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点钟

O' clock

晚点

Late

Yuan3

Far

Firstly

假期

Holiday

西班

Spain

Even more

From

Become

Forget

Alright

交流

Communicate

Give

姓金

Surname

To meet

Gang1

Just

deng3

Wait

弟弟

Younger brother Di4di4

Look for Zhao3

To be mistaken yi3wei2

huai4

Broken

Receive jie1

song4

See off, dispatch, give

睡觉

Sleep shui4jiao4

With gen1

一起

Together yi1qi3

Walk, go Zou3

光盘

Plate Guang1pan2

起来

Start Qilai

Bowl of rice Wan3fan4

Half Ban4

期间

Period Qi1jian1

已定 yi1ding4

Definitely

利用

Make use of Li4yong4

上不去

(of language) falters shang4buqu4

还有 hai2you3

Besides

再说

What's more zai4shuo1

决定 zuo4jue2ding4

Make a decision

最后

At last zui4hou4

Cong2qian2 Before

那先

Beforehand na4xian1

Forget wang4

写道

Wrote xie3dao4

手表

Watch Shou3biao3

心里十分高

I was so happy


xin1li3shi2fen1gao1xing4

孩子

Child er2zi

难得

Rarely nan2de

眼熟 Yan3shu2

Look familiar

Steel Tie3

胃口 Wei4kou3

Appetite

看着眼熟

To look familiar kan4zhe1yan3shu2

马马虎虎

So-so, careless ma3ma3hu1hu1

Sth 给老师

To forget something you're taught gei4lao3shi1

累得慌

Fucking knackered Lei4dehuang1

我跟你说

I told you

Understand dong3

Serious ren4zhen1

需要

Need Xu1yao4

初、中、高级

Beginner, medium, advanced level Chu1, zhong1, gao1 ji2

Bian4hua4

Change

yin2hang2

Bank

现金

Change money Xian4jin1

City, municipality Cheng2

周末

Weekend zhou1mo4

Prepare zhun3bei4

kao3shi4

To take an exam

Type, kind lei4

teng2

Teng aches, pains; be fond of; love

头天

Day before tou2tian1

Rest, relax xiu1xi1

上床

Sleep shang4chuang2

睡着

Fall asleep Shui4zhao2

Zhuang1

Pretend

坏了 dehuai4le

Compl badly, very much

饭后

After eating fan4hou4

架子

Shelf jia4zi

Di3

Hold in hand; lift in hand

辆车

MW for cars Liang(4)

出租车

Taxi chu1zhu1che1

师傅 shi1fu

Taxi driver

Take La(1)

这件

This thing Zhe4jian4shi4

Airport ji1chang3

经理 jing1li3

Manager

自已

Oneself zi4ji3

心想

Think xin4xiang1

Stand, stop zhan4

Move Dong(4)

天都快黑了 tian1dou1kuai4hei1le

Night was closing in fast

情况 Qing2kuang4

Situation

Smile, laugh Xiao(4)

路过 lu4Guo4

Pass by

Exam question, leaf of paper ti2

哥哥

Brother ge1ge1

西瓜

Watermelon Xi(1)gua(1)

Xi(3)

Wash

唱歌 chang4ge1

Sing

Xing4

Surname

Wife Ti(1)zi

0 Ling(2)

Du(4)

Degree

Close Jin4

铅笔 Qian(1)bi(3)

Pencil

宾馆 Bin(1)guan(1)

Hotel

Towards Wang(3)

Ci(4)

Time

Ticket Piao(4)

Cloudy Yin(1)

很少

Rarely hen3shao3

上/起床 Shang(4)/qi(2) chuang(2)

Go to bed/Wake up

多大了?几岁了?

Adults/ children

Passive Bei(4)

Hand in Jiao(1)

Steal Tou(1)

Lock Suo(3)

发现

Find out Fa(1)xian(4)

Stop Ting(2)

Look Qiao(2)

拍照

Take a photo Pai(1)zhao(4)

恐怕

Perhaps, be afraid Kong(3)pa(4)

调查 Diao(4)cha(2)

Investigate

认为

Think ren4wei2

警察 Jing(3)cha(2)

Police

窗户

Window Chuang(1)hu

计算机

Computer Ji(4)suan(4)ji(1)

照相机 Zhao(4)xiang(4)ji(1)

Camera

卫生

Hygiene Wei(4)sheng(1)

卫生间,厕所

Toilet wei4sheng1jian1, ce4suo3

阿姨

Maternal aunt, nanny A(1)yi(2)

Low, short Ai(3)

Love ai4

爱好

To like doing, hobby ai4hao3

安静

Peaceful an1jing4

爸爸

Dad ba4ba

bai3

100

Move house ban1

办法 Ban(4)fa(3)

Means, method of doing sth

办公室

Office Ban(4)gong(1)shi(4)

帮忙

Help bang1mang2

帮助 bang1zhu4

Help

吃饱

To be full chi1bao3

报纸

Newspaper bao4zhi3

北方

North bei3fang4

Passive bei4

鼻子

Nose Bi2zi

比较 bi3jiao4

Relatively, compared to

比赛

Competition, match Bi(3)sai(4)

必须

Must Bi(4)xu(1)

表示

Express, show, tell Biao(3)shi(4)

表演

Performance, to act Biao(3)yan(3)

别人

Other people bie2ren2

宾馆 Bin(1)guan(3)

Hotel

冰箱 Bing(1)xiang(1)

Fridge

不客气 Bu ke(4)qi

Don't be polite

Vegetables cai4

菜单 Cai(4)dan(3)

Menu

参加

Attend can1jia1

Floor, storey Ceng(2)

Cha(4)

Lacking

To grow Chang(2)

唱歌 Chang(4)ge(1)

To sing

超市

Supermarket Chao(1)shi(4)

衬衫

Shirt Chen4shan1

城市

Town, city Cheng2shi4

迟到 chi2dao4

To arrive late

出现

Turn up Chu(1)xian(4)

厨房

Kitchen Chu(2)fang(2)

除了

Besides Chu2le

穿

To wear chuan1

Chuan(2)

Boat

春天

Springtime Chun(1)

词语

Word Ci(2)yu(3)

聪明 Cong(1)ming

Intelligent

Bad cuo4

打篮球

Basketball Lan(2)qiu(2)

打扫 Da(3)sao(3)

To clean, sweep

打算

Plan, calculate Da(3)suan(4)

dai4

Bring

担心

Anxious, worried dan1xin1

蛋糕

Cake Dan(4)gao(1)

当然

Obviously, clearly Dang(1)ran(2)

Light Deng(1)

Wait Deng(3)

Di(1)

To drop, lower

弟弟 di4di

Little brother

地方

Place di4fang

地铁

Railway di4tie3

地图 di4tu2

Map

第一 di4yi1

First

电脑 dian4nao3

Computer

电视

TV Dian(4)shi(4)

电梯

Lift Dian(4)ti(1)

(子)邮(件)

Email Dian(4)zi(3)you(2)jian(4)

冬天

Winter dong1

动物 Dong(4)wu(4)

Animal

Duan(4)

Short

Paragraph, section Duan(4)

锻炼

Work out Duan(4)lian(4)

对不起 dui4buqi3

Excuse me

多么(好)

How (good)

饿

Hungry e4

而且

Moreover Er(2)qie(3)

耳朵

Ear Er(3)duo

发烧

To have a fever Fa(1)shao(1)

发现 Fa(1)xian(4)

Discover

饭馆 fan4guan3

Restaurant

方便

Convenient Fang(1)bian(4)

房间

Room Fang(2)jian(1)

fang4

Put

放心 fang4xin1

Feel at ease, relieved

非常 fei1chang2

Incredibly

飞机

Plane Fei(1)ji(1)

服务员 fu2wu4yuan2

Waitress

附近

Nearby, next to Fu(4)jin(4)

复习 Fu(4)xi(2)

Revise

干净 Gan(1)jing(4)

Clean

Dare Gan(3)

感冒

Catch a cold Gan(3)mao(4)

刚才

Just

告诉

Tell Gao(4)su

哥哥 ge1ge

Older brother

根据

According to Gen(1)ju(4)

Even more Geng(4)

公共汽车 gong1gong4qi4che1

Bus

公斤

Kilo gong1jin1

公司

Company gong1si1

公园 gong1yuan2

Park

Dog Gou(3)

故事

Story Gu(4)shi

刮风

To be windy Gua(1)feng(1)

关系

Connection, relevance Guan1xi4

关心

Be concerned about Guan(1)xin(1)

gui4

Expensive

国家

Nation guo2jia1

孩子 hai2zi

Child

Black hei1

后面 hou4mian4

Behind

To paint hua4

欢迎

Welcome Huan(1)ying(2)

Yellow Huang(2)

机场 Ji(1)chang(3)

Airport

鸡蛋

Hen egg Ji(1)dan(4)

关于 Guan(1)yu(2)

Relating to

果汁

Fruit juice Guo(3)zhi(1)

过去

In the past, pass by guo4qu4

害怕 Hai(4)pa(4)

Afraid

He(2) river

黑板

Hei(1)ban(3) blackboard

护照

Hu(4)zhao(4) passport

花园

Garden

Huan(2) pay back, return

环境

Huan(2)jing(4) environment

Huan(4) exchange

回答

Hui(2)da(2) reply

会议

Hui(4)yi(4) meeting

几乎

Ji(1)hu(1) nearly

机会

Ji(1)hui(4) opportunity

Ji(2) extremely

季节

Ji(4)jie(2) time, season

检查

Jian(3)cha(2) to examine

简单

Jian(3)dan(1) simple

健康

Jian(4)kang(1) health

见面

Meet

Jiang3 To speak about

Jiao(1) teach

Jiao(3) angle, corner, money

Jiao(3) leg, base

教室

Jiao(4)shi(4) classroom

街道

Jie(1)dao(4) street, area

结束

Jie(2)shu(4) finish

节目

Jie(2)mu(4) programme, item

节日

Jie(2)ri(4) holiday, festival

解决

Jie(3)jue(2) resolve

Jie(4) lend, borrow

经过

Jing(1)guo(4) pass, go through

Jiu(4) old

举行

Ju(3)xing(2) hold a meeting

句子

Ju(4)zi sentence

决定

Jue(2)ding(4) decide

Ke(3) thirsty

可爱

Cute

Ke3 Quarter, mw for shorter time intervals

客人

Ke(4) guest, customer

空调

Kong(1)tiao(2) AC

Ku(1) cry

裤子

Ku(4)zi trousers

Kuai(4) classifier for coins

筷子

Kuai(4)zi

Lan(2) blue

快乐

4,4 Happy

开始

1,3 start

老师

3,1 Teacher

4 lei

3 leng cold

礼物

Li(3)wu(4) present

历史

Li(4)shi(3) history

Lian(3) face

练习

Lian(4)xi(2) practice

了解

Liao(3)jie(3) understand

邻居

Lin(2)ju(1) next door, neighbor

Ling(2) 0

Lou(2) Floor

Lu(4) road

满意

Man(3)yi(4) satisfied, pleased

Slow

2 Busy

Mao(1) cat

帽子

Mao(4)zi hat

没关系

No problem

妹妹

4,4 little sister

Mi(3) rice

米饭

Mifan cooked rice

面包

Bread

面条

Noodles

面条

Noodles

明白

Understand

名字

2, Name

Na(2) take

奶奶

Nai(3)nai grandmother

Nan(2) south

难过

Nan(2)guo(4) sad, unwell

Suggestion

年级

Nian(2)ji(2) grade, year

年轻

Nian(2)qing(1) young

Niao(3) bird

牛奶

Niu(2)nai(3) milk

努力

Nu(3)li(4) try hard

爬山

2,4 climb a mountain

盘子

2, plate

旁边

4,4 next to, beside

Pang4 fat

跑步

Pao(3)bu(4) run

啤酒

Pi2jiu3 beer

便宜

Pian2yi cheap

Piao4 ticket

漂亮

Beautiful

苹果

13 apple

葡萄

Pu1tao grape

普通话

314 Chinese

妻子

Qi1zi wife

其实

Qi2shi2 actually, in fact

其他

Another person

Qi2 ride

奇怪

Qi2guai4 strange

起床

Qi3chuang2 get out of bed

Qian1 thousand

铅笔

Qian1bi3 pencil

Qian2 money

前面

Qian2mian4 in front of

清楚

1, clear

Qing2 clear, fine weather

Qing3 invite

Qiu1 autumn

裙子

Qun2zi skirt

然后

24 afterwards

4 warm

热情

Re4qing2 enthusiastic, warm

认真

Take seriously

容易

Rong2yi4 easy

如果

23 if

San(3) umbrella

上网

Shang4wang3 Internet, surf

身体

Shen1ti3 health

生病

Sheng1bing4 fall ill

生气

Get angry, take offense

声音

Sheng1yin1 voice, sound

时候

1, when

时间

2,1 time

使

Shi3 to make, cause

世界

Shi4jie4 world

事情

Shi4qing4 thing

手表

33 Watch

手机

Shou3ji1 mobile phone

Shou4 lose weight

舒服

Shu1fu1 comfortable

叔叔

Shu1shu Father's Younger Uncle

Shu4 tree

数学

Shu4xue2 maths

刷牙

Shua1ya2 brush teeth

Shuang1 pair

水果

Fruit

司机

Si1ji1 driver

虽然

1,2 Although

4 year

Tang2 sweet

特别

4,2 especially

Teng2 hurt

踢足球

Ti1zu2qiu2 play football

Ti2 exam question, problem

提高

Ti2gao1 improve

体育

Ti3yu4 sports

Tian2 sweet

Tiao2 mw

跳舞

Tiao4wu3 dancing

同事

24 colleague

同学

22 fellow student

同意

24 agree

头发

Tou2fa hair

突然

Tu1ran2 sudden, unexpected

图书馆

213 library

Tui3 Leg

完成

22 complete, accomplish

3 mw rice

忘记

Wang4ji4 forget

Wei4 hey

为了

In order to

4 ask

问题

42 Question

西瓜

11 watermelon

希望

14 hope, expect

习惯

Xi2guan4 habit

Xi3 wash

洗手间

Washroom

下雨

43 Rain

Xia4 summer

香蕉

Xiang1jiao1 banana

相同

Xiang1tong2 identical

相信

Xiang1xin4 believe, be convinced

Xiang4 resemble

小姐

33 miss

小心

Xiao3xin4 take care

校长

43 Headmaster

1 some

鞋子

Xie2zi shoes

谢谢

Thanks

新闻

Xin1wen2 news

新鲜

Xin1xian1 fresh, uncommon

Xin4 letter

行李箱

Xing2li,xiang1 suitcase

兴趣

Xing4qu4 interest

熊猫

Xiong2mao1 panda

选择

Xuan3ze2 select, choose

学生

1, student

学习

22 study

学校

24 school

Xing4 name

Xue3 snow

颜色

Yan2se4 color

眼镜

Yan3jing4 spectacles

眼睛

Yan3jing eye

Yao4qiu2 request

Yao4 medicine

爷爷

Ye2ye, father's father

衣服

Yi1fu clothes

医生

Yi1sheng1 doctor

医院

Yi1yuan4 hospital

一定

Yi2ding4 certainly

一共

Yi2gong4 altogether

一样

Yi2yang4 same

以后

Yi3hou4 after

椅子

Yi3zi chair

一般

Yi4ban1 generally

一边

Yi4bian1 One side, on the one hand

一起

4,3 together

一直

Yi4zhi2 straight, always

意思

Yi4si meaning

Yin1 overcast

音乐

Yin1yue4 music

银行

Yin2hang2 bank

应该

11 ought

影响

Ying3xiang3 influence

游戏

You2xi4 game

游泳

23 Swimming

有名

32 famous

遇到

Yu4dao4 run into, meet

兴奋

Xing1fen4 excited

可再生能源

KezaishengNeng2yuan2 renewable energy

政策

Zheng1ce4 policy

护士

Hu4shi4 nurse

着急

Zhao2ji2 anxious, in a rush

Softens statement

我早就想好了

I'm way ahead of you

我请你吃饭

My treat

找到 v 找好

To find where the place is v to find a good place for something

我还没想好要不要

Note no if!

我一点儿时间也不/没

I don't have any time at all

我打你电话的话

If I give you call... 如果 more formal

我(比我的妹妹)高一些/一点儿

I'm taller

是这个时候的

It was then that

一片面包

A slice of bread

多待

Duo1dai4 Bring more ( same with any verb)

一个也能少

In a list, they're all necessary

In addition to that, ...

是...不是...

It is this, not that ( emphasis)

In that case

看一下

Take a quick look ( same with any verb)

v. 一下,再...

First, then

愿意

Yuan4yi4 wish, want

月亮

Yue4liang moon

Yue4 to exceed

Yun2 cloud

运动

Yun4dong4 exercises

再见

Goodbye

丈夫

Zhang4fu husband

着急

Zhao2ji2 anxious, in a hurry

Zhao3 to find

照顾

Zhao4gu4 take care of

照片

Zhao4pian4 photo

照相机

Zhao4xiang4ji1 camera

知道

Know

Zhi3 only

中间

Between, in the middle

中午

Zhong1wu3 noon

终于

Zhong1yu2 in the end, at last

重要

Important

主要

Zhu3yao4 Major, principal

Zhu4 wish, express (old - wizard)

注意

Zhu4yi4 take note of

准备

Zhun3bei4 prepare

桌子

Zhuo1zi table

字典

Zi4dian3 dictionary

自行车

421 bike

总是

Zong3shi4 always

Zui4 most

最近

Closest

左边

Zuo3bian left side

作业

Zuo4ye4 homework

作用

Affect

Leng3 cool (unpleasant)

凉快

Liang2kuai4 cool (pleasant)

决定

Jue2ding4 decide

虽然...,还是

Although

不太难

Note no 了!

Lou2 office block

同屋

Tong2wu1 flatmate

聊天

Liao2tian2 chat

我给你打电话

Phone someone

那边有很多木 v


那边木多

1st: emphasis on place


2nd: emphasis on trees

办事

Ban4shi4 out on business

(下) 雨下得大

Raining a lot

送他去地铁站

Song4 accompany

没事

No problem

Ban4 to deal with something, sort out

能(不)懂吗

Rhetorical qu

上楼

Upstairs

我都学习汉语六年

Dou emphasizes 6 years

得病

De2bing4 become ill

得病

De2bing4 become ill

花瓶

1,2 huaping vase

台灯

2,1 taideng

1 yun to be dizzy, faint, swoon

吸尘机

1,2,1 xichenji vacuum cleaner

吸地

1,4 xidi to vacuum

吸地

1,4 xidi to vacuum

4 Take a photo

这是比赛以后的照片

This is the photo after the match

你觉得他怎么样

F

他对每个人笑

He smiles at everyone

常常也对我笑

,,,

是不是喜欢他?

Is it the case...

他们都是

Those are all the people who are waiting for her

一块蛋糕

A piece of cake

喝的,穿的,吃的,看得

Things that one v.

年龄

2,2 nianling age

你再说说吗?

Can you say a bit more?

五十步笑百步

3,2,4,4,3,4 wushibuxiaobaibu to laugh at someone who's a little bit worse than you ( even though you're also cr)ap

3 cao grass

森林

1,2 senlin forest

开花

To blossom

Pasta

说关于sth

To talk about sth

他(坐)在 s.o 的中间

He's sitting between s.o

我头疼

A headache

怎么了

If something is wrong, what happened?

前几天

A few days ago

Sth 好多/点了

Something becomes much/a little better

吃药

Take medicine

草地

Cao3di4 Lawn

树枯萎了

Ku1wei3 The trees have turned brown

今年就,我不能穿了

Already this year ( earlier than expected) I can't wear it

吃太多

Eat too much

那是因为

That is because

多吃

Eat more!

水果坏了

The fruit had gone off

To miss s.o

讨厌

Tao3,yan4 Disagreeable, dislike, loath

我越来越想他

I miss him more and more

快要 sth 了

Sth is coming

药到病除

Yao4dao4bing4chu2 to get straight to the crux of the problem

电话里

Over the phone

睡不着觉

Can't fall asleep

你还是喝牛奶吧

Have you thought about drinking milk instead?

Adj 死了

Si3 so adj it's killing me

天阴了

It's cloudy

躲雨

Duo3 Shelter from the rain

宿舍

Su4shi4 dormitory

你的身体不舒服

Im a bit I'll

电影院

Cinema

大声

Loudly

你最喜欢哪个季节

Which is your favorite season

不那么冷

Not that cold

少吃一点

Eat a bit less

看得清楚

Able to see it clearly

所有的

All

吃得下,吃

Be able to finish something

你的书呢

Where's your book?

刚 v 刚才

Adv only before verb v noun as a time phrase

你唱歌唱饿了多久

How long have you been singing?

我们唱了两个小时歌

We sang for 2 hours

到时候

At that point

那,我怎么办?

In that case, what I need to sort out?

你怎么迟到了半个小时?

How could you turn up half an hour late?

我学习了四年汉语了

I've been learning Chinese for for years thus far

对...(不)感兴趣/...没有兴趣

To be(not) interested

开会

To have a meeting

晚餐

Wan3can1 Dinner, banquet

年龄大的人

Elderly person

舞池

Wu4chi3 dancing circle

舞池

Wu4chi3 dancing circle

舞池

Wu4chi3 dancing circle

我离不开我的包

I can't leave my bag behind

Favor

Chao3 loud

Luan4 messy, disordered thinking

足够(够)

Zu2gou4 enough ( enough to eat)

块50年了

Almost, soon to be

怎么这么好

How come so good

往下看

Looking downwards

想吃什么吃什么

Whatever you want to eat, eat it

我想吃什么就做什么

I cook whatever I want to eat

轻松

Relax

我的一周

My week

周记

1,4 Diary

玩杂技

2,2,4 Wanzaji Acrobatics

动作

Dong4zuo4 movement

一些+n,有点儿+ADj

A little

还不懂得很多

Still my understanding not up to much

房子

House

看了看

Had a little look

多+adj+啊

How adj!

真不想

Really don't want to

多少,高低,胖瘦

Number, height, figure

(兄弟)姐妹

Siblings

尴尬

1,4 ganga awkward, embarrassing

不同,不一样

Different

相同,一样

Same

路口

Road turning

十字路口

Road crossing

丁字路口

1 T-junction

语法

3,3 grammar

哪里哪里, 没有没有

Not taking a compliment

山越高,路越难走

The higher the mountain, the harder the road is to walk

了解

3,3 To come to know

这几天

For the past few days

你越往南,天气越热

The further south you walk, the hotter the weather

课间

Break in the middle of class

Class of students

吃的胖/吃不胖

(not) possible to get fat by eating

有点儿+verb/ad就


Adj+一点儿

G

有点儿+verb/ad就


Adj+一点儿

认识

To know people, to recognise people/ things

从中间的路走

Walk up the middle path

休息的越多,好得越快

Use De because possible

产生

3,1 chansheng happen

争执

1,2 zhengzhi argument

体育

Sports, P.E

个子

Height

多长时间?

How long a time?

一两个小时

1-2 hours

钥匙

4, yaoshi keys

我把钥匙落在工作的地方

La leave behind

关空调

Turn off ac

来电话

To receive a phone call

还差sth

We're short of sth

电子

Electron, electronic

衣柜,碗柜

4 gui Wardrobe, cupboard

2 zhong kind, sort

风景

1,3 fengjing scenery

风景

1,3 fengjing scenery

太阳

4,2 taiyang sun

今天太阳从西边出来了吗

If something really weird happens

有事吗

What's the matter

我看(你)还是

In my honest opinion, (you)

起飞

To take off

习惯成自然

Habit becomes second nature

早睡早起

Early to bed, early to rise

礼轻,情意重

3,1,2,4,4 gift light, thought heavy

安排

An1pai2 plans

V+个+o

Makes more casual

玉盘

4,2 yupan silver plate ( moon metaphor)

叔叔,阿姨

Address for people of parents age

我吃素

4 su I'm an vegetarian

地图

Land, earth

废弃

Feiqi 4,4 emissions

无趣

Wu 4 Not interesting

自然

Ziran 4,4 nature

Chi 1 Pool

地方

Parts/ sections in something as well as place

拿第一

To win

各个

Gege every

总是 v 一直

Regularly v continuously

举行

Juxing 3,2 hold a meeting, event

一是一,二是二

A person who says it how it is

父母 v 家长

Specific parents v parents in general

闲聊, 聊天

Xian2liao2 现聊 chat, gossip

谈话

2,4 tan hua have a discussion

主要是

Mainly

(即使)...也(不)

2,2 jishi even though/if, you would (not)

好几

A good number

s.o 怎么说的

What was the outcome of what they said

咱们

Zanmen 2,2 we

钱不是万能的

Qianbushi wannengde 4 money can't buy you everything

就差

I'm only lacking

缺乏

1,4 quefa Lack of ( often abstract - e.g quality, resources)

良好

Lianghao 2,3 good ( more formal or for more abstract)

开始

At first

变得越来越多

Becoming more and more

一段时间

Yiduan4 A period of time

看出来

To see (e.g. To see on a blackboard that something is right)

Ji 3 crowded

繁忙

Fanmang 2,2 busy (e.g. city) (繁 means in great numbers)

锻炼身体/大脑

Exercising your body/mind

思想

Sixiang 1,3 mind

功课

14 Gongke Schoolwork, subject

看好我的病

Treat illness

为了

In order to

地点

Location

口渴了/我渴了

I'm thirsty

认识谁 v 我谁都认识

Who do i know v I know everybody

我什么菜都喜欢

I like anything

我什么菜都喜欢

I like anything

一般来说

Generally speaking

意味着

2,4,4 yiweizhe this means

贵+n

Used as an honorific, e.g in an interview to say company

只要...就...

On condition that..., definitely

灰尘

1,2 huichen dusty

2 xiang towards

4 wan 10,000

3 zui mouth

不但...而且

Not only.... But also

3 zhong kind, type

特点

4,3 tedian characteristic

只要... 就

On condition that... Then

见怪不怪

Jian4guai4bu2guai4 One has seen everything

感到

To feel

制造

4,4 zhizao make, manufacture

论点

Lun4dian4 argument

恐吓

3,4 konghe Scare off, away

另一边

The other side

相当多的

A good amount of ( formal)

发表

Fa1biao3 To make an argument

准确

3,4 zhunque accurate

A 比 B 跟差

Even worse

受处

3,4 Xiangshouchu enjoy benefits

Cannot use with a resultative (e.g 得, 不)

投票

Tou2piao4 vote

替罪羊

4,4,2 tizuiyang scapegoat (take the place sin goat)

背黑锅

1,1,1 zhege beiheiguo to be made the scapegoat (to carry the black pot)

难忘

Unforgettable

西服

Western suit

学鸟叫

Mimic bird song

经过

1,4 Pass by

(想)出来

Indicates something out of nothing - e.g thought up

听到


听好


听出来

To manage to hear


To hear it all


To be able to tell they were e.g sad

停下来

Slow down

天黑下来

Night is drawing in

慢下来

Slow down

安静下来

Anjing 1,4 calm down

想起来

To recall

V + 上去/起来

V like, seems

Sth 使/叫/让 STH


学习汉语让我很高兴

Sth causes/ lets/ makes sth

百闻不如一见

Bai3wen2buru2yi2jian4


To see something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times

闻,听说,听见

Wen2 to hear about

传统

2,3 chuantong tradition

逍遥自

Xiao1yao2zide to do as one pleases

车到山前必有路

There's always a solution

羡慕

Xian4mu4 envy, admire

爱情

Romantic love

星星

Star

加班

Jia1ban1 Work overtime

Liang4 shine, be lit

感动

Gan3dong4 touch, move

浪漫

Lang4man4 romantic

即使

Ji2shi3 even if

共同

Shared, common

原因

Yuan2yin1 reason

缺点

Que1dian3 shortcomings

接受

Jie1shou4 accept

法律

Fa3lu4 law

Shen1 deep, profound

熟悉

Shu2xi be familiar with

不仅

Bu4jin3 not only

开玩笑

Be kidding

从来

Always - more often used with 不 as never. If positive, use 只

最好

Zui4hao3 had better

适合

Shi4he2 suit, fit

幸福

Xing4fu2 happy

互相

Hu4xiang1 mutually

吸引

Xi1yin3 attract, attraction

普通

Pu3tong1 ordinary, average

脾气

Pi2qi temper, disposition

两个人共同生活,需要性格 上 互相吸引

上 - within the scope of, regarding a certain aspect

内外

Nei4wai4 inside-outside, domestic and foreign

悲伤

1,1 beishang sad

随便

Sui2bian4 adv randomly, casually, on a whim

随便

Sui2bian4 adj carelessly

随便

Whatever (i don't mind)

认识 v 见面

To meet for the first time v meet up

想得不对

Resultative - wasn't right in thinking

跟随

Gen1sui2 To go along with, to follow

亦步亦趋

Yibu4yiqu4 v. Blindly copycat, sucking up ( very negative)

独立思考

Du2li3si4kao3 to make up your own mind, to think independently

独立

Du2li4 Independent adj/adv

时代

Shidai era, period of history

观点

Guan1dian4 opinion

他不需要作付钱的人

He doesn't have to be the person who pays 付 - fu4 to pay

快乐,幸福

Kuai4le4, xing4fu2 Emotionally happy, contented

160至/到170

160-170 (zhi4, dao4 formal, informal)

电缆

Dian3lan3 electricity cable

移动,搬

Yi2dong4 move something large and heavy ( formal, informal)

聚会

Ju4hui4 get together (often from different places and as a special occasion)

购物

Gou4wu4 shopping

适应

Shi4ying4 to get used to

Jiao1 to make friends

平时

Ping2shi2 normal, outside of exceptional circumstances

平常

Ping2chang2 normally, frequently

逛街

Guang4jie1 to go shopping ( but not with a list)

逛商场

Guang1shang1chang3 browse e.g. in a mall

发短信

Fa1duan3xin4 send a text message

正好

Zheng4hao3 Just right, perfect

联系

Lian2xi4 to contact, get in touch

差不多

Cha4bu2duo1 almost

专门

Zhuan1men2 specially

毕业

Bi4ye4 to graduate

麻烦

Ma2fan trouble (n), to bother/ trouble

好像

3,4 As if

重新

Chong2xin1 again, once more

尽管

Jin3guan3 although

真正

Zhen1zheng4 true, real

友谊

You3yi4 friendship

丰富

Feng1fu4 enrich

无聊

Wu2liao2 boring

Que4 but, yet

周围

Zhou1wei2 surrounding (n)

交流

Jiao1liu2 exchange, communicate

一生

1,1 Throughout one's life

理解

Li3jie3 to understand

镜子

Jing4zi mirror

Er2 while, yet

Dang1 when, just at (a time or place)

遇到困难

Yu4dao4kun4nan experience difficulty

及时

Ji2shi2 in time

Pei2 accompany

身边

Shen1bian1 at one's side

关闭

Guan1bi4 To close forever

少见 v 难得

Rarely seen v difficult to do

在别的方面

Regarding other aspects

百分之

%

日子

Days, times

消极

Xiao1ji2 Pessimistic

差异

Cha1yi4 difference

一切

Yi1qie4 all, everything

顺利

Shun4li4 without a hitch

印象

Yin4xiang4 impression

通知

Tong1zhi1 inform

顾客

Gu4ke4 customer, shopper

卖出

Mai4chu1 to sell

给 s.o 留下印象

Liu2xia4yin4xiang4 leave, make an impression on s.o

按照

An4zhao4 according to, in the light of

加班

Jia1ban1 Work overtime

脾气

Pi2qi temper, disposition

聚会

Ju4hui4 Get together

好像

Hao3xiang4 as if

重新

Chong2xin1 again, once more

尽管

Jin3guan3 although

真正

Zhen1zheng4 true, real

友谊

You3yi4 friendship

Ting3 quite, rather

紧张

Jin3zhang1 nervous (lit. Tight, stretching)

信心

Xin4xin1 confidence

能力

Neng2li4 ability, competence

招聘

Zhao1pin4 recruit

提供

Ti2gong1 provide

负责

Fu4ze2 be in charge

本来

Ben3lai2 originally, at first

应聘

Ying4pin4 apply for a job

材料

Cai2liao4 data, material

符合

Fu2he2 to accord with

通知

Tong1zhi1 inform

Lu:4shi1 lawyer

专业

Zhuan1ye4 major (in degree), specialty

另外

Ling4wai4 besides, in addition

收入

Shou1ru4 income

午觉

Wu3jiao4 afternoon nap

上下班

To and from work

上下班时间

Rush hour

发脾气

Fa1pi2qi2 lose one's temper

在心里数

Zai4xin1li3shu3 to count in your head

主任

Zhu3ren4 chairman, CEO

固步自封

Gu4bu4zi4feng1 stuck in their ways

正视困难

Zheng4shi4kun4nan face up to difficulties, square up to difficulties

描述

Miao2shu4 describe, description

创造

Chuang4zao4 create, produce, bring about

灾害

Zai1hai4 disaster

都九点了

Dou - already 9pm

哪 in a rhetorical qu - 我哪能知道

Equivalent to 怎么 as how... E.g. how could I know?

他们招聘的要求虽然高

Although their recruitment requirements are high - 虽然 cam be at start, after subject, after TMP, before adj/v. Emphasizes the one closest. Zhao1pin4

看一个人怎么说话

To see how someone speaks

借机会

Jie4ji1hui4 Take the opportunity

只好

Have to, must

To stay in, be left in

他给我留下印象

He made an impression on me

给他们的钱越来越少

To give them less and less money

根本上

Gen1ben3shang4 Fundamentally

我根本不知道

I don't know at all - 根本 both mean roots so means nothing at all, nothing left

他从根本上正视困难

To take a fundamental approach to address (shi4) difficulties

发挥

Fa1hui1 make the most of, give full rein to

我对他印象

Yin4xiang4 My impression of him

思想 v 观点

Mindset v idea, thought

导致

Dao3zhi4 to lead to

现实 v 实现

Xian4shi4 Reality v to realize

尽管

Jin3guan3 feel free to (adv), despite (conj)

成绩

Cheng2ji4 result, achievement

急着

Ji2zhe urgently

赚钱

Zhuan4qian2 make money

责任心

Ze2ren4xin1 sense of responsibility, duty

出错

Chu1cuo4 make a mistake

授人以鱼不如人以渔

Shou4ren2yi3yu2bu4ru2shou4ren2yi3yu2 Teaching people how to teach themselves is better than teaching them - lit. Giving people a fish is not as good as giving people fishing

理解

Li3jie3 understand

网上

Wang3shang4 online

喜爱

Like, be fond of, be keen on

其次

Next, secondly

任何

Ren4he2 any, whichever

寄到

Ji4 send, post

活动

Huo2dong4 activities, socializing

不过

However (conj); merely (adv)

Liang4 bright

有用

Useful

Lan3 lazy

感谢

Gan3xie4 grateful for

支持

Zhi1chi2 support

一分钱一分货

Yifen1qian2yifen1huo4 what you pay is what you get

各种(各样)

Gezhong3geyang4 all sorts

不好意思

Feel embarrassed (to do)

(上班)族

Shang4ban4zu2 The category (of office workers) - 族 used to be death penalty for whole family, also means clan

Ming2 MW for people

慈善

Ci2shan4 charity

怎么买

How much? Blue is it sold?

小事

Something trivial

他身上

He himself, the person

...情况下

Under... circumstances

怀念

Huai2nian4 to be nostalgic about

在本来应该是...

In the place of, where something should have been,...

实际 v 真实

Realistic v true - shi2ji4 v zhen1shi2

说明

Shuo1ming2 describe

说明

Shuo1ming2 describe

Lia3 two

没脾气

Mei4pi2qi laid back

大脾气

Da4pi2qi quick-tempered

他们差不多高 v 他们几乎一样高

几乎 cannot be with a monosyllabic adj

他差不多六十岁 or 他几乎六十岁?

差不多 - cannot use 几乎 for numbers

姐妹性格差不多 v 姐妹性格几乎?

差不多 - 几乎 cannot be used as adj = similar

我差不多忘了 v 我几乎忘了?

几乎 - 差不多 cannot be used as almost disaster

站出来

Zhan4chu1lai2 stand out from the crowd

有人觉得工作是幸福,有人 却 认为真正爱情是幸福

却 softens statement

首先

Shou3xian1 first

诚实

Cheng2shi2 honest

判断

Pan4duan4 judge, decide

Ti2 mention

原来

Yuan2lai2 original

原来

Yuan2lai2 original

计划

Ji4hua4 plan, intend

提前

Ti2qian2 to do sth ahead of time

保证

Bao3zheng4 guarantee

提醒

Ti2xing3 to remind

变成

Bian4chang2 Change into

Ti2 to mention

原来

Yuan2lai2 adj original

提前

Ti2qian4 to do ahead of time

保证

Bao3zheng4 guarantee

提醒

Ti2xing3 to remind

生意

Sheng1yi business, trade

Bing4 emphasise negativity

积累

Ji1lei3 to accumulate

一切

Yi2qie4 all, every

成功

Cheng2gong1 successful

感谢

Gan3xie4 to thank

消息

Xiao1xi news

按时

An4shi2 on time, on schedule

奖金

Jiang3jin1 bonus

工资

Gong1zi salary

知识

Zhi1shi knowledge

不得不

Have to, have no choice but

甚至

Shen4zhi4 conj so far as to

打折

Da3zhe2 to give a discount

价格

Jia4ge2 price

质量

Zhi4liang4 quality

肯定

Ken3ding4 surely

流行

Liu2xing2 popular

顺便

Shun4bian4 in passing

光 (adv)

Guang1 only, merely

实在

Shi2zai4 really

制冷

Zhi4leng3 to refrigerate

效果

Xiao4guo3 n. effect

现金

Xian4jin1 cash

邀请

Yao1qing3 invite

艺术

Yi4shu4 art

广告

Guang3gao4 advert

优点

You1dian3 merit

联系实际

Lian2xi4shi2ji4 To be realistic, consider reality

结果

Jie1guo3 bear fruit, result

饿肚子

E4du4zi go hungry

满头大汗

Man3tou2da4han4 sweating like a pig

考虑

Kao3lu:4 consider

标准

Biao1zhun3 standard

样子

Yang4zi appearance

年龄

Nian2ling2 age

浪费

Lang4fei4 to waste

受到

Shou4dao4 receive

任何

Ren4he2 any, whatever

对中国门来说 - right/wrong?

Wrong - only if you yourself have the experience

不过

Bu2guo4 but

果汁

Guo3zhi1 fruit juice

售货员

Shuo4huo4yuan2 sales person

袜子

Wa4zi socks

打扰

Da3rao3 disturb, bother

竟然

Jing4ran2 indicates unexpectedness

西红柿

Xi1hong2shi4 tomato

百分之

Bai3fen1zhi1 %

Bei4 -times, -fold

皮肤

Pi2fu1 skin

好处

Hao3chu4 benefit

Chang2 taste

方面

Fang1mian4 aspect

值得

Zhi2de2 to be worth

活动

Huo2dong4 activity, event

Nei4 in, within

免费

Mian3fei4 free of charge

修理

Xiu1li3 repair, mend

Man3 reach a quota

其中

Qi2zhong among x, y, z

小说

Novel

会员卡

Hui4yuan2ka3 membership card

获得

Huo4de2 get, obtain

例如

Li4ru2 e.g

举办

Ju3ban4 hold, conduct

降低

Jiang4di1 lower, reduce

实在

Honestly, really shi2zai4

辛苦

Xin1ku3 tiring hardship

想法

Xiang3fa3 idea

想法

Xiang3fa3 idea

流血

Liu2xie3 bleed

Ca1wipe

气候

Qi4hou4 climate

估计

Gu1ji4 reckon

咳嗽

Ke2sou to cough

严重

Yan2zhong4 serious, grave

空气

Kong1qi4 air

抽烟

Chou1yan1 to smoke

Shuai4 handsome

出现

Chu1xian4 appear, emerge

来不及

Lai2buji2 to be too late to do, to not have enough time to

反对

Fan3dui4 oppose, object to

大夫

Dai4fu doctor

植物

Zhi2wu4 plant

研究

Yan2jiu1 study, do research

超过

Chao1guo4 exceed, surpass

散步

San4bu4 take a walk

散散步 v 休息休息

If v-o, then AAB structure

Zhi3 refer to

精神

Jing1shen2 spirit, mind

教授

Jiao4shou4 professor

数字

Shu4zi4 number

说明

Shuo1ming2 explain, show

要是

Yao4shi if, supposing

既...又...

Ji4...you4 both... and...

减肥

Jian3fei4 to try and lose weight

辛苦

Xin1ku3 hard and tiring

肚子

Du4zi belly, stomach

感情

Gan3qing2 affection, love

烦恼

Fan2nao3 bothered

Diao4 resultative meaning going away, disappearing - e.g. 今天的烦恼都跑掉了

意思的事

Interesting things

要是 x 是一,其他都是一后面的零

Without x, there's nothing. Everything starts with x. Idea that if you take 1 away, however many zeros there were still equal 0...

x 离不开 y

Li2bukai1 x can't be separated from y

巧克力

Qiao3ke4li4 chocolate

亲戚

Qin1qi kin, extended family

伤心

Shang1xin1 sad, sorrowful

心情

Xin1qing2 mood, state of mind

愉快

Yu2kuai4 glad, cheerful

景色

Jing3se4 scene, view

放松

Fang4song1 to relax

压力

Ya1li4 stress, pressure

回忆

Hui2yi4 to call to mind, recall

发生

Fa1sheng1 happen

成为

Cheng2wei2 become

只要

Zhi3yao4 as long as, provided

师傅

Shi1fu polite term for tradesman

大使馆

Da4shi3guan3 embassy

堵车

Du3che1 traffic jam

距离

Ju4li2 distance

耐心

Nai4xin1 patience

可不是!

Kebushi! Isn't that true?!

生命

Sheng1ming4 life

缺少

Que1shao3 to lack

到处

Dao4chu4 everywhere

态度

Tai4du4 attitude

因此

Yin1ci3 therefore

有心

Have a mind to, consider

无法

Wu2fa3 don't have a way to

窗外

Chuang1wai4 going on outside

大自然

Da4zi4ran2 nature

能够

Neng2gou4 can

科学

Ke1xue2 science

证明

Zheng4ming2 prove

往往

Wang3wang3 often, usually

阳光

Yang2guang1 optimistic, cheerful

积极

Ji1ji2 positive

特点

Te4dian3 characteristic

往往 v 经常

往往 must be based on experience so can't say I wish that x 往往

饼干

Bing3gan1 biscuit

难道

Nan2dao4 Use at start to emphasize rhetorical question

坚持

Jian1chi2 insist, persist

放弃

Fang4qi4 to give up

注意

Zhu3yi idea, plan

变了注意

Changed one's mind

网球

Wang3qiu2 tennis

国际

Guo2ji4 international

轻松

Qing1song1 relaxed

Ying2 win

Han4 sweat

通过

Tong1guo4 through, by means of

师傅

Shi1fu honorific. Someone with a trade

大使馆

Da4shi3guan3 embassy

堵车

Du3che1 traffic jam

距离

Ju4li2 distance

耐心

Nai4xin patience

生命

Sheng1ming4 life

缺少

Que1shao3 to lack

到处

Dao4chu4 everywhere

态度

Tai4du4 attitude

因此

Yin1ci3 therefore

无法

Wu4fa3 to not have a way to

有心

To have a mind to

科学

Ke1xue2 science

证明

Zheng4ming2 prove

往往

Wang3wang3 often, usually

阳光

Yang2guang1 optimistic, cheerful

积极

Ji1ji2 positive

特点

Te4dian3 characteristic

小时候

Xiao3shi2hou4 in childhood

高低

Gao1di1 height, relative inferiority/superiority

之间

Zhi1jian1 among, between

别提了

Bie42ti2le don't being it up, mention the subject

许多

Xu3duo1 a lot of

失败

Shi1bai4 fail, be defeated, failure

生疏, 没有以前熟练

Sheng1shu1 To be rusty

休假

To be on holiday

家庭

Jiating Family - 庭 emphasises the family unit as opposed to other units, rather than just family. Happy family - use 家庭 as emphasizing the unit is happy together

生命

Sheng1ming4 life (n.)

缺少

Que1shao3 to lack

到处

Dao4chu4 everywhere

态度

Tai4du4 attitude

因此

Yin1ci3 so, therefore

往往 v 经常

Based on previous experience, tendency to v. Very frequent (can be aspirational)

饼干

Bing3gan1 biscuit

难道 你不减肥了?

Nan2dao4 used to emphasize rhetorical question

坚持

Jian1chi2 persist

放弃

Fang4qi4 to give up

Zhu3yi idea, plan

网球

Wang3qiu2 tennis

国际

Guo2ji4 international

轻松

Qing1song1 relaxed

Ying2 to win

Han4 sweat, perspiration

了注意

Bian4lezhu3yi Changed one's mind

一个月下来

At the end of the month

轻一公斤

Qing1yigong1jin1 To lose a kilo

春夏秋冬

All year round

下的汗水

Liu2xia4dehan4shui3 To work really hard

通过

Tong1guo4 through, by means of

老套

Lao3tao4 stereotypical

到处

Dao4chu4 everywhere

坚持

Jian1chi2 persist

Pian1 MW writings, papers, articles

作家

Writer zuo4jia1

当时

Dang1shi2 then, at that time

可是

Ke3shi4 but

Zheng4que4 right, correct

Li3xiang3 ideal

学会

Resultative - to learn how to do

勇敢

Yong3gan3 brave, courageous

结果

As a result, consequently

失败

Shi1bai4 to fail

过程

Guo4cheng2 course, process

至少

Zhi4shao3 at least

总结

Zong3jie2 sum up

Qu3 gain, seek

经历

Jing1li4 go through, experience

许多

Xu3duo1 plenty

区别

Qu1bie2 difference

暂时

Zan4shi2 temporary, for the time being

面对

Mian4dui4 face, confront

上 + quantity

To achieve, reach a given quantity/ degree

礼拜天

Li3bai4tian1 Sunday

空儿

Kong4r free time

母亲

Mu3qin1 mother

不过

Bu2guo4 yet, although. Can't be used at the start of a sentence

永远

Yong3yuan3 forever

方向

Fang1xiang4 direction

优秀

Yiu1xiu4 excellent

硕士

Shuo4shi4 person with a Master's degree

翻译

Fan1yi4 translator

La1 pull, drag

上有老,下有小

As the middle generation

脸色

Lian3se4 complexion

这让我...的方向

To give me a... direction to work towards

人家

Often used to imply comparison between speakers and others. Esp. Parents saying other children...

别提

Bie2ti2 indescribably - but with sense of I'm not racist but... usually followed immediately by description

心里多美了

So happy

建议

Jian4yi4 advice

职业

Zhi2ye4 occupation

关键

Guan1jian4 hinge, crux

将来

Jiang1lai2 future

发展

Fa1zhan3 develop, promote

Tang3 to lie on ones back

Kun4 sleepy

经济

Jing1ji4 economy

条件

Tiao2jian4 condition

Fu4 rich, wealthy

Qiong2 poor

Deng3 etc.

由于

You2yu2 because, since

比如

Bi3ru2 for example

橡皮

Xiang4pi2 eraser

Di1 low

答案

Da2an4 answer, key

小时侯

In ones childhood

经验 v 经历

Jing1yan4 to go through an experience, what you learn from it v jing1li4 experience itself

一个又一个

One thing after another

流利

Liu2li4 fluent

流利

Liu2li4 fluent

厉害

Li4hai awesome (specifically re ability), strict (of authority)

语法

Yu3fa3 grammar

Lian2 even. E.g. Even ever extreme case meets this rule

阅读

Yue4du2 to read

来得及

Lai2deji2 there's still time to do something

复杂

Fu4za2 complicated

只好

Cannot but, forced to

填空

Tian2kong4 fill in the blanks

Cai1 guess

否则

Fou3ze2 or, otherwise

无论

Wu2lun4 regardless, no matter what. Very formal - if using 是不是, then use不管,

杂志

Za2zhi4 magazine

著名

Zhu4ming2 famous

Ye4 page

增加

Zeng1jia1 increase, add

文章

Wen2zhang1 essay, article

Zhi1 part, connector between MW and word

内容

Nei4rong2 content

然而

Ran2er2 however

看法

Kan4fa3 viewpoint, opinion

顺序

Shun4xu4 order, sequence

养成

Yang3cheng2 develop, form

同时

Tong2shi2 at the same time, whilst

精彩

Jing1cai3 wonderful

怎么回

What's the matter? V informal

常见

Chang2jian4 common

当作

Dang4zuo4 treated as

加深

Jia1shen1 deepen

解渴

Jie3ke3 quench of one's thirst

本来

Originally; obviously

受 sth 的影响

To be influenced by

接受...的教育

Receive formal education

规定

Gui1ding4 rule, regulation

Si3 dead, rigid, inflexible

可惜

Ke3xi1 pitiful, regretful

全部

Quan2bu4 all, whole

也许

Ye3xu3 maybe

商量

Shang1liang1 discuss, consult

并且

Bing4qie3 and

Yan2 salt

勺子

Shao2zi spoon

保护

Bao3hu4 protect

作用

Zuo4yong4 function

无法

Wu2fa3 can't

Wu2 to not have, to be without

Jie2 section, length

详细

Xiang2xi4 detailed

解释

Jie3shi4 explain

对于

With regard to

叶子

Ye4zi leaf

教育

Jiao4yu4 educate

对于 v 关于 这次调查计划,经理特别满意

对于 - 对于 for object, 关于 for broad topic

使用

Shi3yong4 to use

语言

Yu3yan2 language

直接

Zhi2jie1 direct, straight

引起

Yin3qi3 cause, lead to

误会

Wu4hui4 misunderstanding

友好

You3hao3 friendly

事半功倍

Shi4ban4gong1bei4 achieve twice the result with half the effort

节约

Jie2yue1 economize on money

力气

Li4qi physical strength, effort

相反

Xiang1fan3 on the contrary

任务

Ren4wu task, mission

意见

Yi4jian4 opinion, suggestion

仔细

Zi3xi4 careful, meticulous

达到

Da2dao4 reach, attain

达到

Da2dao4 reach, attain

京剧

Jing1ju4 Beijing opera

演员

Yan3yuan2 actor

观众

Guan1zhong4 audience

Hou4 deep, profound

演出

Yan3chu1 perform

大概

Da4gai4 roughly, approx

来自

Lai2zi come from

Bian4 mw a period of time

偶尔

Ou3er3 occasionally

吃惊

Chi1jing1 to be surprised, shocked

基础

Ji1chu3 basis, foundation

表演

Biao3yan3 perform

正常

Zheng4chang2 normal, regular

申请

Shen1qing3 apply for

有趣

You3qu4 interesting

开心

Kai1xin1 happy, glad

继续

Ji4xu4 continue

这次活动继续 由 你负责

You2 responsible, by

讨论

Tao3lun4 discuss

大概 v 也许

Specific cases with evidence v subjective opinion

一个 大概 v 也许 的想法

大概 - 也许 cannot be used for 'rough'

大约

Da4yue1 approx

餐厅

Can1ting1 restaurant

纸袋

Zhi3dai4 paper bag

袋子

Dai4zi bag

互联网

Hu4lian2wang3 internet

进行

Jin4xing2 conduct

错误

Cuo4wu4 wrong

着 社会的发展,京剧也在改变,以适应不同年龄观众的需要

Sui2zhe along with

十分

Shi2fen1 very

普遍

Pu3bian4 universal, common

部分

Bu4fen part

稍微

Shao1wei1 little, slightly

Ku3 bitter

Sheng3 province

出差

Chu1chai1 go on a business trip

毛巾

Mao2jin towel

牙膏

Ya2gao1 toothpaste

Zhong4 heavy, weighty

污染

Wu1ran3 pollute

卫生间

Wei4sheng1jian1 bathroom

Zang1 dirty

抱歉

Bao4qian4 to be sorry

Kong1 empty

盒子

He2zi box, case

Reng1 throw away

Yi3 via, by means of

速度

Su4du4 speed

代价

Dai4jia1 pay a penalty

气候变化/气候变暖

Qi1hou4bian4hua4/nuan3 climate change

地球

Di4qiu2 earth, globe

既然

Ji4ran2 now that

Ting2 stop

得意

De2yi4 gloating, smug

目的

Mu4di4 aim, purpose

Nuan3 warm

塑料袋

Su4liao4dai4 plastic bag

于是

Yu2shi4 therefore

鼓励

Gu3li4 encourage

拒绝

Ju4jue2 refuse, reject

减少

Jian3shao3 reduce, decrease

数量

Shu4liang4 quantity, amount

温度

Wen1du4 temperature

乘坐

Cheng2zuo4 take/ ride in a vehicle

Diu1 throw, cast

垃圾桶

La1ji1tong3 dustbin

美丽

Mei3li4 beautiful

什么的

Etc.

祖父母

Zu3fu4mu3 Grandparents from dad's side

外祖父母

Mother's grandparents

家里的老人

Collectively - grandparents

赶上 e.g. 雨

Gan3shang4 catch up, run into, get caught in e.g. crowds, rain

本 + N

Ones own, itself - e.g. 本国 - one's own country, 本书 - the author referring to 'this article notes...'

寄(希望)于

Qi2 Put ( your hopes) upon

Adj 味

To have adj flavour

正常

Normal

随着我慢慢长大

As I get older

(大)约

About

Tang4 a specific route bus/train etc - e.g. 9:01 bus from Waterloo to Kings X

Lie4 MW for trains, subway

就算...

Jiu4suan4 even if, granted that

一个个

One by one

意思 v 意义

Semantic meaning v fundamental meaning/significance

从下

The following

降落

Jiang4luo4 descend, land

Huo3 hot, popular

交通

Jiao1tong1 traffic, communication

技术

Ji4shu4 technology

是否

Shi4fou3 if, whether

Miao3 a second (time)

受不了

Shou4buliao3 can't stand/bear

安全

An1quan2 safe

密码

Mi4ma3 password

允许

Yun3xu3 allow

Zuo4 MW bridges, mountains, buildings

Qiao2 bridge

危险

Wei1xian3 dangerous

接着

Jie1zhe then, immediately after that

Zhua1 catch, arrest

Xian2 salty

矿泉水

Kuang4quan2shui3 mineral water

付款

Fu4kuan3 pay a certain amount of money

Ju3 give, enumerate - e.g. 举一个例子 to give an example

迷路

Mi4lu4 lose one's way

地址

Di4zhi3 address

现代

Modern, present

看重

Kan4zhong4 considered important

功能

Gong1neng2 function

只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针

Zhi1yao4gong1fu2shen1,tie3chu3mo2cheng2zhen1 if you work hard enough, an iron pestle be ground down to a needle

起飞

Qi3fei1 take off

奇特

Qi2te4 strange and unusual

易懂

yi4dong3 easy to understand

(根)据

Gen1ju4 according to

婚姻 是否 丰富跟很多放点有关系

Shi4fou3 whether - put after subject

夫妻相

Fu4qi2xiang4 similarity in features of an old couple, common facial traits that show predestination to be married together

你可以用手机 来 听音乐

Softens comment into suggestion - like 听一听

大大

Greatly

Bu4 MW for electronics

Ju3 Abstract: give reasons/examples. Literal: to lift

除此之外

Chu2ci3zhi1wai4 apart from this, in addition (formal)

拿 自己的生日 做 银行的密码

拿...做 - Use...as...

Cheng2 to take public transport (more formal than 坐)

乘客

Cheng2ke4 passenger

理发(店)

Go to get a haircut (hairdressers)

社会媒体

She4hui4mei2ti3 social media

另一方面

Ling4yi1fang4mian4 on the other hand

河蟹

He2xie4 river crab, to censor on the internet (pun on harmonious - he2xie2). Often used with 被

坏人

Huai4ren2 E.g. Criminal

做梦

Zuo4meng4 To dream

道理

You3dao4li To make sense

上天

Gods, powers that be

进行 + V

To have a go at

说法

Shuo1fa3 explanation

比较

V to compare

外地

Opposite of local

打开网站

Open a web page

Cun1 village

Xiang1 smells good, tasty

集合

Ji2he2 meet up

重要因素

Yin1su4 important factor

表达

Biao3da4 express

未经 sth

Wei4jing1 sth not being done - e.g. Not being censored

Wei2 no (formal)

最好做法

Best option - don't use 选择

揭露

Jie1lu4 unmask, reveal

事实真相

Truth shi4shi2zhen1xiang4

公平

Gong1ping2 just, fair

记住

To remember

我不小心

I accidentally...

Tao4 MW property, furniture, meal, tea sets - a set of things that are altogether

原来

Adj - originally; adv - it turns out

效果 v 结果

Impact, effect v result

被作为

To be treated/ used as

随着

Implies that 1st is the cause of 2nd

学期

Xue2qi1 term, semester

出生

Chu1sheng1 to be born

性别

Xing4bie2 gender

道歉

Dao4qian4 apologize

打印

Da3yin4 print

打印

Da3yin4 print

饺子

Jiao3zi

Po4 broken, torn

脱下

Tuo1 take off e.g. clothes

包子

Bao1zi

零钱

Ling2qian2 small change

姓名

Xing4ming2 full name

打招呼

Da3zhao1hu1 say hello

Dai4 wear e.g. spectacles

眼睛

Yan3jing4 glasses, spectacles

舞蹈

Wu3dao3 dance

国籍

Guo2ji2 nationality

Tai2 lift, raise

胳膊

Ge1bo arm

Zhuan3 turn, shift

想不到

To not think that, not expect

碰见

Peng4jian4 bump into

我不是故意的

I didn't do it on purpose

as MW

Men2 MW subjects (e.g. art, language)

X 与 Y 无关

Wu2guan1 X is not connected/ related to Y

昨天我做了一奇怪的梦但是我起来怎么想都想不起来

Note 都 for both everything/ anything

看来吃不 上 这些包子

Not able to finish it

出来

To bring something out, (in abstract) through thought, analysis


e.g. 翻译出来,听出来,看出来,说出来

方便的时

Convenient time

连忙

Lian2mang2 in a hurry

X 和 Y 之间的距离

Zhi1jian1ju4li2 distance between X and Y

一下子

Inf. Very short space of time

从不高兴的心情中走出来

To get out of a bad mood, bad mental place

大大小小

Of all sizes

Zu1 rent

房东

Fang2dong1 landlord

战线

Zhan4xian4 (phone line) to be engaged

乒乓球

Ping1pang1qiu2 table tennis

羽毛球

Yu3mao2qiu2 badminton

Chang3 MW for sports, leisure events

禁止

Jin4zhi3 forbid

座位

Zuo4wei4 seat

像 X, Y, Z 运动

Activities such as X, Y, Z

生命在于别的人


区别是在于你的选择

Zai4yu2


Relies on


Is exactly, lie in

很有意思

Very interesting

尤其

You2qi2 especially

运动员

Yun4dong4yuan2 sportsperson

发球

Fa1qiu2 serve the ball

X 并 Y

Bing4 and

脚步

Jiao3bu4 footsteps

很对不起你

To have let you down

放在心上

To think about sth a lot, fret over sth

半天

Ban4tian1 a long time

加油站

Jia1you2zhan4 gas station

航班

Hang2ban1 scheduled flight

推迟

Tui1chi2 postpone

高速公路

Gao1su4gong1lu4 motorway

登机牌

Deng1ji1pai2 boarding pass

首都

Shou3du1 capital (of a country)

长江

Chang2jiang1 Yangtze river

Guai4 rather, quite

可怜

Ke3lian2 pitiable, poor

烤鸭

Kao3ya1 roast duck

祝贺

Zhu4he4 congratulate

合格

He2ge2 qualified, up to standard

干杯

Gan1bei1 drink a toast

民族

Min2zu2 nationality, ethnic group

打扮

Da3ban4 To dress up, deck out

笑话

Xiao4hua (n.) joke

Cun2 to store, keep

究竟 那个季节去比较好呢?

Jiu1jing4 adv. (used in questions for emphasis) exactly

Ke1 MW plants

Tang1 soup

对话

Dui4hua4 to have a discussion

小吃

Xiao3chi1 small and cheap dishes

收拾

Shou1shi put in order, pack

La4 hot, spicy

Xiang1 fragrant, scented

Suan1 sour, tart

居住

Ju1zhu4 to reside

得出同样的结论

To reach the same conclusion

幸亏

Xing4kui1 fortunately (adv)

一棵一棵

Yikeyike one by one

有特点

You3te4dian3 distinctive

外语

Wai4yu3 foreign language

与其

Yu3qi2 Better than

全国

Quan2guo2 nationwide

辛苦了

Xin1ku3le Nicety - I've caused you a lot of trouble

你这

You (inf)

一肚子

Yidu4zi full of

类 or 种类

Cannot use 类 by itself

N+

Hua4 To v, to be v-ed

X (不)同意 Y 的看法

To (not) agree with

建筑

Jian4zhu4 building

不一定 v一定不

Not necessarily v definitely not

天气预报

Yu:4bao4 weather forecast

屋子

Wu1zi indoors

一般的家庭

Ordinary people

开口

Ask

接近

Jie1jin4 Approach (v), near (adj)

Noun + 迷

Noun fan

怎么说呢

How do I put it?

细节

Detailed xi4jie2

电台

radio station dian4tai2

恩爱

(conjugal) loving en1ai4

对比

To compare dui4bi3

入围

To be shortlisted ru4wei2

入围

To be shortlisted ru4wei2

评委

Judge ping2wei3

瘫痪 tan1huan4

To be paralyzed

瘫痪

To be paralyzed tan1huan4

瘫痪

To be paralyzed tan1huan4

离婚

To divorce li2hun1

自杀

To commit suicide zi4sha1

抱怨


不要总是抱怨别人对你帮助不过

To complain Bao4yuan4


1) Don't always complain that you haven't been given enough help

爱护

To take good care of ai4hu4

婚姻

Marriage hun1yin1

吵架

To quarrel chao3jia4

相敬如宾

To respect each other like guests xiang1jing4ru2bin1

暗暗 an4an4

Secretly, to oneself

To take turns lun2

不耐烦

To be impatient bu2nai4fan2

肩膀

jian1bang3 Shoulder

肩膀

Shoulder jian1bang3

To shout, call han3

To stretch, extend shen1

手指 shou3zhi3

Finger

手指

Finger shou3zhi3

歪歪扭扭 wai1wai1niu3niu3

Crooked, askew

歪歪扭扭

Crooked, askew wai1wai1niu3niu3

递 di4

Hand over, pass

Hand over, pass di4

脑袋

Head nao3dai

女士

Lady nu:3shi4

叙述

To narrate xu4shu4

居然

Indicates unexpectedness ju1ran2

To urge, push cui1

等待

To wait deng3dai4

蚊子

Mosquito wen2zi

半夜

Midnight ban4ye4

To bite, sting ding1

老婆

Wife lao3po

吵 chao3

To make a noise, noisy

可能性 ke3neng2xing4

Possibility

可能性

Possibility ke3neng2xing4

几年如一日 ji3nian2ru2yiri4

Many years as if it were one day - e.g. To keep caring for someone day after day as if they'd just started

点头

To nod dian3tou2

红脸 hong2lian3

Get upset, angry

看个究竟

To see exactly what's happening kan4gejiu1jing4

患难与共

Through good and bad huan4nan4yu3gong4

如何 ru2he2


1) 讨论这个问题该 如何 解决


2) 你来负责解决这个问题,如何?

1) Let's discuss HOW we ought to resolve these questions


2) You'll be responsible for resolving these questions, ALRIGHT?


1)她喜欢 靠着 桌子讲课


2)“在家靠父母,出门靠朋友”

To lean kao4


1) He likes leaning on the table whilst giving lectures


2) 'At home rely on parents, outside rely on friends'

一项

MW for activities, work, tasks, plans, research, awards yixiang4

到处

Everywhere dao4chu4

或者

Perhaps Huo(4)zhe(3)

记得

Remember Ji(4)de

终于 v 最后

Positive connotation of ultimate resolution v neutral

终于 v 最后

Positive connotation of ultimate resolution v neutral

一共 sth + statement

Statement incl sth

惊喜

Pleasantly surprised (adj)

S.o. 吵得我睡不着觉

Someone was so loud I couldn't fall asleep

老家

Home town

长年

A long time

MW bunch, string for keys, grapes, necklace chuan4

一辈子

All one's life yibei4zi

农村

Countryside nong2cun1

屋子

House wu1zi

Cut off, stop duan4

以来

Since yi3lai2

姥姥

Maternal grandma lao3lao

舅舅

Mother's brother jiu4jiu

姑姑

Father's sister gu1gu1

坚决

Resolute, determined jian1jue2

不睡觉 v 睡不着觉

Won't sleep v can't sleep

在...下

Through, by..., then

打工

Do blue collar work da3gong1

To earn zheng4

County xian4

装修

To decorate zhuang1xiu1

不得了

Extremely bu4de2liao3

(喝) 醉 zui4

(Get) drunk

强烈

Strong and vehement qiang2lie4

Night ye4

About to, just before lin2

悄悄

Secretly, quietly qiao1qiao1

To dry in the sun, air shai4

被子

Quilt bei4zi

长途

Long-distance chang2tu2

想象

Imagine xiang3xiang4

微笑

To smile, a smile wei1xiao4

温暖

Warm (adj/v) wen1nuan3

立刻

At once, immediately li4ke4

Pounce on, dash at pu1

卧室

Bedroom wo4shi4

Spread, unfold pu1

To float, waft piao1

阵 zhen4 e.g. 厨房里飘来 阵阵 饭菜香

Action happening for a short period of time e.g. Wafts of delicious smelling dinner coming from TBD kitchen

屁股

Arse pi4gu

等...时(侯)

When...

提出

To raise sth lit., raise an issue/question ti2chu1

一趟车

Yitang4che1 General public transport

上锁 shang4suo3

To lock up

空着

Being empty

把 s.o. 拉倒一边

To pull s.o. aside la1dao4yibian1

住上 + time

To stay for + time

打扫

To clean up (not clean) da3sao3

轻声细语

To speak softly qing1sheng1xi4yu3

转眼又是 + time

Time + went by in the blink of an eye (lit. roll of the eyes) zhuan3yan3

冷冷清清

Bleak leng3leng3qing1qing1

景象

Scene, view jing3xiang4

发寒

Tremble, shiver fa1han2

亮着灯光

The light was/is shining liang4zhe1deng1guang1

气息

Smell, breath, atmosphere Qi4xi1

抬头一看

To put one's head up to look tai2tou2yikan4

室内

Indoors shi4nei4

扑面而来 e.g. 温暖气立刻扑面而来

Fig. To hit one in the face e.g. The warm atmosphere immediately hit them in the face


pu1mian4er2lai2

暖气

Heating nuan3qi4

温热

Warm, hot wen1re4

忙 mang2

To busy oneself

我鼻子一酸

My top lip started trembling wo3bi2ziyisuan1

下热泪

Poetic, lit. To shed tears liu2xia4re4lei4

Shuai1 to break (e.g. leg)

坚决

Jian1jue2 Resolute, determined

繁琐

To double-lock fan3suo3

v + 住了 zhu4 e.g. 记住了,冻住了

Resultative - staying in a certain state e.g. memorize, stay frozen

To freeze dong4

人生

Life ren2sheng1

稳定

Stable wen3ding4

待遇

Pay and perks dai4yu4

发愁

To worry fa1chou2

平静

Quiet, peaceful ping2jing4

迷上

Enthralled by mi2shang4

一辈子

A lifetime, generation yibei4zi

帆船

Sailing boat/ship fan1chuan2

Bump up against zhuang4

MW boats, ships sou1

航行

To sail hang2xing2

积蓄

Savings, to save ji1xu4

二手

Second-hand er4shou3

彩虹

Rainbow cai3hong2

e.g. 汉语技能教学包括听,说,读,写四个方面

To include e.g. Ability in teaching Chinese includes listening, speaking, reading, writing - 4 aspects


bao1kuo4

To go mad feng1

辞职

To quit a job ci2zhi2

无边无际

Limitless, boundless, vast wu2bian4wu2ji4

驾驶

To drive, pilot jia4shi3

轮流

To take turns lun2liu2

To fish with a line diao4

MW meals dun4

海鲜

Seafood hai3xian1

傍晚

Dusk bang4wan3

舒适

Comfortable shu1shi4

干活儿

To work gan4huo1r

盼望

To look forward to pan4wang4

陆地

Land lu4di4

各自 ge4zi4

Each, respective

勿 wu4 e.g. 可上山,勿下海

Don't e.g. To go up the mountain, don't go into the sea

时刻

Moment (in time, period of time) shi2ke4

着火

To catch fire zhao2huo3

Of a container, to leak lou4

雷电

Thunder and lightning lei2dian4

交加

jiao1jia1 To accompany each other, happen simultaneously

随时

Adv at any time sui2shi2

闪电

Lightning shan3dian4

To hit, strike ji1

拥抱

To hug, embrace yong1bao4

海里

Sea mile hai3li3

台阶

Flight of steps tai2jie1

美好

mei3hao3 Beautiful - but much deeper, glorious

未来

Future wei4lai2

将 e.g. 他们将再次出发

Will v. More formal and implies planning than 会

澳洲

Australia ao4zhou1

新西兰

New Zealand xin1xi1lan2

中场休息

Of a match, half-time zhong1chang3xiu1xi1

北风

Northerly wind bei3feng1

非 fei1 e.g. 非工作人员,清勿入内

Not e.g. If you're not staff, please don't go inside

安全性

Safety an1quan2xing4

切勿

Be sure not to qie4wu4

受骗

Be deceived shou4pian4

Lit. Floor, storey. Metaphorically layers, aspects ceng2

技能

Skill, ability ji4neng2

重叠

One on top of another, overlapping chong2die2

人才

Talent ren2cai2

产生兴趣

Generate, foster interest Chan3sheng1xing4qu4

服装店

Clothes shops fu2zhuang1dian4

从前

Cong2qian2 a long time ago

Li3 MW metre

年长

Nian2zhang3 senior, elder

'百里背米'

Bai3li3bei1mi3 to show filial respect

Bei1 to carry on your back

时期

Shi2qi1 period, stage

流传

Liu2chuan2 to spread, hand down

至今

Zhi4jin1 up to now

孝敬

Xiao4jing4 show filial respect for

农民

Nong2min2 peasant, farmer

战争

Zhan4zheng1 war

满足

Man3zu2 to be satisfied

连年

Lian2nian2 year after year

惭愧

Can2kui4 ashamed

决心

Jue2xin1 determination, to make up one's mind

委屈

Wei3qu to do something wrong, be wronged

大听

Da3ting to inquire about

暗下

An4xia4 secretly

结实

Jie1shi strong, sturdy

勤奋

Qin2fen4 diligent

银子

Yin2zi silver

老实

Lao3shi honest, frank

之外

Zhi1wai4 Outside

Zhen4 town

后背

Hou4bei4 back (of human body)

Hua2 slippery, to slip

Shuai3 throw off, swing

Fu2 to support with one's hand

不行

Bu4xing2 terribly, extremely

团圆

Tuan2yuan2 to be reunited

团圆

Tuan2yuan2 to be reunited

去世

Qu4shi4 to die, pass away

国君

Guo2jun1 king

本领

Ben3ling3 ability, capability

人才

Ren2cai2 talented person

Guan1 government official

一下

Briefly, quickly

看到

当...时

When

勤快

Qin2kuai4 diligent (only for manual labour)

一块肉

A piece of meat

Han4 cold

不小心

Carelessly, accidentally

差点儿

To have almost but not quite - e.g. 他差点儿滑

Sheng1huo3 to light a fire

饱饱地吃

To eat to bursting

赶路

Gan4lu4 to hasten on with one's journey

吵架

Chao3jia4 to quarrel

物质

Wu4zhi4 material

反而

Fan3er2 on the contrary

诚恳

Cheng2ken3 sincere, earnest

诚恳

Cheng2ken3 sincere, earnest

成就

Cheng2jiu4 achievement

古代

Gu3dai4 ancient times

孝顺

Xiao4shun4 to show filial piety

美德

Mei3de2 virtue, goodness

Zhan4 occupy, take, hold, make up

孔子

Kong3zi3 Confucius

打车

Da3che1 take a taxi

进行

To carry out, conduct

工作单位

Gong1zuo4dan1wei4 Workplace, work unit

世纪末

Shi4ji4mo4 end of century

加强

Jia1qiang2 strengthen, reinforce

竞争力

Jing4zheng1li4 competitiveness

影视

Ying3shi4 TV and film

作品

Zuo4pin3 works (of lit and art)

尘封多年的...

Chen2feng1duo1nian2de... Something that has been lost to history for many years (lit. Dusty and sealed)

人群

Ren2qun2 crowd, throng

悠久

You1jiu3 long-standing, old

文字

Wen2zi4 written language

记载

Ji4zai3 to record, put down in writing

形状

Xing2zhuang4 shape n.

描写

Miao2xie3 describe

描写

Miao2xie3 describe

赞美

Zan4mei3 praise

Shi1 poem

老百姓

Lao3bai3xing4 Ordinary people

充满

Chong1man3 to be full of

感激

Gan3ji1 to feel grateful

从而

Cong2er2 thus

产生

Chan3sheng1 emerge, arise

传说

Chuan2shuo1 legend

善良

Shan4liang2 kind-hearted

Jiu4 save, rescue

Long2 dragon

治(疗)

Zhi4liao2 treat, cure

Yu4 jade

Hu2 pot, kettle

Qiang3 to rob, snatch

Mai2 bury

(躲)藏

Duo3cang2 hide

如今

Ru2jin1 nowadays

分布

Fen1bu4 to be scattered

天然

Tian1ran2 natural

优美

You1mei3 beautiful

独特

Du2te4 unique, distinctiveness

反映

Fan3ying4 to reflect, mirror

珍珠

Zhen1zhu1 pearl

香港

Hong Kong (beautiful harbor)


Xiang1gang3

甜美

Tian2mei3 sweet and delicious

之 - inf, modern equiv?

自然

Zi4ran4 natural, naturally

医术

Yi1shu4 medicine

如此 - inf, modern equiv?

Ru2ci3 怎么

少不了

Shao3buliao3 lots

形状

Xing2zhuang4 shape, form

Yu2 - 在,从,对,想,比

广大

Guang3da4 vast

岩石

Yan2shi2 rock

亿

Yi4 hundred million

石灰岩

Shi2hui1yan2 limestone

地区

Di4qu1 area, region

表面

Biao3mian4 surface

角度

Jiao3du4 angle

Xie2 slanting

火成岩

Huo3cheng2yan2 igneous rock

Peng4 meet, come across

Dang3 block, get in the way

地势

Di4shi4 terrain, topography

Chong1 to rush, dash

说到这里

Speaking of such

众多

Zhong4duo1 many

下水流到这里,就积蓄 起来

Groundwater flowed to there, then accumulated together


起来 - from being scattered, came/was put together

积蓄

Ji1xu4 accumulate, savings

他知道自己做的不对, 躲 起来 不敢见我

He knew he'd done wrong so he hid himself away not daring to see me


起来 - compl make invisible, hidden

对方

Dui4fang4 opponents, other party

成立

Cheng2li4 to found, establish

从而

Cong2er2 from this follows

鲨鱼

Sha1yu2 shark

以 X 为 B

X as B

除夕

Chu2xi1 spring festival eve

由来

You2lai2 origin, source

农历

Nong2li4 lunar calendar

守岁

Shou3sui4 stay up all night for NYE


Lit. Guard/keep watch year

怪物

Guai4wu4 monster

伤害

Shang1hai4 hurt

Hen4 hate

骨(头)

Gu3tou bone

无奈

Wu2nai4 to have no way out, helpless

英雄

Ying1xiong2 hero

英俊

Ying1jun4 handsome

Yao3 to bite

年夜饭

Nian2ye4fan4 traditional 除夕 food

恨之 X 骨

Hen4zhi1 X gu3 To hate X's guts

百姓

Bai3xing4 ordinary people

历大无比

Li4da4wu2bi3 boundless ability

一 v. ...就....

As soon as, then

外公

Wai4gong1 maternal grandfather

询问

Xun2wen4 to ask, inquire

天真

Tian1zhen1 naive, innocent

Sha1 to kill

(代)替

Dai4ti4 for, on behalf of

Chu2 to get rid of, remove

Tao2 to escape

影子

Ying3zi shadow

此外

Ci3wai4 moreover

说不定

Shuo1buding4 perhaps

熬夜

Ao2ye4 stay up late

赶紧

Gan3jin3 immediately

果然

Guo3ran2 as expected

姑娘

Gu1niang girl

Guo1 pot, pan

盆子

Pen2zi basin, tub

整个

Zheng3ge4 whole, entire

Xia4 frighten, scare

S.o. 像 metaphor 似的

Shi4de like, as

Zhui1 chase

Jian4 arrow

She4 to shoot

户口

Hu4kou3 household system

Hu4 MW household

什么以的

Very much

Si3 rigid, fixed

纷纷

Fen1fen1 one after another

表达

Biao3da2 express, voice

鞭炮

Bian1pao4 firecrackers

风俗

Feng1su2 custom, convention

这点儿

This moment/ time

雪花 or


雪片

Xue3hua1 snowflake (focus on beauty)


Xue3pian4 snowflake (focus on lots falling)


纷纷打来

Fen1fen1da3lai2 numerous, confused, one after another

Ji3 squeeze

大水

Da4shui3 flood

接二连三

Jie1er4lian2san1 in quick succession

要...了

Is about to

成语

Cheng2yu3 idiom

Ze2 MW piece of news, writing

盲人

Mang2ren2 blind person

Mo1 stroke, feel

大象

Da4xiang4 elephant

智慧

Zhi4hui4 wisdom

士兵

Shi4bing1 soldier

Xia1 blindly, foolishly

分别

Fen1bie2 respectively, separately

寻找

Xun2zhao3 look for

瞎忙

Xia1mang2 busy doing trivial things (only use self-deprecatingly)

牙齿

Ya2chi3 tooth

胡说

Hu2shuo1 talk nonsense (lit. Beard talk)

尾巴

Wei3ba tail

记忆

Ji4yi4 memory

绳子

Sheng2zi rope

Ping2 flat, level

Qiang2 wall

扇子

Shan4zi fan

片面

Pian4mian4 one-sided, superficial

(下)结论

(verb) conclusion

精诚所至,金石为开

Jing1cheng2suo3zhi4, jin1shi2wei2kai1


Absolute sincerity can affect even metal and stone


No difficulty is insurmountable if you put your mind to it

将军

Jiang1jun1 military general

善于

Shan4yu2 to be good at

Cheng1 call, give s.o a particular name

打猎

Da3lie4 to go hunting

忽然

Hu1ran2 suddenly

Dun1 to squat, crouch

Yao2 to wave, shake

不要紧

Bu2yao4jin3 it doesn't matter

Zhi1 MW long, inflexible objects e.g. arrows

Bai3 to place, set in order

姿势

Zi1shi4 pose, posture

全神贯注

Quan2shen2guan4zhu4 to concentrate on, to be absorbed in

斤(全)力

Jin4quan2li4 to try one's (very) best

反应

Fan3ying4 v/n respond, react

确定

Que4ding4 to confirm, make sure

石头

Shi2tou stone, rock

连续

Lian2xu4 to be continuous, in succession

Gen1 MW long, thin things e.g arrows

Sui4 v/adj to break into pieces; broken, fragmentary

Gan3 pole, shaft

Ai (sigh)

Ai (surprise, dissatisfaction)

金属

Jin1shu3 metal

Ying4 hard, tough

这一成语 便 由此流传下来

Bian4 adv. To come naturally from sth

西汉

Xi1han4 Western Han dynasty (206BC - 25AD)

只见

Zhi3jian4 (literary) only see v quickly

说中

To predict successfully

无奈

Wu2nai4 can't help but

感到不解

Gan3dao4bu2jie3 feel puzzled

影响大

Ying3xiang3da4 influential

诚心实意

Cheng2xin1shi2yi4 earnestly, sincerely

所至

Suo3zhi4 up to a certain point

由此

You2ci3 from this

目前

Mu4qian2 currently (lit. In front of one's eyes)

一眼

Yi4yan3 at a glance

一眼

Yi4yan3 at a glance

多时候

Many times

朝三暮四

Zhao1san1mu4si4 to play fast and loose

综合起来

Zong1he2qilai put together, summarize; comprehensive

古今

Gu3jin1 from ancient times to now

词汇

Ci2hui4 vocab

冰激凌

Bing1ji1ling2 ice cream

固定

Gu4ding4 fixed, settled

结构

Jie2gou4 structure

整体

Zheng3ti3 whole, entirety

完整

Wan2zheng3 adj. complete

寓言

Yu4yan2 fable

行为

Xing2wei2 behavior

财力

Cai2li4 wealth, means

长期

Chang2qi1 long-term

调皮

Tiao2pi2 naughty

喂养

Wei4yang3 to feed, raise

Qun2 group, herd, flock

宠物

Chong3wu4 pet

猴子

Hou2zi monkey

相处

Xiang1chu3 to get along with one another

彼此

Bi3ci3 each other

表情

Biao3qing2 facial expression

蔬菜

Shu1cai4 vegetable

粮食

Liang2shi grain, cereal, food

消费

Xiao1fei4 to consume

财产

Cai2chan3 property, fortune

节省

Jie2sheng3 to save, economize

猴子

Hou2zi monkey

限制

Xian4zhi4 to limit, restrict

Zhu1 pig

淘气

Tao2qi4 naughty

果实

Guo3shi2 fruit

不足

Bu4zu2 insufficient, less than

馒头

Man2tou steamed bun

Ke1 MW small, roundish things e.g buns, teeth

似乎

Si4hu1 adv. it seems that, seemingly

吃亏

Chi1kui1 to suffer losses

安慰

An1wei4 to comfort, console

要不

Yao4bu otherwise

格外

Ge2wai4 especially, extraordinarily

情景

Qing2jing3 scene, sight

Ha :-)

你们研究 来 讨论 去

来...去 - action is repeated

尽可以多的人

Jin4 As many people as I can

要不

Yao4bu2 if not

还好

Hai2hao3 Thanks to, luckily

一年四季

Yinian2si4li3 all year round

发财

Fa1cai2 to get rich

来信

Lai2xin4 receive a letter

长期

Chang2qi1 long-term, over a long period of time

知名

Zhi1ming2 well-known

八大

Equiv of top 10

文人

Wen2ren2 writer

算得/不上

Suan4de/bushang4 can('t) be counted/considered as

分成

Fen1cheng2 divided into

多数

Duo1shu4 most, majority

送外带

Song4wai4dai4 take away (e.g. food)

抵挡

Di4dang4 low quality, cheap

高档

Gao1dang4 high-grade

有胃口

You3wei4kou3 be hungry

明明

Evidently

明明

Evidently

Jie4 give up, quit

保存

Bao3cun2 keep, save

资料

Zi1liao4 data, material

曾经

Ceng2jing1 once, in the past

形容

Xing2rong2 describe

蒙眬

Meng2long2 drowsy, half asleep

悠悠

You1you1 leisurely, unhurriedly

形象

Xing2xiang4 vivid

民国

Min2guo2 Republic of China

彷徨

Pang2huang2 wandering/lost in thoughts (Lu Xun)

样样

Yang4yang4 all types

历史资料记载

Li4shi3zi1liao4ji1zai3 historical record

X 不离手

Bu4li2shou3 X was/is never far from his hand

你 v. 得再 adj.

No matter how adj. you can v.

作罢

Zuo4ba4 let it go, drop it

我把公园 作为 散步的去外

I see the park as the place to get out and go walking

传播

Chuan2bo1 spread the word

争论

Zheng1lun4 to argue, dispute

奇迹

Qi2ji4 miracle, wonder

围绕

Wei2rao4 to centre around

辩论

Bian4lun4 to debate

青蛙

Qing1wa1 frog

名执一词

Ming2zhi2yici2 to stick to one's point of view

脸红脖子粗

Lian3hong2bo2zicu1 very angry

弄不清楚

Nong4buqing1chu1 can't figure out

始终

Shi3zhong1 from beginning to end, all along

脖子

Bo2zi neck

说服

Shuo1fu2 to convince

毕竟

Bi4jing4 after all, in the final analysis

操场

cao1chang3 sports ground, playground

Dong4 hole

Lan2 to block, hold back

差距

Cha1ju4 gap, difference

显示

Xian3shi4 to show, display

意识

Yi4shi consciousness; to be aware of

一头...一头

From one end to another

为...争论

Wei2...zheng1lun4 to argue about...

艰苦

Jian1ku3 arduous, difficult

试验

Shi4yan4 n/v trial, test

逐渐

Zhu2jian4 gradually

改进

Gai3jin4 improve

成熟

Cheng2shu2 adj/v ripen, mature

播放

Bo1fang4 to broadcast, play

纪念

Ji4nian4 to commemorate

瞬间

Shun4jian1 a short period of time

请求

Qing3qiu2 n/v request

或许

Huo4xu3 maybe, perhaps

重大

Zhong4da4 great, significant

下面

Xia4mian4 below

生物

Sheng1wu living things

机制

Ji1zhi4 mechanism

人类

Ren2lei4 humankind

规律

Gui1lu4 law, regular pattern; regular

光线

Guang1xian4 light ray

必要

Bi4yao4 necessary

早晨

Zao3chen early morning

懒觉

Lan3jiao4 sleep in

过渡

Guo4du4 to transit

Qian3 shallow, light

享受

Xiang3shou4 enjoy

用途

Yong4tu2 use, purpose

Ling2 bell

状态

Zhuang4tai4 state, status

清醒

Qing1xing3 sober; to regain consciousness

呼吸

Hu1xi1 to breathe

心里

Xin1li3 mentality

慌(张)

Huang1zhang1 flurried, flustered

情绪

Qing2xu4 emotion, mood

低落

Di1luo4 down, depressed

记忆

Ji4yi4 memory; to remember

相当

Xiang1dang1 to be equal to

持续

Chi2xu4 to continue, to last

Shu4 several

导致

Dao3zhi4 to lead to

失眠

Shi1mian2 to suffer from insomnia

精神

Jing1shen2 lively; spirit

当面

Dang1mian4 face to face

赞美

Zan4mei3 praise, eulogise

四处

Si4chu4 all around, everywhere

还好

Fortunately

找借口

Zhao3jie4kou3 find an excuse

专家

Zhuan1jia1 expert

采用

Cai3yong4 use

柔和

Rou2he2 gentle, soft

愿望

Yuan4wang4 wish, hope

窗帘

Chauang1lian2 curtain

市场

Shi4chang3 market

产品

Chan3pin3 product, produce

模仿

Mo2fang3 to imitate, model on

避免

Bi4mian3 to prevent, avoid

Ti4 on behalf of

Ze2 standard, norm; rule

设定

She4ding4 to set, define

走进一点

Zou3jin4yidian take a step closer

Ju3 literary to hold

全新

Quan2xin1 brand new

同步

Tong2bu4 in step with, at the same time

上线

Shang4xian4 to go online

底气

Di43qi4 booming voice; confidence

有其 sth 所在

To come from sth

用户

Yong4hu4 user

明星

Ming2xing1 star, celebrity

直播

Zhi2bo1 to make a live broadcast

宝贝

Bao3bei4 baby

Dou4 to amuse, tease

宣传

Xuan1chuan2 to publicize, promote

手笔

Shou3bi3 style (of handling affairs)

推广

Tui1guang3 to popularize, promote

注册

Zhu4ce4 to register

召开

Zhao4kai1 to hold a meeting

合作

He2zuo4 to cooperate

伙伴

Huo3ban4 partner

总裁

Zong3cai2 president of a company

实现

Shi2xian4 to realize, achieve

覆盖

Fu4gai4 to cover

移动

Yi2dong4 to move; mobile

通信

Tong1xin4 v/n communicate

应用

Ying4yong4 n/v apply

企业

Qi3ye4 company

称霸

Cheng1ba4 to dominate

背景

Bei4jing3 background

高级

Gao1ji2 senior

Fu4 deputy

开发

Kai1fa1 to develop, exploit

中心

Zhong1xin1 centre

相关

Xiang1guan1 to correlate, be relevant

业务

Ye4wu4 professional work

现实

Xian4shi2 reality

个人

Ge4ren2 individual

以及

Yi3ji2 and also, as well

程度

Cheng2du4 degree, level

当中

Dang1zhong1 in the process

Sth 间 v adj


言语 间 充满骄傲

In sth, there is


Yan2yujian1chong1man3jiao1ao4

正式

Zheng4shi4 official, formal

如今

Ru2jin1 until now

在...背影下

Zai4...bei4ying3xia4 in the context of

出现

Chu1xian4 appear, emerge

关注

Guan1zhu4 pay close attention

走步

Zou3bu4 taking first steps

差点

Cha4dian3 almost

承认

Cheng2ren4 to admit

事故

Shi4gu4 accident

Fa1da2 developed, advanced

创新

Chuang4xin1 to innovate

领导

Ling3dao3 leader

地位

Di4wei4 position, status

经营

Jing1ying2 to manage

销售

Xiao1shou4 to sell to market

针对

Zhen1dui4 to be targeted at

代言

Dai4yan2 to speak on behalf of; star in a commercial

华裔

Hua2yi4 Chinese diaspora

移民

Yi2min2 immigrant

半天

Ban4tian1 ages

好好 v

To do something with a good attitude

Mou3 certain, some

全球化

Quan2qiu2hua4 globalisation

Beng1kui4 collapse, crumble

鲜花插在牛粪

Xian1hua1cha1zai4niu2fen2shang4 fig. A terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)


Lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure

自由

Zi4you2 freedom

Yu4liao4 expect; expectation

私营

Si1ying2 private (e.g. company)

同样

Tong2yang4 similar, equal

关注

Guan1zhu4 to pay close attention to; follow with interest

引发

Yin3fa1 trigger, spark (e.g. question)

Chong1fen4 as fully as possible; ample

处于

Chu3yu2 to be in a certain condition/ state


E.g. To be in a position to

政党

Zheng4dang3 political party

视为

Shi4wei2 to consider as, deem as

后果

Hou4guo3 aftermath, consequence

Gao3cuo4 colloq make a mistake

专家

Zhuan1jia1 expert

采用

Cai3yong4 to use, employ

采用

Cai3yong4 to use, employ

柔和

Rou2he2 gentle, soft

愿望

Yuan4wang4 wish, hope

窗帘

Chuang1lian2 curtain

市场

Shi4chang3 market

产品

Chan3pin3 product, produce

模仿

Mo2fang3 to imitate, model on

避免

Bi4mian3 to prevent, avoid

年来

In recent years

室内

Shi4nei4 indoors

走进一点

Zou3jin4yidian3 a step closer

用户

Yong4hu4 user

明星

Ming2xing1 star, celebrity

直播

Zhi2bo1 live broadcast

宝贝

Bao3bei4 baby

Dou4 to amuse, tease

宣传

Xuan1chuan2 to publicize

手笔

Shou3bi3 way (of handling affairs)

推广

Tui3guang1 to popularize, promote

注册

Zhu4ce4 to register

Ju3 lit. hold

同步

Tong2bu4 in step, at the same time

有其 sth 所在

To come from sth/ be based on sth

底气

Di3qi4 knowing sth for certain/ booming voice

召开

Zhao4kai1 hold a meeting

合作

He2zuo4 cooperate

伙伴

Huo3ban4 partner

实现

Shi2xian4 to realize

覆盖

Fu4gai4 to cover

移动

Yi2dong4 to move; mobile

通信

Tong1xin4 communication; to communicate

应用

Ying4yong4 application; to apply

企业

Qi3ye4 company

称霸

Cheng1ba4 dominate, maintain hegemony

背景

Bei4jing3 background

高级

Gao1ji2 senior, high-ranking

Fu4 deputy

开发

Kai1fa1 to develop, exploit

中心

Zhong1xin1 centre

相关

Xiang1guan1 to be relevant to

业务

Ye4wu4 professional work, business

现实

Xian4shi2 reality

个人

Ge4ren2 individual

以及

Yi3ji2 also, as well

程度

Cheng2du4 degree, level

在...当中

In the process of...

在...背景下

Bei4jing3 In the context of...

关注

Guan1zhu4 pay close attention

出现

Chu1xian4 appearance, emergence

研发

Yan2fa1 R&D

发达

Fa1da2 developed, advanced

创新

Chuang4xin1 to innovate, create something new

领导

Ling3dao3 leader

地位

Di4wei4 position, status

经营

Jing1ying2 to manage, run

销售

Xiao1shou4 to sell, to market

针对

Zhen1dui4 to be targeted at

代言

Dai4yan2 to speak on behalf of; star in a commercial

华裔

Hua2yi4 Chinese diaspora

移民

Yi2min2 immigrant

锯子

Ju:4zi saw; to cut with a saw

训练

Xun4lian4 to train

项目

Xiang4mu4 item, project

Tao2 peach

Zhuang1 to load, hold

s.o. 从 sth 中得到启发

Qi3fa1 to enlighten, inspire

安装

An1zhuang1 to install, fix

备有

To have something to be prepared

私生活

Si1sheng1huo2 private life

板印象

Ke4ban3yin4xiang4 stereotype


Lit. Cut blocks for printing

民主

Min2zhu3 democratic; democracy

零食

Ling2shi2 snacks

需要

14 Must

建议

4,4 jianyi advice

洗澡

3,3 xizao take a shower, bath

先到,先得

First come, first served

一路上

Along the way

风力发电场

Wind farm

一上

Aforementioned

Counting in fives

给很多人工作

To create many jobs

天然气

Natural gas

3 yu and ( formal)

小于/大于

2 yu smaller/ taller than

直发

Straight hair

卷发

Juan3fa curly hair

眼皮

Yan3pi2 eyelid

性格

Xing4ge2 personality

幽默

You1mo4 (a person) funny

好笑

(of a thing) funny ( either strange out humorous)

可爱

Cute, likeable

认真

Conscientious

看来

Note no subject! From that, we can discern that...

生活方式

Sheng1huo2fang1shi4 way of life

感到 v 感觉

Broader (both external and internal) v just bodily senses

变化 v 改变

n v adj (3,4)

社交

She4jiao1 socializing

有各自圈子

Quan1zi To have their own ( social) circle

手忙脚乱

Ill-prepared

服装

Clothes as a concept

多样

Diverse

我看出破绽

Po4zhan4 I can see the hole, flaws in...

后悔

Hou2hui3 to regret

确实

Que4shi2 truly, indeed

兴奋

Xing1fen4 excited

弹钢琴

Tan2gang1qin2 play piano

Bang4 excellent

孙子

Sun1zi grandson

寒假

Han2jia4 winter holiday

父亲

Fu4qin1 father

闹钟

Nao4zhong1 alarm clock

Xiang3 ring

Xing3 wake up, be awake

Gan3 rush for, hurry

批评

Pi1ping2 criticize

厕所

Ce4suo3 toilet

Nong4 to do, make

管理

Guan3li3 manage

打针

Da3zhen1 give/have an injection

表扬

Biao3yang2 to praise

千万

Qian1wan4 adv. to be sure to

怀疑

Huai2yi2 to suspect, doubt

打交道

Da3jiao1dao To interact with, deal with, socialize with

教育

Jiao4yu3 to bring up, broad education

Yin1 to follow

打扰一下

Da3rao3 Can I bother you quickly?

没有好处

Chu It's bad (for you)

总想

Always think - 总 + v

过多

To go over, be more than

积极性

Ji1ji2xing4 zeal, enthusiasm

说起来

Speaking of...

弄饭

Nong4fan4 cook dinner

我学习 一定 的汉语

A certain

故意

Gu4yi4 intentionally, on purpose

Qiao1 knock, beat

整理

Zheng3li3 tidy up

Pian4 cheat, deceive

儿童

Er2tong2 children

Jia3 false, fake

他们学 着 说假话

Indicates gradually - they gradually learn to lie

好动

Hao3dong4 active, restless

Ben4 stupid, foolish

粗心

Cu1xin1 careless, thoughtless

骄傲

Jiao1ao4 arrogant

害羞

Hai4xiu1 be shy, timid

说出

Be able to say, articulate

引起注意

Yin3qi3zhu4yi4 bring attention to

通过...来 + v

Tong1guo4 by means of...to v.

我的气

Sheng1qi4 To make me angry

要看(情况)

It depends on...

S.o. 给 s.o. 放假

To give someone holiday

博士

Bo2shi4 PhD dr.

签证

Qian1zheng4 visa

报名

Bao4ming2 sign up lit. Report name

表格

Biao3ge2 (e.g. application) form

传统

Chuan2tong3 tradition lit. pass through generations

这可怎么办

Given this, what am I gonna do?

参观

Can1guan1 visit, look around

激动

Ji1dong4 excited

小伙子

Xiao3huo3zi young man

记者

Ji4zhe3 journalist

代表

Dai4biao3 stand for, represent

失望

Shi1wang4 disappointed

郊区

Jiao1qu1 suburbs, outskirts

到底

What on earth...

Ya Used like 啊 to soften tone of a question

导游

Dao3you2 tour guide

原谅

Yuan2liang4 forgive

我不好意思拒绝

I would have felt bad saying no

可 e.g. 我可不知道,他可节约了不少钱

Emphasis - How would I know? It really saves a lot of money

我恐怕我不去

Kong3怕4 I'm afraid I can't go

我做的饭恐怕不够

Kong3pa4 I'm afraid the food I cooked isn't enough

恐怕你已经知道我的答案了吧

I guess/probably you already know my answer - with slight connotation that having to guess is negative

我 怕 or 恐怕 你忘了事情

怕 - 恐怕 cannot take a noun, only another verb

恐怕 or 怕 足球比赛不能举行了

恐怕 - 怕 can only go after subject

有能力的人不 恐怕 or 怕 找不到好工作

怕 - cannot use 恐怕 to mean to fear something

再晚了

Zai4wan3Le To get even later

我本来想放假就走

I was originally going to leave as soon as I got leave

成功就离你越来越近

Success will be closer and closer to you

今天我已经陪你逛街逛到底

Dao4di3 I'll shop with you 'til the end

你到底怎么打算的呀

What on earth were you planning?

你到底 去不去 or 去吗?

去不去 - cannot use 吗 with 到底. Means are you actually going?!

s.o. 把 sth. 挂在嘴边

Gua4zai4zui3bian4 to always talk about something

还得

Also

Gua4 hang

同情

Tong2qing2 to show sympathy for

Tui1 put off, postpone

重点

Zhong4dian3 focus, emphasis

马虎

Ma3hu careless

自信

Zi4xin4 self-confident

冷静

Leng3jing4 calm, composed

Shu1 to lose, suffer defeat

重视

Zhong4shi4 attach importance to

尊重

Zun1zhong4 to respect

很可能

It's very likely

我们知道的越多

The more we know

拿...来说

Take... as an example

天外有天,人外有人”

There's always someone better than you

天外有天,人外有人”

There's always someone better than you

我们应该把那些 敢 说真话的人当成“镜子”

We ought to treat as mirrors people who confidently tell the truth

说真话

Tell the truth

凉快

Liang2kuai pleasantly cool

热闹

Re4nao busy, bustling

Yun2 cloud

广播

Guang3bo1 broadcast, radio programme

去长成 到 是一个好主意

(contrast) yet, actually - Going to the Great Wall is actually a pretty good idea

长成

Zhang3cheng2 to grow up

长成

The Great Wall of China

Mao2 hair, fur

Bao4 hug, hold in one's arms

Gan4 do, act

严格

Yan2ge2 strict, rigorous

难受

Nan2shou4 sad

上个月我去了 趟 北京动物园...

Tang4 the time when I went to Beijing zoo last month...

放暑假

Fang4shu3jia4 to be on summer vacation

老虎

Lao3hu3 tiger

入口

Ru4kou3 entrance

排队

Pai2dui4 to line up

活泼

Huo2po1 lively

亚洲

Ya4zhou1 Asia

社会

She4hui4 society

竞争

Jing4zheng4 compete

森林

Sen1lin2 forest

Sheng4 to be left over, remain

海洋

Hai3yang2 sea, ocean

海底

Hai3di3 bottom of the sea

美人鱼

Mei3ren2yu2 mermaid

公里

Km

仍然

Reng2ran2 still, yet

排列

Pai2lie4 put in order

Meng4 dream

堂/表 + sister, brother

Tang2biao3 father's/mother's side cousins

年底

End of the year - can use 底 to describe end of a period of times

用处

Usefulness, use

反光

Fan3guang1 reflection of the light

另一个例子

To take another example

举个例子

Ju3 to give an example

你 再 后悔也无法改变

再...也 - Even if you regret it, no way to change it

人人,个个

Repetition - every, each

随着 社会的发展,京剧也在改变

Sui4zhe As society changes, Beijing opera also changes

随着气温降低,...

Sui4zhe qi4wen1 jiang4di1 - As the temperature drops, ...

我 来 帮你

来 - inf. to be going to do sth.

变 v. 改(变)

变 - v passive e.g. 天气变了


改(变) - active e.g. 我改我的注意

听你这么一说

Now you've said something about it

约时间

Yue1shi2jian1 decide on a time, make an appointment

我以为坐出租车会快些,没想到 倒 比骑车还慢

倒 - on the contrary. I thought that going by taxi would be faster, but actually it was slower than cycling

你说得 倒 时容易,做起来可就难了

倒 - blame. It's easy for you to say, doing it is a lot harder!

干活

Gan4huo4 manual, house work

干工作 v 做工作

Put a lot of effort into working v do the work

植物会为一阳光和空气而竞争

为一 For, in order to. Plants compete for sunshine and air.

为一达道好生活,而做三份工作

为一...而 - in order to have a good life, he works 3 jobs

正在

Right now

但用处 却 v 倒 很大

却 - que4 But actually they're useful


倒 - dao4 But they're actually useful

天亮

When it gets light, in the morning

有限

You3xian4 limited

团体

Tuan2ti3 group


Lit. 体 student, political body

是... 的一员

To be part of

可以承担/买得起

Affordable

T

T-xu4 T-shirt

Fen3si1 fans (slang)


Lit. Thin noodles.

志愿者

Zhi4yuan4zhe3 n. volunteer

舍不得

She3bude Sad to be apart from s.o

最终

In the end

分享

Fen1xiang3 to share

家乡

Jia1xiang1 hometown

色彩

Se4cai3 colour

想念

Xiang3nian4 recall with longing, to miss

Qing1 greenish blue

Qing1 greenish blue

Zi3 purple

赏心悦目

Shang3xin1yue4mu4 pleasing to both eye and mind

Ban1 part, sort, kind

清淡

Qing1dan4 lightly flavored and not greasy

清淡

Qing1dan4 lightly flavored and not greasy

可口

Tasty

Kua1 to praise

橘子

Ju2zi tangerine

Li2 pear

Chao3 to stir-fry

Zhu3 to boil, stew

油炸

You2zha2 to deep-fry

Qie1 to cut, chop, slice

Si1 n. shred, anything threadlike

搅拌

Jiao3ban4 to stir, mix

均匀

Jun1yun2 even, well-distributed

原料

Yuan2liao4 raw material

Gan3 to roll (dough etc)

Bao2 thin

折叠

Zhe2die2 to fold

透明

Tou4ming2 transparent

Lin2 to spatter, sprinkle

Tang4 to scald, burn; scalding

预防

Yu4fang2 to guard against, prevent

Hu2 to be burnt

文火

Wen2huo3 slow fire, gentle heat

Wen2 to smell

口味

Kou3wei4 taste, flavour

感叹

Gan3tan4 sigh with feeling (ooohhh, impressive)

一方面...一方面

Two parts

吧 sth 分开

To separate sth

单一

Dan4yi4 simplistic

全面

Quan2mian4 comprehensive

Yes - 描述似乎比较有限


No - 我们认为中国似乎亚洲的一部分

The description seems relatively limited - 似乎 means it's up for debate, 'seems'


Cannot use it as 'as if'

同居

Tong2ju1 to live together

我正要

I was just about to

少许

Shao3xu3 a little, some

吃上一口

To take a bite

观色

Guan1se4 appearance

观色

Guan1se4 appearance

Chinese medical illness

Chinese medical illness

具有

Ju4you3 have (sth immaterial)

Tan1 n. stall v. to spread out

出版

Chu1ban3 to publish

年代

Nian2dai4 decade of a century

单调

Dan1diao4 monotonous, dull

网络

Wang3luo4 network, web

动画片

Dong4hua4pian4 animated cartoon

娱乐

Yu2le4 n entertainment, v to amuse

无数

Wu2shu4 countless

青少年

Qing1shao4nian2 teenagers

从事

Cong2shi4 to engage in

毫无

Hao2wu2 not in the least

疑问

Yi2wen4 n question, doubt

棚子

Peng2zi shed

砖头

Zhuan1tou2 brick

Zhi1 to prop up, support

粗糙

Cu1cao1 rough, crude

木头

Mu4tou wood, timber

题材

Ti2cai2 theme

Fan1 to turn over

整齐

Zheng3qi2 tidy

身材

Shen1cai2 figure, stature

成人

Cheng2ren2 adult

成人

Cheng2ren2 adult

Ce4 MW volume

假如

Jia3ru2 if, in case

登记

Deng1ji4 to register

手续

Shou3xu4 procedure

办理

Ban4li3 to handle, deal with

连...带...

Both... and....

Hua4diao4 to cross out

住户

Zhu4hu4 household

押金

Ya1jin1 deposit

Ping2 to rely on; on the basis of

Zhang3 to rise, go up

收藏

Shou1cang2 to collect, store up

情缘

Qing2yuan2 predestined love

逻辑

Luo2ji2 logic

Ying4 rigidly, mechanically

死记硬背

Si3ji4ying4bei4 to memorize mechanically without understanding

偶然

Ou3ran2 accidental, by chance

演变

Yan3bian4 to change, evolve

遗憾

Yi2han4 regretful; deep regret

心脏

Xin1zang4 heart

思考

Si1kao3 to ponder

思考

Si1kao3 to ponder

抓紧

Zhua1jin3 to firmly grasp

经典

Jing1dian3 classics, classical

输入

Shu1ru4 to input

元旦

Yuan2dan4 New Year's Day

疾病

Ji2bing4 disease, illness

创办

Chuang4ban4 to establish

创办

Chuang4ban4 to establish

创办

Chuang4ban4 to establish

公开

Gong1kai1 make known to the public

最初

Zui4chu1 first, earliest

Bao3liu2 retain, continue to have

四通八

Si4tong1ba1da2 extend out in all directions

Jiao3luo4 corner, nook

Xin4huang1 be flustered

Qing2xu4 mood

Zhan3shi4 to lay bare

Everywhere, in all aspects

Bi4mian3 to refrain from, avoid

Tong3ji4 statistics; add up

Lao2dong labour

Zhi4du4 institution; system

Lang4chao2 fig. wave, tide

最大

Zui4da4hua4 to maximise

最大

Zui4da4hua4 to maximise

最大

Zui4da4hua4 to maximise

翻一


翻两番

Fan1yifan1 to double


To quadruple

翻一


翻两番

Fan1yifan1 to double


To quadruple