Midterm Clark Chinese Compiled Vocabulary

饮食差异

yǐn shí chā yì - dietary differences

方面

fāng miàn - aspect

温度

wēn dù - temperature

冷水

lěng shuǐ - cold water

饮料

yǐn liào - beverage

习惯

xí guàn - habit; accustomed to

文化

wén huà - culture

温水

wēn shuǐ - room temperature wate

热水

rè shuǐ - hot water

凉水

liáng shuǐ - cool water

冰块

bīng kuài - ice cubes

舒服

shū fu - comfortable; feels good

一般来说

yì bān lái shuō - generally speaking

所有的

suǒ yǒu de - all

分餐制

fēn cān zhì - eating individual food

合餐制

hé cān zhì - everyone eating the same food

好处

hǎo chù - pro; positive aspect

坏处

huài chu - con; negative aspect

卫生

wèi shēng - sanitary

身体

shēn tǐ - body

买单

mǎi dān - pay the bill

请客

qǐng kè - treat someone to a meal

AA

each person pays their own bill

请...吃饭

qǐng...chī fàn - treat (a person) to a meal

客气

kè qì - polite

方便

fāng biàn - convenient

抢买单

qiǎng mǎi dān - argue over paying the bill

来

lái - to come

已经

yǐ jīng - already

月

yuè - month

件

jiàn - measure word for 事情

事情

shì qing - thing, matter, affair

水平

shuǐ píng - level of ability

上课

shàng kè - to go to class

快

kuài - fast, quick

说话

shuō huà - to talk

有时候

yǒu shí hou - sometimes

以为...其实...

yǐ wéi...qí shí... - ...thought (incorrectly)..., actually..

没听懂

听不懂

méi tīng dǒng - didn't understand (by listening)

tīng bù dǒng - can't understand (by listening)

听懂了

听得懂

tīng dǒng le - understood (by listening)

tīng de dǒng - can understand (by listening)

用

yòng - to use

刀叉

dāo chā - knife and fork

怎么

zěn me - how？

刀子

dāo zi - knife

叉子

chā zi - fork

拿

ná - to take，to hold

教

jiāo - to teach

右

yòu - right

左

zuǒ - left

切

qiē - to cut (with a knife)

完

wán - complete, to finish

放下

fàng xià - put down

再

zài - again

容易

róng yì - easy

难

nán - difficult

闹笑话

nào xiàohuà - to make a fool of oneself

Verb+过 guò +object

to have the experience of doing something

次

cì - times; instances

跳

tiào - to jump

掉

diào - to drop / to fall

旁边

páng biān - side; next to

杯子

bēi zi - cup, glass

砍价

kǎn jià - to bargain

讲价

jiǎng jià - to haggle, bargain

杀价

shā jià - bargain the price down

讨价还价

tǎo jià huán jià - bargaining; haggling over price

买家

mǎi jiā - buyer

价格

jià gé - price

地方

dì fāng - place, area

商场

shāng chǎng - shopping mal

超市

chāo shì - supermarket

按照标明的价格来购买

àn zhào biāo míng de jià gé lái gòu mǎi - Buying something at the stated price (no bargaining)

商家

shāng jiā - business/store/shop

为了

wèi le - in order to, for the sake of

赚钱

zhuàn qián - to make money

吃亏

chī kuī - to take a lose

花钱

huā qián - to spend money

商品

shāng pǐn - merchandise

低

dī - low (as in low price)

高

gāo - high (as in high price)