The Yellow Wallpaper — Page 11

Vocabulary

我

wǒ — I, me; first-person singular pronoun

略懂

lüè dǒng — To know a little, have slight understanding of something

一些

yī xiē — Some, a few, a certain amount

设计

shè jì — Design; to plan or create something intentionally

原理

yuán lǐ — Principle, fundamental rule or theory

知道

zhī dào — To know, to be aware of a fact

这

zhè — This; demonstrative pronoun for nearby objects

东西

dōng xi — Thing, object, stuff

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification

排列

pái liè — Arrangement, layout; to arrange in order

不

bù — No, not; negation particle

遵循

zūn xún — To follow, abide by, or adhere to rules

任何

rèn hé — Any, whatever; referring to any item or case

辐射

fú shè — Radiation; radiating outward from a central point

交替

jiāo tì — To alternate, take turns, rotate between two things

重复

chóng fù — To repeat, duplicate; occurring again

对称

duì chèn — Symmetry; balanced, mirror-image arrangement

或

huò — Or; indicating an alternative option

曾

céng — Once, ever; indicating past experience

听说

tīng shuō — To hear of, to have heard it said

过

guò — Experiential particle indicating past occurrence

法则

fǎ zé — Rule, law, principle governing behavior

当然

dāng rán — Of course, naturally, certainly

它

tā — It; third-person singular pronoun for objects

在

zài — At, in, on; preposition of location

幅宽

fú kuān — Width, breadth of a fabric or surface

上

shàng — Above, on top; directional or locative particle

是

shì — To be; linking verb for identity or description

有

yǒu — To have, exist, there is

但

dàn — But, however; conjunction indicating contrast

除此之外

chú cǐ zhī wài — Apart from this, besides this, other than that

便

biàn — Then, thus; indicating result or consequence

无

wú — Without, none, lacking something entirely

规律

guī lǜ — Pattern, regular rule, law of regularity

可言

kě yán — Worth mentioning, to speak of

从

cóng — From; preposition indicating starting point

一个

yī gè — One, a single; measure word for general objects

角度

jiǎo dù — Angle, perspective, point of view

看

kàn — To look, see, watch, read

每

měi — Every, each; referring to all individual members

一

yī — One; the number one

各自

gè zì — Each, individually, on their own respectively

独立

dú lì — Independent, self-sufficient, standing alone

那些

nà xiē — Those; plural demonstrative pronoun for distant items

臃肿

yōng zhǒng — Bloated, swollen, excessively bulky or unwieldy

曲线

qū xiàn — Curve, curved line

与

yǔ — And, with; conjunction connecting nouns

花纹

huā wén — Pattern, decorative design, ornamental markings

一种

yī zhǒng — A kind of, a type of something

带有

dài yǒu — To carry, bear, have a certain quality

震颤

zhèn chàn — Trembling, shaking, quivering motion

堕落

duò luò — Degenerate, corrupt, morally fallen

式

shì — Style, type, manner; suffix indicating mode

风格

fēng gé — Style, artistic manner or characteristic approach

孤立

gū lì — Isolated, solitary, standing alone without connection

愚蠢

yú chǔn — Stupid, foolish, idiotic

中

zhōng — In, among, middle; within something

摇摇摆摆

yáo yao bǎi bǎi — Swaying, wobbling back and forth unsteadily

地

de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb

上下

shàng xià — Up and down; vertically in both directions

蜿蜒

wān yán — Winding, meandering, snaking along a path

另一方面

lìng yī fāng miàn — On the other hand, from another perspective

它们

tā men — They, them; third-person plural for objects/animals

又

yòu — Again, also, and; indicating addition or repetition

沿

yán — Along, following the edge or line of something

对角线

duì jiǎo xiàn — Diagonal line connecting opposite corners

相互

xiāng hù — Mutually, each other, reciprocally

连接

lián jiē — To connect, link, join together

蔓延

màn yán — To spread, extend, proliferate gradually

轮廓

lún kuò — Outline, contour, silhouette of a shape

化作

huà zuò — To transform into, become, turn into something

巨大

jù dà — Enormous, gigantic, very large in size

斜向

xié xiàng — Diagonal, slanted, oblique in direction

视觉

shì jué — Visual, relating to the sense of sight

恐怖

kǒng bù — Terror, horror; frightening, terrifying

波纹

bō wén — Ripple, wave pattern on a surface

宛如

wǎn rú — Just like, as if, resembling closely

一大片

yī dà piàn — A large expanse, a vast stretch of something

翻腾

fān téng — Churning, tumbling, surging turbulently

海藻

hǎi zǎo — Seaweed, marine algae

全力

quán lì — With full strength, with all one's effort

追逐

zhuī zhú — To chase, pursue, run after something

整体

zhěng tǐ — Overall, as a whole, the entirety

图案

tú àn — Pattern, design, decorative motif

也

yě — Also, too, as well

呈

chéng — To present, display, show a certain form

水平

shuǐ píng — Horizontal; also means level or standard

延伸

yán shēn — To extend, stretch out, expand in length

至少

zhì shǎo — At least, at the minimum

看起来

kàn qǐ lái — To look like, appear to be, seem

如此

rú cǐ — Like this, in this way, such

而

ér — But, and, yet; connective conjunction

试图

shì tú — To attempt, try to do something

辨别

biàn bié — To distinguish, differentiate, tell apart

其

qí — Its, their; third-person possessive pronoun

方向

fāng xiàng — Direction, orientation

时

shí — When, at the time of; temporal marker

已

yǐ — Already; indicating completion of an action

精疲力竭

jīng pí lì jié — Exhausted, completely drained of energy

他们

tā men — They, them; third-person plural for people

将

jiāng — Will; particle indicating future or disposition

一条

yī tiáo — One strip, one piece of elongated thing

横向

héng xiàng — Horizontal, crosswise, transverse direction

宽带

kuān dài — Wide band, broad strip; also broadband

用作

yòng zuò — To use as, serve as, be used for

装饰

zhuāng shì — Decoration, ornament; to decorate something

使

shǐ — To cause, make, enable; causative verb

混乱

hùn luàn — Chaos, disorder, confusion

更加

gèng jiā — Even more, further, to a greater degree

令人

lìng rén — Makes one feel, causing people to feel

叹为观止

tàn wéi guān zhǐ — Breathtaking, so spectacular it leaves one speechless

房间

fáng jiān — Room, chamber in a building

一端

yī duān — One end, one side of something

几乎

jī hū — Almost, nearly, practically

完好无损

wán hǎo wú sǔn — Intact, undamaged, perfectly preserved

那里

nà lǐ — There, that place

当

dāng — When, while; at the time that

光线

guāng xiàn — Light, ray of light, illumination

消退

xiāo tuì — To fade, recede, diminish gradually

低垂

dī chuí — Hanging low, drooping downward

阳光

yáng guāng — Sunlight, sunshine

直接

zhí jiē — Direct, directly, without intermediary

照射

zhào shè — To shine upon, illuminate, radiate light onto

其上

qí shàng — Upon it, on top of it

能

néng — Can, able to, capable of

想象

xiǎng xiàng — To imagine, picture in one's mind

出

chū — Out; resultative particle indicating emergence

某种

mǒu zhǒng — A certain kind, some type of something

状

zhuàng — Shape, form, appearance, state

秩序

zhì xù — Order, orderliness, organized arrangement

无穷无尽

wú qióng wú jìn — Endless, infinite, without limits or end

怪诞

guài dàn — Bizarre, grotesque, strange and absurd

图形

tú xíng — Figure, shape, graphic form

似乎

sì hū — It seems, apparently, as if

围绕

wéi rào — To surround, revolve around, circle

共同

gòng tóng — Common, shared, together, jointly

中心

zhōng xīn — Center, core, central point

聚合

jù hé — To converge, gather together, coalesce

再

zài — Again, once more, then

以

yǐ — With, by means of; preposition of method

同等

tóng děng — Equal, equivalent, of the same level

疯狂

fēng kuáng — Crazy, frantic, wild, madly intense

之势

zhī shì — With such momentum, with such force or energy

四散

sì sàn — To scatter in all directions, disperse widely

冲去

chōng qù — To rush off, dash away in a direction

追随

zhuī suí — To follow, pursue, trail behind someone

令

lìng — To make, cause, order someone to do

疲惫不堪

pí bèi bù kān — Utterly exhausted, worn out beyond endurance

想

xiǎng — To think, want to, feel like doing

该

gāi — Should, ought to; expressing obligation

打个盹

dǎ gè dǔn — To take a nap, have a short sleep

了

le — Sentence particle indicating change or completion

不知道

bù zhī dào — Don't know, unaware of something

自己

zì jǐ — Oneself, self; reflexive pronoun

为何

wèi hé — Why, for what reason

要

yào — To want, need, will, must

写

xiě — To write, compose text

这些

zhè xiē — These; plural demonstrative for nearby items

不想

bù xiǎng — Don't want to, not inclined to do

觉得

jué de — To feel, think, sense subjectively

力不从心

lì bù cóng xīn — Ability falls short of one's wishes, lacking strength

而且

ér qiě — Moreover, furthermore, in addition

会

huì — Will, can, know how to do something

认为

rèn wéi — To think, believe, consider something to be

荒唐可笑

huāng táng kě xiào — Absurd and ridiculous, laughably preposterous