Lesson 6 Vocab (CHIN 1001)

dǎ diànhuà 打电话

to make a phone call

shǒu jī 手机

cellphone

wéi/wèi 喂

(on telephone) hello!, hey!

xùnxí 讯息

text message

diànyóu 电邮

email

xǐe 写

to write

fā 发

to send

gěi 给

give, to, for

yàoshi 要是

if

yào 要

will, be going to

jiù 就

precisely, exactly

wèi 位

measure word for people (occupation titles)

Nǐ shì nǎ wèi? (你是哪位？)

"Who are you?"

shàngwǔ 上午

morning

xiàwǔ 下去

afternoon

zhōngwǔ 中午

noon

wèntí 问题

question, problem

Wǒ yǒu yīgè wèntí (我有一个问题。)

"I have a question"

kāihuì 开会

to have a meeting

bàng gōng shì 办公室

office

kòng 空

free time

jié 节

measure word for class periods

kè 课

class

niánjí 年级

grade level in school

kǎoshì 考试

to give or take a test, test

bié 别

don't

xíng 行

all right, ok

kèqì 客气

polite

fāngbiàn 方便

convenient

dào 到

to go to, to arrive

děng 等

to wait for

yǐhòu 以后

after

yǐqián 以前

before

bāng 帮

to help

zhǔnbèi 准备

to prepare

jiànmiàn 见面

to meet up with

huílái 回来

to come back

liànxí 练习

to practice

shuō 说

to speak, to say

děi 得

must, to have to

gēn 根

with

dànshì 但是

but

xià ge 下个

next

tóng wū 同屋

roommate

liú huà 留话

leave a message

a 啊

particle of exclamation, interrogation

Wǒ shí diǎn yǐhòu shuìjiào (我十点以后睡觉)

"I go to bed after 10:00"

Hé lǎoshī bāng wǒ zhǔnbèi zhōngwén kǎoshì (何老师帮我准备中文考试)

"Teacher He helped me prepare for the Chinese test"

Wǒ gēn hé lǎoshī jiànmiàn (我跟何老师见面)

"I met with Teacher He."

Wǒ de xuéshēng dé liànxí shuō zhōngwén (我的学生得练习说中文)

"My students need to practice speaking Chinese"