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Classical Chinese Reader, p. 10
Vocabulary
35
Language - Chinese
Graduate
09/01/2020

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Term

見

Definition

1.  jiàn

 

see, perceive

[indicates passive voice]

 

2.  xiàn

 

appear, be seen

be granted an audience

Term

梁

Definition

liáng

 

bridge

dam

roofbeam, rafter

the state of Liáng

Term

惠

Definition

huì

 

kind(ness), favor

gentle, mild

 

Term

王

Definition

1.  wáng

 

king, prince

 

2.  wàng

 

rule as king

Term

叟

Definition

sǒu

 

old man, elder

you sir

Term

遠

Definition

yuǎn

 

far, distant

Term

千

Definition

qiān

 

(a) thousand

Term

里

Definition

lǐ

 

~ 500 meters or ⅓ mile

village, hamlet

Term

亦

Definition

yì

 

also, too

surely, indeed

just, only

still, besides

Term

乎

Definition

hū

 

[final interrogative particle]

in, at, from, etc.

Term

對

Definition

duì

 

reply, answer

match, agree

confront, face

Term

仁

Definition

rén

 

humaneness, benevolence

kindness, goodness

 

Term

義

Definition

yì

 

righteousness, dut

just(ice), fair(nes)

meaning

Term

已

Definition

yǐ

 

end, finish(ed)

done, already

Term

大

Definition

1.  dà

 big, great

 

2.  dài

 

great

 

3.  tài

 

greatest

Term

家

Definition

jiā

 

house, home

household, family

 

Term

士

Definition

shì

 

officer, scholar

Term

庶

Definition

shù

 

many, multitude

nearly, almost

perhaps

Term

上

Definition

shàng

 

up, above, on high, superior

go up, mount

earlier, previous

Term

下

Definition

xià

 

down, below, low, inferior

go down, get down

later

Term

交

Definition

jiāo

 

mutually, together

join with, interlock, exchange

Term

征

Definition

zhēng

 

trek, journey

punitive attack, chasten

levy, tax

Term

危

Definition

wēi

 

danger(ous), in danger

steep, lofty

Term

萬

Definition

wàn

 

ten thousand

Term

乘

Definition

1.  chéng

 

mount (horse, carriage)

ride, drive

avail, take advantage of

 

2.  shèng

 

chariot, vehicle

Term

弒

Definition

shì

 

murder/assassinate (a superior)

Term

百

Definition

bǎi

 

a hundred

Term

取

Definition

qǔ

 

take, seize

choose, get

Term

焉

Definition

yān

 

in/at/to/from/than him/her/it/them

how? where? wherein?

Term

多

Definition

duō

 

much, many

increase, multiply

mostly

Term

苟

Definition

gǒu

 

if

meager, slight

careless(ly)

Term

先

Definition

1.  xiān

 

before, earlier, in front, former, first

 

2.  xiàn

 

precede, go first; put first

Term

奪

Definition

duó

 

snatch, seize

Term

遺

Definition

1.  yí

 

neglect, leave behind

bequeath

let fall

relic, vestige

 

2.  wèi

 

present, deliver to, send

 

 

Term

親

Definition

qīn

 

parents, kin

intimate, close

in person

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