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

  • 投票tóupiào
    to vote
  • 抱歉bàoqiàn
    sorry, apologetic
  • 表妹biǎomèi
    younger female cousin
  • 反核fǎn hé
    anti-nuclear
  • 遊行简游行yóuxíng
    demonstration, rally
  • 政治zhèngzhì
    politics
  • 熱衷简热衷rèzhōng
    enthusiastic about, passionate about
  • 前途qiántú
    future, prospects
  • 勸简劝quàn
    to persuade, to urge
  • 而已éryǐ
    only, merely
  • 民主mínzhǔ
    democratic
  • 表達简表达biǎodá
    to express
  • 公共gōnggòng
    public
  • 議題简议题yìtí
    issue
  • 核能hénéng
    nuclear power
  • 電廠简电厂diànchǎng
    power plant
  • 由yóu
    up to, by (a doer)
  • 專家简专家zhuānjiā
    expert, specialist
  • 全面quánmiàn
    comprehensively
  • 民意mínyì
    public will, popular opinion
  • 代表dàibiǎo
    representative
  • 處理简处理chǔlǐ
    to deal with, handle, tackle
  • 政黨简政党zhèngdǎng
    political party
  • 難道简难道nándào
    Could it be that...?, Is it that...?
  • 滿简满mǎn
    to become
  • 憲法简宪法xiànfǎ
    constitution
  • 投票權简投票权tóupiàoquán
    right to vote, suffrage
  • 選舉简选举xuǎnjǔ
    election
  • 權利简权利quánlì
    right
  • 表示biǎoshì
    to mean, indicate
  • 反映fǎnyìng
    to reflect
  • 為简为wèi
    for
  • 服務简服务fúwù
    to serve
  • 職位简职位zhíwèi
    position, job
  • 任期rènqí
    term of office
  • 選民简选民xuǎnmín
    voters, electorate
  • 完美wánměi
    perfect
  • 積極简积极jījí
    actively, to take it upon oneself to, take the initiative to
  • 最佳zuìjiā
    the very best, the best possible
  • 推銷員简推销员tuīxiāoyuán
    salesperson
  • 有道理yǒu dàolǐ
    there's some truth (to what you are saying)
  • 候選人简候选人hòuxuǎn rén
    candidate

Section II

  • 學術界简学术界xuéshùjiè
    academia, the academic fields or circles
  • 從政简从政cóngzhèng
    to engage in politics
  • 政策zhèngcè
    policy
  • 安定āndìng
    stable
  • 辭简辞cí
    to quit, resign
  • 頭腦简头脑tóunǎo
    brain, mind
  • 改革gǎigé
    reforms
  • 看法kànfǎ
    view, opinion
  • 教育jiàoyù
    education
  • 方面fāngmiàn
    in the areas of (an issue)
  • 得到dédào
    to obtain
  • 連任简连任liánrèn
    to serve a successive term
  • 屆简届jiè
    term, tenure of elected office
  • 支持度zhīchídù
    approval rating
  • 落選简落选luòxuǎn
    to lose an election
  • 得票率dépiàolǜ
    percentage of votes received
  • 預期简预期yùqí
    expectation
  • 暫時简暂时zhànshí
    temporarily, for the time being
  • 老家lǎojiā
    hometown
  • 形象xíngxiàng
    image
  • 商量shāngliáng
    to confer, consult with
  • 人脈简人脉rénmài
    network of people, contacts
  • 弱勢简弱势ruòshì
    disadvantaged (lit. weak power)
  • 退休tuìxiū
    to retire
  • 事業简事业shìyè
    business, career
  • 捐juān
    to donate
  • 義務简义务yìwù
    to volunteer, on a voluntary basis, to do something gratis
  • 經費简经费jīngfèi
    funds
  • 競選简竞选jìngxuǎn
    run for (an office)
  • 也許简也许yěxǔ
    perhaps
  • 政治界zhèngzhìjiè
    the world of politics
  • 權力简权力quánlì
    power
  • 辭掉简辞掉cídiào
    to quit, resign
  • 提出tíchū
    to propose
  • 國民年金简国民年金guómín niánjīn
    national pension (scheme)
  • 中間選民简中间选民zhōngjiān xuǎnmín
    swing voters
  • 一陣子简一阵子yí zhèn zi
    a while, a short duration of time
  • 下一步xià yí bù
    the next step (in doing things)
  • 盡可能简尽可能jìn kěnéng
    as far as possible, do one's best
  • 出版社chūbǎn shè
    publishing company
  • 捐出juānchū
    to donate
  • 二手書简二手书èrshǒu shū
    secondhand book