Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary


办法   bànfǎ: means; method; way (of doing something)
吃饭  chīfàn: to eat a meal
应该   yīnggāi: ought to; should; must


: virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind; Germany; German; 德语 déyǔ: German (language)


国籍 guójí: nationality
欢迎 huānyíng: to welcome; welcome
见 jiào: to see; to meet; to appear (to be something); to interview
可是 kěshì: but; however
买卖 mǎimài: buying and selling; business; business transactions
nǎ: how; which
nà: that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing
qǐng: to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
日本    rìběn: Japan; Japanese
上个   shàngge: first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above
时候   shíhou: time; length of time; moment; period
所以  suǒyǐ: therefore; as a result; so


同事  tóngshì: colleague; co-worker
同学 tóngxué: to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate


下个 xiàge: second (of two parts); next (week, etc.)下课 xiàkè: to finish class; to get out of class


现在   xiànzài: now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
xīn: new; newly
yào: important; vital; to want; will; going to (as future auxiliary); may; must; (used in a comparison) must be; probably
yuè: moon; month


zhī: to know; to be aware
dào: direction; way; road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; 
知道 zhīdào:to know; to be aware of

中国    zhōngguó: China; Middle Kingdom
专家    zhuānjiā: expert; specialist
zuò: to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in; to hold (a party); to be; to become; to function (in some capacity); to serve as; to be used for; to form (a bond or relationship); to pretend; to feign; to act a part; to put on appearance

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