank #139(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- 希望x11 | Chapter Rank #273to hope; a hope; a wish
- 正确x2 | Chapter Rank #1403correct; sound; right; proper
- 见报x1 | Chapter Rank #2383to appear in the news; in the papers
- 后x43 | Chapter Rank #58surname Houempress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulerback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 立刻x6 | Chapter Rank #485immediately; at once; right away
- 叫x5 | Chapter Rank #588to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 王x13 | Chapter Rank #227surname Wangking or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
- 姨x2 | Chapter Rank #1404mother's sister; aunt
- 入x5 | Chapter Rank #589to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- 京x4 | Chapter Rank #726capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old); artificial mound (old)surname Jing; short name for Beijing 北京[Bei3 jing1]; Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi; Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam
- 到x78 | Chapter Rank #29to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 林家x4 | Chapter Rank #727
- 探听x1 | Chapter Rank #2384to make inquiries; to try to find out; to pry
- 且x7 | Chapter Rank #405and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)
- 切实x2 | Chapter Rank #1405feasible; realistic; practical; earnestly; conscientiously
- 安慰x6 | Chapter Rank #486to comfort; to console
- 徽x33 | Chapter Rank #80badge; emblem; insignia; crest; logo; coat of arms
- 音x12 | Chapter Rank #250sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)
- 娘x4 | Chapter Rank #728mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate
- 前x6 | Chapter Rank #487front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 事x32 | Chapter Rank #82matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 不必x6 | Chapter Rank #488need not; does not have to; not necessarily