Vocabulary: 第三章
from 许三观卖血记
- 一瓶x3 | Chapter Rank #175
- 前门x1 | Chapter Rank #582Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2front door; main entrance; honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
- 香烟x3 | Chapter Rank #176smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],根[gen1],包[bao1],盒[he2])
- 下来x2 | Chapter Rank #292to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- 滔滔不绝x1 | Chapter Rank #583(idiom) to produce a torrent of words; to talk on and on
- 有名x1 | Chapter Rank #584famous; well-known
- 木匠x1 | Chapter Rank #585carpenter
- 老人家x1 | Chapter Rank #586polite term for old woman or man
- 活着x1 | Chapter Rank #587alive
- 专x1 | Chapter Rank #588for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special; expert; particular (to sth); concentrated; specialized
- 大户人家x1 | Chapter Rank #589
- 做活x1 | Chapter Rank #590to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker); life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋[wei2 qi2]
- 谁x1 | Chapter Rank #591who; also pr. [shui2]
- 比不上x1 | Chapter Rank #592can't compare with
- 伸手x1 | Chapter Rank #593to reach out with one's hand; to hold out a hand; (fig.) to beg; to get involved; to meddle
- 桌面上x1 | Chapter Rank #594
- 摸x2 | Chapter Rank #293to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract
- 绸缎x2 | Chapter Rank #294satin; silk fabric
- 光滑x1 | Chapter Rank #595glossy; sleek; smooth
- 妈x3 | Chapter Rank #177ma; mom; mother
- 金x2 | Chapter Rank #295surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- 吗x3 | Chapter Rank #178(coll.) what?used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1](question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- 城西x2 | Chapter Rank #296see 城西區|城西区[Cheng2 xi1 Qu1]
- 美x2 | Chapter Rank #297beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])
- 从前x1 | Chapter Rank #596previously; formerly; once upon a time
- 死x1 | Chapter Rank #597to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- 国民党x1 | Chapter Rank #598Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT); Nationalist Party
- 连长x3 | Chapter Rank #179company commander
- 跟着x1 | Chapter Rank #599to follow after; immediately afterwards
- 跑x1 | Chapter Rank #600(of an animal) to paw (the ground)to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off
- 儿子x3 | Chapter Rank #180son
- 是不是x2 | Chapter Rank #298is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
- 生x3 | Chapter Rank #181to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- 伯伯x1 | Chapter Rank #601father's elder brother; uncle
- 比x8 | Chapter Rank #65Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
- 许家x4 | Chapter Rank #135
- 排行x1 | Chapter Rank #602to rank; ranking; seniority (among siblings)
- 老三x1 | Chapter Rank #603
- 所以x1 | Chapter Rank #604therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 两岁x1 | Chapter Rank #605
- 三x2 | Chapter Rank #299three; 3surname San
- 参加x1 | Chapter Rank #606to participate; to take part; to join
- 我的x3 | Chapter Rank #182
- 肯定x1 | Chapter Rank #607to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer)
- 想x3 | Chapter Rank #183to 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)
- 娶x3 | Chapter Rank #184to take a wife; to marry (a woman)
- 筹x1 | Chapter Rank #608chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds); resource; way; means
- 几年x1 | Chapter Rank #609a few years; several years; how many years?
- 结婚x4 | Chapter Rank #136to marry; to get married
- 准备x3 | Chapter Rank #185preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)