Vocabulary
Chinese Words Pinyin Part of Speech Engl. Trans. Examples ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 礼物 lĭwù n. gift, present 卡 kă n. card 光碟 guāngdié n. CD 色 sè n. color 照片 zhàopiàn n. photo, picture 爷爷 yéye n. grandpa 奶奶 năinai n. grandma 土特产 tŭtèchăn n. locally produced specialties 东西 dōngxi n. stuff, things 送 sòng v. to give as a gift 唱 chàng v. to sing 跳 tiào v. to jump, to dance 笑 xiào v. to laugh 闹 nào v. to make noise 让 ràng v. to let, to allow 带 dài v. to bring 像 xiàng v. to be like, to resemble 不错 búcuò adj. Not bad, nice 深蓝 shēnlán adj. Dark-blue, deep-blue 开心 kāixīn adj. happy, joyous 漂亮 piàoliàng adj. beautiful 更 gèng adv. even more 非常 fēicháng adv. very 得 dĕi modal verb have to, need 怎麽 zĕnme interrogative pro. how, why 多 duō interrogative pro. how, to what extent ...的时候 ...de shìhòu set exp. the time when 小时候 xiăo shìhòu idiomatic exp. when young 随你的便 suìnĭde biàn idiomatic exp. do as you like 听你的 tīng nĭde idiomatic exp. do what you say 说实在的 shuōshìzàide idiomatic exp. to be honest