Modern Chinese III Pinyin

开学 kāi xué

vo, to begin a new semester

新生 xīnshēng

n, new student (sometimes: first-year)

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 / "research 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, skirt, etc.)

长 zhǎng

v, to grow up / to become / to look like (appearance)

长 zhǎng

n, head of / senior / elder

班长 bānzhǎng

n, class leader

校长 xiàozhǎng

n, school principal / rector

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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, rather, to compare

省钱 shěng qián

vo, to save money, to economize

花钱 huā qián

vo, to spend money

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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, to become accustomed to

习惯 xíguàn

v/n, to be used to, habit

生活 shēnghuó

n/v, (day-to-day) life, to live

搬家 bān jiā

vo, to move (one's residence)

搬 bān

v, to move/shift (large things)

帮忙 bāng máng

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

帮助 bāngzhù

v/n, to help, assistance (formal)

哎 āi

excl, (exclamatory particle to express surprise, dissatisfaction or to remind)

拉 là

v, to leave (something) behind inadvertently (colloq.)

落 là / luò

v, to leave something behind

张天明 Zhāng Tiānmíng

pn, (a personal name)

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柯林 Kē Lín

pn, (a personal name)

打交道 dǎ jiāodào

vo, to deal with

哲学 zhéxué

n, philosophy

管 guǎn

v, to control, to manage, to mind, to care about

申请 shēnqǐng

v, to apply (to a school or job)

省下来 shěng xia lai

vc, to save (money, time)

李哲 Lǐ Zhé

pn, (a personal name)

建议 jiànyì

n/v, suggestion, to suggest

要么..., 要么... yàome ..., yàome ...

conj, if it's not..., it's..., either ... or ... [See Grammar 5.]

工学院 gōng xuéyuàn

n, school of engineering

管理学院 guǎnlǐ xuéyuàn

n, school of management

谈 tán

v, to talk, to discuss

文学 wénxué

n, literature

将来 jiānglái

n, future

挣钱 zhèng qián

vo, to earn money

金融 jīnróng

n, finance, banking

整天 zhěng tiān

n, all day long

数字 shùzì

n, numeral, figure, digit

选 xuǎn

v, to choose

门 mén

m, (measure word for academic courses)

世界 shìjiè

n, world

历史 lìshǐ

n, history

其他 qítā

pr, other, else

文章 wénzhāng

n, essay, article

受不了 shòu bu liǎo

vc, cannot take it, unable to bear

轻松 qīngsōng

adj, light, relaxed

教授 jiàoshòu

n, professor

讨论 tǎolùn

v, to discuss

意见 yìjiàn

n, opinion

碰见 pèng jiàn

vc, to run into (a person by chance)

毕业 bì yè

vo, to graduate

学位 xuéwèi

n, academic degree

化学 huàxué

n, chemistry

经济 jīngjì

n, economics, economy

系 xì

n, academic department (of a college or university)

学分 xuéfēn

n, academic credit

决定 juédìng

v/n, to decide, decision

解决 jiějué

v, to solve, to resolve

节 jié

m, measure word for "lesblok" (class period)

篇 piān

m, measure word for "文章" (article, essay)

好受 hǎoshòu

sv, comfortable (feeling), easy to bear

难受 nánshòu

sv, uncomfortable (feeling), difficult to bear

受得了 shòu de liǎo

vc, can bear/tolerates

放松 fàngsōng

v, to relax, to loosen

提 tí

v, to put forward (as in an opinion or question)

有意见 yǒu yìjiàn

vo, to object, to have an objection (NOT just "to have an opinion")

想法 xiǎngfǎ

n, idea, opinion

看法 kànfǎ

n, way of looking at a thing, opinion, view

碰到 pèng dào

vc, to run into, to bump into (by chance)

毕业生 bìyèshēng

n, graduating student

学业 xuéyè

n, schoolwork, studies

事业 shìyè

n, career, undertaking, enterprise

商业 shāngyè

n, commerce, business (world)

服务业 fúwùyè

n, service industry

工业 gōngyè

n, industry

数学 shùxué

n, mathematics

医学 yīxué

n, medicine (the academic study)

商学 shāngxué

n, business (studies)

比分 bǐfēn

n, score (in a competition)

分数 fēnshù

n, score, grade, marks

文学院 wénxuéyuàn

n, school of liberal arts

理学院 lǐxuéyuàn

n, school of science

商学院 shāngxuéyuàn

n, school of business