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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jǐ |
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crowd, squeeze |
verb |
挤 |
擠 |
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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 |
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relatives |
noun |
亲戚 |
親戚 |
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tán |
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talk, converse |
verb |
谈 |
談 |
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tǎng |
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lie down |
verb |
躺 |
躺 |
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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 |
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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 |
站 |
stand (cf. station, L 11) |
verb |
站 |
站 |
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zuòwèi |
zuò位 |
seat |
noun |
座位 |
座位 |
Dialogue Part A Vocabulary
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bāo |
包 |
wrap; classifier for bags (see also 红bāo) |
verb; classifier |
包 |
包 |
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biānpào |
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fireworks |
noun |
鞭炮 |
鞭炮 |
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chuánrén |
chuán人 |
descendent |
noun |
传人 |
傳人 |
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fàng |
放 |
set off (firecrackers) (cf. put, L 19) |
verb |
放 |
放 |
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fēngfù |
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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 |
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belong to |
verb |
属 |
屬 |
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tóufa |
头发 |
hair |
noun |
头发 |
頭髮 |
Dialogue Part B Vocabulary
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biǎoshì |
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express, indicate, show |
verb |
表示 |
表示 |
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cónglái |
从来 |
never before |
adverb + Neg |
从来 |
從來 |
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dào |
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upside down |
verb |
倒 |
倒 |
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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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yú |
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surplus |
noun |
余 |
餘 |