Chinese vocab B3 U1

亲戚

relatives

爷爷

grandfather (paternal; father’s side)

奶奶

grandmother (paternal; father’s side)

洛杉矶

los angeles

伯伯/大伯

older uncle (paternal; father’s side)

叔叔

younger uncle (paternal; father’s side)

姑姑

father’s sister/your aunt (paternal; father’s side)

纽约

new york

每年

every year

圣诞节

Christmas

过

celebrate

外公

grandfather (maternal; mother’s side)

外婆

grandmother (maternal; mother’s side)

前年

the year before last year

世

lifetime

去世

pass away/die

阿

prefix

姨

mother’s sister

阿姨

mother’s sister (maternal; mother’s side)

姨妈

mother’s married sister (maternal; mother’s side)

舅舅

mother’s brother (maternal; mother’s side)

孩子

children

女儿

daughter

儿子

son

见面

meet

春节

Chinese New Year/Spring Festival

漂亮

pretty

瓜子

seed of sunflower or melon

脸

face

瓜子脸

oval face

圆

round

圆脸

round face

方脸

square face

瘦

skinny

又

also/as well

帅

handsome

有点儿

somewhat/rather/ a little bit → in regards of appearance

胖

fat

个子

stature/height/figure

直

straight

直发

straight hair

是。。。的

used for emphasis

不见

missing/disappear

报纸

newspaper

的时候

when/while

别

don’t (when talking to someone else)

着急

worry

帮

help

找

look

流鼻涕

runny nose

肚子

stomach

拉肚子

diarrhoea

给

give/for the benefit of

量

measure

体温

body temperature

量体温

measure body temperature

开

prescribe

一些

some

药

medicine

踢

kick

足球

soccer

受

suffer

伤

wound/injury

受伤

be injured

需要

demanding/want/require

所以

so

能

can/be able to → needs w/ experience; at this moment

不能

cannot/cannot at the moment

假

holiday/leave of absence/break

病假

sick leave

请假

ask for leave

请病假

ask for sick leave