Vocabulary

Narrative Vocabulary

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Traditional

bùdébù

不得不

must

modal verb

不得不

不得不

dǎ zhé

打zhé

sell at a discount

verb + object

打折

打折

guàng

 

visit, stroll through

verb

guàng jiē

 

window shop, stroll along the shopping streets

verb + object

逛街

逛街

guǎnggào

guǎng告

advertisement

noun

广告

廣告

gùkè

gù客

customer

noun

顾客

顧客

jiǎn jià

 

reduce the price

verb + object

减价

減價

jiē

 

street (c.f. 路)

noun

shāngdiàn

shāng店

store

noun

商店

商店

tiē

 

post, hang up

verb

xīn nián

新年

New Year

noun phrase

新年

新年

zhǒng

 

type of

classifier

Vocabulary Dialogue Part A

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Traditional

hào

size

classifier

pàng

 

fat

adjectival verb

qúnzi

qún子

skirt

noun

裙子

裙子

shì

try, test (something) out

verb

shìyàng

式样

style

noun

式样

式樣

shòu

 

thin

adjectival verb

zhèng

 

precisely, exactly

intensifier

zhǐyào

只要

as long as

sentence adverb

只要

只要

Dialogue Part B Vocabulary

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Traditional

bù cuò

不cuò

not bad

neg + verb

不错

不錯

chángduǎn

长短

length

noun

长短

長短

chūnjié

春节

spring festival

noun phrase

春节

春節

dàxiǎo

大小

size (abstract)

noun 

大小

大小

kāfēisè

咖啡色

brown, coffee colored

noun

咖啡色

咖啡色

jiǎnshǎo

jiǎn少

reduce

verb

减少

減少

jīn

 

gold

adjective

kōngqì

空气

air

noun

空气

空氣

shìchuān

试穿

try on

verb

试穿

試穿

wúliáo

 

bored

adjectival verb

无聊

無聊

wūrǎn

 

pollution

 

污染

污染

xiāngzi

xiāng子

box

noun

箱子

箱子

zhǐ xiāng

纸xiāng

cardboard box/paper box

noun phrase

纸箱

紙箱

 

purple

adjective

zǐ sè

zǐ色

purple colored

noun

紫色

紫色