Vocabulary: 黄金台|女士关秋芙传
from 浮生忆语集
- 曾x2 | Chapter Rank #60great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)surname Zengonce; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- 倩x1 | Chapter Rank #144pretty; winsome; to ask for sb's help; son-in-law (old)
- 令x2 | Chapter Rank #61to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poemclassifier for a ream of paperused in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])
- 晖x1 | Chapter Rank #145sunshine; to shine upon
- 亦x2 | Chapter Rank #62also
- 不过x1 | Chapter Rank #146only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 馋x1 | Chapter Rank #147gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving
- 鼎x1 | Chapter Rank #148ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs; pot (dialect); to enter upon a period of (classical); Kangxi radical 206; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
- 膺x1 | Chapter Rank #149breast; receive
- 齐x1 | Chapter Rank #150neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out(name of states and dynasties at several different periods); surname Qi
- 床x1 | Chapter Rank #151bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1]); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc); frame; chassis; classifier for blankets, quilts etc
- 刀x1 | Chapter Rank #152knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3]); (slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)surname Dao
- 捉x1 | Chapter Rank #153to clutch; to grab; to capture
- 魏x1 | Chapter Rank #154tower over a palace gateway (old)surname Wei; name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States; Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1], one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty; the Wei dynasty 221–265; Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history
- 而已x1 | Chapter Rank #155that's all; nothing more
- 若夫x1 | Chapter Rank #156
- 采x3 | Chapter Rank #32to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gatherused in 采邑[cai4 yi4] and 采地[cai4 di4]color; complexion; looks
- 兰x3 | Chapter Rank #33orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)surname Lan; abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu
- 有x7 | Chapter Rank #7to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 曲x2 | Chapter Rank #63tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]surname Qubent; crooked; wrongfermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc); Taiwan pr. [qu2]
- 娴x1 | Chapter Rank #157elegant; refined; to be skilled at
- 少x1 | Chapter Rank #158few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldomyoung
- 便x1 | Chapter Rank #159plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwardsused in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]
- 多情x1 | Chapter Rank #160affectionate; passionate; emotional; sentimental
- 飞絮x1 | Chapter Rank #161
- 善x1 | Chapter Rank #162good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect
- 吟x1 | Chapter Rank #163to chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems); (literary) to lament; to groan; (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects; (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato)
- 道x1 | Chapter Rank #164road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 韫x2 | Chapter Rank #64contain
- 生x3 | Chapter Rank #34to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- 而x6 | Chapter Rank #10and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 夙x1 | Chapter Rank #165morning; early; long-held; long-cherished
- 慧x2 | Chapter Rank #65intelligent
- 无x2 | Chapter Rank #66used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
- 云x5 | Chapter Rank #15(classical) to saycloud; CL:朵[duo3]surname Yun; short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2]
- 识x1 | Chapter Rank #166to record; to write a footnoteto know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4]
- 月x3 | Chapter Rank #35moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- 皆x1 | Chapter Rank #167all; each and every; in all cases
- 则x1 | Chapter Rank #168(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- 有如x1 | Chapter Rank #169to be like sth; similar to; alike
- 庶x1 | Chapter Rank #170(bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡[di2])
- 足x1 | Chapter Rank #171(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fullyexcessive
- 播x1 | Chapter Rank #172(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc); Taiwan pr. [bo4]
- 芬x1 | Chapter Rank #173perfume; fragrance
- 彤x1 | Chapter Rank #174redsurname Tong
- 史x2 | Chapter Rank #67surname Shihistory; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
- 擅x1 | Chapter Rank #175without authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself; to monopolize; expert in; to be good at
- 誉x1 | Chapter Rank #176to praise; to acclaim; reputation
- 墨x1 | Chapter Rank #177ink stick; China ink; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's foreheadsurname Mo; abbr. for 墨西哥[Mo4 xi1 ge1], Mexico
- 林x1 | Chapter Rank #178(bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); (bound form) a collection (of similar things)surname Lin; Japanese surname Hayashi