Vocabulary: 第十三章
from 家
- 仆人x6 | Chapter Rank #81servant
- 两x6 | Chapter Rank #82two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 个x12 | Chapter Rank #39(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individualused in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- 斟酒x3 | Chapter Rank #149to pour wine or liquor
- 一x14 | Chapter Rank #31one; 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
- 上菜x1 | Chapter Rank #396to serve food
- 各x1 | Chapter Rank #397each; every
- 房x7 | Chapter Rank #66surname Fanghouse; room; CL:間|间[jian1]; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines)
- 女佣x3 | Chapter Rank #150(female) maid
- 丫头x1 | Chapter Rank #398girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)
- 等等x1 | Chapter Rank #399et cetera; and so on ...; wait a minute!; hold on!
- 都x19 | Chapter Rank #21all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolissurname Du
- 伺候x1 | Chapter Rank #400to serve; to wait upon
- 一道x1 | Chapter Rank #401together
- 菜x6 | Chapter Rank #83vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type
- 来x8 | Chapter Rank #59to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 从x3 | Chapter Rank #151from; 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 ancestorsurname Cong
- 厨房x1 | Chapter Rank #402kitchen; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 端x8 | Chapter Rank #60(bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; to eliminate; to wipe outstart; origin
- 到x7 | Chapter Rank #67to 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
- 外面x3 | Chapter Rank #152outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance
- 左x1 | Chapter Rank #403surname Zuoleft; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite
- 上房x1 | Chapter Rank #404see 正房[zheng4 fang2]
- 窗x1 | Chapter Rank #405window; CL:扇[shan4]
- 下x2 | Chapter Rank #224down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 放在x4 | Chapter Rank #124
- 那x7 | Chapter Rank #68surname Nuo(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)surname Na(archaic) many; beautiful; how
- 张x8 | Chapter Rank #61to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votessurname Zhang
- 摆x2 | Chapter Rank #225to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulumhem (at the bottom of a garment)
- 明角灯x1 | Chapter Rank #406
- 又x20 | Chapter Rank #19(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 叫做x1 | Chapter Rank #407to be called; to be known as
- 琉璃灯x1 | Chapter Rank #408
- 然x1 | Chapter Rank #409correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
- 後x7 | Chapter Rank #69back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 由x4 | Chapter Rank #125to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- 年纪x3 | Chapter Rank #153age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]
- 较大x1 | Chapter Rank #410comparatively large
- 进去x1 | Chapter Rank #411to go in
- 递给x1 | Chapter Rank #412to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)
- 苏x1 | Chapter Rank #413used in 嚕囌|噜苏[lu1 su1]to revivesurname Su; abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃[Su1 wei2 ai1] or 蘇聯|苏联[Su1 lian2]; abbr. for Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1]; abbr. for Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1]Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; to revive; used as phonetic in transliteration
- 福x1 | Chapter Rank #414good fortune; happiness; lucksurname Fu; abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]
- 赵x2 | Chapter Rank #226to surpass (old)surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
- 升x2 | Chapter Rank #227to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- 上桌x1 | Chapter Rank #415to place (food) on the table; to sit down to eat (at the dining table)
- 去x14 | Chapter Rank #32to 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)
- 八x1 | Chapter Rank #416eight
- 碟x2 | Chapter Rank #228dish; plate
- 冷菜x1 | Chapter Rank #417cold dish; cold food
- 瓜子x1 | Chapter Rank #418melon seed; seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack