Chapter 7 Spoken Chinese Vocab

shūo huà

to talk

huà

word, speech

shàng ge

previous, last

fùxí

to review

xiě

to write

zì

character

màn

slow

zhī

measure word for long, thin, or flexible objects such as pens and pencils

bǐ

pen

zhāng

measure word for flat objects such as paper

zhǐ

paper

jiāo

to teach

zěnme

how, how come

dǒng

to understand

zhēn

really

nǎli

where

yùxí

to preview

xué

to study, to learn

dì

prefix

yǔfǎ

grammar

róngyì

easy

shēncí

new words, vocabulary

dūo

many, much

hànzì

Chinese characters

nán

difficult

píngcháng

usually

zǎo

early

zhème

so, this (late, etc.)

wǎn

late

zǎoshang

morning

gōngkè

homework, schoolwork

dàjīa

everybody

shàng kè

to go to class, to start a class, to be in class

kāishǐ

to begin, to start, beginning

niàn

to read aloud

kèwén

text of a lesson

lùyīn

sound recording, to record

xuéxí

to study, to learn

shuài

handsome

kù

cool (appearance, behavior)

Bīn Dà

Upain

jièshào

to introduce

hǎokàn

good looking

rènshi nǐ hěn gāoxìng

nice to meet you

bù, méi

Use ______ for don’t and _______ for didn’t.

le

DO NOT use “___” for mental or habitual activities

tā shuō huà shuō de tài màn le.

he talks too slow

wúliáo

boring

yǒu diǎnr

kind of (derogatory)

Nǐ juéde qù bīndà qù de zěnmeyàng?

what do you think about going to Penn?

qǐng gěi wǒmen chàng yí ge gē

please sing us a song

qǐng gěi wǒ xiě xìn

please write a letter to me

dì èr ge shì Zhōngguó diànyǐng

the second chinese movie

jīntiān wǒmen xué dì qī kè.

today we learn the seventh lesson

nǐ gēn shéi yìqǐ shàng Zhōngwén kè?

who are you going to chinese class with?

nǐ jīntiān wǎnshang xiǎng gēn shéi yìqǐ chī wǎnfàn?

tonight who do you want to eat dinner with?