Vocabulary: CHAPTER 24 “让他们笑吧”
from 秘密花园
- 还有x2 | Chapter Rank #242there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
- 很x18 | Chapter Rank #23very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 特别x2 | Chapter Rank #243unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- 味道x1 | Chapter Rank #406flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor
- 只要x1 | Chapter Rank #407so long as; provided; if
- 一x18 | Chapter Rank #24one; 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
- 有空x1 | Chapter Rank #408to have time (to do sth)
- 喜欢x7 | Chapter Rank #76to like; to be fond of
- 到x15 | Chapter Rank #30to 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x2 | Chapter Rank #244outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance
- 晚饭x1 | Chapter Rank #409evening meal; dinner; supper; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
- 后x10 | Chapter Rank #43empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulersurname Houback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 黄昏x1 | Chapter Rank #410dusk; evening; nightfall
- 时光x2 | Chapter Rank #245time; era; period of time
- 天x8 | Chapter Rank #56day; sky; heaven
- 还x16 | Chapter Rank #27surname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to return
- 亮x1 | Chapter Rank #411bright; light; to shine; to flash; loud and clear; to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)
- 上x14 | Chapter Rank #31used 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
- 好久x1 | Chapter Rank #412(coll.) for a long time
- 可以x6 | Chapter Rank #91can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 再x5 | Chapter Rank #103again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 干x1 | Chapter Rank #413dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shouldersurname Gan(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; (archaic) shieldtree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed
- 会儿x1 | Chapter Rank #414(coll.) a short while; a moment
- 活儿x1 | Chapter Rank #415work; (lots of) things to do
- 这x9 | Chapter Rank #50(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)(coll.) this
- 是x22 | Chapter Rank #16to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 中x1 | Chapter Rank #416(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all rightto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 最x8 | Chapter Rank #57(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")
- 宁静x1 | Chapter Rank #417tranquil; tranquility; serenity
- 坐x1 | Chapter Rank #418surname Zuoto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit
- 矮墙x3 | Chapter Rank #165
- 听x2 | Chapter Rank #246smile (archaic)to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 儿子x2 | Chapter Rank #247son
- 讲x5 | Chapter Rank #104to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture
- 发生x2 | Chapter Rank #248to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- 大小x1 | Chapter Rank #419large and small; size; adults and children; consideration of seniority; at any rate
- 事情x1 | Chapter Rank #420affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 园子x2 | Chapter Rank #249
- 里x4 | Chapter Rank #128lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 不光x1 | Chapter Rank #421not the only one; not only
- 蔬菜x1 | Chapter Rank #422vegetables
- 偶尔x4 | Chapter Rank #129occasionally; once in a while; sometimes
- 也x24 | Chapter Rank #13surname 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]
- 买x3 | Chapter Rank #166to buy; to purchase
- 些x2 | Chapter Rank #250classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- 一便士x1 | Chapter Rank #423
- 一包x1 | Chapter Rank #424
- 花种x1 | Chapter Rank #425
- 醋栗x1 | Chapter Rank #426gooseberry
- 丛x2 | Chapter Rank #251cluster; collection; collection of books; thicket