Vocabulary: 第九章 茶会前的梳妆打扮
from 南方与北方
- 罕有x1 | Chapter Rank #260to rarely have; rare
- 时刻x2 | Chapter Rank #120time; juncture; moment; period of time; CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4]; constantly; always
- 到x4 | Chapter Rank #68to 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
- 楼上x1 | Chapter Rank #261upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
- 那x2 | Chapter Rank #121(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)(archaic) many; beautiful; howsurname Nasurname Nuo
- 间x1 | Chapter Rank #262between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for roomsgap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent
- 小x3 | Chapter Rank #85small; tiny; few; young
- 客厅x1 | Chapter Rank #263living room; sitting room; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 里x9 | Chapter Rank #29lining; 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
- 来x14 | Chapter Rank #15to 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])
- 走x6 | Chapter Rank #43to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
- 房里x2 | Chapter Rank #122
- 各个x1 | Chapter Rank #264every; various; separately, one by one
- 不同x2 | Chapter Rank #123different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- 物件x1 | Chapter Rank #265object
- 面前x1 | Chapter Rank #266in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- 仿佛x2 | Chapter Rank #124to seem; as if; seemingly; alike; similar
- 是x29 | Chapter Rank #4to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 仔细x1 | Chapter Rank #267careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out; (dialect) thrifty; frugal
- 看看x1 | Chapter Rank #268to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon
- 它们x2 | Chapter Rank #125they; them
- 似的x2 | Chapter Rank #126seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]
- 不过x7 | Chapter Rank #38only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 玛格丽特x8 | Chapter Rank #34margarita (cocktail)Margaret (name)
- 看x1 | Chapter Rank #269to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out forto look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- 出来x1 | Chapter Rank #270to come out; to appear; to arise(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)
- 这x11 | Chapter Rank #19(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)
- 只是x2 | Chapter Rank #127merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- 心神不安x1 | Chapter Rank #271to feel ill at ease
- 种x7 | Chapter Rank #39to plant; to grow; to cultivateseed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
- 表现x1 | Chapter Rank #272to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior
- 把x9 | Chapter Rank #30to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})handle
- 希望x3 | Chapter Rank #86to hope; a hope; a wish
- 而x4 | Chapter Rank #69and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 又x6 | Chapter Rank #44(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 怕x1 | Chapter Rank #273surname Pato be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps
- 说出x1 | Chapter Rank #274to speak out; to declare (one's view)
- 一件x1 | Chapter Rank #275
- 事x6 | Chapter Rank #45matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 推迟x1 | Chapter Rank #276to postpone; to put off; to defer
- 一下x6 | Chapter Rank #46(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- 做法x1 | Chapter Rank #277way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 最后x2 | Chapter Rank #128final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- 终于x1 | Chapter Rank #278at last; in the end; finally; eventually
- 说x10 | Chapter Rank #22to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 亲爱x2 | Chapter Rank #129dear; beloved; darling
- 我x47 | Chapter Rank #2I; me; my
- 邀请x1 | Chapter Rank #279to invite; invitation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 桑x11 | Chapter Rank #20surname Sang(bound form) mulberry tree
- 顿x11 | Chapter Rank #21to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal