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Chinese Vocabulary

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所以 swor-yee
so, therefore
conjunction
的时候 duh shur-hoh
when; at the time of
conjunction
要是 yao-shrr (like 'yow' in 'yowl' + 'sure' without the 'e')
if/in case
conjunction
如果 roo-gwoh
if
conjunction
Bing
and/moreover
conjunction
因为 yee-way (like 'ee' in 'see' and 'way' in 'way')
because; given that
conjunction
但是 dan-shirr
but; however
conjunction
不管 boo gwahn
regardless of, no matter
conjunction
一旦 yee-dahn
once, as soon as
conjunction
dahn
but/however/even though
conjunction
而且 Arr-chee-eh
and/furthermore
conjunction
'Err' as in error
but/and/rather
conjunction
虽然 sway-ran (like 'sway' then 'ran')
although/while
conjunction
还是 hye-shurr
or
conjunction
不过 boo-gwoh
but, however
conjunction
尽管 Jing-gwan (like 'jing' in jingle, 'gwan' like 'gwon' in gwan-tanamo)
despite, even though
conjunction
是否 shur-foh
whether or not
conjunction
的话 Duh-hwa (like 'the' + 'wa' in water)
if, in the case of
conjunction
以防万一 yee fang wan yee
just in case
conjunction
直到 Jrr-dao
until; up to
conjunction
就是为了 jyoh-shur way-ler
just to, precisely for the sake of
conjunction
不然 boo ran
otherwise, or else
conjunction
yew
with/and
conjunction
以免 ee-myen (like 'eager' without 'g', plus 'mien')
so as to avoid / lest / in order to prevent
conjunction
而不是 Err-boo-shir
rather than; instead of
conjunction
趁着 chuhn-dzuh
taking advantage of; while
conjunction
前提是 Chee-en tee shir
assuming that / provided that
conjunction
除非 choo-fay
Unless
conjunction
否则 foh-zuh
Otherwise, or else
conjunction
万一 wan-yee (as in 'one')
just in case, if by any chance
conjunction
由于 Yoh-yoo
due to, because of
conjunction
每当 may-dahng
whenever/every time
conjunction
以便 Yee-bee-en
so that; in order to
conjunction
hwoh
or
conjunction
因此 een-tsuh
therefore; as a result
conjunction

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