Happy Chinese: Lesson 1 Flashcards
拜年
bai4 nian2: pay a New Year call
短跑
duan3 pao3: sprint;dash
速度
su4 du4: speed; velocity
接
jie1: connect; come into contact with
梯子
ti1 zi: ladder
咱
zan2: we or us (dialectical: I or me)
订了
ding4 le: ordered
挂了
gua4 le: hung up
蛋糕
dan4 gao1: cake
一会儿
yi1 hui4r: a moment
a while
专
zhuan1: for a particular person, occasion, purpose etc.
eg 一会儿有专人…
送
song4: deliver; carry
女士优(優)先
nu3 shi4 you1 xian1: ladies first
: excellent; superior
你确(確)定吗?
Ni3 que4 ding4 ma?
Are you sure?
舅舅
jiu4 jiu4: uncle (mother’s brother)
當然
dang1 ran2: without doubt; certainly; of course; to be sure
集合
ji2 he2: gather; assemble
老头(頭)
lao3 tou2: old fellow
old man
亲(親)自
qin1 zi4: personally; in person; oneself
贝(貼)
tie1
paste; stick; glue
对(對)联(聯)
dui4 lian2: rhyming couplet
pair of lines of verse down side of doorway
出
chu1: go out or come out
exceed; go beyond
issue; put out
年货(貨)
nian2 huo4: special purchases for the spring festival
地址
di4 zhi3: address
按照
an4 zhao4: according to
鸡(鷄/雞)
ji1: chicken
鞭炮
bian1 pao4: firecrackers
这还差不多
That’s more like it
鞭炮
bian1 pao4: firecrackers
碰到
peng4 dao4: to come across
to run into
to meet
to hit
吧
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?
踩
cao3: step on; trample
脚
jiao3: foot
base; foot
我想说我不会认(認)路。
Wo3 xiang3 shuo1 wo3 bu4 hui4 ren4 lu4.
I mean I can’t find the street I’m looking for.
街
jie1: street
叔
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
