L1-L3 哈台班

长城（長城）

the Great Wall (chángchéng)

司机（司機）

driver, chauffeur (sījī)

上班

to go to work, to be on duty (shàngbān)

免不了

to be unavoidable (miǎnbuliǎo)

堵车（堵車）

traffic jam (dǔchē)塞車(sāichē)

大概

probably (dàgài)

没想到

to have not expected or thought of (méixiǎngdào)

交通

transportation, (flow of) traffic (jiāotōng)

拥挤（擁擠）

crowded, pushed and squeezed together （yǒngjǐ）

安全带（安全帶）

seatbelt (ānquán dài)

系（繫）

to tie, to fasten, to buckle up (jì/xì)

肯定

definitely, surely, positive (kěndìng)

项目（項目）

program, (large-scale, major organizational) project (note: this cannot refer to school "projects") (xiàngmù)

怪不得

no wonder, so that's why (guàibudé)

棒

<口> excellent, great (bàng)

口音

regional accent (used w/很重，有点重）(kǒuyīn)

空气（空氣）

air (kōngqì)

污染

pollution, to contaminate (wūrǎn)

故宫

the Imperial Palace (gù gōng）

百闻不如一见（百聞不如一見）

"hearing a hundred times isn't as good as seeing once" (used as a sentence)

扫

to scan, to sweep (sǎo)

顺利（順利）

smooth, successful (used w/生活, 学习, 工作, etc.) (shùnlì)

前台

front desk 櫃台 (qiántái）

实习生（實習生）

intern (shíxíshēng)

入住

to check in (at a hotel) (rùzhù)

押金

(security) deposit （yājīn）

收据（收據）

receipt (shōujù)

填表

to fill in a form (tián biǎo)

签名(簽名）

to sign one's name, autograph (qiānmíng)

日期

date (rìqī)

电梯（電梯）

elevator (diàntī)

密码(密碼)

password [secret-code]（mìmǎ）

房卡

room card (fángkǎ)

速度

speed, rate, pace (sùdù)

网速（網速）

internet speed (wǎng sù)v

条件（條件）

condition, term (used w/生活, 学习, 工作, 家庭)（tiáojiàn）

想象（想像）

to imagine, to fancy (xiǎngxiàng)

为（為）

for (wèi)

就是

just, simply, merely (jiùshì)

硬

hard, firm (yìng)

被子

quit, comforter (bèizi)

厚

thick (hòu)

薄

thin (referring to depth, opposite of thick) (báo)

时差（時差）

time difference, jet lag (shíchā)

倒

to switch back, to invert (dǎo)

兴奋（興奮）

excited (xīngfèn)

交流

to exchange, to communicate (jiāoliú)

咚

thump (sound of door knocking) (dōng)

敲

to knock, to strike (used w/门) (qiāo)

注意

to pay attention to, to take note of (zhùyì)

终于（終於）

finally (of an expected good result) (zhōngyú)

迷路

to get lost, to lose one's way (mílù)

参观（參觀）

to visit, to tour (used w/ 学校, 校园, 博物馆) (cānguān)

整

entire, whole (zhěng)

洗发精

shampoo (M: píng 瓶)(lit. "wash hair water") (xǐfàjīng)

拖鞋

slippers, sandals, flip-flops (M: 双) (tuōxié)

卫生纸

toilet paper (M：张）(wèi shēng zhǐ)

耶鲁

Yale University (Yēlǔ)

熟

to know sb./palce well(shú)

熟悉

to know sth./sb. well (shúxī)

毕业（畢業）

to graduate, commencement (Note: "to graduate from X" is rendered in Chinese in reverse order, as "X 毕业") (bìyè)

提高

to raise, to enhance（tí gāo）

机会（機會）

chance, opportunity (used w/ 工作, 学习) (jīhuì)

大陆

continent, Mainland China (dàlù)

专心（專心）

to be absorbed in, to concentrate on (zhuānxīn)

耳机（耳機）

headphone (ěrjī)

哎呀

(of wonder/admiration/shock)（āiyā）

食堂

(institutional) dining hall 餐廳 (shítáng)

要命

extremely, awfully, terribly (yàomìng）

特色

distinguishing feature/ quality (tèsè）

地址

address, location (dìzhǐ)

既然

since, as, now that (jìrán)

体验（體驗）

to learn through experience (used w/生活, 文化)（tǐyàn）

地道

authentic, pure (used w/ 中国菜, 上海话) (dìdào)道地

中餐

Chinese meal/food(cf.西餐'western vfood',三餐(早餐、午餐、晚餐）'daily meals(breakfast, lunch, and dinner) (zhōngcān)

选择（選擇）

choice, to select (xuǎnzé)

尝（嚐）

to taste, to try (cháng)

麻辣香锅（麻辣香鍋）

"Hot and Spicy Pot" (numbed-spicy-fragrant-pot') (málàxiāngguō)

香

fragrant, savory, with good appetite(xiāng)

味道

taste, flavor, smell (wèidào)

极了（極了）

extremely, very (jíle)

流

to flow (liú)

口水

saliva (kǒushuǐ)

咸（鹹）

salty (cf. 甜 tián 'sweet') (xián)

淡

tasteless, light(dàn)

受不了

to be unable to endure/ tolerate（shòubuliǎo）

付

to pay (used w/钱, 学费, 房租) (fù)

民以食为天（民以食為天）

"The masses regard food as their prime want." (used as a sentence) (mínyǐshíwéitiān)

赶快（趕快）

quickly, hastily (gǎnkuài)

肚子

belly, stomach (dùzi)

咕咕

rumbling，cluck, coo (sounds of hungry stomach,birds,etc.)(gūgū)

到底

at last, in the end, finally (dàodǐ)

吓（嚇）

to frighten, to scare (xià)

比起

to compare with (bǐqǐ)

闻（聞）

to smell (wén)

忌口

foods that one does not eat (for health, religious, or other reasons) (lit. "mouth taboo" (jìkǒu)

油

oily, greasy, oil (yóu)

粤（粵）

Cantonese (yuè)

粥

porridge， congee (zhōu)

看样子（看樣子）

<口> it seems, it looks as if (kànyàngzi)