ESTC Textbook 2

Chinese textbooks
Here are all the words you need to know in Easy Steps to Chinese 2.

yī huì r一会儿a little while; in a while

yī diǎn r一点儿thimbleful; tiny

yuèmusic; a surname

huìassemble; meet

wèiplace; position

body; body/mass

tǐ yù体育physical education; sports

xiānfirst; earlier

xiān sheng先生teacher; Mister

guāndoor bolt; shut

guān xi关系relationship; influence

theatrical work; acute

huà xué化学chemistry; celluloid

previous; one by one

lì shǐ历史process of the development of Nature and the human society; past records

yǒuhaving friendly relations; be on good terms with

shǐhistory; official in charge of historical records

huícircle; turn around

huí lái回来return; back

guó jiā国家country; complete territory of a country

zài jiā在家be at home; not take religious vows

dì lǐ地理geography; geographical features of a place

xué xiào学校school

guest; traveller

kè qi客气polite; be modest

duìanswer; treat

duì bu qǐ对不起sorry; be unworthy of

xiǎo jiě小姐young lady; sex worker

linear measure; degree of hardness, heat, density, humidity

hěnvery

play; make fun of

xì jù戏剧drama; text/script of a play

beat; break

shù xué数学math

qíngfine

yǒu de有的some

péngfriend; gang up with

péng you朋友friend; boy/girl friend

shùmethod; art

láiarrive; future

gas;air

qì wēn气温temperature

hànthe Galaxy; Han Dynasty

hàn yǔ汉语Chinese

méi guān xi没关系doesn't matter

wēnlukewarm; temperature

cut the jade from the ore; manage

diàn nǎo电脑computer

zhīknow; knowledge

zhī dào知道be aware of

branch of academic or vocational study; division/subdivision of an administrative unit

kē xué科学science; scientific

děngequal; class

tie; series

měibeautiful; beautify

měi shù美术fine arts; painting

give birth to; bring up

nǎobrain; brains

yánspeech; character

yǔ yán语言language; speech

shuōspeak; explain

qǐngrequest; invite

qǐng wèn请问excuse me, may I ask...

xièresign; decline

xiè xie谢谢thank you

gēnfollow; heel

guòcross; after

háistill; also

dàoroad; channel

inside; inner

cuògrindstone for polishing jade; polish jade

méndoor; something that opens and shuts

wènask; ask after

yīnsound; news

yīn yuè音乐music

rì yǔ日语Japanese

qíng tiān晴天sunny day

yīng wén英文English

yīng yǔ英语English

xī bān yá yǔ西班牙语Spanish

bù kè qi不客气blunt; candid

jiā ná dà加拿大Canada

guǎng dōng广东Guangdong

dé guó德国Germany

xīn jiā pō新加坡Singapore

rì běn日本Japan

fǎ guó法国France

tài guó泰国Thailand

ào dà lì yà澳大利亚Australia

yīng guó英国Britain

xī bān yá西班牙Spain

jiā lǐ家里family; workplace

xī bān yá rén西班牙人Spanish

guǎng dōng huà广东话Cantonese

hán guó韩国South Korea

shùnumber; several

hěn duō很多many

nǎ yī wèi哪一位which one

qù guo去过have been to

děng yī děng等一等wait a bit