bófù 伯父 uncle (father’s elder brother); term for the father of one’s friend bómǔ 伯母 aunt (wife of father’s elder brother); term for the mother of one’s friend chǎo to be noisy; to disturb by making noise chǎoxǐng 吵醒 to wake (someone) up by being noisy dàishang 带上 to take along (Beijing) dānzi 单子 list; form dǎ zhàng 打仗 to fight a war, to go to war děi kàn (or yào kàn) 得看(要看) to depend on děng when; by the time; till děng yíxià 等以下 wait a while; in a little while gāi should, ought to; to be someone’s turn to gànmá 干吗 to do what; (colloquial) why on earth, what for gànshenme 干什么 to do what; (colloquial) why on earth, what for gōngyìpǐn 工艺品 handicrafts guòqu 过去 to pass hǎohāor 好好儿 well; properly; thoroughly hǎoxiàng 好象 to seem as if -huí -回 counter for shi, matter kàn to depend on kànzhe 看着 (followed by a verb) as one sees fit, as one deems reasonable kǎo to take/give an exam, test, or quiz kǎoshì 考试 to take/give an exam, test, or quiz, exam, test lái to do (something), to perform (something), to have (an event), to help oneself (to food, etc.), to join in (a game, etc.) nántīng 难听 to be unpleasant to hear; to sound bad, to offend the ears; to be scandalous quàn to advise, to urge, to try to persuade shǎ to be stupid, to be dumb, to be silly, to be naive shēngyì (shēngyi) 生意 business, trade sòngxíng 送行 to see (someone) off, to wish (someone) a good trip; to give a going-away party téng to be (very) fond of, to be attached to, to dote on wǔjiào 午觉 noontime nap yào kàn (or děi kàn) 要看(得看) to depend on yòu anyway; after all (used in questions and negative statements) yuánlái 原来 original, former; originally, formerly; (expresses finding out the true situation) yuànyi 愿以 to wish, would like, to want to; to be willing to yùnqi 运气 luck zěnme (yì)huí shì 怎()么回事 what's it all about zhème (yì)huí shì 这()么回事 like this zhèi yíxiàzi 这一下子 after this, as a result of this zhème huí shì 这么回事 like this zhènghǎo(r) 正好 it just so happens that, to happen to, as it happens; Just in time, Just right, Just enough