McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 8

Vocabulary

船

chuán — Boat or ship used for water travel.

搁浅

gē qiǎn — To run aground; become stuck in shallow water.

在

zài — At, in, on; indicates location or ongoing action.

礁石

jiāo shí — Reef or submerged rock in water.

上

shàng — On, above, or up; directional particle.

了

le — Particle indicating completed action or change of state.

有

yǒu — To have; there is/are something present.

五

wǔ — The number five.

个

gè — General measure word for people and objects.

人

rén — Person, people, human being.

如果

rú guǒ — If; introduces a conditional clause or supposition.

小船

xiǎo chuán — Small boat; a little watercraft.

无法

wú fǎ — Unable to; no way to do something.

到达

dào dá — To arrive at; to reach a destination.

他们

tā men — They, them; third-person plural pronoun.

那里

nà lǐ — There; that place over there.

就会

jiù huì — Then will; indicates a certain outcome or consequence.

溺水

nì shuǐ — To drown; to suffocate in water.

勇敢

yǒng gǎn — Brave, courageous; showing fearlessness in difficulty.

的

de — Structural particle linking modifier to noun.

将会

jiāng huì — Will; indicates future tense or anticipated action.

救出

jiù chū — To rescue out; to save someone from danger.

那

nà — That; demonstrative pronoun pointing to something distant.

第

dì — Prefix forming ordinal numbers (first, second, etc.).

二十五

èr shí wǔ — The number twenty-five.

课

kè — Lesson, class, or course in a curriculum.

复习

fù xí — To review; to go over previously learned material.

来

lái — To come; directional verb toward the speaker.

吧

ba — Particle suggesting suggestion, supposition, or mild command.

孩子们

hái zi men — Children; plural form of child.

去

qù — To go; directional verb away from the speaker.

喂

wèi — To feed; to give food to animals or people.

牛

niú — Cow or ox; common farm animal.

太阳

tài yáng — The sun; the star at center of solar system.

已经

yǐ jīng — Already; indicating something has happened before now.

落山

luò shān — To set behind the mountains; sun going down.

它们

tā men — They, them; third-person plural for non-human entities.

谷仓

gǔ cāng — Barn; storage building for grain or livestock.

里

lǐ — Inside, within; indicates interior location.

苏

sū — A surname; also means to revive or awaken.

她

tā — She, her; third-person singular feminine pronoun.

宠物猫

chǒng wù māo — Pet cat; a cat kept as a household companion.

脖子

bó zi — Neck; the part connecting head and shoulders.

挂

guà — To hang; to suspend an object on something.

一个

yī gè — One; a single item or person.

铃铛

líng dang — Bell; a small jingling ornamental or signaling bell.

炎热

yán rè — Scorching hot; intensely high temperature weather.

日子

rì zi — Day; a period of time or one's life situation.

安

ān — A personal name; also means peace or calm.

和

hé — And; connecting two nouns or ideas together.

坐在

zuò zài — Sitting at or in; to be seated somewhere.

一棵

yī kē — One (tree); measure word for trees or plants.

大树

dà shù — Large tree; a big tree in nature.

树荫

shù yīn — Tree shade; shadow cast by a tree's canopy.

下

xià — Below, under, down; indicates lower position.

草地

cǎo dì — Grass field; a lawn or grassy open area.

她们

tā men — They, them; third-person plural feminine pronoun.

喜欢

xǐ huān — To like, to enjoy; to have fondness for something.

摇着

yáo zhe — Rocking, swaying; continuously shaking back and forth.

洋娃娃

yáng wá wa — Doll; a Western-style toy baby or figurine.

给

gěi — To give; for, to; indicates recipient or beneficiary.

唱歌

chàng gē — To sing a song; to perform vocal music.

我们

wǒ men — We, us; first-person plural pronoun.

正在

zhèng zài — Currently doing; indicates an action in progress now.

赶往

gǎn wǎng — To hurry toward; to rush in a direction.

那艘

nà sōu — That (ship); demonstrative with vessel measure word.

途中

tú zhōng — On the way; in the middle of a journey.

可以

kě yǐ — Can, may; indicates permission or possibility.

船上

chuán shàng — On the boat; aboard a vessel.

不会

bù huì — Will not; cannot; negates ability or future action.

让

ràng — To let, allow, or cause someone to do something.

这些

zhè xiē — These; plural demonstrative referring to nearby items.

什么

shén me — What; interrogative pronoun asking about identity or type.

鸟

niǎo — Bird; a feathered winged animal.

大

dà — Big, large, great in size or degree.

眼睛

yǎn jīng — Eyes; the organs used for seeing.

猫头鹰

māo tóu yīng — Owl; a nocturnal bird with large eyes.

能

néng — Can, able to; indicates physical or innate ability.

夜间

yè jiān — Nighttime; during the hours of darkness.

看

kàn — To look, see, or watch something.

东西

dōng xi — Thing, stuff; a general word for objects or items.

吗

ma — Question particle turning statement into yes/no question.

是的

shì de — Yes, that is correct; affirmative response.

最

zuì — Most; superlative adverb indicating highest degree.

清楚

qīng chǔ — Clear, distinct; easy to see or understand.

二十六

èr shí liù — The number twenty-six.

摔倒

shuāi dǎo — To fall down; to trip and land on the ground.

冰

bīng — Ice; frozen water.

溜冰鞋

liū bīng xié — Ice skates; shoes with blades for skating on ice.

哭

kū — To cry, weep; to shed tears from emotion.

有过

yǒu guò — Have had; indicates past experience of something.

石头

shí tou — Stone, rock; a hard natural mineral object.

做了

zuò le — Did, made; completed action of doing or making.

插图

chā tú — Illustration; a picture inserted into a text.

冬天

dōng tiān — Winter; the coldest season of the year.

池塘

chí táng — Pond; a small body of still water.

溜冰

liū bīng — To ice skate; to glide on ice with skates.

男孩们

nán hái men — Boys; plural form of boy.

穿着

chuān zhe — Wearing; dressed in particular clothing or footwear.

冰上

bīng shàng — On the ice; atop a frozen surface.

滑行

huá xíng — To glide or slide; moving smoothly across a surface.

一块

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

男孩

nán hái — Boy; a male child.

没有

méi yǒu — Did not; does not have; negates past action or possession.

看到

kàn dào — To see; to notice something by looking.

它

tā — It; third-person singular pronoun for non-human things.

但

dàn — But, however; conjunction indicating contrast or exception.

他

tā — He, him; third-person singular masculine pronoun.

是个

shì gè — Is a; identifies someone as a type of person.

哭泣

kū qì — To weep, sob; crying with emotional distress.

河边

hé biān — Riverside; the bank or edge beside a river.

锯木厂

jù mù chǎng — Sawmill; a factory where logs are cut into lumber.

背景

bèi jǐng — Background; the setting or context behind something.

是

shì — Is, are, am; the linking verb to be.

小镇

xiǎo zhèn — Small town; a minor settlement or township.

山坡

shān pō — Hillside; a sloping side of a hill or mountain.

前景

qián jǐng — Foreground; the part of a scene closest to the viewer.

两个

liǎng gè — Two; a pair of people or objects.

孩子

hái zi — Child; a young person, boy or girl.

玩耍

wán shuǎ — To play; to engage in recreational activities.

二十七

èr shí qī — The number twenty-seven.

这里

zhè lǐ — Here; this place near the speaker.

所有

suǒ yǒu — All, every; referring to the entirety of something.

轮子

lún zi — Wheel; a circular rotating mechanical component.

磨坊

mò fāng — Mill; a building for grinding grain into flour.

圆

yuán — Round, circular; having a curved or spherical shape.

水池

shuǐ chí — Pool or cistern; a container or basin holding water.

边

biān — Side, edge, border; the margin or rim of something.