CH AP U2 Vocabulary_Text 1 汉字与汉语 Chinese characters and language

博大精深

bó dà jīng shēn wide-ranging and profound; broad and deep

语言

yǔ yán - language

文字

wěn zì - written language

汉语

Hàn yǔ - Chinese language

汉字

hàn zì - Chinese characters

是...的重要组成部分

Shì... De zhòngyào zǔchéng bùfèn

an important part of......

Xuéxí de zhòngyào zǔchéng bùfèn shì zìjǐ xuéxí.

只有....(A)才能....(B)

zhǐ yǒu...cái néng... - Can only....(B) if.....(A)

传统

chuán tǒng - tradition / convention

已经

yǐ jīng - already

像...一样

xiàng......yí yàng - look alike, similar, the same

拼音

pīn yīn - pinyin

字母

zì mǔ - letter (of the alphabet)

笔画

bǐ huà - strokes of a chinese character

部首

bù shǒu - radicals of chinese characters

由...组成

yóu....zǔ chéng - is made of....(components, parts)

Wǒ de xuéxiào yóu cōngmíng xuéshēng zǔchéng.

生词/生字

shēng cí / shēng zì - vocabulary; new words

句子

jù zi - sentence

语法

yǔ fǎ - Grammar

因此，......

yīn cǐ - therefore......, so......

I can’t drive, therefore i walk to school. wo bu hui kai che, yin si wo zou lu qu xue xiao.

教

jiāo - to teach

工具

gōng jù - tool, instrument

有用

yǒuyòng - useful

世界各地

shì jiè gè dì - all over the world

wo yao lu xing shi jie ge di - i want to travel all over the world.

汉族

hàn zú - Han nationality

民族

mín zú - ethnic group

少数民族

shǎo shù mín zú - ethnic minority groups

通用的

tōng yǒng de - universal， common

gei li wu shi tong yon de xi su - giving gifts is a universal custom.

随着

suí zhe - along with; in the wake of; following

sui zhe mi kai di, xiao ming qu lu xue xiao de lan qiu bi sai - along with katie, xiao ming went to the basketball game.

经济

jīng jì - economy, economics

政治

zhèng zhì - politics

tao lun zheng zhi de shi hou, hen duo ren jing chang sheng qi de shuo : “ni bu cong ming.”

方面

fāng miàn - side, aspect

一方面 yi fang mian…另一方面 ling yi fang mian - on one hand, on the other hand

on one hand i like school, on the other hand i don’t like the homework.

热门的

popular， trending

re men de

掌握

zhǎng wò - master, grasp, know well

wo zi xue xi suo yi wo ke yi zhang wo zhong wen.

更

gèng - more, -er, even more

wo xi huan ping guo, ke shi wo geng xi huan chi cai mei.

了解

liǎo jiě - to understand, know about

chu shi liao jie xue xiao de ren bu xi huan chi yv.