R&W 8-3, 8-4: New Characters & Words

打

dǎ (hit, beat)

打的

dǎdī (take a taxi) [VO]

电 (電)

diàn (electricity; lightning)

电话

(電話) diànhuà (telephone) [N]

打电话 (打電話)

dǎ diànhuà (make a telephone call) [PH]

班

bān (class; shift)

班 [SN]

Bān (Ban) [SN]

班上

bānshang (in a class)

中文班

Zhōngwén bān (Chinese class) [PH]

上班

shàngbān (go to work, work) [VO]

下班

xiàbān (get off from work) [VO]

间 (間)

jiān (between, during; space or time in between)

时间 (時間)

shíjiān (time) [N]

上下班时间 (上下班時間)

shàngxiàbān shíjiān (the time when one goes to or gets off from work) [N]

交

jiāo (hand over; intersect)

通

tōng (through, open; connect)

交通

jiāotōng (traffic) [N]

通知

tōngzhī (notify) [V]

通县 (通縣)

Tōng Xiàn (Tong County) [PW] (located to the east of downtown Beijing; now known as 通州 Tōngzhōu District of Beijing)

件

jiàn (for pieces of luggage, matters, etc.)

一件事

yíjiàn shì (a matter, a thing (abstract))

行

xíng (walk, go; all right, O.K.)

不行

bù xíng (be all right, be O.K) [V]

行不行?

Xíng bu xíng? (Is it O.K. or not O.K.?)

行李

xíngli (luggage, baggage) [N]

一件行李

yíjiàn xíngli (a piece of luggage)

需

xū (need)

需要

xūyào (need) [V/AV]

只

zhǐ (only)

只好

zhǐhǎo (have no choice but, can only) [A]

换 (換)

huàn (change, exchange)

换车 (換車)

huàn chē (change (to other) buses, change trains)

换工作 (換工作)

huàn gōngzuò (change jobs)

换钱 (換錢)

huàn qián (change money)

换人 (換人)

huàn rén (change (to other) people)

条 (條)

tiáo (long and narrow piece of something)

一条路 (一條路)

yìtiáo lù

换一条别的路 (换一條别的路)

huàn yìtiáo biéde lù

条子 (條子)

tiáozi