Lesson 11 Flashcards
jie ri - holiday/ festival
节日
jiu jiu - uncle (mothers side)
舅舅
jiu ma - aunt (mothers brothers wife)
舅妈
xiao qu - residential development
小区
huan jing - environment/ surroundings
环境
chu xi - chinese new years eve
除夕
nian ye fan - chinese new years eve dinner
年夜饭
qiang -wall
墙
tie - paste/ glue
贴
fu - blessing/ good fortune
福
dao - to turn upside down, to go backwards
倒
qi guai - strange/ weird
奇怪
yi si - meaning
意思
yi - with
以
dai - to replace/substitute
代
jiu - alcohol
酒
ju - to lift to raise
举
shun li - smooth, successful
顺利
jin bu - to make progress
进步
gan bei - to drink a toast
干杯
cheng gong - to succeed
成功
wan hui - evening gathering
晚会
sheng (xia) - to leave a surplus, to be left over
剩（下）
lang fei - to waste
浪费
yu - surplus, to have surplus
余
chuan tong - tradition/ traditional
传统
nong li - traditional chinese lunar calendar
农历
chu - first, early part of
初
zong zi - sticky rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves
粽子
yue bing - moon cake
月饼
tuan yuan - to reunite (as a family)
团圆
zheng yue - first month of the lunar new year
正月
yuan xiao - night of the fifteenth of the first lunar month, sweet dumplings made out of sticky rice flour
元宵
ma - particle used to emphasize the obvious
嘛
ji shi - to count time
计时
bai nian - to pay a chinese new year call, to wish someone a happy chinese new year
拜年
gong xi - to congratulate
恭喜
fa cai - to get rich, to make a fortune
发财
hong bao - red envelope
红包
re nao - lively, buzzing with excitement
热闹
bian pao - firecracker
鞭炮
chun jie - spring festival, chinese new year
春节
duan wu jie - dragon boat festival
端午节
zhong qiu jie - mid autumn festival
中秋节
gan en jie - thanksgiving
感恩节
yuan xiao jie - lantern festival
元宵节
