chinese vocab 1

切菜 / qiē cài

slice vegetables

燙傷 / tàng shāng (verb)

scald

遠行 / yuǎn xíng (noun)

go on a long journey

心急 / xīn jí (adjective)

anxious, hurried

刻舟求劍 / kè zhōu qiú jiàn (idiom)

act without regarding circumstances

兵器 / bīngqì (noun)

weapons

稻 / dào (noun)

rice

幼兒園 / yòu ér yuán (noun)

kindergarten

趕 / gǎn

catch up with

豐富多彩 / fēng fù duō cǎi (adjective)

rich and varied

流行 / liú xíng (adjective)

popular

交響樂 / jiāo xiǎng yuè (noun)

symphony

輛 / liàng

measure word for vehicles

課程 / kè chéng (noun)

course / class

測驗 / cè yàn (noun)

test

成績 / chéng jì (noun)

result, achievement

剛 / gāng (adjective)

barely

及格 / jí gé (verb)

to pass an exam

計算器 / jì suàn qì (noun)

calculator

區別 / qū bié (noun, verb)

difference

功能 / gōng néng (noun)

function

齊全 / qí quán (adjective)

complete

售貨員 / shòu huò yuán (noun)

salesperson

思考 - sī kǎo (verb)

to ponder

相處 - xiāng chǔ

/ get along (verb)

痛苦 - tòng kǔ /

pain, painful (noun, adj)

懊惱 - ào nǎo /

upset (adj)

團體 - tuán tǐ /

group, organization (noun)

生肖 - shēng xiào /

chinese zodiac

1. 香腸 - xiāng cháng /

1. sausage

1. 外賣 - wài mài /

1. take-out food

1. 雞翅 - jī chì /

1. cooked chicken wings

1. 剛好 - gāng hǎo /

1. exactly

1. 期待 - qī dài /

1. to await

1. 猜測 - cāi cè /

1. to guess

1. 茶點 - chá diǎn /

1. refreshments

1. 逛 - guàng /

1. to roam

1. 芹菜 - qín cài /

1. celery

1. 居住 - jū zhù /

1. to reside

1. 糕點 - gāo diǎn /

1. pastry

1. 開放日 - kāi fàng rì /

1. opening day

1. 熱鬧 - rè nào /

1. lively

1. / 日用品 / - rì yòng pǐn /

1. daily necessities

1. 章鱼 - zhāng yú /

1. octopus

1. 印度 - yìn dù /

1. india

1. 地區 - dì qū /

1. area, district

1. 氣候 - qì hòu /

1. climate

1. 影響 - yǐng xiǎng /

1. affect

1. 鹽 - yán /

1. salt

1. 沿海 - yán hǎi /

1. coastland

1. 鮮活 - xiān huó /

1. fresh (of food ingredients)

1. 清淡 - qīng dàn /

1. light flavor

1. 鮮美 - xiān měi /

1. tasty

手工藝品 - shǒu gōng yì pǐn /

handicrafts

臘月 - là yuè /

12th lunar month

大掃除 - dà sǎo chú /

spring cleaning

農曆 - nóng lì /

chinese lunar calendar

年貨 - nián huò /

new year's’ goods

吉利 - jí lì /

auspicious

元宵節 - yuán xiāo jié /

lantern festival

翻譯 - fān yì /

translate, translation

關係 - guān xì /

relation

1. 吸收 - xī shōu /

1. to absorb

1. 馬桶 - mǎ tǒng /

1. toilet

1. 衛 - wèi /

1. to protect

1. 裝修 - zhuāng xiū /

1. to renovate

1. 出租 - chū zū /

1. to rent

1. 結腸 - jié cháng /

1. colon

管教 - guǎn jiào /

to educate

青春期 - qīng chūn qī /

adolescence

寄宿學校 - jì sù xué xiào /

boarding school

資訊 - zīxùn /

inquiry

走讀學校 - zǒu dú xué xiào /

day school

1. 隨便 - suí biàn

1. / at random

1. 設計 - shè jì

1. / plan, to plan

1. 卡通 - kǎ tōng /

1. cartoon

1. 信件 - xìn jiàn

1. / letter (in the mail)

1. 程序 - chéng xù /

1. procedures

1. 通過 - tōng guò /

1. to pass through

1. 軟件 - ruǎn jiàn

1. / (computer) software

1. 封面 - fēng miàn

1. / cover (of a book)

1. 書籤 - shū qiān

1. / bookmark

設立 - shè lì /

to set up

展出 - zhǎn chū /

to exhibit

蠟像 - là xiàng

/ waxwork

夫人 - fū rén

/ lady

政治 - zhèng zhì /

politics