Chinese Vocabulary and Phrases 5

按摩

àn mó. massage (in general or acupressure used at acupuncture points)

安全

ān quán - safe

澳门

ào mén - Macau

白米

bái mǐ - white rice

白葡萄酒

bái pú tao jiǔ - white wine

拜祖先

bài zǔ xiān - worship / worshiping (their) ancestors

办法

bàn fǎ - way(s) / method(s)

棒球

bàng qiú - baseball (lit. "club ball")

饱

bǎo - full

保护

bǎo hù - to protect / protecting / protection

北部

běi bù - northern part

臂

bì - arm

比 ... 小

bǐ ... xiǎo - smaller than

比 ...长

bǐ... cháng - longer than

比较贵

bǐ jiào guì - relatively expensive

比较少

bǐ jiào shǎo - relatively few

比赛

bǐ sài - competition

鞭炮

biān pào - firecrackers

冰雕

bīng diāo - ice sculpture

病了

bìng le - be/being sick / have become sick

病人

bìng rén - patient(s) (lit. "sick person")

冰水

bīng shuǐ - ice water

不够熟

bú gòu shú - not cooked enough (lit. "not enough cooked")

采

cǎi - pick / picking

草莓

cǎo méi - strawberries

草原

cǎo yuán - prairie(s)

插队

chā duì - to jump the line

长短

cháng duǎn - length

衬衫

chèn shān - shirt(s)

成熟

chéng shú - ripe, mature

尺寸

chǐ cùn - measurement(s) (lit. "Chinese foot Chinese inch")

冲浪

chōng làng - surfing / to surf (lit. "rush waves")

厨师

chú shī - a chef

除夕

chú xī - on New Year's Eve

传统节日

chuán tǒng jié rì - traditional holiday

传统上

chuán tǒng shàng - traditionally

传统习俗

chuán tǒng xí sú - traditional custom(s)

春节

chūn jié - Chinese New Year (lit. "spring festival")

纯棉

chún mián - pure cotton / 100% cotton

从来没有

cóng lái méi yǒu - have never

聪明

cōng ming - smart

大部分

dà bù fèn - most (of) / the majority (lit. "big part")

大岛

dà dǎo - big islands

大奖

dà jiǎng - the grand prize

大扫除

dà sǎo chú - clean the house thoroughly (lit. "big sweep")

大衣

dà yī - overcoat(s)

淡季

dàn jì - off-season (lit. "light season")

蛋塔

dàn tǎ - egg tarts

当

dāng - to work as / working as

岛

dǎo - island

...的时候

...de shí hòu - when

登山

dēng shān - mountain climbing

地板

dì bǎn - flooring

电商

diàn shāng - e-commerce

电视

diàn shì - television

(电影)片

(diàn yǐng) piàn - film(s)

调查

diào chá - investigate(s) / survey(s)

定做

dìng zuò - to have custom made / having custom made

度

dù - degrees

赌博

dǔ bó - to gamble / gambling

赌场

dǔ chǎng - casino(s) (lit. "gambling place(s)")

度假区

dù jià qū - resort

短信

duǎn xìn - text message(s) (lit. "short message")

多样性

duō yàng xìng - diversity

俄罗斯

é luó sī - Russian / Russia

发

fā - to send

发达

fā dá - developed

法国

fǎ guó - French / France

发烧

fā shāo - a fever

放

fàng - to light

房东

fáng dōng - landlord

方形

fāng xíng - square-shaped / square in shape

房租

fáng zū - rent (lit. room rent)

丰

fēng - bountiful

风景

fēng jǐng - scenery / landscape

风险

fēng xiǎn - risky / risk

父母

fù mǔ - parents

父亲

fù qin - father

富有

fù yǒu - affluent

改

gǎi - to alter / to be altered / altered

感恩

gǎn ēn - to feel grateful / thanksgiving

干净

gān jìng - clean

钢琴

gāng qín - piano(s) (lit. "steel instrument")

个人主义

gè rèn zhǔ yì - individualism

公寓

gōng yù - apartment

鼓浪屿

gǔ láng yǔ - Gulangyu (island in SE China)

过程

guò chéng - process

国庆节

guó qìng jié - national day (lit. "national celebration festival")

国营

guó yíng - state run

汉人

hàn rén - the Han people

河

hé - river(s)

合身

hé shēn - fits / fit

很费电

hěn fèi diàn - consumes a lot of electricity

很少

hěn shǎo - seldom (lit. "very little")

红葡萄酒

hóng pú tao jiǔ - red wine

后天

hòu tiān - the day after tomorrow

湖

hú - lake(s)

华侨

huá qiáo - overseas Chinese

滑雪

huá xuě - to ski / skiing (lit. "slide snow")

环保

huán bǎo - environmentally friendly