Lesson 1: 新室友

Question 1

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

室友

Answer 1

( ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˇ )

(N) roommate, housemate

Question 2

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

電(电) 梯

( measure words: 臺(台), 部 [ㄅㄨˋ] )

Answer 2

( ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧ )

(N) lift, elevator

Question 3

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

梯子

Answer 3

( ㄊㄧ ㄗ˙ )

(N) ladder

Question 4

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

樓(楼) 梯

( measure word: 個 )

Answer 4

( ㄌㄡˊ ㄊㄧ )

(N) stairs

Question 5

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

行李

( measure word: 件 [ㄐㄧㄢˋ] )

Answer 5

( ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧ˙ )

(N) luggage

Question 6

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

系

Answer 6

( ㄒㄧˋ )

(N/M) department, faculty (in universities)

Question 7

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

新生

Answer 7

( ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄥ )

(N) freshman, first-year student, new student

Question 8

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

幸 會(会)

Answer 8

( ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ )

(IE) It is a pleasure to meet you!

Question 9

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

棒

Answer 9

( ㄅㄤˋ )

(SV) to be good, fine, excellent

Question 10

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

沒 關(关) 係(系)

Answer 10

( ㄇㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧ˙ )

(IE) It’s not important, It doesn’t matter, It’s nothing, It’s all right

(VO) not related, no relationship to X

Question 11

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

關(关) 係(系)

( measure word: 個 )

Answer 11

( ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧ˙ )

(N) relationship

Question 12

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

照 顧(顾)

Answer 12

( ㄓㄠˋ ㄍㄨ˙ )

(V) to look after; to take care of.

(N) care, attention

Question 13

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

總(总) 是

Answer 13

( ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄕˋ )

(A) always, invariably

Question 14

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

擔(担) 心

Answer 14

( ㄉㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ )

(VO) to worry

(SV) worried, concerned

Question 15

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

難(难) 怪

Answer 15

( ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ )

(A) no wonder

Question 16

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

西方

Answer 16

( ㄒㄧ ㄈㄤ )

(N) the Occident

Question 17

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

東(东) 方

Answer 17

( ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄤ )

(N) the Orient

Question 18

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

獨(独) 立

Answer 18

( ㄉㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ )

(V/SV) independent, to be independent

Question 19

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

從(从) 來 不

Answer 19

( ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ )

(A) never (habitual)

Question 20

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

鼓 勵(励)

Answer 20

( ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ )

(V) to encourage, to urge

(N) encouragement

Question 21

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

打開

Answer 21

( ㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄞ )

(RC) to open up

Question 22

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

來

Answer 22

( ㄌㄞˊ )

(V) to do (something implied in the context)

Question 23

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

夾(夹​) 克

Answer 23

( ㄐㄧㄚ ㄎㄜˋ )

(N) jacket

Question 24

What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word?

關(关) 心

Answer 24

( ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ )

(V) to be concerned about

(N) concern

Question 25

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 嘮(唠) 叨

Answer 25

( ㄌㄠˊ ㄉㄠ˙ ) (SV) to be a nag, to be repetitive in speech (V) to nag at

Question 26

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 受不了

Answer 26

( ㄕㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ) (RC) cannot stand, cannot bear, unable to endure

Question 27

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 會(会)

Answer 27

( ㄏㄨㄟˋ ) (AV) will

Question 28

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 全家

Answer 28

( ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ) (N) the entire family

Question 29

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 全

Answer 29

( ㄑㄩㄢˊ ) (SV/A) entire, whole

Question 30

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 全國

Answer 30

( ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ) (N) the whole nation

Question 31

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 全校

Answer 31

( ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ) (N) the whole school

Question 32

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 全世界

Answer 32

( ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ) (N) the whole world

Question 33

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 完全

Answer 33

( ㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ) (A) completely, wholly, totally, fully, entirely

Question 34

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 移民

Answer 34

( ㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ) (V) to migrate (N) an immigrant

Question 35

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 地理

Answer 35

( ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ ) (N) geography

Question 36

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 地 圖(图) ## Footnote ( measure word: 張, 本 )

Answer 36

( ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄨˊ ) (N) map

Question 37

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 雜(杂) 誌(志) ## Footnote ( measure words: 本, 份 [ㄈㄣˋ], 期 [ㄑㄧ] )

Answer 37

( ㄗㄚˊ ㄓˋ ) (N) magazine

Question 38

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 篇

Answer 38

( ㄆㄧㄢ ) (M) used for papers, literary articles, essays, etc.

Question 39

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 文章 ## Footnote ( measure word: 篇, 段 [ㄉㄨㄢˋ], 頁 [ㄧㄝˋ] )

Answer 39

( ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄤ ) (N) essay, literary article

Question 40

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 孔 廟(庙)

Answer 40

( ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄧㄠˋ ) (N) Confucius temple

Question 41

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 廟(庙) ## Footnote ( measure word: 座 [ㄗㄨㄛˋ] )

Answer 41

( ㄇㄧㄠˋ ) (N) temple, ancestral shrine

Question 42

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 中 華(华) 文 化

Answer 42

( ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ) (N) Chinese culture

Question 43

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 中 華(华)

Answer 43

( ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ) (AT) Chinese, China (alternate formal name)

Question 44

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 文化 ## Footnote ( measure words: 個, 種(种) [ㄓㄨㄥˇ] )

Answer 44

( ㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ) (N) culture

Question 45

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 興(兴) 趣 ## Footnote ( measure word: 個 )

Answer 45

( ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩˋ ) (N) interest

Question 46

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 有 興(兴) 趣

Answer 46

( ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩˋ ) (SV) to be interested, have an interest in

Question 47

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 對(对) ABC 有 興(兴) 趣

Answer 47

( ㄉㄨㄟˋ ABC ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩˋ ) (PT) to have an interest in ABC, to be interested in ABC

Question 48

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 有趣

Answer 48

( ㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩˋ ) (SV) interesting, fascinating, amusing

Question 49

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 口音

Answer 49

( ㄎㄡˇ ㄧㄣ ) | (N) accent (for a spoken language)

Question 50

# What is the English equivalent of this Chinese phrase or word? 選(选)

Answer 50

( ㄒㄩㄢˇ ) (V) to select, to choose