Lesson 4

爱

ai4

love / to love

爱好

ai4hao4

hobbies

电影

dian4ying3

movie

电

dian4

electric

影

ying3

shadow

外国

wai4guo2

foreign country

外

wai4

outside

看

kan4

to watch / to see

电视

dian4shi4

TV

书

shu1

book

音乐

yin1yue4

music (w/out lyrics)

听

ting1

to listen to / hear

歌

ge1

song

唱

chang4

to sing

球

qiu2

ball

打

da3

to hit / to play (with hands)

跳舞

tiao4wu3

to dance

跳

tiao4

to jump / to hop

舞

wu3

dance

去

qu4

to go

请客

qing3ke4

to invite someone / to play host

客

ke4

guest / visitor

所以

suo3yi3

therefore / as a result / so

周

zhou1

week

周末

zhou1mo4

weekend

末

mo4

end

昨天

zuo2tian1

yesterday

常常

chang2chang2

often

有的时候

you3de0shi2hou4

sometimes / at times

不常

bu4chang2

not often

时候

shi2hou4

times

高兴

gao1xing4

happy

好久

hao3jiu3

a long time / quite a while

不见

bu4jian4

to not see

好久不见

hao3jiu3bu4jian4

long time no see

你好吗

ni3hao3ma0?

How are you?

你怎么样

ni3zen3me0yang4?

How are you?

不错

bu4cuo4

not bad / pretty good

很好

hen3hao3

good

睡觉

shui4jiao4

to sleep

看球

kan4qiu2

to watch ball game

锻炼

duan4lian4

to exercise / to workout

散步

san4bu4

to take a walk / to go for a walk

批渴求

pi3ke4qiu2

pickleball

匹克球

pi1ke4qiu2

pickleball

网球

wang3qiu2

tennis

弹钢琴

tan2gang0qin2

play the piano

做饭

zuo4fan4

to cook

游戏机

you2xi4ji1

video game

烘焙

hong1bei4

to bake / to cure by drying over a fire

远足

yuan3zu2

hike

钩编

gou1bian1

to crochet

演奏

yan3zou4

to play a musical instrument / to perform

演奏萨克斯

to play saxophone

吹

chui1

to play a wind instrument

吹萨克斯

chui1sa4ke4si1

to play saxophone

萨克斯

sa4ke4si1

saxophone

觉得

jue2de0

to feel / to think

有意思

you3yi4si0

interesting

没有意思

mei2you3yi4si0

boring

想

xiang3

to want to / to would like to

只

zhi3

only

找

zhao3

to look for / to try to find

算了

suan4le0

never mind / forget it

别人

bie3ren4

other people / someone else