Lesson 16 vocabulary (English - Mandarin) Flashcards by Dee Tan | Brainscape

Q

to invite
“please…”

A

请

qǐng

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to sit down
to travel by

A

坐

zuò

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Please sit down

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请坐

qǐng zuò

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to drink

A

喝

hē

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tea

A

茶

chá

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to drink tea

A

喝茶

hē chá

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gas, steam

A

汽

qì

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water
a family name

A

水

shuǐ

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carbonated drink, soda water

A

汽水

qì-shuǐ

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to follow
any, all
family name

A

随

suí

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be convenient

A

便

biàn

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at your convenience
as you like, as you please
be casual, be informal

A

随便

suí-biàn

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anything will do

A

都行

dōu xíng

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to beat
from

A

打

dǎ

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to flip
to translate
search through
change one’s attitude
to reprint
go over (a hill)

A

翻

fān

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knock over

A

打翻

dǎ fān

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to help
clique, group

A

帮

bāng

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be busy

A

忙

máng

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to help

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帮忙

bāng-máng

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wipe a little

A

擦一下

cā yī-xià

Q

ai (a sigh)
“Alas! That’s too bad”

A

唉

aì

Q

(colloquial) to look, see

A

瞧

qiáo

Q

chair

A

椅

yǐ

Q

child
first of the twelve “earthly branches” (used in enumerations and to name 2-hour periods of the day)

A

子

zǐ

Q

chair

A

椅子

yǐ-zi

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to do
to handle
to make
to play with, fool with

A

弄

nòng

Q

be wet

A

湿

shī

Q

to wet
get wet

A

弄湿

nòng shī

Q

negates 有 and other verbs

A

没

méi

Q

affair, event

A

事

shì

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it’s nothing

A

没事儿

méi-shì-r

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don’t worry
don’t take it to heart

A

别放在心上

Bié fàng zài-xīn shàng

Q

hold it

A

拿着

ná-zhe

Q

to permit
to promise
perhaps
family name

A

许

xǔ

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plenty
many things
a lot of

A

许多

xǔ-duō

Q

a classifier for vehicles

A

一辆

yī-liàng

Q

to calculate
to reckon
stratagem, plan
family name

A

计

jì

Q

a regulation
procedure
journey, stage of a journey
distance
family name

A

程

chéng

Q

car
family name

A

车

chē

Q

taxi

A

计程车

jì-chéng-chē

Q

few

A

些

xiē

Q

some
a quantity

A

一些

yī-xiē

Q

to waste
expense, fee
family name

A

费

fèi

Q

troublesome
bothersome

A

费事儿

fèi-shì-r

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idea, opinion, motive

A

意

yì

Q

feel uneasy
feel apologetic

A

不过意

bù-guò yì

Q

call a taxi

A

叫车

jiào chē

Q

don’t mention it
it’s nothing at all

A

哪儿的话

Nǎ-r de-huà

Q

a particle after a verb, meaning “a bit”, “a little”, “a while”

A

一下

yī-xià