Chinese Made Easy 3

Chinese textbooks
6 textbooks for high school students or adult study Chinese.

zhànga unit of length equal to 3.3333 metres; measure

bù yòng不用need not; disuse

shìlifetime; generation

shì jiè世界world;universe

practise; get accustomed to

xí guàn习惯be accustomed to; habit

inferior; Asia

qīn qi亲戚relative

eldest among brothers; uncle

bó mǔ伯母aunt; general term of address for a woman of one's mother's generation

ér zi儿子son

qí shí其实actually

nèi dì内地interior; the mainland of China

bāowrap; pack

bāo kuò包括comprise

běinorth; be defeated

nánsouth; southern part of China

nán fēi南非South Africa; the Republic of South Africa

qù shì去世pass away

nǎ r哪儿where; wherever

guó jiā国家country; complete territory of a country

de

tángmain room of a house; courtroom in a yamen

dà bó大伯uncle; polite term of address for an older man

tóu děng头等first-class

nǚ ér女儿daughter

marry a girl to; wife

qī zi妻子wife

husband's sister; father's sister

gū fu姑父husband of father's sister

yí fu姨夫uncle

yí mā姨妈maternal aunt

hūnwed; marriage

hūn lǐ婚礼wedding

shěnaunt; form of address for a married woman younger than one's mother

háichild

hái zi孩子child; children

ānsecure; calm

ān quán安全safe

gōng chéng工程engineering; project that requires a large quantity of manpower and materials

gōng chéng shī工程师engineer

dāngequal; work as

guànbe in the habit of; spoil

gǎn dòng感动be impressed/affected; move

relative; woe

kuòcontract; include

take; seize

jiēcome close to; connect

brigade; forces

lǚ yóu旅游travel

lǚ xíng旅行travel

yǒu de有的some

wèithe eeighth of the 12 Earthly Branches; not yet

wèi lái未来future; coming

ōuEurope; a surname

yángocean; vast

zhōucontinent; sand bar

cross a river; aid

yǎnperform; drill

yǎn yuán演员performer

diǎnspot; dot stroke

zhúcandle; light up

zhàoilluminate; sunshine

father; male relative of a senior generation

fù mǔ父母father and mother

lǐ xiǎng理想ideal; perfect

jièboundary; scope

duānend; beginning

děngequal; class

gāocake

jīng jì经济economy; income

jiétie; knot

jié hūn结婚marry; marriage

jiùmother's brother; husband's father

jiù mā舅妈wife of mother's brother

cāngcabin

dàn gāo蛋糕cake

wax, including beeswax, white wax and paraffin wax; candle

là zhú蜡烛candle

biǎosurface; the relationship between the children or grandchildren of a brother and a sister or of sisters

jiàn miàn见面meet; contact

fēimistake; object to

fēi xíng yuán飞行员pilot

yà zhōu亚洲Asia

běi měi zhōu北美洲North America

nán měi zhōu南美洲South America

dà yáng zhōu大洋洲Oceania

xiǎo yí小姨mother's youngest sister

jīng jì cāng经济舱economy class

měi zhōu美洲America

fēi zhōu非洲Africa

guó wài国外abroad

táng gē堂哥elder male cousin with the same surname

táng dì堂弟male cousin on the male side

biǎo mèi表妹younger female cousin

biǎo jiě表姐older female cousin

tóu děng cāng头等舱First Class

man; husband

yī shù xiān huā一束鲜花a bunch of fresh flowers

zhàng fu丈夫husband