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Chinese Vocabulary
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复习 foo-shee
to review
verb 学生 shweh-shung
student
noun 年轻人 nyen-ching-ren (like 'yen' in 'year', 'ching' as in 'ching-ching', 'ren' as in 'run')
young people / youth
noun 动漫 dong-man (like 'dong' as in 'gong', 'man' as in 'man')
anime / animation and comics
noun 周边产品 joh-byen chan-pin (like 'joe' + 'byen' as in 'bienvenido' + 'chan' as in 'chant' + 'pin' as in 'pin')
merchandise / peripheral products
noun 春节 chwoon-jyeh
Spring Festival, Chinese New Year
noun 飞机票 fay-jee-pyow
plane ticket, air ticket
noun 或 hwoh
or
conjunction 火车票 hwoh-chuh-pyow
train ticket
noun 滑雪 hwah-shweyeh
skiing; to ski
noun, verb 流行 lyo-shing
popular; fashionable; prevalent
adjective, verb 冬至 DONG-juh
Winter Solstice
noun 饺子 jow-zuh
dumplings
noun 神舟 shun jowe
Shenzhou (Chinese spacecraft series)
noun 宇航员 yew hahng yoo-en
astronaut
noun 空间站 kong jee-en jahn
space station
noun 自豪 dzuh how
proud (of oneself/one's group), to feel a sense of pride
adjective 赶紧 gahn-jeen
quickly; hurriedly; without delay
adverb 卖完 my-wahn
sold out; finished selling
verb 乒乓球 ping-pang-chee-oh
table tennis
noun 决赛 jway-sigh
finals
noun 银发 yin-fah
silver hair; referring to the elderly
adjective 经济 jing-jee
economy; economic
noun 发展 fah-jan
to develop; development
verb 越 yweh
more; increasingly
adverb 街上 jyeh-shang
on the street
noun (locative phras 绿色 lyoo-seh
green color
adjective 车牌 chuh-pye
license plate
noun 汽车 chee-chuh
car, automobile
noun 海南 hai-nahn
Hainan
noun 度假 doo-jyah
to vacation, to spend a holiday
verb 国家 gwoh-jyah
country; nation
noun 开放 kai-fang
to open up; to be open to
verb 免签 myen-chyen
visa-free
adjective 入境 roo-jing
to enter a country; entry (into a country)
verb/noun 因此 een-tsuh
therefore; as a result
conjunction 外国 wai-gwoh
foreign
adjective 游客 yoh-kuh
tourist; visitor
noun 技术 jee-shoo
technology; skill; technique
noun 查干湖 Chah-gahn-hoo
Chagan Lake
noun 冬捕 dong-boo
winter fishing
noun 场面 chang-mee-en
scene, spectacle
noun 成功 chung-gong (chung like 'chum', gong like the instrument)
to succeed; success
verb 高铁 gao-tyeh
high-speed rail / high-speed train
noun 抢 chyang
to snatch / to grab / to rush to buy
verb 边 BEE-en
side; edge; while
adverb 晚会 WAHN-hway
evening gala, party, soiree
noun 新年 sheen-nee-en
New Year
noun 放假 fahng-jyah
to have a holiday; to have time off; to take a vacation
verb 难得 nan-duh
rare; hard to come by; precious
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