Snow White with Attitude -- Chinese English Story -- Ting

Wang Chen

病菌

bing4jun1

bacteria, germ

病人

bing4ren2

patient, sick person, invalid

医院里有很多病人。

Yi1yuan4 li3 you3 hen3duo1 bing4ren2.

There are a lot of patients in the hospital.

不幸的是

bu2xing4 de shi4

It's unfortunate...

感染

gan3ran3

to contract, to catch (an illness), to infect, to be influenced by; infection

(can be used just as the English for contagious laugh, infectious enthusiasm)

他妈妈去世后，他很难过。

Ta1 ma1ma qu4shi4 hou4, ta1 hen3 nan2guo4.

He felt miserable after his mother died.

内科

nei4ke1

medical department

内科医生

nei4ke1yi1sheng1

internist, internal medicine specialist

去世

qu4shi4

to pass away, to die

伤心

shang1xin1

to be sad, to be grieved; sad, grieved

一切

yi2qie4

all, every, everything

治病

zhi4bing4

to cure

捕

bu3

to arrest, to catch

过去

guo4qu

to pass, to pass by, to go over

(when it follows a verb, it indicates the direction of the verb away from the object -- as a verb it is pronounced guo4qu4)

化学家

hua4xue2jia1

chemist

寂寞

ji4mo4

lonely; loneliness

猫死了，小男孩儿很伤心。

Mao1 si3 le, xiao3 nan2hai2r hen3 shang1xin1.

The cat died, and the boy was very sad.

(nan2hai2r is written with the 儿 when the child is younger -- this seems to be an informal convention)

地球

di4qiu2

earth, the globe

会用

hui4 yong4

to use

魔法

mo2fa3

magic, wizardry, sorcery

陪伴

pei2ban4

to accompany, to attend; companion

语音识别软件

yu3yin1 shi2bie2 ruan3jian4

voice recognition software

神奇

shen2qi2

magical, magic, enchanted

(literally - strange spirit, or incredible spirit)

摄像头

she4xiang4tou2

camera

Du Feng

Wang Chen

伴

ban4

to accompany; partner, companion

(if you cook something together)

城堡

cheng2bao3

bastion, castle

段

duan4

time period, section

(measure word for trip -- includes time to go and return; measure word for a section of a road)

平静

ping2jing4

peace, serenity, quietude, calmness, passivity

Du Feng

Ren Shuang

总

zong3

total, main, central, chief; always, constantly; anyhow, at any rate

总

zong3

always

成人

cheng2ren2

adult

(formal -- use da4ren2 大人 )

次于

ci4yu2

second to

同样的

tong2yang4 de

same

于

yu2

in, at, to, from, out of, by; than

(高于 = gao1yu2 = higher than)

出钱

chu1qian2

to open one's purse, to offer to pay

答应

da1ying

to answer, to reply, to agree, to promise

敢

gan3

to dare, to have courage to, to have confidence to, to be sure

混混

hun4hun

gangster, hoodlum

警告

jing3gao4

warning; to warn, to tip off

联系

lian2xi4

contact (between people); to get in touch with, to have ties with

杀

sha1

to kill

小偷

xiao3tou1r

thief, petty thief

(Beijing r)

城镇

cheng2zhen4

town

化

hua4

to change, to convert, to melt

化妆

hua4zhuang1

to apply makeup

郊外

jiao1wai4

outskirts, countryside

一直向前走

yi4zhi2 xiang4qian2 zou3

go straight

一直

yi4zhi2

to continue straight (directions); straight

(also -- continuously, always, all along, all the time)

加油

jia1you2

to get gas

懒

lan3

lazy

离开

li2kai1

to leave

钱包

qian2bao1

wallet

(If you say 'pi2jia1' it means a leather wallet. Qian2bao1 is the general term.)

伸了伸懒腰

shen1 le shen1 lan3yao1

to stretch

(slow stretch in which you curve your back and stretch your arms over your head)

伸

shen1

to stretch, to extend

睡着

shui4zhao2

to fall asleep, to feel sleepy, to flake out

(when you fall asleep quickly -- overcome by sleep -- where zhao2 has the meaning of fall into, be affected by -- 睡觉 -- shui4jiao4 is the standard for "fall asleep")

跳下

tiao4xia

to jump down, to step off

醒来

xing3lai

to awake, to wake up

Hu Siyu

Wang Chen

行李

xing2li

suitcase, luggage, baggage, package

腰

yao1

waist, small of the back, middle

以至于

yi3zhi4yu2

so...that, to such an extent that, which means that

(yi3zhi4 is often combined with yu2 to show direction or cause)

不停地

bu4ting2 de

ceaselessly, again and again, repeatedly

我不停地启动计算机，但　 Windows 　就是不出现。

Wo3 bu4ting2de qi3dong4 ji4suan4ji1, dan4 Windows jiu4 shi4 bu4 chu1xian4.

I booted the computer time after time, but Windows never came up.

发现

fa1xian4

to find, to discover, to come to light, to appear

那只狗不停地吠。它叫了一夜！

Na4 zhi1 gou3 bu4 ting2 de fei4. Ta1 jiao4 le yi2ye4!

The dog wouldn't stop yapping. It barked all night.

里面

li3mian4

inside, interior

木屋

mu4wu1

log cabin, cottage

(simple structure made of wood)

他看电影时不停地说话，真气人。

Ta1 kan4 dian4ying3 shi2 bu4 ting2 de shuo1hua4, zhen1 qi4ren2.

He annoyed me a lot when he didn't stop talking during the movie.

(by adding "de" after ting2 and before shuo1hua4, bu4 ting2 de acts as an adverb modifying shuo1hua4 -- "wouldn't stop" is an adverbial phrase modifying "talking")

树林

shu4lin2

woods, forest

不知不觉

bu4zhi1bu4jue2

unconsciously, before (she/he) knew it

(rarely used)

Da Di

Zhang Meng

打扫

da3sao3

to clean up, to sweep, to clean, to clear away

妈妈要打扫房间。

Ma1ma yao4 da3sao3 fang2jian1.

Mother will clean the house.

打扫房屋，我就把东西堆在床后。

Da3sao3 fang2wu1 shi2, wo3 jiu4 ba3 dong1xi dui1 zai4 chuang2 hou4.

When I clean house, I just stack things behind the bed.

干净

gan1jing4

clean, neat and tidy; completely, totally; to be clean and tidy

我的纸乱七八糟！

Wo3 de zhi3 luan4 qi1ba1zao1!

My papers are a mess!

乱七八糟

luan4 qi1ba1zao1

a total mess, at sixes and sevens

你能收拾一下报纸吗？

Ni3 neng2 shou1shi yi2xia bao4zhi3 ma?

Would you please put the newspapers in order?

收拾

shou1shi

to clean, to pack, the line is busy, to tidy up, to put in order

躺

tang3

to lie

(this is to be in a horizontal position -- add "xia4" for "lie down")

天生

tian1sheng1

innate, inborn

消磨时间

xiao1me2 shi2jian1

to while away time, to kill time

消磨

xiao1mo2

to idle away, to fritter, to while away

我妈妈让我走以前收拾好屋子。

Wo3 ma1ma rang4 wo3 zou3 yi3qian2 shou1shi hao3 wu1zi.

Before I can go, my mother wants me to clean my room.

麦片粥

mai4pian4zhou1

oatmeal, oatmeal porridge

(may also call it mian4pian4r -- for short in Beijing)

他把我叫醒了。

Ta1 ba3 wo3 jiao4 xing3 le.

He called to wake me up.

("awake" is an adverbial phrase -- thus you use ba3 before the verb to indicate the things that are done by the action of the verb -- thus 'to call' results in 'awake' -- the wo3, the object, precedes the verb)

Gu Zheng

棒球棍

bang4qiu2gun4

baseball bat

报警

bao4jing3

to call the police, to give the alarm

叫醒

jiao4xing3

to wake

也许

ye3xu3

perhaps, probably, maybe

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

酷

ku4

cool, neat, great, fantastic

晃

huang4

to shake, to sway, to rattle

尖

jian1

point, tip, top; pointed, acute, high pitched, sharp

尖叫

jian1jiao4

to scream, to squeal

(literally -- high pitched yell)

惊醒

jing1xing3

to wake with a start

嘛

modal particle

(general usage -- used to complete sentences so they sound right or for emphasis -- not the same as ma 吗)

四周

si4zhou1

around

(literally -- four corners, circle)

走上

zou3shang

to walk up

担心

dan1xin1

anxious; to feel anxiety

打算

da3suan4

to intend, to plan, to mean to, to be prepared to; plan, intention

请转过来。

Qing3 zhuan3 guo4lai2.

Please turn around.

讲

jiang3

to tell, to speak, to explain (text, etc.), to say, to stress, to lecture, to pay attention, to be particular about, to describe

(jiang3 means to tell someone about something -- to tell a story -- gao4su4 告诉 means to tell someone news)

墙角

qiang2jiao3

corner, corner of the room

只是小伤，别担心。

Zhi3shi4 xiao3 shang1, bie2 dan1xin1.

It's only a small scratch, don't worry.

商量

shang1liang4

to confer, to discuss, to talk over

同意

tong2yi4

to agree with

直到

zhi2dao4

until, up to

常规

chang2gui1

routine, habit

呆

dai1

to stay; silly, foolish, blank

(dai1 is a very common verb to mean 'stay home', 'stay in Shanghai', it does not imply 'silly' when used as a verb -- usually combined with other syllables to mean silly)

回到

hui2dao4

to return, to come back to, to repeat

万一明天下雨，我们只能呆在家里。

Wan4yi1 ming2tian1 xia4yu3, wo3men zhi3neng2 dai1 zai4 jia1 li3.

If it rains tomorrow, we can only stay at home.

赶上

gan3shang4

to catch up with, to to overtake

赶上来

gan3shang4lai2

to catch up

接触到

jie1chu4dao4

to come in contact with, to get close to

没法

mie2fa3

to have no alternative, to have no way, to be unable to do anything about it

(literally -- don't have a way)

没法儿

mei2fa3r

no way

只要

zhi3yao4

as long as, so far as, provided, if only

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)

才能

cai2neng2

ability, talent, capacity; if...then

查出

cha2chu1

to find out, to smell out, to smoke out

发青

fa1qing1

pasty, livid, ashen; pastiness

脸色

lian3se4

complexion, skin color, color of face

气

qi4

to anger, to get angry; air, gas, smell, spirit, tone, attitude, anger

私人侦探

si1ren2 zhen1tan4

private detective

下落

xia4luo4

whereabouts

侦探

zhen1tan4

detective

外婆

wai4po2

maternal grandmother

(Children in south China call their maternal grandmother 外婆 wai4po2, and children in north China call her 姥姥� lao3lao)

奔

ben1

to rush, to run; rapid

奔跑

ben1pao3

to run, to rush, to run away, to escape

毒药

du2yao4

poison, toxin

粉末

fen3mo4

dust, powder

老婆

lao3po2

wife

Ren Shuang

难

nan2

difficult, hard, troublesome, unpleasant

配制

pei4zhi4

to concoct, to compound, to make up

(especially where multiple ingredients are involved)

扫帚

sao4zhou

broom

实验室

shi2yan4shi4

laboratory

刷子

shua1zi

brush

直

zhi2

straight, vertical, right, honest, frank; directly, straight, continuously

半价

ban4jia4

to sell at half price, to have a half-price sale, to give 50% discount

Shao Danni

Da Di

Feng Xie

回答道

hui2da2dao4

to reply

算

suan4

to calculate, to plan, to scheme, to include, to regard as, to count as, to think, to suppose

推

tui1

to push, to shove

(don't use this in reference to closing drawers, pushing buttons, or telephones....ok if you want to push someone off a cliff, or use some force)

推销

tui1xiao1

marketing, salesmanship, sales promotion

(used to refer to marketing by the company to promote it's products -- a tui1xiao1yuan2 is a company sales representative)

Ren Shuang

谢绝

xie4jue2

to decline with thanks, to turndown, to refuse

抵抗

di3kang4

to resist, to withstand

立刻

li4ke4

immediately, at once

刷布的刷子

shua1bu4 de shua1zi

clothes brush

无法

wu2fa3

to be unable to, to cannot

诱惑

you4huo4

to tempt, to attract, to entice

尘土

chen2tu3

dust, grit

跌倒

die3dao3

to fall, to tumble

毒性

du2xing4

poisonous; toxicity

散发

san4fa1

to distribute, to give off

团

tuan2

ball

(round things -- measure word -- a ball of knitting wool - soft things, not hard balls)

越

yue4

the more

越发

yue4fa1

more and more

重

zhong4

heavy, important, serious; weight

呼吸

hu1xi1

to breathe; breathing

陌生人

mo4sheng1ren2

stranger

口对口的人工呼吸

kou3dui4kou3de ren2gong1hu1xi1

mouth to mouth resuscitation

(literally -- manual breathing)

抬

tai2

to lift, to raise, to carry together, to pick up together

咱们把这张桌子抬到窗户旁边。

Zan2men ba3 zhe4 zhang1 zhuo1zi tai2 dao4 chuang1hu pang2bian1.

Let's pick up this table and move it to the window.

Zhang Xiuting

小心

xiao3xin1

to take care, to be careful; careful, cautious

烦

fan2

troubled, distressed, tired of, bored; trouble, vexation; to be annoyed

改变

gai3bian4

to adapt, to rearrange, to change

心怀

xin1huai2

to harbor, to cherish, to entertain

在此时

zai4ci3shi2

meanwhile

冲进

chong1jin4

to rush to

发疯

fa1feng1

to go mad, to go crazy, to go ape, to have a tizzy

Deng Yichen

强

qiang2

strong, powerful

希望

xi1wang4

to hope, to wish, to expect; hope, wish

(has to do with the future desires as compared to xiang3 - which is a more direct want - I hope to go but I'm not sure = xi1wang4 - I want to go, or I wish to go = xiang3)

自豪

zi4hao2

pride

自豪感

zi4hao2gan3

sense of pride

出发

chu1fa1

to start out; to set off

毒

du2

poison, toxin; to kill with poison; poisonous

郊区

jiao1qu1

suburb, outskirts

篮子

lan2zi

basket

涂

tu2

to spread, to apply

样子

yang4zi

manner, air, appearance, the way somebody looks

唱歌

chang4ge1

to sing

(ge1chang4 is also found, but chang4ge1 is more common)

狗听见有人敲门。

Gou3 ting1jian4 you3ren2 qiao1men2.

The dog heard somebody knocking at the door.

敲

qiao1

to knock, to strike, to overcharge (spoken), to blackmail, to extort

(knock at a door)

我只好绕到房后拿我的铲子。

Wo3 zhi3hao3 rao4 dao4 fang2hou4 na2 wo3 de chan3zi.

I had to walk around to the back of the house to get my shovel.

Shao Danni

Ji Xiaozhe

绕到。。。后

rao4dao4 ... hou4

to walk around

听见

ting1jian4

to hear, heard

(when you use ting alone it means listen...)

我听见有人在外面唱歌。

Wo3 ting1jian4 you3ren2 zai4 wai4mian chang4ge1.

I heard someone singing outside.

池子

chi2zi

sink, pond (oral usage), pool

(kitchen sink -- "chi2" generally means an enclosed space with raised sides, will find it with modifiers to mean dance floor, garden, bathhouse pool, swimming pool -- or if the meaning is clear, will drop the modifier and just use chi2zi.)

灯泡

deng1pao4

lightbulb

抬头

tai2tou2

to raise one's head, to look up, to gain ground, to improve, to go up (in price); space to fill in name (on forms)

完全

wan2quan2

complete, whole; completely, totally, absolutely

笑

xiao4

to smile, to laugh

脆

cui4

crisp, clear cut, brittle, clear

(also used for clear, distinct music or sounds = 脆响 cui4xiang3)

刚

gang1

barely, just, only just, only a short while ago, only a moment ago, recently; just as soon as

果园

guo3yuan2

orchard

声音

sheng1yin1

sound, voice

甜美

tian2mei3

sweet, honey, treacle

我听出了你的声音。

Wo3 ting1chu1 le ni3 de sheng1yin1.

I recognized your voice.

(on the phone -- I listened to your voice)

秋天我们在果园摘苹果。

Qiu1tian1 wo3men zai4 guo3yuan2 zhai1 ping2guo3.

In the Fall, we pick apples in the orchard.

Zhang Xiuting

递

di4

to give, to hand over, to pass

明智的

ming2zhi4 de

wise, sage

头脑

tou2nao3

brains, wit, savvy

你真棒！

Ni3 zhen1 bang4!

You're excellent!

请把那个菜递给我。

Qing3 ba3 nei4 ge4 cai4 di4 gei3 wo3.

Pass me that dish, please.

(the standard is na4 ge4 -- Beijing accent often uses zhei4 ge4, nei4 ge4 -- This is included here for students whose books include zhei4 and nei4)

递给

di4gei3

to hand over, to give to

看起来

kan4qi3lai

to appear, to have the appearance, to look (in the sense of appear)

颜色太艳了。

Yan2se4 tai4 yan4 le.

The color's too bright.

颜色

yan2se4

color, facial expression, countenance

你有其它颜色的吗？

Ni3 you3 qi2ta1 yan2se4 de ma?

Do you have other colors?

咬

yao3

to bite

嘴唇

zui3chun2

lips

小矮人

xiao3 ai3ren2

short person, dwarf

(dwarf - the xiao3 is used for clarity and emphasis, not just as an adjective. For instance, xiang4 is the word for elephant, but they are always called da4xiang4 to minimize confusion with words that have the same pronunciation.)

保存

bao3cun2

to preserve, to keep (in the sense of maintain), to conserve; preservation, conservation

(to save a file on the computer)

冻

dong4

to freeze; cold, frozen, icy, freezing

救活

jiu4huo2

to revive, to bring back to life

救护车

jiu4hu4che1

ambulance

哭

ku1

to cry, to weep

起来

qi3lai

to get up, to rise, to arise, to start

永远

yong3yuan3

always, forever

治愈

zhi4yu4

to cure, to mend, to charm away

冲

chong1

to charge, to rush, to dash, to pour boiling water on, to rinse, to develop; thoroughfare, important place

抓

zhua1

to grasp, to seize, to grab, to arrest, to catch, to scratch

(The meaning "to scratch" is limited to scratching to dig or wound with the nails or fingers -- see sao1 搔 for scratch head, scratch and itch)

案

an4

case, (law case)

(In context, an4 is often used alone to talk about a law case -- the complete word is an4li4 按例 or an4jian4 案件)

愤怒

fen4nu4

angry, upset, indignant; rage

警察

jing3cha2

police, policeman

连环

lian2huan2

interlinked; chain of links

连环杀人

lian2huan2 sha1ren2

serial killer

评价

ping2jia4

to appraise, to evaluate, to assess, to give an opinion

人品

ren2pin3

character, moral quality

侦察案

zhen1cha2an4

to work on a case, to investigate a case

(refers to searching on the basis of detective work -- in reference to the police, detective, spies)

查

cha2

to check, to investigate

急

ji2

anxious, impatient, impetuous, quick tempered, urgent, quick, pressing, in a hurry, swift, rapid, abrupt;

(one of those adjectives that can be used as a verb -- like hao3)

聊天室

liao2tian1shi4

chat room

(The shi4 (room) is pronounced softly in oral Chinese -- more like a trailing second or third tone)

每一个

mei3yi2ge

every last

因特网

Yin1te4wang3

Internet

找到

zhao3dao4

to find, to look for

(can't find = zhao3budao4 = 找不到 )

治

zhi4

to govern, administer, manage, treat

博士学位

bo2shi4xue2wei4

doctor's degree, doctorate, Ph. D.

拿

na2

to get, to take, to hold, to carry, to pick up, to catch, to arrest, to seize, to capture

年轻

nian2qing1

young; youth

(young person)

年轻英俊

nian2qing1ying1jun4

young and handsome

生物化学

sheng1wu4hua4xue2

biochemistry

挑战

tiao3zhan4

challenge; to challenge to a contest

徒步旅行者

tu2bu4lu~3xing2zhe3

hiker

冰冻

bing1dong4

to freeze; frozen

穿着

chuan1zhuo2

dress

Deng Yichen

带

dai4

to wear, to carry, to bring, to take

(to take as in bring -- bring them to the store)

判断

pan4duan4

to size up, to judge, to measure; judgement

如今你无法通过一个人的穿着来判断他的身份。

Ru2jin1 ni3 wu2fa3 tong1guo4 yi2ge4 ren2de chuan1zhuo2 lai2 pan4duan4 ta1de shen1fen4.

You can't tell anything by dress these days.

如今

ru2jin1

now, nowadays

身份

shen4fen4

figure, quality, status

剩下来

sheng4xia4lai

to be left over, to remain

(can be either way -- hai2 sheng4 san1ge ping2guo3 - three apples left versus you3 san1 ge4 ping2guo3 sheng4xia4lai)

通过

tong1guo4

to go through, to get past, to adopt, to pass (exam), to carry (voting); through, by

解毒药

jie3du2yao4

antidote

试试

shi4shi

to try, to attempt; trial, test

有效

you3xiao4

available, effective

至少

zhi4shao3

at least, at the least

冻伤

dong4shang1

frostbite

面颊

mian4jia2

cheek, cheeks

迷住

mi2zhu4

to charm, to be captivated, to enamor

下面

xia4mian

lower level; below, next, the following

参加

can1jia1

to take part in, to attend, to join, to show up for

你参加会吗？

Ni3 can1jia1 hui4 ma?

Will you attend the meeting?

夫妇

fu1fu4

couple, husband and wife

Liu Yu Rong

Da Di

会议

hui4yi4

meeting, session, conference, congress

(any group that gets together for a single purpose for a limited amount of time)

婚礼

hun1li3

wedding

嫁

jia4

to marry, (to get a husband)

(only applies to women getting married -- often used as jia4gei3 in construction -- notice the house symbol in the character -- the girl goes to her husband's house)

举办

ju3ban4

to hold, to run, to conduct

(an event like an art show)

康复

kang1fu4

to get well, to recuperate, to heal

盛大

sheng4da4

grand, magnificent

她被选举为会议主持人。

Ta1 bei4 xuan3ju3 wei2 hui4yi4 zhu3chi2ren2.

She was elected to be the chairperson of the meeting.

(it is normal in China to elect a chairperson of a single meeting -- it is often honorary)

Feng Xie

Karen

展示

zhan3shi4

to reveal, to show, to present, to lay bare

猜

cai1

to guess

(means you have analyzed the problem carefully and then are making a 'guess' -- usually followed by 'because' yin1wei2 -- less formal than cai1ce4 -- also see jue2de for the general feeling)

承受

cheng2shou4

to endure, to stand, to take, to support

短路

duan3lu4

short, short circuit

电路短路把保险丝烧了。

Dian4lu4 duan3lu4 ba3 bao3xian3si1 shao1 le.

The short in the circuit burned out the fuse.

弄

nong4

to make, to handle, to engage in, to play with, to play tricks, to get, to fetch

扔

reng1

to throw, to toss, to throw away

酸

suan1

sour; acid

桶

tong3

bucket, barrel, casket

(measure word for water, alcohol, beer -- tube -- container measure for a long, hollow cylinder made of metal or other materials for holding or conveying goods)

显屏

xian3shi4ping2

monitor screen