Chinese Words Pinyin Part of Speech Engl. Trans. Examples ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 客套 kètào n. polite formula, civilities 闹 nào v. to make 笑话 xiàohua n. joke, stupid mistakes 结账 jiézhàng v.o. to pay the bill 地铁 dìtiĕ n. subway 买不起 măibùqĭ resultative verb cannot afford 经 jīng prep. as a result of, through, after 提醒 tìxĭng v. to remind 礼仪 lĭyì n. etiquette, rite 邦 bāng n. nation, state, country 不知所措 bùzhīsuŏcuò idiomatic exp. to be at lost 连连 liánlián adv. repeatedly, again and again 摆手 băishŏu v.o. shake hands 麻烦 máfan v. to bother 罐 guàn m.w. jug, jar 心目 xīnmù n. mind, mood 在...心目中 zài..xīnmùzhōng set phrase in one's view, in one's eyes 衡量 héngliáng v. to measure 尺度 chĭdù n. measure, scale 教训 jiàoxùn v. to teach, to lecture somebody 告别 gàobié v. to leave, to bid farewell to 临 lìn adv. on the point of, just before 麻将 májiàng n. mahjong 打麻将 dămájiàng v.o. to play mahjong 啼笑皆非 tìxiào-jiéfēi set phrase not know whether to laugh or cry 食言 shìyán v.o. go back on one's word 归根到底 guīgēn-dàodĭ set phrase in the final analysis 蕴涵 yùnhán v. to contain 多少 dūoshăo adv. somewhat, to some extent