Vocabulary

Title and Narrative Vocabulary

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fángjiān

房间

room

noun

房间

房間

jíle

jí了

extremely adjectival verb

intensifier suffix for adjectival verbs

极了

極了

kāi

convene (a meeting), “have” (a party), drive

verb

luàn

 

chaotic, disorganized, messy

adjectival verb

luàn jíle

 

extremely chaotic, disorganized, messy

adjectival verb phrase

乱极了

亂極了

shōushi

 

straighten up

verb

收拾

收拾

wǎnhuì

晚会

party (literally: evening meeting)

noun phrase

晚会

晚會

Dialogue Part A Vocabulary


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bàntiān

半天

a long time (literally: half a day)

idiom, time phrase

半天

半天

chènshān

 

shirt

noun

衬衫

襯衫

chuān

 

wear

verb

穿

穿

earth, ground

noun

kùzi

kù子

pants, trousers, slacks

noun

裤子

褲子

jiù shì

就是

only, it is only that

adverbial phrase

就是

就是

nánguài

难guài

no wonder

adverb

难怪

難怪

rēng

 

throw away

verb

shūjià

书jià

book case

noun

书架

書架

wūzi

屋子

room

noun

屋子

屋子

yǐzi

yǐ子

chair

noun

椅子

椅子

zhǎodào

找到

find

resultative verb

找到

找到

zhuōzi

zhuō子

table

noun

桌子

桌子

Dialogue Part B Vocabulary


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take*,classifier for chairs

verb
classifier

bù bì

不bì

no need to

modal verb

不必

不必

cuò

 

mistake

verb

fēi VP bù kě

非VP不可

must V

literary expression

非 VP 不可

非 VP 不可

huā

spend (time), spend (money); flower(s)

verb;
noun

méi cuò

没cuò

your are not mistaken; you are correct

negation + verb

没错

沒錯

yòu

 

both (… and); again

adverb

zāng

 

dirty

adjectival verb

Dialogue Part C Vocabulary

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bàozhǐ

bào纸

newspaper

noun

报纸

報紙

chòu

 

smelly, stinky

adjectival verb

chuānghu

 

window

noun

窗户

窗戶

chūqu

出去

go out

verb

出去

出去

dǎkāi

打开

open

resultative verb (verb + resultative ending)

打开

打開

fàng

put, place (something somewhere)

verb

gānjìng

 

clean

adjectival verb

干净

乾淨

guìzi

guì子

dresser

noun

柜子

櫃子

guòqī

过期

expire

verb

过期

過期

qiúxié

球xié

sneakers, athletic shoes

noun

球鞋

球鞋

sǎo

 

sweep

verb

sǎo dì

sǎo 地

sweep the floor

verb + object

扫地

掃地

shōu

 

collect

verb

shōuqǐlái

shōu起來

collect, gather, put away

verb

收起来

收起來

shuāng

 

pair

classifier

wàzi

wà子

socks

noun

袜子

襪子

wán

 

finish, be finished

verb

xié(zi)

xié(子)

shoes

noun

鞋(子)

()

yīfu  

 

clothing

noun

衣服

衣服