Vocabulary: 香畹楼忆语|译文
from 浮生忆语集
- 四次x1 | Chapter Rank #1307fourth; four times; quartic
- 科举考试x1 | Chapter Rank #1308imperial examinations (in former times)
- 未及x1 | Chapter Rank #1309to not have had time; to have not yet; not to touch upon
- 第x1 | Chapter Rank #1310(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
- 准备x3 | Chapter Rank #487preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
- 弃x1 | Chapter Rank #1311to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away
- 笔x1 | Chapter Rank #1312writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
- 承担x1 | Chapter Rank #1313to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)
- 起x2 | Chapter Rank #736to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 养家x1 | Chapter Rank #1314to support a family; to raise a family
- 责任x1 | Chapter Rank #1315responsibility; duty; liability
- 现在x14 | Chapter Rank #94now; at present; currently
- 这x56 | Chapter Rank #13(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)(coll.) this
- 种x7 | Chapter Rank #203seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sortsto plant; to grow; to cultivate
- 情况x2 | Chapter Rank #737circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 这些x7 | Chapter Rank #204these
- 美x13 | Chapter Rank #110(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself
- 人x97 | Chapter Rank #7person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 为什么x3 | Chapter Rank #488why?; for what reason?
- 会x25 | Chapter Rank #43can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])(bound form) to reckon accounts
- 独独x1 | Chapter Rank #1316alone
- 看上x1 | Chapter Rank #1317to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for
- 要x21 | Chapter Rank #54(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
- 呢x17 | Chapter Rank #73(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speechdense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
- 万一x2 | Chapter Rank #738just in case; if by any chance; contingency
- 娶x6 | Chapter Rank #243to take a wife; to marry (a woman)
- 回x7 | Chapter Rank #205Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or timesto curve; to return; to revolve
- 蛇蝎x1 | Chapter Rank #1318(fig.) malevolent; treacherous
- 岂x3 | Chapter Rank #489how? (emphatic question)
- 不是x11 | Chapter Rank #127no; is not; notfault; blame
- 酿成x1 | Chapter Rank #1319to make (wine or spirits); (fig.) to lead to (a bad result)
- 大x4 | Chapter Rank #376see 大夫[dai4 fu5]big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- 错x3 | Chapter Rank #490surname Cuomistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver
- 即使x3 | Chapter Rank #491even if; even though
- 绿珠x1 | Chapter Rank #1320
- 碧玉x1 | Chapter Rank #1321jasper
- 一样x27 | Chapter Rank #41same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- 只是x6 | Chapter Rank #244merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- 满足x2 | Chapter Rank #739to satisfy; to meet (the needs of); satisfied; content
- 艳情x1 | Chapter Rank #1322romantic love; romance; erotic (novel etc)
- 谁x8 | Chapter Rank #179who; also pr. [shui2]
- 侍奉x7 | Chapter Rank #206to wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs
- 老x3 | Chapter Rank #492prefix 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
- 这件x6 | Chapter Rank #245
- 事x11 | Chapter Rank #128matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 可以x28 | Chapter Rank #38can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 草草x1 | Chapter Rank #1323carelessly; hastily
- 决定x6 | Chapter Rank #246to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4])
- 南京x2 | Chapter Rank #740see 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4]; Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368–1421) and of the Republic of China (1927–1937 and 1946–1949)
- 停x3 | Chapter Rank #493to stop; to halt; to park (a car)