Chinese Words Pinyin Part of Speech Engl. Trans. Examples ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 大约 dàyuē adv. about, approximately 羡慕 xiànmù adj. envious 古老 gŭlăo adj. ancient 名胜古迹 mìngshènggŭjì n. tourist attraction: famous places and ancient sites 百闻不如一见 băiwénbùrúyījiàn idiom hearing about it a hundred times is not as good as seeing it once 明白 mìngbái v. to understand 先 xiān adv. before,first 然後 ránhòu adv. then 决定 juédìng v. to decide, to determine 已经 yĭjīng adv. already 继续 jìxù v. to continue, to go on 门 mén measure subject, class 心理学 xīnlĭxué n. psychology 历史 lìshĭ n. history 感 găn v. to feel, to have 兴趣 xìngqù n. interest 知识 zhīshì n. knowledge 久远 jiŭyuăn adj. long and far 丰富 fēngfù adj. plentiful, rich 吸引 xīyĭn v. to attract 原因 yuányīn n. reason 聪明 cōngmìng adj. Smart, clever 认为 rènwéi v. to think 不仅(仅) bùjĭnjĭn conj.,adv. not only 而且 érqiĕ conj. but also 过去 guòqù n. the past 未来 wèilái n. the future 所谓 suŏwèi v. so called 指导 zhĭdăo v. to teach, to instruct, to guide 古为今用 Gŭwéijīnyòng idiom to make the past serve the present 意思 yìsi n. meaning 希望 xīwàng v. to hope, to wish 够 gòu adj enough 玩笑 wánxiào n. joke, kidding 开(玩笑) kāi(wánxiào) v. to make (a joke) 沙发 shāfā n. sofa 沏 qì v. to make (tea) 龙井茶 lóngjĭngchá n. longjing tea, Dragonwell tea 一切 yīqiè n. everthing, the whole thing 顺利 shùnlì adj. (go) well, (do) fine 正好 zhènghăo adv. just happened to, coincidentally 办事 bànshì v. to take care of (some) business, to handle matters 不过 búguò conj. however, but 欢渡 huāndù v. to celebrate (a holiday) 佳节 jiājié n. festival, holiday 一点儿也不 yīdiănryĕbù idiomatic exp. not at all 担心 dānxīn v. to worry about serve the present 枯燥 kūzào adj. boring, dull 逛 guàng v. to go (shopping) 商店 shāngdiàn n. shop, store 日裔 rìyì n. (of) Japanese origin 手机 shŏujī n. cell phone 阅读 yuèdú n. reading T恤衫 Txùshān n. T-shirt