Vocabulary: 卷三 坎坷记愁
from 浮生忆语集
- 偶x4 | Chapter Rank #225accidental; image; pair; mate
- 有x55 | Chapter Rank #5to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 需用x1 | Chapter Rank #777
- 不免x1 | Chapter Rank #778inevitably
- 典x3 | Chapter Rank #304canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn
- 质x3 | Chapter Rank #305character; nature; quality; plain; to pawn; pledge; hostage; to question; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
- 始x15 | Chapter Rank #52to begin; to start; then; only then
- 则x3 | Chapter Rank #306(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
- 移东补西x1 | Chapter Rank #779
- 继x4 | Chapter Rank #226to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards
- 左支右绌x1 | Chapter Rank #780to be in straitened circumstances
- 谚x1 | Chapter Rank #781proverb
- 云x3 | Chapter Rank #307(classical) to saycloud; CL:朵[duo3]surname Yun; short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2]
- 处x3 | Chapter Rank #308to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish(bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department; bureau; classifier for locations: spot, point
- 家x21 | Chapter Rank #30used 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]
- 人情x1 | Chapter Rank #782human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn
- 钱x3 | Chapter Rank #309coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]surname Qian
- 不行x1 | Chapter Rank #783won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable
- 先x8 | Chapter Rank #100beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 起x11 | Chapter Rank #72to 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
- 小人x3 | Chapter Rank #310person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character
- 议x1 | Chapter Rank #784to comment on; to discuss; to suggest
- 渐x8 | Chapter Rank #101to imbuegradual; gradually
- 招x7 | Chapter Rank #125to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess
- 同室x1 | Chapter Rank #785
- 讥x1 | Chapter Rank #786to ridicule
- 女子x1 | Chapter Rank #787woman; female
- 无x16 | Chapter Rank #48used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
- 才x1 | Chapter Rank #788ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 便x2 | Chapter Rank #464used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards
- 是x14 | Chapter Rank #55to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 德x1 | Chapter Rank #789virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kindGermany; German; abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]
- 真x6 | Chapter Rank #149really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
- 千古x1 | Chapter Rank #790for all eternity; throughout all ages; eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead)
- 至x34 | Chapter Rank #14to arrive; most; to; until
- 言x19 | Chapter Rank #38words; speech; to say; to talk
- 虽x5 | Chapter Rank #175although; even though
- 居x11 | Chapter Rank #73to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedrooms(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitudesurname Ju
- 长x4 | Chapter Rank #227chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhancelong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- 而x54 | Chapter Rank #6and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 行x10 | Chapter Rank #83(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; soonused 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
- 故x10 | Chapter Rank #84happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
- 上下x3 | Chapter Rank #311the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context"); (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so; (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
- 呼x16 | Chapter Rank #49to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhaleto shout; to call out
- 芸x66 | Chapter Rank #4common rue (Ruta graveolens); (used in old compounds relating to books because in former times rue was used to protect books from insect damage)used in 蕓薹|芸薹[yun2 tai2]
- 娘x4 | Chapter Rank #228mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate
- 后x8 | Chapter Rank #102surname Houempress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulerback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 忽x11 | Chapter Rank #74surname Huto neglect; to overlook; to ignore; suddenly
- 太太x2 | Chapter Rank #465married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 戏x1 | Chapter Rank #791trick; drama; play; show; CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]