黄金时代 Chapter 1 Vocab
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- 正好
- zhèng hǎo just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that 2
- 舞
- wǔ to dance / to wield / to brandish 4
- 丈夫
- zhàng fu husband 2
- 因为
- yīn wèi because / owing to / on account of 因為 1
- 翻
- fān to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to translate / to decode 1
- 勾
- gōu to cancel / to delineate / hook 4
- 连
- lián surname Lian / even / as / join / to link / successively 連 2
- 头
- tou suff. for nouns 頭
- 粘
- zhān to stick / paste 2
- 弹
- tán impeach / to pluck a string / to play (a stringed musical instrument with fingers) / to snap 彈 2
- 途径
- tú jìng way / channel 途徑 3
- 第二次
- dì èr cì the second time / second / number two
- 相
- xiàng appearance / portrait / picture
- 插秧
- chā yāng transplant rice seedlings 3
- 褂
- guà coat
- 封闭
- fēng bì to seal / to close / to confine / to seal off / to close down / sealed / confined / closed / unreceptive 封閉 4
- 后天
- hòu tiān day after tomorrow / post-natal 後天 2
- 可
- kě can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / certain(ly) / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) 2
- 焦黄
- jiāo huáng sallow / yellow and withered / sickly 焦黃
- 监狱
- jiān yù prison 監獄 3
- 还
- hái still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else 還 1
- 我自己
- wǒ zì jǐ myself / my own
- 和
- huó soft / warm
- 如此
- rú cǐ in this way / so 3
- 发生
- fā shēng to happen / to occur / to take place / to break out 發生 1
- 就是
- jiù shì (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as 2
- 一串
- yī chuàn strand
- 过头
- guò tóu to overdo it / to exaggerate 過頭
- 一个
- yī gè a / an 一個
- 小波
- xiǎo bō (math.) wavelets / Xiaobo (name) / Po from Teletubbies
- 难
- nàn disaster / distress / to scold 難 4
- 不错
- bù cuò correct / right / not bad / pretty good 不錯
- 名
- míng name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people 2
- 最后
- zuì hòu final / last / finally / ultimate 最後 1
- 结果
- jié guǒ outcome / result / conclusion / in the end / as a result / to kill / to dispatch 結果 1/3/4
- 筑
- zhú to build / five-string lute / another word for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳, capital of Guizhou province 貴州|贵州
- 直立
- zhí lì erect / upright
- 满面
- mǎn miàn across one's whole face / (smiling) from ear to ear 滿面
- 义务
- yì wù duty / obligation / commitment / CL: 項|项 / voluntary (unpaid) 義務 3
- 你的
- nǐ de your / yours
- 罗
- luó subordinate in a gang of bandits 囉
- 人们
- rén men people 人們 1
- 空
- kōng air / sky / empty / free time / in vain 2
- 装束
- zhuāng shù attire / clothing 裝束
- 建议
- jiàn yì to propose / to suggest / to recommend / proposal / suggestion / recommendation 建議 2
- 捉
- zhuō to clutch / to grab / to capture 2
- 打针
- dǎ zhēn to give or have an injection 打針 2
- 筑
- zhù to build / to construct / Taiwan pr. zhu2 築 4
- 春天
- chūn tiān spring (season) 1
- 这种
- zhè zhǒng this / this kind of / this sort of / this type of 這種
- 弄
- nòng to do / to manage / to handle / to play with / to fool with / to mess with / to fix / to toy with 2
- 谁
- shéi who / also pronounced shui2 誰 1
- 例外
- lì wài (make an) exception 4
- 据
- jù according to / to act in accordance with / to depend on / to seize / to occupy 據 3
- 耗子
- hào zi a mouse
- 九
- jiǔ nine / 9 1
- 传闻
- chuán wén rumor 傳聞
- 能力
- néng lì capability / capable / able / ability 2
- 后来
- hòu lái afterwards / later 後來 2
- 给
- gěi to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (passive particle) 給 1
- 先
- xiān early / prior / former / in advance / first 1
- 还说
- hái shuō to add (in speaking) / to also say 還說
- 于
- yú in / at / to / from / by / than / out of 於 2
- 倒
- dào upset / turn over / to tip / to pour / to go home / to the contrary / inverted 2
- 当
- dàng at or in the very same... / to pawn / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / replace / represent 當 2
- 里
- lǐ inside / internal / interior / lining / village / basic unit of city administration 裏 1
- 头发
- tóu fa hair (on the head) 頭髮 2
- 北
- běi north 1
- 子
- zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 3
- 像
- xiàng (look) like / similar (to) / appearance / to appear / to seem / image / portrait / resemble / seem 1
- 逻辑
- luó ji logic 邏輯 3
- 感到
- gǎn dào to feel / to sense / to have the feeling that / think that / to move / to affect 1
- 听到
- tīng dào to hear 聽到
- 现在
- xiàn zài now / at present / modern / current / nowadays / at the moment / as of now 現在 1
- 也不
- yě bù neither / nor
- 与
- yǔ and / to give / together with 與 2
- 她
- tā she 1
- 失望
- shī wàng disappointed / to lose hope / to despair 2
- 汉
- Hàn Chinese / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) 漢
- 很
- hěn (adverb of degree) / quite / very / awfully 1
- 去
- qù to go / to leave / to remove / fourth tone of putonghua 1
- 吃
- chī to eat / to have one's meal / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to exhaust 1
- 会
- huì can / be possible / be able to / will / to assemble / to meet / to gather / to see / union / group / association 會 1
- 黑
- hēi black / dark / abbr. for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江 province in northeast China 1
- 理由
- lǐ yóu reason / grounds / justification 2
- 医务室
- yī wù shì clinic 醫務室 2
- 既
- jì already / since / both... (and...) 2
- 小
- xiǎo small / tiny / few / young 1
- 置疑
- zhì yí doubt
- 而
- ér and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) 2
- 电线杆
- diàn xiàn gǎn electric pole / telegraph pole 電線桿
- 不
- bù (negative prefix) / not / no 1
- 斤
- jīn catty / weight equal to 0.5 kg 1
- 耳光
- ěr guāng slap on the face
- 跳
- tiào jump / hop / skip (a grade) / to leap / to bounce / to beat 1
- 出
- chū to go out / to come out / to occur / to produce / to go beyond / to rise / to put forth / to happen / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc 1
- 经过
- jīng guò to pass / to go through / process / course 經過 1
- 件
- jiàn item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc 1
- 其实
- qí shí actually / that is not the case / in fact / really 其實 3
- 最
- zuì most / the most / -est 1
- 自在
- zì zai free / unrestrained / comfortable / at ease
- 的
- de of / structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive 1
- 右
- yòu right (-hand) 1
- 棕
- zōng palm / palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber)
- 正在
- zhèng zài in the process of (doing something or happening) / while (doing) 1
- 下
- xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down 1
- 无辜
- wú gū not guilty (legal plea) / innocent / innocence 無辜
- 住
- zhù to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop 1
- 大概
- dà gài roughly / probably / rough / approximate / about 1
- 在此之前
- zài cǐ zhī qián before that / beforehand / previously
- 处女
- chǔ nǚ virgin / maiden / inaugural 處女
- 如果
- rú guǒ if / in case / in the event that 2
- 胡说八道
- hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish 胡說八道
- 和
- hè cap (a poem) / to respond in singing
- 躺
- tǎng to recline / to lie down 1
- 纸
- zhǐ paper 紙 1
- 了
- liǎo clear 瞭 1
- 起码
- qǐ mǎ at the minimum / at the very least 起碼 4
- 认为
- rèn wéi to believe / to think / to consider / to feel 認為 1
- 呢
- ní woolen material
- 气
- qì air / anger / gas 2/3
- 后面
- hòu mian rear / back / behind / later / afterwards 後面 2
- 根
- gēn radical (chem.) / root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings 1
- 不能
- bù néng cannot / must not / should not
- 个
- gè individual / this / that / size / classifier for people or objects in general 個 1
- 难以
- nán yǐ hard to (predict, imagine etc) 難以 3
- 自信心
- zì xìn xīn self-confidence
- 东西
- dōng xi thing / stuff / person 東西 1
- 假如
- jiǎ rú if 3
- 不是
- bù shi fault / blame
- 模
- mó imitate / model / norm / pattern
- 知道
- zhī dao know / be aware of
- 得
- děi to have to / must / ought to / to need to 1
- 头
- tóu head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock 頭 2-Jan
- 始终
- shǐ zhōng from beginning to end / all along 始終 2
- 似乎
- sì hū apparently / to seem / to appear / as if / seemingly 2
- 地
- dì earth / ground / field / place / land 1
- 默认
- mò rèn to agree tacitly / tacit approval / default (setting) 默認
- 一碗
- yī wǎn bowl
- 还有
- hái yǒu furthermore / in addition / still / also 還有
- 米
- mǐ meter (classifier) / rice / surname Mi 2-Jan
- 干
- gān to concern / to interfere / shield / stem 2
- 棕色
- zōng sè brown (the color) 4
- 祥
- xiáng auspicious / propitious
- 没有
- méi yǒu haven't / hasn't / doesn't exist / to not have / to not be 沒有 1
- 一边
- yī biān one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while 一邊 2
- 月
- yuè moon / month 1
- 又
- yòu (once) again / also / both... and... / again 1
- 弄
- lòng lane / alley
- 伤
- shāng injure / injury / wound 傷 2
- 褪
- tùn to fade / to take off (clothes)
- 没
- mò drowned / to end / to die / to inundate 沒
- 这么
- zhè me so much / this much / how much? / this way / like this 這麼 1
- 钦佩
- qīn pèi to admire / to look up to / to respect sb greatly 欽佩 4
- 秋收
- qiū shōu fall harvest / to reap 4
- 还
- huán to pay back / to return / surname Huan 還
- 吃亏
- chī kuī to suffer losses / to come to grief / to lose out / to get the worst of it / to be at a disadvantage / unfortunately 吃虧 3
- 队
- duì squadron / team / group 隊 2
- 粘
- nián sticky
- 好
- hǎo good / well / proper / good to / easy to / very / so / (suffix indicating completion or readiness) 1/3
- 无
- wú -less / not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- 無 2
- 个人
- gè rén individual / personal / oneself 個人 2
- 吧
- bā (onomat.) / dumb
- 剥落
- bō luò peel off 剝落
- 所有
- suǒ yǒu all / to have / to possess / to own 1
- 时
- shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period / surname Shi 時 4
- 日子
- rì zi day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life 1
- 犁
- lí plow 4
- 能
- néng can / may / capable / energy / able / surname Neng 1/3
- 嘴唇
- zuǐ chún lip 3
- 毋庸
- wú yōng no need for
- 年前
- nián qián ...years ago
- 舍
- shě to give up / to abandon / to stop halfway 捨 4
- 脚
- jué role 腳
- 要
- yāo demand / ask / request / coerce
- 窟窿
- kū long hole / pocket / cavity / loophole / debt 3
- 雷
- Léi surname Lei 2
- 一声
- yī shēng sound / first tone of putonghua (high level tone) 一聲
- 痛
- tòng ache / pain / sorrow 2
- 何况
- hé kuàng much less / let alone 何況 3
- 可能
- kě néng might (happen) / possible / probable / possibility / probability 1
- 太多
- tài duō too much
- 两
- liǎng both / two / ounce / some / a few / tael 兩 1/2
- 不明白
- bù míng bái fails to realize (intuitively) what is going on
- 认准
- rèn zhǔn to believe firmly 認準
- 岁时
- suì shí season / time of the year 歲時
- 几乎
- jī hū almost / nearly / practically 幾乎 2
- 倒退
- dào tuì to fall back / to go in reverse 4
- 病
- bìng ailment / sickness / illness / disease / fall ill / sick / defect 1
- 证明
- zhèng míng proof / testimony / to prove / to confirm the truth of 證明 2
- 地方
- dì fang area / place / space / room / territory / part / respect 1
- 要是
- yào shi if 1
- 难
- nán difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good 難 1
- 只
- zhǐ but / only 祇 1
- 以下
- yǐ xià below / under / following 2
- 它
- tā it (used for things) 1
- 中
- zhòng hit (the mark) 3
- 从
- cōng lax / yielding / unhurried 從
- 草
- cǎo grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough 1
- 不到
- bù dào not to arrive / not reaching / insufficient / less than
- 镀
- dù -plated / to plate 鍍 4
- 虽然
- suī rán although / even though / even if 雖然 4-Jan
- 说
- shuō to speak / to say / a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory) 說 1
- 光
- guāng light / ray / bright / only / merely / to use up 2/3
- 无所作为
- wú suǒ zuò wéi (saying) coasting; without any initiative or drive 無所作為 4
- 保持
- bǎo chí to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve 2
- 大
- dài doctor
- 有
- yǒu to have / there is / there are / to exist / to be 1
- 一
- yī one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout 2-Jan
- 只
- zhǐ only / merely / just / but 1
- 屋
- wū house / room 2
- 一些
- yī xiē some / a few / a little
- 不在
- bù zài not be in / be out
- 一样
- yī yàng same / like / equal to / the same as / just like 一樣
- 人为
- rén wéi artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort 人為 4
- 发红
- fā hóng flush (face) 發紅
- 偏
- piān one-sided / to lean / to slant / prejudiced / inclined to one side / the left-hand side of split Chinese character, often the key or radical 3-Feb
- 很多
- hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity)
- 多
- duō many / much / a lot of / numerous / multi- 1
- 自己
- zì jǐ self / (reflexive pronoun) / own 1
- 听
- tìng to let / to allow 聽
- 什么
- shén me what / what? / who? / something / anything 什麼 1
- 不是
- bù shì no / is not / not 3
- 手绢
- shǒu juàn handkerchief 手絹
- 到
- dào to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive 1
- 情况下
- qíng kuàng xià under (these) circumstances 情況下
- 未免
- wèi miǎn unavoidable / a bit too much / over the top (you exaggerate) 4
- 简直
- jiǎn zhí simply / at all / practically 簡直 3
- 臂
- bì arm
- 上
- shàng on / on top / upon / first (of two parts) / previous or last (week etc) / upper / higher / above / previous / to climb / to go into / to go up / to attend (class or university) / third tone of putonghua 1
- 大家
- dà jiā authority / everyone 1
- 吧
- ba (modal particle indicating polite suggestion) / ...right? / ...OK? 1
- 真
- zhēn really / truly / indeed / real / true / genuine 1
- 叫
- jiào to call / to yell / to order / to ask / to be called 1
- 左
- zuǒ left / surname Zuo 1
- 伤痕
- shāng hén scar / bruise 傷痕 4
- 谁
- Shuí variant pronunciation of shei2, who / surname Shui 誰
- 精
- jīng refined (rice) / the most refined / spirit / soul / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) 3
- 汽
- qì steam / vapor 4
- 讨论
- tǎo lùn to discuss / to talk over 討論 1
- 也许
- yě xǔ perhaps / maybe 也許 1
- 猫
- māo cat 貓 2
- 如下
- rú xià as follows 3
- 质
- zhì hostage / substance / nature / quality / Taiwan pr. zhi2 質 3
- 何等
- hé děng what kind? / how, what / somewhat 4
- 很不
- hěn bù very un-....
- 向
- xiàng direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly / to side with / to be partial to / all along (previously) / surname Xiang 1
- 观察
- guān chá to observe / to watch / to survey / to examine / observation / view / perspective 觀察 2
- 没什么
- méi shén me nothing / it doesn't matter / it's nothing / never mind 沒甚麼 2
- 结果
- jiē guǒ to bear fruit 結果
- 在于
- zài yú to be in / to lie in / to consist in / to depend on / to rest with 在於 3
- 藐视
- miǎo shì to despise 藐視
- 着
- zhāo catch / receive / suffer 著
- 看病
- kàn bìng to visit a doctor / to see a patient 1
- 败
- bài be defeated / to defeat / loss 敗 2
- 空
- kòng emptied / leisure 3
- 无关
- wú guān unrelated / having nothing to do (with sth else) 無關
- 让
- ràng to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth 讓 1
- 其所
- qí suǒ its place / one's appointed place / the place for that
- 了
- le (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) / (completed action marker) 1
- 相
- xiāng each other / one another / mutually 2
- 王
- Wáng king / surname Wang 4
- 问题
- wèn tí question / problem / issue / topic 問題 1
- 小时
- xiǎo shí hour 小時 1
- 热
- rè heat / to heat up / fervent / hot (of weather) / warm up 熱 1
- 不肯
- bù kěn not willing
- 罗
- luō fussy / talkative 囉
- 吃不上
- chī bu shàng unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal
- 看见
- kàn jiàn to see / to catch sight of 看見 1
- 绿豆
- lǜ dòu mung bean 綠豆
- 沾
- zhān infected by / moisten / receive favors 3
- 样
- yàng manner / pattern / way / appearance / shape 樣 2
- 和
- huò to mix together / to blend
- 那时
- nà shí then / at that time / in those days 那時 4
- 地方
- dì fāng region / regional (away from the central administration) 2
- 然后
- rán hòu after / then (afterwards) / after that / afterwards 然後 1
- 烟
- yān cigarette / tobacco / smoke 煙 3
- 乐意
- lè yì happy to do sth / content / satisfied 樂意 4
- 回来
- huí lai return / come back 回來
- 扬
- yáng to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate 揚 3
- 医生
- yī shēng doctor 醫生 1
- 搞
- gǎo to do / to make / to go in for / to set up / to get hold of / to take care of 1
- 勾
- gòu affair / to reach for (with hand)
- 做
- zuò to do / to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to act as / to engage in / to hold (a party) / to be / to become / to function (in some capacity) / to serve as / to be used for / to form (a bond or relationship) / to pretend / to feign / to act a part / to put on appearance 1
- 医
- yī medical / medicine / doctor / to cure / to treat 醫 4
- 通红
- tōng hóng very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red) 通紅 4
- 完
- wán to finish / to be over / whole / complete / entire 1
- 给
- jǐ to supply / provide 給
- 旧
- jiù old / opposite: new 新 / former 舊 1
- 因此
- yīn cǐ thus / consequently / as a result 2
- 弹
- dàn crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball 彈 4
- 束
- shù to bind / bunch / bundle / classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc / to control / surname Shu 3
- 放
- fàng to release / to free / to let go / to put / to place / to let out / to set off (fireworks) 1
- 持
- chí to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control
- 从此
- cóng cǐ from now on / since then / henceforth 從此 2
- 包括
- bāo kuò to comprise / to include / to involve / to incorporate / to consist of 2
- 之
- zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it 3
- 乳房
- rǔ fáng breast / udder
- 再
- zài again / once more / re- / second / another / then (after sth, and not until then) 1
- 确实
- què shí indeed / really / reliable / real / true 確實 1
- 猪八戒
- Zhū Bā jiè Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muck-rake / Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation 豬八戒
- 从
- cóng from / via / passing through / through (a gap) / past / ever (followed by negative, meaning never) / (formerly pr. zong4 and related to 縱|纵) to follow / to comply with / to obey / to join / to engage in / adopting some mode of action or attitude / follower / retainer / accessory / accomplice / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor / surname Cong 從 1
- 田
- tián field / farm / surname Tian 2
- 使
- shǐ to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / messenger
- 承认
- chéng rèn to admit / to concede / to recognize / recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc) / to acknowledge 承認 2
- 回去
- huí qu return / go back
- 乐于助人
- lè yú zhù rén willing to help others 樂於助人
- 于
- Yú surname Yu 2
- 不会
- bù huì improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth 不會
- 后
- hòu back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later 後 1
- 记得
- jì de to remember 記得 2
- 拖鞋
- tuō xié slippers
- 即
- jí namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near 2
- 而是
- ér shì rather
- 被
- bèi by (indicates passive-voice sentences or clauses) / to cover / to wear 1
- 丝毫
- sī háo the slightest amount or degree / a bit 絲毫 3
- 照
- zhào according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / photograph 2
- 未
- wèi not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep 2
- 你
- nǐ you (informal, as opposed to polite 您) 1
- 讲
- jiǎng to speak / to explain / a speech / a lecture 講 1
- 根本
- gēn běn fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all 2
- 者
- zhě -ist, -er (person) / person (who does sth) 3
- 大夫
- dài fu doctor / minister of state (in pre-Han states) 1
- 打算
- dǎ suàn to plan / to intend / to calculate / plan / intention / calculation 1
- 钩
- gōu to entice / a hook 鉤 3
- 你自己
- nǐ zì jǐ yourself
- 所谓
- suǒ wèi so-called 所謂 2
- 干
- gàn tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre (in communist party) / to kill (slang) / to fuc+ (taboo word) 幹 1
- 垂
- chuí to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach 3
- 事
- shì matter / thing / item / work / affair 1
- 管
- guǎn to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / tube / pipe / surname Guan 2
- 军
- jūn army / military / arms 軍 2
- 赤
- chì red / scarlet / bare / naked
- 粮库
- liáng kù grain depot 糧庫
- 了
- liào to look afar from a high place 瞭
- 我们
- wǒ men we / us / ourselves / our 我們 1
- 走
- zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) / to change (shape, form, meaning) 1
- 只
- zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc 隻 1
- 找
- zhǎo to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change 1
- 壮
- zhuàng to strengthen / strong / robust / Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group / Zhuang: Bouxcuengh 壯 3
- 把
- bǎ to hold / to contain / to grasp / to take hold of / a handle / particle marking the following noun as a direct object / classifier for objects with handle 3-Jan
- 而且
- ér qiě not only ... but also / as well as / moreover / in addition / furthermore 1
- 在
- zài (located) at / (to be) in / to exist / in the middle of doing sth / (indicating an action in progress) 1
- 成立
- chéng lì establish / set up 2
- 久久
- jiǔ jiǔ for a very long time
- 第一次
- dì yī cì the first time / first / number one
- 下来
- xià lai to come down / (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) 下來
- 射击
- shè jī to shoot / to fire (a gun) 射擊 3
- 这
- zhè this / these / (commonly pronounced zhei4 before a classifier, esp. in Beijing) 這 1
- 圆
- yuán circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (Yuan) / tactful / to justify 圓 1
- 情景
- qíng jǐng scene / sight / circumstances 2
- 并不
- bìng bù not at all / emphatically not 並不
- 老是
- lǎo shi always 2
- 和
- hú to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
- 至于
- zhì yú as for / as to / to go so far as to 至於 3
- 是否
- shì fǒu whether (or not) / if / is or isn't 3
- 会
- kuài to balance an account / accounting 會
- 跷
- qiāo raise one's foot 蹺
- 云南
- Yún nán Yunnan province in southwest China, bordering on Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, abbr. 滇 or 雲|云, capital Kunming 昆明 雲南
- 认识
- rèn shi to know / to recognize / to be familiar with / acquainted with sth / knowledge / understanding / awareness / cognition 認識 1
- 长发
- cháng fà long hair 長髮
- 破鞋
- pò xié broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / ****
- 三
- sān three / 3 1
- 一点
- yī diǎn a bit / a little / one dot / one point 一點
- 撅
- juē to protrude / to stick out / to pout (also written 噘) / to embarass (people)
- 裸
- luǒ naked
- 借
- jiè to lend / to borrow / excuse / pretext / by means of / to seize (an opportunity) / to take (an opportunity) 1
- 坐
- zuò to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) 1
- 都
- dōu all / both (if two things are involved) / entirely (due to) each / even / already 1
- 插队
- chā duì to cut in line 插隊
- 哪儿
- nǎr where? / wherever / anywhere 哪兒
- 鞋
- xié shoe 1
- 底下
- dǐ xia the location below sth / afterwards
- 一次性
- yī cì xìng one-off (offer) / one-time / single-use / disposable (goods)
- 半个
- bàn ge half of sth 半個
- 追
- zhuī to pursue (a problem) / to chase 2
- 他
- tā he / him 1
- 指出
- zhǐ chū to indicate / to point out 2
- 医大
- yī dà abbr. for 醫科大學|医科大学, university of medicine 醫大
- 这些
- zhè xiē these 這些 1
- 插
- chā insert / stick in / pierce / to take part in / to interfere / to interpose 2
- 为什么
- wèi shén me why? / for what reason? 為甚麼 1
- 一天
- yī tiān one day
- 其中
- qí zhōng among / in / included among these 2
- 手
- shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient 1
- 破洞
- pò dòng a hole
- 十四
- shí sì fourteen / 14
- 好像
- hǎo xiàng as if / to seem like 1
- 乱
- luàn in confusion / disorderly 亂 1
- 针
- zhēn injection / needle / pin 針 2
- 地
- de -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct 1
- 弄明白
- nòng míng bai to figure out how to do something
- 有了
- yǒu le it's there! / pregnant / to carry a child / abbr. for 有了胎 / to have a bun in the oven
- 还是
- hái shì or / still / nevertheless 還是 1
- 层
- céng layer / stratum / laminated / floor (of a building) / storey / classifier for layers / repeated / sheaf (math.) 層 1
- 睁
- zhēng to open (eye) 睜 2
- 话
- huà dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said 話 1
- 瞎
- xiā blind 3
- 发痒
- fā yǎng to tickle / to itch 發癢
- 干
- gàn to work / to do / to manage 1
- 从小
- cóng xiǎo from childhood / as a child 從小 4
- 来
- lái to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next 來 1/2
- 站起来
- zhàn qǐ lai to stand up 站起來
- 是
- shì is / are / am / yes / to be 1
- 魂
- hún soul
- 觉得
- jué de to think / to feel 覺得 1
- 白
- bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera / surname Bai 1/2
- 吭
- háng throat
- 颗
- kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc 顆 2
- 不少
- bù shǎo not (just) a few
- 衣
- yī clothes
- 倾向于
- qīng xiàng yú prone to 傾向於
- 不大
- bù dà not very / not too / not often 2
- 就
- jiù at once / right away / only / just (emphasis) / as early as / already / as soon as / then / in that case / as many as / even if / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / to suffer / subjected to / to accomplish / to take advantage of / to go with (of foods) / with regard to / concerning 1/2/2003
- 电线杆
- diàn xiàn gān electric pole / telegraph pole 電線杆
- 后
- hòu empress / queen / surname Hou 1
- 二十六岁
- èr shí liù suì 26 years old 二十六歲
- 起因
- qǐ yīn cause / a factor (leading to an effect)
- 完全
- wán quán complete / whole / totally / entirely 1
- 只能
- zhǐ néng can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice 4
- 芭
- bā a herb / banana
- 着
- zháo to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to fall asleep / to burn 著 2
- 副
- fù secondary / auxiliary / deputy / assistant / vice- / abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb / classifier for pairs 2
- 如
- rú as / as if / such as 2
- 见
- xiàn appear 見
- 粑
- bā tsamba (food in Tibet)
- 见
- jiàn to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview 見 1
- 俩
- liǎng craft / cunning 倆
- 安慰
- ān wèi to comfort / to console 2
- 家
- jiā home / family / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / surname Jia 1
- 罗
- luó gauze / to collect / to gather / to catch / to shift / surname Luo 羅
- 想
- xiǎng to think / to believe / to suppose / to wish / to want / to miss 1
- 里
- lǐ inside / internal / interior / lining / village / basic unit of city administration 裡 1
- 无所谓
- wú suǒ wèi to be indifferent / not to matter 無所謂 3
- 的
- dì aim / clear
- 好多
- hǎo duō many / quite a lot / much better 4
- 实际上
- shí jì shàng in fact / in reality / as a matter of fact / in practice 實際上
- 想像
- xiǎng xiàng imagine / visualize
- 与
- yú (same as 歟|欤, final particle expression doubt or surprise, similar to 吗 or 呢) 與
- 说
- shuì to canvass / to persuade / see 遊說|游说, to canvass and 說客|说客, persuasive speaker 說
- 清白
- qīng bái pure / innocent
- 总
- zǒng always / to assemble / gather / total / overall / head / chief / general / in every case 總 3
- 起
- qǐ to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / (before place or time) starting from / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group 1
- 举行
- jǔ xíng to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) 舉行 2
- 分清
- fēn qīng to distinguish (between different things) / to make distinctions clear 4
- 二十
- èr shí twenty / 20
- 愉
- yú pleased
- 可以
- kě yǐ can / may / possible / able to 2-Jan
- 着
- zhuó to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply 著 4
- 得
- dé to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished 1
- 天
- tiān day / sky / heaven 1
- 母狗
- mǔ gǒu *****
- 干
- gān dry / clean / surname Gan 乾 2
- 流氓
- liú máng rogue / hoodlum / gangster / immoral behavior 3
- 丝
- sī silk / thread / trace 絲 2
- 困难
- kùn nan (financial etc) difficulty / problem / issue 困難 1
- 打
- dá dozen
- 得
- de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc 1
- 极
- jí extremely / pole (geography, physics) / utmost / top 極 2
- 看
- kān to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard
- 下垂
- xià chuí sagging
- 和
- hé and / together with / with / sum / union / peace / harmony / surname He 1
- 腿
- tuǐ leg 1
- 我的
- wǒ de my / mine
- 入睡
- rù shuì to fall asleep
- 与
- yù take part in 與
- 心
- xīn heart / mind 1
- 大
- dà big / huge / large / major / great / wide / deep / oldest / eldest 1
- 衣
- yì to dress / to wear / to put on (clothes)
- 以为
- yǐ wéi to believe / to think / to consider erroneously / to assume (wrongly) 以為 1
- 从
- zòng second cousin 從
- 可是
- kě shì but / however 1
- 想起
- xiǎng qǐ to recall / to think of / to call to mind
- 吃
- jí stammer
- 当然
- dāng rán only natural / as it should be / certainly / of course / without doubt 當然 1
- 据
- jū see 拮据 or 拮據, hard pressed for cash / in financial difficulties
- 眼
- yǎn eye 2
- 某人
- mǒu rén someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname)
- 里
- lǐ Chinese mile (approx. 0.5 km) / neighborhood / hometown / surname Li 1
- 呢
- ne (question particle for subjects already mentioned) 1
- 半截
- bàn jié half (of a section) 4
- 但是
- dàn shì but / however 1
- 称
- chēng to call / to praise / to weigh / to estimate / to consider / to address / to name / to say / commend 稱 2
- 漂亮
- piào liang pretty / beautiful 1
- 雷
- léi thunder / (internet slang) terrifying / terrific 2
- 事情
- shì qíng affair / matter / thing / business
- 乃是
- nǎi shì to be
- 山
- shān mountain / hill / CL: 座 / surname Shan 1
- 家里
- jiā lǐ home 家裡
- 看
- kàn to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to consider / to regard as / to view as / to treat as / to judge / (after repeated verb) to give it a try / depending on (how you're judging) / to visit / to call on / to treat (an illness) / to look after / Watch out! (for a danger) 1/3
- 间
- jiān between / among / space / classifier for time intervals 間 1
- 碎
- suì to break down / to break into pieces / fragmentary 2
- 则
- zé (expresses contrast with a previous sentence or clause) / standard / norm / rule / to imitate / to follow / then / principle 則 2
- 早晚
- zǎo wǎn morning and evening / sooner or later 3
- 恶棍
- è gùn villain 惡棍
- 裂
- liè to split / to crack / to break open / to rend 3
- 道理
- dào lǐ reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification 1
- 脸
- liǎn face 臉 1
- 毕业
- bì yè graduation / to graduate / to finish school 畢業 2
- 怒目
- nù mù with glaring eyes / glowering
- 只有
- zhǐ yǒu only 2
- 破
- pò to break / to split / broken / damaged / worn out 1
- 把
- bà handle
- 有点
- yǒu diǎn a little 有點
- 腰
- yāo waist / lower back / pocket / middle 2
- 所以
- suǒ yǐ therefore / as a result / so 1
- 别人
- bié rén other people / others / other person 別人
- 听
- tīng to listen / to hear / to obey / a can (loan from English tin) / classifier for canned beverages 聽 1
- 着
- zhe particle attached after verb to indicate action in progress, like -ing ending 著 1
- 来看
- lái kàn to come and see / to interpret a topic from a certain point of view 來看
- 脚
- jiǎo foot / leg / base / kick 腳 1
- 婚
- hūn to marry / marriage / wedding / to take a wife
- 没
- méi (negative prefix for verbs) / have not / not 沒 1
- 惹
- rě to provoke / to irritate / to vex / to stir up / to anger / to attract (troubles) / to cause (problems) 2
- 希望
- xī wàng to wish for / to desire / to hope 1
- 决定
- jué dìng to decide (to do something) / to determine / to resolve 決定 1
- 说明
- shuō míng to explain / to illustrate / explanation / directions / caption 說明 1
- 子
- zi (noun suffix)
- 需
- xū to require / to need / to want / necessity / need 3
- 产生
- chǎn shēng to arise / to come into being / to come about / to give rise to / to bring into being / to bring about / to produce / to engender / to generate / to appear / appearance / emergence / generation / production / yield 產生 2
- 偷
- tōu to steal / to pilfer 2
- 面色
- miàn sè complexion
- 忍
- rěn to beat / to endure / to tolerate 2
- 一个人
- yī gè rén alone 一個人
- 揭发
- jiē fā disclose / revelation 揭發 4
- 不管
- bù guǎn no matter (what, how) / regardless of / no matter 2
- 那
- nǎ variant of 哪 / how / which
- 狗
- gǒu dog 2
- 知道了
- zhī dào le understood / OK / got it
- 善良
- shàn liáng good and honest / kind-hearted 4
- 太
- tài highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely 1
- 结
- jiē to bear fruit / to produce / firm / solid 結 3
- 无法
- wú fǎ unable / incapable 無法 3
- 忙
- máng busy 1
- 疼
- téng (it) hurts / love fondly / ache / pain / sore 1
- 陈
- Chén surname Chen / Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589) 陳
- 沉默
- chén mò silence / uncommunicative 2
- 家
- jiā furniture / tool 傢 1
- 农
- nóng agriculture 農
- 对
- duì couple / pair / to be opposite / to oppose / to face / versus / for / to / correct (answer) / to answer / to reply / to direct (towards sth) / right 對 1/2
- 散
- sǎn leisurely / loosen / powdered medicine / to scatter / to come loose 3
- 黄金时代
- huáng jīn shí dài golden age 黃金時代
- 男人
- nán rén a man / a male / men 2
- 确
- què authenticated / solid / firm
- 俩
- liǎ two (equivalent to 两个) / both (of us) / some 倆 1
- 高耸
- gāo sǒng erect / towering / to stand tall 高聳
- 但
- dàn but / yet / however / only / merely / still 2
- 枪
- qiāng gun / firearm / rifle / spear 槍 2
- 年
- nián year 1
- 披
- pī scatter / separate / to open / to unroll / to spread out 2
- 培养
- péi yǎng to train / culture / to bring up / to groom (for a position) 培養 3
- 郎
- láng (arch.) minister / official / noun prefix denoting function or status / a youth / surname Lang
- 条
- tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) 條 1
- 牛
- niú ox / cow / bull 1
- 跑
- pǎo to run / to escape / race 1
- 身高
- shēn gāo (a person's) height
- 气
- qì gas / air / smell / weather / vital breath / to anger / to get angry / to be enraged 氣 2/3
- 确是
- què shì certainly 確是
- 要
- yào important / vital / to want / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must 3-Jan
- 枪法
- qiāng fǎ marksmanship 槍法
- 二
- èr two / 2 1
- 性交
- xìng jiāo sexual intercourse
- 以上
- yǐ shàng more than / above / over / the above-mentioned 2
- 子弹
- zǐ dàn bullet 子彈 3
- 那
- nà that / those / commonly pr. nei4 before a classifier, esp. in Beijing 1
- 举
- jǔ to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect 舉 1
- 舍
- shè residence
- 橡皮膏
- xiàng pí gāo sticking plaster / adhesive bandage
- 脸色
- liǎn sè complexion / look 臉色 3
- 一本正经
- yī běn zhèng jīng in deadly earnest / deadpan 一本正經
- 撅
- juē to break off / to snap 撧
- 间
- jiàn interstice / separate 間
- 琢磨
- zhuó mó to polish (jade) / fig. to think through / to mull over
- 四
- sì four / 4 1
- 饭
- fàn food / cuisine / cooked rice / meal 飯 1
- 守
- shǒu to guard / to defend / to keep watch / to abide by the law / to observe (rules or ritual) / nearby / adjoining 3
- 以后
- yǐ hòu after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future 以後 1
- 经常
- jīng cháng day to day / everyday / daily / frequently / constantly / regularly / often 經常 1
- 身穿
- shēn chuān to wear / wearing (a uniform)
- 结
- jié knot / sturdy / bond / to tie / to bind / to check out (of a hotel) 結 3
- 也
- yě also / too / (in classical Chinese) final particle serving as copula 1
- 上面
- shàng mian on top of / above-mentioned 2
- 肉
- ròu meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) 1
- 木板
- mù bǎn slab / board / plank
- 床
- chuáng bed / couch / classifier for beds 1
- 开始
- kāi shǐ to begin / beginning / to start / initial 開始 1
- 当
- dāng to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at 當 3-Jan
- 指
- zhǐ finger / to point / to direct / to indicate / to refer to / to rely on / to count on / (hair) stands stiffly on end 1
- 好不好
- hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right? / OK?
- 存在
- cún zài to exist / to be 2
- 阉
- yān castrate 閹
- 双
- shuāng two / double / pair / both / surname Shuang 雙 1/3
- 过
- guò (experienced action marker) / to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- / surname Guo 過 3-Jan
- 称
- chèng steelyard / variant form of 秤 稱
- 不久
- bù jiǔ not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after 1
- 好
- hào to be fond of 2
- 二十一
- èr shí yī twenty one / 21
- 如今
- rú jīn nowadays 2
- 人
- rén man / person / people 1
- 筑
- zhù five-string lute or zither 4
- 那些
- nà xiē those 1
- 陈
- chén to lay out / to exhibit / to display / to narrate / to state / to explain / to tell / old / stale 陳
- 白眼
- bái yǎn supercilious look
- 忽然
- hū rán suddenly / all of a sudden 1
- 看破
- kān pò to see through / disillusioned with / to reject (the world of mortals)
- 成为
- chéng wéi to become / to turn into 成為 2
- 某
- mǒu some / a certain / sb or sth indefinite / such-and-such 2
- 容易
- róng yì easy / likely / liable (to) 1
- 已经
- yǐ jīng already 已經
- 清
- qīng clear / distinct / complete / pure / the Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911) 2
- 泄
- xiè to leak (of water or gas) / to drip / to drain / to discharge / to leak out / to divulge (secrets) / to give vent (to anger, spite etc) / to disperse / to reduce 洩 4
- 点
- diǎn point / dot / speck / drop / decimal point / point of a scale / point in a theory or argument / downwards-right convex character stroke / a little (usually 一點|一点) / a jot / beat (of percussion instrument) / to draw a dot / to touch slightly / to drip / classifier for items / classifier for small indeterminate quantities / to nod / to select item from a list / to order (food in a restaurant) / to count / o'clock / one fifth of a two hour watch (old) / hour / point of time / iron bell (used to mark time) / pastry / dimsum 點心|点心 點 1
- 十五
- shí wǔ fifteen / 15
- 当时
- dāng shí then / at that time / while 當時 2
- 起来
- qǐ lai beginning or continuing an action / upward movement / stand up 起來
- 黝黑
- yǒu hēi dark / suntanned / dark black color
- 中
- zhōng within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / China / Chinese 1
- 穿
- chuān to bore through / pierce / perforate / penetrate / pass through / to dress / to wear / to put on / to thread 1
- 天生
- tiān shēng innate / natural 4
- 交
- jiāo to deliver / to turn over / to make friends / to intersect (lines) / to pay (money) 1
- 打
- dǎ to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / since / from 3-Jan
- 不一样
- bù yī yàng different / distinctive / unlike 不一樣
- 女人
- nǚ rén woman
- 我
- wǒ I / me / my 1
- 另一种
- lìng yī zhǒng another kind 另一種
- 所
- suǒ actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive 2
- 倒
- dǎo to fall / to collapse / to topple / to fail / to go bankrupt / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to sell / to speculate (buying and selling, also 搗|捣) / profiteer 1
- 成
- chéng finish / complete / accomplish / become / turn into / win / succeed / one tenth / surname Cheng 1/3
- 这样
- zhè yàng this (kind of, sort of) / this way / like this / such 這樣 1
- 不同
- bù tóng different / distinct / not the same / not alike 1
- 神经
- shén jīng nerve 神經 2
- 除了
- chú le besides / apart from (... also...) / in addition to / except (for)
- 称
- chèn balanced / to fit / well-off / suitable 稱
- 该
- gāi that / the above-mentioned / most likely / to deserve / should / ought to / owe 該 1/2
- 东西
- dōng xī east and west 東西
- 沾
- zhān moisten 霑 3
- 的
- dí really and truly
- 不但
- bù dàn not only (... but also...)
- 都
- dū capital city / metropolis / surname Du
- 却
- què but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless 卻 2
- 射出
- shè chū emission / ejaculation
- 队长
- duì zhǎng captain / team leader 隊長 2
- 原来
- yuán lái original / former / originally / formerly / at first / so... actually 原來 1
- 用
- yòng to use 1
- 了
- liǎo to know / to understand 1
- 散
- sàn adjourn / scatter 3
- 确
- què authenticated / solid / firm / real / true 確
- 房
- fáng house / room / surname Fang