Vocabulary: 第二章
from 弗兰肯斯坦
- 大约x1 | Chapter Rank #766approximately; probably
- 十五岁x1 | Chapter Rank #767
- 房子x1 | Chapter Rank #768house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]
- 居住x1 | Chapter Rank #769to reside; to dwell; to live in a place; resident in
- 那时x1 | Chapter Rank #770then; at that time; in those days
- 遇到x1 | Chapter Rank #771to meet; to run into; to come across
- 一场x1 | Chapter Rank #772
- 恐怖x3 | Chapter Rank #145terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist
- 雷雨x2 | Chapter Rank #273thunderstorm
- 朱x1 | Chapter Rank #773surname Zhuvermilion(bound form) cinnabar
- 拉x1 | Chapter Rank #774used in 拉拉蛄[la4 la4 gu3]to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowelsto make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash
- 山脉x1 | Chapter Rank #775mountain range; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 背面x1 | Chapter Rank #776the back; the reverse side; the wrong side
- 炸雷x1 | Chapter Rank #777thunderclap
- 劈x1 | Chapter Rank #778to split in two; to divideto hack; to chop; to split open; (of lightning) to strike
- 轰隆隆x1 | Chapter Rank #779
- 天上x1 | Chapter Rank #780the sky; the heavens
- 四面x1 | Chapter Rank #781all sides
- 打x1 | Chapter Rank #782(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")
- 来x1 | Chapter Rank #783to 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])
- 异常x2 | Chapter Rank #274unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
- 雷阵雨x1 | Chapter Rank #784thundershower
- 一直x2 | Chapter Rank #275straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- 快活x1 | Chapter Rank #785happy; cheerful
- 张望x1 | Chapter Rank #786to look around; to peep (through a crack); to peer at; to throw a look at
- 站x1 | Chapter Rank #787station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website
- 门口x1 | Chapter Rank #788doorway; gate; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 突然x2 | Chapter Rank #276sudden; abrupt; unexpected
- 见到x1 | Chapter Rank #789to see
- 一串x1 | Chapter Rank #790
- 烈火x1 | Chapter Rank #791raging inferno; blaze
- 一棵x1 | Chapter Rank #792
- 美丽x1 | Chapter Rank #793beautiful
- 老x3 | Chapter Rank #146prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 橡树x3 | Chapter Rank #147oak
- 蹿x1 | Chapter Rank #794to leap up; (coll.) to gush out; to spurt out
- 出来x1 | Chapter Rank #795(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)to come out; to appear; to arise
- 树x1 | Chapter Rank #796tree; CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up
- 只有x2 | Chapter Rank #277only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 二十x1 | Chapter Rank #797twenty; 20
- 码x1 | Chapter Rank #798(archaic) agate; (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale; number; (computing) code; (clothing) size; yard (unit of length); (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references); (coll.) to pile up; to stack; classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事|不是一码事[bu4 shi4 yi1 ma3 shi4] "not the same thing"); (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)
- 左右x1 | Chapter Rank #799left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence
- 耀眼x1 | Chapter Rank #800to dazzle; dazzling
- 刚x1 | Chapter Rank #801(literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- 消失x1 | Chapter Rank #802to disappear; to fade away
- 不见x1 | Chapter Rank #803not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing
- 剩下x1 | Chapter Rank #804to remain; to be left over
- 树桩x1 | Chapter Rank #805tree stump
- 第二天x1 | Chapter Rank #806next day; the morrow
- 一早x1 | Chapter Rank #807early in the morning; at dawn