Vocabulary: 第十五章 不和谐的音调
from 南方与北方
- 发展x1 | Chapter Rank #673development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
- 而x16 | Chapter Rank #54and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 大概x2 | Chapter Rank #372roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
- 宁愿x1 | Chapter Rank #674would rather ... (than ...)
- 要x18 | Chapter Rank #47(bound form) to demand; to coerceto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- 停滞不前x1 | Chapter Rank #675stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant; in a rut; at a standstill
- 还x15 | Chapter Rank #61surname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to return
- 用x6 | Chapter Rank #134to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 野兽x2 | Chapter Rank #373beast; wild animal
- 皮x2 | Chapter Rank #374skin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering; (of food) no longer crisp; soggy; (coll.) naughty; mischievous; pico- (10⁻¹²)surname Pi
- 去x27 | Chapter Rank #30to 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)
- 交换x2 | Chapter Rank #375to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute
- 橡树x1 | Chapter Rank #676oak
- 子x1 | Chapter Rank #677son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
- 掘x1 | Chapter Rank #678to dig
- 土豆x1 | Chapter Rank #679potato; (Tw) peanut (CL:顆|颗[ke1])
- 还要x1 | Chapter Rank #680
- 修剪x1 | Chapter Rank #681to prune; to trim
- 绒毛x1 | Chapter Rank #682fur; down (soft fur); villi capillary (in the small intestine)
- 织成x1 | Chapter Rank #683
- 细毛x1 | Chapter Rank #684fuzz; fine fur (of marten etc)
- 呢x6 | Chapter Rank #135dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
- 哩x3 | Chapter Rank #274(modal final particle similar to 呢[ne5] or 啦[la5])mile
- 你x52 | Chapter Rank #12you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 别x5 | Chapter Rank #164surname Bieto leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc); (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])to make sb change their ways, opinions etc
- 夸张x2 | Chapter Rank #376to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous
- 小姐x4 | Chapter Rank #206young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 不过x16 | Chapter Rank #55only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 忙乱x2 | Chapter Rank #377rushed and muddled
- 的确x1 | Chapter Rank #685really; indeed
- 厌倦x2 | Chapter Rank #378to be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with
- 每x6 | Chapter Rank #136each; every
- 急匆匆x2 | Chapter Rank #379hurried; hasty
- 想x22 | Chapter Rank #36to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 发财致富x1 | Chapter Rank #686to become rich; enrichment
- 都x15 | Chapter Rank #62all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolissurname Du
- 踏x1 | Chapter Rank #687to tread; to stamp; to step on; to press a pedal; to investigate on the spotsee 踏實|踏实[ta1 shi5]
- 别人x3 | Chapter Rank #275other people; others; other person
- 过去x5 | Chapter Rank #165(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by(verb suffix)
- 可以x15 | Chapter Rank #63can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 舒舒服服x1 | Chapter Rank #688comfortable; with ease
- 坐x6 | Chapter Rank #137surname Zuoto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit
- 一套x1 | Chapter Rank #689suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior
- 房间x3 | Chapter Rank #276room; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 里x20 | Chapter Rank #40lining; 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
- 出力x1 | Chapter Rank #690to exert oneself
- 听任x1 | Chapter Rank #691to let (sth happen); to allow (sb to do sth); to submit to; to yield
- 自己的x6 | Chapter Rank #138
- 财富x1 | Chapter Rank #692wealth; riches
- 增长x2 | Chapter Rank #380to grow; to increase