Unit 3.1 了解汉语

汉语

hàn yǔ - Chinese (language)

介绍

jiè shào - to introduce

讨论

tǎo lùn - discuss

语言

yǔ yán - language

母语

mǔ yǔ - mother tongue, native language

联合国

lián hé guó - United Nations

大概

dà gài - approximately

差不多

chà bu duō - almost, nearly, just about right

官方

guān fāng - official

主要

zhǔ yào - main, principal

古老

gǔ lǎo - ancient; old

亿

yì - one hundred million

阿拉伯语

ā lā bó yǔ - Arabic (language）

俄语

é yǔ - Russian (language)

首都

shǒu dū - capital city

政府

zhèng fǔ - government

规定

guī dìng - rules, regulations

标准

biāo zhǔn - standard, requirement

音

yīn - sound

普通话

pǔ tōng huà - Mandarin Chinese

台湾

Tái wān - Taiwan

被称为

bèi chēng wéi - to be called

国语

guó yǔ - national language

海外

hǎi wài - overseas

华人

huá rén - Chinese people living abroad or in foreign countries.

华语

huá yǔ - Chinese (spoken)

年龄

nián líng - age

年纪

nián jì - age

正式

zhèng shì - formal, official

方言

fāng yán - dialect

大多数

dà duō shù - (great) majority

粤语

Yuè yǔ - Cantonese

句子

jù zi - sentence

部分

bù fen - section, part

拼音

pīn yīn - pinyin

读

dú - to read

打字

dǎ zì - to type

字母

zì mǔ - letter (of the alphabet)

拼写

pīn xiě - to spell

发音

fā yīn - pronounciaiton

像

xiàng - similar

声调

shēng diào - tone

与众不同

yǔ zhòng bù tóng - unique

外国人

wài guó rén - foreigners

懂

dǒng - to understand (result compliment -- ex: 看懂 ~ to understand by seeing)

汉字

Hàn zì - Chinese characters

挑战

tiǎo zhàn - challenge

不过

bú guò - however; but

报纸

bào zhǐ - newspaper

文章

wén zhāng - article, essay

图画

tú huà - drawing; picture; painting

看懂

kàn dǒng - Understand what one is reading or seeing

简体字

jiǎn tǐ zì - simplified Chinese character

繁体字

fán tǐ zì - traditional Chinese characters

大陆

dà lù - mainland China

香港

Xiāng gǎng - Hong Kong

澳门

ào mén - Macau

成语

chéng yǔ - idiom

特色

tè sè - distinguishing feature or quality; characteristic

固定

gù dìng - fixed, set

说法

shuō fǎ - phrasing, way of saying

表达

biǎo dá - to voice (an opinion); to express; to convey

深刻

shēn kè - profound, deep

故事

gù shi - story

对牛弹琴

duì niú tán qín - to address the wrong audience

画蛇添足

huà shé tiān zú - to overdo

语法

yǔ fǎ - Grammar

怕

pà - to fear; to be afraid of

办法

bàn fǎ - method; way (of doing something)

视频

shì pín - video material