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

  • 核電廠简核电厂hédiànchǎng
    nuclear power plant
  • 熱烈简热烈rèliè
    fervent, ardent
  • 乃至nǎizhì
    and even
  • 遠處简远处yuǎnchù
    a distant location
  • 輻射简辐射fúshè
    radiation
  • 外洩简外泄wàixiè
    to leak
  • 爆炸bàozhà
    to explode
  • 危言聳聽简危言耸听wéiyán sǒngtīng
    alarmist talk, inflammatory statement
  • 致命zhìmìng
    lethal, fatal
  • 退燒简退烧tuìshāo
    to reduce fever, wane
  • 行之有年xíngzhī yǒunián
    in use for years, long-established
  • 三哩島简三哩岛Sānlǐdǎo
    Three Mile Island, PA, USA
  • 烏克蘭简乌克兰Wūkèlán
    Ukraine
  • 車諾比简车诺比Chēnuòbǐ
    Chernobyl
  • 福島简福岛Fúdǎo
    Fukushima
  • 核災简核灾hézāi
    nuclear disaster
  • 核電简核电hédiàn
    nuclear power
  • 列為简列为lièwéi
    to be ranked as, listed as
  • 等級简等级děngjí
    level, grade
  • 位於简位于wèiyú
    to be located at
  • 海嘯简海啸hǎixiào
    tsunami
  • 洪水hóngshuǐ
    flood
  • 數百萬简数百万shùbǎiwàn
    several millions, millions
  • 及時简及时jíshí
    in time, in a timely manner
  • 顆简颗kē
    measure for round objects, e.g., bombs
  • 炸彈简炸弹zhàdàn
    bomb
  • 立即lìjí
    immediately, at once
  • 令lìng
    to cause, make, let
  • 擔憂简担忧dānyōu
    worried, concerned
  • 歐洲癌症護理雜誌简欧洲癌症护理杂志Ōuzhōu Áizhèng Hùlǐ Zázhì
    European Journal of Cancer Care
  • 數字简数字shùzì
    number, figures
  • 周圍简周围zhōuwéi
    around, surrounding, on the periphery
  • 罹癌lí'ái
    to be stricken with cancer
  • 偏piān
    slightly
  • 青少年qīngshàonián
    adolescents
  • 細胞简细胞xìbāo
    cell
  • 製造简制造zhìzào
    to manufacture, produce, make
  • 廢料简废料fèiliào
    waste, waste materials
  • 可行kěxíng
    feasible
  • 偏遠简偏远piānyuǎn
    rural, distant
  • 任誰简任谁rèn shéi
    anybody
  • 因應简因应yīnyìng
    to deal with, handle
  • 再生能源zàishēng néngyuán
    renewable energy
  • 妥善tuǒshàn
    adequately, properly
  • 頭痛简头痛tóutòng
    a headache, a pain
  • 無解简无解wújiě
    have no solution, be unsolvable
  • 難題简难题nántí
    difficult problem, tough problem
  • 正確简正确zhèngquè
    accurate

Section II

  • 環保简环保huánbǎo
    environmentally friendly
  • 聯想简联想liánxiǎng
    to associate with in the mind, think of
  • 事故shìgù
    accident
  • 運作简运作yùnzuò
    operation
  • 疏失shūshī
    negligence
  • 視為简视为shìwéi
    to regard as
  • 一概而論简一概而论yígài érlùn
    to make sweeping generalizations
  • 定時简定时dìngshí
    to be fixed in time (定時炸彈 = time bomb)
  • 風力简风力fēnglì
    wind power
  • 水力shuǐlì
    water power, hydropower
  • 火力huǒlì
    thermal power
  • 太陽能简太阳能tàiyángnéng
    solar power
  • 相比xiāng bǐ
    to be compared to
  • 機率简机率jīlǜ
    chance (of something happening), likelihood
  • 雷léi
    lightning
  • 碳tàn
    carbon
  • 排放量páifàngliàng
    emissions
  • 有利yǒulì
    beneficial to
  • 二氧化碳èryǎnghuàtàn
    carbon dioxide
  • 溫室简温室wēnshì
    greenhouse
  • 效應简效应xiàoyìng
    effect
  • 河流héliú
    river
  • 魚類简鱼类yúlèi
    fish
  • 噪音zàoyīn
    noise
  • 地熱简地热dìrè
    geothermal
  • 成熟chéngshóu
    mature
  • 解決之道简解决之道jiějué zhīdào
    solution
  • 收取shōuqǔ
    to charge, collect
  • 高額简高额gāo'é
    high (amount of money, tariff, profit, etc.)
  • 惹rě
    to cause, provoke, incur, stir up
  • 民怨mínyuàn
    popular discontent, public anger
  • 工業简工业gōngyè
    industry
  • 停擺简停摆tíngbǎi
    to stop, to come to a halt
  • 倒退dàotuì
    to reverse, regress
  • 效率xiàolǜ
    efficiency
  • 供gōng
    to supply
  • 外商wàishāng
    foreign company/businessman
  • 優良简优良yōuliáng
    fine, excellent, good
  • 民生mínshēng
    people's well-being/livelihood
  • 效益xiàoyì
    benefit
  • 設備简设备shèbèi
    equipment
  • 隱憂简隐忧yǐnyōu
    hidden concerns, worries
  • 綠色简绿色lǜsè
    green (color)
  • 替代tìdài
    alternative