Vocabulary: 前言
from 浮生六记
- 两卷x1 | Chapter Rank #105
- 已x1 | Chapter Rank #106already; to stop; then; afterwards
- 佚x1 | Chapter Rank #107(bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages); (bound form) reclusivesurname Yi
- 只x1 | Chapter Rank #108only; merely; justgrain that has begun to ripenclassifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- 剩x1 | Chapter Rank #109to remain; to be left; to have as remainder
- 前x1 | Chapter Rank #110front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 四卷x1 | Chapter Rank #111
- 将x4 | Chapter Rank #16will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)to desire; to invite; to request
- 其x2 | Chapter Rank #32his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 残卷x1 | Chapter Rank #112surviving section of a classic work; remaining chapters (while reading a book)
- 交给x1 | Chapter Rank #113to give; to deliver; to hand over
- 上海x2 | Chapter Rank #33Shanghai municipality (short name 滬|沪[Hu4])
- 申报x1 | Chapter Rank #114to report (to the authorities); to declare (to customs)
- 馆x1 | Chapter Rank #115building; shop; term for certain service establishments; embassy or consulate; schoolroom (old); CL:家[jia1]
- 以x2 | Chapter Rank #34to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- 活字版x1 | Chapter Rank #116
- 刊行x1 | Chapter Rank #117to print and circulate
- 由此x1 | Chapter Rank #118hereby; from this
- 而x6 | Chapter Rank #6and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 流传开来x1 | Chapter Rank #119
- 号x1 | Chapter Rank #120(bound form) to wail; to howl(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号[qi3 chuang2 hao4]); (bound form) mark; sign; to mark; to label; to assign a number; (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号[guo2 hao4], 年號|年号[nian2 hao4], 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4]); (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[er4 san1 qi1 hao4 fang2 jian1] "Room 237"); day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号[qi1 hao4] "the 7th"); (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2]); (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉[hao4 mai4]); classifier for numbered people or items
- 梅x1 | Chapter Rank #121plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)surname Mei
- 逸x1 | Chapter Rank #122(bound form) to flee; to escape; (bound form) leisurely; relaxed; (bound form) to surpass the ordinary; outstanding; (bound form) reclusive
- 字x2 | Chapter Rank #35letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- 三x1 | Chapter Rank #123surname Santhree; 3
- 白x1 | Chapter Rank #124white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in operasurname Bai; Bai ethnic group
- 江苏x1 | Chapter Rank #125see 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3]
- 苏州人x1 | Chapter Rank #126
- 生于x1 | Chapter Rank #127
- 衣冠x1 | Chapter Rank #128hat and clothes; attire
- 家x1 | Chapter Rank #129used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 文学家x1 | Chapter Rank #130writer; man of letters; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 画家x1 | Chapter Rank #131painter; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 曾x2 | Chapter Rank #36great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)surname Zeng
- 做x1 | Chapter Rank #132to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- 过x2 | Chapter Rank #37surname Guoto cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-(experienced action marker)
- 幕僚x1 | Chapter Rank #133aides and advisors of top officials
- 也x3 | Chapter Rank #19also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]surname Ye
- 行x1 | Chapter Rank #134used in 道行[dao4 heng2](bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon
- 商x1 | Chapter Rank #135commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang
- 在世x1 | Chapter Rank #136to be alive
- 时x1 | Chapter Rank #137o'clock; time; when; hour; season; periodsurname Shi
- 寂寂x1 | Chapter Rank #138quiet
- 无名x1 | Chapter Rank #139nameless; obscure
- 书名x1 | Chapter Rank #140name of a book; reputation as calligrapher
- 浮生x2 | Chapter Rank #38
- 二x1 | Chapter Rank #141two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- 典x1 | Chapter Rank #142canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn
- 出x2 | Chapter Rank #39to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 李白诗x1 | Chapter Rank #143