Vocabulary: 第十三章 一个被称作家的小地方
from 黑暗精灵三部曲
- 燃烧x1 | Chapter Rank #520to ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion; flaming
- 贝尔x49 | Chapter Rank #7Bell (person name)
- 瓦x48 | Chapter Rank #8roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]
- 立刻x4 | Chapter Rank #169immediately; at once; right away
- 小心x3 | Chapter Rank #215to be careful; to take care
- 后退x1 | Chapter Rank #521to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
- 去x8 | Chapter Rank #82to 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)
- 镇定x2 | Chapter Rank #314calm; unperturbed; cool
- 我的x7 | Chapter Rank #100
- 朋友x7 | Chapter Rank #101friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 老x6 | Chapter Rank #118prefix 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old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 低声x2 | Chapter Rank #315in a low voice; softly
- 说道x8 | Chapter Rank #83to state; to say (the quoted words)to discuss; reason (behind sth)
- 用x15 | Chapter Rank #42to 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
- 语言x4 | Chapter Rank #170language; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3]
- 进行x2 | Chapter Rank #316(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
- 安慰x3 | Chapter Rank #216to comfort; to console
- 同时x3 | Chapter Rank #217at the same time; simultaneously
- 也x18 | Chapter Rank #34surname 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]
- 将x9 | Chapter Rank #72(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])to desire; to invite; to request
- 一双x2 | Chapter Rank #317
- 秘x2 | Chapter Rank #318see 秘魯|秘鲁[Bi4 lu3]secret; secretary
- 银x1 | Chapter Rank #522silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency
- 手x4 | Chapter Rank #171hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 防御性x2 | Chapter Rank #319defensive (weapons)
- 挡x1 | Chapter Rank #523to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)to arrange; to put in order
- 面前x2 | Chapter Rank #320in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- 没有x12 | Chapter Rank #54haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 危险x6 | Chapter Rank #119danger; dangerous
- 深深地x1 | Chapter Rank #524
- 吸x1 | Chapter Rank #525to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale
- 一口气x1 | Chapter Rank #526one breath; in one breath; at a stretch
- 自己x16 | Chapter Rank #39oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 下来x3 | Chapter Rank #218to 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)
- 这x40 | Chapter Rank #10(coll.) this(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)
- 才x3 | Chapter Rank #219ability; 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
- 发现自己x1 | Chapter Rank #527
- 仍然x1 | Chapter Rank #528still; as before; yet
- 握x1 | Chapter Rank #529to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful
- 双刀x7 | Chapter Rank #102
- 急忙x1 | Chapter Rank #530hastily
- 刀x2 | Chapter Rank #321surname Daoknife; 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)
- 收回x1 | Chapter Rank #531to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke
- 到x19 | Chapter Rank #29to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 鞘x1 | Chapter Rank #532scabbard; sheath
- 内x1 | Chapter Rank #533inside; inner; internal; within; interior
- 你x21 | Chapter Rank #23you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 还好x1 | Chapter Rank #534not bad; pretty good; fortunately; luckily
- 吗x4 | Chapter Rank #172(coll.) what?(question particle for "yes-no" questions)used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]
- 一边x2 | Chapter Rank #322one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while