Chinese 1st semester exam

diàn tī elevator

电梯

kāi wán xiào to play a joke / to make fun of / to joke

开玩笑

kāi tong xué de wán xiào - to make fun of a classmate

开同学的玩笑

cái liào - material

材料

yī zhāng zhǐ - one piece of paper

一张纸

bù -cloth

布

zhǔ yào - main

主要

mò (shuǐ) - ink

墨(水)

yóu cǎi - greasepaint

油彩

bié de - other

别的

kòng bái - blank space

空白

zhǐ - only

只

pǐ - a measure word for horses

匹

xiǎng xiàng - to imagine

想象

pǎo - to run

跑

tā - it

它

fēng - wind

风

xiā - shrimp

虾

tā men - they, them (referring to things or animals)

它们

yóu - to swim

游

qí bái shí - a well-known Chinese painter

齐白石

shàng lóu - to go upstairs

上楼

xià lóu - to go downstairs

下楼

èr lóu - second floor

二楼

lóu shàng - upstairs

楼上

lóu xià - downstairs

楼下

xīn nián - new year

新年

Huǒ guō - Hotpot

火锅

fàn guǎn - restaurant

饭馆

yīn wèi - because

因为

suǒ yǐ - therefore; so; as a result

所以

ài - to love

爱

shuàn yáng ròu - thin slices of mutton boiled in water

涮羊肉

rè - hot

热

kāi chē - to drive a car

开车

jiāo qū - suburbs

郊区

huò zhě - or; possibly; maybe; perhaps

或者

yīn yuè huì - concert

音乐会

huà zhuāng - to put on make-up

化妆

zhèng shì - formal; official

正式

mín yuè - folk music played with traditional instruments

民乐

xī fāng - the West; western

西方

mín zú - nationality; ethnic group

民族

yuè qì - musical instrument

乐器

yǎn zòu - to give an instrumental performance

演奏

xí guàn - habit; custom; to be used to

习惯

yuè qŭ - music; musical composition;

乐曲

chū zū chē - taxi

出租车

lù shang - on the way; on the road

路上

huār - flower

花儿

guò qù - the past

过去

zhào xiàng jī - camera

照相机

páng biān - side

旁边

chū fā - to start out; to set off

出发

piān - measure word for essays, articles, etc

篇

wén zhāng - article; essay

文章

gōng xǐ - congratulations

恭喜

huǒ chē - train

火车

yòu - again

又

zháo jí - worry; feel anxious

着急

《Chūn Jiāng Huā Yuè Yè》- a famous, traditional Chinese music composition

春江花月夜

jiāng - river

江

yè - night

夜 (晚)

guò; to celebrate or to spend a holiday or weekend

过 (新年、生日、周末)

zhōngguóhuà

traditional Chinese painting

中国画

yóuhuà - oil painting

油画

yóu - oil

油

yí yang - same, alike

一样

kā fēi hé chá bù yí yang - Coffee and tea are different

咖啡和茶不一样。

měi shù guan - art gallery

美术馆

kāi mén - to open a door; to begin a day's business

开门

guan mén - to close a door; to close a day's business

关门

huà hua - to paint (VO)

画画

lǎo - old, senior

老

huà jiā - painter, artist

画家

wén xué jiā - literature expert

文学家

shù xué jiā - mathematician

数学家

kē xué jiā - scientist

科学家

bù gǎn dāng - I really don't deserve this compliment. (a humble expression)

不敢当

nǎ lǐ! nǎ lǐ! - I really don't deserve this compliment. (a humble expression)

哪里！哪里！

ài hào - hobby

爱好

chàng gē - to sing

唱歌

jīng jù - Beijing Opera (The National Opera of China)

京剧

mǎ mǎ hū hū - so-so, passable

马马虎虎

mǎ hu - careless

马虎

fú - a measure word for paintings

幅

jiǔ fú yóu huà - nine oil paintings

九幅油画

qī fú huà - seven paintings

七幅画

xú bēi hóng - a well-known Chines painter

徐悲鸿

shī fù - master

师傅

jù huì - to get together, to have a party, party

聚会

duàn liàn shēn tǐ - to do exercises; to take exercise.

锻炼身体

liú xué - to study abroad

留学

liú xué shēng - student studying abroad

留学生

ràng - to let, allow, make

让

shǒu - measure word for poems or songs

首

chuī - to blow

吹

lā yuè qì - to play a string instrument

拉乐器

tán - to play (piano, guitar)

弹