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

  • 安德思Ān Désī
    a man from Honduras
  • 羅珊蒂简罗珊蒂Luó Shāndì
    a woman from Indonesia
  • 何雅婷Hé Yǎtíng
    a woman from Taiwan
  • 開學简开学kāixué
    (school) to start
  • 班bān
    class, i.e., the students (not the classroom or the course)
  • 新生xīnshēng
    new student
  • 嚴简严yán
    strict, stern
  • 口試简口试kǒushì
    oral test
  • 筆試简笔试bǐshì
    written test
  • 以外yǐwài
    except, other than
  • 口頭简口头kǒutóu
    verbal, oral
  • 報告简报告bàogào
    report
  • 壓力简压力yālì
    pressure, stress
  • 說明简说明shuōmíng
    instructions, explanation
  • 清楚qīngchǔ
    clear(ly)
  • 位子wèizi
    seat, place
  • 旁聽简旁听pángtīng
    to audit, to sit in (on a class)
  • 分fēn
    points
  • 羨慕简羡慕xiànmù
    to envy
  • 休學简休学xiūxué
    to take a break from school
  • 用功yònggōng
    diligent, conscientious (as a student)
  • 行xíng
    to be all right
  • 轉简转zhuǎn
    to transfer (to a different major)
  • 原來简原来yuánlái
    originally
  • 會計简会计kuàijì
    accounting, an accountant
  • 熱門简热门rèmén
    highly popular
  • 熬夜áoyè
    to stay up all night, to burn the midnight oil
  • 當简当dàng
    to fail a course
  • 恐怕kǒngpà
    (I am) afraid that, probably
  • 口才kǒucái
    speaking skills
  • 事shì
    issue, matter, event, thing
  • 遲到简迟到chídào
    to be late (in arrival)
  • 差一點简差一点chà yì diǎn
    barely, nearly, almost
  • 這樣下去简这样下去zhèyàng xiàqù
    if it goes on like this
  • 沒辦法简没办法méi bànfǎ
    there's no way, there's nothing that can be done

Section II

  • 獨生女简独生女dúshēngnǚ
    only child (girl)
  • 私立sīlì
    private
  • 理想lǐxiǎng
    ideal, aspired
  • 合hé
    to tally with, to match
  • 痛苦tòngkǔ
    painful
  • 科系kēxì
    (academic) department
  • 放棄简放弃fàngqì
    to give up
  • 不管bùguǎn
    no matter, regardless of
  • 反對简反对fǎnduì
    to oppose, to be against
  • 個性简个性gèxìng
    personality
  • 活潑简活泼huópō
    lively, bubbly, vivacious
  • 外語简外语wàiyǔ
    foreign language
  • 擔心简担心dānxīn
    to worry about, to fret over with
  • 填tián
    to fill out (a form)
  • 表biǎo
    a form
  • 辦简办bàn
    to deal with
  • 手續简手续shǒuxù
    procedures
  • 申請简申请shēnqǐng
    to apply for
  • 成績單简成绩单chéngjī dān
    report card, transcripts
  • 考上kǎoshàng
    to test into
  • 推薦信简推荐信tuījiàn xìn
    a letter of recommendation