Vocabulary: 第十三章 闷热地方的一阵清风
from 南方与北方
- 大多数x1 | Chapter Rank #495(great) majority
- 上流人士x1 | Chapter Rank #496
- 总x7 | Chapter Rank #58(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- 花哨x1 | Chapter Rank #497garish; gaudy
- 叫x4 | Chapter Rank #103to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 眼睛x2 | Chapter Rank #239eye; CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]
- 看x1 | Chapter Rank #498to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guardto 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 for
- 乏x1 | Chapter Rank #499short of; tired
- 可是x7 | Chapter Rank #59but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- 不知x1 | Chapter Rank #500not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
- 怎么x2 | Chapter Rank #240how?; what?; why?
- 你的x5 | Chapter Rank #85
- 觉得x4 | Chapter Rank #104to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
- 安静x1 | Chapter Rank #501quiet; peaceful; calm
- 打x1 | Chapter Rank #502a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- 哪儿x1 | Chapter Rank #503where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?
- 这件x2 | Chapter Rank #241
- 外衣x1 | Chapter Rank #504outer clothing; semblance; appearance
- 伦敦x3 | Chapter Rank #154London, capital of United Kingdom
- 说x28 | Chapter Rank #7to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 有意思x1 | Chapter Rank #505interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun
- 去过x1 | Chapter Rank #506
- 吗x8 | Chapter Rank #49used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1](question particle for "yes-no" questions)(coll.) what?
- 呀x2 | Chapter Rank #242(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)ah (used to express surprise); (onom.) creaking
- 那儿x4 | Chapter Rank #105there
- 住x2 | Chapter Rank #243to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
- 好几年x1 | Chapter Rank #507several years
- 我的x7 | Chapter Rank #60
- 家x2 | Chapter Rank #244used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 一片x4 | Chapter Rank #106
- 树林x1 | Chapter Rank #508woods; grove; forestShulin city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- 乡下x2 | Chapter Rank #245countryside; rural area; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 听听x2 | Chapter Rank #246
- 听x4 | Chapter Rank #107smile (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])
- 人家x4 | Chapter Rank #108household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be; CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]other people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
- 讲x5 | Chapter Rank #86to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture
- 树木x2 | Chapter Rank #247tree
- 类x1 | Chapter Rank #509kind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to
- 事情x4 | Chapter Rank #109affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 靠着x1 | Chapter Rank #510
- 闭上眼睛x1 | Chapter Rank #511
- 两手x1 | Chapter Rank #512one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills; expertise
- 合抱x1 | Chapter Rank #513to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk)
- 起来x6 | Chapter Rank #71(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
- 放在x2 | Chapter Rank #248
- 胸前x1 | Chapter Rank #514(on the) chest; bosom
- 十分x2 | Chapter Rank #249very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts
- 平静x2 | Chapter Rank #250tranquil; undisturbed; serene
- 仿佛x2 | Chapter Rank #251to seem; as if; seemingly; alike; similar
- 准备x1 | Chapter Rank #515preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)