Chinese Words Pinyin Part of Speech Engl. Trans. Examples ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 对 dui4 measure word a pair of,couple 恋人 lia4nre2n n. lover 聊天 lia2otia1n v. to chat 辅导 fu3da3o v. to tutor 利用 li4yo4ng v. to make use of 假期 jia4qi1 n. vacation 外资企业 wa4izi1qi3ye4 n. foreign invested business 申请 she1nqi3ng v. to apply 奖学金 jia3ngxue2ji1n n. scholarship 专业 zhua1nye4 n. major (field of study) 研究所 ya2njiu1suo3 n. research institute; graduate school 攻读 go1ngdu2 v. to pursue study 英美文学 yi1ngme3i we2nxue2 n. British and American literature 博士 bo2shi4 n. Ph.D. 学位 xue2we4i n. degree 真正 zhe1nzhe4ng adj. truely 原因 yua2nyi1n n. reason 修 xiu1 v. to take (a course) 门 me2n measure word used for subjects of study 毕竟 bi4ji4ng adv. after all 有限 yo3uxia4n adj. to be limited 机会 ji1hui4 n. opportunity 交谈 jia1ota2n v. to converse 课程 ke4che2ng n. course schedule 安排 a1npa2i v. to arrange 紧张 ji3nzha1ng adj. busy 测验 ce4ya4n n. quiz 壮观 zhua4nggua1ng adj. magnificent 不到长城非好汉 bu2da4ocha2ngche2ng fe1i ha3oha4n idiom exp. "If you fail to reach the Great Wall, you are not a man." 俗话 su2hua4 n. old saying 理解 li3jie3 v. to understand 相机 xia4ngji1 n. camera 照相 zha4oxia4ng v. to take pictures 天坛 tia1nta2n place name the Temple of Heaven 西安 Xi1'a1n place name 饺子 jia3ozi n. Chinese dumpling 平时 pi2ngshi2 n. ordinarily, usually, normally 周末 zho1umo4 n. weekend 遥远 ya2oyua3n adj. far 鼓励 gu3li4 v. to encourage 丰富 fe1ngfu4 adj. plentiful 满 ma3n adj. full 写作 xie3zuo4 n. composition, writing 感兴趣 ga3nxi4ngqu4 v. to be interested (in) 专心 zhua1nxi1n adj. to be concentrated (on); to be attentive (to) 听讲 ti1ngjia3ng v. to listen (to lectures) 笔记 bi3ji4 n. notes 请教 qi3ngjia4o v. to consult; to ask for advise 查资料 cha2zi1lia4o v. to cosult/look up information (books, papers periodicals etc.) 检验 jia3nya4n v. to check, to evaluate 情况 qi2ngkua4ng n. situation 提高 ti2ga1o v. to improve 当然 da1ngra2n adv. certainly 抽(时间) cho1u (shi2jia1n) v. to find (time), to save (time) 羽毛球 yu3ma2oqiu2 n. badminton 游泳馆 yo2uyo3nggua3n n. natatorium, swimming hall 健身房 jia4nshe1nfa2ng n. gym 校园 xia4oyua2n n. campus 实践 shi2jia4n v. to put into practice, practical 经验 ji1ngya4n n. experience 顺利 shu4nli4 adj. smooth 适应 shi4yi4ng v. to adjust. to adapt 调查 dia4ocha2 v. to investigate 论文 lu4nwe2n n. dissertation 期刊 qi1ka1n n. journal 期 qi1 measure word for things scheduled by periods