chinese midterm

1. 给 gěi prep to; for

2. 打电话 dǎ diànhuà vo to make a phone call 电话 diànhuà n telephone

3. 喂 wéi/wèi interj (on telephone) Hello!; Hey!

4. 在 zài v to be present; to be at (a place)

5. 就 jiù adv precisely; exactly

6. 您 nín pr you (honorifi c for 你)

7. 哪 nǎ/něi qpr which

8. 位 wèi m (polite measure word for people)

9. 下午 xiàwǔ t afternoon

10. 时间 shíjiān n time

11. 问题 wèntí n question; problem

12. 要 yào mv will, be going to; to want to, to have a desire to

13. 开会 kāi huì vo to have a meeting 开 kāi v to open; to hold (a meeting, party, etc.) 会 huì n meeting

14. 上午 shàngwǔ t morning

15. 节 jié m (measure word for class periods) 16. 课 kè n class; course; lesson

17. 年级 niánjí n grade in school

18. 考试 kǎo shì vo/n to give or take a test; test 考 kǎo v to give or take a test 试 shì n/v test; to try; to experiment

19. 以后 yǐhòu t after; from now on, later on

20. 空(儿) kòng(r) n free time

21. 要是 yàoshi conj if

22. 方便 fāngbiàn adj convenient

23. 到 dào v to go to; to arrive

24. 办公室 bàngōngshì n offi ce

25. 行 xíng v all right; O.K.

26. 等 děng v to wait; to wait for

27. 别 bié adv don’t [See Grammar 3.]

28. 客气 kèqi adj polite

1. 下个 xià ge next one 下 xià below; next

2. 中文 Zhōngwén n Chinese language 文 wén n language; script; written language

3. 帮 bāng v to help

4. 准备 zhǔnbèi v to prepare

5. 练习 liànxí v to practice

6. 说 shuō v to say; to speak

7. 啊 a p (a sentence-fi nal particle of exclamation, interrogation, etc.)

8. 但是 dànshì conj but 9. 得 děi av must; to have to

10. 跟 gēn prep with

11. 见面 jiàn miàn vo to meet up; to meet with 面 n face

12. 回来 huí lai vc to come back

1. 说话 shuō huà vo to talk 话 huà n word; speech

2. 上个 shàng ge the previous one

3. 得 de p (a structural particle) [See Grammar 1.]

4. 复习 fùxí v to review

5. 写 xiě v to write

6. 字 zì n character

7. 慢 màn adj slow

8. 枝 zhī m (measure word for long, thin, infl exible objects such as pens, rifl es, etc.)

9. 笔 bǐ n pen

10. 张 zhāng m (measure word for fl at objects, paper, pictures, etc.)

11. 纸 zhǐ n paper

12. 教 jiāo v to teach

13. 怎么 zěnme qpr how; how come

14. 懂 dǒng v to understand

15. 真 zhēn adv really [See Grammar 2.]

16. 哪里 nǎli pr where

17. 预习 yùxí v to preview

18. 学 xué v to study; to learn

19. 第 dì prefi x (prefi x for ordinal numbers)

20. 语法 yǔfǎ n grammar

21. 容易 róngyì adj easy

22. 生词 shēngcí n new words; vocabulary

23. 多 duō adj many; much

24. 汉字 Hànzì n Chinese characters

25. 难 nán adj diffi cult

1. 篇 piān m (measure word for essays, articles, etc.)

2. 日记 rìjì n diary

3. 累 lèi adj tired

4. 起床 qǐ chuáng vo to get up 床 chuáng n bed

5. 洗澡 xǐ zǎo vo to take a bath/shower

6. 早饭 zǎofàn n breakfast

7. 一边 yìbiān adv simultaneously; at the same time

8. 教室 jiàoshì n classroom

9. 发音 fāyīn n pronunciation

10. 新 xīn adj new

11. 电脑 diànnǎo n computer 脑 nǎo n brain

12. 中午 zhōngwǔ n noon

13. 餐厅 cāntīng n dining room, cafeteria

14. 午饭 wǔfàn n lunch, midday meal

15. 上网 shàng wǎng vo to go online; to surf the internet

16. 宿舍 sùshè n dormitory 17. 那儿 nàr pr there

18. 正在 zhèngzài adv in the middle of (doing something)

19. 以前 yǐqián t before

20. 告诉 gàosu v to tell

21. 已经 yǐjīng adv already

22. 知道 zhīdao v to know

1. 平常 píngcháng adv usually

2. 早 zǎo adj early

3. 这么 zhème pr so; this (late, etc.)

4. 晚 wǎn adj late

5. 早上 zǎoshang t morning

6. 功课 gōngkè n homework; schoolwork

7. 大家 dàjiā pr everybody

8. 上课 shàng kè vo to go to a class; to start a class; to be in class

9. 开始 kāishǐ v/n to begin, to start; beginning

10. 念 niàn v to read aloud

11. 课文 kèwén n text of a lesson

12. 录音 lùyīn n/vo sound recording; to record

13. 学习 xuéxí v to study; to learn

14. 帅 shuài adj handsome

15. 酷 kù adj cool