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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85 words

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Section I

  • 整夜zhěngyè
    all night
  • 開简开kāi
    to turn on, to power on
  • 燈简灯dēng
    light, lamp
  • 電玩简电玩diànwán
    video game
  • 球賽简球赛qiúsài
    ball game
  • 激動简激动jīdòng
    to be excited
  • 喊hǎn
    to yell, shout
  • 公職简公职gōngzhí
    government posts
  • 其實简其实qíshí
    in fact, actually
  • 公務員简公务员gōngwùyuán
    civil servant
  • 煩简烦fán
    a "drag", a pain in the neck
  • 聽話简听话tīnghuà
    to listen, to obey
  • 失業率简失业率shīyèlǜ
    unemployment rate
  • 門简门mén
    measure word for academic courses
  • 讀書简读书dúshū
    to study
  • 學分简学分xuéfēn
    (academic) credits
  • 修xiū
    to take (courses)
  • 專心简专心zhuānxīn
    to focus on, concentrate
  • 修課简修课xiūkè
    to take a class
  • 輔系简辅系fǔxì
    minor (in college)
  • 瘋简疯fēng
    to go crazy, to be insane
  • 誇張简夸张kuāzhāng
    to be exaggerated
  • 舉行简举行jǔxíng
    to hold (a conference, exhibition)
  • 遺憾简遗憾yíhàn
    regretful (that something undesirable happened), a pity, a shame
  • 兒子简儿子érzi
    son
  • 期望qíwàng
    expectations
  • 狀元简状元zhuàngyuán
    top-ranking in a public exam (originally the person with the highest marks on the imperial test)
  • 努力nǔlì
    diligent in
  • 怎麼回事简怎么回事zěnme huíshì
    What's wrong?
  • 大喊大叫dàhǎn dàjiào
    to yell, yelling, shouting
  • 期中考qízhōng kǎo
    mid-term exam
  • 密集班mìjí bān
    intensive course
  • 畢業展简毕业展bìyè zhǎn
    graduation exhibition
  • 服裝設計简服装设计fúzhuāng shèjì
    fashion design
  • 醫學系简医学系yīxué xì
    department of medicine
  • 行行出狀元简行行出状元hángháng chū zhuàngyuán
    there is a leader in every industry

Section II

  • 冠軍简冠军guànjūn
    champion, championship
  • 大賽简大赛dàsài
    a major, usually international, competition
  • 通過简通过tōngguò
    to pass
  • 高級简高级gāojí
    high level, advanced
  • 碩士简硕士shuòshì
    master's degree
  • 面試简面试miànshì
    interview
  • 卻简却què
    but, yet
  • 國中简国中guózhōng
    junior middle school
  • 學歷简学历xuélì
    educational background
  • 拒絕简拒绝jùjué
    to reject
  • 引起yǐnqǐ
    to stir up, generate, cause
  • 彈性简弹性tánxìng
    flexibility
  • 改變简改变gǎibiàn
    to undergo change
  • 制度zhìdù
    system
  • 基礎简基础jīchǔ
    foundation, fundamentals
  • 認真简认真rènzhēn
    earnest, serious
  • 公平gōngpíng
    fair
  • 出生chūshēng
    to be born
  • 窮简穷qióng
    poor
  • 父親简父亲fùqīn
    father
  • 母親简母亲mǔqīn
    mother
  • 學徒简学徒xuétú
    apprentice
  • 吃苦chīkǔ
    experience tough times
  • 明白míngbái
    to understand
  • 當兵简当兵dāngbīng
    to be a soldier, to do military service
  • 認字简认字rènzì
    to learn characters
  • 烘焙hōngbèi
    to bake
  • 學習简学习xuéxí
    to study
  • 技術简技术jìshù
    skills
  • 藝術简艺术yìshù
    art
  • 經過简经过jīngguò
    after
  • 終於简终于zhōngyú
    finally
  • 億简亿yì
    100 million
  • 夢想简梦想mèngxiǎng
    dream, ideals (not during sleep)
  • 成為简成为chéngwéi
    to become
  • 企業家简企业家qìyèjiā
    entrepreneur
  • 分店fēndiàn
    branch store, branch office
  • 原因yuányīn
    reason
  • 錄取简录取lùqǔ
    to accept (application), to admit
  • 成功chénggōng
    successful
  • 鼓勵简鼓励gǔlì
    to encourage
  • 吳寶春简吴宝春Wú Bǎochūn
    a famous baker from Taiwan
  • 新加坡Xīnjiāpō
    Singapore
  • 日文Rìwén
    Japanese language or writing
  • 世界麵包大賽简世界面包大赛shìjiè miànbāo dàsài
    The Bakery World Cup
  • EMBA(高級管理人員工商管理碩士)简EMBA(高级管理人员工商管理硕士)EMBA (gāojí guǎnlǐ rényuán gōngshāng guǎnlǐ shuòshì)
    EMBA (Executive Master of Business Administration)
  • 小時候简小时候xiǎo shíhòu
    in one's childhood
  • 大開眼界简大开眼界dàkāi yǎnjiè
    to have one's eyes opened
  • X 分之 YX fēn zhī Y
    pattern for indicating percentages or fractions