Vocabulary

Narrative Vocabulary

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bùdéliǎo

不得了

amazing, awful; extremely, unbearably

adj VP

不得了

不得了

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chúxī

除xī

Chinese (lunar) New Year’s eve

noun

除夕

除夕

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chúxīyè

除xī夜

Chinese (lunar) New Year’s eve

noun

除夕夜

除夕夜

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dǐxià

dǐ下

below

noun

底下

底下

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hánjià

hán假

winter vacation

noun phrase

寒假

寒假

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crowd, squeeze

verb

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liáo tiān

liáo天

chat

verb + object

聊天

聊天

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nǎinai

奶奶

grandmother (father’s mother)

kinship term

奶奶

奶奶

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niányè fàn

年夜饭

New Year’s eve family dinner

noun phrase

年夜饭

年夜飯

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qīnqi

 

relatives

noun

亲戚

親戚

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tán

 

talk, converse

verb

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tǎng

 

lie down

verb

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Xī'ān

西ān

Xi’an (city in central northwest China, capital of Shaanxi Province)

proper name

西安

西安

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yéye

 

grandfather (father’s father)

kinship term

爷爷

爺爺

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yībiān

一边

on one side, at the same time

noun, adverb

一边

一邊

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zhàn

stand (cf. station, L 11)

verb

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zuòwèi

zuò位

seat

noun

座位

座位

Dialogue Part A Vocabulary

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bāo

wrap; classifier for bags (see also 红bāo)

verb; classifier

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biānpào

 

fireworks

noun

鞭炮

鞭炮

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chuánrén

chuán人

descendent

noun

传人

傳人

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fàng

set off (firecrackers) (cf. put, L 19)

verb

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fēngfù

 

abundant

adjectival verb

丰富

豐富

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guò nián

过年

celebrate the Chinese New Year

verb phrase

过年

過年

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hóngbāo

红包

red envelope with money inside given as a gift

noun phrase

红包

紅包

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lóng de chuánrén

龙的chuán人

descendent of the dragon

noun phrase

龙的传人

龍的傳人

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nián sānshí

年三十

the last day of the year

noun phrase

年三十

年三十

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rènao

热nao

lively

adjectival phrase

热闹

熱鬧

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shēngyīn

shēng音

sound

noun

声音

聲音

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shǔ

 

belong to

verb

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tóufa

头发

hair

noun

头发

頭髮

Dialogue Part B Vocabulary

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biǎoshì

 

express, indicate, show

verb

表示

表示

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cónglái 
(+ neg)

从来
(+ neg)

never before

adverb  + Neg

从来

從來

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dào

 

upside down

verb

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gāngcái

刚才

just before now

adverb

刚才

剛才

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gōngxǐ fācái

gōng喜发cái

congratulations and be prosperous

New Year’s greeting  expression

恭喜发财

恭喜發財

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méi xiǎngdào

没想到

didn’t expect that

neg + verb

没想到

沒想到

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míngbai

明白

understand

verb

明白

明白

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niánnián yǒu yú

年年有yú

have more than you need every year

proverb

年年有余

年年有餘

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shèngxia

shèng下

leftover (be leftover), remain

verb

剩下

剩下

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tóngyīn

同音

same sound, homophonous

adjectival phrase

同音

同音

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tóngyīn zì

同音字

characters with identical pronunciations

noun phrase

同音字

同音字

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xīn nián kuàilè

新年快乐

Happy New Year

New Year greeting

新年快乐

新年快樂

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surplus

noun