Boya Chinese elem. II 2 Flashcards
house / building,
home / family,
household
房子
fáng zi,
家
jiā,
家庭
jiā tíng
to move / shift / or relocate onself,
to move (into a new house)
搬
bān,
搬家
bān jiā
convenient / suitable
also: convenience (noun),
inconvenient (-ence)
方便
fāng biàn,
不方便
bù fāng biàn,
Life on campus is very convenient.
生活在学校里多方便。
shēng huó zài xué xiào lǐ duō fāng biàn。
close / near
近
jìn
far / distant
远
yuǎn
to be away from,
How far is the bank from here?
Not far from here.
离
lí,
离这儿银行有多远？
lí zhè’er yínháng yǒu duō yuǎn?
离这儿不远。
lí zhè’er bù yuǎn.
rent (for house or apt.),
to rent something
房租
fáng zū,
租
zū
kitchen
厨房
chú fáng
cook / chef
厨师
chú shī
major (at uni)
also means main / principle / primary
主要
zhǔ yào
surroundings / environment
literally circle + surround / encompass
周围
zhōu wéi
for / to,
I’m going to China to practice Chinese.
对
duì,
我去中国对练习汉语。
wǒ qù zhōng guó duì liàn xí hàn yǔ.
exercise / drill / practice
also to practive (verb)
练习
liàn xí
good /benefit / advantage / gain / profit,
harm / disadvantage / troubles
好处
hǎo chu,
坏处
huài chu
to keep an eye on / take note of
/ pay attention to
注意
zhù yì
suitable
合适
hé shì
agent / middleman / broker
仲介
zhòng jiè
(to) progress / improve
(also used as a noun)
进步
jìn bù
before / previously
以前
yǐ qián
level
(of competence etc.)
水平
shuǐ píng
tall / high
高
gāo
fluent,
He speaks Chinese fluently,
His Japonese is fluent.
流利
liú lì,
他说一口流利的中文，
Tā shuō yīkǒu liúlì de zhōngwén,
他的日语很流利。
Tā de rìyǔ hěn liúlì.
so / actually / it turns out
原来
yuán lái
set or collection (classifier)
套
tào
apartment building
公寓
gōng yù
apartment
房子
fáng zi
(doesn’t only mean house)
also:
套房
tào fáng
to live inside of school (on campus)
住在学校里
zhù zài xué xiào lǐ
On campus there are shops, dining halls, there are even post offices and banks, many conveniences.
学校里有商店，食堂，
xué xiào lǐ yǒu shāng diàn, shí táng,
还有邮局和银行，多方便。
hái yǒu yóu jú hé yín háng, duō fāng biàn
to sleep in / get up late,
Every day, you can sleep in a bit / moment longer.
睡懒觉，
shuì lǎn jiào，
你每天可以睡会儿懒觉。
nǐ měi tiān kě yǐ shuì huì r lǎn jiào。
(一)会儿 means a while/moment
discover / find,
He finds that Chinese people like to eat.
发现
fā xiàn,
他发现中国人喜欢吃饭。
tā fā xiàn zhōng guó rén xǐ huan chī fàn。
（the word 了 isn’t used in this type of sentance)
What did you discover/ find out?
你什么发现了吗？
nǐ shén me fā xiàn le ma？
I find / discover that your Chinese is progressing quickly.
我发现你的汉语进步很快。
wǒ fā xiàn nǐ de hàn yǔ jìn bù hěn kuài。
I previously / formerly / at first studied French, now I study Chinese.
我原来学习法语， 现在学习汉语。
wǒ yuán lái xué xí fǎ yǔ，xiàn zài xué xí hàn yǔ。
He is very polite to me.
他对我很客气。
tā duì wǒ hěn kè qi
This book is very useful to me.
这本书对我很有用。
zhè běn shū duì wǒ hěn yǒu yòng
Look up, look down,
look back,
go left, go right,
往上看， 往下看，
wǎng shǎng kān， wǎng xià kān
往后看，
wǎng hòu kān，
往左去， 网右去
wǎng zuǒ qù wǎng yòu qù
Which one of you is taller?
He is much taller than me.
你们谁高？
nǐ men shéi gāo？
他比我高很多。
tā bǐ wǒ gāo hěn duō。
(很 does not go before the adj. here.)
This bottle of water is one kuai more expensive that that bottle.
这瓶水比那瓶水贵一块钱。
zhè píng shuǐ bǐ nà píng shuǐ guì yī kuài qián。
She finds that arguing with them is useless.
她发现和他们的争论没用。
Tā fāxiàn hé tāmen de zhēnglùn méi yòng.
