HSK Chapter 13/14 Flashcards
演
Yǎn
To play (as an actor)
演员
Yǎnyuán
Actor
厚
Hòu
thick (meat slices, book, leaves, snow, clothes, except it is round, then cu)
薄
Bó
fine/thin
(meat slices, book, leaves, snow, clothes, except it is round, then cu)
粗
Cū
thick (used for round things, snake, pipe, cucumber, arm, neck)
细
Xì
thin (used for round things, snake, pipe, cucumber, arm, neck)
大概
Dàgài
approximate
大概的内容 = approximate content
大概两点 approximately two hours
到火车站需要大概多长时间
Dào huǒchē zhàn xūyào dàgài duō cháng shíjiān
How long does it take to get to the train station?
Dagai + verb
Roughly do something
Rougly explain
两点左右
Liǎng diǎn zuǒyòu
two o clock more or less (left right)
起 作用
start to…
qǐ dào … zuò yòng
phr. to have a … effect (on
他们希望这次惩罚能起到杀一儆百的作用
tā men xī wàng zhè cì chéng fá néng qǐ dào shā yì jíng bǎi de zuò yòng .
They hope this punishment will act as a deterrent to others.
start to have the function of a deterrant
演出
Yǎnchū
To perform
Can only be used on its own, not followed by a noun
I perform
You cannot say “I perform this”
But “She performs well” is ok
To perform sth. has a different word
表演
Biǎoyǎn
To perform (something)
她表演芭蕾舞
Tā biǎoyǎn bālěiwǔ
She performs ballet
观众
Guānzhòng
Audience (watching)
听众
Tīngzhòng
Audience
来自
Láizì
To be from (a city, country, region)
独立
Dúlì
Independent
Independence
正常
Zhèngcháng
Normal
申请
Shēnqǐng
To apply (for visa, passport, etc.)
我向大使馆申请签证
向。。。请假
Xiàng… Qǐngjià
Ask/apply to someone for something
拿不动
Verb + bu + 动
Have no energy to do it
拿不动
跑不动
走不动
搬不动
有趣
yǒuqù
Fun, interesting
这个很有趣
This is fun
留学生
Liúxuéshēng
International student
跟着
Gēnzhe
To follow
Gen is the verb, zhe is the constant
跟着电视
Follow TV
一遍一遍
Yībiàn yībiàn
Over and over again
一代
Yīdài
Generation
入睡
Rùshuì
Fall asleep
误会可能由缺少足够的解释引起
Wùhuì kěnéng yóu quēshǎo zúgòu de jiěshì yǐnqǐ
由
yóu
by …..
in this case “can be caused by lack of explaining”
passive form but without doing something on the object like with 被
控制
Kòngzhì
To control
哪个国家控制这座城市?
Nǎge guójiā kòngzhì zhè zuò chéngshì?
离不开
Lì bù kāi
Not possible to be without it
Haizi libukai mama (kids cant be without mama)
犯错误
Fàn cuòwù
To make mistakes
You don’t say zuo cuowu
Cuowu can also be an adjective meaning “wrong”
袋
Dài
Bag (Sachet, Tüte, vrećica)
English: not a bag like a handbag
指代
Zhǐ dài
paper bag
餐厅
Cāntīng
Restaurant (a fancy one)
进行
Jìnxíng
to conduct
Dui + obj + jinxing + verb/noun
Or
Jinxing + verb/noun (here not possible to add an object, it must be fore jinxing with Dui)
我对病进行研究
Wǒ duì bìng jìnxíng yánjiū
I conduct research on diseases
结构
jiégòu
Structure
它没有结构
it has no structure
关键
Guānjiàn
The essential
The most important point
普遍的看法
普遍使用wechat付钱
Pǔbiàn de kànfǎ
Pǔbiàn shǐyòng wechat fù qián
Common opinion
Commonly use wechat to pay
Both can be followed by noun or verb
随着
Suízhe
Along with, as….
As something happens, something else happens.
随着医学的发展,我们可以治愈更多的疾病
Suízhe yīxué de fǎ zhǎn, wǒmen kěyǐ zhìyù gèng duō de jíbìng
as medicine develops, we can cure more diseases
污染
Wūrǎn
to pollute
the pollution
卫生
Wèishēng
hygiene
脏
zāng
dirty
盒子
Hézi
Box
抱歉
Bàoqiàn
(v.) to feel sorry
速度
Sùdù
Speed
禁止
Jìnzhǐ
To prohibit
Or it is prohibited
拒绝
Jùjué
To refuse, to reject (antonym of jieshou = to accept)
鼓励
Gǔlì
To encourage
暖
Nuǎn
Warm (adjective)
既然
Jìrán
Since…… , 就
Since you dont like heat, we don’t go to UAE
等等
Děng děng
Etc.
什么的
Shenme de
Etc.
Used after giving some examples
Just like deng deng
护士
Hùshì
Nurse
表扬
Biǎoyáng
to praise
替换
Tìhuàn
To replace (old for new, usually objects)
替
Tì
To replace (a person)
代替
Dàitì
To replace (a person)
怀疑
huáiyí
to suspect
千万
Qiān wàn
apart from meaning 10 million
it actually is used for
“it must” “in any case have to”
千万 + 要 + verb
千万 + 别 / 不要 + verb
弄
Nòng
it means “to do” in a very wide range
it is used when you cannot specify other actions
欺骗
Qīpiàn (form.)
to cheat
骗
piàn (coll.)
to cheat
Not used for competition or exam
But can be used for boyfriend/girlfriend/wife, or taxi driver/seller
算
(Bù) suàn + adj./noun
It is not considered as…
不算贵
Bù suàn guì
Not considered as expensive
他不算我家
Tā bù suàn wǒ jiā
He doesn’t count as my family
西红柿算水果或者蔬菜?
Xīhóngshì suàn shuǐguǒ huòzhě shūcài?
Are tomatoes considered a fruit or a vegetable?
代表
Dàibiǎo
To represent
(to represent a country, represent a company, but also to represent a personality, white skin represents beauty in China)
can also be a noun, a representant/predstavnik
失望
Shīwàng
disappointed
dui … shiwang
to be disappointed with sth./so.
恐怕
Kǒngpà
I am afraid that… / I fear that I … (not be able to do sth.)
到底
Dàodǐ
1) what on earth..
what on earth are you waiting for, what on earth do you want
2) till the end
礼貌
lǐmào
polite