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

  • 傷腦筋简伤脑筋shāng nǎojīn
    to cause a headache, a pain in the neck, to be knotty/troublesome (said of issues or problems)
  • 受益shòuyì
    to be benefited, to benefit (from)
  • 財富简财富cáifù
    wealth
  • 思考sīkǎo
    to ponder
  • 清晨qīngchén
    early morning
  • 同齡简同龄tónglíng
    to be of the same age
  • 遇上yùshàng
    to encounter, come across
  • 白工báigōng
    work done in vain, wasted work
  • 沖走简冲走chōngzǒu
    to be washed away
  • (一)大半(yí) dàbàn
    a huge portion of, more than half
  • 慘重简惨重cǎnzhòng
    heavy (said of losses)
  • 值錢简值钱zhíqián
    valuable
  • 村cūn
    village
  • 可憐简可怜kělián
    pitiful, pitiable, poor
  • 相依為命简相依为命xiāngyī wéimìng
    to depend on each other (for survival)
  • 一身病痛yìshēn bìngtòng
    illness and pain all over the body
  • 懂事dǒngshì
    sensible, to have a good head on one's shoulders
  • 主動简主动zhǔdòng
    take the initiative, take it upon oneself to
  • 援助yuánzhù
    to assist; assistance, aid
  • 口袋kǒudài
    pocket
  • 吃力chīlì
    to entail strenuous effort, be a strain
  • 家產简家产jiāchǎn
    family property
  • 一無所有简一无所有yìwú suǒyǒu
    have nothing at all, not own a thing in the world, penniless
  • 對於简对于duìyú
    as to, with regard to, to
  • 累積简累积lěijī
    to accumulate
  • 貧戶简贫户pínhù
    households below poverty line
  • 袖手旁觀简袖手旁观xiùshǒu pángguān
    stand by and watch, sit there twiddling one's thumbs, not lift a finger
  • 調整简调整tiáozhěng
    to adjust; adjustment
  • 創造简创造chuàngzào
    to create
  • 津貼简津贴jīntiē
    allowance (as in travel allowance)
  • 等同děngtóng
    tantamount to, equivalent to
  • 補貼简补贴bǔtiē
    to subsidize; subsidy
  • 分子fènzǐ
    member (of an organisation)
  • 舉例简举例jǔlì
    to give an example
  • 工資简工资gōngzī
    pay, salary
  • 完善wánshàn
    fully devised, perfect
  • 出手chūshǒu
    to spend, hand out, pay out
  • 大方dàfāng
    generous, magnanimous
  • 在於简在于zàiyú
    to lie in (the fact that), consist in
  • 進行简进行jìnxíng
    to carry out, conduct, undertake
  • 共享gòngxiǎng
    to share, enjoy
  • 倘若tǎngruò
    if, in the event that, supposing
  • 不服bùfú
    to refuse to accept, unconvinced
  • 稅收简税收shuìshōu
    tax revenue
  • 生存shēngcún
    to survive, exist; survival
  • 提心吊膽简提心吊胆tíxīn diàodǎn
    on tenterhooks, nervous
  • 警力jǐnglì
    police force
  • 治安zhì'ān
    public security

Section II

  • 哈佛大學简哈佛大学Hāfó Dàxué
    Harvard University
  • 課堂简课堂kètáng
    classroom
  • 心臟简心脏xīnzàng
    heart (organ)
  • 肺臟简肺脏fèizàng
    lung
  • 腎臟简肾脏shènzàng
    kidney
  • 急迫jípò
    urgent, pressing
  • 器官qìguān
    organ
  • 移植yízhí
    to transplant
  • 捐贈简捐赠juānzèng
    to donate
  • 突然túrán
    suddenly
  • 全身quánshēn
    entire body
  • 麻醉mázuì
    to anesthetize (全身麻醉 general anesthesia)
  • 抽chōu
    to levy (a tax)
  • 迫切pòqiè
    urgent
  • 眾人简众人zhòngrén
    people in general, the multitude
  • 奪取简夺取duóqǔ
    to seize, take by force
  • 堂táng
    measure for classes (in terms of minutes; not for courses, classrooms, or students that make up a class)
  • 奮鬥简奋斗fèndòu
    to struggle, strive
  • 犧牲简牺牲xīshēng
    to sacrifice
  • 埋mái
    to bury
  • 繳稅單简缴税单jiǎoshuìdān
    tax form
  • 無所事事简无所事事wúsuǒ shìshì
    have nothing to do, to lay idle (here, unemployed)
  • 短暫简短暂duǎnzhàn
    transient, short, brief
  • 拼pīn
    to work hard
  • 醒xǐng
    to wake up, awaken
  • 苦笑kǔxiào
    to smile bitterly/wryly, to force a smile
  • 歪理wāilǐ
    preposterous argument (i.e., that's dumb! What idiot thought that up?!)
  • 米蟲简米虫mǐchóng
    sponge, parasite (lit. a rice bug)
  • 仍舊简仍旧réngjiù
    still
  • 劫富濟貧简劫富济贫jiéfù jìpín
    steal from the rich and give to the poor (spirit of Robin Hood)
  • 強制简强制qiǎngzhì
    by force into, coerced into
  • 奪走简夺走duózǒu
    to take away, snatch
  • 被迫bèipò
    to be forced, compelled
  • 捐款juānkuǎn
    to donate money
  • 眼紅简眼红yǎnhóng
    to covet, envious
  • 分享fēnxiǎng
    to share
  • 成果chéngguǒ
    outcome, result
  • 不勞而獲简不劳而获bùláo érhuò
    to reap where one has not sown, get something for nothing
  • 依靠yīkào
    to rely on, depend on
  • 拉lā
    to pull
  • 貧窮简贫穷pínqióng
    poverty
  • 強盜简强盗qiángdào
    robber
  • 打擊简打击dǎjí
    to strike a blow to
  • 創富简创富chuàngfù
    to create wealth
  • 介入jièrù
    to intervene, get involved in