learning chinese

态度

tài du - manner, attitude

认真

rèn zhēn - serious, to take seriously

努力

nǔ lì - hardworking, effort

用功

yònggōng

hard-working; diligent; studious

不够

bùgòu - not enough

比较

bǐ jiào - relatively, comparatively

挑战

tiǎo zhàn - challenge

苦难

kǔ nàn - suffering

不怕

bú pà

not afraid of

被。。。吓倒

bèi xià dǎo

be scared by

过去，。。。

guò qù - the past

以后，。。。

yǐ hòu - after

有信心

yǒu xìnxīn

confident

自我鉴定

zì wǒ jiàn dìng

self-evaluation

发音

fāyīn (pronunciation)

声调

shēng diào - tone

第一声

dì yī shēng

first tone

正确

zhèng què - correct

口语

kǒuyǔ (spoken language)

流利

liúlì - fluent

听力

tīng lì - listening comprehension

说的能力

shuō de néng lì

speaking ability

强

qiáng - strong

差

chà - weak

问题

wèn tí - question, problem

词汇

(cíhuì) vocabulary

一句句子

(yí jù jùzi) - a sentence

一篇作文

yì piān zuò wén

a composition

方法

fang fa - method

多。。。

duō - more

报纸

bào zhǐ - newspaper

复习

fùxí (to review)

练习

liàn xí - practice, to practise

聊天

liáo tiān - to chat

比方说

bǐ fāng shuō

for example

发现

fā xiàn - to find, discover

帮助

bāng zhù - aid, to help, assist

千万别

qiānwàn bié - make sure not to

被人笑

bèi rén xiào

be laughed by others

坚持

jiān chí - to persist, persevere

必须

bìxū

must, have to

不然

bùrán otherwise

这样

zhèyàng

in this way

有进步

Yǒu jìnbù

make progress

提高能力

(tígāo nénglì) - raise ability

不但不。。。反而。。。

bú dàn bù, fǎn ér

not, on the contrary

其实

qí shí - actually, in fact

以为

yǐwéi

to think, to believe

后来

hòu lái - later, afterwards

老是

lǎoshì - always

尤其是

yóuqí shì especially

复杂

fù zá - complicated, complex

简单

jiǎndān (simple)

记不住

be unable to memorize

记

jì - to remember

说错

Shuō cuò

Say... incorrectly

希望

xī wàng - to hope, wish

留学

liú xué - to study abroad

对。。。有兴趣

dui...you xing qu - to be interested in

有吸引力

yǒu xī yǐn lì

attractive

更多

gèng duō - even more

了解

liǎo jiě - to understand, know about

有关

yǒuguān - related to

文化知识

(wénhuà zhīshi) - cultural knowledge

机会

jī huì - chance, opportunity

理由

首先

shǒu xiān - first, firstly

其次

qí cì - secondly, next

最后

(zuì hòu) final; last

才

cái

only

已经。。。了

yijing...le

already...

在过去的一年中

zài guòqù de yì nián zhōng - in the past year

从。。。起

cóng... qǐ - starting from

没。。。以前

méi yǐ qián

before doing something

学了以后

xué le yǐ hòu

after learning

简直

jiǎn zhí - simply, at all

不能相信

bù néng xiāng xìn

cannot believe

再过一年

(zài guò yì nián) - in a year