Vocabulary: 第一章
from 钢铁是怎样炼成的
- 沉寂x1 | Chapter Rank #694silence; stillness
- 下来x4 | Chapter Rank #210to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- 学生x2 | Chapter Rank #399student; schoolchild
- 个个x1 | Chapter Rank #695each one individually; each and every
- 耷拉x1 | Chapter Rank #696to droop; to hang down; to dangle
- 脑袋x6 | Chapter Rank #140head; skull; brains; mental capability; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 明白x7 | Chapter Rank #123clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize
- 保x108 | Chapter Rank #6Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system
- 夫x110 | Chapter Rank #5husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)(classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
- 卡x143 | Chapter Rank #2to block; to be stuck; to be wedged; customs station; a clip; a fastener; a checkpost; Taiwan pr. [ka3]to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4]; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]); cassette
- 柯察金x2 | Chapter Rank #400
- 为什么x4 | Chapter Rank #211why?; for what reason?
- 被x16 | Chapter Rank #48quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 撵出x2 | Chapter Rank #401to expel; to drive out; to oust
- 只有x4 | Chapter Rank #212only 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")
- 好x8 | Chapter Rank #101good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) helloto be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- 朋友x2 | Chapter Rank #402friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 谢x4 | Chapter Rank #213surname Xieto thank; (bound form) to apologize; (bound form) to decline; to refuse; (bound form) (of flowers, leaves etc) to wither
- 廖x4 | Chapter Rank #214surname Liao
- 日x4 | Chapter Rank #215(bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
- 布x1 | Chapter Rank #697to announce; to spreadcloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known
- 鲁x1 | Chapter Rank #698surname Lu; Lu, an ancient state of China 魯國|鲁国[Lu3 guo2]; short name for Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1](bound form) crass; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)
- 扎克x1 | Chapter Rank #699
- 事情x7 | Chapter Rank #124affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 缘由x1 | Chapter Rank #700reason; cause
- 那天x1 | Chapter Rank #701that day; the other day
- 考试x2 | Chapter Rank #403to take an exam; exam; CL:次[ci4]
- 不及格x2 | Chapter Rank #404to fail; to flunk
- 家x7 | Chapter Rank #125used 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]
- 去x23 | Chapter Rank #28to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- 在x73 | Chapter Rank #7to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 厨房x21 | Chapter Rank #33kitchen; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 等候x1 | Chapter Rank #702to wait; to wait for
- 时候x5 | Chapter Rank #168time; length of time; moment; period
- 看见x8 | Chapter Rank #102to see; to catch sight of
- 一x45 | Chapter Rank #12one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 撮x2 | Chapter Rank #405to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips; to scoop up; to collect together; to extract; to gather up; classifier: pinch; Taiwan pr. [cuo4]classifier for hair or grass: tuft; Taiwan pr. [cuo4]
- 进x8 | Chapter Rank #103to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- 做x2 | Chapter Rank #406to 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)
- 复活节x3 | Chapter Rank #277Easter
- 蛋糕x2 | Chapter Rank #407cake; CL:塊|块[kuai4],個|个[ge4]
- 用x8 | Chapter Rank #104to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 赶x2 | Chapter Rank #408to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time)
- 校门x1 | Chapter Rank #703
- 坐x8 | Chapter Rank #105surname Zuoto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit
- 大门口x2 | Chapter Rank #409
- 最x3 | Chapter Rank #278(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- 下面x3 | Chapter Rank #279below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xia4 mian5]to boil noodles
- 一级x1 | Chapter Rank #704first class; category A
- 台阶x2 | Chapter Rank #410steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation; bench (geology)