Chinese Flashcards Set 1

coincidence

qiǎo hé

巧 合

customs

hǎi guān

海 关

passport

hù zhào

护 照

travel

[2 spellings]

1. fun/leisure

2. broader, the act of traveling

lǚ yóu

旅 游

lǚ xíng

旅 行

to live, to stay

zhù

住

hotel, guesthouse

[3 spellings]

1. most commonly used term

2. sounds a bit more traditional

3. inn/small hotel, usually cheaper

1. jiǔ diàn
   酒 店

2. bīn guǎn
   宾 馆

3. lǚ guǎn
   旅 馆

to declare (to customs)

to report (to the authorities)

shēn baò

申 报

to welcome

huān yíng

欢 迎

to clean

to sweep

dǎ sǎo

打 扫

general term for service worker

typically refers to waiter, waitress, server, attendant

fú wù yuán

服 务 员

(n) trouble, inconvenience

(adj) troublesome, inconvenient

(v) to trouble, inconvenience

má fan

麻 烦

(n) spring

(literary) a year, a year’s time, love, lust, life, vitality

(a surname)

chūn

春

(n) summer, Xia Dynasty (c.2070-1600 BC)

(archaic) China

(a surname)

xià

夏

(n) fall, autumn, harvest time, year, a period of (troubled) time

(a surname)

qiū

秋

(n) winter

(onomatopoeia) beating a drum, rat-a-tat, etc.

dōng

冬

daytime

[3 spellings]

1. most common term

2. formal/written

3. literary

1. bái tiān
   白 天

2. rì jiān
   日 间

3. bái zhòu
   白 昼

nighttime

[3 spellings]

1. common: at night, during the night

2. written/formal

3. literary

1. yè lǐ
   夜 里

2. yè jiān
   夜 间

3. hēi yè
   黑 夜