闲话文字和语言 Flashcards
闲话
Xian2Hua4; to casually discourse upon (used in non-academic writing’s titles)
表情达意
Biao3Qing2Da2Yi4; to express oneself
纵使
Zong4Shi3; despite the fact
后来居上
Hou4Lai2Ju1Shang4; something appears later that is better than what there was originally
各有千秋
Ge4You3Qian1Qiu1; each has its merits
诉之于
Su4Zhi1Yu2; to appeal to (usually the law, an authority, reason, etc.)
对方
Dui4Fang1; one’s interlocutor, the other side in an interaction
听觉
Ting1Jue2: hearing (as in one of 5 senses)
视觉
Shi4Jue2: sight (one of five senses)
补助
Bu3Zhu4: to supplement, subsidize, help financially (usually had to do with money )
相似
Xiang1Si4; similar
与其A不如B
Yu3Qi2…Bu4Ru2…: rather than A, B is better
延长
Yan2Chang2; extension (v: to extend)
变形
Bian4Xing2: metamorphosis (to undergo it, to transform)
来得
Lai2De (comes before adjective in comparison, no English equivalent)
确切
Que4Qie4; accurate
随着
Sui2Zhe; following (forms a pair with 而)
自然而然
Zi4Ran2Er2Ran2; natural, it follows naturally that
如同
Ru2Tong2; similar to
细胞
Xi4Bao1; cell (biology)
人工
Ren2Gong1; human effort
人工的
Ren2Gong1de (man-made, artificial)
左右
Zuo3You4: to manipulate, to control
微乎其微
Wei2Hu1Qi2Wei2: miniscule, tiny
爱斯基摩
Ai4Si1Ji1Mo2; Eskimo
字眼(儿)
Zi4Yan3(r); word, short expression
阿拉伯
A1La1Bo2; Arab
骆驼
Luo4Tuo; Camel
叔父
Shu2Fu4; uncle (fathers younger brother)
舅父
Jiu4Fu4; uncle (mothers elder or younger brother )
舅父
Jiu4Fu4; uncle, (mothers elder or younger brother)
姑父
Gu1Fu4; uncle (fathers sisters husband)
姨夫
Yi2Fu4; uncle, (mothers sisters husband)
应A而B
In a response to A, B
上
Shang4; no fewer than (placed before a value to emphasize value is quite large)
玉
Yu4; Jade
统制
Tong3Zhi4; to unify and control
傻
Sha3; Silly
修订
Xiu1Ding4; to revise (a book, a law, something published in editions or versions
商朝
Shang1Chao2: the Shang dynasty
刻
Ke4(ke1) Carve
龟甲
Gui1Jia3: turtle shell
兽骨
Shou4Gu3: animal bone
十之七八
Shi2Zhi1Qi1Ba1; the better part of (literally 70% or 80%)
象形
Xiang4Xing2: pictographic
字体
Zi4Ti3: form of a character // script, font, typeface, handwriting
结构
Jie2Gou4: structure
倒
Dao4: upside down, backwards, in mirror-reverse
横
Heng2: horizontal
排列
Pai2Lie4: arrangement; (to line up, to arrange)
行
Xing2; to go (in literary Chinese)
形成
Xing2Cheng2: to form
至多只有
Zhìduō zhǐyǒu : at most
符号
Fu2Hao4: symbol
变迁
Bian4Qian1; change
阶段
Jie1Duan4; stage (of a process)
日积月累
Ri4Ji1Yue4Lei3; gradual and incremental accumulation
进化
Jin4Hua4: evolution, to evolve
境地
Jing4Di4: state
一时
Yi4Shi2; a short period of time; used as an adverb it means “for a time” or “at the moment”
八卦
Ba1Gua4; some religious symbol thing
书契
Shu1Qi4; writing; written contract
传说
Legend: Chuan2Shuo1
罢了
Ba4le: merely
笔画
Bi3Hua4: stroke (character writing)
周代
Zhou1Dai4: the Zhou Dynasty
逐渐
Zhu2Jian4; gradually
称为
Cheng1Wei2; to be called
大篆
Da4Zhuan4; “greater seal” characters
天下
Tian1Xia4; the realm. Sinocentric in origin
小篆
Xiao3Zhuan4: “lesser seal” characters
谨严
Jin3Yan2; careful and precise
匀称
Yun2Chen4; we’ll-proportioned, symmetrical