The divine comedy — Page 1

Vocabulary

地狱

dì yù — Hell; the underworld where souls are punished.

第

dì — Ordinal prefix indicating rank or order number.

一

yī — The number one; first.

章

zhāng — Chapter; section of a book or document.

二

èr — The number two; second.

三

sān — The number three; third.

四

sì — The number four; fourth.

五

wǔ — The number five; fifth.

六

liù — The number six; sixth.

七

qī — The number seven; seventh.

八

bā — The number eight; eighth.

九

jiǔ — The number nine; ninth.

十

shí — The number ten; tenth.

十一

shí yī — The number eleven; eleventh.

十二

shí èr — The number twelve; twelfth.

十三

shí sān — The number thirteen; thirteenth.

十四

shí sì — The number fourteen; fourteenth.

十五

shí wǔ — The number fifteen; fifteenth.

十六

shí liù — The number sixteen; sixteenth.

十七

shí qī — The number seventeen; seventeenth.

十八

shí bā — The number eighteen; eighteenth.

十九

shí jiǔ — The number nineteen; nineteenth.

二十

èr shí — The number twenty; twentieth.

二十一

èr shí yī — The number twenty-one; twenty-first.

二十二

èr shí èr — The number twenty-two; twenty-second.

二十三

èr shí sān — The number twenty-three; twenty-third.

二十四

èr shí sì — The number twenty-four; twenty-fourth.

二十五

èr shí wǔ — The number twenty-five; twenty-fifth.

二十六

èr shí liù — The number twenty-six; twenty-sixth.

二十七

èr shí qī — The number twenty-seven; twenty-seventh.

二十八

èr shí bā — The number twenty-eight; twenty-eighth.

二十九

èr shí jiǔ — The number twenty-nine; twenty-ninth.

三十

sān shí — The number thirty; thirtieth.

三十一

sān shí yī — The number thirty-one; thirty-first.

三十二

sān shí èr — The number thirty-two; thirty-second.

三十三

sān shí sān — The number thirty-three; thirty-third.

三十四

sān shí sì — The number thirty-four; thirty-fourth.

炼狱

liàn yù — Purgatory; a place of purification after death.

天堂

tiān táng — Heaven; paradise; a blissful afterlife realm.