Ella Chang's Mandarin Quizlet Set

心事 xīnshì

something weighing on one's mind

好幾次 hao ji ci

many times

吵架 chǎo jià

quarrel

開朗 kāilǎng

extroverted

興趣 xìngqù

interest, hobby

球迷 qiu mi

sports fan

球賽 qiu sai

sports game

歌迷 ge mi

singing fan

演唱會 yan chang hui

concerts

愛好 ai hao

hobbies

相處 xiāngchǔ

to get along (with one another)

到底 dao di

exactly, an exclamation (what the heck!)

提 ti

to mention

根本 gen ben

at all

一直 yi zhi

to continue

一乾二淨 yi gan er jing

throughly, completely

陪 pei

to accompany

答應 da ying

to promise

叫 jiao

to make (someone do something)

分手 fen shou

to break up

文化背景 wen hua bei jing

cultural background

原來 yuánlái

originally

這麼 zhe me

is it

馬虎 Mǎhǔ

careless

不停的 bu ting de

nonstop

道歉 dao qian

apologize

態度特別好 tai du te bie hao

especially good attitude

實際上 shi ji shang

in fact

忘這忘那 wang zhe wang na

forgetful (scatterbrain)

電腦米 dian nao mi

computer addict

從早到晚 cong zao dao wan

from morning to night

看新聞 kan xin wen

watching the news

寫博客 xie bo ke

write blog

發電子郵件 fa dian zi you jian

send email

急急忙忙 ji ji mang mang

in a hurry

下載 xia zai

to download

軟件 ruan jian

software

雜誌 zázhì

magazine

垃圾 la ji

trash

落伍 luo wu

outdated

可靠 ke kao

reliable

衣食住行 yi shi zhu xing

clothes, eating, living, transportation

害得 hai de

a negative result

上癮 shang yin

addicted

嚴重 yánzhòng

serious

幫助 bang zhu

to help

翻譯 fan yi

to translate

發微信 fa wei xin

send WeChat

聽起來 ting qi lai

sounds like

好像 hao xiang

seems like

受到 shou dao

to receive (non-physical)

存 cun

to deposit

壓力 ya li

pressure

適合 shi he

to suit

影響 Ying xiang

to influence

取得 qu de

to obtain

零用錢 língyòngqián

pocket money, spending money

獎學金 jiǎngxuéjīn

scholarship

學生貸款 xue sheng dai kuan

student loans

收費 shou fei

fees

城市 cheng shi

city

農村 nong cun

countryside

遛狗 liu gou

walking the dog

說到 shuo dao

speaking of

借錢 jie qian

borrow money

難怪 nan guai

no wonder

墨西哥 mo xi ge

mexico

移民 yi min

immigrant

加州 jia zhou

california

博士 bo shi

doctorate

幸福 xing fu

happiness

厲害 li hai

used positively or intensively

尊重 zun zhong

respect

選擇 xuan ze

choose to or choice

認為 ren wei

think

望子成龍 wang zi cheng long

hoping son will be a dragon

望女成鳳 wàng nǚ chéng fèng

to hope that one's daughter will become a phoenix

社會 she hui

society

知識 zhi shi

knowledge

不是。。。而是 bu shi… er shi

not… but rather

考慮 kǎolǜ

to consider

家鄉 jia xiang

homeland

旅行 lv xing

travel

導遊 dǎoyóu

tour guide

路線 lu xian

route

地理 di li

geography

了解 liao jie

to understand

一下子 yi xia zi

in an instant

冷得不得了 leng de bu de le

extremely or crazy (for conversations)

風景 fēngjǐng

scenery

長江 changjiang

yangtze river

黃河 huang he

yellow river

河流 he liu

river

高原 gao yuan

highland

平原 ping yuan

flatland

沙漠 sha mo

desert

自然條件 zi ran tiao jian

natural condition

面積 mian ji

area

旅遊景點 lv you jing dian

tourist attractions

人山人海 ren shan ren hai

crowds/mountains of people