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Chinese Vocabulary
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看望 kahn-wahng (rhymes with 'on-song')
visit (someone, usually to show care)
verb 换 hoo-ahn (like 'hwan')
change, exchange
verb 支持 juh-chur (like 'jirr chur')
support
verb 生 shung
to give birth, to be born, to live
verb 记住 jee-joo
to remember/keep in mind
verb 相信 sshyang-sshin
to believe, to trust
verb 放 fahng
to put; to place
verb 维系 way-shee
maintain, preserve (ties)
verb 回想 Hway-shyang (like 'way' but with H)
to recall, to look back
verb 明白 Ming-buy
to realize, to understand, clear
verb 养育 Yahng-yoo (like 'yawn' + 'yew')
to raise, to rear (children/animals)
verb 应付 ying-foo
to cope with; to deal with; to handle
verb 进入 jin-roo
to enter; to go into
verb 搬出去 bahn choo-chü
to move out
verb 暗示 ahn-shih
to hint/imply/drop hints
verb 抱 bao (rhymes with 'cow', but with 'b')
to hold/to hug/to embrace
verb 告诉 gao-soo
to tell/to inform
verb 保持 bao-CHEE
to maintain, to keep
verb 养成 Yahng-chung (Yahng like 'young')
to develop/to cultivate (a habit)
verb 碎 sway
to shatter; broken (in pieces)
verb 充满 chong (like 'chong' in 'long')-man (like 'mahn')
to fully charge; to be filled with
verb 清理 Cheeng-lee
clear up / clean out
verb 刷 shwah (rhymes with 'la' in 'la la la')
to brush, to swipe, to scroll through
verb 叫 Jee-ow
to call, to summon, to be called
verb 买到 my-dao (as in 'loud')
to buy successfully; to get (by buying)
verb 教 Jee-ow (rhymes with 'meow')
to teach; to show (how to)
verb 减少 Jyen Shaow
to reduce / to cut back on
verb 回应 Hway-ying
to respond, to answer, to react
verb 排 pie (like pie to eat)
to queue; to line up
verb 插 cha (like 'ch' in chart)
to plug in; to insert
verb 检查 jee-en-cha
to check; to examine; to inspect
verb 跟上 Guhn-shahng
to keep up with
verb 发出 fah-choo (like 'far' then 'chew')
to emit; to make (a sound, light)
verb 收 Show (like 'show' but with a deeper 'o' sound)
to accept; to receive
verb 订 ding (like 'ding' dong)
to reserve, to book
verb 付 Foo (as in 'food' without the 'd')
pay
verb 递 dee
pass/hand over
verb 分 fen (like 'fun' with a slight 'eh' sound)
to split, to divide
verb 推荐 tway jien (tway as in 'away', jien as in 'Jen')
recommend, recommendation
verb 尝 Chung (like 'ch-ah-ng' with a rising tone)
to taste; to try (food)
verb AA A-A (just like the English letters)
Split the bill / Each pays for themselves (from "A-A System")
verb 注意 'joo-yee'
to pay attention to; to take notice of
verb 预订 yew-ding (like 'yew' + 'ding')
make a reservation/book
verb 跳过 tyao-gwoh
to skip, to pass over
verb 搭配 dah-pay
to pair; to match; to coordinate
verb 带 dai (like 'dye')
to take; to bring; to carry
verb 不是 'Boo shur'
is not
verb 采购 Tsai goh (like 'sigh' + 'go')
to source, to purchase
verb 凑钱 tsoh chyen (tsoh as in 'so', chyen rhymes with 'ten')
pool money/chip in
verb 开 Kai (rhymes with sigh)
to turn on; to open; to start
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