Chinese Vocab Lesson 12

变化

bian hua - change, to change

末

mo - end

来不及

lai bu ji - not have enough time to do something

竟然

jing ran - unexpectedly

表格

biao ge - older male cousin

站

zhan - station, stop

姑妈

gu ma - fathers sister

拍

pai - to take pictures

变

bian - to change

总

zong - always

熟悉

shu xi - to know someone or something well

陌生

mo sheng - unfamiliar, strange, unknown

街

jie - street

盖

gai - to build, to construct

的确

di que - indeed

骑

qi - to ride

自行车

zi xing che - bicycle

上班

shang ban - to go to work, to start work, to be on duty

想象

xiang xiang - to imagine

要不是

yao bu shi - if it were not for

游客

you ke - tourist

老外

lao wai - foreigner

对面

dui mian - opposite side

快餐

kuai can - fast food

服装

fu zhuang - clothing apparel

融入

rong ru - to merge into

特色

te se - distinguishing feature or quality

保留

bao liu - to remain as before

建筑

jian zhu - architecture, to build

尝

chang - to taste

小吃

xiao chi - snack

不管

bu guan - no matter, regardless of

民以食为天

min yi shi wei tian - the people think food is as important as heaven

啊

a - what?

从来

cong lai - always, at all times

老百姓

lao bai xing - common folk, ordinary people

尽可能

jin ke neng - as much as possible

厦

sha - mansion, tall building

座

zuo - measure word for buildings and mountains

声音

sheng ying - sound voice

脚步

jiao bu, footstep

难过

nan guo - sad, hard to bear

咕噜

gu lu - rumbling sound

法国fuzi

fa guo - France

夫子庙

fu zi miao - Temple of Confucius