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Chinese Vocabulary
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辆 lee-ang
measure word for vehicles
measure word 比分 Bee-fuhn
score
noun 车站 chuh-jahn
station (bus, train, subway)
noun 交通高峰 jyao-tong gao-fung
rush hour traffic; traffic peak
noun 交通 jee-ow tong
traffic; transportation
noun 堵塞 doo suh
congestion; jam
verb 出发 choo-fah
to set off; to depart; to leave
verb 避开 bee-kai
to avoid; to steer clear of
verb 卡顿 ka-dwen (ka like 'car' without the R, dwen like 'dwon')
glitchy/laggy/stuttering
adjective 早知道 Zao Jr-dao
had known (earlier)
verb phrase 通勤 tong-chin
to commute; commuting
verb 过程 Gwo-chung
process; course
noun 界面 Jyeh-mian (like 'jet' + 'mien', with a falling-rising tone on 'jyeh')
interface
noun 编程 Byen-chung (like 'bian' + 'chong', with flat tones)
programming, coding
noun/verb 直观 Jir-gwan (like 'jerk' without 'k' + 'gwan' as in 'Gwen')
intuitive, direct observation
adjective 当初 Dahng-choo
in the beginning; at that time; originally
adverb 预配置 Yew-pay-jr
pre-configured
verb/adjective 点击 dee-ahn jee (dee-ahn like 'dial' without 'l', jee like 'jeep' without 'p')
Tap/Click
verb 图标 too bee-ow (too like 'too', bee-ow like 'meow' but with a 'b')
Icon
noun 开发 Kah-fah (like 'car' + 'far')
develop
verb 吸引力 Shee-yin-lee (like 'see' + 'in' + 'lee')
attraction, appeal
noun 初学者 Choo-shweh-jeh (like 'choo-choo' + 'shway' + 'juh')
beginner
noun 数据 Shoo-joo (like 'shoe' and 'judo')
Data; numbers
noun 保存 Bao-tswun (like 'bouncing' without the 'ing', plus 'tswun' for 'cun')
Save; store; preserve
verb 清除 ching-choo (like 'ching' in 'ching-a-ling', 'choo' like in 'choose')
to clear, to eliminate
verb 操作系统 tsao-dzwoh shee-tong
operating system
noun 容量 rong-lyang
capacity; volume
noun 浏览器 lee-oh-lan-chee (lee-oh like 'Leo', lan like 'lawn', chi like 'chee' in 'cheese')
browser
noun 网站 wahng-jahn (wang: like 'wong'; zhan: like 'zh' in leisure + 'ahn')
website
noun 备份 'Bay-fen' (Bay as in the water body, Fen like the number ten)
back up
verb 网络 Wahng-lwoh (like 'wong' as in 'strong', 'lwoh' as in 'law' with a 'w' sound)
network/internet
noun 存储 chwn-tswng (chwn like 'chun' in 'chunk', tswng like 'tsung' in 'tsunami')
to store; storage
verb/noun 家用 jee-ah-yong
home-use / household
adjective 哪种 nah-johng
what kind of / which type
interrogative phrase 防火墙 fahng-hwoh-chee-ahng
firewall
noun 弄清楚 Nong Ching-choo
to figure out, to make clear
verb 运行 yoon-shing
to run (a program, machine)
verb 程序 chung-shoo
program/procedure
noun 手表 Shōw-bee-ow
watch (wrist)
noun 同步 Tōhng-boo
sync/synchronize
verb 开源平台 kye-ywen ping-tye
open-source platform
noun 用户支持 yong-hoo jirr-chur
user support; customer support
noun 外置 why-zher
External; externally placed
adjective 图形处理 Too-shing Choo-lee
graphics processing
noun 独立 Doo-lee
independent; dedicated; standalone
adjective 投 Toe
to cast, to project, to throw
verb 每次 may-tsuh
every time
adverb 两个 lee-ang guh
two (of something)
numeral 死机 sih-jee
to crash/to freeze (computer)
verb 智能 Jih-nuhng
smart/intelligent
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