Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave — Page 13

Vocabulary

在

zài — at, in, on; indicates location or ongoing action

他

tā — he, him; third person singular masculine pronoun

的

de — possessive/modifier particle; links adjective to noun

叙述

xùshù — to narrate, describe; an account or narrative

过程

guòchéng — process, course of events, procedure

中

zhōng — middle, within, during; in the midst of

讲述

jiǎngshù — to tell, narrate, recount a story or event

了

le — completion particle; indicates action is completed

两起

liǎng qǐ — two incidents or cases of events

残忍

cánrěn — cruel, brutal, ruthless, merciless in action

杀人

shārén — to kill a person; homicide, murder

事件

shìjiàn — incident, event, case, affair of significance

其中

qízhōng — among them, within that, one of which

一起

yī qǐ — one incident or case; also means together

是

shì — to be; is, am, are; affirmative copula

一位

yī wèi — one person (polite measure word for people)

种植园主

zhòngzhíyuán zhǔ — plantation owner, master of a plantation

蓄意

xùyì — deliberately, intentionally, with premeditation

射杀

shèshā — to shoot and kill someone with a firearm

一名

yī míng — one person (measure word for individuals)

属于

shǔyú — to belong to, be part of, be owned by

邻近

línjìn — nearby, adjacent, neighboring, in the vicinity

种植园

zhòngzhíyuán — plantation; large farm growing crops with labor

奴隶

núlì — slave; a person owned and forced to work

该

gāi — said, the aforementioned; should, ought to

因

yīn — because of, due to, on account of

而

ér — and, yet, but; connects clauses or phrases

无意间

wúyì jiān — unintentionally, accidentally, without realizing it

进入

jìnrù — to enter, go into, access a place

那

nà — that; demonstrative pronoun indicating distance

高贵

gāoguì — noble, aristocratic, distinguished; high status

领地

lǐngdì — territory, domain, estate owned by someone

另一起

lìng yī qǐ — another incident or case; a separate event

监工

jiāngōng — overseer, foreman, supervisor of laborers

脑袋

nǎodai — head; informal word for a person's head

那名

nà míng — that person; demonstrative plus measure word

为了

wèile — in order to, for the purpose of, for

逃避

táobì — to escape, evade, avoid something unpleasant

一场

yī chǎng — one instance of an event (measure word)

血腥

xuèxīng — bloody, gory; involving bloodshed and violence

鞭打

biāndǎ — to whip, flog, beat with a whip

逃往

táo wǎng — to flee toward, escape in the direction of

一条

yī tiáo — one (measure word for rivers, streams, etc.)

小溪

xiǎoxī — small stream, brook, creek, rivulet

边

biān — side, edge, border; alongside, next to

先生

xiānsheng — Mr., sir; a respectful title for a man

指出

zhǐchū — to point out, indicate, note something explicitly

这

zhè — this; demonstrative pronoun for nearby things

均未

jūn wèi — none of them, all without; uniformly did not

有

yǒu — to have, there is/are; existence or possession

任何

rènhé — any, whatever, whichever; of any kind

形式

xíngshì — form, format, manner, type, way of doing

依法

yīfǎ — according to law, legally, in accordance with law

逮捕

dàibǔ — to arrest, apprehend someone under legal authority

或

huò — or, either, alternatively; conjunction of choice

司法

sīfǎ — judicial, relating to justice and legal system

调查

diàochá — to investigate, inquire into; an investigation

年

nián — year; measure word for years in time

月

yuè — month; also means moon in Chinese

日

rì — day; also means sun; used in formal dates

美国人

Měiguórén — American person; citizen of the United States

报

bào — newspaper, bulletin; to report or announce

记载

jìzǎi — to record, document; a written record or entry

类似

lèisì — similar, alike, resembling; of a comparable kind

暴行

bàoxíng — atrocity, brutal act, outrage, violent crime

同样

tóngyàng — likewise, equally, in the same way, similarly

未受

wèi shòu — did not receive, not subjected to something

到

dào — to arrive at; reach; to; result complement marker

惩处

chéngchǔ — to punish, penalize; punishment for wrongdoing

内容

nèiróng — content, substance, subject matter of something

如下

rúxià — as follows; what is listed or stated below

据

jù — according to, based on; to rely on

本市

běn shì — this city, our city, the present city

绅士

shēnshì — gentleman; a refined, respectable, well-bred man

收到

shōudào — to receive, get; successfully obtain something sent

一封

yī fēng — one (measure word for letters or envelopes)

来自

láizì — coming from, originating from a place or source

信函

xìnhán — letter, written correspondence, formal missive

我们

wǒmen — we, us; first person plural pronoun

获悉

huòxī — to learn of, be informed of, come to know

叫做

jiàozuò — to be called, named, known as something

年轻人

niánqīngrén — young person, youth, a young individual

系

xì — is, to be (formal/literary copula); department

将军

jiāngjūn — general; high-ranking military officer

之

zhī — possessive particle (literary); of, 's

侄

zhí — nephew; brother's son in Chinese kinship terms

其父

qí fù — his father; the father of the aforementioned person

据信

jùxìn — reportedly, allegedly, it is believed that

任职

rènzhí — to hold a position, serve in a post or office

其

qí — his, her, its, their (formal pronoun)

父亲

fùqīn — father; formal or written word for one's father

农场

nóngchǎng — farm; agricultural land and its facilities

内

nèi — inside, within, interior of a place or group

将

jiāng — will, about to; future tense marker (formal)

信

xìn — letter, message; also trust, believe

称

chēng — to call, name, refer to; to state or claim

年轻

niánqīng — young, youthful; not yet old in age

被

bèi — passive marker; by (indicates passive voice)

留下

liúxià — to leave behind, remain, stay; to keep something

负责

fùzé — to be responsible for, in charge of something

管理

guǎnlǐ — to manage, administer, oversee; management

向

xiàng — toward, to; in the direction of; facing

仆人

púrén — servant, domestic worker, attendant

下达

xiàdá — to issue an order, transmit a directive downward

一道

yī dào — one (measure word for orders or commands)

命令

mìnglìng — order, command, directive; to give an order

未予

wèi yǔ — did not give, failed to provide or grant

服从

fúcóng — to obey, comply with, follow orders or authority

于是

yúshì — thereupon, consequently, so, as a result

走进

zǒujìn — to walk into, enter by walking, step inside

屋内

wū nèi — inside the room, indoors, within the house

取来

qǔ lái — to fetch, go get and bring something back

一支

yī zhī — one (measure word for guns, pens, etc.)

枪

qiāng — gun, firearm, rifle; weapon that fires bullets

返回

fǎnhuí — to return, go back, come back to a place

后

hòu — after, afterwards, behind; later in time

接着

jiēzhe — then, next, continuing on, following that

写道

xiě dào — writes, wrote (used to introduce quoted text)

随即

suíjí — immediately, right away, thereupon, at once

住所

zhùsuǒ — residence, dwelling place, place of abode

至今

zhìjīn — until now, up to the present, to this day

仍在

réng zài — still at, still in, continues to be there

那里

nàlǐ — there, that place, over there

安然无恙

ānrán wú yàng — safe and sound, unharmed, without any injury