Vocabulary: 第四章 第一家族
from 黑暗精灵三部曲
- 注视x1 | Chapter Rank #381to look attentively at; to closely watch; to gaze at
- 它x3 | Chapter Rank #156itit (pronoun for an animal)
- 飘浮x2 | Chapter Rank #229to float; to hover; also written 漂浮
- 在x49 | Chapter Rank #9to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 距x1 | Chapter Rank #382to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance; spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc)
- 地面x2 | Chapter Rank #230floor; ground; surface
- 三尺x1 | Chapter Rank #383
- 空中x2 | Chapter Rank #231in the sky; in the air
- 几秒钟x1 | Chapter Rank #384
- 统治x5 | Chapter Rank #90to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime
- 阶层x1 | Chapter Rank #385social class
- 就x13 | Chapter Rank #27(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 收到x1 | Chapter Rank #386to receive
- 消息x1 | Chapter Rank #387(piece of) news; information; message; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 会x11 | Chapter Rank #38(bound form) to reckon accountscan; 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])
- 是x42 | Chapter Rank #12to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 什么x2 | Chapter Rank #232what?; something; anything
- 当x6 | Chapter Rank #71(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just atat or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- 狄x2 | Chapter Rank #233low ranking public official (old)surname Di; generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
- 宁x2 | Chapter Rank #234to store; to stand; space between the door and the entrance screenwould rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]; abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]; surname Ningpeaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)
- 玛雅x2 | Chapter Rank #235Maya (civilization)
- 等x1 | Chapter Rank #388to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- 人x13 | Chapter Rank #28person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 会合x1 | Chapter Rank #389to meet; to rendezvous; to merge; to link up; meeting; confluence
- 上层x1 | Chapter Rank #390upper layer
- 阳台x5 | Chapter Rank #91balcony; porch
- 上x12 | Chapter Rank #33(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; aboveused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- 布里x11 | Chapter Rank #39
- 莎x11 | Chapter Rank #40katydid (family Tettigoniidae); phonetic "sha" used in transliterationused in 莎草[suo1 cao3]
- 询问x3 | Chapter Rank #157to inquire
- 武技x1 | Chapter Rank #391
- 长x1 | Chapter Rank #392long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
- 札x9 | Chapter Rank #52thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China); a kind of official document (in former times); letter; note; plague
- 克x9 | Chapter Rank #53to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 aresabbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatiato subdue; to overthrow; to restrainKe (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- 梵x1 | Chapter Rank #393abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语[Fan4 yu3] or 梵文[Fan4 wen2]; abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fan4 di4 gang1], the Vatican
- 道x14 | Chapter Rank #24road; 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)
- 召唤x2 | Chapter Rank #236to summon; to beckon; to call
- 吗x9 | Chapter Rank #54(question particle for "yes-no" questions)used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1](coll.) what?
- 反x2 | Chapter Rank #237contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
- 问道x6 | Chapter Rank #72to ask the way; to ask
- 我们x10 | Chapter Rank #45we; us; ourselves; our
- 调查x1 | Chapter Rank #394investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
- 之前x4 | Chapter Rank #118before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- 不会x9 | Chapter Rank #55improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- 知道x8 | Chapter Rank #58to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 他x10 | Chapter Rank #46(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 踏出x2 | Chapter Rank #238
- 轻飘飘x1 | Chapter Rank #395light as a feather
- 地x16 | Chapter Rank #18-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunctearth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- 落x1 | Chapter Rank #396to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behindcolloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compoundsto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement