Volume 2 Part 2 Flashcards by Marie Gagnon

n. (one) hundred

百

Bǎi

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M.W. used with a title to show respect or social formality

位

Wèi

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n. reading room

阅览 (閱覽) 室

Yuèlǎn shì

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n. (duration of or point of) time

时候

Shíhòu

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adv. really, truly

真

Zhēn

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M.W. a set (of clothes, books, etc.)

套

Tào

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M.W. used when discussing books or magazines

本

Běn

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adj. nice-looking

好看

Hǎokàn

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M.W. used with papers, newspapers, magazines, books, etc

张 (張)

Zhāng

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v. to read, to read aloud

读 (讀)

Dú

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adv. quick, fast

快

Kuài

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v. to be axious (about)

急

Jí

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to feel anxious, to worry

着急 (著急)

Zhāojí

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conj. because

因为

Yīnwèi

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both mean extremely or exceedingly

极了 - Jíle

死了 - sǐle

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adj. admirable

了不起

Liǎobùqǐ

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v phr. to show off, (lit) to show one’s hand

露一手

Lòuyīshǒu

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n. department chair

系主任

Xì zhǔrèn

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n. department secretary

系秘书

Xì mìshū

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n. Chinese-English dictionary

汉英词典

Hàn yīng cídiǎn

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n. lesson text, text

课文

Kèwén

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n. humanities (as a subject/major)

文科

Wénkē

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n. science (as a subject/major)

理科

Lǐkē

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n. engineering (as a subject/major)

工科

Gōngkē

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n. graduate student(s)

研究生

Yánjiūshēng

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n. underagraduate student(s)

本科生

Běnkē shēng

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v. to put on; to wear (clothes); to pass (through); (lit.) to pierce through

穿

Chuān

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n. casual clothing

休闲装 (閒裝)

Xiūxián zhuāng

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n. music center

音乐中心

Yīnyuè zhōngxīn

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v. to hear, to listen

听 (聽)

Tīng

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n. concert

音乐会 (樂會)

Yīnyuè huì

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v. to want (something)

要

Yào

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adj. formal

正式

Zhèngshì

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n. clothing, costume

服装

Fúzhuāng

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n. suit

西服

Xīfú

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adj. deep; dark-colored

深

Shēn

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n. color

颜色

Yánsè

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adj. shallow: light-colored

浅 (淺)

Qiǎn

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M.W. used wehn discussing certain pieces (of clothing, etc) or other items

件

Jiàn

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n. clothing, garment

衣服

Yīfú

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n. shirt, blouse (usually with a collar)

衬 (襯) 衫

Chènshān

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v. to match

配

Pèi

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M.W. used when describing things which are long and/or flowing (e.g. rivers, skirts, etc.)

条 (條)

Tiáo

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n. pants; trousers

裤子

Kùzi

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n. skirt, dress

裙子

Qúnzi

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adj. black

黑

Hēi

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adj. blue

蓝

Lán

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adj. old; worn; used; secondhand

旧 (舊)

Jiù

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n. style; form, shape

样式

Yàngshì

adj. new

新

Xīn

pron. each, every

每

Měi

v. to put on; to wear (assessories such as glasses, hat, watch, etc.)

戴

Dài

M.W. used when describing hats or caps

顶

Dǐng

n. hat, cap

帽子

Màozi

adj. boring, uninteresting, bored, (lit) without energy

没劲 (勁)

Méijìng

phr. handsome, nice-looking (usually used to describe an attractive boy or man)

真帅 (帥)

Zhēn shuài

phr. phrase meaning “very energetic” or “sharp-looking”

真神奇

Zhēn shénqí

n. T-shirt

T恤衫

T xùshān

n. jeans

牛仔裤

Niúzǎikù

n. sweater

毛衣

Máoyī

n. overcoat

大衣

Dàyī

n. jacket

夹克

Jiákè

n. raincoat

雨衣

Yǔyī

`n. top (clothing)

上衣

Shàngyī

n. yellow

黄 (黃)

Huáng

adj. green

绿 (綠)

Lǜ

adj. brown

棕

Zōng

v. to talk

谈

Tán

n. girlfriend or boyfriend; literally, a “target” person (one who is targeted by another)

对象

Duìxiàng

v. to stare blankly

发呆

Fādāi

n. a worry or an anxiety; something on one’s mind

心事

Xīnshì

v. to plan
n. plan

计划 (計劃)

Jìhuà

n. skills

本事

Běnshì

v. to write

写 (寫)

Xiě

n. letter, mail

信

Xìn

prep. from

从 (從)

Cóng

n. thing(s) to do, affair(s), matter(s)

事

Shì

v. to return something to someone, to return somewhere

回

Huí

aux. to want to do something, to miss someone, to think that . . .

想

Xiǎng

n. hand

手

Shǒu

n. Chinese character

汉 (漢) 子

Hànzi

v. to send (a dispatch or an email)

发 (發)

Fā

n. email

电 (電) 子邮 (郵) 件

Diànzǐ yóujiàn

adj. simple

简单 (簡單)

Jiǎndān

v. to wish (in the sense of sending good wishes; different from 希望)

祝

Zhù

adj. easy

容易

Róngyì

v. to start, to begin

开始

Kāishǐ

n. company, firm, corporation

公司

Gōngsī

n. foreign language department

外语系

Wàiyǔ xì

n. magazine

杂志 (雜誌)

Zázhì

n. newspaper

报 (報) 纸

Bàozhǐ

prep. Why?

为什么 (為什麼)

Wèishéme

adv. always

总 (總) 是

Zǒng shì

n. family, home

家

Jiā

n. child

孩子

Háizi

n. spouse

爱 (愛) 人

Àirén

v. to tell someone something

告诉

Gàosù

v. obj. literally means “to write a letter (to someone).” It emphasizes the process of writing. When using this verb, it is implied that the resulting letter will be sent in the mail.

写 (寫) 信

Xiě xìn

v. obj. literally means “to (write a) return letter (to someone).”

回信

Huíxìn

他不常写信也不常回信。He doesn’t write or return letters very often.

v. obj. is used to indicate that a letter is being sent from the speaker to a specific location

去信

Qù xìn

我常常给我哥哥去信。I often write letters to my older brother.

v. is used to indicate that a letter has arrived at the speaker’s location from somewhere else.

来信

Láixìn

他也常常给我来信。 He often writes letters to me, too.

phr. translates to meaning

什么意思

Shénme yìsi

这个字是什么意思？ What does this word mean?

v. obj. to go home

回家

Huí jiā

v. to send regards (to someone)

问好

Wènhǎo

n. bank

银行

Yínháng

off duty, off work

下班

Xiàbān

n. family

家庭

Jiātíng

n. family (member)

家人

Jiārén

n. the size of one’s vocabulary, the number of words a person knows, the number of entries in a dictionary

词汇 (詞彙) 量

Cíhuì liàng

n. classroom

教室

Jiàoshì

adv. extraordinarily, unusually, extremely

非常

Fēicháng

adv. only

只

Zhǐ

n. a heavily-illustrated magazine; (lit) pictorial

画报 (畫報)

Huàbào

n. new vocabulary

生词

Shēngcí

n. sentence

句子

Jùzi

v. to check, to look up

查

Chá

n. dictionary

词典

Cídiǎn

to help out, to lend a hand, to do a favor

帮 (幫) 忙

Bāngmáng

v. to test, to experiment, to try

试

Shì

v. on duty, working

上班

Shàngbān