New Vocabulary
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ADVERBS |
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cónglái |
all along, always |
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ATTRIBUTIVES |
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zhŭyào |
essential, main |
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IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS |
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shì ma |
“really?” |
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MEASURES |
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bù |
(measure for films) |
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bùfen |
part, portion |
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chăng |
(for a showing of a movie) |
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fēn |
part, fraction |
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lèi |
kind, type, category |
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pái |
row |
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MOVEABLE ADVERBS |
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guàibudé |
no wonder |
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zhènghăo(r) |
just, as it happens |
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NOUNS |
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àihào |
interest, hobby |
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dăoyăn |
director |
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diànyĭng(r) |
movie |
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diàozi |
tune, melody |
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gāngqín |
piano |
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gāngqínjiā |
pianist |
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gē(r) |
song |
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gònghéguó |
republic |
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guóhuà(r) |
Chinese painting |
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gùshi |
story |
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huà(r) |
painting |
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huàjiā |
painter (artist) |
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jìhua |
plan |
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Jīngjù |
Peking opera |
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nèiróng |
content |
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niándài |
decade |
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piānzi |
film, movie |
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rénmín |
people |
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shé |
snake |
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shìhào |
hobby |
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Tiàoqí |
Chinese checkers |
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Wéiqí |
Go (kind of chess) |
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Xiàngqí |
Chinese chess |
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xiăoshuō(r) |
novel |
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xiăoshuōjiā |
novelist |
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yánjiū |
study, research |
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yănyuán |
actor |
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yínhángjiā |
banker |
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yīnyuèjiā |
musician |
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yīshēng |
medical doctor |
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yuè |
moon |
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zhuàn |
chronicle, biography |
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PATTERNS |
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băifēnzhī... |
...percent |
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cónglái méi...-guo |
have never ever... before |
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...diăn... |
(pattern for decimals) |
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...fēnzhī... |
(for fractions) |
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PHRASES |
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dà bùfen |
greater part, majority, most |
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diànyĭng míngxīng |
movie star |
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jiăng gùshi |
tell a story |
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méiyou yòng |
not have any use |
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míng jiào |
be named |
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shuō gùshi |
tell a story |
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PLACE WORDS |
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Bĕijīng Túshūguăn |
Beijing Library |
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bówùguăn |
museum |
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diànyĭngyuàn |
movie theater |
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jùchăng |
theater |
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lóushàng |
upstairs |
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lóuxià |
downstairs |
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Rénmín Jùchăng |
People’s Theater (in Beijing) |
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Zhōnghuá Mínguó |
Republic of China |
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Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó |
People’s Republic of China |
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RESULTATIVE COMPOUNDS |
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tīngbutàimíngbai |
can’t understand very well |
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RESULTATIVE ENDINGS |
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-míngbai |
understand |
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STATIVE VERBS |
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hăotīng |
be nice-sounding, pretty |
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yŏuyòng |
be useful |
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zhùmíng |
be famous, well-known |
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TIME WORDS |
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jiānglái |
in the future |
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VERBS |
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cānguān |
visit |
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chàng |
sing |
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dāng |
serve as, work as |
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găn |
touch, move (emotionally) |
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gàn |
do |
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hēng |
hum |
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huà |
paint |
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jiăng |
tell the story of, be about |
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kāiyăn |
begin to be shown (of a film) |
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lĭjiĕ |
understand |
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míngbai |
understand |
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shàngyăn |
begin to play (of a film at a theater) |
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xià |
play (chess or checkers) |
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zhào |
take (photographs) |
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VERB-OBJECT COMPOUNDS |
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chànggē(r) |
sing a song |
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huàhuà(r) |
paint paintings |
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kànshū |
read |
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xiàqí |
play chess |
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zhàoxiàng |
take photographs |
Major New Grammar Patterns
GUÀIBUDÉ: Guàibudé nĭ nèmme pàng! “No wonder you’re so fat!” (20-1)
FRACTIONS: sānfēnzhī’èr “two-thirds” (20-2)
PERCENT: băifēnzhīyī “1%” (20-2)
DECIMALS: yīdiănèrsì “1.24” (20-2)
-JIĀ AS NOUN SUFFIX INDICATING PROFESSIONS: yīnyuèjiā “musician,” xiăoshuōjiā “novelist,” yínhángjiā “banker” (20-3)
CÓNGLÁI MÉI(YOU)...-GUO: Wŏ cónglái méi qùguo. “I’ve never been there before.” (20-4)