A Course in Contemporary Chinese

當代中文課程 · 生詞

All 4,960 words from Books 1–6, read aloud and color-coded by tone.

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Section I

  • 水果shuǐguǒ
    fruit
  • 黃色简黄色huángsè
    yellow
  • 芒果mángguǒ
    mango
  • 給简给gěi
    to give
  • 塊简块kuài
    measure word for pieces of food (e.g., meat, cake)
  • 香xiāng
    fragrant
  • 甜tián
    sweet (taste)
  • 紅色简红色hóngsè
    red
  • 西瓜xīguā
    watermelon
  • 吧ba
    sentence-final particle for guessing
  • 對简对duì
    correct, right
  • 以前yǐqián
    before
  • 機會简机会jīhuì
    opportunity
  • 請简请qǐng
    to treat sb to sth
  • 吃吃看chīchīkàn
    to have a taste, try it, taste it

Section II

  • 拍pāi
    to take (pictures)
  • 笑xiào
    to laugh, to smile
  • 開心简开心kāixīn
    happy
  • 穿chuān
    to wear, to put on
  • 衣服yīfú
    clothes
  • 旅館简旅馆lǚguǎn
    hotel
  • 太太tàitai
    wife
  • 男 + nounnán
    boy-, male-
  • 矮ǎi
    short (height)
  • 高gāo
    tall
  • 弟弟dìdi
    younger brother
  • 乾淨简干净gānjìng
    clean
  • 窗戶简窗户chuānghù
    window
  • 往wǎng
    toward, to
  • 藍色简蓝色lánsè
    blue
  • 因為简因为yīnwèi
    because
  • 住zhù
    to stay
  • 上個月简上个月shàng ge yuè
    last month
  • 這些简这些zhèxiē
    these