Happy Chinese: Lesson 1

Question 1

拜年

Answer 1

bai4 nian2: pay a New Year call

Question 2

短跑

Answer 2

duan3 pao3: sprint;dash

Question 3

速度

Answer 3

su4 du4: speed; velocity

Question 4

接

Answer 4

jie1: connect; come into contact with

Question 5

梯子

Answer 5

ti1 zi: ladder

Question 6

咱

Answer 6

zan2: we or us (dialectical: I or me)

Question 7

订了

Answer 7

ding4 le: ordered

Question 8

挂了

Answer 8

gua4 le: hung up

Question 9

蛋糕

Answer 9

dan4 gao1: cake

Question 10

一会儿

Answer 10

yi1 hui4r: a moment

a while

Question 11

专

Answer 11

zhuan1: for a particular person, occasion, purpose etc.

eg 一会儿有专人…

Question 12

送

Answer 12

song4: deliver; carry

Question 13

女士优(優)先

Answer 13

nu3 shi4 you1 xian1: ladies first

: excellent; superior

Question 14

你确(確)定吗?

Answer 14

Ni3 que4 ding4 ma?

Are you sure?

Question 15

舅舅

Answer 15

jiu4 jiu4: uncle (mother’s brother)

Question 16

當然

Answer 16

dang1 ran2: without doubt; certainly; of course; to be sure

Question 17

集合

Answer 17

ji2 he2: gather; assemble

Question 18

老头(頭)

Answer 18

lao3 tou2: old fellow

old man

Question 19

亲(親)自

Answer 19

qin1 zi4: personally; in person; oneself

Question 20

贝(貼)

Answer 20

tie1

paste; stick; glue

Question 21

对(對)联(聯)

Answer 21

dui4 lian2: rhyming couplet

pair of lines of verse down side of doorway

Question 22

出

Answer 22

chu1: go out or come out
exceed; go beyond
issue; put out

Question 23

年货(貨)

Answer 23

nian2 huo4: special purchases for the spring festival

Question 24

地址

Answer 24

di4 zhi3: address

Question 25

按照

Answer 25

an4 zhao4: according to

Question 26

鸡(鷄/雞)

Answer 26

ji1: chicken

Question 27

鞭炮

Answer 27

bian1 pao4: firecrackers

Question 28

这还差不多

Answer 28

That’s more like it

Question 29

鞭炮

Answer 29

bian1 pao4: firecrackers

Question 30

碰到

Answer 30

peng4 dao4: to come across
to run into
to meet
to hit

Question 31

吧

Answer 31

ba (forming a leading question which asks for conformation of supposition.)

eg 我刚才没踩到你的脚吧?
I didn’t just step on your foot, did I?

Question 32

踩

Answer 32

cao3: step on; trample

Question 33

脚

Answer 33

jiao3: foot

base; foot

Question 34

我想说我不会认(認)路。

Answer 34

Wo3 xiang3 shuo1 wo3 bu4 hui4 ren4 lu4.

I mean I can’t find the street I’m looking for.

Question 35

街

Answer 35

jie1: street

Question 36

叔

Answer 36

shu1: father’s younger brother
husband’s younger brother
uncle (a form of address for a man about one’s father’s age)
the third among brother’s