The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 1

Vocabulary

的

de — Possessive/attributive particle linking modifier to noun

画像

huàxiàng — Portrait or painted image of a person

作者

zuòzhě — Author or creator of a work

目录

mùlù — Table of contents or catalog listing

序言

xùyán — Preface or foreword of a book

第

dì — Ordinal prefix meaning 'number' or 'the nth'

一

yī — The number one

章

zhāng — Chapter or section of a book

二

èr — The number two

三

sān — The number three

四

sì — The number four

五

wǔ — The number five

六

liù — The number six

七

qī — The number seven

八

bā — The number eight

九

jiǔ — The number nine

十

shí — The number ten

十一

shíyī — The number eleven

十二

shí'èr — The number twelve

十三

shísān — The number thirteen

十四

shísì — The number fourteen

十五

shíwǔ — The number fifteen

十六

shíliù — The number sixteen

十七

shíqī — The number seventeen

十八

shíbā — The number eighteen

十九

shíjiǔ — The number nineteen

二十

èrshí — The number twenty

艺术家

yìshùjiā — Artist, a person who creates art

是

shì — To be; linking verb indicating identity or state

美好

měihǎo — Beautiful and wonderful; something fine and good

事物

shìwù — Things or objects in the world; matters

创造者

chuàngzàozhě — Creator, one who brings something into existence

展现

zhǎnxiàn — To display, reveal, or show something clearly

艺术

yìshù — Art; creative or expressive human activity

而

ér — Conjunction meaning 'and yet' or 'but'

隐匿

yǐnnì — To conceal or hide oneself or something

这

zhè — This; demonstrative pronoun for nearby things

目的

mùdì — Goal, purpose, or objective of an action

批评家

pīpíngjiā — Critic, one who analyzes and evaluates works

那种

nà zhǒng — That kind or that type of something

能

néng — Can, able to; expressing ability or capability

将

jiāng — Preposition introducing object of action; 'to take'

自己

zìjǐ — Oneself; reflexive pronoun referring to the subject

对

duì — Toward; preposition indicating direction or response

印象

yìnxiàng — Impression; mental image formed by experience

转化

zhuǎnhuà — To transform or convert into something different

为

wéi — To be; become; used as linking verb

另一种

lìng yī zhǒng — Another kind or a different type of something

方式

fāngshì — Method, manner, or way of doing something

或

huò — Or; conjunction indicating alternatives or choices

新的

xīn de — New; adjective describing something recently made

载体

zàitǐ — Medium or carrier that conveys something else

人

rén — Person, people, or human being in general

最高

zuìgāo — Highest, supreme; the top level of something

与

yǔ — And; conjunction linking two equal elements

最低

zuìdī — Lowest, minimum; the bottom level of something

形式

xíngshì — Form or format; outward structure of something

批评

pīpíng — Criticism; act of evaluating or judging something

都是

dōu shì — All are; indicating something applies universally

一种

yī zhǒng — A kind of; one type of something

自传式

zìzhuànshì — Autobiographical; in the style of an autobiography

表达

biǎodá — Expression; conveying thoughts or feelings outwardly

那些

nàxiē — Those; plural demonstrative pronoun for distant things

在

zài — In, at, on; preposition indicating location or state

中

zhōng — In the middle of; within a scope or context

发现

fāxiàn — To discover or find something previously unknown

丑陋

chǒulòu — Ugly, hideous; unpleasant in appearance or nature

含义

hányì — Meaning or implication contained within something

堕落

duòluò — To degenerate or become morally corrupt; depravity

却又

què yòu — Yet also; conjunction showing contrast and addition

毫无

háowú — Completely without; having absolutely none of something

魅力

mèilì — Charm, charisma, or attractive appeal of someone

过错

guòcuò — Fault, mistake, or moral wrongdoing by someone

有教养

yǒu jiàoyǎng — Well-educated and cultured; having good manners

他们

tāmen — They or them; third-person plural pronoun

而言

ér yán — In terms of; as far as something is concerned

有

yǒu — To have; indicating possession or existence

希望

xīwàng — Hope or wish; desire for something to happen

被

bèi — Passive marker indicating action done to subject

选中

xuǎnzhòng — To be chosen or selected from among others

只

zhǐ — Only, merely; limiting adverb restricting the scope

意味着

yìwèizhe — To mean or signify; implies a particular thing

美

měi — Beauty; aesthetic quality of something pleasing

本身

běnshēn — Itself; the thing in question by its own nature

世上

shì shàng — In the world; existing anywhere on earth

并不

bìng bù — Not at all; emphatic negation of a statement

存在

cúnzài — To exist; the state of having real being

所谓

suǒwèi — So-called; what is referred to as something

道德

dàodé — Morality or ethics; standards of right conduct

不道德

bù dàodé — Immoral; not conforming to accepted moral standards

书

shū — Book; a written or printed literary work

只有

zhǐyǒu — Only; there is nothing else but this condition

写得好

xiě de hǎo — Written well; of high literary quality

写得差

xiě de chà — Written poorly; of low literary quality

之分

zhī fēn — The distinction between; a difference separating two things

仅此而已

jǐn cǐ ér yǐ — That is all; nothing more than this

十九世纪

shíjiǔ shìjì — The nineteenth century (1800s)

现实主义

xiànshí zhǔyì — Realism; artistic movement depicting life accurately

厌恶

yànwù — To detest or feel strong disgust toward something

镜中

jìng zhōng — In the mirror; within a reflected image

见到

jiàndào — To see or catch sight of someone or something

面孔

miànkǒng — Face; a person's facial appearance or expression

时

shí — When; at the time that something occurs

愤怒

fènnù — Anger or fury; intense emotional displeasure

浪漫主义

làngmàn zhǔyì — Romanticism; artistic movement valuing emotion and imagination

见不到

jiàn bu dào — Cannot see; unable to perceive something

生活

shēnghuó — Life or daily living; everyday human existence

构成

gòuchéng — To constitute or form; make up a whole

题材

tícái — Subject matter or theme of a literary work

一部分

yī bùfen — A part or portion of a larger whole

但

dàn — But; conjunction introducing a contrasting statement

道德性

dàodéxìng — Moral quality or the ethical nature of something

在于

zàiyú — To lie in; to consist of something essential

不完美

bù wánměi — Imperfect; lacking completeness or flawless quality

媒介

méijiè — Medium or intermediary through which something is conveyed

完美

wánměi — Perfect; flawless and without any defects

运用

yùnyòng — To apply or make use of a skill or method

没有

méiyǒu — Do not have; there is no such thing

任何

rènhé — Any; referring to whichever or whatever thing

渴望

kěwàng — To yearn for; strong desire or craving for something

证明

zhèngmíng — To prove or demonstrate the truth of something

什么

shénme — What; interrogative pronoun asking about identity

即便

jíbiàn — Even if; concessive conjunction for hypothetical conditions

真实

zhēnshí — True, real, or authentic; corresponding to reality

也

yě — Also, too; additive adverb indicating similarity

可以

kěyǐ — Can, may; expressing permission or possibility