Liu Mingming's E-mail to Pat Peters -- Chinese English Vocabulary -- Ting

Lost and Found -- Liu Mingming's E-mail to Pat Peters
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安全

an1quan2

safe

(from danger)

办

ban4

to do, to handle, to attend to, to tackle, to manage, to deal with

(see "gan4", "ban4" is a little formal -- "gan4" and "zuo4" = to do work)

办公室

ban4gong1shi4

office

变化

bian4hua4

to change, to vary; change

藏

cang2

to hide, to conceal, to store, to lay by

差点儿

cha4dian3r

within an inch of, half, close

成

cheng2

to become, to turn into, to succeed, to accomplish, to finish

成功

cheng2gong1

to succeed; successful; success

成绩

cheng2ji4

grade, grades, result, achievement

(often used for grades on tests or courses)

出去

chu1qu

to go out

从未

cong2wei4

never

地板

di4ban3

floor, floorboard

(as in where you put your rug)

地方

di4fang

place, room or space

(when used as a noun, the second syllable is neutral -- if it is an adjective meaning "local" it is pronounced di4fang1)

罚

fa2

to punish, to penalize

分钟

fen1zhong1

minute

跟

gen1

to, from, with, and, together with; to follow, to accompany

跟。。。一样

gen1. . . yi2yang4

the same as. . .

根本

gen1ben3

essence, foundation; basic, essential, fundamental; simply, actually, at all, utterly

家

jia1

family, home

(but house= yi1 zhuo3 fang2zi)

接手

jie1shou3

to take over, to undertake

进行

jin4xing2

to proceed with, to go ahead, to carry on, to be in progress

即时

ji2shi2

immediately

聊聊

liao2liao2

to chat, to talk

刘明

Liu2 Ming2ming

Liu Mingming

Du Feng

旅游

lu~3you2

tourism; to tour

没事儿

mei2 shi4r

It's OK, It's nothing, No problem!; to have nothing planned, to be alright

(Someone asks if you are doing something this afternoon - you say mei2 shi4r! - nothing planned.)

没事儿。

Mei2 shi4r.

Fine.

(If you have been ill but are now better, and your friend asks you how you are, you would say this.)

跟没事儿人是的

gen1 mei2shi4r ren2 shi4de

carefree person, cool customer

(nothing bothers this person -- mei2shi4r = no problem; gen1 is used as a comparative = like)

拿

na2

to be able to do

拿走

na2zou3

to take away

帕特丽夏

Pa4te4li4xia4

Patricia

其它的；其他的

qi2ta1 de

others, the rest

(the choice of the pronoun depends on the context)

不让他出去玩儿

bu2 rang4 ta1 chu1 qu4 wan2r

to ground someone, to not allow someone to go outside to play

升职

sheng1zhi2

promotion

(colloquial -- also see ti2sheng1 提升 )

没事儿。

Mei2 shi4r.

No problem.

(very commonly used after dui4 bu qi3 -- I'm sorry or Excuse me).

双胞胎

shuang1bao1tai1

twins

睡

shui4

to sleep, to rest

(combination word - meaning it usually is used with another syllable)

顺利

shun4li4

successful, without hitch, without complications, smoothly

所以

suo3yi3

so; therefore; as a result

淘气

tao2qi4

mischievous, naughty; be active, be mischievous; noisy fun

(oral usage -- see wan2pi2)

天天

tian1tian1

daily, day to day

项目

xiang4mu4

item, event

(individual entry on a list, schedule, or menu)

消息

xiao1xi

news, message

(personal news -- tell someone news)

小心

xiao3xin1

to take care, to be careful; careful, cautious

吓人的

xia4ren2 de

terrifying

也许

ye3xu3

perhaps, probably, maybe

(one of the adverbs which precedes time in the grammar of the sentence)

已

yi3

to stop, to cease; already

下一次

xia4 yi2ci4

next time

一起

yi4qi3

together

有趣

you3qu4

interesting, fun, fascinating, amusing

在乎

zai4hu

to care about, to mind

张建国

Zhang1 Jian4guo2

Zhang Jianguo

长大

zhang3da4

to grow up, to mature

准备

zhun3bei4

to prepare, to get ready, to be ready

作为

zuo4wei2

as; conduct, deed, action; to accomplish, to regard as, to take for

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