Mandarin Vocabulary

季节

season

四季

four season

春天

spring

夏天

summer

秋天

autumn

冬天

winter

钟头

hour(informal)

夜里

night

前天

the day before yesterday

礼拜

week(informal)

周日

weekday

前年

the year before last

的时候

when (at the time)

有时候

sometimes

多长时间

how long(time)

多久

how long(time)

目前

currently

最后

last; final

…以前

before

…以后

after

公里

kilometer

斤

half kilogram

公斤

kilogram

分

cent

汇率

exchange rate

角

10 cents(formal)

毛

10 cents(informal)

块

dollar(informal)

元

dollar(formal)

圆

dollar(interchangeable with the above)

外汇

foreign currency (foreign exchange)

换钱

change money

摆

to put (to place;to set in order)

搬

to move(objects) (to take away)

包括

to include

参观

visit(place)

查

to check

出版

to publish

出来

to come out

打开

to open

打算

plan (intend to)

戴

to wear (accessories)

带

to bring

当

to work as (to serve as; to be)

等

to wait for

等于

to equal to

丢

to throw (to lose)

放

to place (to release; to put; to let go)

负责

to be responsible

挂

to hang something on somwhere

拐

to turn(to another direction)

关

to close (to turn off)

关上

to close (to turn off)

逛

to stroll(in streets)

好像

to be like(resemble)

花

to spend(time or money)

回来

to come back

积

(to store up) to accumulate

计划

plan

寄

to send

系

to tie

剪

to cut(paper, hair etc)

开

to open

卖

to sell

拿

to take

爬

to crawl

跑

to run

破坏

to destroy

让

to let

摔

to fall

胜利

to win

试

to try

填

to fill in (a form)

跳

to jump

停

to stop

偷

to steal

脱

to take off clothes (to fall off)

完

to finish (to end; to be completed)

以为

to think (to believe)

用

to use

站

to stand

长

long(to grow)

找

to look for

转

to change (to shift;to transfer; to turn)

转告

to pass on a message

作

to do

同意

to agree

反对

disagree

赞成

agree

观点

point of view

意见

opinion

看法

opinion

有关

with regards to

了解

understand

支持

support

首先

first

然后

then

认为

to think; to consider

继续

to continue

争议

contention/argument