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

  • 風氣简风气fēngqì
    ethos, mood (said of society, a nation, etc.)
  • 開放简开放kāifàng
    (nominalized from its verb form) to open up to the outside world; liberal, non-conservative
  • 意外yìwài
    accident
  • 存在cúnzài
    to exist
  • 內在简内在nèizài
    internal quality
  • 特質简特质tèzhí
    characteristic, quality
  • 勝简胜shèng
    be superior to, to win (classical Chinese)
  • 醜简丑chǒu
    ugly
  • 顏值简颜值yánzhí
    "face value" (play on words)
  • 他人tārén
    other people, others
  • 不盡然简不尽然bújìnrán
    not necessarily so
  • 要求yāoqiú
    to request, demand
  • 整出zhěngchū
    to produce (through plastic surgery)
  • 鼻子bízi
    nose
  • 皮膚简皮肤pífū
    skin
  • 細简细xì
    thin, slender
  • 腰yāo
    waist, small of the back
  • 豐胸简丰胸fēngxiōng
    large breasts
  • 高挺gāotǐng
    to be high-bridged (said of noses)
  • 水汪汪shuǐwāngwāng
    to be "doe-eyed"
  • 參賽简参赛cānsài
    to take part in a competition
  • 眼光yǎnguāng
    judgement, how others look at you
  • 矛盾máodùn
    contradictory
  • 外貌wàimào
    looks, appearance, exterior
  • 美滿简美满měimǎn
    happy, fulfilled (said of families, lives, marriages, etc.)
  • 職涯简职涯zhíyá
    career
  • 以貌取人yǐmào qǔrén
    judge a book by its cover; judge by appearance (said of people)
  • 不計一切简不计一切bújì yíqiè
    do whatever it takes
  • 英俊yīngjùn
    handsome
  • 獲得简获得huòdé
    to obtain, attain
  • 青睞简青睐qīnglài
    special attention and favor
  • 對象简对象duìxiàng
    significant other, boyfriend/girlfriend, object of love
  • 智力zhìlì
    intelligence
  • 同樣简同样tóngyàng
    in the same way; similar
  • 團隊简团队tuánduì
    team
  • 金錢简金钱jīnqián
    money
  • 投資简投资tóuzī
    to invest; investment
  • 行為简行为xíngwéi
    behavior
  • 儘管简尽管jǐnguǎn
    even though, although
  • 日漸简日渐rìjiàn
    with each day, with each passing day, gradually
  • 失敗简失败shībài
    to fail
  • 胸部xiōngbù
    breast, chest
  • 大小不一dàxiǎo bùyī
    in different sizes, of various sizes
  • 變形简变形biànxíng
    to be deformed
  • 失血shīxiě
    to lose blood
  • 過简过guò
    excessively
  • 飽受简饱受bǎoshòu
    to suffer greatly from
  • 後遺症简后遗症hòuyízhèng
    after-effects, sequela
  • 副作用fùzuòyòng
    side-effects
  • 多麼简多么duōme
    how
  • 冒險简冒险màoxiǎn
    to risk, take risk, adventure
  • 如今rújīn
    nowadays, today
  • 捷徑简捷径jiéjìng
    shortcut
  • 進而简进而jìn'ér
    furthermore
  • 謹慎简谨慎jǐnshèn
    careful, cautious
  • 看待kàndài
    to regard

Section II

  • 吹chuī
    to blow (used in the text to mean a trend has been "circulating" or "stirring")
  • 旅遊简旅游lǚyóu
    tour, trip
  • 極具简极具jíjù
    to strongly possess (classical Chinese)
  • 潛力简潜力qiánlì
    potential
  • 理由lǐyóu
    reason
  • 天性tiānxìng
    nature, instinct
  • 列入lièrù
    to include, take into
  • 考量kǎoliáng
    consideration
  • 公關简公关gōngguān
    public relations
  • 時尚简时尚shíshàng
    fashion, trend
  • 產業简产业chǎnyè
    industry
  • 眼皮yǎnpí
    eyelid
  • 精神奕奕jīngshén yìyì
    full of vigor/life/vitality
  • 違反简违反wéifǎn
    to violate, go against
  • 假jiǎ
    false, fake, bogus
  • 造假zàojiǎ
    to cheat, deceive
  • 標籤简标签biāoqiān
    label
  • 優勢简优势yōushì
    advantage
  • 理解lǐjiě
    to understand
  • 生來简生来shēnglái
    from birth (= 出生以來)
  • 差異简差异chāyì
    difference
  • 天生tiānshēng
    inherently
  • 後天简后天hòutiān
    in later stages of development
  • 長相简长相zhǎngxiàng
    appearance, looks
  • 平平píngpíng
    plain, average, mediocre
  • 醫學简医学yīxué
    medical science
  • 縮小简缩小suōxiǎo
    to shrink, shorten
  • 差距chājù
    gap, distance between
  • 無疑简无疑wúyí
    undoubtedly
  • 器材qìcái
    equipment
  • 藥品简药品yàopǐn
    drug, medicine
  • 大幅dàfú
    substantially, sharply
  • 事先shìxiān
    beforehand, in advance
  • 評估简评估pínggū
    to evaluate, assess
  • 患者huànzhě
    patient
  • 動機简动机dòngjī
    motivation
  • 狀態简状态zhuàngtài
    state, situation
  • 執行简执行zhíxíng
    to carry out, execute
  • 身體髮膚受之父母简身体发肤受之父母shēntǐ fǎfū, shòuzhī fùmǔ
    your body, from your hair to your skin, is a gift from your parents (suggests that you have a responsibility to cherish and care for it)
  • 剪jiǎn
    to cut (with scissors)
  • 理會简理会lǐhuì
    to pay attention to
  • 有何不可yǒuhé bùkě
    What's wrong with that? and why not? what's the harm in that?