Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 6

Vocabulary

我

wǒ — I, me; first-person singular pronoun

不

bù — No, not; negation particle

需要

xūyào — To need, require; necessity

任何

rènhé — Any, whatever; used in negative or conditional sentences

人

rén — Person, human being, people

来

lái — To come; used before verb to indicate purpose

告诉

gàosu — To tell, inform someone about something

那

nà — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant

是

shì — To be; linking verb indicating identity or existence

一个

yīgè — One; indefinite article equivalent in Chinese

可怕

kěpà — Terrible, frightening, dreadful

的

de — Structural particle linking modifier to noun

凶兆

xiōngzhào — Bad omen, ill omen, inauspicious sign

会

huì — Will; modal verb indicating likelihood or ability

给

gěi — To give; preposition indicating recipient of action

带来

dàilái — To bring about, cause something to arrive

厄运

èyùn — Bad luck, misfortune, ill fate

所以

suǒyǐ — Therefore, so; conjunction indicating result or conclusion

吓得

xià de — So frightened that; scared to the point of

浑身

húnshēn — Whole body, all over one's body

直抖

zhí dǒu — To tremble uncontrollably, shake continuously

衣服

yīfu — Clothes, clothing, garments

几乎

jīhū — Almost, nearly, practically

都要

dōu yào — All about to; everything on the verge of

抖落

dǒuluò — To shake off, cause to fall off by shaking

下来

xiàlái — To come down; directional complement indicating downward motion

了

le — Particle indicating completed action or changed situation

站起来

zhàn qǐlái — To stand up, rise to one's feet

在

zài — At, in, on; preposition indicating location

原地

yuándì — The same spot, original position, in place

转

zhuǎn — To turn, rotate, spin around

三圈

sān quān — Three circles, three rounds of rotation

每

měi — Every, each; distributive adjective

一圈

yī quān — One circle, one full rotation or loop

都

dōu — All, both; adverb of totality or inclusion

胸前

xiōng qián — In front of the chest, on one's chest

划

huà — To draw, make a stroke or gesture

十字

shízì — Cross shape, the sign of the cross

然后

ránhòu — Then, afterwards; indicating the next step

用

yòng — To use, employ; with, by means of

一根

yī gēn — One (strand/stick); measure word for thin objects

线

xiàn — Thread, string, line

扎起

zhā qǐ — To tie up, bind together with string

一小缕

yī xiǎo lǚ — A small strand or wisp of something

头发

tóufa — Hair (on the head)

用来

yòng lái — Used to, used for a specific purpose

驱赶

qūgǎn — To drive away, chase off, expel

女巫

nǚwū — Witch, sorceress, female practitioner of witchcraft

但

dàn — But, however; conjunction indicating contrast

心里没底

xīnlǐ méi dǐ — Feel uncertain, lack confidence, have no assurance

当

dāng — When, at the time of; preposition of time

你

nǐ — You; second-person singular pronoun

捡到

jiǎn dào — To pick up, find and retrieve something

一块

yī kuài — One piece; measure word for flat or chunky objects

马蹄铁

mǎtítiě — Horseshoe; U-shaped iron nailed to horse's hoof

却

què — Yet, but, however; adversative adverb

没有

méiyǒu — Don't have, there is not, haven't

把

bǎ — Disposal marker placing object before verb

它

tā — It; third-person singular pronoun for objects

钉在

dīng zài — To nail onto, fasten by hammering a nail

门

mén — Door, gate, entrance

上方

shàngfāng — Above, upper part, overhead position

而是

érshì — But rather, instead; corrective conjunction

弄丢

nòng diū — To lose something carelessly, misplace

时候

shíhou — Time, moment, when something occurs

才

cái — Only then; indicates action contingent on condition

该

gāi — Should, ought to; expressing obligation or appropriateness

这么做

zhème zuò — To do it this way, act like this

从没

cóng méi — Never ever, have never at any time

听

tīng — To listen, hear

任何人

rènhé rén — Anyone, anybody, any person whatsoever

说过

shuō guò — Have said before; experienced action marker 过

打死

dǎ sǐ — To kill by hitting, beat to death

蜘蛛

zhīzhū — Spider

也

yě — Also, too; adverb of addition or concession

可以

kěyǐ — Can, may; expressing permission or possibility

这种

zhè zhǒng — This kind of, this type of

方法

fāngfǎ — Method, way, approach to doing something

驱除

qūchú — To expel, eliminate, drive out completely

颤抖

chàndǒu — To tremble, shiver, quiver with fear or cold

着

zhe — Particle indicating ongoing state or continuous action

重新

chóngxīn — Again, anew, once more from the beginning

坐下

zuò xià — To sit down, take a seat

掏出

tāo chū — To take out, fish out from pocket or bag

烟斗

yāndǒu — Tobacco pipe, smoking pipe

抽起烟来

chōu qǐ yān lái — To start smoking, begin puffing on a pipe

因为

yīnwèi — Because, since; causal conjunction

屋子里

wūzi lǐ — Inside the room, within the house

现在

xiànzài — Now, at present, currently

静得

jìng de — So quiet that; silent to the degree of

像

xiàng — Like, as, to resemble; comparison word

死

sǐ — Death, dead; to die

一般

yībān — Like, similar to; as if, in general

寡妇

guǎfu — Widow, a woman whose husband has died

太太

tàitai — Mrs., wife, madam; polite term for married woman

不会

bú huì — Won't, will not; unlikely to happen

知道

zhīdào — To know, be aware of, understand

过

guò — Experiential particle; also to pass, go through

好

hǎo — Good, well; quite, rather (intensifier)

一阵子

yī zhènzi — A while, a period of time, a spell

听见

tīng jiàn — To hear, catch the sound of something

远处

yuǎnchù — A distant place, far away, in the distance

镇上

zhèn shàng — In town, at the town, in the township

钟声

zhōngshēng — Sound of a bell, bell tolling

响起

xiǎng qǐ — To ring out, sound, begin to be heard

敲

qiāo — To knock, strike, beat; to toll a bell

十二

shí'èr — Twelve; the number 12

下

xià — Strike, beat; measure word for taps or blows

又是

yòu shì — Again it is, once more there is

一片

yī piàn — A stretch of, an expanse of; measure word

寂静

jìjìng — Silence, stillness, complete quiet

比

bǐ — Compared to, than; comparison preposition

以前

yǐqián — Before, previously, in the past

更静

gèng jìng — Even quieter, more silent than before

一会儿

yīhuìr — A moment, a little while, shortly

黑暗中

hēi'àn zhōng — In the darkness, amid the dark

树丛里

shùcóng lǐ — In the bushes, inside a cluster of trees

树枝

shùzhī — Tree branch, twig

咔嚓

kāchā — Crack, snap; onomatopoeia for breaking sound

一声

yī shēng — One sound, a single sound or noise

折断

zhéduàn — To snap, break apart, fracture

有

yǒu — There is, to have, exist

什么

shénme — What; something (in affirmative contexts)

东西

dōngxi — Thing, object, stuff

在动

zài dòng — Is moving, currently in motion

静静

jìngjìng — Quietly, still, calmly without noise

地

de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb

坐着

zuò zhe — Sitting, remaining seated in a position

侧耳

cè ěr — To tilt one's ear, listen attentively

细听

xì tīng — To listen carefully, pay close attention to sound

随即

suíjí — Immediately, right away, thereupon

隐隐约约

yǐnyǐnyuēyuē — Faintly, vaguely, indistinctly perceived

下面

xiàmiàn — Below, underneath, down below

传来

chuán lái — To come from, transmit here, drift over

喵呜

miāowū — Meow; cat's cry, onomatopoeia for cat sound

太好了

tài hǎo le — Great, wonderful, excellent; expression of delight

尽量

jǐnliàng — As much as possible, to the greatest extent

轻声

qīngshēng — In a soft voice, quietly, in a low tone

应道

yìng dào — To respond by saying, reply with words

熄灭

xīmiè — To extinguish, put out a flame or light

灯

dēng — Lamp, light, lantern

从

cóng — From, through; preposition of starting point

窗户

chuānghu — Window

爬

pá — To climb, crawl, scramble up or through

出去

chū qù — To go out, exit, climb out of somewhere

落到

luò dào — To land on, fall onto a surface

棚子

péngzi — Shed, shack, simple roofed structure

上

shàng — On top of, above, onto a surface