Vocabulary: 第十五章
from 许三观卖血记
- 街道x1 | Chapter Rank #215street; CL:條|条[tiao2]; subdistrict; residential district
- 对面x2 | Chapter Rank #123(sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face
- 问x6 | Chapter Rank #44to ask; to inquire
- 你x18 | Chapter Rank #16you (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.)
- 是不是x1 | Chapter Rank #216is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
- 说x34 | Chapter Rank #5to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrineto persuade
- 我x19 | Chapter Rank #15I; me; my
- 然后x4 | Chapter Rank #68then; after that; afterwards
- 认出x2 | Chapter Rank #124recognition; to recognize
- 已经x2 | Chapter Rank #125already
- 死去x1 | Chapter Rank #217to die
- 爷爷x3 | Chapter Rank #90(coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
- 那个x2 | Chapter Rank #126that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- 村庄x1 | Chapter Rank #218village; hamlet; CL:座[zuo4]
- 来x10 | Chapter Rank #25to 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])
- 伸出x1 | Chapter Rank #219to extend
- 手指x1 | Chapter Rank #220finger; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- 过去x2 | Chapter Rank #127(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by(verb suffix)
- 指着x2 | Chapter Rank #128
- 道x1 | Chapter Rank #221road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 知道x7 | Chapter Rank #36to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 你们x12 | Chapter Rank #24you (plural)
- 谁x1 | Chapter Rank #222who; also pr. [shui2]
- 阿x32 | Chapter Rank #6prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]); (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚[A1 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4]); (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4]); (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[A1 gen1 ting2]); also pr. [a4](literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
- 方x32 | Chapter Rank #7square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic metersurname Fang
- 根x25 | Chapter Rank #8root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry)
- 龙x24 | Chapter Rank #9surname LongChinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaur
- 进城x1 | Chapter Rank #223to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work)
- 干什么x1 | Chapter Rank #224what are you doing?; what's he up to?
- 卖x10 | Chapter Rank #26to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt
- 血x23 | Chapter Rank #10see 血[xue4]blood; colloquial pr. [xie3]; CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]
- 腰x1 | Chapter Rank #225the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt; (metonym) money pouch; pocket; (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
- 都x10 | Chapter Rank #27all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allsurname Ducapital city; metropolis
- 系x1 | Chapter Rank #226to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary)system; department; facultyto tie; to fasten; to button upto connect; to arrest; to worry
- 一只x2 | Chapter Rank #129
- 白瓷x3 | Chapter Rank #91blanc de chine (porcelain)
- 杯子x4 | Chapter Rank #69cup; glass; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- 以前x2 | Chapter Rank #130before; formerly; previous; ago
- 口袋x1 | Chapter Rank #227pocket; bag; sack
- 放x1 | Chapter Rank #228to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
- 碗x1 | Chapter Rank #229bowl; cup; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
- 现在x1 | Chapter Rank #230now; at present; currently
- 换成x1 | Chapter Rank #231to exchange (sth) for (sth else); to replace with; to convert into
- 喝x14 | Chapter Rank #19to shoutto drink
- 多少x3 | Chapter Rank #92how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?number; amount; somewhat
- 水x6 | Chapter Rank #45water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garmentsurname Shui; Shui ethnic group
- 啦x1 | Chapter Rank #232(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chatsentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples
- 我们x5 | Chapter Rank #55we; us; ourselves; our
- 和x22 | Chapter Rank #11to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with otherssurname He(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japaneseto complete a set in mahjong or playing cardsto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
- 街x1 | Chapter Rank #233street; CL:條|条[tiao2]