AP Chinese Unit 6: Environmental, Political & Societal Challenges

全球

quan qiu; global, whole world

亚洲

ya zhou; Asia

正面

zheng mian; positive

负面

fu mian; negative

产生

chan sheng; produce

大使馆

da shi guan; embassy

可行

ke xing; feasible, possible

解决方案

jie jue fang an; solution

角色

jue se; role, part, character

扮演

ban yan; play the part of, act

表达

biao da; to express, expression

复杂

fu za; complexity, complex

百分之

bai fen zhi; percent (百分之九十-90%）

不合法

bu he fa; illegal

法律

fa lv; law

渔船

yu chuan; fishing boat

运输

yun shu; transportation

住房

zhu fang; housing

失业

shi ye; unemployment

职位

zhi wei; position, job

民主

min zhu; democracy

审查制度

shen cha zhi du; censorship

碳排放量

tai pai fang liang; carbon emissions

气候变化

qi hou bian hua; climate change

新闻业/新闻学

xin wen ye/xin wen xue; journalism

赞美

zan mei; praise, admire

君王

jun wang; king, lord, monarch

苍生

cang sheng; common people

公寓楼

gong yu lou; apartment building

租金

zu jin; rent, rental fee

清明节

qing ming jie - Tomb sweeping festival

端午节

duan wu jie; Dragon Boat Festival

春节

chun jie; spring festival (Chinese New Year)

中秋节

zhong qiu jie; Mid-Autumn festival

扫墓

sao mu; tomb sweeping

祭祖

ji zu; offer sacrifices to ancestors, ancestor veneration

郊游

jiao you; go on outing

艾草

ai cao; wormwood

夏至

xia zhi; summer solstice

高中

gao zhong; high school

垃圾

la ji; garbage

评估

ping gu; to evaluate

瓶罐

ping guan; bottles

比如

bi ru; such as, for example

分类

fen lei; to categorize, classification

环保

Huan bao; environmental protection

意义

yi yi; meaning/significance

塑料

su liao; plastic

有机

you ji; organic

电池

dian chi; battery

有害

you hai; harmful

为期一周

wei qi yi zhou; for one week

厨房

chu fang; kitchen

可回收

ke hui shou; recyclable

紧迫

jin po; pressing, urgent

面临

mian lin; facing, faced with

例如

li ru; for example, for instance

未来

wei lai; future

土地

tu di; land

负担能力

fu dan neng li; affordability

价格

jia ge; price

上涨

shang zhang; rise

造成

zao cheng; cause, to give rise to

低收入

di shou ru; low income

实行

shi xing; to implement

泡沫

pao bo; bubble

租房

zu fang; renting, to rent a house

开发

kai fa; develop

经济萧条

jing ji xiao tiao; economic depression, recession

买不起/住不起

mai bu qi; cannot afford to buy， zhu bu qi: can't afford to live

民众

min zhong; the masses, common people

遇到

yu dao; encounter, run into, come across

早死亡

zao si wang; early death

一千

yi qian; one thousand

一亿

yi yi; one hundred million

贫困/贫困线

pin kun; poverty， pin kun xian; poverty line

沙尘暴

sha chen bao; sandstorm

出口

chu kou; export

行业

Hang ye; industry

资源/水资源

zi yuan; resources， shui zi yuan; water resources

空气质量

kong qi zhi liang; air quality

工厂

gong chang; factory

观察

guan cha; to observe, watch

记录

ji lu; record

急急忙忙

ji ji mang mang; hurry

期末

qi mo; end of term

安全

an quan; safety

终端

zhong duan; terminal

房屋保险

fang wu bao xian; house insurance

地表

di biao; surface

超过

chao guo; exceed

已收到

yi shou dao; has been affected by

花费

hua fei; fertilizer

日趋

ri qu; increasingly, day by day

原因

yuan yin; the reason

生存

sheng cun; survive

威胁

wei xie; to threaten, threat

癌症病

ai zheng bing; cancer

患者

huan zhe; patient

率

lv; rate