CHI103: Post-Midterm Key Terms

标准

standard; criterion (biāozhǔn)

普通话

Mandarin Chinese (pǔtōnghuà)

念

to read aloud; to study (niàn)

笑

to laugh; to smile (xiào)

发音

pronunciation (fāyīn)

变

to change (biàn)

口音

accent (kǒuyīn)

要不然

otherwise; or else (yàobùrán)

南腔北调

mixed southern and northern accents (nán qiāng běi diào)

方言

dialect (fāngyán)

目的

purpose; goal (mùdì)

互相

each other; mutually (hùxiāng)

别人

other people; others (biéren)

道理

reason; principle (dàolǐ)

低

low (dī)

怪

to blame; strange (guài)

发现

to discover; to find (fāxiàn)

特别

especially; special (tèbié)

作为

to regard as; as (zuòwéi)

专业

major; specialty (zhuānyè)

学院

college; school (xuéyuàn)

真正

truly; genuine; real (zhēnzhèng)

感兴趣

to be interested (gǎn xìngqù)

烦恼

annoyance; worry (fánnǎo)

结束

to end; to finish (jiéshù)

剩下

to be left; remaining (shèngxià)

同事

coworker (tóngshì)

儿子

son (érzi)

工程

engineering (gōngchéng)

恨

to hate (hèn)

数学

mathematics (shùxué)

培养

to cultivate; to nurture (péiyǎng)

音乐

music (yīnyuè)

怕

to fear; to be afraid (pà)

一直

continuously; always (yìzhí)

送

to send; to deliver; to give (sòng)

将来

future (jiānglái)

再说

moreover; besides; anyway (zàishuō)

家庭

family (jiātíng)

之间

between; among (zhījiān)

距离

distance (jùlí)

往往

often; frequently (wǎngwǎng)

年龄

age (niánlíng)

所谓

so-called (suǒwèi)

代沟

generation gap (dàigōu)

经常

often; regularly (jīngcháng)

成年

to become an adult; adult (chéngnián)

母语

native language (mǔyǔ)

因此

therefore (yīncǐ)

沟通

to communicate; communication (gōutōng)

心事

something on one’s mind; worries (xīnshì)

体会

to understand/experience emotionally (tǐhuì)

关爱

love and care (guān’ài)

误解

misunderstanding; to misunderstand (wùjiě)

干涉

to interfere; to intervene (gānshè)

造成

to cause; to result in (zàochéng)

唯一

only; sole (wéiyī)

原因

reason; cause (yuányīn)

接受

to accept (jiēshòu)

听话

obedient; to obey (tīnghuà)

乖

well-behaved (guāi)

重视

to value; to attach importance to (zhòngshì)

独立

independent; independence (dúlì)

发展

to develop; development (fāzhǎn)

相对来说

relatively speaking (xiāngduì lái shuō)

尊重

to respect (zūnzhòng)

个人

individual; personal (gèrén)

强加

to impose (qiángjiā)

移民

to immigrate; immigrant (yímín)

来自

to come from (láizì)

所有的

all; every (suǒyǒu de)

适应

to adapt; to get used to (shìyìng)

过程

process (guòchéng)

或多或少

more or less (huò duō huò shǎo)

经历

to experience; experience (jīnglì)

方面

aspect; respect (fāngmiàn)

保持

to maintain; to keep (bǎochí)

原来

originally; as it turns out (yuánlái)

明显

obvious; evident (míngxiǎn)

负担

burden; load (fùdān)

放假

to have a vacation; to have time off (fàng jià)

处罚

to punish; punishment (chǔfá)

不知不觉

unconsciously; without realizing (bù zhī bù jué)

产生 + …心理/矛盾

to produce; to give rise to (feelings/conflicts) (chǎnshēng … xīnlǐ/máodùn)

自然

natural; naturally (zìrán)

华裔

ethnic Chinese (huáyì)

主动

active; to take initiative (zhǔdòng)

例子

example (lìzi)

毕业

to graduate (bìyè)

工作

work; job (gōngzuò)

与其…不如…

rather than… it’s better to… (yǔqí… bùrú…)

背景

background (bèijǐng)

（上）厕所

to go to the bathroom (shàng cèsuǒ)

公共

public (gōnggòng)

随身

to carry on one’s person (suíshēn)

幸亏

fortunately; luckily (xìngkuī)

救

to save; to rescue (jiù)

不然

otherwise; if not (bùrán)

出问题

to have a problem; to go wrong (chū wèntí)

一再

repeatedly; time and again (yízài)