Unit 19: Review and Study Guide

New Vocabulary

AUXILIARY VERBS

yīng

should

COVERBS

dài

for, on behalf of

guānyú

about, concerning

lián

even

xiàng

toward, to

EXPRESSIONS

duì-dá-rú-liú

reply to questions fluently

jiào-xué-yŏu-fāng

have an especially effective method in one’s teaching

IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS

mámahūhū

so-so, fair

nărde huà

“not at all”

INTERJECTIONS

āiya

“gosh”

MEASURES

mén

(for courses)

piān

(for theses, reports, essays)

NOUNS

bàogào

report

bāoguŏ

package, parcel

bìng

illness, disease

chéngjī

grade (on test or in course)

cíhuì

vocabulary

fāyīn

pronunciation

gōngfu

time

jiéguŏ

result

jìnbù

progress

kăoshì

test

lùnwén

thesis, dissertation

máfan

trouble

míngxìnpiàn

picture postcard

shīmŭ

wife of one’s teacher

xìn

letter

xuéfēn

credit, credit hour

xuéqī

semester, term

yóupiào

stamp

yŭfă

grammar

zérèn

responsibility

PATTERNS

dài A xiàng B wènhăo

on behalf of A convey regards to B

...hòu

after...

hái bú shi...

if it isn’t...

lián...dōu...

even

yŏu yìdiăn(r)...

be a little...

PHRASES

bìyè lùnwén

honors thesis

duō kuī

be thanks to

lái diànhuà

call on the telephone

qīmò kăoshì

final examination

qīzhōng kăoshì

mid-term examination

shuō shízàide

to tell the truth

xuéqī bàogào

term paper

yào bú shi

if not, if it weren’t for

zhí dào

straight up to, until

PLACE WORDS

wòfáng

bedroom

RESULTATIVE COMPOUNDS

kăoyūn

become dizzy from testing

păolai

run over here, come over

păoqu

run over there

RESULTATIVE ENDINGS

-yūn

dizzy

STATIVE VERBS

biāozhŭn

be standard

liúlì

be fluent

yūn

be dizzy

SURNAMES

Dīng

Ding

VERBS

bìng

get sick

gàobié

bid farewell

huā

spend (money, time)

send

jìn

carry out, fulfill

jìnbù

progress

kăo

take a test

liú

ask someone to stay

păo

run

shēngchăn

produce

tăng

lie down

tiān

add

tiē

stick

xiū

study, take (courses, credits)

xuăn

choose, select

zhuàn

earn

VERB + POSTVERB

jìgĕi

send to

VERB-OBJECT COMPOUNDS

huāqián

spend money

kăoshì

test

láixìn

send a letter

păobù

run

zhuànqián

earn money

zhuănyăn

blink the eyes, glance

Major New Grammar Patterns

DIFFERENT WAYS TO EXPRESS “SICK”: Tā bìngle. “She’s sick.”, Tā méiyou bìng. “She’s not sick.” (19-1)

DIFFERENT WORDS FOR “TIME”: Nĭ yŏu méiyou gōngfu?/Nĭ yŏu méiyou kòng(r)?/Nĭ yŏu méiyou shíjiān? “Do you have free time?”, Nĭ shémme shíhou qù? “What time will you go?”, Yào duō cháng shíjiān? “How much time will it take?” (19-1)

REDUPLICATION OF MEASURES AND NOUNS TO MEAN “EACH” OR “EVERY”: rénrén “everybody,” tiāntiān “every day,” niánnián “every year” (19-1)

U (YÌ)DIĂNR + VERB: Wŏ yŏu diănr yūn. “I’m a little dizzy.”, Wŏ yŏu diănr è. “I’m a bit hungry.”, Cài yŏu yìdiănr là. “The food is a little spicy hot.” (19-1)

REDUPLICATED STATIVE VERBS AS ADVERBS: hăohāor(de) “well,” mànmānr(de) “slowly,” kuàikuār(de) “quickly” (19-2)

INVERTED SUBJECT AND VERB FOR UNSPECIFIED SUBJECTS: Lái kèrén le. “A guest has come.”, Sĭle bù shăo rén. “A lot of people died.” (19-3)

LIÁN...DLU... AND LIÁN...YĔ...: Lián wŏ dōu huì. “Even I know.”, Tā lián yíkuài qián yĕ méiyou.He doesn’t have even one dollar.(19-3)

YÀO BÚ SHI...: Yào bú shi nín jiào-xué-yŏu-fāng, wŏ yĕ bù kĕnéng jìnbùde zhèmme kuài. “If it weren’t for your excellent teaching, I wouldn’t have been able to progress so quickly.” (19-4)

DÀI A XIÀNG B WÈNHĂO: Dài wŏ xiàng nĭde fùmŭ wènhăo. “Send my regards to your parents.” (19-4)