Modern Chinese III Lesson 1 - Pinyin

开学, kāi xué

vo, to begin a new semester

新生, xīnshēng

n, new student (sometimes: first

新学期, xīn xuéqī

n, new semester

新学年, xīn xuénián

n, new academic year

辆, liàng

m, measure word for vehicles

研究生, yánjiūshēng

n, graduate student (MA or higher)

出生, chūshēng

v, to be born

出生地, chūshēngdì

n, birthplace

出生日期, chūshēngrìqī

n, date of birth

弓, gōng

n, bow (for archery)

长, cháng

adj, long (time, length)

长, zhǎng

v, to grow up, to become

长, zhǎng

n, head, senior, leader

班长, bānzhǎng

n, class leader

校长, xiàozhǎng

n, school principal, rector

校外, xiào wài

adj, off campus

校内, xiào nèi

adj, on campus

校园, xiàoyuán

n, campus

安全, ānquán

adj, safe

比较, bǐjiào

adv/v, relatively, comparatively, to compare

省钱, shěng qián

vo, to save money, to economize

花钱, huā qián

vo, to spend money

自由, zìyóu

adj/n, free, freedom

不见得, bújiànde

adv, not necessarily

好处, hǎochu

n, advantage, benefit

坏处, huàichu

n, disadvantage

适应, shìyìng

v, to adapt to

习惯, xíguàn

v/n, to be used to, habit

生活, shēnghuó

n/v, daily life, to live

搬家, bān jiā

vo, to move house

搬, bān

v, to move, to carry (large things)

帮忙, bāng máng

vo, to help, to lend a hand (informal)

帮助, bāngzhù

v/n, to help, assistance (formal)

哎, āi

excl, exclamation (surprise, dissatisfaction, reminder)

拉, là

v, to leave behind inadvertently (colloquial)

张天明, Zhāng Tiānmíng

pn, personal name zhang tian ming

柯林, Kē Lín

pn, personal name, Kelin

读, dú

v, to study, to be enrolled in (higher education)

童子军, tóng zǐ jūn

n, scouts