Intermediate Course Glossary

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Intermediate Course GlossaryChinese CharactersPinyinEnglish儿话音 萬一万/一萬十万/十萬美女ér huà yīnyì bǎi wànyì qiān wànyí wànshí wànměi nǚ“R” sounds1 million10 million10,000100,000a beauty / beautiful girlsān wǔ gejǐ geduō yì diǎnduō diǎnduō diǎn(r)duō yì diǎn(r)a fewa few / severala little morea little morea little morea little morezuǒ yòuchà bù duōxí guànxiǎng hǎoyǎnjí xìng bìngabout or approximately (lit.) left rightabout or approximately (lit.)off by not muchaccustomed / used to somethingachieve the result of thinkingactacute illness (lit.) urgent natured illnesslìng wàichēng hūshìshì(r)shì qínghūn hòujié hūn yǐ hòuadditionally / in additionaddress someoneaffair / matter / thingaffair / matter / thingaffair / matter / thingafter marriage / after getting marriedafter marriage / after getting marriedtóng yìkōng qìjī chǎngfēi jī chǎngjī chǎng dà bāyì tiān dào wǎnagreeairairportairportairport big bus or airport shuttleall day long (the entirce day) (lit.) one whole dayyì zhěng tiānluàn luàn dedòng bú dòngyǔn xǔzǒng shìliǎo bù qǐall day long (the entirce day) (lit.) one whole dayall messyall the time / alwaysallow / permitalwaysamazing / extraordinary / awesomean old fashioned, literary way of saying thepossessive “de”三五个 / 性病另外称呼 / 稱呼事事儿/事兒事情婚后结婚以后 / 結婚以后同意空气 / 空氣机场 / 機場飞机场 / 整天乱乱的 / 亂亂的动不动 / 動不動允许 / 允許总是 / 總是了不起之zhī

而且 / 和所以ér qiě / héand / furthermore / and what’s moresuǒ yǐand so然后rán hòuand then然后再rán hòu zàiand then心烦 / 心煩方便 (do sth)xīn fánannoyed / feel annoyed (lit.) heart annoyedto fāng biàn (do sth)appropriate to do something大约 /大約dà yuēapproximately, around or aboutdà gàiapproximately, around or aboutān páiarrange / make arrangementsdàoarrive迟到/ 遲到chí dàoarrive late只要是/隻要是zhǐ yào shìas long aszhǐ yào jiùas long as then qǔ kuǎn jīATM (lit.) withdraw money machinemiǎnavoid / removejī běnbasic / basically符合fú hébe in accordance with / to conform to讲/講jiǎngbe particular about / to emphasize大概安排到只要 就 /隻要 就 取款机 / 取款機免基本海边(儿) / 海邊(兒)hǎi biān(r)beach (lit. the side of the sea)优美 / 優美yōu měibeautiful / graceful / huài gē měi nǚbeautiful people / the young and glamorous crowdbiàn debecome后边 / 后邊hòu biānbehindběi jīng qiāngBeijing accentchú lebesideschú le . zhī wàibesideschú le . yǐ wàibesideszài shuōzuì hǎobesides / plusbest / ideally / preferablychǎngbig open spacesshēngbirthkǔbitterchuīblowchuī fēng jīblow drier (lit.) blow wind machineshēn cáibody / figureyòu yòu both and 既 又 jì yòu both and 碗wǎnbowlnán shēngboys / guysyīng bàngBritish poundzhēn zhū nǎi chábubble tea / pearl milk tea北京腔除了除了 之外除了 / 吹風機身材又 又 男生英镑/英鎊珍珠奶茶

巴士站bā shì zhànbus stop or bus stationshēng yìbusinessshēng yì rénbusiness persondàn shìbut or however不過 /不过bú guòbut or however叫上jiào shàngcall up加拿大国庆节/加拿大國慶節jiā ná dà guó qìng jiéCanadian Independence Day生意生意人但是能干néng gàncapable (lit.) can do事业/事業shì yècareer庆祝/慶祝qìng zhùcelebrate挑战/挑戰tiǎo zhànchallenge有挑战性/有挑戰性yǒu tiǎo zhàn xìngchallenging (lit.) has challenge nature变/變biànchange赶/趕gǎnchase / try to catch赶时间/趕時間gǎn shí jiānchasing time and trying to catch itpiàncheat / lie中药 / 中藥zhōng yàoChinese medication中医 / 中醫zhōng yīChinese medicinewǔ xiūChinese noon nap timezhōng guó rén de guān niànChinese people’s mentalityxuǎn zéchoose / choice骗/騙午休中国人的观念 / 中國人的觀念选择 /選擇圣诞节/聖誕節shèng dàn jiéChristmas (lit.) holy birth day慢性病màn xìng bìngchronic disease城市chéng shìcity古典音乐 / 古典音樂gǔ diǎn yīn yuèclassical musicgān jìngcleanqīng chuclear (something is clear to me)干净 / 干淨清楚近jìnclose or nearby外套wài tàocoat义气 / 義氣yì qìcode of loyalty “brotherhood”回来 / 回來huí laicome back过来/過來guò láicome over比较/比較bǐ jiàocompare / fairly / pretty跟比起来 / 跟 比起來完gēnbǐ qǐ láicompared towáncomplete / finish条件 / 條件tiáo jiànconditions拥堵 /擁堵yōng dǔcongesteddǔ (more common)congested继续/繼續jì xùcontinue方便fāng biànconvenient / handy饼/餅凉快bǐngcookies / crackers / pastries / pancakesliáng kuàicool ( jacket weather)堵

国家/國家乡村音乐 / 鄉村音樂乡村/ 鄉村哭文艺青年 / 文藝青年好好得彻底 / 好得徹底币/幣危险 / 危險敢阴/陰约会 / 約會耽误 / 耽誤得看guó jiācountryxiāng cūn yīn yuècountry musicxiāng cūncountrysidekūcrywén yì qīng niáncultured youth (lit.) literature and art youthhǎocurehǎo de chè dǐcure thoroughlybìcurrencywēi xiǎndangerous / dangergǎndareyīndarknessyuē huìdate / meetingdān wùdelay / hold upděi kàndepends on / have to see上进/上進shàng jìndesire for improvement (lit.) up and improve难记/難記nǎn jìdifficult to rememberqín láodiligent / hard workingzāngdirtytǎo yàndislike / loathe / be disgusted with / hate / annoyingdǎ rǎodisturb (lit.)tiào shuǐdive or divingkàn kan shūdo a little readingguàng guang jiēdo a little walking around / do a little shoppingzuò shēng yìdo businessshàng shàng wǎngdo some Internet surfing 上上网/上上網办事(儿) /辦事(兒)bàn shì(r)do things / handle your affairs不太bú tàidon’t really / not quite / not too长裙 / 長裙cháng qúndress (lit. long dress)饮/飲yǐndrinking饮食 / 飲食yǐn shídrinking and eatingyǒu shàng jìn xīndriven (lit.) have a upward moving heart有上进心/有上進心互相hù xiāngeach other挣钱/掙錢zhèng qiánearn money好hǎoeasyhǎo xuéeasy to learnhǎo jìeasy to rememberxìng gé suí héeasy-going personality饮食习惯 / 飲食習慣yǐn shí xí guàneating habits蛋dànegg鸡蛋饼 / 雞蛋餅jī dàn bǐngegg pancakeaeh or huh好学 /

情qíngemotion/ feeling感性gǎn xìngemotional讲义气 / 講義氣jiǎng yì qìemphasize loyalty to friendsgòuenough环境/環境huán jìngenvironment等děngequalpíng děngequal / equalitygū jìestimateōu yuánEuroōu zhōuEuropesuī rán. dàn shìeven though or althoughsuī rán. kě shìeven though or 元欧洲 /歐洲虽然 但是 / 雖然 但是 虽然 可是 / 雖然 可是 就(是)jiù shìexactly is出chūexit脸/臉liǎnfacegōng píngfairqiū tiānfall爱上/愛上ài shàngfall in love with someone远/遠yuǎnfar / far wayzuì xǐ huān defavoritegǎnfeelingsnǚ defemalexiào shùnfilial piety / respecting and obeying parentsxiānfirstdì yī cìfirst timexiān.rán hòu (zài).first and then 感女的孝顺 / 孝順先第一次先 然后(再) 花雾/霧wùfog大雾天 / 大霧天dà wù tiānfoggy days食shífood另一方面 lìng yì fāng miànfor another thing (lit.) other one side一方面 yì fāng miàn.for one thing (lit.) one side暂时/暫時zàn shí丢三落四diū sān là sì成语/成語chéng yǔfor the time beingforgetful / absent-minded (lit.) to forget three andleave behind fourfour character Chinese idiomatic expressionsì jì jiǔ diànFour seasons hotelzhōu wǔFriday礼拜五/禮拜五lǐ bài wǔ普通朋友pǔ tōng péng you从/從cóngFridayfriend who’s not particularly close to you / not aboyfriend / not a girlfriendfrom从A 到B / 從A 到Bcóng A dào Bfrom A to B四季酒店周五

资/資计较/計較zīfunds / moneyjì jiàofuss about游戏/游戲yóu xìgame会/會huìgathering of some sort大方dà fanggenerous结婚 / 結婚jié hūn / jiē hūnget marriedzhǔn bèiget ready or preparenǚ hái zigirlnǚ hái(r)girlnǚ shēngyoung woman / originally: school girlniáng niáng qiānggirly / effeminatechū guógo abroad (lit.) exit the countrychū guó shēn zàogo abroad to get an advanced degreechū qùgo out (lit.) out goshuài gēgood-looking guys准备/准備女孩子女孩儿 男孩儿/長得帥的男孩兒zhǎng de shuài de nán hái(r)鹅/鵝é鹅蛋脸/鵝蛋臉é dàn liǎngood-looking guysgoosegoose egg face (lit.)毕业/畢業bì yègraduate绿色 / 綠色lǜ sègreen男的nán deguys / men / people who are male嘻嘻xi xiha ha / tee hee斤斤计较/斤斤計較jīn jīn jì jiàohaggle over every ouncetóu fahair (on your head)最讨厌/最討厭zuì tǎo yànhate the most / most annoying了解liǎo jiěhave a good understanding of something / toknow something /someone well很有责任心/很有責任心hěn yǒu zé rèn xīn放假fàng jià有事业心/有事業心yǒu shì yè xīnhave a heart of responsibilityhave a holiday / go on vacation (lit.) release thevacationhave ambition / ambitious (lit.)have a career heart头发/頭發很客气 / 很客氣hěn kè qihave courteous habits头/頭tóuhead心xīnheart / minddà wùheavy fog节/節jiéholiday节日/節日jié rìholiday好莱坞 / 好萊塢hǎo lái wūHollywood家乡/家鄉jiā xiānghometownlǎo jiāhometown (lit.) old home大雾 / 大霧老家

诚实/誠實chéng shíhonest希望xī wànghope马/馬mǎhorseyōu mòhumor / humorousshānghurt / injure / woundshāng gǎn qínghurt someone’s feelingslǎo gonghusband幽默伤/傷伤感情 / 傷感情老公热闹/熱鬧rè nàohustle and bustle / hype (lit.) hot noise谈不上 / 談不上tán bú shàngI cannot say 祝你zhù nǐI wish youbīng jī língice creamhuá bīngice-skating (lit.) sliding on ice冰激凌滑冰要是yào shìif 的话 / 的話.de huàif 要是 (的话) / 要是 (的話)yào shì.(de huà)if 如果 (的话) / 如果 (的話)rú guǒ.(de huà)if jí xìng ziimpatient / in a hurry / want things done nowméi (yǒu) lǐ màoimpolite急性子没(有)礼貌 / 沒(有)禮貌印象yìn xiàngimpression到处 / 到處dào chùin all places / everywhere到处都 / 到處都dào chù dōuin all places / everywhereqián biān前边 / 前邊要(是)我看yào (shì) wǒ kàn收入shōu rùin front ofin my opinion / if I’m going to state my view, itis (lit.) if I view itincomedú lì rìIndependence Day独立/獨立dú lìindependent / independence影响 / 影響yǐng xiǎnginfluence / to influence / to āng biàn miàn打交道dǎ jiāo dàoinstant noodles / ramen noodles (lit.) convenientnoodlesinteract / deal with内向nèi xiàngintroverted / shy投资/投資tóu zīinvest (lit.) to put in moneyfánirritating / annoyinghǎo xiàngit seems like zuì hǎoit would be best if / had betterhái shìit would be best if / had betterzuì hǎo hái shìit would be best if / had betterbǐ jiào hǎoit’s better / it’s bestjiù (shì)it’s just like jué shì (yīn) yuèjazztiàojump烦 /煩好像最好还是 / 還是最好还是 / 最好還是比较好 / 比較好就(是)爵士(音)乐 / 爵士(音)樂跳

跳绳(儿)/跳繩(兒)tiào shéng(r)jumping rope六一liù yīJune First (lit.) six one / Children’s Day六月一号/六月一號liù yuè yī hàoJune First / Children’s Dayér tóng jiéJune First / Children’s Day还行 / 還行hái xíngjust okay / not bad / pretty good陪péikeep someone accompany /accompany someoneto do something一直yì zhíkeep straight on小朋友xiǎo péng youkids (lit.) little friend儿童节/兒童節姓xìnglast named as (verb) / last name (noun)上次shàng cìlast time迟chílate / delayed靠kàolean against学好 / 學好xué hǎolearn well落làleave something behind左边 / 左邊zuǒ biānleftpínglevel (as in “flat” )tú shū guǎn lǐ yuánlibrariantú shū guǎnlibraryshēng huólifeqīnglight (weight)yánglight / sun轻松/輕鬆qīng sōnglight and xiàng shén me yí yànglike (something )生活条件 / 生活條件shēng huó tiáo jiànliving conditions生活习惯 / 生活習慣shēng huó xí guànliving habitsběn dìlocal (lit.) this placeběn dì rénlocal / person from this placelún 伦敦 / 倫敦长寿cháng shòulong life长寿面 / 長壽面cháng shòu miànlongevity noodles看kànlook / depend on主要看zhǔ yào kànlook / depend onzhào gùlook after / take care ofzhǎolook forsōnglooseluò shān jīLos Angelesdiūlosefā pí qìlose temperài qíngloveyí jiàn zhōng qínglove at first sight照顾 / 照顧找松/鬆洛杉矶 / 洛杉磯丢发脾气/發脾氣爱情 / 愛情一见钟情/一見鐘情

情人qíng rénlovers / couples有爱心/有愛心yǒu ài xīnloving不花心bù huā xīnloyal / committednǚ shìmadamzhǔ yàomain / major / mainly / primarilyduō shùmajority (lit.)most numbershì chǎngmarkethūnmarriageqǐng wènmay I ask (lit.) please ask fènmeasure word for job本běnmeasure word for books / my own / this顿/頓dùnmeasure word for fàn, “meal”场/場chǎngmeasure word for moviesjiànmeasure word for shì, “matter”女士主要多数 / 多數市场 / 市場婚请问 / 請問份件句jù药/藥yàomeasure word for the Chinese word huà, “word ortalk”medication / drugs旋律xuán lǜmelodyguāmelon / squashguā zǐmelon seeds记性 / 記性jì xìngmemory观念 / 觀念guān niànmentality / way of thinking and viewing thingsluànmessyzhōng qiū jiéMid-Autumn Festivalxiǎo bìngminor sicknessshǎo shùminorityxiǎo jiěmissxiǎo sānmistress (lit.) little three瓜瓜子乱/亂中秋节 / 中秋節小病少数 / 少數小姐小三模特mó tèmodel娘niángmom周一zhōu yīMondaylǐ bài yīMondayxīn qíngmood (lit. heart /月餅yuè bǐngmoon cake更gèngmore adj. / even more adj.最zuìmost最喜欢/最喜歡zuì xǐ huānmost like婆婆pó pomother-in-law肌肉jī ròumusclejīmuscle / fleshjiā lǐmy house / my homepó po mā mānagging / overly sensitive肌家里 / 家裡婆婆妈妈 /婆婆媽媽

国庆节/國慶節guó qìng jiéNational Day (lit.) country celebrate festival性xìngnature of something附近fù jìnnearby慢性子màn xìng zinever in a hurry /never rushes纽约 / 紐約niǔ yuēNew York下次xià cìnext time善良shàn liángnice / kind / has a good heartbí zinoseyì diǎn dōu bùnot不错/不錯bú cuònot bad (pretty good)一点不 / 一點不yì diǎn bùnot even a littleyì diǎn (dōu) bùnot even a littleyì diǎn (yě) bùnot even a littlebú dàn.ér qiě.not only but also 不怎么 adj. / 不怎麼 adj.bù zěn me adj.not really adj.调理 / 調理tiáo lǐnurse one’s impaired health / recuperatehǎiocean / seashí yīOctober First (lit.) ten one / National Day for Chinashí yuè yī hàoOctober First / National Day for Chinazhōng guó guó qìng jiéOctober First / National Day for China鼻子一点都不/ 一點都不一点都不 / 一點都不一点也不 / 一點也不不但 而且 /中國國慶節当然 / 當然at all (lit.) a little all notdāng ránof course / certainly贵/貴guìof high rank, expensive公司gōng sīofficejīng chángoften常常 / 常常cháng chángoften那 你 nà.nǐoh so thenlǎooldzì jǐon my own or by myself经常 / 經常老自己一个人/一個人yí ge rénon my own or by myself自己一个人/自己一個人zì jǐ yí ge rénon my own or by myself路上lù shàngon the road / on the way只/隻zhǐonlydúonly or alonekāi fàngopen / forward-thinking独/獨开放 / 開放意见 / 意見yì jiànopinion什么的/什麼的shén me de普通pǔ tōng本来 /本來běn láior somethingordinary /common / average / not special / nothingspecialoriginally / by nature其他qí tāotherlìngother / another另

开朗/開朗kāi lǎngoutgoing / extrovertedwài xiàngoutgoing / extrovertedxìng gé kāi lǎngoutgoing personalityzhī wàioutside of somethingwài dì rénoutsider or someone from out of townguā zǐ liǎnoval-shaped faceliú xué shēngoverseas student / international studentfù mǔparents / dad and mom / mom and dad /bà māparents / dad and mom / mom and dad /bà bà mā māparents / dad and mom / mom and dad /jiā zhǎngparents (in general)被bèipassive marker病人bìng rénpatient (lit. sick person)珍珠zhēn zhūpearls负责人/負責人fù zé rénperson who takes responsibility个人 / 個人gè rénpersonal / individual个人隐私 / 個人隱私gè rén yǐn sīpersonal privacy个人空间 / 個人空間gè rén kōng jiānpersonal 爸妈 / 爸媽爸爸妈妈 / 爸爸媽媽家长 / 家長性格xìng gépersonality药店 / 藥店yào diànpharmacy / drug store开心果 / 開心果kāi xīn guǒpistachio地dìplace (lit.) ground earth放fàngplace / put / play准备/准備zhǔn bèiplan to do somethingdǎ suànplan to do somethingchàpoor / inferior / not up to standard / pretty badliú xíng yīn yuèpop music打算差流行音乐 / 流行音樂流行liú xíngpopular镑bàngpound挺 adjective 的tǐng (adjective) depretty (adjective)guǎng chǎngpublic squareshēn zàozhuī qiúpursue advanced studiespursuit / to pursue广场 / 廣場深造追求投tóuput in安静/安靜ān jìngquiet / peaceful / silent下雨天xià yǔ tiānrainy day / rainy weathershuō chàng yīn yuèrap (lit.) speak sing musiclǐ xìngrationalzhēn shírealdǒng de shēng huóreally live the life and enjoy it说唱音乐 / 說唱音樂理性真实 / 真實懂得生活

关系 / 關系guān xìrelationship / connectionkào pǔreliablekě kàoreliable (lit.) can be leaned uponbàngrely on傍大款bàng dà kuǎnrely on moneybags记(住)/記(住)jì (zhù)remember孝顺的/ 孝順的xiào shun derespecting and obeying责任/責任zé rènresponsibility饭店 / 飯店fàn diànrestaurant餐厅 / 餐廳cān tīngrestaurantfàn guǎnrestaurantcān guǎnrestaurant靠谱/靠譜可靠傍饭馆 / 飯館餐馆 / 餐館团圆饭 / 團圓飯tuán yuán fànreunion meal右边 / 右邊yòu biānright路lùroad摇滚 / 搖滾yáo gǔnrock and rollyáo gǔn (yīn) yuèrock éng zirope售shòusales销售/銷售xiāo shòusales摇滚(音)乐 / 搖滾(音)樂同tóngsame过瘾 / 過癮guò yǐnsatisfying / enjoy oneself to the fullest周六zhōu liùSaturdaylǐ bài liùSaturday礼拜六/禮拜六救命jiù mìngsave me (lit. save life)救人jiù rénsave people / save lives说说 / 說說shuō shuōsay a little / speak a little bitshuō yí xiàsay a little / speak a little bit季节 / 季節jì jiéseason季jìseason自己zì jǐself / by yourself很独立hěn dú lìself-reliant说一下 / 說一下售票员/售票員shòu piào yuánsell ticket staff (lit.)幽默感yōu mò gǎnsense of humor放fangset free or release期qīset period of timeyuēset timejǐ jùseveral sentences约/約几句 / 幾句大病dà bìngsevere illness上海shàng hǎiShanghai商场 / 商場shāng chǎngshopping mall

就(是)jiù shìsimple or just简单地 / 簡單地jiǎn dān desimply唱卡拉OKchàng kǎ lā OKsing karaokechàng KTVsing karaoke唱K歌chàng K gēsing karaoke (lit.) sing K songs单/單dānsingle唱KTV情况 / 情況qíng kuàngsituation滑板huá bǎnskateboarding (lit.) sliding on the board滑雪huá xuěskiing (lit.) sliding on snowpí fūskinqún ziskirtduǎn qúnskirt (lit. short dress)皮肤/皮膚裙子 / 裙子短裙 / 短裙滑huáslip / slide雪xuěsnow下雪天xià xuě tiānsnowy weatherzhè meso / such那么 / 那麼nà me大款dà kuǎn才cáiso / suchsomebody who has a lot of money (moneybags) (lit.)big moneysomething doesn’t / didn’t happen until some time /something only happens during a specific time歌词 / 歌詞gē císong lyrics (lit.) song wordszǐ nǚsons and daughtersbù hǎo yì sisorrybào qiànsorry难听/難聽nǎn tīngsounds bad好听/好聽hǎo tīng过/過guòAA制AA zhìsounds beautiful (lit.) good listenspend (spend time / pass the time) / been there,done thatsplit the bill对方/對方duì fāngspouse / significant otherchūn tiānspringchūn jiéSpring Festival / Chinese New Yearxǐ huān shàngstart liking someonedāistaytōustealxiǎo qìstingy / cheapzhànstop or stationJiēstreetqiáng zhuàngstrong固执 / 固執gù zhístubborn家长会 / 家長會jiā zhǎng huìstudents’ parents meetingliú xuéstudy abroadchū guó liú xuéstudy abroad这么 / 壮 / 强壮留学/留學出国留学/出國留學

念书/念書niàn shū读书/讀書dú shū闷/悶mēnstudying / going to school / be a full-time student (lit.)read books out loudstudying / going to school / be a full-time student (lit.)read books out loudstuffy / stiflingdì tiě zhànsubway stationchéng gōngsuccess, successful / to succeedyì jiàn xiāngsuggestion box (lit.) opinion boxshì hésuitable forkuǎnsum of moneyxià tiānsummertài yángsun晒shàisun shining on晒太阳 / 晒太陽shài tài yángsunbathe礼拜天/禮拜天lǐ bài tiānSunday礼拜日/禮拜日lǐ bài rìSundayzhōu rìSundaychāosuperdà tài yáng tiān(r)super sunny day / bright sunny daychāo rénsupermanwēn róu xián huìsweet and virtuousyóu yǒngswimmingtóng qíng xīnsympathetic/compassionate hearttóng qíngsympathy (lit.) same feeling or emotiontài jítai-chi太极拳 / 太極拳tài jí quántai-chi坐车 / 坐車zuò chētake a car / a bus / a taxi带孩子/ 帶孩子dài hái zitake care of kids见效 / 見效jiàn xiàotake effect / produce the desired result负责任fù zé rèntake responsibility才cáitalent / ability有才yǒu cáitalentedzuì gāotallestjiāoteachpí qìtemperament临时 / 臨時那个/那個那种/那種lín shítemporary / temporarily / sth. came up last-minutenà gethat (one)nèi zhǒngthat type who宝马/寶馬外滩 / 外灘bǎo mǎthe automobile brand BMW (lit.) precious housethe Bund毕业生/畢業生wài tānbì yè shēngThe graduaterén mínthe peoplezhè xiēthese地铁站/地鐵站成功意见箱 / 意見箱适合/適合款夏天太阳 / 太陽周日超大太阳天(儿) / 大太陽天(兒)超人温柔贤惠 /溫柔賢惠游泳同情心同情太极 /

小偷这个/這個xiǎo tōuthief (lit.) little stealzhè gethis (one)那些nà xiēN次N cì周四zhōu sìthosethousand / million times (Ch. slang) huge number oftimesThursdaylǐ bài sìThursday礼拜四/禮拜四天安门广场 / 天安門廣場tiān ān mén guǎng chǎngTiananmen Square结/結jiétie时间/時間shí jiāntime尽情地 / 盡情地duì (somebody) lái shuōjìn qíng deto (someboy) / as far as (somebody) is concernedto your heart’s content / as much as you want腔qiāngtone of voice / accent娇气 / 嬌氣jiāo qìtoo delicate / too weak (physically / mentally)对(somebody) 来说 / 對(somebody) 來說向xiàngtoward交通jiāo tōngtraffic堵车/堵車dǔ chētraffic jam (lit.) congestion of carslǚ yóutravel / travel in a touristy waylǚ xíngtravel / travel in a touristy waybǎotreasure or preciousqǐng kètreat (meal)旅游旅行宝/寶请客 / 請客治病zhì bìngtreat illness试/試shìtry周二zhōu èrTuesdaylǐ bài èrTuesdayniǔtwistlèi xíngtype / category / genre种/種zhǒngtype / kind一种快乐/一種快樂yì zhǒng kuài lètype of happinessměi guó guó qìng jiéU.S. Independence Daynán kànuglybù shū fuuncomfortablehuā xīnunfaithful / non-committal (lit.) flower heartjīnunit of weight (around 500 grams)礼拜二/禮拜二扭类型 / 美元一般通常tè biéunusually /uncommonly /extraordinary /especially /super / specialchéng shì shēng huóurban life / city livingjíurgentměi yuánUSD / American dollarsyì bānusuallytōng chángusually

平时/平時píng shíusually假jiàvacation假期jià qīvacation / holidayqíng rén jiéValentine’s Day温哥华 / 溫哥華wēn gē huáVancouver热情/熱情rè qíngvery friendly (lit.) hot feeling大风/大風dà fēngvery windy / high winds情人节/情人節看待kàn dàiview /look upon贤惠/賢惠xián huìvirtuous声音 / 聲音shēng yīnvoiceqián bāowallet (lit.) money bag逛guàngwander or walk around暖和 / 暖和nuǎn huowarmchuānwear / put on (put on your shoes)zhōu sānWednesdaylǐ bài sānWednesdaylǐ bàiweekxī yàoWestern medicationxī yīWestern 三礼拜 /禮拜西药 / 西藥西医 / 西醫还/還háiwhat else什么样的/什麼樣的shén me yàng dewhat kind哪些nǎ xiēwhich (plural)quánwhole / entire全国 / 全國quán guówhole country全家quán jiāwhole familyquán shì jièwhole worldlǎo pówife全全世界老婆愿意 / 願意yuàn yìwilling风/風fēngwind大风天 / 大風天dà fēng tiānwindy daydōng tiānwintergēnwithqǔwithdraw / collectdān wèiwork hái bú suànwouldn’t consider or don’t suppose骂/罵màyell at someone阴阳 / 陰陽yīn yángyin yang / yin and yangnián qīngyoungnián qīng rényoung peopleqīng niányouth (lit.) year lightnán chīyucky, very bad tasting年轻/年輕年轻人 / 年輕人青年难吃/難吃

逛逛街 guàng guang jiē do a little walking around / do a little shopping 做生意 zuò shēng yì do business 上上网/上上網 shàng shàng wǎng do some Internet surfing stuff 办事(儿) /辦事(兒) bàn shì(r) do things / handle