- Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2] novelist, author of the 1957-1961 Condor Trilogy
- a register; block of printing; edition; version; page
- (bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
- I; me; my
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- elementary school; primary school
- 时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi
- (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- 读 dú: 读 du2: to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce读 dòu: 读 dou4: comma; phrase marked by pause
- a lower grade (in a school) (e.g. 1st or 2nd year); the lower division (of a school etc)
- 看 kàn: 看 kan4: to 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看 kān: 看 kan1: to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- child
- illustrated magazine; CL:本[ben3],份[fen4],冊|册[ce4],期[qi1]
- child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)
- primary school student; schoolchild; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2]; (fig.) beginner
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- to enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant
- 的 de: 的 de5: of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs的 dí: 的 di2: really and truly的 dì: 的 di4: (bound form) bull's-eye; target的 dī: 的 di1: a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])
- collection of documents; library; book series; sequence of data, esp. genome
- again; 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
- to not really understand; to half-understand
- 地 dì: 地 di4: earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]地 de: 地 de5: -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- to read; reading
- various kinds; all sorts
- novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet
- to 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
- 年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
- level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier: step, level
- to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 新 xīn: 新 xin1: new; newly; meso- (chemistry)新 Xīn: 新 Xin1: abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xin
- literary work; art work
- 了 le: 了 le5: (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)了 liǎo: 了 liao3: to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least了 liǎo: 了 liao3: (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- now; at present; currently
- still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- to like; to love; to be fond of; favorite
- classical literature
- work (of art); opus; CL:部[bu4],篇[pian1]
- more than; greater than
- the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949)
- maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- the present age; the contemporary era
- 那 Nā: 那 Na1: surname Na那 Núo: 那 Nuo2: surname Nuo那 nà: 那 na4: (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)那 núo: 那 nuo2: (archaic) many; beautiful; how
- to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)