YCT 3 — Word List and Characters (page 3)

(pro.) why

(v./prep.) ask; inquire after; interrogate; hold responsible; care, bother; consult; to; from

(n.) question, problem

(n.) watermelon

(n.) hour

(v.) laugh, smile; ridicule, mock at

(adj.) new; unused; recently married; newly, recently | (n.) Xin (the abbreviation of Xinjiang Province) | (char.) make new; the new

(v.) have a rest, rest

(n./v.) medicine, drug; to kill with poison | (char.) certain chemicals; (lit.) to cure

(n./adv.) the same group, place, etc.; together, in company; (dialect) altogether, in all

(n.) meaning | (n./v.) opinion, wish, desire; gratitude, token of affection; interest, fun; hint, suggestion; to express one's gratitude, friendship, etc

(sep-v.) swim, swimming

(adj.) (in time or space) distant, remote; distant in relationship; by far, far and away | (v.) to keep at a distance

(v./n.) exercise, do sports; sports | (v./n.) move; movement; (of political or cultural purpose, etc.) campaign, drive

(adv.) again, once more; (before adjectives) more | (v.) (lit.) recur, continue | (adv.) in addition; (indicating an action happens after a period of time or another action) then, only then; (in conditional or suppositional clauses) if ... continues, even if ... continues

(v.) give change | (v.) look for

(v.) to know, to realize, to understand, to be aware of

(v.) walk; leave, go; run; (euphemism) pass away; (of objects) move; reveal; lose the original shape or flavor; visit; do sth in some way | (radical.) run | (radical.) walk

(adv.) most | (adv.) (before a location or place) the farthest or nearest | (char.) number one, best, top

(prep.) (used before a noun or noun phrases) showing the influence on somebody or something dealt with | (m.) a measure word for something with a handle | (v.) to hold, to manipulate, to control, to watch | (n.) handlebars (of bike); bundle, bunch | (m.) (dialect) a measure word for people of special skills | (par.) about, more or less, approximately (used after numerals or measure words) | (v.) to hold (a baby's legs apart to let it relieve itself) | (char.) (old) sworn brotherhood | (n.) handle; stem (of flower or fruit)

(num./adj.) half; middle; very little | (adv.) partially, partly, half

(adj./v.) full, well-fed; to satisfy | (char.) to embezzle; completely, fully

(v.) be late, arrive late

(n.) cake

(adv.) of course, certainly | (adj.) natural

(v./adj.) to starve; hungry

(v./n.) catch cold; cold; (TCM) common cold, catarrh | (v.) (informal, used by young people) be interested in

(phr.) (of wind) to blow

(v.) close, shut; lock away; (of appliances) turn off; (of company) close down; to concern | (n.) mountain pass; customhouse; critical time, hard time, barrier | (char.) area outside a city gate; bolt, latch; critical juncture, key point

(adj.) bad, broken | (v.) spoil, ruin; break down; (of foods) go off | (adj.) awful, very (describing the degree of mental or physic discomforts)

(v.) to welcome

(v.) give back, return; go back; do sth. in return | (adv.) also, in addition; yet, still | (adv.) even more | (adv.) passably, fairly

(adj.) cute, lovely

(v.) to cry, to weep

(n.) trousers

(adj.) blue

(n.) gift, present

(n.) bread

(v.) hold, take; capture; have a firm grasp of; pretend; receive; drive sb into a corner | (prep.) by means of, with; on (used to introduce the object of a following verbal phrase)

(n.) grandma, mother of the father