Vocabulary: 第五章 夜探
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- 一x21 | Chapter Rank #17one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 震x2 | Chapter Rank #232to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳
- 片刻x5 | Chapter Rank #95short period of time; a moment
- 看清x1 | Chapter Rank #408to see clearly
- 屋x1 | Chapter Rank #409(bound form) house; (bound form) room
- 中x11 | Chapter Rank #38(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all rightto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 三x11 | Chapter Rank #39surname Santhree; 3
- 尤其x1 | Chapter Rank #410especially; particularly
- 随即x4 | Chapter Rank #119immediately; presently; following which
- 镇定x1 | Chapter Rank #411calm; unperturbed; cool
- 下来x5 | Chapter Rank #96to 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)
- 目光x3 | Chapter Rank #169gaze; (fig.) attention; expression in one's eyes; look; (lit. and fig.) sight; vision
- 从x7 | Chapter Rank #64from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestorsurname Cong
- 身上x3 | Chapter Rank #170on the body; at hand; among
- 打量x1 | Chapter Rank #412to size sb up; to look sb up and down; to take the measure of; to suppose; to reckon
- 了x89 | Chapter Rank #2to 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(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 一下x9 | Chapter Rank #44(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- 又x9 | Chapter Rank #45(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 看了x4 | Chapter Rank #120
- 最后x1 | Chapter Rank #413final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- 仍x3 | Chapter Rank #171still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often
- 回到x1 | Chapter Rank #414to return to
- 声音x7 | Chapter Rank #65voice; sound; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 平静x1 | Chapter Rank #415tranquil; undisturbed; serene
- 道x44 | Chapter Rank #4road; 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)
- 你x20 | Chapter Rank #19you (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.)
- 罢x6 | Chapter Rank #77(final particle, same as 吧)to stop; to cease; to dismiss; to suspend; to quit; to finish
- 往昔x1 | Chapter Rank #416the past
- 看见x4 | Chapter Rank #121to see; to catch sight of
- 数次x1 | Chapter Rank #417
- 都x14 | Chapter Rank #29all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolissurname Du
- 里x8 | Chapter Rank #55lining; 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
- 跟x2 | Chapter Rank #233heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- 身后x4 | Chapter Rank #122the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background
- 远远x1 | Chapter Rank #418distant; by far
- 望见x2 | Chapter Rank #234to espy; to spot
- 那个x4 | Chapter Rank #123that 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]
- 黑色x1 | Chapter Rank #419black
- 身影x2 | Chapter Rank #235silhouette; figure
- 如此x5 | Chapter Rank #97like this; so; such
- 当面x1 | Chapter Rank #420to sb's face; in sb's presence
- 近处x1 | Chapter Rank #421nearby
- 今日x2 | Chapter Rank #236today
- 还是x13 | Chapter Rank #31still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 第一次x2 | Chapter Rank #237the first time; for the first time
- 不料x1 | Chapter Rank #422unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- 听x8 | Chapter Rank #56smile (archaic)to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 说话x2 | Chapter Rank #238to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
- 居然x3 | Chapter Rank #172unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to
- 认得x1 | Chapter Rank #423to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know