Lesson 12 vocabulary (English - Mandarin) Flashcards
1
Q
school
A
学校
xué-xiào
2
Q
to learn & to practice
A
学习
xué-xí
3
Q
- fellow students
- classmates
A
同学
tóng-xué
4
Q
textbook
A
课本
kè-běn
5
Q
a notebook
A
本子
běn-zi
6
Q
one copy of
A
一本
yī-běn
7
Q
pencil
A
铅笔
qiān-bǐ
8
Q
brush
A
毛笔
máo-bǐ
9
Q
ballpoint pen
A
圆珠笔
yuán-zhū-bǐ
10
Q
rubber, eraser
A
橡皮
xiàng-pí
11
Q
the Chinese character
A
汉子
hàn-zì
12
Q
a dictionary
A
字典
zì-diǎn
13
Q
- say
- talk
A
说
shuō
14
Q
to write
A
写
xiě
15
Q
to teach
A
教
jiāo
16
Q
- to draw
- to paint
A
画
huà
17
Q
to use
A
用
yòng
18
Q
to look up (in a dictionary)
A
查 (字典)
chá (zì-diǎn)
19
Q
begin, start
A
开始
kāi-shǐ
20
Q
to rub out
A
擦
cā
21
Q
- catch sight of
- see
A
看见
kàn-jiàn
22
Q
to feel (in the mind)
A
觉得
jué-de
23
Q
- expensive
- dear
A
贵
guì
24
Q
cheap
A
便宜
pián-yí
25
difficult, hard
困难
| kùn-nán
26
easy
容易
| róng-yì
27
Chinese painting
中国画
| zhōng-guó-huà
28
to recognise
认识
| rèn-shí
29
1. work hard
2. to make an effort
起劲儿
| qǐ-jìn-r
## Footnote
indicates that something is very exciting and seems to be very interesting
30
1. question
2. a problem
问题
| wèn-tí
31
1. answer
2. response, reply
回答
| huí-dá
32
sometimes
有时
| yǒu-shí
33
1. of course
2. certainly
3. sure, be sure
4. no doubt, without a doubt
5. naturally
当然
| dāng-rán
34
1. strange, odd
2. extraordinary
奇怪
| qí-guài
35
a long, stiff piece (classifier)
一支
| yī zhī
36
altogether
一共
| yī-gòng
37
an auxiliary word which tells the mood
啦
| la
38
most
最
| zuì
39
bookstore
书店
| shū-diàn
40
to buy, to purchase
买
| mǎi
41
mark
马克
| mǎ-kè
42
U.K.
英国
| Yīng-Guó
43
U.S.A.
美国
| Měi-Guó
44
Germany
德国
| Dé-Guó
45
France
法国
| Fǎ-Guó
46
British
英国人
| yīng-guó rén
47
American
美国人
| měi-guó rén
48
German
德国人
| dé-guó rén
49
Frenchman
法国人
| fǎ-guó rén
50
Chinese language
中文
| zhōng-wén
51
English language
英文
| yīng-wén
52
German language
德文
| dé-wén
53
French language
法文
| fǎ-wén
54
Chinese currency
人民币
| rén-mín-bì
55
British pound
英磅
| yīng bàng
56
U.S. dollar
美元（金）
| měi-yuán (jīn)
57
French franc
法郎
| fà-láng
58
Where is it?
在哪里？
| zài nǎ-lǐ?
59
Where are you going?
去哪里？
| qù nǎ-lǐ?
60
What?
什么？
| shén-me
61
What are you doing?
做什么？
| zuò shén-me？
62
1. What for?
2. Why?
为什么？
| wèi-shén-me？
63
How?
怎么？
| zěn-me？
64
1. how?
2. ..., how about it?
3. How's everything?
4. in a certain way, in any way
怎么样？
| zěn-me yàng？
65
1. What’s to be done?
2. How to do?
怎么办？
| zěn-me bàn？
66
At what time/when?
几时？
| jǐ-shí？
67
"not at all, don't be so modest"
哪里，哪里
| nǎ-lǐ, nǎ-lǐ
## Footnote
a common expression to indicate one's humility
68
because
因为
| yīn-wèi
69
1. things/stuff
2. east and west
东西
| dōng-xī
70
to think, thought
思
| sī
