Chinese Vocabulary List NCEA Level 3

把书放在桌子上

Bǎ shū fàng zài zhuōzi shàng - Put the book on the table

把

Bǎ - to put

一般

yì bān - normally, generally

一般来说

yì bān lái shuō - generally speaking

报纸

bào zhǐ - newspaper

报告

bào gào - make known, (to) report

表

biǎo - chart, table

手表

shǒu biǎo - wristwatch

时间表

shí jiān biǎo - timetable

做操

to do exercise (Zuò cāo)

操场

cāo chǎng - playground / sports field

体操

tǐ cāo; gymnastics

超级市场

chāo jí shì chǎng - supermarket

超人

Superman (Chāo Rén)

超漂亮

super pretty - Chāo piàoliang

迟到

chí dào - to be late

除了...以外

chúle...yǐwài

Except for / As well as / Apart from

船

chuán - boat, ship

船票

chuán piào

ship/boat ticket

船家

Chuánjiā - boat owner

词

cí - word

词典

cí diǎn - dictionary

生词

shēngcí

new words; vocabulary

票

piào - ticket

村子

cūnzi - village

农村

nóng cūn - countryside

村民

cūn mín - villager

时代

shídài - time, generation

年代

nián dài - decade

现代

xiàn dài - modern

古代

gǔ dài ancient times / olden times

低

dī - low

最低

Zuìdī － Lowest / Minimum

点

diǎn - o'clock， point

优点

yōu diǎn - strong point, strength

缺点

quē diǎn - weakness, fault

相同点

similarities － Xiāngtóng diǎn

不同点

Difference (Bù tóng diǎn)

字典

zìdiǎn

dictionary

典故

Diǎngù － Reference / Origin

经 典

Jīng diǎn － classic

订

dìng - to reserve; to book (a ticket, a hotel room, etc.)

订 票

Dìng piào －to book a ticket

丢

to lose (diū)

丢东西

Diū dōng xī - to lose something

丢脸

Diūliǎn - disgraced, embarrassed, lose face

方法

Fāngfǎ - method

办法

bànfǎ

method; way (of doing something)

看法

kàn fǎ - opinion, point of view

想法

(xiǎng fǎ) opinion

法语

fǎyǔ - French (language)

头发

tóu fa - hair

出发

chū fā to set off

发信

(fā xìn) send a letter

发现

fā xiàn - to find, discover

非

fēi - not, false

是非题

Shìfēi tí - true or false question

题

tí - question

三分之一

sān fēn zhī yī -- one third

百分之

(Bǎi fēn zhī) percent

大夫

dài fu - doctor

夫人

Fūrén - Madam, wife

先生

(xiānsheng) Sir, husband

衣服

(yī fu) clothes

校服

xiào fú - school uniform

服务

fúwù

service

服务员

fú wù yuán - waiter, attendant

福

fú - blessing; good fortune

幸福

xìng fú - happiness; happy

福气

fúqì - good fortune, lucky

复习

fùxí (to review)

重复

chóng fù - repeat

误会

wù huì - misunderstand, mistake

啊

A，an exclamation

大概

dà gài - approximately

感兴趣

(gǎn xìng qù) interested in

感冒

gǎnmào - common cold

感觉

gǎn jué - to feel

觉得

juéde - to feel; to think

得

Dé － (a structural particle) eg) I think 觉得

钢

gāng - steel

钢笔

gāngbǐ - pen

笔

bǐ - pen

钢琴

gāng qín - piano

弦

Xián － string

弹钢琴

tán gāng qín - to play the piano

猫

māo - cat

狗

gǒu - dog

够了

gòu le - it's enough

多

duō (many, much)

钱不够

qián bú gòu

not enough money

钱

qián - money

足够

(zúgòu) enough

古时候

(gǔ shí hòu) ancient times

古人

gǔ rén (n) ancient people

古代

gǔ dài ancient times / olden times

故事

gù shi - story

故宫

gù gōng - Forbidden City

广告

guǎnggào

advertisement

广大

guǎng dà - vast