AP中文 第1章 家庭和社区

社区活动

shèqū huódòng | community activities | 例句：我们社区每个月都举办一次社区活动，邻居们都很喜欢参加。 Our community holds a community activity every month, and the neighbours all love to take part.

家庭关系

jiātíng guānxi | family relationships | 例句：良好的家庭关系需要家人之间多沟通、多理解。 Good family relationships need family members to communicate more and understand each other more.

社会交往与人际关系

shèhuì jiāowǎng yǔ rénjì guānxi | social interactions & relationships | 例句：参加社区活动可以帮助我们建立良好的社会交往与人际关系。 Taking part in community activities can help us build good social interactions and relationships.

城乡社区

chéngxiāng shèqū | urban & rural communities | 例句：城乡社区的生活方式很不一样，但邻里关系都很重要。 Life in urban and rural communities is very different, but neighbourly relationships matter in both.

家庭

jiātíng | family; household | 例句：我们家是一个三代同堂的家庭，爷爷奶奶和我们住在一起。 Ours is a three-generation household: my grandparents live with us.

长辈

zhǎngbèi | elder; older generation | 例句：在中国，晚辈应该尊敬长辈，多陪陪他们。 In China, younger generations should respect their elders and spend more time with them.

晚辈

wǎnbèi | younger generation | 例句：作为晚辈，我每个周末都会去看望爷爷奶奶。 As a younger family member, I visit my grandparents every weekend.

祖父母

zǔfùmǔ | grandparents (paternal) | 例句：我的祖父母住在老家，每年春节我们都回去看他们。 My paternal grandparents live back home; every Spring Festival we go back to see them.

孝顺

xiàoshùn | filial; to honour one's parents | 例句：孝顺不只是给父母钱，更重要的是花时间陪伴他们。 Being filial is not just about giving parents money; what matters more is spending time with them.

赡养

shànyǎng | to support / care for (elders) | 例句：子女有责任赡养年迈的父母，让他们安享晚年。 Children have a responsibility to support their ageing parents, so they can enjoy their later years.

独生子女

dúshēng zǐnǚ | only child | 例句：我是独生子女，从小爸爸妈妈都很关心我。 I am an only child; my parents have always cared a lot about me.

亲戚

qīnqi | relatives | 例句：春节的时候，很多亲戚都会来我们家吃年夜饭。 At Spring Festival, many relatives come to our home for New Year's Eve dinner.

团聚

tuánjù | to reunite (as a family) | 例句：一家人只有在春节的时候才能团聚，特别珍惜这几天。 The whole family can only reunite at Spring Festival, so we treasure those few days.

沟通

gōutōng | to communicate | 例句：家人之间有问题要多沟通，不要把想法藏在心里。 When family members have a problem, they should communicate more, not keep their thoughts to themselves.

社区

shèqū | community; residential district | 例句：我们住的社区很安静，邻居们互相帮助。 The community we live in is quiet, and the neighbours help one another.

邻居

línjū | neighbour | 例句：我的邻居是一位老奶奶，她经常给我送自己做的饺子。 My neighbour is an elderly lady who often brings me dumplings she made herself.

居民

júmín | resident | 例句：社区活动中心欢迎所有居民参加，不分本地人还是外地人。 The community activity centre welcomes all residents, whether they are locals or newcomers.

志愿者

zhìyuànzhě | volunteer | 例句：每周三，社区的志愿者都会去陪王奶奶聊天、帮她买菜。 Every Wednesday, community volunteers visit Grandma Wang, chat with her, and help her buy groceries.

活动中心

huódòng zhōngxīn | activity / community centre | 例句：爷爷每天下午都去活动中心和朋友们下棋、聊天。 Grandpa goes to the activity centre every afternoon to play chess and chat with friends.

互相帮助

hùxiāng bāngzhù | to help one another | 例句：邻里之间互相帮助，社区才会有归属感。 When neighbours help one another, the community gains a sense of belonging.

归属感

guīshǔgǎn | sense of belonging | 例句：刚搬来的时候我很陌生，慢慢认识了邻居，才有了归属感。 When I first moved here I felt like a stranger; only after getting to know my neighbours did I feel a sense of belonging.

和谐

héxié | harmonious | 例句：大家互相理解、互相包容，社区生活才会和谐。 When everyone understands and tolerates one another, community life becomes harmonious.

举办

jǔbàn | to hold / organize (an event) | 例句：我们小区每年都会举办一次邻里运动会，大家都很期待。 Our residential area holds a neighbourhood sports day every year, and everyone looks forward to it.

城市

chéngshì | city | 例句：很多年轻人离开农村，到城市工作和生活。 Many young people leave the countryside to work and live in the city.

农村

nóngcūn | countryside; village | 例句：爷爷奶奶在农村住了一辈子，习惯了那里的生活。 My grandparents lived in the countryside their whole lives and are used to life there.

老家

lǎojiā | hometown; ancestral home | 例句：爷爷走了以后，奶奶一个人在老家，我们很不放心。 After Grandpa passed away, Grandma lived alone back home, and we worried about her.

搬家

bānjiā | to move house | 例句：爸爸到台北工作以后，我们就搬家离开了台南的老房子。 After Dad went to work in Taipei, we moved away from our old house in Tainan.

外来务工

wàilái wùgōng | migrant work; to work away from one's home region | 例句：很多外来务工人员离开家乡，到大城市打工赚钱。 Many migrant workers leave their hometowns to work in big cities and earn money.

空巢

kōngcháo | empty nest (elders left behind) | 例句：子女长大离家以后，家里只剩下两位老人，成了空巢家庭。 After the children grew up and left home, only the two elderly parents were left, and it became an empty-nest household.

三代同堂

sāndài tóngtáng | three generations under one roof | 例句：小时候，我们三代同堂，住在台南的老房子里。 When I was little, three generations lived under one roof in our old house in Tainan.

家乡

jiāxiāng | native place; home region | 例句：不管走多远，家乡永远是我最想念的地方。 No matter how far I go, my hometown is always the place I miss most.

春节

chūnjié | Spring Festival (Lunar New Year) | 例句：春节是一家人团聚最重要的节日，大家都会回家过年。 Spring Festival is the most important festival for family reunion; everyone goes home for it.

年夜饭

niányèfàn | New Year's Eve family dinner | 例句：年夜饭的时候，全家人围坐在一起，吃饺子、聊天，特别热闹。 At New Year's Eve dinner, the whole family sits together, eats dumplings, chats, and it is very lively.

祭祖

jìzǔ | to venerate one's ancestors | 例句：清明节的时候，我们全家一起去祭祖，纪念去世的亲人。 At Qingming, our whole family goes to venerate our ancestors and remember relatives who have passed away.

扫墓

sǎomù | to sweep the graves (Qingming) | 例句：每年清明，我们都会回老家扫墓，表达对祖先的怀念。 Every year at Qingming, we go back home to sweep the graves and express our remembrance of our ancestors.

回乡

huíxiāng | to return to one's hometown | 例句：工作了几年以后，他决定回乡照顾年迈的父母。 After working for a few years, he decided to return to his hometown to look after his ageing parents.

传统

chuántǒng | tradition; traditional | 例句：春节吃饺子、贴春联，是中国人很重视的传统。 Eating dumplings and putting up spring couplets at Spring Festival are traditions Chinese people value very much.

习俗

xísú | custom; convention | 例句：每个地方过春节的习俗都不一样，但都希望一家人团聚。 Customs for celebrating Spring Festival differ from place to place, but all hope for family reunion.

陪伴

péibàn | to keep company; companionship | 例句：奶奶一个人住在老家，我们要多陪伴她，让她不觉得孤单。 Grandma lives alone back home; we should keep her company more so she does not feel lonely.