Integrated Chinese Level 2 Review Ch. 11 - 15 Flashcards
退休
tuì xiū - to retire
熬夜
áo yè - to stay up late or all night; to burn the midnight oil
从来
cóng lái - from past till present; always; at all times
声音
shēng yīn - sound; voce
余
yú - to surplus; to spare
机会
jī huì - opportunity
重视
zhòng shì - to attach importance to; to think much of
成功
chéng gōng - to succeed; successful
古老
gǔ lǎo - ancient; old
发财
fā cái - to get rich; to make a fortune
正月
zhēng yuè - first month of the lunar year; first moon
厦
shà - mansion; tall building
关
guān - to close; to turn off
奇怪
qí guài - strange; odd
男子
nán zǐ - man; male
李文
Lǐ Wén - (a personal name)
之
zhī - (literary counterpart of 的)
风俗
fēng sú - custom
中秋节
zhōng qiū jié - Mid-Autumn Festival;Moon Festival
保留
bǎo liú - to remain as before; to retain
自行车
zì xíng chē - bicycle
分享
fēn xiǎng - to share (joy; happiness; benefit; etc.)
队
duì - a row or line of people; column; (measure word for teams and lines)
报名
bào míng - to sign up; to register
民以食为天
mín yǐ shí wéi tiān - the people think of food as important as heaven
留下
liú (xia - to leave behind; to stay behind
餐
cān - meal
计时
jì shí - to count time
舅妈
jiù mā - wife of of mother’s brother
干杯
gān bēi - to drink a toast; cheers!; bottoms up
啊
á - eh? what? [See Language Note 5.]
太极拳
tài jí quán - tai chi; a from of traditional Chinese shadow boxing
方面
fāng miàn - aspect; respect
毕竟
bì jìng - after all; all in all; in the final analysis; when all is said and done [See Grammar 2.]
某
mǒu - certain; some; an indefinite person or thing [See Grammar 1.]
出现
chū xiàn - to appear; to arise; to emerge
继续
jì xù - to continue; to go on with
环境
huán jìng - environment; surroundings
卧铺
wò pù - sleeping berth or hunk on a train
幽默
yōu mò - humorous
老外
lǎo wài - foreigner
讲
jiǎng - to speak; to tell
元宵节
yuán xiāo jié - Lantern Festival
陌生
mò shēng - unfamiliar; strange; unknown
表哥
biǎo gē - older male cousin of a different surname
结束
jié shù - to end; to finish
拥抱
yōng bào - to embrace; to hug
想像
xiǎng xiàng - to imagine; to visualize; imagination
贴
tiē - to paste; to glue
身材
shēn cái - stature; figure
美
měi - beautiful; good
舅舅
jiù jiu - mother’s brother; maternal uncle
习惯
xí guàn - habit; to be accustomed to
平等
píng děng - equal; equality
快餐
kuài cān - fast food; quick meal
塔
tǎ - tower; pagoda-shaped structure
补充
bǔ chōng - to supplement; to replenish
逐渐
zhú jiàn - gradually; little by little
营养
yíng yǎng - nutrition; nourishment
盒饭
hé fàn - box lunch
尝
cháng - to taste
游客
yóu kè - tourist
同酬
tóng chóu - equal pay
福
fú - blessing; good fortune
以来
yǐ lái - situation; condition; circumstances
困难
kùn nán - difficulty; difficult
随便
suí biàn - casual; careless; to do as one pleases
红包
hóng bāo - red envelope containing money to be given as a gift
吸烟
xī yān - to smoke a cigarette
职业
zhí yè - occupation; profession; vocation
春节
chūn jié - Spring festival; Chinese New Year
同工
tóng gōng - equal pay for equal work
进步
jìn bù - to make progress; progressive
顿
dùn - (measure word for meals)
酒
jiǔ - alcohol; liquor
相信
xiāng xìn - to believe; to trust
门票
mén piào - admission ticket; admission fee
成为
chéng wéi - to become; to turn into
逗
dòu - to tease; to play with; amusing
活力
huó lì - vitality; energy
面
miàn - noodles
末
mò - end
团圆
tuán yuán - to reunite( as a family)
单位
dān wèi - unit
参加
cān jiā - to participate; to take part; to attend
科学
kē xué - science; scientific; rational
来不及
lái bu jí - not have enough time to do something; too late to do something
排
pái - to line up; row; line; (measure word for rows)
早晨
zǎo chen - morning; early morning
旅客
lǚ kè - passenger; voyager; traveler
晚会
wǎn huì - evening gathering; soiree
骄傲
jiāo’ào - proud; arrogant; full of oneself; pride
纪念品
jì niàn pǐn - souvenir; keepsake; memento
深
shēn - profound; deep; dark (color); intimate
冠军
guàn jūn - champion; first place in a competition
河
hé - river
偶尔
ǒu’ěr - occasionally
否则
fǒu zé - otherwise
表现
biǎo xiàn - to display; to manifest; performance; manifestation
气氛
qì fēn - atmosphere; ambiance
现象
xiàn xiàng - phenomenon; appearance
倒
dào - to turn upside down; to go backwards
感情
gǎn qíng - feeling; emotion; affection
公平
gōng píng - fair; just; impartial; equitable
健身房
jiàn shēn fáng - fitness center; gym
夫妻
fū qī - husband and wife; couple
房东
fáng dōng - landlord or landlady
拜年
bài nián - to wish somebody a happy Chinese New Year; to pay a Chinese New Year’s call
故事
gù shi - story; tale
必须
bì xū - must; have to; be obliged to
脚步
jiǎo bù - footstep
丽江
Lìjiāng - Lijiang
顺利
shùn lì - smooth; successful; without a hitch
变
biàn - to change
讨厌
tǎo yàn - to dislike; to loathe; disgusting; disagreeable
老百姓
lǎo bǎi xìng - common folk; (ordinary) people
座
zuò - (measure work for buildings and mountains)
本来
běn lái - original; originally; at first
锻炼
duàn liàn - to exercise; to work out; to undergo physical traiing
石头
shí tou - stone; rock; pebble
以
yǐ - with [See Grammar3.]
博物馆
bó wù guǎn - museum
硬
yìng - hard
恭喜
gōng xǐ - to congratulate
轻女
qīng nǜ - women
游览
yóu lǎn - to go sightseeing; to tour; excursion
妻管严
qī guǎn yán - wife controls (her husband) strictly
除夕
chú xī - Chinese New Year’s Eve
不管
bù guǎn - no matter; regardless of
不得了
bù dé liǎo - extremely; exceedingly; couldn’t be more
圈
quān - circle; to encircle; to mark with a circle
重男
zhòng nán - to regard males as superior to females; to privilege men over women
灯笼
dēng long - lantern
交通
jiāo tōng - transportation; traffic
妻子
qī zi - wife
巴西
Bā xī - Brazil
女性
nǚ xìng - female gender; woman
出发
Chū fā - to set out; to depart
姑妈
gū mā - father’s sister
浪费
làng fèi - to waste; to squander; wasteful
对面
duì miàn - opposite side
赢
yíng - to win
薪水
xīn shuǐ - salary; pay; wages
咕噜
gū lū - rumbling sound
气管炎
qì guǎn yán - tracheitis
大理
Dàlǐ - Dali
队员
duì yuán - team member
出门
chū mén - to go out; to leave home
家务
jiā wù - household chores; household duties
总
zǒng - always
瑜伽
yú jiā - yoga
粽子
zòng zi - pyramid- shaped dumplings of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves
树
shù - tree
要不是
yào bú shì - if it were not for; but for
分别
fēn bié - separately; respectively; to part from each other
熊猫
xióng māo - panda
饮食
yǐn shí - diet; food and drink
丈夫
zhàng fu - husband
小吃
xiǎo chī - small and inexpensive dishes; snacks
的确
dí què - indeed
由
yóu - by
只
zhī - (measure word for one of certain paired things and some animals)
特色
tè sè - distinguishing feature or quality; characteristic
来往
lái wǎng - to come and go; to have dealings with
美丽
měi lì - beautiful
打呼噜
dǎ hū lu - to snore
嘛
ma - (particle used to emphasize the obvious)
地位
dì wèi - since
只要
zhǐ yào - only if; as long as
元宵
yuán xiāo - night of the fifteenth of the first lunar month; sweet dumplings made of glutinous rive flour
减肥
jiǎn féi - to lose weight
得病
dé bìng - to fall ill; to contract a disease
互相
hù xiāng - mutually; each other; reciprocally
企业
qǐ yè - enterprise; business; company; firm
包括
bāo kuò - to include; to consist of
比分
bǐ fēn - score
显得
xiǎn de - to appear (to be); to seem
感恩节
gǎn ēn jié - Thanksgiving
等于
děng yú - to equal; to be equivalent to; to amount to
车厢
chē xiāng - railway carriage
妇女
fù nǚ - position; status
举
jǔ - to lift; to raise
节日
jié rì - holiday; festival
站
zhàn - station; stop; to stand
饱
bǎo - full; satiated (after a meal)
消息
xiāo xi - news; message; information
拍
pāi - to take pictures; to shoot film; to clap; to pat
注意
zhù yì - to pay attention to; attention
改革
gǎi gé - to reform and open up; Reform and
夫子庙
fū zǐ miào - Temple of Confucius
服装
fú zhuāng - clothing; apparel
枕头
zhěn tou - pillow
工厂
gōng chǎng - factory
与
yǔ - and; with [See Grammar 2.]
乒乓球
Pīng Pāng qiú - Ping-Pong; table tennis
超过
chāo guò - to surpass; to exceed
尽可能
jǐn kě néng - as much as possible
即使
jí shǐ - even if
变化
biàn huà - change; to change
月饼
yuè bǐng - moon cake
表演
biǎo yǎn - to perform; to act; performance
竟(然)
jìng (rán) - unexpectedly; contrary to one’s expectation [See Grammar 1.]
初
chū - first
意思
yì si - meaning
热闹
rè nào - (of a place or a scene) lively; buzzing with excitement; bustling with activity
睡眠
shuì mián - sleep
盖
gài - to build; to construct
熟悉
shú xi - to know something or someone well; to be familiar with; familiar
软
ruǎn - soft
骑
qi - to ride
小区
xiǎo qū - residential development; residential complex
可见
kě jiàn - it is obvious that; it can be seen that
散步
sàn bù - to take a walk; to go for a walk
等
děng - and so forth; etc.
建筑
jiàn zhù - architecture; to build
剩
下 - to leave a surplus; to be left( over)
动作
dòng zuò - movement; action
鞭炮
biān pào - firecracker
亲眼
qīn yǎn - (to see) with one’s own eyes
传统
chuán tǒng - tradition; traditional
上班
shàng bān - to go to work; to start work; to be on duty
墙
qiáng - wall
茶馆
chá guǎn - teahouse
输
shū - to lost; to be defeated
使
shǐ - to make; to cause; to have someone do something [See Grammar 4.]
成绩
chéng jì - performance; achievement; result; score; grade
省会
shěng huì - provincial capital
端午节
duān wǔ jié - Dragon Boat Festival
街
jiē - street
开放
kāi fàng - Opening-Up
昆明
Kūnmíng - Kunming (capital of Yunnan Province
难过
nán guò - sad; hard to bear
代
dài - to replace; to substitute
市场
shì chǎng - market
树林
shù lín - woods; forest
年夜饭
nián yè fàn - Chinese New year’s Eve dinner
大男子
dà nán zǐ - male chauvinism
意大利
Yì dà lì - Italy
幸福
xìng fú - happy; happines
法国
fǎ guó - France
团
tuán - group
体贴
tǐ tiē - to care for; to be considerate of (someone)
家
jiā - (measure word for families and commercial establishments such as restaurants; hotels; shops; companies; etc)
融入
róng rù - to merge into; to meld into
主义
zhǔ yì - …
农历
nóng lì - traditional Chinese lunar calendar; lit “agricultural calendar”
模范
mó fàn - exemplary; model; fine examlpe
石林
Shílín - The Stone Forest
千万
qiān wàn - by all means; absolutely must