Lesson 6 Vocabulary from Colloquial Chinese
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- míngtiān
- tommarow
- shēngrì
- birthday
- dōngxi
- thing
- gěi
- to give (like a thing)
- róngyì
- easy
- sòng
- give (as in a present); to send someone off, to deliever, to take someone somewhere
- shōuyīnjī
- radio receiver, Noun
- tīng
- to listen; heed, Noun
- xīnwén
- news
- yīnyuè
- music - never used after zhōngwen, only zhōng guó.
- xiànzài
- new
- jiàn
- piece, item
- máoyi
- sweater
- děi
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(MV) must; need to (stronger than yīngāi)
(V) to cost money; to take time - kuài
- (M) unit of currency (written yuan); piece, lump.
- piányi
- cheap (sv)
- shìqing
- (n) matter
- dāngrán
- (ma) of course
- jiù
- then (introduces a consequence or conclusion)
- nán
- (sv) difficult
- yŏu-yòng
- useful (literally 'have use')
- yàoshi
- (MA) if
- tiāntiān
- day after day, everyday
- shíjiān
- time (indefinite amount)
- niàn; niàn-shū
- to study an academic subject (to major in something) to read aloud; to read (books)
- qùnián
- last year
- dìtú
- map, atlas
- zhŏng
- (m) kind, sort, type
- máo
- (m) 1/10 of yuan, written jiĒo
- zhĒo
- look for; give as change
- mài
- sell
- jīn
- (m)catty (500 grams)
- huài
- (sv) bad
- shuĭguŏ
- fruit
- liĒng
- (M) ounce (50 grams)
-
líng;
língqián -
zero, nil
change, odd coins - zhāng
- (M) sheet of (used for paper money as well)
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Rénmínbì
Rénmín -
'People's currency'
the people - yuán
- (m) basic unit of currency
- jiĒo
- 1/10 of a yuan (written)
- fēn
- (M) 1/100 of a yuan, cent