Eighth 100 characters and vocabulary

鋪

(PŪ) to spread

鋪子

store, shop

鋪長

extravagant

官

(GUĀN) mandarin, organ of the body

官話

the Mandarin language

官方

governmental, official

五官

the five organs (ears, eyes, lips, nose, tongue)

館

(GUAN) public building, public accomodation

飯館

restaurant

下館子

eat in a restaurant

天文館

planetarium

天文

astronomy

尼

(NÍ) nun

呢

(NE) a grammatical particle

呢

(NÍ) wool-stuff

我呢

What about me?

呢大衣

wool overcoat

所

(SUO) place, which?, what?

所以

therefore

交易所

stock exchange

車

(CHE) car, car rad.

車房

garage

車夫

chaffeur

客車

passenger train, bus

汽

(QÌ) gas, steam

汽車

automobile

汽水

carbonated drink, soda water

火

(HUO) fire, fire rad.

火車

train

火山

volcano

船

(CHUÁN) boat

下船

to disembark

船長

captain, master of the ship

飛

(FEI) to fly, fly rad.

幾

(JI) a few, several, how many

幾個人

a few people, several people, how many people?

幾點了

What time is it?

幾年

a few years, several years, how many years?

機

(JĪ) machine, mechanism, crucial point, opportunity, be quick-witted

行

(XÍNG) to go, to do, to perform, go rad.

行

(HÁNG) business firm

飛機

airplane

機會

opportunity

圭

(GUĪ) jade tablets or jade batons used as symbols of authority

圭錶

old Chinese sundial

街

(JIE) a street

唐人街

Chinatown

大街

boulevard

定

(DÌNG) to settle (a matter)

一定

certainly

定錢

money on deposit

定報

to subscribe to a newspaper

定親

marriage engagement (arranged by parents)

怎

(ZEN) how? why?

怎麼

How? Why?

不怎麼

not very

從

(CÓNG) to follow, from

從三點鐘

since 3 o'clock

從小

from childhood

回

(HUÍ) to return, time, occurrence, Muslim

回家

to go home

不回

next time

到

(DÀO) to arrive at, verb-ending indicating the succesful completion of an action of the verb

到了

... has arrived

看到

to see

想不到

unexpected, cannot think of

坐

(ZUÒ) to sit down, to travel by

坐下

to sit down

坐船

to travel by boat

坐飛機

to travel by plane

來

(LÁI) to come

下來

to come down

未來

the future

去

(QÙ) to go, to cause to, get rid of

下去

to come down

說來說去

to say over and over

去火

(traditional medicine term) to reduce internal heat

站

(ZHÀN) stand, to stand

火車站

train station

汽車站

bus station

站長

stationmaster

走

(ZOU) to walk, walk rad.

他走了

He left.

走吧

I suggest we leave. Let's go! Let's get out of here!

起

(QI) to rise, to raise

站起來

to stand up

起飛

to take off (airplane)

昨

(ZUÓ) yesterday

昨天

yesterday

旦

(DÀN) dawn

元旦

New Year's Day

早

(ZAO) be early, long ago, good morning!

早飯

breakfast

早就

long ago

早上

early morning

免

(MIAN) to escape

免稅

to be exempt from taxes

免得

to save (from convenience), to avoid

晩

(WAN) be late, evening

晩飯

supper