China Vocab 1 Flashcards
Uncle (mother’s brother)
舅舅 jiùjiu
Aunt (uncles wife)
舅妈 - jiùmā
Relative
亲戚 - qīnqi
Friends and family
亲朋好友 - qīnpénghǎoyoǔ
Residential, developmeny, residential complex
小区 - xǐaoqū
To reside
居住 - jūzhù
Environment , suroundings
环境 - huánjìng
To improcedente, to make better
改善 - gǎishàn
Holidays, festival
节日 - jiérì
To celebrate a festival or holidays
过节 - guòjié
Chinese New years’s eve
除夕 - chúxī
Spring festival, Chinese New year
春节 - chūnjié
Dragon boat festival
端午节 - duānwǔjié
Mid autumn festival, moon festival
中秋节 - zhōngqiūjié
Lantern festival
元宵节 - yuánxiāojié
Thanksgiving
感恩节 - gǎnēnjié
Religión
宗教 - zōngjiào
Christiannity, Christiaan religión
基督教 - jīdūjiào
Catholicism
天主教 - tiānzhǔjiào
Buddhism
佛教 - fójiào
Islamism
伊斯兰教 - yīsīlánjiào
Chinese New yzar’s eve dinner
年夜饭 - niányèfàn
Wall
墙 - qiáng
Blessing, good fortune
副 - fú
Meaning
意思 - yìsi
Evening gathering, soirée
晚会 - wǎnhuì
Spring festival gala evening
春季联欢晚会 - chūnjiéliánhuānwǎnhuì
Television program
电视节目 - diànshìjiémù
Alcohol, liqour
酒 - jiǔ
Red envelope containing gift money
红包 - hóngbāo
Firecracker
鞭炮 - biānpào
Sticky rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo of reed leaves
粽子 - zòngzi
Monocake
月饼 - yuèbǐng
Sweet dumplings Made of sticky Rice Flour
元宵 - yuánxiāo
Traditional Chinese lunar calandar (lit. Agricultural calandar).
农历 - nónglì
First month of the lunar year
正月 - zhēngyuè
First, early part of
初 - chū
To paste. To glue
贴 - tiē
To be upside down
倒 - dào
To go backwards
倒 - dào
To pour
倒 - dào
To fall (stop standing)
倒 - dǎo
Strange, weird
奇怪 - qíguài
With, gebruikend
以 - yǐ
To remplace, to substitute
代 - dài
To replace, to substitute
代替 - dàitì
To lift, to raise
举 - jǔ
(For situations) smooth, succesfull, without a hitch
顺利 - shùnlì
To make progress
进步 - jìnbù
Progressieve
进步 - jìnbù
To drink à toast (lit. To dry the cup)
干杯 - gānbēi
To succeed
成功 - chénggōng
Succesfull
成功 - chénggōng
To Leave a surplus, to be left (over)
剩下 - shèngxia
To waste, to squander
浪费 - làngfèi
Wasteful
浪费 - làngfèi
Surplus
余 - yú
To have a surplus
余 - yú
Unnescesary redundant
多余 - duōyú
Tradition
传统 - chúantǒng
Traditional
传统 - chuántǒng
To reunite (as à Family)
团圆 - tuányuán
To reunite, to have a reunión
团聚 - túanjù
(Particle to emphasis the obvious)
嘛
To count Time
计时 - jìshí
To wish somebody a happy chinese New year
拜年 - bàinián
In person, to do som oneself
亲自 - qīnzì
By means of, through
通过 - tōngguò
To make contact with, to contact
联络 - liánluò
To take advantage of àn opportunity or situation
趁着 - chèngzhe
To congratúlate
恭喜 - gōngxǐ
To het rich, to make a fortune
发财 - fācái
Lovely, busstling with exitement
热闹 - rènao
Atmosphere
气氛 - qìfēn
Enthousiastic, warm harted
热情 - rèqíng
Friendly, amicable
友善 - yǒushàn
Especially, in particular
尤其是 - yoúqíshì
End
末 - mò
High speed rail
高速铁路 - 高铁 - gāosùtiělù
To travel by, to ride as a passenger
搭乘 - dāchéng
To leave for, to go to , qu maar formeel
前往 - qiánwǎng
Bicycle
自行车 - zìxíngchē
To ride
骑 - qí
To go to work, to start work, to be on duty
上班 - shàngbān
Older male cousin with a different Surname
表哥 - biǎogē
Street
街 - jiē
Toerist
游客 - yoúkè
Foreigner (slang)
老外 - lǎowài
Sound of laughter
哈 - hā
Opposite side
对面 - duìmiàn
Fast food
快餐 - kuàicān
Always , all the time negative
老是 - lǎoshì
Clothing, apparel
服装 - fúzhuāng
Distinguinshing feature or quality, characteristic
特色 - tèsè
Special local product, (regional) speciality
特产 - tèchǎn
To taste
尝 - cháng
To Savour
品尝 - pǐncháng
Small and inexpensive dishes, snacks
小吃 - xiǎochī
Ordinary people consider good as important as heaven
民以食为天 - mínyǐshíwéitiān
(For sentences)
句 - jù
Sentance
句子 - jùzi
Ordinary people
老百姓 - lǎobǎixìng
Mansion, talk building
厦 (座) - shà
(For buildings, mountains, bridges, cities, and other large, solid things maatwoord)
座 - zuò
Sound, voice
声音 - shēngyīn
Footstep
脚步 - jiǎobù
Rumbling sound
咕噜 - gūlū
France
法国 - fǎguó
Temple of confucius
夫子庙 - fūzǐmiào
Change
变化 - biànhuà
Huge, tremendos, gigantic
巨大 - jùdà
To change
变 - biàn
To change
改变 - gǎibiàn
To change
改 - gǎi
To improve, to make better
改善 - gǎishàn
By improve som by removing its shortcomings
改良 - gǎiliáng
To improve som by removible Ut’s shortcoming
改进 - gǎijìn
To rectify, to put right
改正 - gǎizhèng
To not have enough time to do something
来不及 - láibují
To imagine, to visualizar
想象 - xiǎngxiàng
Imagination
想象 - xiǎngxiàng
To Merge into, to meld into
融入 - róngrù
To remaining as before, to retain, to hold back
保留 - bǎoliú
Large in number or quantity
大量 - dàliàng
To build, to construct, (usually som with a cover or roof)
盖- gài
To build
建筑 - jiànzhù
Architecture
建筑 - jiànzhù
From past till present, always, at all times
从来 - cónglái
(Indicating that ac action once happend or a State once existes)
曾经 - céngjīng
To do ones utmost
尽可能 - jǐnkěnéng
To the best of one’s abilities
尽量 - jǐnliàng
As early as possible
尽早 - jǐnzǎo
As soon as possible
尽快 - jǐnkuài
To take à picture, to shoot à film
拍 - pāi
To pat, to clap
拍 - pāi
Racket (bv tennisracket)
拍 - pāi
To call (of bring) to mind, to recall
回忆 - huíyì
Memories
回忆 - huíyì
Of it were not for
要不是 - yàobúshì
No matter, regardless of
不管 - bùguǎn
Otherwise, of not, or else
否则 - foǔzé
Beautiful
美丽 - měilì
Beautiful, good
美 - měi
To leave behind, to stay behind
留下 - liúxia
Deep profound, dark (color)
深 - shēn
Deep, profound
深刻 - shēnkè
Impression
印象 - yìnxiàng
To share (Joy, happiness, benefits, etc)
分享 - fēnxiǎng
To sign up, to register
报名 - bàomíng
To participate, to take part, to attend
参加 - cānjiā
Group, organisation
团 - tuán
To include, to consist of
包括 - bāokuò
Admisión ticket
门票 - ménpiào
Transportation, tráfico
交通 - jiāotōng
Crowded, packed
拥挤 - yōngjǐ
Busy, bustling
繁忙 - fánmáng
Passenger, voyager, traveller
旅客 - lǚkè
Hard, stiff
硬 - yìng
Soft
软 - ruǎn
Sleeping bunk ( on a train)
卧铺 - wòpù
Train carriage
车厢 - chēxiāng
To close, to turn off
关 - guān
(Measure words for meals)
顿 - dùn
Box lunch
盒饭 - héfàn
Noodles
面 - miàn
Diet, food and drink
饮食 - yǐnshí
Humerous
幽默 - yōumò
To speak, to tell
讲 - jiǎng
Story, tale
故事 - gùshi
Brilliant, splendid, wonderful
精彩 - jīngcǎi
By all means, absolutely must
千万 - qiānwàn
Landlord
房东 - fángdōng
To go sightseeing, to tour
游览 - yoúlǎn
Excursion
游览 - yoúlǎn
Custom
风俗 - fēngsú
When in Rome do as the romans do
入乡随俗 - rùxiānfsuísú
Habit
习惯 - xíguàn
To be accustomed to
习惯 - xíguàn
Souvenir, keepsake, momento
纪念品 - jìniànpǐn
Provincial capital
省会 - shěnghuì
Kunming
昆明 - kūnmíng
The stone forest
石林 - shílín
Stone, rock, pebble
石头 - shítou
Woods, forest
树林 - shùlín
All kinds of strange things, àn infinite variety of fantastic phenomena
千奇百怪 - qiānqíbǎiguài
Dali
大理 - dàlǐ
Tower, pagoda
塔 - tǎ
Lijiang
丽江 - lìjiāng
Ancient, old (historical)
古老 - gǔlǎo
Mysterious
神秘 - shénmì
Teahouse
茶馆 - cháguǎn
River
河 - hé
Lantern
灯笼 - dēnglong
Of various colors, colorful
五颜六色 - wǔyánliùsè
Both…. And…., as well as
既……又…… - jìyoù
Both…. And …., as well as
既 …… 也 …… , jìyě
Only, no more than
不过 - bùguò
But, however ( a turn in thought)
不过 - bùguò
And, with
与 - yǔ
Husband and wife, married couple
夫妻 - fūqī
MW Een paar, een koppel bv à married couple
对 - duì
To retire
退休 - tuìxiū
Museum
博物馆 - bówùguǎn
Need not, do not need to
不必 - búbì
Must, have to, be obliged to
必须 - bìxū
Early morning
早晨 - zǎochén