Integrated Chinese Volume 3 Lesson 1

开学

to begin a new semester (kāi xué)

开始

to start (kāi shǐ)

开心

feel joyful (kāi xīn)

开车

to drive (car) (kāi chē)

开会

to have a meeting (kāi huì)

新生

new student (xīn shēng)

辆

measure word for vehicles (liàng)

两辆车

two (mw) cars (liǎng liàng chē)

研究

to research; research (yán jiū)

研究生

graduate student (yán jiū shēng)

大学生

college student (dà xué shēng)

出生

to be born (chū shēng)

长大

to grow up (zhǎng dà)

弓

bow (gōng)

长

long (cháng); to grow (zhǎng)

张

Chinese surname; measure word for thin slice object (zhāng)

学校

school (xué xiào)

校外

off campus (xiào wài)

校内

on campus (xiào nèi)

安全

safe (ān quán)

平安

safe (píng ān)

比

to compare (bǐ )

比较

relatively (bǐ jiào)

省钱

to save money (shěng qián)

自由

free (zì yóu)

自己

self (zì jǐ)

不见得

not necessarily (bú jiàn dé)

不得了

incredible (bù dé liǎo)

好处

advantage; benefit (hǎo chù)

坏处

disadvantage (huài chù)

适应

to adapt (shì yìng)

合适

suitable (hé shì)

生活

livelihood (shēng huó)

搬

to move (bān)

搬家

moving (house) (bān jiā)

帮

to help (bāng)

忙

busy (máng)

帮忙

to help out (bāng máng)

拉

to leave something behind (là)

认为

to deem; to believe (rèn wéi)

舒服

comfortable (shū fu)

贵

expensive (guì)

便宜

inexpensive (pián yí)

方便

convenient (fāngbiàn)

除了......以外......

besides....; in addition to... (chú le...yǐ wài)

再说

moreover; is used to provide additional reasons (zài shuō)

不但......而且......

not only...but also... (bú dàn...ér qiě)

不是......而是......

not (this)... but (that)... (bú shì...ér shì)

有的人......有的人......

some people...some people... (yǒu de rén...yǒu de rén...)