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

  • 代理孕母dàilǐ yùnmǔ
    surrogate mother
  • 案例ànlì
    case, instance
  • 名míng
    measure for people (formal)
  • 同志tóngzhì
    homosexual, gay
  • 心願简心愿xīnyuàn
    wish, heart's desire
  • 自願简自愿zìyuàn
    to volunteer, out of one's own wish
  • 對简对duì
    measure for things or people that come in matching pairs
  • 委託简委托wěituō
    to commission, to charge with; commission
  • 龍鳳胎简龙凤胎lóngfèng tāi
    twins (one boy and one girl)
  • 遺棄简遗弃yíqì
    to abandon, desert
  • 缺陷quēxiàn
    defect, imperfection
  • 任rèn
    measure for terms (e.g., first term as president)
  • 丈夫zhàngfū
    husband
  • 懷孕简怀孕huáiyùn
    to be pregnant
  • 毛遂自薦简毛遂自荐máosuì zìjiàn
    volunteer one's services, recommend oneself
  • 日新月異简日新月异rìxīn yuèyì
    to advance with each passing day
  • 倫理简伦理lúnlǐ
    ethics
  • 整合zhěnghé
    to integrate
  • 合法化héfǎhuà
    to legalize
  • 需求xūqiú
    demand, need, requirements
  • 一線希望简一线希望yíxiàn xīwàng
    a ray of hope, minimal possibility
  • 惡夢简恶梦èmèng
    nightmare
  • 看似kànsì
    seemingly, look like, seem
  • 費盡简费尽fèijìn
    to take great pains to, exert great effort to
  • 千辛萬苦简千辛万苦qiānxīn wànkǔ
    untold hardships, innumerable trials and tribulations
  • 因素yīnsù
    factor, element
  • 皆jiē
    all (same as 都 but formal)
  • 承受chéngshòu
    to bear, withstand, put up with
  • 不得已bùdéyǐ
    to have no choice but to, to be forced to, have to
  • 代孕dàiyùn
    to surrogate, to perform surrogacy
  • 婚外情hūnwàiqíng
    extramarital affair
  • 破碎pòsuì
    to break, shatter
  • 悲劇简悲剧bēijù
    tragedy
  • 雙方简双方shuāngfāng
    both parties
  • 渴望kěwàng
    longing, yearning; to long for, yearn for
  • 供需gōngxū
    supply and demand
  • 利人利己lìrén lìjǐ
    benefit both oneself and others
  • 雙贏简双赢shuāngyíng
    win-win
  • 反觀简反观fǎnguān
    looking back on, contrasting this with, when we reflect on
  • 連續简连续liánxù
    continuously, in a row, successively
  • 排名páimíng
    to rank
  • 倒數简倒数dàoshǔ
    counting backward, from the end, from the bottom of the list (in English, 倒數第二名 can be translated "second worst/lowest/least")
  • 始終简始终shǐzhōng
    all the while, all along, invariably
  • 忽視简忽视hūshì
    to ignore, neglect, overlook
  • 夫妻fūqī
    husband and wife, married couple
  • 協助简协助xiézhù
    to assist
  • 長輩简长辈zhǎngbèi
    elder, one's superior
  • 忍受rěnshòu
    to endure, suffer
  • 如願简如愿rúyuàn
    as one hopes, as one wishes
  • 自主權简自主权zìzhǔquán
    right to make one's own decisions, autonomy

Section II

  • 固然gùrán
    granted, certainly, while it is definitely true that
  • 交易jiāoyì
    to trade, transact, carry out a transaction
  • 屬简属shǔ
    to belong to, be part of (a category)
  • 族群zúqún
    group of people (e.g., ethnic group, disadvantaged group)
  • 等於简等于děngyú
    tantamount to, equal to
  • 階級简阶级jiējí
    class (in society)
  • 間接简间接jiànjiē
    indirectly
  • 錯誤简错误cuòwù
    mistake
  • 性別简性别xìngbié
    sex, gender
  • 抽菸简抽烟chōuyān
    to smoke a cigarette
  • 胎兒简胎儿tāi'ér
    fetus
  • 不良bùliáng
    harmful, bad
  • 分離简分离fēnlí
    to be separated from
  • 契約简契约qìyuē
    contract, agreement
  • 仲介zhòngjiè
    intermediary, agent, middleman
  • 角色jiǎosè
    role
  • 涉及shèjí
    to involve, relate to
  • 規範简规范guīfàn
    to regulate, standardize; standard
  • 黑白不分hēibái bùfēn
    cannot tell truth from non-truth
  • 是非不明shìfēi bùmíng
    cannot tell truth from non-truth
  • 紛紛简纷纷fēnfēn
    one after another, in succession
  • 精子jīngzǐ
    sperm
  • 搞定gǎodìng
    to have it resolved
  • 獨一無二简独一无二dúyī wú'èr
    unique, one of a kind
  • 總之简总之zǒngzhī
    to sum it up, in short, in conclusion