Freshman Year Chinese

商店

shāngdiàn - store

买

mai - buy

东西

dongxi - things, objects

一件衣服

yí jiàn yīfu - one piece of clothing

衬衫

chenshan - shirt

一条裤子

yi tiao kuzi - a pair of pants

颜色

yanse - color

黄色

huangse - yellow

红色

hongse - red

黑色

heise - black

中号

zhong hao - medium size

合适

heshi - suitable

长短

changduan - length

穿

chuan - to wear

试

shi - to try

便宜

pianyi - cheap

钱

qian - money

块

kuai - dollar unit

毛

mao - 1/10 of dollar

分

fen - 1/100 of dollar

一百

yi bai - one hundred

一共

yi gong - althougther

找钱

zhao qian - to give change

售货员

shouhuoyuan - sales clerk

不用

bu yong - need not

如果...的话，...

ruguo…de hua - if

多少

duoshao - how much/many

一双鞋

yi shuang xie - a pair of shoes

咖啡色

kafe se - brown

样子

yangzi - style

一样

yiyang - same, alike

大小

daxiao - size

换

huan - to exchange

虽然...，但是...

suiran…danshi - although…but

不过

buguo - but

这种

zhe zhong - this type

挺...的

ting…de - quite…

付钱

fu qian - to pay money

一张信用卡

yi zhang xin yong ka - credit card

刷卡

shua ka - to pay with a credit card

收

shou - to receive

再

zai - again

它

ta - it

起床

qǐ chuáng - to get out of bed

一篇日记

yì piān rìjì - a diary entry

累

lèi - tired; exhausted

洗澡

xǐ zǎo - to take a shower or bath

宿舍

sù shè - dormitory

餐厅

cān tīng - cafeteria

早饭

zǎo fàn - breakfast

午饭

wǔ fàn - lunch

中午

zhōngwǔ - noon, midday

以前

yǐqián - before, previously

教室

jiàoshī - classroom

发音

fāyīn - pronunciation

上网

shàngwǎng - to go online, to surf the internet

电脑

diànnǎo - computer

新

xīn - new

那里

nàlǐ - there, that place

这里

zhè lǐ - here

哪里

nǎlǐ - where, which place

告诉

gàosù - to tell, to inform

知道

zhīdào - to know

已经...了

yǐjīng...le - already

一边......，一边......

yībiān......, yībiān...... - doing two actions simultaneously

正在

zhèngzài - in the process of doing something

一封信

yī fēng xìn - a letter

最近

zuìjìn - recently or lately

学期

xuéqī - academic term or semester

专业

zhuānyè - major or specialty in education

音乐会

yīnyuèhuì - concert or music event

希望

xīwàng - hope or aspiration

用

yòng - to use

笑

xiào - to laugh

祝

zhu - to wish

会

hui - can

除了。。。以外

chule…yiwai - in addition to

能

neng - can

你最近怎么样？

Ni ziujin zenmeyang - How have you been recently?

的时候

de shi hou - when

说话

shuō huà - To talk/speak

第七课

dì qī kè - Lesson 7

语法

yǔfǎ - Grammar

生词

shēngcí - New words/vocab

汉字

hànzì - Chinese characters

写字

xiě zì - To write characters

复习

fùxí - To review

预习

yùxí - To preview

怎么

zěnme - how to

快 - 慢

kuài and màn - Fast and slow

一枝笔

yì zhī bǐ - a pen

一张纸

yī zhāng zhǐ - a piece of paper

教

jiāo - to teach

真

zhēn - really

懂

dǒng - to understand

难 - 容易

nán or róngyì - hard or easy

有一点+adj

You yi dian - a little bit + undesirable adjective

太多了

tài duō le - too much

哪里

nǎli - where

学习

Xue - to study/learn