P6 Chinese Vocabulary (Overview)

珍珠

zhēn zhū - pearl

旅游

lǚ yóu - to travel

逛街

guàng jiē - to go shopping

餐厅

cān tīng - restaurant

洒

sǎ - spray, sprinkle, shed

短袖

duǎn xiù -

Short Sleeved

猛然

měng rán - suddenly / abruptly

打扰

dǎ rǎo - to disturb, trouble, bother

普通

pu3 tōng - normal

贫穷

pín qióng - poor / impoverished

震

zhèn - quake

建筑物

jiàn​ zhù ​wù - building

扁担

piān tan3 - siding with a point of view

历史

lì shǐ -

history

博物馆

bó wù guǎn - museum

行业

háng yè - industry; business

工厂

gōng chǎng - factory

搬运

bān yùn - carry / transport

公斤

gōng jīn - kilogram

忍饥挨饿

rěn jī ái è (starving; going hungry)

克服

kè fú - (try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure

倾斜

qīng xié - to incline; to lean; to slant; to slope; to tilt

积水

jī shuǐ - flood

迅速

xùn sù - rapid; speedy; fast

笑眯眯

xiào mī mī - smilingly

项链

xiàng liàn - necklace

母亲

mǔ qīn - mother

酒店

jiŭ diàn － hotel

饮料

yǐn liào - beverage, drinks

趟

tàng - measure word for trips, to wade

摘

zhāi - to take; to borrow; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to select; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc)

神色

shén sè - expression / look

记性

jì xìng - (n) memory capability

心意

xīn yì - regard / kindly feelings / intention

慈祥

cí xiáng - kindly; benevolent (often of older person)

小巷

xiǎo xiàng -

alley

侧

cè - side

建设

jiàn shè - build, construct

角色

jué sè - roll, part

从事

cóng shì - be engaged in, deal with

售货

shòu huò - to sell goods

港口

gǎng kǒu - port; harbor

吃苦耐劳

chī kǔ nài láo -

endure hardship and work hard

节俭

jié jiǎn - thrifty; frugal

勤劳

qín láo - hardworking

贡献

gòng xiàn - to contribute / to dedicate / to devote / contribution

踩

cǎi - step on, trample

每逢

měi féng - every time; on each occasion; whenever

倾盆大雨

qīng pén dà yǔ - heavy rain

明明

míng míng - obviously; plainly; undoubtedly

苍白

cāng bái - pale / wan

扑

pū - to throw oneself into

遮风挡雨

zhē fēng dǎng yǔ -

shelter from the wind and the rain

嘴唇

zuǐ chún - lip

温情

wēn qíng - tender

回忆

huí yì - to recall, recollect, look back

螃蟹

páng xiè -

crab

绕

rào - move round, to coil, confuse, detour

哎哟

āi yō - hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise

例外

li4 wài - exception

墨绿色

mò lǜ sè -

dark green

趴

pā - to lie on one's stomach

一旦

yí dàn - in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day

敏感

mǐn gǎn - sensitive

打抱不平

da bào bù píng - defend someone against injustice

残忍

cán rěn - cruel

丝毫

sī háo - the slightest amount

奔走相告

bēn zǒu xiāng gào - to run around spreading the news mouth to mouth

允许

yǔn xǔ - to permit, allow

严厉

yán lì - strict

判

pàn - judgement

汪洋

wāng yáng - (n) vast body of water

弯曲

wān qü - curved; winding; crooked

指引

zhǐ yǐn - guidance; pointing the way

危机四伏

wēi jī sì fú -

crisis-ridden

冻

dòng - to freeze

仍然

réng rán - still; yet

撑

chēng - support / prop-up / to pole a boat / to open / to overfill

无限

wú xiàn - unlimited / unbounded

增添

zēng tiān - add; increase

花纹

huāwén - pattern

横

héng - horizontal

一时

yī shí -

the spur of the moment, a short while

扭头

niǔ tóu - turn one's head

蜘蛛

zhīzhū - spider

符号

punctuation

敏锐

mǐn ruì -

sharp, acute, keen

静止

jìng zhí - stop, prevent

怪不得

guài bu de - no wonder, so that's why

干裂

gān liè - to have dried up and cracked

心肠

xīn cháng -

heart; intention

欢天喜地

huān tiān xǐ dì - overjoyed

告状

gào zhuàng - to tattletale

罪

zuì - crime, did something wrong legally

处罚

chǔ fá - punishment

淹没

yān mò - submerge

阻拦

zǔ lán - to stop

遵照

zūn zhào - to act accordingly; to obey

千辛万苦

qiānxīn wàn kǔ - all kinds of hardships

亏

kuī - deficiency / deficit