Vocabulary: 第七章 围城
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 进京x1 | Chapter Rank #5027to enter the capital; to go to Beijing
- 车子x1 | Chapter Rank #5028car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc)
- 晚点x1 | Chapter Rank #5029(of trains etc) late; delayed; behind schedule; light dinner
- 一二天x1 | Chapter Rank #5030
- 久x1 | Chapter Rank #5031(of a period of time) long
- 拉客x1 | Chapter Rank #5032to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc); to importune
- 苏x2 | Chapter Rank #2229used in 嚕囌|噜苏[lu1 su1]to revivesurname Su; abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃[Su1 wei2 ai1] or 蘇聯|苏联[Su1 lian2]; abbr. for Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1]; abbr. for Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1]Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; to revive; used as phonetic in transliteration
- 方言x1 | Chapter Rank #5033topolect; dialectthe first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yang2 Xiong2] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
- 蠢x1 | Chapter Rank #5034stupidstupid; sluggish; clumsy; to wiggle (of worms); to move in a disorderly fashion
- 举目无亲x1 | Chapter Rank #5035to look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on; without a friend in the world
- 簇x1 | Chapter Rank #5036(bound form) to cluster; to pile up; cluster; pile; classifier for bunches, clusters, piles etc
- 一头x1 | Chapter Rank #5037one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously
- 乱发x1 | Chapter Rank #5038
- 板x2 | Chapter Rank #2230board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look seriousused in 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
- 五天x1 | Chapter Rank #5039
- 洗x1 | Chapter Rank #5040to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording)used in 洗馬|洗马[xian3 ma3]
- 丑脸x1 | Chapter Rank #5041
- 俄国x1 | Chapter Rank #5042Russia
- 叫花子x2 | Chapter Rank #2231beggar
- 褴褛x1 | Chapter Rank #5043(of clothes) ragged; shabby
- 洋装x2 | Chapter Rank #2232Western-style dress
- 蹩x5 | Chapter Rank #715to limp; to sprain (an ankle or wrist); to move carefully, as if evading a danger; to scurry
- 小姐x1 | Chapter Rank #5044young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 矗x1 | Chapter Rank #5045lofty; upright
- 脑子x1 | Chapter Rank #5046brains; mind; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 黑x2 | Chapter Rank #2233short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]black; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (sth) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing)
- 货x1 | Chapter Rank #5047goods; money; commodity; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 杏黄x1 | Chapter Rank #5048
- 花缎x1 | Chapter Rank #5049brocade; figured satin
- 羊皮x2 | Chapter Rank #2234sheepskin
- 袍x1 | Chapter Rank #5050gown (lined)
- 祖x1 | Chapter Rank #5051surname Zuancestor; forefather; grandparents
- 老太爷x1 | Chapter Rank #5052elderly gentleman (respectful); esteemed father
- 一双x1 | Chapter Rank #5053
- 破烂x1 | Chapter Rank #5054worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (coll.) rubbish; junk
- 烂x1 | Chapter Rank #5055soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad
- 香蕉皮x1 | Chapter Rank #5056
- 皮鞋x1 | Chapter Rank #5057leather shoes
- 行李x1 | Chapter Rank #5058luggage; CL:件[jian4]
- 雇x1 | Chapter Rank #5059to employ; to hire; to rent
- 洋车x1 | Chapter Rank #5060rickshaw
- 大车x2 | Chapter Rank #2235
- 皮箱x1 | Chapter Rank #5061leather suitcase
- 木箱x1 | Chapter Rank #5062
- 皮包x1 | Chapter Rank #5063handbag; briefcase
- 篮子x1 | Chapter Rank #5064basket; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- 球x1 | Chapter Rank #5065ball; sphere; globe; CL:個|个[ge4]; ball game; match; CL:場|场[chang3]
- 打字机x1 | Chapter Rank #5066typewriter
- 十斤x1 | Chapter Rank #5067
- 沉x1 | Chapter Rank #5068to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy