FSI-Chinese/Module-8/Vocabulary/Vovabulary.csv

VOCABULARY

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  ài             to love                            7.6
  àiqíng gùshi   love story                         8.1’
  àishang        to fall in love with               7.6
  Alabó          Arab, Arabic                       8.6*
  an             shore, bank, coast                 8.3*
  àn             according to                       8.7
  āndìng         to be peaceful and stable, to be   7.7
                 quiet and settled                  
  ánpái          to arrange                         8.1
  an shí         on time                            8.6*
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  ba                    (marker of pause, hypothesis)             8.5
  baba                  father, dad, papa                         7.U
  Bādálīng (Bádàlīng)   (area northwest of Běijīng)               8.U
  b&ifēn zhī X          X percent                                 8.3
  baitian               daytime                                   7.3
  bSi zhuōzi            to set a table                            8.8*
  -ban                  (counter for class of students)           7.3*
  bang                  to help; as a help to, for (someone)      8.5
  bàng                  to be great, to be fantastic, to be       7.1**, 7.7’, 8.U
                        terrific                                  
  bang máng             to help; help                             7.U
  bāngzhu               to help; help; as a help to, for          7.2
  bǎo                   to wrap                                   7.8*
  bàochí                to keep, to preserve, to maintain         7.5
  bSohù                 to protect                                7.6
  b&ozhèng              to guarantee, to assure                   8.8’
  bāozhuāng             to package; packaging                     8.8’
  -bèi                  time, -fold                               8.7
  bèi                   (passive marker)                          8.7
  B?idà                 Běijīng University                        8.2
  běifāng               the north                                 8.1
  bèiháu                behind someone's back                     7.2*
  -bèizi                lifetime                                  7.2
  bin di                this locality, local                      8.3*
  běnlái                originally, in the beginning, at first;   7.7
                        to begin with, in the first place         
  běnrén                herself, himself, oneself, myself,        7.6’
                        etc.                                      
  ^(bI)K                to compare                                7.1*
  biàn                  to change, to become different            7.3
  biànchéng             to change into                            7.2’, 7.3
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bianhuà

change(s)

8.5

biānjiǎng

border region, frontier region

8.6

biānjìng

(national) border

8.5

bld

each other, one another, both; the same to you

7.5*

bljiào (blji&o)

comparatively, relatively, more; fairly, rather; to compare

8.1

bìngrén

sick person, patient

aunt (vife of father’s elder brother); term for the mother of one’s
friend

7.3*

bomǔ

7.8

bóshì

Ph.D.

7.2‘

-bù

(counter for films; counter for automobiles, machines, etc.)

8.1‘, 8.7

bú fàngxìn

to worry

7.3’

-bùfen

part, section

8.2

bù guán

no matter (what, whether, etc.)

7.5’, 7.6

bù huāng bù máng

calm, not the least bit flustered

7.8*

bú Jiàn bú sàn

don’t leave until we’ve met up

7.7’

bù JiàndSn

not ordinary, not commonplace; remarkable

7.7’

bù neng bu

to have to, must

7.7

bù sháo

to be quite a lot, to be much, to be many

7.U

bú shi...Jiù shi...

if it isn’t...then it’s...; either... or...

7.7

bú shi tiánde Jiù shi làde

if it isn’t sweet, then it’s hot

8.7’

bú xiàng huà

to be ridiculous, to be outrageous, to be absurd (talk, acts, etc.)

7.6

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  cai         only (before an amount)                                                    7.3
  cai         only in that case, only under this condition                               7.5
  cáichán     property                                                                   7-U
  càidí       vegetable plot                                                             8.3
  cáiliào     material(s); data                                                          8.2
  canguan     to visit and observe                                                       8.1
  canJià      to participate in, to take part in; to join; to attend                     7.6
  cānkáoshū   reference book                                                             8.2*
  chà         to differ; to be inferior, to be poor, to be not up to standard; to lack   8.6
  chabié      difference, disparity                                                      8.2
  chang       to be long                                                                 7.1
  chang       to taste                                                                   8.7*
  cháng       factory, plant                                                             8.5’, 8.6
  chàng ge    to sing (songs)                                                            7.6’
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  Cháng Jiang        Yangtze River                         8.3’, 8.7
  chángqī            long term                             8.8’
  chànliàng          output, yield                         8.3
  -cháo              dynasty (bound form)                  8.4
  cháo               to be noisy; to disturb by making     7.8
                     noise                                 
  cháodài            dynasty                               8.4
  cháoxlng           to wake (someone) up by being noisy   7.8
  -chéng             (verb ending) into                    7.3
  chénggōng          to succeed                            8.6’
  chēnghu            to call, to address                   8.1
  chēnglì            to establish, to found, to set up     8.5
  chéngshì           city; urban                           7.6
  chéngyuánguo       member country                        7.6’
  chēxiǎng           car (of a train)                      8.6’
  chlbuxiàqù         to be unable to eat                   7.3
  chi ku             to suffer, to undergo hardship        7.4
  chongxīn           again, anew, afresh                   8.4
  chōu yān           to smoke (tobacco)                    7.6’
  chū                to produce                            8.3’
  ...chū             at the beginning of...                8.5
  chuang             bed                                   7.2’, 7.5
  chuāngkSu          window (e.g., ticket window)          8.1’
  chuānguò           to cross through                      8.4
  chuántSng          tradition, traditional                7.1
  chū chǎi           to go or be away on (official)        8.6
                     business                              
  chū guó            to go abroad                          8.2
  chū Jìng           to leave a country                    8.1
  chūkíu             to export                             8.8
  chūnjì             the spring season                     8.3’
  chūxiàn            to appear, to arise, to emerge        8.8
  cíhuì              vocabulary                            8.2’
  cónglái            ever (up till now), always (up till   7.3
                     now)                                  
  conglái bù/méi     never (up till now)                   7.3
  cong...(Verb)-ql   to begin (Verb)-ing from...           7.7
  cūnkuán            savings                               8.3’
  cūnr               village                               7.6’
  cuòwù              to be wrong (incorrect); mistake      8.8’
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  dàbùfen       the greater part; for the most part, mostly   8.1
  dàduì         (production) brigade                          8.3
  dàduǒshù(r)   the great majority                            7.5
  -dài          generation; era, (historical) period          7.5
  -dài          zone, area, belt                              8.1
  dàibiSo       to represent; representative, delegate;       8.4’, 8.7*, 9.8
                on behalf of, in the name of                  
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Module & Unit

dàibiàotuán

delegation, mission

8.3*,"8.8

dāi huīr

in a while, later (Běijīng)

8.8

dāishang

to take along (Běijīng)

7.8

dàji?

’’older sister” (a respectful term

7.U*

of address for a woman about one's own age or older)

Dàlī

(a city in Yunnan province)

8.1*

dàlù

mainland, continent

7.1

dang

to act as, to be

8.6*

dāng

(political) party

7.6

dānrèn

to take up, to assume (a Job or post)

8.2

dānxīn

to be worried, to be uneasy

7.U

dānzl

list; form

7.8

dào

to pour; to dump

7.1

-dào

(resultative ending used for percep-

7.3

tion by one of the senses: Jiàndao , kàndao, tīngdao, etc.)

-dào

(resultative ending used to indicate

7.3

reaching: xiàngdào, tándào, etc., often translated as "about" or "of")

dào

yet, on the contrary, nevertheless

8.7

dàochù

everywhere

7.7*

dàodé

morality, morals, ethics

7.2*

dàolī

principle, truth, hows and whys;

7.2

reason, argument, sense

dàoyóu

(tour) guide

8.7

dàozi

rice (in the paddy, or after harvesting

8.3

but before hulling); paddy

Dàqìng

(a city in Heilongjiang Province)

8.1

dàrào

to disturb

8.U*

dà shīfu

chef

8.7*

dàtīng

(large) hall

8.8

Datong

(a city in Shānxī province)

8.6*

dàxué bìyèshěng

college graduate

8.2*

dàxuéshěng

college student

7.1’

dà zhàng

to fight a war, to go to war

7.8

dà zhēn

to get an injection

7.8*

dà zì

to type (on a typewriter)

7.6

dàzìrán

nature (the physical world)

8.2*

dé

to get

7.5

dédao

to receive, to get

7.5

-de huà

if; in case; supposing that

7.6

děi kàn

to depend on

7.8

ding

when; by the time; till

7.8*

děng dào

wait until; when, by the time

7.3

děng yíxià

wait a minute; in a little while

7.8

děngyú

to equal, to be equal to; to be the

8.7

same as (in effect), to amount to

dì

earth, soil; land; ground; fields

8.3

-diàn

point

7.1

diào yànlèi

to cry

7.3*

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  ding             to agree on; to draw up (a plan); to conclude (a treaty)   8.8
  dìqù             area, district, region                                     8.1
  dìwei            position, status                                           7.2
  dìxíng           topography, terrain                                        8.1+
  -dong            (counter for buildings)                                    8.7
  Dōngběi          Manchuria                                                  8.1
  dōngbù           the eastern part of a country                              8.7
  dōngde           to understand, to grasp, to know                           7.1
  duSnpiān         short (stories, articles)                                  7.6
  dulì             to be independent; independence                            7.2
  duo (duō)        how (to what extent)                                       7.1+
  -duō             (counter for flowers)                                      8.7
  duō h&o!         how great that is                                          7.2
  duō láo duō de   more pay for more work                                     8.8
  duōshù(r)        the majority (of), most (of)                               7.5
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  éi                 say.’ (interjection telling that the speaker Just thought of something)   7.3*
  értōng             child (formal word)                                                       7.6
  érxífu(r) (-fer)   daughter-in-law                                                           7.U
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  fādá                  to be (highly) developed, to be         7.2*, 7.5
                        flourishing, to be prosperous           
  fàlu                  law                                     7.7
  fan                   to translate                            7.7*
  fan                   to violate, to offend, to commit; to    7.7
                        have an attack (of an old disease)      
  f&nduì                to oppose, tò be against                7.1’
  fángbèi               to take precautions against             8.U
  fàng Jià              to have vacation; to let out for        8.6
                        vacation                                
  -fāngmlàn (-ml an )   aspect, side, area, respect             7.1
  f&ngwèn               to visit and meet with                  7.6*, 8.1
  fāngxiàng             direction                               8.8*
  fàng xìn              to be unworried, to be at ease          8.5
  fāngyán               dialect                                 8.1
  fSngzhī gōngyè        textile industry                        8.5*
  fánrōng               to be flourishing/prosperous/booming;   8.8
                        to make (something) prosper             
  ffinzhèng             anyway, in any case                     7.3’, 8.7
  fan zuì               to commit a crime                       7-7
  fāshēng               to happen, to occur                     8.7
  fāxiàn                to discover, to find out; discovery     8.7
  fāzhXn                to develop, to expand, to grow          7.5
  fěn                   points                                  7.5*
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  fén           to divide, to separate, to split; to be divided into (parts, categories)   7.6, .8.2
  -fèn          (counter for portions of food)                                             8.1’
  fěngsú        custom(s)                                                                  7.5
  fēnkāi        to separate, to split up                                                   7.6
  fù            to spend, to expend                                                        8.5*
  Fujian        (a province in south China)                                                8.8
  fùnu          woman; women, womankind                                                    7.2
  fúqi          blessings, good fortune                                                    7.U
  fùzá (fuzá)   to be complicated, to be complex                                           8.6
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  gāi               will probably                            7.U*
  gāi               should, ought to                         7.U*, 7.8
  gài               to build (buildings); to cover           7.U*, 8.1*
  g&ibiàn           to change; change(s)                     7.1’, 7.5
  gāishàn           to improve                               8.6*
  g&itiān           another day                              8.1*
  gànbu             cadre                                    7.6
  gāngti?           iron and steel                           8.7
  g&njué            feeling, sensation; to feel, to          7.1
                    perceive                                 
  gànma             to do what; (colloquial) why on earth,   7.8
                    what for                                 
  gānshàng(lái)     to catch up                              8.7
  gàn shenme        to do what; (colloquial) why on earth,   7.8
                    what for                                 
  gānxiè            to be thankful, to be grateful (for)     7.3*, 8.5
  gāo               to do/carry on/engage in/work in (a      8.1
                    field or endeavor)                       
  gāocuò            to do wrong; to be mistaken              8.7
  gāogàn            senior cadres                            7.6*
  g&ohāo            to do a good Job of, to handle well      8.1’
  gāoshàngqù        to cause to go up, to cause to move      8.2
                    forward                                  
  gāozhòng          senior high school                       7.2, 7.1’, 7.5 fl 7*
  gè-               each, every, various, different          8.5
  gèguó             various countries                        7.1’
  Gēlúnblyà Dàxué   Columbia University                      8.1*’
  gémìng            revolution; revolutionary; to revolt     7.8’, 8.2
  gēn               to follow                                7.8’
  gēnzhe            along with, in the wake of               8.5’
  gong              male (for animals)                       7.2*
  GòngchSndSng      Communist Party                          7.6
  gōngchSng         factory, mill, plant, works              7.6’, 8.6
  gòngchéngshī      engineer                                 8.5
  gòngdiàn          palace                                   8.1*
  gonggong          grandfather, grandpa (paternal)          7.1*’
  góngkè            homework                                 7.7’
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Module & Unit

gōnglù Gòngqlngtuán gōngren gōngshāngyè gōngshè gōngyè gōngyìpìn
gōngyuán gōngyuán qián gōngzī gōngzuòzh? gǔ-gu&n

guángcháng Gu&ngdōng guánggào GuángJiàohuì Guángxī

guán (X) Jiào (Y) guānniàn guānxln guānyú

gǔdài gǔdàishi

Gùgōng (Bowùyuàn) gǔhuī guīju

Guilin guìmó Guìzhōu guōjiā guómín JlngJi guòqù guòqu guò rìzi guōytt
gùshi gùshipiān(r) gǔshǔ

highway

Communist Youth League**

worker                                    8.3*, 8.6

industry and commerce

commune

industry

handicrafts

the common era; A.D.

B.C.

wages, pay

worker (in a particular field)

ancient (used in compound words)*

to take care of; to mind, to bother

about

(public) square

(province in south China)

advertisement

Guángzhōu (Canton) Trade Fair

(a province in so. China)

to call (X) (Y)

concept, idea, notion

to be concerned/care about               7.1*, 8.5

as to, with regard to, concerning,

about

ancient times, antiquity; ancient

ancient history*

Former Imperial Palace (Museum)

bone ashes, ashes (of a person)*

rules of proper behavior, social

etiquette, manners; special custom, established practice, rule (of a
community or organization)

(a city in GuàngxI Province)

scale, scope, dimensions

(a province of China)

country, state, nation; national

national economy*

the past

to pass; to pass away, to die

to live; to get along*

the national language (Taiwan)*

story

feature film*

ancient book*

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  hái         fairly, passably        7.U
  h&igáng     harbor, seaport         8.8
  h&iluòyīn   heroin                  7.7*
  háishi      it would be better to   8.U*, 8.7
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  h&iwān                  bay; gulf                               8.5 .
  h&iyùn                  sea transportation                      8.8
  hánshòubān              correspondence courses                  8.6*
  Hànyǔ                   the Chinese language                    8.6
  h&ochù                  benefit, advantage                      7.5
  hǎoh&o (h&oháor)        properly, carefully, thoroughly         7.1*, 7.8
  ...h&o le               (used when agreeing, suggesting, or     8.1
                          permitting); (used when giving in       
                          to something)                           
  h&o shi h&o, k&shi...   well, okay, but...                      7.3*
  hǎoxiàng                to seem as if, to seem like             7.8
  hàozhāo (hàozhào)       to appeal to/to call on (people to      8.7
                          engage in an activity)                  
  Heilongjiang            (a province in northeast China)         8.5
  hēiyè                   (darkness of) night, nighttime          7.3
  hen                     to hate, to detest; to feel bitter      7.6
                          toward                                  
  hépíng                  peace; peacefully                       8.6
  héxiá                   to write together, to coauthor          8.8*
  he zuò                  to cooperate; cooperation               8.8
  Hóngwèibīng             (a) Red Guard; the Red Guards           7.6
  hòulái                  later, afterwards                       7.2*, 7.5
  -hù                     household, family                       8.3
  huá                     to spend, to expend                     8.5*
  -huà                    -ize, -ify                              8.3
  Huábāi                  north of China                          8.1
  huàcè                   book of photographs                     8.U*
  Huánán                  south of China                          8.1
  huángdì                 emperor                                 8.6*
  Huang He                the Yellow River                        8.3*
  Huangshān               (a mountain in Anhui Province)          8.1
  huángtú gāoyuán         loess plateau                           8.6*
  Huángzhuāng             (name of a commune)                     8.7*
  huānsòng                to see off, to send off                 8.8
  huānsònghuì             farewell/send-off meeting               8.8
                          or party                                
  Huáshèngdùn Youbào      Washington Post                         7.7
  huàxián                 synthetic fiber                         8.5*
  -hui                    (counter for shì, "matter")             7.8
  huì                     might; to be likely to; will            7.1
  huìhuà                  conversation                            8.2*
  huítòu(r) Jiàn          see you later (in a little while)       8.1
  huo                     to live; to become alive; to survive;   7.5
                          to be live/alive/living; mobile,        
                          moving                                  
  huódòng                 activity                                8.2*
  huòtul sānmíngzhì       ham sandwich                            8.1*
  húshuō                  to talk nonsense; nonsense, drivel      7.2*
  hùxiǎng                 mutually                                7.U
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-Jiā

-Jiā

J iāgōng Jiākuài JiSnchēng JiSndān Jiàng

J iSng

JiSng Jià(qian) JiSngJiu

Jiāngnán

Jiāngsū Jiènlì Jiànshè

Jiànyì

Jiànzhù (-zhú,

Jiao

-Jiào Jiàokēshū Jiāoliú

Jiāoqū Jiàoshī Jiàotáng Jiāotōng Jiāoyìhuì

Jiàoyu Jiàqian

Jiārù Jiāshǔ

Jiātíng jTbSn Jìbenshang

Jīdòng Jiè

-Jiè Jièdao J ièfàng Jièfàngjūn Jiehūn (jiěhūn)

JiēJi

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  level, rank, grade, stage, degree            8.8
  to be crowded                                8-.1+
  to remember; to commit to memory             7.5*
  (counter for families)                       7.U
  (suffix indicating a professional or         8.3
  specialist in some activity)                 
  to process; to finish (a product)            8.8
  to speed up                                  8.2
  abbreviation                                 8.2*
  to be simple                                 7.7
  to stress, to pay attention to, to           7.3
  be particular about                          
  prize                                        7.5*
  to bargain, to haggle                        8.8*
  to be particular about; to be                7.3*
  elegant, to be tasteful                      
  the area south of the the lower              8.3*, 8.7
  reaches of the Yangtze River                 
  (a coastal province of China)                8.5*
  to establish, to found                       8.5*
  to build up, to construct; construc          8.3
  tion, reconstruction                         
  to suggest; suggestion, proposal             8.8*
  zhu)    to build, to construct; structure;   8.1+
  architecture                                 
  to hand over, to give                        8.6
  religion, church (bound form)                8.6
  textbook                                     8.2*
  to exchange; exchange, interchange           8.6
  suburbs, outskirts                           8.3
  teacher, instructor                          8.2
  church, cathedral                            7.7*, 8.1+
  traffic; transportation                      8.6
  trade fair                                   8.8
  to educate; education                        7.7
  price                                        8.8
  to Join                                      7.6
  ■family members, (family)                    8.7
  dependents                                   
  family                                       7.3
  basic, fundamental, elementary               •8.2
  basically, on the whole, by                  8.2
  and large                                    
  to be agitated, to be worked up              7.1*
  to borrow; to lend                           7.1
  session                                      8.8*
  to successfully borrow                       7.1
  to liberate, to emancipate; liberation       7.6
  (People’s) Liberation Army, PLA              8.6
  to get married                               7.2
  (social) class                               8.8
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  Jiěshòu              to accept                                 8.U*
  Jièyì^               to mind, to take offense                  7.6
  JÍJÍmángmáng         in a hurry, extremely rushed              7.6
  jímáng               to be hasty, to be hurried                7.6
  Jin                  to be tight                               8.7
  Jin...               the past..., the last...                  8.5
  jìnbù                to progress; progress                     7.7
  J ìnchūkōu           import-export                             8.8
  Jìndàishī            modern history                            7.1*
  J īngguò             to go through, to pass through; as        8.2
                       a result of, after, through; course       
                       (of events), what has happened            
  JlngJi tèqū          special economic zone (SEZ)               8.8
  Jīngshén             energy, spirits                           7.3*
  Jīngxìdào            (a kind of rice plant)                    8.3
  Jíníng               (a city in Inner Mongolia)                8.6*
  Jìnkōu               to import                                 8.8
  Jīnr                 today (Béijīng)                           7.8*
  Jīnshǔ               metal                                     8.5
  J inxíng             to carry on, to conduct, to proceed       8.7
  JīnzhSng             to be nervous, to be tense                7.3*, 8.7
  Jīqì (Jīqi)          machine, machinery, apparatus             8.3
  Jìshu                technique, skill; technology; technical   8.2
  Jiù ná Sichuan lái   shuō take Sichuan for example             8.5*
  Jiùshi...yè...       even (if)...                              8.7
  Jlxiè (jījiè)        machine; machinery; mechanical            8.5
  Jīxièhuà             to mechanize; mechanization               8.3
  Jìzh?                reporter, Journalist                      8.1*
  Jízhǒng              to concentrate; to centralize; to put     8.8
                       together                                  
  Jìzhu                to remember                               7.1*
  -Jù                  sentence; (counter for sentences or       7.1
                       utterances, often followed by             
                       huà, ’’speech”)                           
  Juédìng              to decide; decision                       8.1*
  Jǔ ge lìzi           give an example                           8.3’
  Jǔnduì               army                                      7.8*
  Júzi shuī(r)         orange Juice (Béijīng)                    7.1’
  -------------------- ----------------------------------------- -----------

  ----------- --------------------------------------- -----
  (V V) kàn   try and (V), (V) and see how it is      7.7
  kàn         to depend on                            7.8
  kànbuqī     to look down on, to scorn, to           7.U
              despise                                 
  kàndao      to see                                  7.3
  kànzhe      (followed by a verb) as one sees fit,   7.8
              as one deems reasonable                 
  kào         to take/give an exam, test, or quiz     7.8
  kào         to depend on, to rely on; to lean       7.2
  ----------- --------------------------------------- -----

against; to be next to/against/by

  ------------ -------------------------------------------- -----------
  k&olu        to consider, to think about; consideration   7 _(t)l
  kSoshàng     to be admitted (to a school or organi        8.6*
               zation by passing an entrance exam)          
  káoshì       to take/give an exam,"test, or quiz;         7.8
               exam, test                                   
  -kē          (counter for trees)                          8.U*
  k?           indeed, certainly, really                    8.U
  kěài         to be loveable/adorable/cute                 7.8*
  kējì         science and technology                       8.2*
  kěk&yīn      cocaine                                      7.7*
  Kěkōukělè    Coca Cola                                    7.1*, 7.3
  kělián       to be pitiful                                7.3*
  kěn          to be willing to                             7.7’, 8.8
  kěnéng       to be possible                               8.1*
  kěxué        science; to be scientific                    8.2
  kōng         empty                                        8.8
  kōngchulai   to become vacant                             8.1*
  kǒngshōu     empty-handed                                 8.8
  -kSu         (counter for people considered as            8.3
               making up a family)                          
  kōuyin       accent                                       8.1*
  kū           to cry                                       7.3
  kuài yào     will soon                                    8.7
  kuàngqū      mining region                                8.5
  kùnnan       difficulty                                   8.2*
  ------------ -------------------------------------------- -----------

  ----------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------
  Lading zìmǔ       Latin (Roman) alphabet                                                                                                      8.6*
  ...lái            for the past...(amount of time)                                                                                             7.6
  lái               (used before a verb to express that something will be done)                                                                 7.7
  lái               to do (something), to perform (something), to have (an event), to help oneself (to food, etc.), to join in (a game, etc.)   7.8
  ...lái shuō       ...speaking                                                                                                                 8.5
  lājl              garbage                                                                                                                     7.3*
  làngfèi           to waste                                                                                                                    8.2*
  lánwěiyán         appendicitis                                                                                                                7.5*
  láo               all the time, always                                                                                                        7.8*
  láodòng           to labor                                                                                                                    7.5
  láodonglì         labor force, labor; able-bodied person                                                                                      7.5
  l&olao            grandmother, grandma (maternal)                                                                                             7.U*
  láolì             labor force; labor                                                                                                          7.5
  láo shīfu         old master                                                                                                                  7.5*
  láoshú (láoshu)   mouse or rat                                                                                                                7.2*
  l&oxiǎnsheng      old gentlemen                                                                                                               7.5’
  l&oyé             grandfather, grandpa (maternal)                                                                                             7.1*’
  ----------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------

láozJSng

-lèi

-11 liS

lián...dōu/yS... liàng liángshi liánxì

Liáodài liǎoji?

liáo tiān(r)

lí jìng

lìliàng (lìliàng) llmào

līngdáo

lìngwài

liùshi niándài liúxia liúxíng

liúxuéshēng

11 wù luàn

luànqībāzāo

Lǔ Xùn

It} shi lūxíngtuán

Module & Unit

(used with surname as an affectionate 7.8*

term for a high-ranking PLA commander)

category

li, a unit of length (1/2 km.)

TĒáiJìng colloquial word meaning*

liángge, ’’two”) even...

to be bright, to be light; to be shiny 8.6 grain, cereals

to contact, to get in touch with;

connection, ties the Liáo Period*

to understand/grasp/comprehend; to

find out/acquaint oneself with to chat

to leave a country or place

power; force; strength

manners, politeness

to lead, to direct, to exercise lead- 7.6

ership (over); leadership; leader, leading cadre

other*

the decade of the sixties*

to leave*

to be common, to be popular, to be

prevalent study-abroad students

gift

to be in disorder, to be in a mess,

to be chaotic; arbitrarily, recklessly, any old way

in a mess, in confusion, in dis-

order; miscellaneous, motley, all thrown in together

(a famous Chinese author of the 1920s*

and 1930s)

lawyer, attorney

tour group

  ------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----
  ma                 (marker for obviousness of reasoning)                                                                 7.3
  ma                 (marker for insistent sentences)                                                                      7.7
  mànmàn (mànmānr)   slowly; gradually, by and by; taking one’s time (doing something); (tell) all about, in all details   7.1
  mányì              to be pleased, to be satisfied                                                                        8.1
  màoyi              trade                                                                                                 8.8
  me (ma)            (pause marker)                                                                                        8.6
  méi                to be beautiful                                                                                       8.6
  ------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----

  --------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------
  méitàn          coal                                                                                                                       8.5
  méi yìsi        to be uninteresting/boring; to be pointless/meaningless; to be a drag; to be without value, not worthy of respect, cheap   7.2
  -mén            (counter for courses)                                                                                                      8.7
  miànji          (surface) area                                                                                                             8.3
  Ming            (name of a dynasty, 1368—16UU)                                                                                             8.1*
  míngbai         to understand, to be clear on, to comprehend; to be clear, to be intelligible                                              7.5
  Ming Bào        Ming Pao (a Hong Kong newspaper)                                                                                           7.7
  míngcí          word, term, expression                                                                                                     8.3
  mínzú           nationality, a people, nation (ethnic group)                                                                               8.1
  mínzú zhījiān   between nationalities                                                                                                      8.6
  mú              female (for animals)                                                                                                       7.2
  -mú             mu (a unit of area)                                                                                                        8.3
  múchán          per-mu yield                                                                                                               8.3
  Mùníhēi         Munich                                                                                                                     8.U
  mùqián          the present; at present                                                                                                    8.2
  mùtou           wood                                                                                                                       8.U
  --------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------

  ------------------ ------------------------------------------- -----------
  nà hái yòng shuō   that goes without saying                    7.2*
  nSinai             grandmother (paternal)                      7.1*
  nákāi              to take away, to move (something) out       8.6*
                     of the way                                  
  nánfāng            the bridegroom’s side                       7.5*
  nánfāng            the south                                   8.1
  Nán M?i            South America                               7.7*
  w nannu            men and women, male-female                  7.2
  nánshòu            to be uncomfortable; to feel bad,           7.3
                     to feel unhappy                             
  nántīng            to be unpleasant to hear; to sound          7.8
                     bad, to offend the ears; to be scandalous   
  ne                 (used in questions asking the where         7.U*
                     abouts of someone/something)                
  ne                 (indicating lack of completion/absence      7.U
                     of change)                                  
  .. .ne             as for...                                   8.5
  nèidì              interior region (of a country)              8.5*, 8.6
  Nèimèng(gǔ)        Inner Mongolia, Nei Mongol (an auto         8.1
                     nomous region of China)                     
  nénglì             ability                                     7.6*
  niándài            decade of a century; period, era            8.5
  niánjì (-Ji)       age                                         7.U
  niánlíng (-ling)   age                                         8.2*
  niánqīng           to be young                                 7.1
  ------------------ ------------------------------------------- -----------

nl hái shi iSoyàngzi

you look as if you haven't changed a bit

8.U*

nílóng

nylon

8.5*

nòng

to do; to fool with; to get

7.3

nóngchǎng

farm

8.3*,

8.7*

nóngcūn

country, rural area; rural

7.5*,

7.6

nònglai

to get and bring

7.3

nóngmín

peasant

7.5*,

8.3*, 8.6

nongyè

agriculture

7.5

nongyèqū

farming region

8.3*

nūlì

to make great efforts, to try

7-7*,

8.2

hard, to exert oneself

nūshěng

coed, woman student

7.3*

Ouzhōu

8.U

  ----------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------
  pà                to be afraid                                                         7.U*
  pSolai pSoqù      to run back and forth                                                7.6*, 8.U*
  pèngdao           to hit; to run into, to come across                                  7.8*
  -piān             (counter for sheets, articles or                                     7.2
                    pieces of writing)                                                   
  plan              to fool, to deceive                                                  7.2*
  piānzi            film, movie                                                          8.1*
  pichá bing        pizza                                                                7.1*
  ping              to be flat, to be level                                              8.3*
  píngdèng          equality; to be equal (of people)                                    7.2
  píngfāng gōngli   square kilometer                                                     8.3*
  píngjūn           (on the) average                                                     8.3
  píngjūnshù        an average number, a mean                                            8.3*
  píngyuán          plain, flatlands                                                     8.3
  píngzi            bottle                                                               8.8*
  pīnmìng           with all one’s might, for all one                                    7.2
                    is worth, desperately, like mad; to risk one’s life, to defy death   
  plnzhíng          variety                                                              8.3*
  pīzhǔn            to give permission, to approve;                                      7.5*
                    approval, permission, sanction                                       
  pópo              gra dmother, grandma                                                 7.h‘
  pubian            to be universal, to be general, to                                   8.2
                    be widespread, to be common                                          
  pǔtSng            to be common/regular/ordinary                                        8.2
  pǔtōnghuà         the common (standard) speech,                                        8.1
  ----------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------

Standard Chinese

qiāng qiáng qiángguó Qiānjīndào Qiánmén qiānwàn

qiánxiē nián qiāo men qíguài

qìlai -qilai

qīmS

Qin qīng qīngchú (-chu) qīng gōngyè Qīnghāi qīngjiāo qíngkuàng qíngxing
qīngzhēnsì qīnlūè qiong qítā qiūjì (-)qū quán

quàn

quánbù quánguó quánjiā rén qǔbié

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| gun                               | 7.7*                              |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| to be strong                      | 7.-6*                             |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| powerful nation, a (world) power  | 8.5                               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Thousand-Catty Rice               | 8.3*                              |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| (a gate in BèiJIng)               | 8.U                               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| under any circumstances; by no    | 8.8                               |
| means;                            |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| without fail, be sure to a few    | 7.8*                              |
| years back, in recent years       |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| to knock at the door              | 7.U*                              |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| to be strange, to be odd, to be   | 7.3                               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| surprising                        | 7.U                               |
|                                   |                                   |
| to get up (in several senses)     |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| (resultative ending which         | 7.3                               |
| indicates                         |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| starting)                         | 8.5                               |
|                                   |                                   |
| at least; minimum, lowest,        |                                   |
| rudimentary,                      |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| elementary                        | 8.U                               |
|                                   |                                   |
| (name of a dynasty, 221-207 B.C.) |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| to be light                       | 8.5                               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| to be clear, to be distinct       | 8.7                               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| light industry                    | 8.5                               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| (a province in western China)     | 7.3*, 8.6*                        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| green pepper                      | 8.3*                              |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| situation, circumstances,         | 7.1                               |
| condition,                        |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| state of affairs situation,       | 7.1                               |
| circumstances, condition,         |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| state of affairs                  |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| mosque                            | 8.6*                              |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| to invade; invasion, aggression   | 8.U                               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| to be poor                        | 8.5                               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| other, else; the rest             | 8.5                               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| the fall season                   | 8.3*                              |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| area, region, district            | 8.5                               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| entirely, completely; whole,      | 8.1                               |
| entire;                           |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| to be complete                    | 7.8                               |
|                                   |                                   |
| to advise, to urge, to try to     |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| persuade entire, whole, all       | 8.1                               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| the whole country                 | 8.3                               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| the whole family                  | 7.U*                              |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| difference, distinction           | 8.2                               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

rang

ràng nī Jiu d?ng le rén

rang

rénj ia

rénmín

rénmín gōngshè

to make (someone a certain way) I’ve kept you waiting person; self; body

to throw, to throw away

people; other people; someone else; they; he, she; I

the people people’s commune

7.1

8.5*

7.U

8.8*

7.U

8.3

8.3

  ------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------
  rènwéi       to think/believe/consider (that)                                                  8.2
  rényuán      personnel, staff                                                                  8.7
  rèxín        to be enthusiastic and interested; to be warmhearted                              7.3
  rèxīnqilai   to become enthusiastic and interested                                             7.3
  rìzi         day; date; time                                                                   7.3*
  rù           to enter; to Join (an organization)                                               7.6
  ruò          to be weak                                                                        8.5
  rù Tuan      to Join the Communist Youth League (Gòngqǐngtuán or Gòngchǎnzhǔyì Qīngniántuan)   7.6
  ------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------

  ------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------
  sàn bù              to go for a stroll                                                                                          8.6'
  shǎ                 to kill (means unspecified); to kill (specifically, with a knife or knifelike instrument); to try to kill   7.7
  shá                 to be stupid, to be dumb, to be                                                                             7.8
                      silly, to be naive                                                                                          
  shāfā               sofa                                                                                                        7.8'
  shāmò               desert                                                                                                      8.6
  shāndì              mountainous region, hilly area (geographical term)                                                          8.3
  -shang              (a verb ending indicating starting and continuing )-                                                        7.6
  shāngren            businessman, businesswoman                                                                                  8.8
  shàng xué           to go to school; to attend school                                                                           7.6
  shǎngyè             commerce, business                                                                                          7.5
  shānqū              hilly country, mountainous region                                                                           8.3
  Shǎnxī              (province in north central China)                                                                           8.5
  shàoshù             minority; a minority of, a small number of, few                                                             8.1
  shǎoshù mínzú       minority nationality, national minority                                                                     8.1
  Shàoxiānduì         Young Pioneers                                                                                              7.6'
  shèbèi              equipment; facilities; installation                                                                         8.8
  shèhuì              society; social                                                                                             7.1
  shèhuì kěxué        social sciences                                                                                             8.2
  -shēng              province                                                                                                    8.h
  shēngchàn           to produce; production                                                                                      7.5
  shēngchàn dàduì     production brigade                                                                                          8.3
  shēngch&nduì        production team                                                                                             8.3
  shēnghuó            to live; life; daily life; livelihood                                                                       7.2
  shēngyì (shēngyi)   business, trade                                                                                             7.8
  shēnqīng            to apply (for)                                                                                              7.2
  shēntī              body; health                                                                                                7.1*
  Shēnzhèn            (a border stop in Guangdong, formerly spelled Shumchun)                                                     8.1
  shèyuán             commune member                                                                                              8.7
  ------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------

Module & Unit

shi

shi shìcháng Shi Dà Jiànzhù shìjiè shìjièshang shìjièxìng Shisānlíng
shitáng shíxiàn

shixíng

shíyóu shizài shìzhèngfǔ shou shòu shòu shōuchāode shōudū

shòu Jiàoyu shōurù shōushi

shōuxiān shòu xiànzhi shù

shūcài shuīpíng shǔjià shùliàng ...(lái) shuō shuōbuqīngchu shuōdao

shuōfá

shuòshì sī

Sichuan

Sìge Xiàndàihuà

sìjì '

sìjì chang lu Si Jì Qīng Si Shǔ

sīxiSng

to cause (folloved by a verb), to

make, to enable

city, municipality

market*

the Ten Great Structures (in Béijīng) 8.ú world

in the world, in the whole world

worldwide

the Ming Tombs

mess hall, dining room

to realize/achieve/bring about/

accomplish/come true to practice, to carry out, to put

into effect, to implement (a method, policy, plan, reform, etc.)
petroleum, oil

really; to be real

city hall*

to harvest

to receive

to be thin*

handwritten*

capital

to receive an education

income, earnings

to straighten up; to get one’s

things ready first; first of all, in the first place 8.2

to be restricted*

tree*

vegetable

level, standard

simmer vacation

quantity, amount, number

...speaking

can’t explain clearly

to speak of; as for

way of saying a thing; statement,

version, argument

Master’s degree                           7.2*,*

to die                                    7.3’,

(province in central China)

the Four Modernizations (of agricul-

ture, industry, national defense, and science and technology) four
seasons*

green all year round*

(a commune in Báijīng suburbs)

the Four Books (Dàxué, Zhōnpyōng,

LúnyS, Mèngzī)

thought, way of thinking, ideas          7.5*, 8.6*

sònghuiqu

to take/escort back

7.5’ •

sòngxíng

to see (someone off), to wish (someone) a good trip; to give a
going-away party

7.8

suàn

to be considered, to count as, can be regarded as

8.2*, 8.5

suàn le

forget it, let’s drop the matter, let it go at that; come off it, come
on

7.2

sùdu

speed, pace

8.2

Sū-Háng

Suzhou and Hangzhou (abbreviation)

8.6*

Sǔlian

Soviet Union

8.5’

sūnnù

granddaughter (through one’s son) grandson (through one’s son)

7.U

sǔnzi

7.U

suōyōude...dōu

all

7.3

sùshè

living quarters; dormitory

8.7

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------
  -tai                 (counter for machines)                                                                                                              8.3
  tàiyang              sun                                                                                                                                 8.8*
  tan                  to talk about (used with the object shēngyì, màoyi, etc., in the sense of "to negotiate")                                           8.8
  tán liàn’ài          to be in love, to be going together (courtship)                                                                                     7.8*
  tàolùn               to discuss; discussion                                                                                                              8.6
  tSoyàn               to dislike, to be disgusted with                                                                                                    7.6*
  tèdi&n               distinctive trait, characteristic                                                                                                   8.3
  téng                 to be very fond of, to be attached to, to dote on                                                                                   7.8
  tí                   to carry (from the hand at the side of the body); to lift/raise; to mention/bring up; to put forward/ propose; to ask (questions)   7.8’, 8.2
  Tiān’ānmén           the Gate of Heavenly Peace                                                                                                          8.U
  Tianjin (Tiānjlng)   (a municipality and port in northeast China)                                                                                        8.5
  tian liàng           daybreak, dawn; to become light out                                                                                                 8.6
  Tian Tan             the Temple of Heaven                                                                                                                8.U
  tiào                 to jump, to leap                                                                                                                    7.3’
  tiáojiàn             conditions), circumstances                                                                                                          8.2
  tiáoyuē              treaty                                                                                                                              8.8
  tiáozi               a brief, informal note                                                                                                              8.1’
  tíchǔ                to raise/put forward/propose                                                                                                        8.2
  tíchulai             to bring up                                                                                                                         8.2
  tièlù                railroad                                                                                                                            8.7
  tígāo                to raise, to improve                                                                                                                8.2
  tímu (-mù)           topic, subject; title; exam question, test problem                                                                                  7.5
  ting                 to heed (advice), to obey (orders)                                                                                                  7.5
  -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------

  ----------- ---------------------------------------- ----------
  tīngdechǔ   to be able to distinguish by listening   8.1*
  tongjū      to cohabit; cohabitation                 7.2
  tóngyì      to consent, to agree                     7.5
  tíngyī      to become united; to unite, to unify;    8.6
              unification                              
  tour        head, chief, boss                        7.7*
  -tuán       group of people, society (bound form)    7.6, 8.1
  Tuan        the (Communist Youth) League             7.6
  tǔdì        land                                     7.U
  Tiíěrqí     Turkey                                   8.6*
  tuī         to push                                  8.7*
  tuōlājī     tractor                                  8.3
  tūpiàn      picture, photograph                      8.3
  Tz.’        Tsk (clicking sound with several         8.6
  ----------- ---------------------------------------- ----------

different uses: disappointment, admiration, hesitation, etc.)

  -------------------- ----------------------------------------- -----------
  wàigōng              grandfather, grandpa (maternal)           7.U*
  wàihuì               foreign exchange                          8.7*
  wàipo                grandmother, grandma (maternal)           7.1+*
  wàishāng             foreign businessman                       8.8*
  wàiwén               foreign language                          7.5*
  wānhuì               evening party; evening of entertainment   7.6*, 8.8
  w&nliàn wSnhūn       late involvement and late marriage        7.2*
  Wànll Changchéng     the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Li         8.U
  -wèi                 place, position                           8.5
  wéidà                to be great (e.g., a leader)              8.U*
  wèile                in order to; for the purpose of; for      7.5
                       the sake of                               
  Wéiwúér              the Uygur (Uighur) nationality            8.6
  WénGé                the Cultural Revolution                   8.2*
  wénhuà               culture; schooling, education, literacy   7.1
  Wénhuà (Dà) Gémìng   the Cultural Revolution                   8.2*
  wénxuéj iā           writer, literary man                      7.6*
  wénzhāng             article, essay; prose style               7.2
  wénzì                writing, script, written language         8.6
  wSde tian na.'       my God.’                                  7.1*
  WuduS JInhuā         Five Golden Flowers (a film)              8.1*
  wǔjiào               noontime nap                              7.8
  Wuxi                 (a city in Jiāngsū province)              8.7*
  xì                   department (of a school)                  8.2*
  -xià                 under                                     7.6
  xiàndài              modern, contemporary; modern times        7.1*, 8.2
  xiàndàihuà           to become modernized; modernization;      8.2
                       modern(ized), sophisticated               
  xiāng                to sound, to make a sound                 7.1**
  -------------------- ----------------------------------------- -----------

  ----------------------- ---------------------------------------- -----------
  xiàng                   to be like, to resemble; like; such as   7.2
  xiàngbuchū              can't think up, can't come up with       7.2*
  xiāngdāng               quite, pretty, considerably              7.2
  xiàngdao                to think of                              7.3
  xiāngxìn                to believe (in); to trust, to be         7.7*, 8.6
                          certain, to be convinced (that)          
  xiàngzhe                to be thinking of, to have on one's      8.U
                          mind                                     
  xiānjin                 to be advanced                           8.3
  xiànjīn                 cash                                     8.3*
  xiànzhi                 to restrict, to limit; restriction,      8.8
                          limitation                               
  xiào                    young                                    7.1*
  xiào diàn(r) shēng(r)   a little more quietly                    7.8*
  xiāofèi                 to consume                               8.8
  xiāofèipīn              consumer goods                           8.8
  xiāofèizh?              consumer                                 8.8
  xiàolū                  efficiency                               8.8
  xiāomiè                 to exterminate/eliminate/wipe out/       8.7
                          stamp out                                
  xiào péngyou            little friend; kids                      7.U
  xiàoshun                to be filial; filial obedience           7.3
  xiàoshuō(r)             fiction, novel                           7.1
  xiāoxi                  news                                     8.8
  xià qí                  to play chess                            7.6
  -xiaqu                  (resultative ending which indicates      7.2
                          continuing an action)                    
  -xiaqu                  down (directional ending used for        7.3
                          eating or drinking down)                 
  XTbài                   the Northwest                            8.1
  xī dú                   to take drugs; drug taking               7.7
  Xīfāng                  the West                                 8.6*
  xíguàn                  habit, custom, usual practice; to be     7.5
                          accustomed to, to be used to             
  xīn                     heart; mind                              7.3
  -xing                   nature, -ness, -ity                      7.7
  xìngkuī                 fortunately, luckily                     7.U*
  xìngqu                  interest                                 7.2
  Xīnjiǎng                (an autonomous region of China)          8.1
  xìn jiao                to believe in a religion                 8.6*
  xīnkà                   to be arduous/tiring/hard work; to       8.3
                          work hard/go through hardships           
  xīnli                   in one's heart, in one's mind            7.1’
  xīnshàng                to appreciate/enjoy/admire               8.U
  xīnshì                  something weighing on one's mind,        7.1*
                          worry                                    
  xīnwén                  news                                     7.2
  "Xīnwén Jiànbào"        "News Summary"                           8.1*
  xīnvénpiǎn              newsreel                                 8.1*
  Xīnvén Zhōukān          Newsweek                                 7.2
  ----------------------- ---------------------------------------- -----------

  ------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------
  xiū           to repair; to build (roads, reservoirs); to trim, to prune   8.U
  xuin          to choose, to select; to elect                               8.7
  xúduō         many, much                                                   8.5
  xué hào       to learn from good examples, to learn                        7.7’
                to be a good person                                          
  xuéhuì        to learn, to master                                          7.6’
  xuéqī         semester, term (of school)                                   7.1
  xuéshēnghuì   student association                                          7.1’
  xué yī        to study medicine                                            7.2
  xuéyuàn       (academic) institute                                         8.2*. 8.6*
  xuézh?        scholar                                                      8.1
  xùmuyè        livestock farming, animal husbandry                          8.6
  xùnliànbān    training class                                               7.6*
  xūyàoliàng    level of need/demand (for an item)                           8.U*
  ------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------

  ---------------------- ------------------------------------ -----------------
  y&n dianyIng           to show a movie                      8.1*
  -yàng                  kind, sort (bound form)              8.7
  yán’gé                 to be strict, to be rigorous         8.2*
  yánhli                 along the coast, coastal             8.5
  yánjīng                eye                                  8.8
  yánjiū (-Jiu, -Jiù)    to study (in detail), to do          7.1
                         research on; research                
  yánjiūshěng            graduate student                     8.2
  yánzhe                 along(side)                          8.7
  yánzhòng               to be serious, to be grave           8.8
  yàoburan               otherwise                            8.2*, 8.7’
  yào kàn                to depend on                         7.8
  ySoqiú                 to require/request/demand            8.6*, 8.8*
  Yàzhǒu (Yá-)           Asia                                 7.1
  yèdà                   evening university                   7.6*
  yèdàxué                evening university                   8.7’
  yé gai                 really should                        7.U*
  ...yí hào, ...yè hSo   whether...or...; both...and...       7.5
  yè Jiù                 accordingly, correspondingly, so     7.5
  yéye                   grandfather (paternal)               7.1’, 7.U
  yèyú                   spare-time, after-hours, amateur     8.7
  yī                     medical science, medicine (used in   7.2
                         phrases like xué yi)                 
  yī                     as soon as                           7.1’, 7.U’, 8.8
  yi-                    (used before direction words to      8.7
                         mark direction with reference        
                         a point)                             
  -yì                    hundred million                      7.3
  yìbān lái shuǒ         generally speaking, ordinarily       8.5’
  yìbiǎn(r)...           doing...while doing...               7.1
  ---------------------- ------------------------------------ -----------------

ylbiān(r)...

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yìfǎngmiàn...,        | on the one hand...,   | 7.2                   |
|                       | on the other          |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yìfǎngmiàn...         | hand...; for one      |                       |
|                       | thing..., for         |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Yíhéyuán (Yì-)        | another thing...      | 8.1*                  |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | the Summer Palace (in |                       |
|                       | Bōijìng)              |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yìjiāzi               | one family; the whole | 7.8*                  |
|                       | family; the           |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yī..Jiù...            | same family as soon   | 8.8                   |
|                       | as                    |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yímiàn(r)...          | doing...while         | 7.1                   |
|                       | doing...              |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yímiàn(r)...          | more and more every   | 8.3*                  |
|                       | year                  |                       |
| yìnián bl yìnián duō  |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yìnián sìjì           | in all four seasons   | 8.3*                  |
|                       | of the year,          |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yí shàng              | all year round above, | 8.7                   |
|                       | over (an amount)      |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yìshí                 | for the moment        | 8.1**                 |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yìshu                 | art                   | 8.1*                  |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| YIsīlán Jiào          | Islam                 | 8.6                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yìtiǎn dào wSn.       | all day long          | 7.3                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yīwéi                 | to think              | 8.1                   |
|                       | (mistakenly), to      |                       |
|                       | assume                |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yíxià                 | under (an amount)     | 8.7                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yīxué                 | medical science,      | 7.2                   |
|                       | medicine              |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yīyuàn                | hospital              | 7.3’                  |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yìzhí                 | all along,            | 7.2                   |
|                       | continuously, all the |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yònggōng              | time (up until a      | 7.3                   |
|                       | certain point) to be  |                       |
|                       | hardworking (in one’s |                       |
|                       | studies)              |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yōu                   | excellent             | 7.5’                  |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yōu                   | to come up to (a      | 7.2’                  |
|                       | certain level)        |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yōu                   | also                  | 7.1*                  |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yōu                   | anyway; after all     | 7.8                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yōu bànfá, (duì...)   | to be able to deal    | 7.7                   |
|                       | with (something)      |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yōu bāngzhu           | to be helpful         | 7.2                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yōu dàoll             | to make sense         | 7.2                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yōuéryuán             | kindergarten          | 7.5*, 8.7             |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yōu gulju             | to have manners, to   | 7.U                   |
|                       | be proper             |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yōuhāo                | to be friendly, to be | 8.1**                 |
|                       | amicable              |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yóulān                | to sightsee, to tour  | 8.1*                  |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yōu límào             | to be well mannered,  | 7.1*                  |
|                       | to be polite          |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yōu míng              | to be famous          | 8.1’                  |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yōu qián              | to be rich            | 7.1*                  |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yōu xiào              | to be effective; to   | 7.7                   |
|                       | be valid              |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yōu xìngqu            | to be interested      | 7.2                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yōu yánjiǔ            | to have done research | 7.2                   |
|                       | on; to know           |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yōu yōng              | a lot about to be     | 7.3                   |
|                       | useful                |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yǔ^                   | and (written style)   | 8.6*                  |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yuánlái               | original, former;     | 7.8                   |
|                       | originally,           |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yuànyi                | formerly; it turns    | 7.8                   |
|                       | out that..., so...J   |                       |
|                       | (expresses finding    |                       |
|                       | out the true          |                       |
|                       | situation             |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | to wish, would like,  |                       |
|                       | to want to;           |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| yuányīn               | to be willing to      | 7.6                   |
|                       | reason, cause         |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

  ---------------- --------------------------------- ------
  yúcháng          fishery                           8.7
  yuè lai yuè...   more and more..., increasingly    7.-2
  yuè...yuè...     the more...the more...            7.2
  yūfS             grammar                           8.2
  yùn              to transport, to ship, to carry   8.8
  Yúnnán           (a province of China)             8.1
  yùnqi            luck                              7.8
  yuyán            language                          8.1
  yǔyánxué         linguistics                       8.1
  yǔyánxuéjià      linguist                          8.1
  ---------------- --------------------------------- ------

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zài shuō              | furthermore, besides, | 7.5’, 7.8*            |
|                       | moreover              |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ...zài shuō           | ...and then we’ll see | 8.1                   |
|                       | about it              |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| z&o                   | a long time ago       | 7.3’                  |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| z&ohūn                | early marriage; child | 7.5                   |
|                       | marriage; to marry as |                       |
|                       | a child, to marry     |                       |
|                       | early                 |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zénme gàode           | what’s wrong; what’s  | 8.1’                  |
|                       | the matter; how come  |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zánme (yì)huí shi     | what’s it all about   | 7.8                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zènme (yì)huí shi     | like this             | 7.8                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zéren (-rèn)          | responsibility        | 7.7                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhāi huā(r)           | to pick flowers       | 8.7’                  |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhàn                  | to occupy (space), to | 8.1                   |
|                       | take up (time);       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | to make up, to        |                       |
|                       | constitute (an        |                       |
|                       | amount)               |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zháng                 | to grow               | 7.3                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhángdà               | to grow up            | 7.3                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhàngfu               | husband               | 7.5                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhànzhēng             | war                   | 7.U’, 8.2*, 8.6       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhSobudào             | can’t.find, to be     | 7.2*, 9.2             |
|                       | unable to find        |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhàogu                | to take care of; care | 7.5                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhàopiàn              | photograph            | 8.U*                  |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhèi yíxiàzi          | after this, as a      | 7.8                   |
|                       | result of this        |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Zhéjiāng (Zhejiang)   | (a province in        | 8.6                   |
|                       | eastern China)        |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhème (yì)huí shi     | like this             | 7.8                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhèng                 | Just, precisely,      | 7.5                   |
|                       | right                 |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhèngcè               | policy                | 7.6, 7.5’             |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhèngfú               | government            | 7.6, 7.U*             |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhénggè(r)            | whole, entire;        | 8.2                   |
|                       | completely, in        |                       |
|                       | entirety              |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhènghXo(r)           | it Just so happens    | 7.8                   |
|                       | that, to happen to,   |                       |
|                       | as it happens; Just   |                       |
|                       | in time, Just right,  |                       |
|                       | Just enough           |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhéngqí               | to be neat, to be     | 8.U*                  |
|                       | tidy                  |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhèngzhi              | politics; political   | 7.1                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhígōng               | staff and workers;    | 8.7                   |
|                       | worker or staff       |                       |
|                       | member                |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhī hào               | can only, to have to, | 7.U                   |
|                       | to be forced to       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ...zhīj iSn           | between...            | 8.8’                  |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhiliàng (zhí-,zhī-)  | quality               | 8.2                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| zhīshi                | knowledge             | 7.2                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

zhī yào zhìzào zhìzàochāng -zhòng zhòng zhòng zhòngdián Zhōngdōng
Zhōngguō Guōjì

Lūxíngshg

Zhōngguō Lūxíngshè Zhōngguō Qīngnián Zhōnghuá Rénmín

Gònghéguó zhòng nán qīng nu

Zhōngshān Gōngyuán zhōngxīn Zhōngxuéshěng zhōngzú zhōukān zhuānjiā zhuàn
qián zhuānyè zhuānyèhuà zhǔrén zhùxialai

zhǔyào

-zhūyì zīběn zìcóng zirán

zirán kěxué zixué zìyōu zìyōu shìchāng zīyuán zizhìqū zōng

zōngde lái shuō zōnggōngchéngshī zōngjiào zōng mi anJi zōng shōurù
zōngtōng -zú

Module & Unit provided that, as long as                 7.7 7 £*

to manufacture

manufacturing plant, factory

^(ln)

to plant; to grow

to be heavy

focal point, emphasis; key

the Middle East

China International Travel Service*

(CITS)

China Travel Service (CTS)

China Youth (a periodical)*

People's Republic of China*

to regard males as superior

to females

Sun Yatsen Park*

center, heart, core, hub; central

High School Student (a periodical)*

race; racial

weekly publication, weekly magazine

specialist, expert

to earn money, to make money

special line/field/discipline

to specialize; specialization

host; master*

to move and stay (in a place), to*

settle down

major, main, essential; mainly,          7.5*, 8.1

essentially

-ism, doctrine (bound form)

capital*

ever since*

nature; to be natural; naturally; in

the normal course of events natural sciences

to study by oneself*

freedom; to be free

free market                                    7 • 5 *

(natural) resources

autonomous region

always; inevitably, without

exception; after all, in any case

generally speaking, on the whole

chief engineer*

(organized) religion

total area*

total income*

president*

nationality

Module & Unit

zui zuì zuìJin

zuo

-zuò zuòbuliío zuò llbài

zuòxia zuòyè zǔzhi

mouth*

crime; guilt

lately, recently; the near future,

soon

to be, to act as

(counter for massive objects)*

to be unable to do**

to worship, to attend a religious        7-7*,*

service

to sit down

homework*

to organize; organization

25

¹

He really is.

²

The five autonomous regions (AR) are

Nèiměnggū Zìzhìqū

Níngxià Huízú Zìzhìqū

Xinjiang Weiwúēr Zìzhìqū Gu&ngxī Zhuàngzú Zìzhìqū Xīzàng Zìzhìqū