Vocabulary: 第二章 当拉里遇见谢尔盖
from 谷歌的故事
- 体操x1 | Chapter Rank #470gymnastic; gymnastics
- 游泳x2 | Chapter Rank #254swimming; to swim
- 和x54 | Chapter Rank #4to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japaneseto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with othersto complete a set in mahjong or playing cardssurname He
- 社交活动x1 | Chapter Rank #471
- 同时x2 | Chapter Rank #255at the same time; simultaneously
- 也x11 | Chapter Rank #41surname Yealso; 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]
- 花x3 | Chapter Rank #170flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustfulsurname Huaflower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]
- 时间x3 | Chapter Rank #171(concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- 计算机x12 | Chapter Rank #36computer; (Tw) calculator; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- 问题x9 | Chapter Rank #50question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 是x41 | Chapter Rank #7to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 美国x8 | Chapter Rank #59United States; USA; US
- 中西部x1 | Chapter Rank #472midwest
- 虽然x3 | Chapter Rank #172although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 考取x1 | Chapter Rank #473to pass an entrance exam; to be admitted to
- 了x46 | Chapter Rank #6(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 精英x1 | Chapter Rank #474cream; elite; essence; quintessence
- 荟萃x1 | Chapter Rank #475(of distinguished people or exquisite objects) to gather; to assemble
- 竞争x1 | Chapter Rank #476to compete; competition
- 项目x8 | Chapter Rank #60item; project; (sports) event
- 并未x2 | Chapter Rank #256(used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ...
- 感到x3 | Chapter Rank #173to feel; to sense; to perceive
- 担心x2 | Chapter Rank #257anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious
- 自己x11 | Chapter Rank #42oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 能否x1 | Chapter Rank #477whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible?
- 如愿x1 | Chapter Rank #478to have one's wishes fulfilled
- 获得x8 | Chapter Rank #61to obtain; to receive; to get
- 博士学位x5 | Chapter Rank #102doctoral degree; PhD
- 希望x5 | Chapter Rank #103to hope; a hope; a wish
- 能x6 | Chapter Rank #84surname Nengcan; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- 结识x2 | Chapter Rank #258to get to know sb; to meet sb for the first time
- 一些x7 | Chapter Rank #67some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- 朋友x4 | Chapter Rank #130friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 一x24 | Chapter Rank #15one; 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
- 开始x7 | Chapter Rank #68to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 挺x1 | Chapter Rank #479straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns
- 害怕x1 | Chapter Rank #480to be afraid; to be scared
- 我x30 | Chapter Rank #10I; me; my
- 一直x4 | Chapter Rank #131straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- 嘀咕x1 | Chapter Rank #481to mutter; to feel apprehensive
- 回忆x8 | Chapter Rank #62to recall; memories; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 道x2 | Chapter Rank #259road; 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)
- 要x2 | Chapter Rank #260to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important(bound form) to demand; to coerce
- 坐x3 | Chapter Rank #174surname Zuoto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit
- 上x22 | Chapter Rank #18used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1](bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- 公交车x1 | Chapter Rank #482public transport vehicle; town bus; CL:輛|辆[liang4]
- 打道回府x1 | Chapter Rank #483to go home (in a ceremonial procession); to return home
- 幸运x3 | Chapter Rank #175fortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck
- 很快x3 | Chapter Rank #176
- 从x10 | Chapter Rank #46surname Congfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor