Integrated Chinese 3 - Lesson 1

开学

kāi xué

school opens / new term begins

新生

xīn shēng

new student

辆

liàng

measure word for vehicles

研究生

yán jiū shēng - graduate student

出生

chū shēng

to be born

弓

gōng

bow

长

cháng

long

校外

xiào wài

off campus

校内

xiào nèi

on campus

安全

ān quán

safe / secure

比较

bǐ jiào

relatively / comparatively

省钱

shěng qián

to save money

自由

zìyóu

freedom / free

不见得

bú jiàn de

not necessarily

好处

hǎo chu

benefit / advantage

适应

shì yìng

adapt / become accustomed to

生活

shēng huó

life / to live

搬家

bān jiā

to move (one's residence)

帮忙

bāng máng

to help / lend a hand

拉

là - (colloq.)

to leave (something) behind

哎呀

(an exclamation to express surprise) gosh; ah （āiyā）

离

(lí) - away from

是。。。的

Used for emphasis (shì....de)

方便

convenient (fāngbiàn)

宿舍

(sùshè) - dormitory

坏处

(huàichu) - disadvantage

糟糕

(zāogāo) in a terrible mess; how terrible