Vocabulary: 南方与北方

• yán sùyan2 su4严肃x35 | Book Rank #681(of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious; (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting; to strictly enforce
• huǎng hūhuang3 hu1恍惚x2 | Book Rank #5680absent-minded; distracted; dazzled; vaguely; dimly
• sì zhōusi4 zhou1四周x18 | Book Rank #1215all around
• qīng tīngqing1 ting1倾听x10 | Book Rank #1896to listen attentively
• Gé léiGe2 lei2格雷x3 | Book Rank #4508Grey; Gray
• miào lùnmiao4 lun4妙论x1 | Book Rank #8052
• zhè wèizhe4 wei4这位x41 | Book Rank #596this (person)
• yàn kèyan4 ke4宴客x1 | Book Rank #8053to host a banquet; guest at a banquet
• xiàng láixiang4 lai2向来x7 | Book Rank #2516always (previously)
• jìng péi mò zuòjing4 pei2 mo4 zuo4敬陪末座x1 | Book Rank #8054
• qǐngqing3请x131 | Book Rank #212to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
• tán, dàntan2, dan4弹x8 | Book Rank #2269弹 tán: 弹 tan2: to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult); (of cotton) to fluff or tease; to flick; to flip; to accuse; to impeach; elastic (of materials)弹 dàn: 弹 dan4: crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball
• diǎn érdian3 er2点儿x222 | Book Rank #126
• yīn yuèyin1 yue4音乐x5 | Book Rank #3236music; CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4]
• fèn wàifen4 wai4分外x16 | Book Rank #1320exceptionally; not one's responsibility or job
• tǎotao3讨x6 | Book Rank #2813to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study
• huān xǐhuan1 xi3欢喜x6 | Book Rank #2814happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of
• menmen5们x173 | Book Rank #159plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
• lóu xiàlou2 xia4楼下x12 | Book Rank #1650downstairs
• shí jiānshi2 jian1时间x100 | Book Rank #280(concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
• píng rìping2 ri4平日x25 | Book Rank #901ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually
• zhè yàngzhe4 yang4这样x478 | Book Rank #57this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
• dǎo, dàodao3, dao4倒x127 | Book Rank #223倒 dǎo: 倒 dao3: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit倒 dào: 倒 dao4: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
• yě hǎoye3 hao3也好x7 | Book Rank #2517that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ...
• zhǐ yàozhi3 yao4只要x55 | Book Rank #455so long as; provided; if
• wú yìwu2 yi4无意x2 | Book Rank #5681inadvertent; accidental; to have no intention of (doing sth)
• tīng dàoting1 dao4听到x109 | Book Rank #260to hear
• piàn duànpian4 duan4片断x2 | Book Rank #5682section; fragment; segment
• zhī dàozhi1 dao4知道x704 | Book Rank #36to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
• wǒwo3我x4302 | Book Rank #3I; me; my
• tàitai4太x151 | Book Rank #186highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
• tòng kǔtong4 ku3痛苦x156 | Book Rank #178pain; suffering; painful; CL:個|个[ge4]
• la, lāla5, la1啦x447 | Book Rank #63啦 la: 啦 la5: sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples啦 lā: 啦 la1: (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat
• bù shì, bù shibu4 shi4, bu4 shi5不是x320 | Book Rank #86不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame
• gù shìgu4 shi4故世x4 | Book Rank #3761to die; to pass away
• jiāng jūn, Jiāng jūnjiang1 jun1, Jiang1 jun1将军x10 | Book Rank #1897将军 jiāng jūn: 将军 jiang1 jun1: general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot将军 Jiāng jūn: 将军 Jiang1 jun1: (common place name)
• kuài huokuai4 huo5快活x6 | Book Rank #2815happy; cheerful
• nián língnian2 ling2年龄x10 | Book Rank #1898(a person's) age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]
• xuán shūxuan2 shu1悬殊x2 | Book Rank #5683vastly different; poles apart
• měi zhōng bù zúmei3 zhong1 bu4 zu2美中不足x1 | Book Rank #8055everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
• jué xīnjue2 xin1决心x26 | Book Rank #873determination; resolution; determined; firm and resolute; to make up one's mind; CL:個|个[ge4]
• bù ràngbu4 rang4不让x23 | Book Rank #962
• tóng yàngtong2 yang4同样x58 | Book Rank #435same; equal; similar; similarly; also; too
• qíng kuàngqing2 kuang4情况x133 | Book Rank #209circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
• dāng rándang1 ran2当然x99 | Book Rank #284only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
• niángniang2娘x1 | Book Rank #8056mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate
• piān xīnpian1 xin1偏心x1 | Book Rank #8057partial; biased; prejudiced; eccentric
• zǎo jìuzao3 jiu4早就x34 | Book Rank #695already at an earlier time
• qiáoqiao2瞧x97 | Book Rank #291to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit
• chu lai, chū láichu5 lai5, chu1 lai2出来x217 | Book Rank #129出来 chu lai: 出来 chu5 lai5: (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)出来 chū lái: 出来 chu1 lai2: to come out; to appear; to arise