NCEA Level 2 Chinese

阿姨

auntie (ayi)

爱心

care (ai xin)

爱护

to cherish, to care for, to protect (ai hu)

安静

quiet (anjing)

安排

to arrange, arrangement (an pai)

安全

safe, safety (an quan)

饱

full (after a meal) (bao)

办公室

office (ban gong shi)

北半球

northern hemisphere

别的

other (bie de)

别人

another person, the others (bie ren)

冰

ice

冰淇淋

ice cream

比如

for example

比赛

competition, match (bi sai)

不错

not bad (bu cuo)

不够

not enough (bu gou)

不少

quite a few

不同

different, unlike, not the same (bu tong)

参加

to participate, to join in

菜单

menu (cai dan)

草地

lawn, grassland (cao di)

差

fall short of, poor, bad (cha)

差不多

almost, nearly (cha bu duo)

长江

Yangtse River (chang jiang)

超市

supermarket (chao shi)

成功

success, to succeed (cheng gong)

成绩

achievement, score, result

城市

city

成为

to become (cheng wei)

迟到

to be late, arrive late (chidao)

船

boat (chuan)

窗户

window (chuang hu)

出发

set off, depart, start a journey (chu fa)

出生

to be born (chu sheng)

从来

always, at all times (eg, 从来不)

聪明

smart (cong ming)

从小

from childhood

大概

approximately, roughly, about (da gai)

打工

to do part-time job, to work as an employee (da gong)

大海

ocean, sea (dahai)

大门

gate, the main entrance (da men)

当

to work as a profession (dang)

当然

of course (dang ran)

到处

everywhere (dao chu)

大方

generous (da fang)

大人

adult

打算

to plan to do (da suan)

大衣

coat, jacket (da yi)

登机

board a plane (deng ji)

低

low (di)

地铁

subway, underground train

电商

online business (dian shang)

读

to read, to attend (du)

度

degree (temperature, level) (du)

短

short (length) (duan)

短信

text message (duan xin)

队

team (dui)

对面

opposite side

多数

majority (duo shu)

多云

cloudy, partly cloudy

肚子

stomach, tummy (du zi)

儿童

children, kids (er tong)

发

to send a message or email (eg, 发短信) (fa)

放

to put, to place (fang)

房间

room

房子

house

发现

to find out, to discover, discovery (fa xian)

法语

French (language) (fa yu)

非常

very, extremely

服务

service, to service (fuwu)

服务员

waiter, waitress

复习

to review, to revise (fu xi)

干净

clean (gan jing)

感动

to be moved, to be touched (gan dong)

刚才

just now (gang cai)

感冒

have a cold/flu, cold (gan mao)

高中

high school, secondary school

个子

height of a person

工程师

engineer (gong cheng shi)

公斤

kilogram (gong jin)

公里

kilometre (gong li)

工人

worker (gong ren)

公司

company (gong si)

够

enough, sufficient (gou)

刮风

windy (gua feng)

关系

relationship (guan xi)

广场

square, plaza (guang chang)

关心

to care about (guan xin)

过年

celebrate the new year

故事

story (gu shi)

好吃

tasty

好处

benefit, advantage (hao chu)

好学

to be fond of learning, be eager to learn

好运

good luck (eg, 祝你好运) (hao yun)

厚

thick (hou)

猴子

monkey (hou zi)

湖

lake (hu)

划船

boating (hua chuan)

坏处

disadvantages (huai chu)