t4 chinese vocab

from the t4 booklet

社会

society; community

现象

phenomenon

不平等

unequal

挣钱

earn/make money (zhèng qián)

重男轻女

regarding men as superior to women

什么样

“what kind”

地位

position;status

哪些

which

变化

change; vary

女人

woman

女生

girl student; schoolgirl

女性

woman (female)

妇女

woman (fù nǚ)

妻子

wife

男主内，女主外

that husbands should be the ones working and wives should be doing housework

平等

equal

以前

before

问题

question; problem

那时候

at that time

上学

go to school

工作

work

家里

at home

做饭

cook

带孩子

look after children

特别是

especially; particularly

受教育

educated

提高

promote

一样

same

女

female

重男轻女

to value males and attach less importance to females (zhòng nán qīng nǚ)

重

heavy

轻

light

男女平等

gender equal

也

also

家庭

family; household

职业

occupation (zhí yè)

婚姻

marriage (hūn yīn)

男性

male

女性

female

兼顾

to balance

辞掉

to quit ones job; to dismiss an employee (cí diào)

薪水

salary (xīn shuǐ)

照顾

give consideration to

参与

participate in

担

undertake (dān)

责任

responsibility; duty (zé rèn)

同工同酬

equal pay for equal work

无论

regardless of (wú lùn)

互相

each other

丈夫；先生

husband

逐渐

gradually (zhú jiàn)

变化

change

受教育

educated (shòu jiào yù)

机会

opportunity

提升

to promote; upgrade

企业

company; enterprise (qǐyè)

事业单位

institution (shì yè dān wèi)

工厂

factory (gōng chǎng)

公司

company; firm

超过

to exceed (chāo guò)

模范

model; fine example (mó fàn)

太太

wife

一般

generally

抚养

foster; raise; bring up

分担家务

share responsibility for house duties

家庭中

in the household

出去

go out

照顾

take care

买菜

buy groceries

洗碗

wash dishes (xǐ wǎn)

洗衣服

do laundry

打扫屋子

sweep the room (dǎ sǎo wū zi)

教务孩子

educate the child (jiào wù hái zi)

开始

to begin (kāi shǐ)

进入

to enter; join; go into (jìn rù)

职场

workplace

家庭主妇

housewife

职业妇女

a woman’s occupation (?)

许多

many; a lot of; much (xǔ duō)

兼顾

to balance (career and family, family and education etc) (jiān gù)

事业

career; occupation

家庭

family

提升

to promote; to upgrade

选择

to select; to choose

平等化

to make equal

面临

to be confronted with (miàn lín)

挣扎

to struggle (zhēng zhá)

到底

finally; in the end (dào dǐ)

观念

thought; concept (guān niàn)

对于

with regards to (duì yú)

传统

tradition

做家务

to do housework

接送

pick up and drop off

孩子

child

打破

to break; to smash

思想

thought; idea

接受

to accept; to receive (jiē shòu)

改变

to change; alter; transform

积极

positive (outlook)

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