// Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/1 - 你好 你[你] ni3 you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您]) 好[好] hao3 1 good 2 well 3 proper 4 good to 5 easy to 6 very 7 so 8 (suffix indicating completion or readiness) 9 (of two people) close 10 on intimate terms 你好[你好] ni3hao3 1 Hello! 2 Hi! 3 How are you? 您[您] nin2 you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你nǐ [你]) 零[零] ling2 1 zero 2 nought 3 zero sign 4 fractional 5 fragmentary 6 odd (of numbers) 7 (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) 8 fraction 9 (in mathematics) remainder (after division) 10 extra 11 to wither and fall 12 to wither 一[一] yi1 1 one 2 1 3 single 4 a (article) 5 as soon as 6 entire 7 whole 8 all 9 throughout 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit 二[二] er4 1 two 2 2 3 (Beijing dialect) stupid 五[五] wu3 1 five 2 5 八[八] ba1 1 eight 2 8 你们[你們] ni3men5 you (plural) 老师[老師] lao3shi1 teacher M: 个gè [个] / 位wèi [位] 上课[上課] shang4ke4 1 to go to class 2 to attend class 3 to go to teach a class 下课[下課] xia4ke4 1 to finish class 2 to get out of class // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/2 - 你是哪国人? 早上[早上] zao3shang5 early morning M: 个gè [个] 是[是] shi4 1 is 2 are 3 am 4 yes 5 to be 哪[哪] na3 1 how 2 which 国[國] guo2 1 country 2 nation 3 state 4 national M: 个gè [个] 人[人] ren2 1 man 2 person 3 people M: 个gè [个] / 位wèi [位] 呢[呢] ne5 1 particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") 2 particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") 3 particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") 4 (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action 5 particle indicating strong affirmation 他[他] ta1 1 he or him 2 (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) 3 (used before sb's name for emphasis) 4 (used as a meaningless mock object) 5 other 6 another 美国[美國] Mei3guo2 1 United States 2 USA 3 US 韩国[韓國] Han2guo2 1 South Korea (Republic of Korea) 2 Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 战国七雄zhànguóqīxióng [战国七雄] 3 Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 日本[日本] Ri4ben3 1 Japan 2 Japanese 三[三] san1 1 three 2 3 四[四] si4 1 four 2 4 十[十] shi2 1 ten 2 10 德国[德國] De2guo2 1 Germany 2 German 印度[印度] Yin4du4 India 意大利[意大利] Yi4da4li4 1 Italy 2 Italian 法国[法國] Fa3guo2 1 France 2 French 泰国[泰國] Tai4guo2 1 Thailand 2 Thai 跟我读 gen1 wo3 du2 Follow me. / Read after me. 念课文 nian4 ke4wen2 Read this text aloud. // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/3 - 你叫什么名字? 请问[請問] qing3wen4 Excuse me, may I ask...? 请[請] qing3 1 to ask 2 to invite 3 please (do sth) 4 to treat (to a meal etc) 5 to request 问[問] wen4 to ask 叫[叫] jiao4 1 to shout 2 to call 3 to order 4 to ask 5 to be called 6 by (indicates agent in the passive mood) 什么[什麼] shen2me5 1 what? 2 who? 3 something 4 anything 名字[名字] ming2zi5 name (of a person or thing) M: 个gè [个] 姓[姓] xing4 1 family name 2 surname M: 个gè [个] 3 to be surnamed 认识[認識] ren4shi5 1 to know 2 to recognize 3 to be familiar with 4 to get acquainted with sb 5 knowledge 6 understanding 7 awareness 8 cognition 很[很] hen3 1 (adverb of degree) 2 quite 3 very 4 awfully 高兴[高興] gao1xing4 1 happy 2 glad 3 willing (to do sth) 4 in a cheerful mood 也[也] ye3 1 also 2 too 3 (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation 贵姓[貴姓] gui4xing4 what is your name? 六[六] liu4 1 six 2 6 七[七] qi1 1 seven 2 7 九[九] jiu3 1 nine 2 9 有问题吗? you3 wen4ti2 ma5 Do you have any questions? 请再说/念一遍 qing3 zai4 shuo1/nian4 yi2bian4 Please say/read it again. // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/4 - 你学习法语吗? 留学生[留學生] liu2xue2sheng1 1 student studying abroad 2 (foreign) exchange student M: 个gè [个] / 位wèi [位] 学习[學習] xue2xi2 1 to learn 2 to study 他们[他們] ta1men5 they 们[們] men5 plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals 一起[一起] yi1qi3 1 in the same place 2 together 3 with 4 altogether (in total) 上课[上課] shang4ke4 1 to go to class 2 to attend class 3 to go to teach a class 说[說] shuo1 1 to speak 2 to say 3 to explain 4 to scold 5 to tell off 6 a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory) 法国[法國] Fa3guo2 1 France 2 French 汉语[漢語] Han4yu3 Chinese language M: 门mén [门] 泰国[泰國] Tai4guo2 1 Thailand 2 Thai 吗[嗎] ma5 (question particle for "yes-no" questions) 不[不] bu4 1 (negative prefix) 2 not 3 no 中国[中國] Zhong1guo2 China 英语[英語] Ying1yu3 English (language) 法语[法語] Fa3yu3 French (language) 谁[誰] shui2 1 who 2 also pr. [shuí] 同学[同學] tong2xue2 1 to study at the same school 2 fellow student 3 classmate M: 位wèi [位] / 个gè [个] 日语[日語] Ri4yu3 Japanese language 韩语[韓語] Han2yu3 Korean language (esp. in context of South Korea) 德语[德語] De2yu3 German (language) 意大利语[意大利語] Yi4da4li4yu3 Italian (language) 西班牙语[西班牙語] Xi1ban1ya2yu3 Spanish language 准备好了吗? zhun3bei4 hao3 le5 ma5 Are you ready? 请打开书,翻到第十页。 qing3 da3kai1 shu1, fan1dao4 di4 shi2 ye4 Please open your book and turn to page 10. // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/5 - 你家有几口人? 家[家] jia1 1 home 2 family 3 (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) 4 classifier for families or businesses 5 refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China 6 noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian M: 个gè [个] 有[有] you3 1 to have 2 there is 3 there are 4 to exist 5 to be 口[口] kou3 1 mouth 2 classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) 3 classifier for bites or mouthfuls 爸爸[爸爸] ba4ba5 (informal) father M: 个gè [个] / 位wèi [位] 妈妈[媽媽] ma1ma5 1 mama 2 mommy 3 mother M: 个gè [个] / 位wèi [位] 哥哥[哥哥] ge1ge5 older brother M: 个gè [个] / 位wèi [位] 和[龢] he2 1 old variant of 和hé [和] 2 harmonious 职员[職員] zhi2yuan2 1 office worker 2 staff member M: 个gè [个] / 位wèi [位] 都[都] dou1 1 all 2 both 3 entirely 4 (used for emphasis) even 5 already 6 (not) at all 大学生[大學生] da4xue2sheng1 1 university student 2 college student 几[幾] ji3 1 how much 2 how many 3 several 4 a few 做[做] zuo4 1 to do 2 to make 3 to produce 4 to write 5 to compose 6 to act as 7 to engage in 8 to hold (a party) 9 to be 10 to become 11 to function (in some capacity) 12 to serve as 13 to be used for 14 to form (a bond or relationship) 15 to pretend 16 to feign 17 to act a part 18 to put on appearance 工作[工作] gong1zuo4 1 to work 2 (of a machine) to operate 3 job 4 work 5 task M: 个gè [个] / 份fèn [份] / 项xiàng [项] 律师[律師] lü4shi1 lawyer 医生[醫生] yi1sheng1 doctor M: 个gè [个] / 位wèi [位] / 名míng [名] 你们[你們] ni3men5 you (plural) 班[班] ban1 1 team 2 class 3 squad 4 work shift 5 ranking M: 个gè [个] 6 classifier for groups 多少[多少] duo1shao5 1 how much 2 how many 3 which (number) 4 as much as 个[個] ge4 1 individual 2 this 3 that 4 size 5 classifier for people or objects in general 学生[學生] xue2sheng5 1 student 2 schoolchild 我们[我們] wo3men5 1 we 2 us 3 ourselves 4 our 两[兩] liang3 1 two 2 both 3 some 4 a few 5 tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old) 姐姐[姐姐] jie3jie5 older sister M: 个gè [个] 妹妹[妹妹] mei4mei5 1 younger sister 2 young woman M: 个gè [个] 弟弟[弟弟] di4di5 younger brother M: 个gè [个] / 位wèi [位] 工人[工人] gong1ren2 worker M: 个gè [个] / 名míng [名] 农民[農民] nong2min2 1 peasant 2 farmer M: 个gè [个] 护士[護士] hu4shi5 nurse M: 个gè [个] 警察[警察] jing3cha2 1 police 2 police officer M: 个gè [个] 我明白了。 wo3ming2bai5le5 I see/understand. 我不懂。 wo3 bu4 dong3 I don't understand. // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/6 - 香蕉多少钱一斤? 想[想] xiang3 1 to think 2 to believe 3 to suppose 4 to wish 5 to want 6 to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth) 买[買] mai3 1 to buy 2 to purchase 电子[電子] dian4zi3 1 electronic 2 electron (particle physics) 词典[詞典] ci2dian3 dictionary (of Chinese compound words) M: 部bù [部] / 本běn [本] 电脑[電腦] dian4nao3 computer M: 台tái [台] 部[部] bu4 1 ministry 2 department 3 section 4 part 5 division 6 troops 7 board 8 classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc 百[百] bai3 1 hundred 2 numerous 3 all kinds of 块[塊] kuai4 1 lump (of earth) 2 chunk 3 piece 4 classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc 5 (coll.) classifier for money and currency units 钱[錢] qian2 1 coin 2 money M: 笔bǐ [笔] 3 unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两liǎng [两] 台[台] tai2 1 (classical) you (in letters) 2 variant of 台tái [台] 千[千] qian1 thousand 一共[一共] yi1gong4 altogether 需要[需要] xu1yao4 1 to need 2 to want 3 to demand 4 to require 5 requirement 6 need 营业员[營業員] ying2ye4yuan2 1 clerk 2 shop assistant M: 个gè [个] 要[要] yao4 1 important 2 vital 3 to want 4 to ask for 5 will 6 going to (as future auxiliary) 7 may 8 must 9 (used in a comparison) must be 10 probably 11 if 面包[麵包] mian4bao1 bread M: 片piàn [片] / 袋dài [袋] / 块kuài [块] 种[種] zhong3 1 seed 2 species 3 kind 4 type 5 classifier for types, kinds, sorts 这[這] zhe4 1 this 2 these 3 (commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing) 谢谢[謝謝] xie4xie5 1 to thank 2 thanks 3 thank you 不客气[不客氣] bu4ke4qi5 1 you're welcome 2 don't mention it 3 impolite 4 rude 5 blunt 客气[客氣] ke4qi5 1 polite 2 courteous 3 formal 4 modest 香蕉[香蕉] xiang1jiao1 banana M: 枝zhī [枝] / 根gēn [根] / 个gè [个] / 把bǎ [把] 斤[斤] jin1 1 catty 2 weight equal to 0.5 kg 3 (Tw) weight equal to 0.6 kg 苹果[蘋果] ping2guo3 apple M: 个gè [个] / 颗kē [颗] 再[再] zai4 1 again 2 once more 3 re- 4 second 5 another 6 then (after sth, and not until then) 毛[毛] mao2 1 hair 2 feather 3 down 4 wool 5 mildew 6 mold 7 coarse or semifinished 8 young 9 raw 10 careless 11 unthinking 12 nervous 13 scared 14 (of currency) to devalue or depreciate 15 classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角jiǎo [角] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分fēn [分]) 书[書] shu1 1 book 2 letter 3 document M: 本běn [本] / 册cè [册] / 部bù [部] 4 to write 手机[手機] shou3ji1 1 cell phone 2 mobile phone M: 部bù [部] / 支zhī [支] 咖啡[咖啡] ka1fei1 coffee (loanword) M: 杯bēi [杯] 牛奶[牛奶] niu2nai3 cow's milk M: 瓶píng [瓶] / 杯bēi [杯] 啤酒[啤酒] pi2jiu3 beer (loanword) M: 杯bēi [杯] / 瓶píng [瓶] / 罐guàn [罐] / 桶tǒng [桶] / 缸gāng [缸] 矿泉水[礦泉水] kuang4quan2shui3 mineral spring water M: 瓶píng [瓶] / 杯bēi [杯] 可乐[可樂] ke3le4 1 amusing 2 entertaining 3 (loanword) cola 草莓[草莓] cao3mei2 1 strawberry M: 颗kē [颗] 2 (Taiwan) hickey 3 love bite 西瓜[西瓜] xi1gua1 watermelon M: 颗kē [颗] / 粒lì [粒] / 个ge [个] 橘子[橘子] ju2zi5 tangerine M: 个gè [个] / 瓣bàn [瓣] 现在听写。 xian4zai4 ting1xie3 Now it's time for dictation. 现在做练习。 xian4zai4zuo4lian4xi2 Now it's time for exercises. // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/7 - 中国银行在哪儿? 教学楼[教學樓] jiao4xue2lou2 1 teaching block 2 school building 教学[教學] jiao1xue2 teach school; teach 楼[樓] lou2 1 house with more than 1 story 2 storied building 3 floor M: 层céng [层] / 座zuò [座] / 栋dòng [栋] 在[在] zai4 1 (located) at 2 (to be) in 3 to exist 4 in the middle of doing sth 5 (indicating an action in progress) 这儿[這兒] zhe4r5 here 图书馆[圖書館] tu2shu1guan3 library M: 家jiā [家] / 个gè [个] 边[邊] bian1 1 side 2 edge 3 margin 4 border 5 boundary M: 个gè [个] 6 simultaneously 北边[北邊] bei3bian1 1 north 2 north side 3 northern part 4 to the north of 西边[西邊] xi1bian1 1 west 2 west side 3 western part 4 to the west of 南边[南邊] nan2bian5 1 south 2 south side 3 southern part 4 to the south of 运动场[運動場] yun4dong4chang3 1 sports field 2 playground 3 exercise yard 体育馆[體育館] ti3yu4guan3 1 gym 2 gymnasium 3 stadium M: 个gè [个] 饭馆[飯館] fan4guan3 restaurant M: 家jiā [家] 还[還] hai2 1 still 2 still in progress 3 still more 4 yet 5 even more 6 in addition 7 fairly 8 passably (good) 9 as early as 10 even 11 also 12 else 超市[超市] chao1shi4 1 supermarket 2 abbr. for 超级市场 M: 家jiā [家] 去[去] qu4 1 to go 2 to go to (a place) 3 (of a time etc) last 4 just passed 5 to send 6 to remove 7 to get rid of 8 to reduce 9 to be apart from in space or time 10 to die (euphemism) 11 to play (a part) 12 (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13 (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14 (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) 哪儿[哪兒] na3r5 1 where? 2 wherever 3 anywhere 银行[銀行] yin2hang2 bank M: 家jiā [家] / 个gè [个] 知道[知道] zhi1dao4 1 to know 2 to become aware of 3 also pr. [zhīdao] 东边[東邊] dong1bian5 1 east 2 east side 3 eastern part 4 to the east of 跟[跟] gen1 1 heel 2 to follow closely 3 to go with 4 (of a woman) to marry sb 5 with 6 compared with 7 to 8 towards 9 and (joining two nouns) 吧[吧] ba5 1 (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) 2 ...right? 3 ...OK? 4 ...I presume. 太[太] tai4 1 highest 2 greatest 3 too (much) 4 very 5 extremely 了[了] le5 1 (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) 2 (completed action marker) 中国银行[中國銀行] Zhong1guo2 Yin2hang2 Bank of China (BoC) 卫生间[衛生間] wei4sheng1jian1 1 bathroom 2 toilet 3 WC M: 间jiān [间] 对不起[對不起] dui4bu5qi3 1 unworthy 2 to let down 3 I'm sorry 4 excuse me 5 pardon me 6 if you please 7 sorry? (please repeat) 没关系[沒關係] mei2guan1xi5 it doesn't matter 商店[商店] shang1dian4 1 store 2 shop M: 家jiā [家] / 个gè [个] 里边[裡邊] li3bian5 inside 地方[地方] di4fang5 1 area 2 place 3 space 4 room 5 territory M: 处chù [处] / 个gè [个] / 块kuài [块] 看[看] kan4 1 to see 2 to look at 3 to read 4 to watch 5 to visit 6 to call on 7 to consider 8 to regard as 9 to look after 10 to treat (an illness) 11 to depend on 12 to feel (that) 13 (after verb) to give it a try 14 Watch out! (for a danger) 那儿[那兒] na4r5 there 就[就] jiu4 1 at once 2 right away 3 only 4 just (emphasis) 5 as early as 6 already 7 as soon as 8 then 9 in that case 10 as many as 11 even if 12 to approach 13 to move towards 14 to undertake 15 to engage in 16 to suffer 17 subjected to 18 to accomplish 19 to take advantage of 20 to go with (of foods) 21 with regard to 22 concerning 上边[上邊] shang4bian5 1 the top 2 above 3 overhead 4 upwards 5 the top margin 6 above-mentioned 7 those higher up 后边[後邊] hou4bian5 1 back 2 rear 3 behind 旁边[旁邊] pang2bian1 1 lateral 2 side 3 to the side 4 beside 书店[書店] shu1dian4 bookstore M: 家jiā [家] 邮局[郵局] you2ju2 post office M: 家jiā [家] / 个gè [个] 桌子[桌子] zhuo1zi5 1 table 2 desk M: 张zhāng [张] / 套tào [套] 书包[書包] shu1bao1 1 schoolbag 2 satchel M: 个gè [个] / 只zhī [只] 宿舍[宿舍] su4she4 1 dormitory 2 dorm room 3 living quarters 4 hostel M: 间jiān [间] 周一交作业。 zhou1yi1 jiao1 zuo4ye4 Hand in your homework on Monday. 做课后练习三。 zuo4ke4hou4lian4xi2san1 Do exercise no. 3 after the texts. // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/8 - 今天几号? 今天[今天] jin1tian1 1 today 2 at the present 3 now 月[月] yue4 1 moon 2 month 3 monthly M: 个gè [个] / 轮lún [轮] 日[日] ri4 1 sun 2 day 3 date, day of the month 星期一[星期一] Xing1qi1yi1 Monday 星期二[星期二] Xing1qi1er4 Tuesday 星期三[星期三] Xing1qi1san1 Wednesday 星期四[星期四] Xing1qi1si4 Thursday 星期五[星期五] Xing1qi1wu3 Friday 星期六[星期六] Xing1qi1liu4 Saturday 星期日[星期日] Xing1qi1ri4 Sunday M: 个gè [个] 星期天[星期天] Xing1qi1tian1 Sunday M: 个gè [个] 的[的] de5 1 of 2 ~'s (possessive particle) 3 (used after an attribute) 4 (used to form a nominal expression) 5 (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 生日[生日] sheng1ri4 birthday M: 个gè [个] 下课[下課] xia4ke4 1 to finish class 2 to get out of class 以后[以後] yi3hou4 1 after 2 later 3 afterwards 4 following 5 later on 6 in the future 准备[準備] zhun3bei4 1 preparation 2 to prepare 3 to intend 4 to be about to 5 reserve (fund) 请[請] qing3 1 to ask 2 to invite 3 please (do sth) 4 to treat (to a meal etc) 5 to request 吃[吃] chi1 1 to eat 2 to consume 3 to eat at (a cafeteria etc) 4 to eradicate 5 to destroy 6 to absorb 7 to suffer 8 to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [jí]) 饭[飯] fan4 1 food 2 cuisine 3 cooked rice 4 meal M: 碗wǎn [碗] / 顿dùn [顿] 对[對] dui4 1 right 2 correct 3 couple 4 pair 5 towards 6 at 7 for 8 to face 9 opposite 10 to treat (sb a certain way) 11 to match together 12 to adjust 13 to fit 14 to suit 15 to answer 16 to reply 17 classifier: couple 号[號] hao4 1 ordinal number 2 day of a month 3 mark 4 sign 5 business establishment 6 size 7 ship suffix 8 horn (wind instrument) 9 bugle call 10 assumed name 11 to take a pulse 12 classifier used to indicate number of people 怎么样[怎麼樣] zen3me5yang4 1 how? 2 how about? 3 how was it? 4 how are things? 祝[祝] zhu4 1 to wish 2 to express good wishes 3 to pray 4 (old) wizard 快乐[快樂] kuai4le4 1 happy 2 merry 礼物[禮物] li3wu4 1 gift 2 present M: 件jiàn [件] / 个gè [个] / 份fèn [份] 本[本] ben3 1 root 2 stem 3 origin 4 source 5 this 6 the current 7 original 8 inherent 9 originally 10 classifier for books, periodicals, files etc 书[書] shu1 1 book 2 letter 3 document M: 本běn [本] / 册cè [册] / 部bù [部] 4 to write 支[支] zhi1 1 to support 2 to sustain 3 to erect 4 to raise 5 branch 6 division 7 to draw money 8 classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions 笔[筆] bi3 1 pen 2 pencil 3 writing brush 4 to write or compose 5 the strokes of Chinese characters 6 classifier for sums of money, deals M: 支zhī [支] / 枝zhī [枝] 啊[啊] a5 modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent 时间[時間] shi2jian1 1 time 2 period M: 段duàn [段] 没问题[沒問題] mei2wen4ti2 no problem 没有[沒有] mei2you3 1 haven't 2 hasn't 3 doesn't exist 4 to not have 5 to not be 问题[問題] wen4ti2 1 question 2 problem 3 issue 4 topic M: 个gè [个] 中文[中文] Zhong1wen2 Chinese language 明天[明天] ming2tian1 tomorrow 后天[後天] hou4tian1 1 the day after tomorrow 2 post-natal 3 acquired (not innate) 4 a posteriori 昨天[昨天] zuo2tian1 yesterday 前天[前天] qian2tian1 the day before yesterday 报纸[報紙] bao4zhi3 1 newspaper 2 newsprint M: 份fèn [份] / 期qī [期] / 张zhāng [张] 杂志[雜誌] za2zhi4 magazine M: 本běn [本] / 份fèn [份] / 期qī [期] 衣服[衣服] yi1fu5 clothes M: 件jiàn [件] / 套tào [套] 你昨天怎么没来上课? ni3 zuo2tian1 zen3me5 mei2 lai2 shang4ke4 Why were you absent from class yesterday? 我期中考试没考好/不及格。 wo3qi1zhong1kao3shi4mei2kao3hao3,bu4ji2ge2 I didn't do well in / pass the mid-term exam. // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/9 - 你今天有什么安排? 每天[每天] mei3tian1 1 every day 2 everyday 点[點] dian3 1 point 2 dot 3 drop 4 speck 5 o'clock 6 point (in space or time) 7 to draw a dot 8 to check on a list 9 to choose 10 to order (food in a restaurant) 11 to touch briefly 12 to hint 13 to light 14 to ignite 15 to pour a liquid drop by drop 16 (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更gēng [更] 17 dot stroke in Chinese characters 18 classifier for items 半[半] ban4 1 half 2 semi- 3 incomplete 4 (after a number) and a half 起床[起床] qi3chuang2 1 to get out of bed 2 to get up 起[起] qi3 1 to rise 2 to raise 3 to get up 4 to set out 5 to start 6 to appear 7 to launch 8 to initiate (action) 9 to draft 10 to establish 11 to get (from a depot or counter) 12 verb suffix, to start 13 starting from (a time, place, price etc) 14 classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance 15 classifier for groups: batch, group 床[床] chuang2 1 bed 2 couch 3 classifier for beds M: 张zhāng [张] 先[先] xian1 1 early 2 prior 3 former 4 in advance 5 first 洗澡[洗澡] xi3zao3 1 to bathe 2 to take a shower 洗[洗] xi3 1 to wash 2 to bathe 3 to develop (photo) 然后[然後] ran2hou4 1 after 2 then (afterwards) 3 after that 4 afterwards 早饭[早飯] zao3fan4 breakfast M: 份fèn [份] / 顿dùn [顿] / 次cì [次] / 餐cān [餐] 差[差] cha4 1 to differ from 2 to fall short of 3 lacking 4 wrong 5 inferior 刻[刻] ke4 1 quarter (hour) 2 moment 3 to carve 4 to engrave 5 to cut 6 oppressive 7 classifier for short time intervals 教室[教室] jiao4shi4 classroom M: 间jiān [间] 开始[開始] kai1shi3 1 to begin 2 beginning 3 to start 4 initial M: 个gè [个] 下午[下午] xia4wu3 1 afternoon M: 个gè [个] 2 p.m. 常常[常常] chang2chang2 1 frequently 2 usually 3 often 晚上[晚上] wan3shang5 1 evening 2 night M: 个gè [个] 3 in the evening 有时候[有時候] you3shi2hou5 sometimes 电视[電視] dian4shi4 1 television 2 TV M: 台tái [台] / 个gè [个] 上网[上網] shang4wang3 1 to go online 2 to connect to the Internet 3 (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet 4 (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net 现在[現在] xian4zai4 1 now 2 at present 3 at the moment 4 modern 5 current 6 nowadays 事[事] shi4 1 matter 2 thing 3 item 4 work 5 affair M: 件jiàn [件] / 桩zhuāng [桩] / 回huí [回] 开[開] kai1 1 to open 2 to start 3 to turn on 4 to boil 5 to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) 6 to operate (a vehicle) 7 carat (gold) 8 abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文] 9 abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format 门[門] men2 1 gate 2 door M: 扇shàn [扇] 3 gateway 4 doorway M: 个gè [个] 5 opening 6 valve 7 switch 8 way to do something 9 knack 10 family 11 house 12 (religious) sect 13 school (of thought) 14 class 15 category 16 phylum or division (taxonomy) 17 classifier for large guns 18 classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology 19 (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) 关[關] guan1 1 mountain pass 2 to close 3 to shut 4 to turn off 5 to concern 6 to involve 明天[明天] ming2tian1 tomorrow 英文[英文] Ying1wen2 English (language) 安排[安排] an1pai2 1 to arrange 2 to plan 3 to set up 4 arrangements 5 plans 上午[上午] shang4wu3 morning M: 个gè [个] 朋友[朋友] peng2you5 friend M: 个gè [个] / 位wèi [位] 见面[見面] jian4mian4 1 to meet 2 to see each other M: 次cì [次] 电影[電影] dian4ying3 1 movie 2 film M: 部bù [部] / 片piàn [片] / 幕mù [幕] / 场chǎng [场] 再见[再見] zai4jian4 1 goodbye 2 see you again later 买东西[買東西] mai3dong1xi5 to do one's shopping 喝[喝] he1 1 to drink 2 My goodness! 咖啡[咖啡] ka1fei1 coffee (loanword) M: 杯bēi [杯] 游泳[游泳] you2yong3 1 swimming 2 to swim 跑步[跑步] pao3bu4 1 to run 2 to jog 3 (military) to march at the double 睡觉[睡覺] shui4jiao4 1 to go to bed 2 to sleep 打球[打球] da3qiu2 1 to play ball 2 to play with a ball 八点集合,大家准时 ba1 dian3 ji2he2, qing3 da4jia1 zhun3shi2 We will meet at 8 o'clock. Please be on time. 不用谢[不用謝] bu4yong4xie4 1 You're welcome 2 Don't mention it // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/10 - 这个星期天你忙不忙? 公园[公園] gong1yuan2 park (for public recreation) M: 个gè [个] / 座zuò [座] 那里[那裡] na4li5 1 there 2 that place 山[山] shan1 1 mountain 2 hill 3 anything that resembles a mountain M: 座zuò [座] 4 bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons 5 gable 水[水] shui3 1 water 2 river 3 liquid 4 beverage 5 additional charges or income 6 (of clothes) classifier for number of washes 树[樹] shu4 1 tree M: 棵kē [棵] 2 to cultivate 3 to set up 花[花] hua1 1 flower 2 blossom M: 朵duǒ [朵] / 支zhī [支] / 束shù [束] / 把bǎ [把] / 盆pén [盆] / 簇cù [簇] 3 fancy pattern 4 florid 5 to spend (money, time) 风景[風景] feng1jing3 1 scenery 2 landscape M: 个gè [个] 非常[非常] fei1chang2 1 very 2 very much 3 unusual 4 extraordinary 漂亮[漂亮] piao4liang5 1 pretty 2 beautiful 空气[空氣] kong1qi4 1 air 2 atmosphere 新鲜[新鮮] xin1xian1 1 fresh (experience, food etc) 2 freshness 3 novel 4 uncommon 多[多] duo1 1 many 2 much 3 often 4 a lot of 5 numerous 6 more 7 in excess 8 how (to what extent) 9 multi- 10 Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how" 爬山[爬山] pa2shan1 1 to climb a mountain 2 to mountaineer 3 hiking 4 mountaineering 爬[爬] pa2 1 to crawl 2 to climb 3 to get up or sit up 呼吸[呼吸] hu1xi1 to breathe 西山公园 Xishan Park 忙[忙] mang2 1 busy 2 hurriedly 3 to hurry 4 to rush 听说[聽說] ting1shuo1 1 to hear (sth said) 2 one hears (that) 3 hearsay 4 listening and speaking 出发[出發] chu1fa1 1 to set off 2 to start (on a journey) 找[找] zhao3 1 to try to find 2 to look for 3 to call on sb 4 to find 5 to seek 6 to return 7 to give change 大家[大家] da4jia1 1 everyone 2 influential family 3 great expert 累[累] lei4 1 tired 2 weary 3 to strain 4 to wear out 5 to work hard 觉得[覺得] jue2de5 1 to think 2 to feel 休息[休息] xiu1xi5 1 rest 2 to rest 一下[一下] yi1xia4 1 (used after a verb) give it a go 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try) 3 one time 4 once 5 in a while 6 all of a sudden 7 all at once 小[小] xiao3 1 small 2 tiny 3 few 4 young 茶馆[茶館] cha2guan3 teahouse M: 家jiā [家] 茶[茶] cha2 1 tea 2 tea plant M: 杯bēi [杯] / 壶hú [壶] 喝[喝] he1 1 to drink 2 My goodness! 一点儿[一點兒] yi1dian3r5 1 a bit 2 a little 3 one dot 4 one point 冷[冷] leng3 cold 热[熱] re4 1 to warm up 2 to heat up 3 hot (of weather) 4 heat 5 fervent 饿[餓] e4 1 to be hungry 2 hungry 3 to starve (sb) 渴[渴] ke3 thirsty 贵[貴] gui4 1 expensive 2 noble 3 precious 4 (honorific) your 便宜[便宜] pian2yi5 1 cheap 2 inexpensive 3 small advantages 4 to let sb off lightly 劳驾,帮我叫辆出租车! lao2jia4, bang1 wo3 jiao4 liang4 chu1zu1che1 Excuse me, please get me a taxi. 明天见! (不见不散) ming2tian1 jian4 (bu2 jian4 bu2 san4) See you tomorrow! (Be there or be square!) // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/11 - 我在学校食堂吃饭 同屋[同屋] tong2wu1 roommate M: 个gè [个] 在[在] zai4 1 (located) at 2 (to be) in 3 to exist 4 in the middle of doing sth 5 (indicating an action in progress) 家[家] jia1 1 home 2 family 3 (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) 4 classifier for families or businesses 5 refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China 6 noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian M: 个gè [个] 汽车[汽車] qi4che1 1 car 2 automobile 3 bus M: 辆liàng [辆] 公司[公司] gong1si1 1 (business) company 2 company 3 firm 4 corporation 5 incorporated M: 家jiā [家] 工作[工作] gong1zuo4 1 to work 2 (of a machine) to operate 3 job 4 work 5 task M: 个gè [个] / 份fèn [份] / 项xiàng [项] 从[從] cong2 1 from 2 through 3 via 4 to follow 5 to obey 6 to engage in (an activity) 7 never (in negative sentence) 8 (Taiwan pr. [zòng]) retainer 9 assistant 10 accomplice 11 related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor 到[到] dao4 1 to (a place) 2 until (a time) 3 up to 4 to go 5 to arrive 6 (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action) 上班[上班] shang4ban1 1 to go to work 2 to be on duty 3 to start work 4 to go to the office 周末[週末] zhou1mo4 weekend 平时[平時] ping2shi2 1 ordinarily 2 in normal times 3 in peacetime 学校[學校] xue2xiao4 school M: 所suǒ [所] 食堂[食堂] shi2tang2 dining hall M: 个gè [个] / 间jiān [间] ...的时候 when, while 时候[時候] shi2hou5 1 time 2 length of time 3 moment 4 period 做饭[做飯] zuo4fan4 1 to prepare a meal 2 to cook 菜[菜] cai4 1 dish (type of food) 2 vegetable 3 cuisine M: 盘pán [盘] / 道dào [道] 4 (coll.) (one's) type 聊天儿[聊天兒] liao2tian1r5 1 to chat 2 to gossip 中国画[中國畫] Zhong1guo2hua4 Chinese painting 一般[一般] yi1ban1 1 same 2 ordinary 3 so-so 4 common 5 general 6 generally 7 in general 听[聽] ting1 1 to listen 2 to hear 3 to obey 4 a can (loanword from English "tin") 5 classifier for canned beverages 音乐[音樂] yin1yue4 music M: 张zhāng [张] / 曲qǔ [曲] / 段duàn [段] 东西[東西] dong1xi5 1 thing 2 stuff 3 person M: 个gè [个] / 件jiàn [件] 一块儿[一塊兒] yi1kuai4r5 1 one block 2 one piece 3 one (unit of money) 4 together 5 in the same place 6 in company 收拾[收拾] shou1shi5 1 to put in order 2 to tidy up 3 to pack 4 to repair 5 (coll.) to sort sb out 6 to fix sb 房间[房間] fang2jian1 room M: 间jiān [间] / 个gè [个] 北京[北京] Bei3jing1 1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China 2 Peking 3 PRC government 上海[上海] Shang4hai3 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 沪Hù [沪] 南京[南京] Nan2jing1 1 Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江苏 2 capital of China at different historical periods 电话[電話] dian4hua4 1 telephone M: 部bù [部] 2 phone call M: 通tōng [通] 3 phone number 最近怎么样? zui4jin4 zen3me5yang4 How are you doing these days? 你有事吗? ni3 you3shi4 ma5 Can i help you (with anything)? / What's up? // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/12 - 你要茶还是咖啡? 学期[學期] xue2qi1 1 term 2 semester M: 个gè [个] 门[門] men2 1 gate 2 door M: 扇shàn [扇] 3 gateway 4 doorway M: 个gè [个] 5 opening 6 valve 7 switch 8 way to do something 9 knack 10 family 11 house 12 (religious) sect 13 school (of thought) 14 class 15 category 16 phylum or division (taxonomy) 17 classifier for large guns 18 classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology 19 (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) 兴趣[興趣] xing4qu4 1 interest (desire to know about sth) 2 interest (thing in which one is interested) 3 hobby M: 个gè [个] 课[課] ke4 1 subject 2 course M: 门mén [门] 3 class 4 lesson M: 堂táng [堂] / 节jié [节] 5 to levy 6 tax 7 form of divination 对[對] dui4 1 right 2 correct 3 couple 4 pair 5 towards 6 at 7 for 8 to face 9 opposite 10 to treat (sb a certain way) 11 to match together 12 to adjust 13 to fit 14 to suit 15 to answer 16 to reply 17 classifier: couple 书法[書法] shu1fa3 1 calligraphy 2 handwriting 3 penmanship 太极拳[太極拳] tai4ji2quan2 1 shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan 2 traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation 3 a martial art 感兴趣[感興趣] gan3xing4qu4 to be interested 可是[可是] ke3shi4 1 but 2 however 3 (used for emphasis) indeed 一样[一樣] yi1yang4 1 same 2 like 3 equal to 4 the same as 5 just like 选[選] xuan3 1 to choose 2 to pick 3 to select 4 to elect 还是[還是] hai2shi5 1 or 2 still 3 nevertheless 4 had better 下[下] xia4 1 down 2 downwards 3 below 4 lower 5 later 6 next (week etc) 7 second (of two parts) 8 to decline 9 to go down 10 to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11 measure word to show the frequency of an action 语言学院 Language College 运动[運動] yun4dong4 1 to move 2 to exercise 3 sports 4 exercise 5 motion 6 movement 7 campaign M: 场chǎng [场] 跑步[跑步] pao3bu4 1 to run 2 to jog 3 (military) to march at the double 身体[身體] shen1ti3 1 the body 2 one's health M: 具jù [具] / 个gè [个] 3 in person 爱好[愛好] ai4hao4 1 to like 2 to take pleasure in 3 keen on 4 fond of 5 interest 6 hobby 7 appetite for M: 个gè [个] 踢[踢] ti1 1 to kick 2 to play (e.g. soccer) 足球[足球] zu2qiu2 1 soccer ball 2 a football M: 个gè [个] 3 soccer 4 football 打[打] da3 1 to beat 2 to strike 3 to hit 4 to break 5 to type 6 to mix up 7 to build 8 to fight 9 to fetch 10 to make 11 to tie up 12 to issue 13 to shoot 14 to calculate 15 to play (a game) 16 since 17 from 篮球[籃球] lan2qiu2 basketball M: 个gè [个] / 只zhī [只] 最[最] zui4 1 most 2 the most 3 -est (superlative suffix) 骑[騎] qi2 1 to ride (an animal or bike) 2 to sit astride 3 classifier for saddle-horses 自行车[自行車] zi4xing2che1 1 bicycle 2 bike M: 辆liàng [辆] 报名[報名] bao4ming2 1 to sign up 2 to enter one's name 3 to apply 4 to register 5 to enroll 6 to enlist 咖啡[咖啡] ka1fei1 coffee (loanword) M: 杯bēi [杯] 位[位] wei4 1 position 2 location 3 place 4 seat 5 classifier for people (honorific) 6 classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) 红茶[紅茶] hong2cha2 black tea M: 杯bēi [杯] / 壶hú [壶] 绿茶[綠茶] lü4cha2 green tea 杯[杯] bei1 1 cup 2 trophy cup 3 classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup 没错儿[沒錯兒] mei2cuo4r5 1 I'm quite sure; you can rest assured 没错儿, 准是小王告诉他的。 Méi cuòr, zhǔn shì xiǎo wáng gàosu tā de. I'm quite sure it was Xiao Wang who told him about it. 没错儿, 就是他干的。 Méi cuòr, jiù shì tā gàn de. There's no doubt about it. He's the one that did it. 电影七点的, 是吗?——没错儿。 Diànyǐng qī diǎn de, shì ma? —— méicuòr. The film begins at seven, doesn't it?--Yes, that's right. 2 can't go wrong 照说明书做, 准保没错儿。 Zhào shuōmíngshū zuò, zhǔnbǎo méicuòr. Just follow the directions. You can't go wrong. 排球[排球] pai2qiu2 volleyball M: 个gè [个] 网球[網球] wang3qiu2 1 tennis 2 tennis ball M: 个gè [个] 乒乓球[乒乓球] ping1pang1qiu2 1 table tennis 2 ping-pong 3 table tennis ball M: 个gè [个] 羽毛球[羽毛球] yu3mao2qiu2 1 shuttlecock 2 badminton M: 个gè [个] 唱歌[唱歌] chang4ge1 to sing a song 跳舞[跳舞] tiao4wu3 to dance 我来介绍一下,这位是张鹏先生。 wo3 lai2 jie4shao4 yi2xia4, zhe4 wei4 shi4 zhang1 peng2 xian1sheng5 Let me introduce you. This is Mr. Zhang Peng. 认识您很高兴。 ren4shi5 nin2 hen3 gao1xing4 Pleased to meet you. // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/13 - 我已经搬家了 租[租] zu1 1 to hire 2 to rent 3 to charter 4 to rent out 5 to lease out 6 rent 7 land tax 套[套] tao4 1 to cover 2 to encase 3 cover 4 sheath 5 to overlap 6 to interleave 7 to model after 8 to copy 9 formula 10 harness 11 loop of rope 12 (fig.) to fish for 13 to obtain slyly 14 classifier for sets, collections 15 bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) 16 tau (Greek letter Ττ) 房子[房子] fang2zi5 1 house 2 building (single- or two-story) 3 apartment 4 room M: 栋dòng [栋] / 幢zhuàng [幢] / 座zuò [座] / 套tào [套] 上[上] shang4 1 on top 2 upon 3 above 4 upper 5 previous 6 first (of multiple parts) 7 to climb 8 to get onto 9 to go up 10 to attend (class or university) 了[了] le5 1 (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) 2 (completed action marker) 那[那] na4 1 that 2 those 3 then (in that case) 4 commonly pr. [nèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing 旁边[旁邊] pang2bian1 1 lateral 2 side 3 to the side 4 beside 方便[方便] fang1bian4 1 convenient 2 suitable 3 to facilitate 4 to make things easy 5 having money to spare 6 (euphemism) to relieve oneself 大[大] da4 1 big 2 huge 3 large 4 major 5 great 6 wide 7 deep 8 older (than) 9 oldest 10 eldest 11 greatly 12 very much 13 (dialect) father 14 father's elder or younger brother 房租[房租] fang2zu1 rent for a room or house 贵[貴] gui4 1 expensive 2 noble 3 precious 4 (honorific) your 每[每] mei3 1 each 2 every 最后[最後] zui4hou4 1 final 2 last 3 finally 4 ultimate 又[又] you4 1 (once) again 2 also 3 both... and... 4 and yet 5 (used for emphasis) anyway 满意[滿意] man3yi4 1 satisfied 2 pleased 3 to one's satisfaction 搬家[搬家] ban1jia1 1 to move house 2 removal 已经[已經] yi3jing1 already 不错[不錯] bu4cuo4 1 correct 2 right 3 not bad 4 pretty good 离[離] li2 1 to leave 2 to part from 3 to be away from 4 (in giving distances) from 5 without (sth) 6 independent of 7 one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦bāguà [八卦], symbolizing fire 8 ☲ 远[遠] yuan3 1 far 2 distant 3 remote 4 (intensifier in a comparison) by far 5 much (lower etc) 走[走] zou3 1 to walk 2 to go 3 to run 4 to move (of vehicle) 5 to visit 6 to leave 7 to go away 8 to die (euph.) 9 from 10 through 11 away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走chèzǒu [撤走]) 12 to change (shape, form, meaning) 路[路] lu4 1 road M: 条tiáo [条] 2 journey 3 route 4 line (bus etc) 5 sort 6 kind 行[行] xing2 1 to walk 2 to go 3 to travel 4 a visit 5 temporary 6 makeshift 7 current 8 in circulation 9 to do 10 to perform 11 capable 12 competent 13 effective 14 all right 15 OK! 16 will do 17 behavior 18 conduct 19 Taiwan pr. [xìng] for the behavior-conduct sense 没有[沒有] mei2you3 1 haven't 2 hasn't 3 doesn't exist 4 to not have 5 to not be 昨天[昨天] zuo2tian1 yesterday 请客[請客] qing3ke4 1 to give a dinner party 2 to entertain guests 3 to invite to dinner 怎么[怎麼] zen3me5 1 how? 2 what? 3 why? 父母[父母] fu4mu3 1 father and mother 2 parents 来[來] lai2 1 to come 2 to arrive 3 to come round 4 ever since 5 next 玩儿[玩兒] wan2r5 1 to play 2 to have fun 3 to hang out 生病[生病] sheng1bing4 to fall ill 感冒[感冒] gan3mao4 1 to catch cold 2 (common) cold M: 场cháng [场] / 次cì [次] 3 (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) 4 (Tw) to detest 5 can't stand 写汉字 xie3 han4zi4 To write Chinese characters 念课文 nian4 ke4wen2 Read a text 做练习 zuo4 lian4xi2 Do exercises 换钱[換錢] huan4qian2 1 to change money 2 to sell 请问,友谊宾馆在哪儿? qing3wen4, you3yi4 bin1guan3 zai4 na3r5 Excuse me, where's the Friendship Hotel? 请问,这个汉语怎么说? qing3wen4, zhe4ge5 han4yu3 zen3me5 shuo1 Excuse me, how do you say this in Chinese? // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/14 - 我买了一件毛衣 今年[今年] jin1nian2 this year 冬天[冬天] dong1tian1 winter M: 个gè [个] 特别[特別] te4bie2 1 especially 2 special 3 particular 4 unusual 冷[冷] leng3 cold 感冒[感冒] gan3mao4 1 to catch cold 2 (common) cold M: 场cháng [场] / 次cì [次] 3 (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) 4 (Tw) to detest 5 can't stand 穿[穿] chuan1 1 to wear 2 to put on 3 to dress 4 to bore through 5 to pierce 6 to perforate 7 to penetrate 8 to pass through 9 to thread 厚[厚] hou4 1 thick 2 deep or profound 3 kind 4 generous 5 rich or strong in flavor 6 to favor 7 to stress 衣服[衣服] yi1fu5 clothes M: 件jiàn [件] / 套tào [套] 趟[趟] tang4 1 classifier for times, round trips or rows 2 a time 3 a trip 商场[商場] shang1chang3 1 shopping mall 2 shopping center 3 department store 4 emporium M: 家jiā [家] 5 the business world 里[里] li3 1 li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m 2 neighborhood 3 ancient administrative unit of 25 families 4 (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 镇zhèn [镇] and neighborhood 邻lín [邻] levels 真[真] zhen1 1 really 2 truly 3 indeed 4 real 5 true 6 genuine 毛衣[毛衣] mao2yi1 (wool) sweater M: 件jiàn [件] 羽绒服[羽絨服] yu3rong2fu2 down-filled garment 北京[北京] Bei3jing1 1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China 2 Peking 3 PRC government 医院[醫院] yi1yuan4 hospital M: 所suǒ [所] / 家jiā [家] / 座zuò [座] 看病[看病] kan4bing4 1 to visit a doctor 2 to see a patient 就[就] jiu4 1 at once 2 right away 3 only 4 just (emphasis) 5 as early as 6 already 7 as soon as 8 then 9 in that case 10 as many as 11 even if 12 to approach 13 to move towards 14 to undertake 15 to engage in 16 to suffer 17 subjected to 18 to accomplish 19 to take advantage of 20 to go with (of foods) 21 with regard to 22 concerning 药[藥] yao4 1 medicine 2 drug 3 substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) M: 种zhǒng [种] / 服fù [服] / 味wèi [味] 4 to poison 新[新] xin1 1 new 2 newly 3 meso- (chemistry) 好[好] hao3 1 good 2 well 3 proper 4 good to 5 easy to 6 very 7 so 8 (suffix indicating completion or readiness) 9 (of two people) close 10 on intimate terms 这么[這麼] zhe4me5 1 so much 2 this much 3 how much? 4 this way 5 like this 快[快] kuai4 1 rapid 2 quick 3 speed 4 rate 5 soon 6 almost 7 to make haste 8 clever 9 sharp (of knives or wits) 10 forthright 11 plainspoken 12 gratified 13 pleased 14 pleasant 呀[呀] ya5 (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) 水果[水果] shui3guo3 fruit M: 个gè [个] 生病[生病] sheng1bing4 to fall ill 天气[天氣] tian1qi4 weather 还[還] hai2 1 still 2 still in progress 3 still more 4 yet 5 even more 6 in addition 7 fairly 8 passably (good) 9 as early as 10 even 11 also 12 else 跑[跑] pao3 1 to run 2 to run away 3 to escape 4 to run around (on errands etc) 5 (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate 6 (verb complement) away 7 off 但是[但是] dan4shi4 1 but 2 however 有空[有空] you3kong4 to have time (to do sth) 行[行] xing2 1 to walk 2 to go 3 to travel 4 a visit 5 temporary 6 makeshift 7 current 8 in circulation 9 to do 10 to perform 11 capable 12 competent 13 effective 14 all right 15 OK! 16 will do 17 behavior 18 conduct 19 Taiwan pr. [xìng] for the behavior-conduct sense 暖和[暖和] nuan3huo5 1 warm 2 nice and warm 凉快[涼快] liang2kuai5 1 nice and cold 2 pleasantly cool 我们机场(哈尔滨)见。 wo3men5 ji1chang3 (ha1er3bin1) jian4 See you at the airport (in Harbin). 我们电话(邮件)联系。 wo3men5 dian4hua4 (you2jian4) lian2xi4 Keep in touch by phone (e-mail). // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/15 - 大学生可以打工吗? 打工[打工] da3gong1 1 to work a temporary or casual job 2 (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation 挣钱[掙錢] zheng4qian2 earn (or make) money 挣钱餬口 Zhèngqián zhān kǒu earn a living 他挣的钱不够养家的。 Tā zhèng de qián bùgòu yǎngjiā de. His earnings are not sufficient to support his family. 她的两个儿子都挣钱了。 Tā de liǎng ge érzi dōu zhèngqián le. Her sons are both earning now. 告诉[告訴] gao4su5 1 to tell 2 to inform 3 to let know 要[要] yao4 1 important 2 vital 3 to want 4 to ask for 5 will 6 going to (as future auxiliary) 7 may 8 must 9 (used in a comparison) must be 10 probably 11 if 会[會] hui4 1 can 2 to be possible 3 to be able to 4 will 5 to be likely to 6 to be sure to 7 to assemble 8 to meet 9 to gather 10 to see 11 union 12 group 13 association M: 个gè [个] 14 a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ]) 当[當] dang1 1 to be 2 to act as 3 manage 4 withstand 5 when 6 during 7 ought 8 should 9 match equally 10 equal 11 same 12 obstruct 13 just at (a time or place) 14 on the spot 15 right 16 just at 合适[合適] he2shi4 1 suitable 2 fitting 3 appropriate 可以[可以] ke3yi3 1 can 2 may 3 possible 4 able to 5 not bad 6 pretty good 辅导[輔導] fu3dao3 1 to coach 2 to tutor 3 to give advice (in study) 互相[互相] hu4xiang1 1 each other 2 mutually 3 mutual 能[能] neng2 1 can 2 to be able to 3 might possibly 4 ability 5 (physics) energy 大学[大學] da4xue2 1 university 2 college M: 所suǒ [所] 餐厅[餐廳] can1ting1 1 dining hall 2 dining room 3 restaurant M: 间jiān [间] / 家jiā [家] 或者[或者] huo4zhe3 1 or 2 possibly 3 maybe 4 perhaps 办公室[辦公室] ban4gong1shi4 1 office 2 business premises 3 bureau M: 间jiān [间] 帮忙[幫忙] bang1mang2 1 to help 2 to lend a hand 3 to do a favor 4 to do a good turn 放假[放假] fang4jia4 to have a holiday or vacation 旅游[旅遊] lü3you2 1 trip 2 journey 3 tourism 4 travel 5 tour 6 to travel 会[會] hui4 1 can 2 to be possible 3 to be able to 4 will 5 to be likely to 6 to be sure to 7 to assemble 8 to meet 9 to gather 10 to see 11 union 12 group 13 association M: 个gè [个] 14 a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ]) 假期[假期] jia4qi1 vacation 回[回] hui2 1 to circle 2 to go back 3 to turn around 4 to answer 5 to return 6 to revolve 7 Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) 8 time 9 classifier for acts of a play 10 section or chapter (of a classic book) 开[開] kai1 1 to open 2 to start 3 to turn on 4 to boil 5 to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) 6 to operate (a vehicle) 7 carat (gold) 8 abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文] 9 abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format 车[車] che1 1 car 2 vehicle M: 辆liàng [辆] 3 machine 4 to shape with a lathe 陪[陪] pei2 1 to accompany 2 to keep sb company 3 to assist 4 old variant of 赔péi [赔] 帮[幫] bang1 1 to help 2 to assist 3 to support 4 for sb (i.e. as a help) 5 hired (as worker) 6 side (of pail, boat etc) 7 outer layer 8 upper (of a shoe) 9 group 10 gang 11 clique 12 party 13 secret society 辆[輛] liang4 classifier for vehicles 比较[比較] bi3jiao4 1 to compare 2 to contrast 3 comparatively 4 relatively 5 quite 6 comparison 感谢[感謝] gan3xie4 1 (express) thanks 2 gratitude 3 grateful 4 thankful 5 thanks 泰语[泰語] Tai4yu3 Thai (language) 试衣服 shi4 yi1fu5 Try on clothes 打网球 da3 wang3qiu2 play tennis 下星期一到泰国的航班还有票吗? xia4 xing1qi1yi1 dao4 tai4guo2 de5 hang2ban1 hai2you3 piao4 ma5 Are there any tickets available for next Monday's flight to Thailand? 我要两张十一号到成都的硬卧。 wo3 yao4 liang3 zhang1 shi2yi1 hao4 dao4 cheng2du1 de5 ying4wo4 I want two semi-cushioned berth tickets to Chengdu on the 11th (of this month). // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/16 - 我想送他一件礼物 结婚[結婚] jie2hun1 1 to marry 2 to get married M: 次cì [次] 送[送] song4 1 to deliver 2 to carry 3 to give (as a present) 4 to present (with) 5 to see off 6 to send 少[少] shao3 1 few 2 less 3 to lack 4 to be missing 5 to stop (doing sth) 6 seldom 应该[應該] ying1gai1 1 ought to 2 should 3 must 希望[希望] xi1wang4 1 to wish for 2 to desire 3 hope M: 个gè [个] 参加[參加] can1jia1 1 to participate 2 to take part 3 to join 婚礼[婚禮] hun1li3 1 wedding ceremony 2 wedding M: 场chǎng [场] 重要[重要] zhong4yao4 1 important 2 significant 3 major 事情[事情] shi4qing5 1 affair 2 matter 3 thing 4 business M: 件jiàn [件] / 桩zhuāng [桩] 到时候[到時候] dao4shi2hou4 1 when the moment comes 2 at that time 照相[照相] zhao4xiang4 to take a photograph 照片[照片] zhao4pian4 1 photograph 2 picture M: 张zhāng [张] / 套tào [套] / 幅fú [幅] 有意思[有意思] you3yi4si5 1 interesting 2 meaningful 3 enjoyable 4 fun 一定[一定] yi1ding4 1 surely 2 certainly 3 necessarily 4 fixed 5 a certain (extent etc) 6 given 7 particular 8 must 亲戚[親戚] qin1qi5 a relative (i.e. family relation) M: 门mén [门] / 个gè [个] / 位wèi [位] 麻烦[麻煩] ma2fan5 1 inconvenient 2 troublesome 3 annoying 4 to trouble or bother sb 5 to put sb to trouble 给[給] gei3 1 to 2 for 3 for the benefit of 4 to give 5 to allow 6 to do sth (for sb) 7 (grammatical equivalent of 被) 8 (grammatical equivalent of 把) 9 (sentence intensifier) 简单[簡單] jian3dan1 1 simple 2 not complicated 办法[辦法] ban4fa3 1 means 2 method 3 way (of doing sth) M: 条tiáo [条] / 个gè [个] 节日[節日] jie2ri4 1 holiday 2 festival M: 个gè [个] 过[過] guo4 1 to cross 2 to go over 3 to pass (time) 4 to celebrate (a holiday) 5 to live 6 to get along 7 excessively 8 too- 要[要] yao4 1 important 2 vital 3 to want 4 to ask for 5 will 6 going to (as future auxiliary) 7 may 8 must 9 (used in a comparison) must be 10 probably 11 if 带[帶] dai4 1 band 2 belt 3 girdle 4 ribbon 5 tire 6 area 7 zone 8 region M: 条tiáo [条] 9 to wear 10 to carry 11 to take along 12 to bear (i.e. to have) 13 to lead 14 to bring 15 to look after 16 to raise 束[束] shu4 1 to bind 2 bunch 3 bundle 4 classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc 5 to control 好吃[好吃] hao3chi1 1 tasty 2 delicious 酒[酒] jiu3 1 wine (esp. rice wine) 2 liquor 3 spirits 4 alcoholic beverage M: 杯bēi [杯] / 瓶píng [瓶] / 罐guàn [罐] / 桶tǒng [桶] / 缸gāng [缸] 当然[當然] dang1ran2 1 only natural 2 as it should be 3 certainly 4 of course 5 without doubt 化妆品[化妝品] hua4zhuang1pin3 1 cosmetic 2 makeup product 日用品[日用品] ri4yong4pin3 articles for daily use M: 件jiàn [件] / 个gè [个] 家电[家電] jia1dian4 1 household electric appliance 2 abbr. for 家用电器 冰箱[冰箱] bing1xiang1 1 icebox 2 freezer cabinet 3 refrigerator M: 台tái [台] / 个gè [个] 洗衣机[洗衣機] xi3yi1ji1 1 washer 2 washing machine M: 台tái [台] 巧克力[巧克力] qiao3ke4li4 chocolate (loanword) M: 块kuài [块] 我的护照和钱包都丢了。 wo3 de5 hu4zhao4 he2 qian2bao1 dou1 diu1 le5 I've lost both my passport and purse. 还可以便宜(一些)吗? hai2 ke3yi3 pian2yi5 (yi1xie1) ma5 Can you give me this for a cheaper price? // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/17 - 我口语和听力都很好 做客[做客] zuo4ke4 to be a guest or visitor 爱人[愛人] ai4ren5 1 spouse (PRC) 2 lover (non-PRC) M: 个gè [个] 教[教] jiao1 to teach 包[包] bao1 1 to cover 2 to wrap 3 to hold 4 to include 5 to take charge of 6 to contract (to or for) 7 package 8 wrapper 9 container 10 bag 11 to hold or embrace 12 bundle 13 packet M: 个gè [个] / 只zhī [只] 饺子[餃子] jiao3zi5 1 dumpling 2 pot-sticker M: 个gè [个] / 只zhī [只] 葡萄酒[葡萄酒] pu2tao5jiu3 (grape) wine 啤酒[啤酒] pi2jiu3 beer (loanword) M: 杯bēi [杯] / 瓶píng [瓶] / 罐guàn [罐] / 桶tǒng [桶] / 缸gāng [缸] 才[才] cai2 1 ability 2 talent 3 sb of a certain type 4 a capable individual 5 only 6 only then 7 just now 热闹[熱鬧] re4nao5 1 bustling with noise and excitement 2 lively 瓶[瓶] ping2 1 bottle 2 vase 3 pitcher M: 个gè [个] 4 classifier for wine and liquids 最近[最近] zui4jin4 1 recent 2 recently 3 these days 4 latest 5 soon 6 nearest (of locations) 7 shortest (of routes) 说话[說話] shuo1hua4 1 to speak 2 to say 3 to talk 4 to gossip 5 to tell stories 6 talk 7 word 第一[第一] di4yi1 1 first 2 number one 3 primary 第[第] di4 1 (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc) 2 order 3 (old) rank in the imperial examinations 4 mansion 5 (literary) but 6 just 次[次] ci4 1 next in sequence 2 second 3 the second (day, time etc) 4 secondary 5 vice- 6 sub- 7 infra- 8 inferior quality 9 substandard 10 order 11 sequence 12 hypo- (chemistry) 13 classifier for enumerated events: time 难[難] nan2 1 difficult (to...) 2 problem 3 difficulty 4 difficult 5 not good 学[學] xue2 1 to learn 2 to study 3 to imitate 4 science 5 -ology 进步[進步] jin4bu4 1 progress 2 improvement 3 to improve 4 to progress M: 个gè [个] 努力[努力] nu3li4 1 great effort 2 to strive 3 to try hard 发音[發音] fa1yin1 1 to pronounce 2 pronunciation 3 to emit sound 口语[口語] kou3yu3 1 colloquial speech 2 spoken language 3 vernacular language 4 slander 5 gossip M: 门mén [门] 听力[聽力] ting1li4 1 hearing 2 listening ability 写[寫] xie3 to write 声调[聲調] sheng1diao4 1 tone 2 note 3 a tone (on a Chinese syllable) M: 个gè [个] 总是[總是] zong3shi4 always 怎么[怎麼] zen3me5 1 how? 2 what? 3 why? 办[辦] ban4 1 to do 2 to manage 3 to handle 4 to go about 5 to run 6 to set up 7 to deal with 别[別] bie2 1 to leave 2 to depart 3 to separate 4 to distinguish 5 to classify 6 other 7 another 8 don't ...! 9 to pin 10 to stick (sth) in 着急[著急] zhao2ji2 1 to worry 2 to feel anxious 3 Taiwan pr. [zhāojí] 更[更] geng4 1 more 2 even more 3 further 4 still 5 still more 汉字[漢字] han4zi4 1 Chinese character M: 个gè [个] 2 Japanese: kanji 3 Korean: hanja 4 Vietnamese: hán tự 个子[個子] ge4zi5 1 height 2 stature 3 build 4 size 头发[頭髮] tou2fa5 hair (on the head) 眼睛[眼睛] yan3jing5 eye M: 只zhī [只] / 双shuāng [双] 鼻子[鼻子] bi2zi5 nose M: 个gè [个] / 只zhī [只] 身材[身材] shen1cai2 1 stature 2 build (height and weight) 3 figure 高[高] gao1 1 high 2 tall 3 above average 4 loud 5 your (honorific) 矮[矮] ai3 1 low 2 short (in length) 漂亮[漂亮] piao4liang5 1 pretty 2 beautiful 长[長] chang2 1 length 2 long 3 forever 4 always 5 constantly 大[大] da4 1 big 2 huge 3 large 4 major 5 great 6 wide 7 deep 8 older (than) 9 oldest 10 eldest 11 greatly 12 very much 13 (dialect) father 14 father's elder or younger brother 小[小] xiao3 1 small 2 tiny 3 few 4 young 瘦[瘦] shou4 1 thin 2 to lose weight 3 (of clothing) tight 4 (of meat) lean 5 (of land) unproductive 胖[胖] pang4 1 fat 2 plump 请原谅。 qing3yuan2liang4 Pardon me, please / Forgive me, please. 不好意思,麻烦你... bu4 hao3yi4si5, ma2fan5 ni3 Excuse me, could you please... // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/18 - 我上了四个小时的网 最少[最少] zui4shao3 1 at least 2 minimum 3 lowest (amount) 4 minimal 小时[小時] xiao3shi2 hour M: 个gè [个] 网[網] wang3 1 net 2 network 不常 bu4chang2 not often 上[上] shang4 1 on top 2 upon 3 above 4 upper 5 previous 6 first (of multiple parts) 7 to climb 8 to get onto 9 to go up 10 to attend (class or university) 新闻[新聞] xin1wen2 news M: 条tiáo [条] / 个gè [个] 另外[另外] ling4wai4 1 additional 2 in addition 3 besides 4 separate 5 other 6 moreover 7 furthermore 查[查] cha2 1 to research 2 to check 3 to investigate 4 to examine 5 to refer to 6 to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) 邮件[郵件] you2jian4 1 mail 2 post 聊[聊] liao2 1 to chat 2 to depend upon (literary) 3 temporarily 4 just 5 slightly 长[長] chang2 1 length 2 long 3 forever 4 always 5 constantly 都[都] dou1 1 all 2 both 3 entirely 4 (used for emphasis) even 5 already 6 (not) at all 一直[一直] yi1zhi2 1 straight (in a straight line) 2 continuously 3 always 4 from the beginning of ... up to ... 5 all along 忘[忘] wang4 1 to forget 2 to overlook 3 to neglect 多长时间 how long 多[多] duo1 1 many 2 much 3 often 4 a lot of 5 numerous 6 more 7 in excess 8 how (to what extent) 9 multi- 10 Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how" 邮箱[郵箱] you2xiang1 1 mailbox 2 post office box 发[發] fa1 1 to send out 2 to show (one's feeling) 3 to issue 4 to develop 5 to make a bundle of money 6 classifier for gunshots (rounds) 网站[網站] wang3zhan4 1 website 2 network station 3 node 一会儿[一會兒] yi1hui4r5 1 a moment 2 a while 3 in a moment 4 now...now... 5 also pr. [yīhuǐr] 给[給] gei3 1 to 2 for 3 for the benefit of 4 to give 5 to allow 6 to do sth (for sb) 7 (grammatical equivalent of 被) 8 (grammatical equivalent of 把) 9 (sentence intensifier) 急急忙忙[急急忙忙] ji2ji2mang2mang2 hurriedly 急忙[急忙] ji2mang2 hastily 交[交] jiao1 1 to hand over 2 to deliver 3 to pay (money) 4 to turn over 5 to make friends 6 to intersect (lines) 电话[電話] dian4hua4 1 telephone M: 部bù [部] 2 phone call M: 通tōng [通] 3 phone number 费[費] fei4 1 to cost 2 to spend 3 fee 4 wasteful 5 expenses 排队[排隊] pai2dui4 to line up 为什么[為什麼] wei4shen2me5 1 why? 2 for what reason? 开账户 open a account 账户[賬戶] zhang4hu4 1 bank account 2 online account 卡[卡] ka3 1 to stop 2 to block 3 card M: 张zhāng [张] / 片piàn [片] 4 calorie 5 cassette 6 (computing) (coll.) slow 只[只] zhi3 1 only 2 merely 3 just 4 but 分钟[分鐘] fen1zhong1 minute 得[得] dei3 1 to have to 2 must 3 ought to 4 to need to 试[試] shi4 1 to test 2 to try 3 experiment 4 examination 5 test 锻炼[鍛鍊] duan4lian4 1 to toughen 2 to temper 3 to engage in physical exercise 4 to work out 5 (fig.) to develop one's skills 6 to train oneself 坐飞机 zuo4 fei1ji1 take a plane 坐地铁 zuo4 di4tie3 take the subway 坐公共汽车 zuo4 gong1gong4qi4che1 take a bus 我(前几天)感冒了。 wo3qian2ji3tian1gan3mao4le5 I had a cold (several days ago). 麻烦你,替我请个假 ma2fan5 ni3, ti4 wo3 qing3 ge5 jia4 Could i bother you to ask for leave for me please? // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/19 - 暖气还没有修好 暖气[暖氣] nuan3qi4 1 central heating 2 heater 3 warm air 坏[壞] huai4 1 bad 2 spoiled 3 broken 4 to break down 5 (suffix) to the utmost 棉衣[棉衣] mian2yi1 cotton-padded clothes M: 件jiàn [件] 戴[戴] dai4 1 to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc) 2 to respect 3 to bear 4 to support 手套[手套] shou3tao4 1 glove 2 mitten M: 双shuāng [双] / 只zhī [只] 帽子[帽子] mao4zi5 1 hat 2 cap 3 (fig.) label 4 bad name M: 顶dǐng [顶] 后来[後來] hou4lai2 1 afterwards 2 later 只好[只好] zhi3hao3 1 without any better option 2 to have to 3 to be forced to 打开[打開] da3kai1 1 to open 2 to show (a ticket) 3 to turn on 4 to switch on 空调[空調] kong1tiao2 1 air conditioning 2 air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) M: 台tái [台] 房东[房東] fang2dong1 landlord 打电话[打電話] da3dian4hua4 to make a telephone call 修[修] xiu1 1 to decorate 2 to embellish 3 to repair 4 to build 5 to write 6 to cultivate 7 to study 8 to take (a class) 等[等] deng3 1 class 2 rank 3 grade 4 equal to 5 same as 6 to wait for 7 to await 8 et cetera 9 and so on 10 et al. (and other authors) 11 after 12 as soon as 13 once 看见[看見] kan4jian4 1 to see 2 to catch sight of 先生[先生] Xian1sheng5 Mister (Mr.) 天[天] tian1 1 day 2 sky 3 heaven 过去[過去] guo4qu4 1 (in the) past 2 former 3 previous 4 to go over 5 to pass by 抱歉[抱歉] bao4qian4 1 to be sorry 2 to feel apologetic 3 sorry! 保证[保證] bao3zheng4 1 guarantee 2 to guarantee 3 to ensure 4 to safeguard 5 to pledge M: 个gè [个] 以前[以前] yi3qian2 1 before 2 formerly 3 previous 4 ago 要[要] yao4 1 important 2 vital 3 to want 4 to ask for 5 will 6 going to (as future auxiliary) 7 may 8 must 9 (used in a comparison) must be 10 probably 11 if 张[張] Zhang1 surname Zhang 圣诞节[聖誕節] Sheng4dan4jie2 1 Christmas time 2 Christmas season 3 Christmas 圣诞[聖誕] Sheng4dan4 1 Christmas 2 birthday of reigning Emperor 3 Confucius' birthday 完[完] wan2 1 to finish 2 to be over 3 whole 4 complete 5 entire 还[還] huan2 1 to pay back 2 to return 认为[認為] ren4wei2 1 to believe 2 to think 3 to consider 4 to feel 容易[容易] rong2yi4 1 easy 2 likely 3 liable (to) 读[讀] du2 1 to read 2 to study 3 reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音pīnyīn [拼音] 内容[內容] nei4rong2 1 content 2 substance 3 details M: 个gè [个] / 项xiàng [项] 这样[這樣] zhe4yang4 1 this kind of 2 so 3 this way 4 like this 5 such 遍[遍] bian4 1 everywhere 2 all over 3 classifier for actions: one time 后天[後天] hou4tian1 1 the day after tomorrow 2 post-natal 3 acquired (not innate) 4 a posteriori 作业[作業] zuo4ye4 1 school assignment 2 homework 3 work 4 task 5 operation M: 个gè [个] 6 to operate 预习[預習] yu4xi2 to prepare a lesson 复习[復習] fu4xi2 1 to review 2 revision M: 次cì [次] 考试[考試] kao3shi4 1 to take an exam 2 exam M: 次cì [次] 护照[護照] hu4zhao4 passport M: 本běn [本] / 个gè [个] 我被骗了。 wo3 bei4 pian4 le5 I was fooled. 别着急。 bie2 zhao2ji2 Don't worry. / Take it easy. // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/20 - 快餐可以送到家里 经常[經常] jing1chang2 1 frequently 2 constantly 3 regularly 4 often 5 day-to-day 6 everyday 7 daily 一些[一些] yi1xie1 1 some 2 a few 3 a little 快餐店[快餐店] kuai4can1dian4 fast food shop 店[店] dian4 1 inn 2 shop 3 store M: 家jiā [家] 卖[賣] mai4 1 to sell 2 to betray 3 to spare no effort 4 to show off or flaunt 外卖[外賣] wai4mai4 1 to go 2 take out (relates to food bought at a restaurant) 有名[有名] you3ming2 1 famous 2 well-known 外国[外國] wai4guo2 foreign (country) M: 个gè [个] 坐[坐] zuo4 1 to sit 2 to take a seat 3 to take (a bus, airplane etc) 4 to bear fruit 5 variant of 座zuò [座] 热[熱] re4 1 to warm up 2 to heat up 3 hot (of weather) 4 heat 5 fervent 舒服[舒服] shu1fu5 1 comfortable 2 feeling well 服务员[服務員] fu2wu4yuan2 1 waiter 2 waitress 3 attendant 4 customer service personnel M: 个gè [个] / 位wèi [位] 欢迎[歡迎] huan1ying2 1 to welcome 2 welcome 光临[光臨] guang1lin2 1 (formal) to honor with one's presence 2 to attend 外边[外邊] wai4bian5 1 outside 2 outer surface 3 abroad 4 place other than one's home 满[滿] man3 1 to fill 2 full 3 filled 4 packed 5 fully 6 completely 7 quite 8 to reach the limit 9 to satisfy 10 satisfied 11 contented 比萨饼[比薩餅] bi3sa4bing3 pizza (loanword) M: 张zhāng [张] 别的[別的] bie2de5 1 else 2 other 来[來] lai2 1 to come 2 to arrive 3 to come round 4 ever since 5 next 面条[麵條] mian4tiao2 noodles 可乐[可樂] ke3le4 1 amusing 2 entertaining 3 (loanword) cola 走[走] zou3 1 to walk 2 to go 3 to run 4 to move (of vehicle) 5 to visit 6 to leave 7 to go away 8 to die (euph.) 9 from 10 through 11 away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走chèzǒu [撤走]) 12 to change (shape, form, meaning) 好的 hao3 de5 good,OK 意大利[意大利] Yi4da4li4 1 Italy 2 Italian 晚[晚] wan3 1 evening 2 night 3 late 成[成] cheng2 1 to succeed 2 to finish 3 to complete 4 to accomplish 5 to become 6 to turn into 7 to be all right 8 OK! 9 one tenth 迷[迷] mi2 1 to bewilder 2 crazy about 3 fan 4 enthusiast 5 lost 6 confused 那么[那麼] na4me5 1 like that 2 in that way 3 or so 4 so 5 so very much 6 about 7 in that case 练习[練習] lian4xi2 1 to practice 2 exercise 3 drill 4 practice M: 个gè [个] 比赛[比賽] bi3sai4 1 competition (sports etc) 2 match M: 场chǎng [场] / 次cì [次] 节目[節目] jie2mu4 1 program 2 item (on a program) M: 台tái [台] / 个gè [个] / 套tào [套] 收音机[收音機] shou1yin1ji1 radio M: 台tái [台] 主意[主意] zhu3yi5 1 plan 2 idea 3 decision M: 个gè [个] 4 Beijing pr. [zhúyi] 站[站] zhan4 1 station 2 to stand 3 to halt 4 to stop 5 branch of a company or organization 6 website 放[放] fang4 1 to put 2 to place 3 to release 4 to free 5 to let go 6 to let out 7 to set off (fireworks) 住[住] zhu4 1 to live 2 to dwell 3 to stay 4 to reside 5 to stop 6 (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) 你不能这样。 ni3bu4neng2zhe4yang4 You can't be like that. 我马上就到。 wo3 ma3shang4 jiu4 dao4 I will be there right away. // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/21 - 我把袋子放在桌子上了 付钱[付錢] fu4qian2 to pay money 付[付] fu4 1 to pay 2 to hand over to 3 classifier for pairs or sets of things 国家[國家] guo2jia1 1 country 2 nation 3 state M: 个gè [个] 自己[自己] zi4ji3 1 oneself 2 one's own 做法[做法] zuo4fa3 1 way of handling sth 2 method for making 3 work method 4 recipe 5 practice M: 个gè [个] AA制[AA制] A5 A5 zhi4 1 to split the bill 2 to go Dutch 年轻人[年輕人] nian2qing1ren2 1 young people 2 youngster 影响[影響] ying3xiang3 1 influence 2 effect 3 to influence 4 to affect (usually adversely) 5 to disturb M: 股gǔ [股] 愿意[願意] yuan4yi4 1 to wish 2 to want 3 ready 4 willing (to do sth) 大多数[大多數] da4duo1shu4 (great) majority 习惯[習慣] xi2guan4 1 habit 2 custom 3 usual practice 4 to be used to M: 个gè [个] 年轻[年輕] nian2qing1 young 结账[結賬] jie2zhang4 1 to pay the bill 2 to settle accounts 3 also written 结帐 咱们[咱們] zan2men5 1 we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) 2 (dialect) I or me 3 (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you 4 also pr. [zámen] 小费[小費] xiao3fei4 1 tip 2 gratuity 这些[這些] zhe4xie1 these 打包[打包] da3bao1 1 to wrap 2 to pack 3 to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out 把[把] ba3 1 to hold 2 to contain 3 to grasp 4 to take hold of 5 handle 6 particle marking the following noun as a direct object 7 classifier for objects with handle 8 classifier for small objects: handful 饭盒[飯盒] fan4he2 1 lunchbox 2 mess tin 放[放] fang4 1 to put 2 to place 3 to release 4 to free 5 to let go 6 to let out 7 to set off (fireworks) 袋子[袋子] dai4zi5 bag 零钱[零錢] ling2qian2 1 change (of money) 2 small change 3 pocket money 收[收] shou1 1 to receive 2 to accept 3 to collect 4 to put away 5 to restrain 6 to stop 7 in care of (used on address line after name) 所有[所有] suo3you3 1 all 2 to have 3 to possess 4 to own 宾馆[賓館] bin1guan3 1 guesthouse 2 lodge 3 hotel M: 个gè [个] / 家jiā [家] 酒吧[酒吧] jiu3ba1 1 bar 2 pub 3 saloon M: 家jiā [家] 有的[有的] you3de5 1 (there are) some (who are...) 2 some (exist) 清楚[清楚] qing1chu5 1 clear 2 distinct 3 to understand thoroughly 4 to be clear about 慢[慢] man4 slow 桌子[桌子] zhuo1zi5 1 table 2 desk M: 张zhāng [张] / 套tào [套] 拿[拿] na2 1 to hold 2 to seize 3 to catch 4 to apprehend 5 to take 6 (used in the same way as 把bǎ [把]: to mark the following noun as a direct object) 椅子[椅子] yi3zi5 chair M: 把bǎ [把] / 套tào [套] 背包[背包] bei1bao1 1 knapsack 2 rucksack 3 infantry pack 4 field pack 5 blanket roll M: 个gè [个] 钱包[錢包] qian2bao1 1 purse 2 wallet 麻烦你,告诉我他的电话号码。 ma2fan5 ni3, gao4su5 wo3 ta1 de5 dian4hua4 hao4ma3 Excuse me, could you please tell me his phone number? 真不好意思,我忘了给你打电话。 zhen1 bu4 hao3yi4si5, wo3 wang4le5 gei3 ni3 da3 dian4hua4 Sorry, I forgot to phone you. // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/22 - 我的自行车是红色的 黄色[黃色] huang2se4 1 yellow (color) 2 pornographic 黄[黃] huang2 1 yellow 2 pornographic 3 to fall through 衬衫[襯衫] chen4shan1 1 shirt 2 blouse M: 件jiàn [件] 蓝色[藍色] lan2se4 blue (color) 蓝[藍] lan2 1 blue 2 indigo plant 上衣[上衣] shang4yi1 1 jacket 2 upper outer garment M: 件jiàn [件] 条[條] tiao2 1 strip 2 item 3 article 4 clause (of law or treaty) 5 classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) 黑色[黑色] hei1se4 black 黑[黑] hei1 1 black 2 dark 3 sinister 4 secret 5 shady 6 illegal 7 to hide (sth) away 8 to vilify 9 (loanword) to hack (computing) 裤子[褲子] ku4zi5 1 trousers 2 pants M: 条tiáo [条] 那些[那些] na4xie1 those 尝[嘗] chang2 1 to taste 2 to try 3 to experience 4 already 5 ever 6 once 丢[丟] diu1 1 to lose 2 to put aside 3 to throw 有点儿[有點兒] you3dian3r5 1 slightly 2 a little 3 somewhat 生气[生氣] sheng1qi4 1 to get angry 2 to take offense 3 angry 4 vitality 5 liveliness 好看[好看] hao3kan4 1 good-looking 2 nice-looking 3 good (of a movie, book, TV show etc) 4 embarrassed 5 humiliated 颜色[顏色] yan2se4 1 color 2 countenance 3 appearance 4 facial expression 5 pigment 6 dyestuff 那边[那邊] na4bian5 1 over there 2 yonder 试衣间[試衣間] shi4yi1jian1 fitting room 瘦[瘦] shou4 1 thin 2 to lose weight 3 (of clothing) tight 4 (of meat) lean 5 (of land) unproductive 短[短] duan3 1 short 2 brief 3 to lack 4 weak point 5 fault 换[換] huan4 1 to exchange 2 to change (clothes etc) 3 to substitute 4 to switch 5 to convert (currency) 肥[肥] fei2 1 fat 2 fertile 3 loose-fitting or large 4 to fertilize 5 to become rich by illegal means 6 fertilizer 7 manure 正好[正好] zheng4hao3 1 just (in time) 2 just right 3 just enough 4 to happen to 5 to chance to 6 by chance 7 it just so happens that 双[雙] shuang1 1 two 2 double 3 pair 4 both 5 even (number) 鞋[鞋] xie2 shoe M: 双shuāng [双] / 只zhī [只] 便宜[便宜] pian2yi5 1 cheap 2 inexpensive 3 small advantages 4 to let sb off lightly 会[會] hui4 1 can 2 to be possible 3 to be able to 4 will 5 to be likely to 6 to be sure to 7 to assemble 8 to meet 9 to gather 10 to see 11 union 12 group 13 association M: 个gè [个] 14 a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ]) 记[記] ji4 1 to record 2 to note 3 to memorize 4 to remember 5 mark 6 sign 7 classifier for blows, kicks, shots 错[錯] cuo4 1 mistake 2 wrong 3 bad 4 interlocking 5 complex 6 to grind 7 to polish 8 to alternate 9 to stagger 10 to miss 11 to let slip 12 to evade 13 to inlay with gold or silver 样子[樣子] yang4zi5 1 appearance 2 manner 3 pattern 4 model 红色[紅色] hong2se4 1 red (color) 2 revolutionary 红[紅] hong2 1 red 2 popular 3 revolutionary 4 bonus 旧[舊] jiu4 1 old 2 opposite: new 新 3 former 4 worn (with age) 算了[算了] suan4le5 1 let it be 2 let it pass 3 forget about it 绿色[綠色] lü4se4 green 白色[白色] bai2se4 1 white 2 fig. reactionary 3 anti-communist 紫色[紫色] zi3se4 1 purple 2 violet (color) 粉色[粉色] fen3se4 1 pink 2 white 3 erotic 4 beautiful woman 5 powdered (with make-up) T恤[T恤] T5 xu4 T-shirt 裙子[裙子] qun2zi5 skirt M: 条tiáo [条] 谢谢你的礼物,我很喜欢。 xie4xie5 ni3 de5 li3wu4, wo3 hen3 xi3huan5 Thanks for your gift. I like it very much. 谢谢您的邀请,我一定去。 xie4xie5 nin2 de5 yao1qing3, wo3 yi1ding4 qu4 Thanks for your invitation. I will go for sure. // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/23 - 今年冬天变冷了 特别[特別] te4bie2 1 especially 2 special 3 particular 4 unusual 北方[北方] bei3fang1 1 north 2 the northern part a country 3 China north of the Yellow River 南方[南方] nan2fang1 1 south 2 the southern part of the country 3 the South 下雪[下雪] xia4xue3 to snow 雪[雪] xue3 1 snow 2 snowfall M: 场cháng [场] 3 to have the appearance of snow 4 to wipe away, off or out 5 to clean 场[場] chang2 1 threshing floor 2 classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout 气温[氣溫] qi4wen1 air temperature M: 个gè [个] 低[低] di1 1 low 2 beneath 3 to lower (one's head) 4 to let droop 5 to hang down 6 to incline 零下[零下] ling2xia4 below zero 度[度] du4 1 to pass 2 to spend (time) 3 measure 4 limit 5 extent 6 degree of intensity 7 degree (angles, temperature etc) 8 kilowatt-hour 9 classifier for events and occurrences 左右[左右] zuo3you4 1 left and right 2 nearby 3 approximately 4 attendant 5 to control 6 to influence 差不多[差不多] cha4bu5duo1 1 almost 2 nearly 3 more or less 4 about the same 5 good enough 6 not bad 老人家[老人家] lao3ren2jia1 polite term for old woman or man 年[年] nian2 year M: 个gè [个] 寒冷[寒冷] han2leng3 1 cold (climate) 2 frigid 3 very cold 人们[人們] ren2men5 people 突然[突然] tu1ran2 1 sudden 2 abrupt 3 unexpected 变[變] bian4 1 to change 2 to become different 3 to transform 4 to vary 5 rebellion 专家[專家] zhuan1jia1 1 expert 2 specialist M: 个gè [个] 地球[地球] di4qiu2 the earth M: 个gè [个] 暖[暖] nuan3 1 warm 2 to warm 注意[注意] zhu4yi4 1 to take note of 2 to pay attention to 气候[氣候] qi4hou4 1 climate 2 atmosphere 3 situation M: 种zhǒng [种] 爱[愛] ai4 1 to love 2 to be fond of 3 to like 4 affection 5 to be inclined (to do sth) 6 to tend to (happen) 锻炼[鍛鍊] duan4lian4 1 to toughen 2 to temper 3 to engage in physical exercise 4 to work out 5 (fig.) to develop one's skills 6 to train oneself 出门[出門] chu1men2 1 to go out 2 to leave home 3 to go on a journey 4 away from home 5 (of a woman) to get married 季节[季節] ji4jie2 1 time 2 season 3 period M: 个gè [个] 下雨[下雨] xia4yu3 to rain 正常[正常] zheng4chang2 1 regular 2 normal 3 ordinary 天气预报[天氣預報] tian1qi4yu4bao4 weather forecast 刮风[颳風] gua1feng1 to be windy 风力[風力] feng1li4 1 wind force 2 wind power 级[級] ji2 1 level 2 grade 3 rank 4 step (of stairs) M: 个gè [个] 5 classifier: step, level 多云[多雲] duo1yun2 cloudy (meteorology) 晴[晴] qing2 1 clear 2 fine (weather) 阴[陰] yin1 1 overcast (weather) 2 cloudy 3 shady 4 Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) 5 negative (electric.) 6 feminine 7 moon 8 implicit 9 hidden 10 genitalia 转[轉] zhuan3 1 to turn 2 to change direction 3 to transfer 4 to forward (mail) 让我想想。 rang4 wo3 xiang3xiang5 Let me think. 我该怎么办? wo3 gai1 zen3me5 ban4 What shall I do? // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/24 - 妈妈给我寄来了礼物 亲爱[親愛] qin1ai4 1 dear 2 beloved 3 darling 为了[為了] wei4le5 1 in order to 2 for the purpose of 3 so as to 庆祝[慶祝] qing4zhu4 to celebrate 大使馆[大使館] da4shi3guan3 embassy M: 座zuò [座] / 个gè [个] 层[層] ceng2 1 layer 2 stratum 3 laminated 4 floor (of a building) 5 storey 6 classifier for layers 7 repeated 8 sheaf (math.) 举行[舉行] ju3xing2 to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) 晚会[晚會] wan3hui4 evening party M: 个gè [个] 地址[地址] di4zhi3 address M: 个gè [个] 联系[聯繫] lian2xi4 1 connection 2 contact 3 relation 4 to get in touch with 5 to integrate 6 to link 7 to touch 如果[如果] ru2guo3 1 if 2 in case 3 in the event that 活动[活動] huo2dong4 1 to exercise 2 to move about 3 to operate 4 to use connections (personal influence) 5 loose 6 shaky 7 active 8 movable 9 activity 10 campaign 11 maneuver 12 behavior M: 项xiàng [项] / 个gè [个] 就[就] jiu4 1 at once 2 right away 3 only 4 just (emphasis) 5 as early as 6 already 7 as soon as 8 then 9 in that case 10 as many as 11 even if 12 to approach 13 to move towards 14 to undertake 15 to engage in 16 to suffer 17 subjected to 18 to accomplish 19 to take advantage of 20 to go with (of foods) 21 with regard to 22 concerning 短信[短信] duan3xin4 1 text message 2 SMS 平安大街 ping2an1da4jie1 Ping'an Street 感恩节[感恩節] Gan3en1jie2 Thanksgiving Day 喂[喂] wei4 1 hey 2 to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc) 全[全] quan2 1 all 2 whole 3 entire 4 every 5 complete 让[讓] rang4 1 to yield 2 to permit 3 to let sb do sth 4 to have sb do sth 5 to make sb (feel sad etc) 6 by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被bèi [被]) 过[過] guo4 1 to cross 2 to go over 3 to pass (time) 4 to celebrate (a holiday) 5 to live 6 to get along 7 excessively 8 too- 国际大厦 guo2ji4da4sha4 International Tower 友谊宾馆 you3yi4bing1guan3 Friendship Hotel 寄[寄] ji4 1 to send 2 to mail 3 to entrust 4 to depend on 5 to attach oneself to 6 to live (in a house) 7 to lodge 8 foster (son etc) 邮局[郵局] you2ju2 post office M: 家jiā [家] / 个gè [个] 深[深] shen1 1 deep 2 depth 3 deeply 4 (of a color) dark 5 deep 6 rich 灰色[灰色] hui1se4 1 gray 2 ash gray 3 grizzly 4 pessimistic 5 gloomy 6 dispirited 7 ambiguous 后边[後邊] hou4bian5 1 back 2 rear 3 behind 书店[書店] shu1dian4 bookstore M: 家jiā [家] 浅[淺] qian3 1 shallow 2 light (color) 绿色[綠色] lü4se4 green 上边[上邊] shang4bian5 1 the top 2 above 3 overhead 4 upwards 5 the top margin 6 above-mentioned 7 those higher up 护照[護照] hu4zhao4 passport M: 本běn [本] / 个gè [个] 忘不了[忘不了] wang4bu4liao3 cannot forget 请稍等一下。 qing3shao1deng3yi1xia4 Please wait a moment. 我该走了,再见。 wo3gai1zou3le5,zai4jian4 I've got to go. Bye. // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/25 - 我听不懂他们说的话 懂[懂] dong3 1 to understand 2 to comprehend 话[話] hua4 1 dialect 2 language 3 spoken words 4 speech 5 talk 6 words 7 conversation 8 what sb said M: 种zhǒng [种] / 席xí [席] / 句jù [句] / 口kǒu [口] / 番fān [番] 出租汽车[出租汽車] chu1zu1qi4che1 1 taxi 2 cab (PRC) 3 hire car (Tw) M: 辆liàng [辆] 虽然[雖然] sui1ran2 1 although 2 even though 3 even if 司机[司機] si1ji1 1 chauffeur 2 driver M: 个gè [个] 住院[住院] zhu4yuan4 1 to be in hospital 2 to be hospitalized 担心[擔心] dan1xin1 1 anxious 2 worried 3 uneasy 4 to worry 5 to be anxious 护士[護士] hu4shi5 nurse M: 个gè [个] 机会[機會] ji1hui4 1 opportunity 2 chance 3 occasion M: 个gè [个] 感觉[感覺] gan3jue2 1 to feel 2 to become aware of 3 feeling 4 sense 5 perception M: 个gè [个] 早[早] zao3 1 early 2 morning 3 Good morning! 4 long ago 5 prematurely 出院[出院] chu1yuan4 1 to leave hospital 2 to be discharged from hospital 好好儿[好好兒] hao3hao1r5 1 in good condition 2 perfectly good 3 carefully 4 well 5 thoroughly 饿[餓] e4 1 to be hungry 2 hungry 3 to starve (sb) 光盘[光盤] guang1pan2 1 compact disc 2 CD or DVD 3 CD ROM M: 片piàn [片] / 张zhāng [张] 关心[關心] guan1xin1 1 to be concerned about 2 to care about 部分[部分] bu4fen5 1 part 2 share 3 section 4 piece M: 个gè [个] 谈[談] tan2 1 to speak 2 to talk 3 to converse 4 to chat 5 to discuss 些[些] xie1 1 some 2 few 3 several 4 measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1) 经济[經濟] jing1ji4 1 economy 2 economic 发展[發展] fa1zhan3 1 development 2 growth 3 to develop 4 to grow 5 to expand 变化[變化] bian4hua4 1 change 2 variation 3 to change 4 to vary M: 个gè [个] 生活[生活] sheng1huo2 1 life 2 activity 3 to live 4 livelihood 比如[比如] bi3ru2 1 for example 2 for instance 3 such as 留学[留學] liu2xue2 to study abroad 普通[普通] pu3tong1 1 common 2 ordinary 3 general 4 average 像[像] xiang4 1 to resemble 2 to be like 3 to look as if 4 such as 5 appearance 6 image 7 portrait 8 image under a mapping (math.) 那样[那樣] na4yang4 1 that kind 2 that sort 方法[方法] fang1fa3 1 method 2 way 3 means M: 个gè [个] 普通话[普通話] pu3tong1hua4 1 Mandarin (common language) 2 Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) 3 ordinary speech 方言[方言] fang1yan2 1 topolect 2 dialect 广东话[廣東話] Guang3dong1hua4 Cantonese language 制造[製造] zhi4zao4 1 to manufacture 2 to make 我喜欢吃烤鸭。 wo3xi3huan5chi1kao3ya1 I like roast ducks. 我不喜欢饺子。 wo3bu4xi3huan5jiao3zi5 I don't like Chinese Dumplings. // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/26 - 圣诞节快到了 快要[快要] kuai4yao4 1 almost 2 nearly 3 almost all 要[要] yao4 1 important 2 vital 3 to want 4 to ask for 5 will 6 going to (as future auxiliary) 7 may 8 must 9 (used in a comparison) must be 10 probably 11 if 快[快] kuai4 1 rapid 2 quick 3 speed 4 rate 5 soon 6 almost 7 to make haste 8 clever 9 sharp (of knives or wits) 10 forthright 11 plainspoken 12 gratified 13 pleased 14 pleasant 许多[許多] xu3duo1 1 many 2 a lot of 3 much 没想到[沒想到] mei2xiang3dao4 didn't expect 丰富[豐富] feng1fu4 1 to enrich 2 rich 3 plentiful 4 abundant 不同[不同] bu4tong2 1 different 2 distinct 3 not the same 4 not alike 利用[利用] li4yong4 1 to exploit 2 to make use of 3 to use 4 to take advantage of 5 to utilize 饭店[飯店] fan4dian4 1 restaurant 2 hotel M: 家jiā [家] / 个gè [个] 迎接[迎接] ying2jie1 1 to meet 2 to welcome 3 to greet 各种[各種] ge4zhong3 1 every kind of 2 all kinds of 3 various kinds 市场[市場] shi4chang3 1 marketplace 2 market (also in abstract) 到处[到處] dao4chu4 everywhere 教堂[教堂] jiao4tang2 1 church 2 chapel M: 间jiān [间] 全[全] quan2 1 all 2 whole 3 entire 4 every 5 complete 唱歌[唱歌] chang4ge1 to sing a song 唱[唱] chang4 1 to sing 2 to call loudly 3 to chant 歌[歌] ge1 1 song M: 支zhī [支] / 首shǒu [首] 2 to sing 跳舞[跳舞] tiao4wu3 to dance 跳[跳] tiao4 1 to jump 2 to hop 3 to skip over 4 to bounce 5 to palpitate 孩子[孩子] hai2zi5 child 家人[家人] jia1ren2 1 household 2 (one's) family 打算[打算] da3suan4 1 to plan 2 to intend 3 to calculate 4 plan 5 intention 6 calculation M: 个gè [个] 外地[外地] wai4di4 parts of the country other than where one is 附近[附近] fu4jin4 1 (in the) vicinity 2 nearby 3 neighboring 4 next to 考试[考試] kao3shi4 1 to take an exam 2 exam M: 次cì [次] 认真[認真] ren4zhen1 1 conscientious 2 earnest 3 serious 4 to take seriously 5 to take to heart 要是[要是] yao4shi5 if 没意思[沒意思] mei2yi4si5 1 boring 2 of no interest 春节[春節] Chun1jie2 Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) 中秋节[中秋節] Zhong1qiu1jie2 the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month 端午节[端午節] Duan1wu3jie2 Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) 清明节[清明節] Qing1ming2jie2 Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April) 复活节[復活節] Fu4huo2jie2 Easter 狂欢节[狂歡節] kuang2huan1jie2 carnival 我对文化感兴趣。 wo3dui4wen2hua4gan3xing4qu4 I'm interested in culture. 我对足球不感兴趣。 wo3dui4zu2qiu2bu4gan3xing4qu4 I'm not interested in football (soccer). // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/27 - 我正在看电视呢 习惯[習慣] xi2guan4 1 habit 2 custom 3 usual practice 4 to be used to M: 个gè [个] 了解[瞭解] liao3jie3 1 to understand 2 to realize 3 to find out 点钟[點鐘] dian3zhong1 (indicating time of day) o'clock 路上[路上] lu4shang5 1 on the road 2 on a journey 3 road surface 正在[正在] zheng4zai4 1 just at (that time) 2 right in (that place) 3 right in the middle of (doing sth) 正[正] zheng4 1 straight 2 upright 3 proper 4 main 5 principal 6 to correct 7 to rectify 8 exactly 9 just (at that time) 10 right (in that place) 11 (math.) positive 在[在] zai4 1 (located) at 2 (to be) in 3 to exist 4 in the middle of doing sth 5 (indicating an action in progress) 一边[一邊] yi1bian1 1 one side 2 either side 3 on the one hand 4 on the other hand 5 doing while 散步[散步] san4bu4 1 to take a walk 2 to go for a walk 下边[下邊] xia4bian5 1 under 2 the underside 3 below 打太极拳[打太極拳] da3 tai4ji2quan2 1 practise (or do) taijiquan; do taijiquan exercises (or calisthenics) 2 dodge and shirk 湖[湖] hu2 lake M: 个gè [个] / 片piàn [片] 椅子[椅子] yi3zi5 chair M: 把bǎ [把] / 套tào [套] 接[接] jie1 1 to receive 2 to answer (the phone) 3 to meet or welcome sb 4 to connect 5 to catch 6 to join 7 to extend 8 to take one's turn on duty 9 to take over for sb 忙[忙] mang2 1 busy 2 hurriedly 3 to hurry 4 to rush 听见[聽見] ting1jian4 to hear 草地[草地] cao3di4 1 lawn 2 meadow 3 sod 4 turf M: 片piàn [片] 刚[剛] gang1 1 hard 2 firm 3 strong 4 just 5 barely 6 exactly 午饭[午飯] wu3fan4 lunch M: 份fèn [份] / 顿dùn [顿] / 次cì [次] / 餐cān [餐] 作业[作業] zuo4ye4 1 school assignment 2 homework 3 work 4 task 5 operation M: 个gè [个] 6 to operate 睡觉[睡覺] shui4jiao4 1 to go to bed 2 to sleep 睡[睡] shui4 1 to sleep 2 to lie down 马上[馬上] ma3shang4 1 at once 2 right away 3 immediately 4 on horseback (i.e. by military force) 旅行[旅行] lü3xing2 1 to travel 2 journey 3 trip M: 趟tàng [趟] / 次cì [次] / 个gè [个] 愉快[愉快] yu2kuai4 1 cheerful 2 cheerily 3 delightful 4 pleasant 5 pleasantly 6 pleasing 7 happy 8 delighted 晚安[晚安] wan3an1 1 Good night! 2 Good evening! 逛街[逛街] guang4jie1 1 to take a walk 2 to window-shop 3 to stroll down the street 打扫[打掃] da3sao3 1 to clean 2 to sweep 表演[表演] biao3yan3 1 play 2 show 3 performance 4 exhibition 5 to perform 6 to act 7 to demonstrate M: 场chǎng [场] 我希望明天不下雨。 wo3 xi1wang4 ming2tian1 bu4 xia4yu3 I hope it won't rain tomorrow. 我不愿意和别人一起住。 wo3 bu2 yuan4yi4 he2 bie2ren5 yi5qi3 zhu4 I don't like sharing one room with others. // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/28 - 长城有八千八百五十多公里 西北部[西北部] Xi1bei3bu4 northwest part 市区[市區] shi4qu1 1 urban district 2 downtown 3 city center 大概[大概] da4gai4 1 roughly 2 probably 3 rough 4 approximate 5 about 6 general idea 公里[公里] gong1li3 kilometer 火车[火車] huo3che1 train M: 列liè [列] / 节jié [节] / 班bān [班] / 趟tàng [趟] 公共汽车[公共汽車] gong1gong4qi4che1 bus M: 辆liàng [辆] / 班bān [班] 多[多] duo1 1 many 2 much 3 often 4 a lot of 5 numerous 6 more 7 in excess 8 how (to what extent) 9 multi- 10 Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how" 车票[車票] che1piao4 ticket (for a bus or train) 票[票] piao4 1 ticket 2 ballot 3 banknote M: 张zhāng [张] 4 person held for ransom 5 amateur performance of Chinese opera 6 classifier for groups, batches, business transactions 几[幾] ji3 1 how much 2 how many 3 several 4 a few 到达[到達] dao4da2 1 to reach 2 to arrive 元[元] yuan2 1 currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) 2 first 3 original 4 primary 5 fundamental 6 constituent 7 part 8 era (of a reign) 9 (math.) argument 10 variable 11 (Tw) (geology) eon 快车[快車] kuai4che1 express (train, bus etc) 公交卡 gong1jiao1ka3 bus pass 公交车[公交車] gong1jiao1che1 1 public transport vehicle 2 town bus M: 辆liàng [辆] 八达岭[八達嶺] Ba1da2ling3 Badaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination 长城[長城] Chang2cheng2 the Great Wall 通过[通過] tong1guo4 1 by means of 2 through 3 via 4 to pass through 5 to get through 6 to adopt 7 to pass (a bill or inspection etc) 8 to switch over 它[它] ta1 it 万[萬] wan4 1 ten thousand 2 a great number 里[里] li3 1 li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m 2 neighborhood 3 ancient administrative unit of 25 families 4 (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 镇zhèn [镇] and neighborhood 邻lín [邻] levels 所以[所以] suo3yi3 1 therefore 2 as a result 3 so 4 the reason why 原来[原來] yuan2lai2 1 original 2 former 3 originally 4 formerly 5 at first 6 so, actually, as it turns out 万里长城[萬里長城] Wan4li3 Chang2cheng2 the Great Wall 张[張] zhang1 1 to open up 2 to spread 3 sheet of paper 4 classifier for flat objects, sheet 5 classifier for votes 信用卡[信用卡] xin4yong4ka3 credit card 存钱[存錢] cun2qian2 1 to deposit money 2 to save money 取钱[取錢] qu3qian2 to withdraw money 住[住] zhu4 1 to live 2 to dwell 3 to stay 4 to reside 5 to stop 6 (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) 刷卡[刷卡] shua1ka3 to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc) 学生证[學生證] xue2sheng5zheng4 student identity card 多大[多大] duo1da4 1 how big 2 how much 3 how old etc 多远 duo1 yuan3 how far 多高 duo1 gao1 how tall/high 岁[嵗] sui4 1 variant of 岁suì [岁], year 2 years old 米[米] mi3 1 rice M: 粒lì [粒] 2 meter (classifier) 你怎么能这样? ni3 zen3me5 neng2 zhe4yang4 How could you do this? 太不像话了! tai4 bu2 xiang4hua4 le5 This is bad. / What a shame! // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/29 - 晚会开得非常成功 结束[結束] jie2shu4 1 termination 2 to finish 3 to end 4 to conclude 5 to close 开[開] kai1 1 to open 2 to start 3 to turn on 4 to boil 5 to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) 6 to operate (a vehicle) 7 carat (gold) 8 abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文] 9 abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format 轻松[輕鬆] qing1song1 1 light 2 gentle 3 relaxed 4 effortless 5 uncomplicated 6 to relax 7 to take things less seriously 得[得] de5 structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc 成功[成功] cheng2gong1 1 success 2 to succeed M: 次cì [次] / 个gè [个] 男[男] nan2 1 male 2 Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位wǔděngjuéwèi [五等爵位] M: 个gè [个] 饮料[飲料] yin3liao4 1 drink 2 beverage 女[女] nü3 1 female 2 woman 3 daughter 痛快[痛快] tong4kuai4 1 delighted 2 to one's heart's content 3 straightforward 4 also pr. [tòngkuai] 表演[表演] biao3yan3 1 play 2 show 3 performance 4 exhibition 5 to perform 6 to act 7 to demonstrate M: 场chǎng [场] 讲[講] jiang3 1 to speak 2 to explain 3 to negotiate 4 to emphasise 5 to be particular about 6 as far as sth is concerned 7 speech 8 lecture 故事[故事] gu4shi5 1 narrative 2 story 3 tale 哪里[哪裡] na3li3 1 where? 2 somewhere 3 anywhere 4 wherever 5 nowhere (negative answer to question) 6 humble expression denying compliment 游泳[游泳] you2yong3 1 swimming 2 to swim 游[游] you2 1 to swim 2 variant of 游yóu [游] 俩[倆] lia3 1 two (colloquial equivalent of 两个) 2 both 3 some 比[比] bi3 1 (particle used for comparison and "-er than") 2 to compare 3 to contrast 4 to gesture (with hands) 5 ratio 水平[水平] shui3ping2 1 level (of achievement etc) 2 standard 3 horizontal 高[高] gao1 1 high 2 tall 3 above average 4 loud 5 your (honorific) 知识[知識] zhi1shi5 1 knowledge M: 门mén [门] 2 intellectual 表扬[表揚] biao3yang2 1 to praise 2 to commend 文章[文章] wen2zhang1 1 article 2 essay 3 literary works 4 writings 5 hidden meaning M: 篇piān [篇] / 段duàn [段] / 页yè [页] 花[花] hua1 1 flower 2 blossom M: 朵duǒ [朵] / 支zhī [支] / 束shù [束] / 把bǎ [把] / 盆pén [盆] / 簇cù [簇] 3 fancy pattern 4 florid 5 to spend (money, time) 包括[包括] bao1kuo4 1 to comprise 2 to include 3 to involve 4 to incorporate 5 to consist of 电[電] dian4 1 electric 2 electricity 3 electrical 交通[交通] jiao1tong1 1 to be connected 2 traffic 3 transportation 4 communications 5 liaison 加上[加上] jia1shang4 1 plus 2 to put in 3 to add 4 to add on 5 to add into 6 in addition 7 on top of that 零花钱[零花錢] ling2hua1qian2 1 pocket money 2 allowance 够[夠] gou4 1 enough (sufficient) 2 enough (too much) 3 (coll.) (before adj.) really 4 (coll.) to reach by stretching out 可能[可能] ke3neng2 1 might (happen) 2 possible 3 probable 4 possibility 5 probability 6 maybe 7 perhaps M: 个gè [个] 这里[這裡] zhe4li3 here 流利[流利] liu2li4 fluent 干净[乾淨] gan1jing4 1 clean 2 neat 精彩[精彩] jing1cai3 1 wonderful 2 marvelous 3 brilliant 生动[生動] sheng1dong4 1 vivid 2 lively 我一定告诉他。 wo3 yi1ding4 gao4su5 ta1 I will tell him for sure. 你最好中午来。 ni3 zui4hao3 zhong1wu3 lai2 You'd better come at noon. // Developing Chinese 2nd - 初级综合 (1) Eleme/30 - 我当过英语老师 毕业[畢業] bi4ye4 1 graduation 2 to graduate 3 to finish school 其他[其他] qi2ta1 1 other 2 (sth or sb) else 3 the rest 选择[選擇] xuan3ze2 1 to select 2 to pick 3 choice 4 option 5 alternative 熟悉[熟悉] shu2xi1 1 to be familiar with 2 to know well 离开[離開] li2kai1 1 to depart 2 to leave 所[所] suo3 1 actually 2 place 3 classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc 4 that which 5 particle introducing a relative clause or passive M: 个gè [个] 语言[語言] yu3yan2 language M: 门mén [门] / 种zhǒng [种] 最初[最初] zui4chu1 1 first 2 primary 3 initial 4 original 5 at first 6 initially 7 originally 因为[因為] yin1wei4 1 because 2 owing to 3 on account of 交流[交流] jiao1liu2 1 to exchange 2 exchange 3 communication 4 interaction 5 to have social contact (with sb) 困难[困難] kun4nan5 1 difficult 2 challenging 3 straitened circumstances 4 difficult situation 遇到[遇到] yu4dao4 1 to meet 2 to run into 3 to come across 哭[哭] ku1 1 to cry 2 to weep 过[過] guo5 (experienced action marker) 坚持[堅持] jian1chi2 1 to persevere with 2 to persist in 3 to insist on 留[留] liu2 1 to leave (a message etc) 2 to retain 3 to stay 4 to remain 5 to keep 6 to preserve 地[地] de5 1 -ly 2 structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct 发现[發現] fa1xian4 1 to find 2 to discover 出去[出去] chu1qu4 to go out 钱包[錢包] qian2bao1 1 purse 2 wallet 极[極] ji2 1 extremely 2 pole (geography, physics) 3 utmost 4 top 翻译[翻譯] fan1yi4 1 to translate 2 to interpret 3 translator 4 interpreter 5 translation 6 interpretation M: 个gè [个] / 位wèi [位] / 名míng [名] 意义[意義] yi4yi4 1 sense 2 meaning 3 significance 4 importance M: 个gè [个] 决定[決定] jue2ding4 1 to decide (to do something) 2 to resolve 3 decision M: 个gè [个] / 项xiàng [项] 4 certainly 农村[農村] nong2cun1 1 rural area 2 village M: 个gè [个] 外语[外語] wai4yu3 foreign language M: 门mén [门] 穷[窮] qiong2 1 poor 2 destitute 3 to use up 4 to exhaust 5 thoroughly 6 extremely 7 (coll.) persistently and pointlessly 见[見] jian4 1 to see 2 to meet 3 to appear (to be sth) 4 to interview 热情[熱情] re4qing2 1 cordial 2 enthusiastic 3 passion 4 passionate 5 passionately 友好[友好] you3hao3 1 friendly 2 amicable 3 close friend 当…的时候[当…的时候] dang1… de5 shi2hou5 经验[經驗] jing1yan4 1 experience 2 to experience 经历[經歷] jing1li4 1 experience M: 个gè [个] / 次cì [次] 2 to experience 3 to go through 西北[西北] Xi1bei3 Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang) 天安门[天安門] Tian1an1men2 Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing 动物园[動物園] dong4wu4yuan2 zoo M: 个gè [个] 四川菜 Si4chuan1cai4 Sichuan Cuisine 京剧[京劇] Jing1ju4 Beijing opera M: 场chǎng [场] / 出chū [出] 小说[小說] xiao3shuo1 1 novel 2 fiction M: 本běn [本] / 部bù [部] 民歌[民歌] min2ge1 folk song M: 支zhī [支] / 首shǒu [首] 祝你好运! zhu4 ni3 hao3yun4 Good luck! 祝你一路顺风。 zhu4 ni3 yi2lu4 shun4feng1 Have a nice trip!