Lesson 15 Chinese Zodiac

生肖。。(shíèr）shēngxiào

animal zodiac

剛才。。gāngcái

just now or a moment ago

動物。。dòngwù

animal

原來。。yuánlái

課本。。kèběn

textbook

課文。。kèwén

text of a book

打開。。dǎkāi

to open or to turn to

一樣。。yíyàng

the same

代表。。dàibiǎo

to represent

出生。。chūshēng

to be born

屬。。shǔ

to belong to (Chinese zodiac)

簡單。。jiǎndān

simple/easy to do.

查。。chá (查一查）

to look up information

羊。。yáng

lamb

馬。。mǎ

horse

兔子。。tù

rabbit

龍。。lóng

dragon

燈籠。。dēnglóng

latern

講。。jiǎng

to explain something to someone

講話。。jiǎnghuà

to talk (more serious)

好玩。。hǎowán

fun

大人。。小孩 (xiǎohái）

adults and kids

元宵節。。yuánxiāojié

Latern Festival

燈會。。dēnghuì

Latern Carival (just the party not the holiday)

放。。fàng

to put

紙。。zhǐ

paper

黑板。。hēibǎn

blackboard

河。。hé

river

湖。。hú

lake

比賽。。bǐsài

to compete/competition

贏。。yíng

to win

輸。。shū

to lose

排。。pái

to line up in order

其他。。qítā

to line up in order

老鼠。。lǎoshǔ

mouse

蛇。。shé

snake

猴子。。hóuzi

monkey

受歡迎。。shòuhuānyíng

popular