Lessons 7-9 Chinese 1A Midterm 3

商店

shāng diàn, store; shop

买

măi, to buy

东西

dōng xi, things; objects

售货员

shòu huò yuán, shop assistant;salesclerk

衣服

yī fu, clothes

件

jiàn, measure word for shirts, dresses, jackets, coats, etc.

衬衫

chèn shān, shirt

颜色

yán sè, color

黄

huáng, yellow

红

hóng, red

穿

chuān, to wear; to put on

条

tiáo, measure word for pants and long, thin objects

裤子

kù zi, pants

号

hào, size

便宜

pián yi, cheap; inexpensive

如果⋯的话

rú guǒ…de huà, if

长短

cháng duăn, length

合适

hé shì, suitable

试

shì, to try

一共

yí gòng, altogether

多少

duō shao, how much/many

钱

qián, money

块

kuài, measure word for the basic Chinese monetary unit

毛

máo, measure word for 1/10 of a kuai, dime (in US money)

分

fēn, measure word for 1/100 of a kuai, cent

百

bǎi, hundred

双

shuāng, measure word for a pair

鞋

xié, shoes

换

huàn, to exchange; to change

一样

yí yàng, same; alike

虽然

suī rán, although

大小

dà xiǎo, size

种

zhǒng, measure word for kinds, sorts, types

黑

hēi, black

样子

yàng zi, style

挺

tǐng, very; rather

它

tā, it

这儿

zhèr, here

刷卡

shuā kă, to pay with a credit card

收

shōu, to receive; to accept

信用卡

xìn yòng kă, credit card

不过

búguò, however; but

再

zài, again

付钱

fù qián, to pay money

篇

piān, measure word for essays, articles, etc.

日记

rì jì, diary

累

lèi, tired

起床

qǐ chuáng, to get up

洗澡

xǐ zǎo, to take a bath/shower

早饭

zǎo fàn, breakfast

教室

jiào shì, classroom

发音

fā yīn, pronunciation

新

xīn, new

电脑

diàn nǎo, computer

中午

zhōng wǔ, noon

餐厅

cān tīng, dining room, cafeteria

午饭

wǔ fàn, lunch, midday meal

上网

shàng wǎng, to go online; to surf the internet

宿舍

sù shè, dormitory

那儿

nàr, there

正在

zhèng zài, in the middle of (doing something)

以前

yǐ qián, before

告诉

gào su, to tell

已经

yǐ jīng, already

知道

zhī dao, to know

封

fēng, measure word for letters

信

xìn, letter (correspondence)

最近

zuì jìn, recently

学期

xué qī, school term; semester/quarter

除了.... 以外

chú le .... yǐ wài, in addition, besides

专业

zhuān yè, major (in college); specialty

会

huì, can, to be able to

后来

hòu lái, later

音乐会

yīn yuè huì, music concert

希望

xī wàng, to hope; hope

能

néng, can, to be able to

用

yòng, to use

笑

xiào, laugh, smile

祝

zhù, to wish (well)

说话

shuō huà, to talk, includes character “话” to speak

上个

shàng ge, the previous, last, ex. 上个星期 “last week”

复习

fù xí, to review

写

xiě, to write

慢

màn, slow

枝

zhī, measure word for long thin inflexible things (branch, pencil, pen, etc), ex. 一枝笔 “a pen”

笔

bǐ, pen

张

zhāng, measure word for flat objects (paper, pictures, etc), ex. 一张纸 (a piece of paper)

纸

zhǐ, paper

教

jiāo, to teach

怎么

zěn me, how, how come

懂

dǒng, to understand, ex. 懂了(I understand)

真

zhēn, really

哪里

nǎ li, where, interchangeable with 娜儿

预习

yù xí, to preview

学

xué, to study, to learn

第

dì, prefix for ordinal numbers

语法

yǔ fǎ, grammar

容易

róng yì, easy

生词

shēng cí, new words, vocabulary

多

duō, many, much