Colloquial Chinese - T'ung & Pollard, Lesson 13

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樓 lóu

Back 1

(n) storied building, MW: floor

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樓 lóu

Back 2

(n) storied building, MW: floor

Front 3

三樓 sān lóu

Back 3

3rd floor (British: 2nd)

Front 4

樓上 lóu shàng

Back 4

upstairs

Front 5

樓下 lóu xià

Back 5

downstairs

Front 6

夫婦 fūfù

Back 6

husband & wife, married couple

Front 7

兄弟 xiōng dì

Back 7

brothers, younger brother

Front 8

倆 liǎ

Back 8

two (兩+個)

Front 9

臉 liǎn

Back 9

(面miàn) face

Front 10

眼睛 yǎnjīng

Back 10

eye

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長 zhǎng

Back 11

to grow

Front 12

得 dé

Back 12

(complement marker 'de')

Front 13

張得 zhǎng dé

Back 13

to grow to be...

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像 xiàng

Back 14

to be alike

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極了 jí le

Back 15

extremly

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比 bǐ

Back 16

compared with, to compare

Front 17

以爲 yǐwéi

Back 17

to think that, to have the idea that, to assume (wrongly)

Front 18

雙生 shuāngshēng

Back 18

twins

Front 19

雙生兄弟 shuāngshēng xiōngdì

Back 19

twin brothers

Front 20

聰明 cōngmíng

Back 20

clever, intelligent

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可愛 kěài

Back 21

lovely, cute

Front 22

性情 xìngqing

Back 22

nature, temperament

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不同 bù tóng

Back 23

different, not the same

Front 24

曼 màn

Back 24

slow

Front 25

性子 xìng zi

Back 25

temper

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連 lián...也yě/都dōu

Back 26

even (including)

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比較 bǐ jiào

Back 27

to compare, comparatively, rather

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急 jí

Back 28

impatient, hasty, urgent

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不得了 bù dé liǎo

Back 29

terrible, disastrous, awfully

Front 30

唱歌 chànggē

Back 30

to sing (a song)

Front 31

整天 zhěng tiān

Back 31

all day long

Front 32

一塊兒 yī kuàir

Back 32

together (= 一起)

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形影不離 xíngyǐng bùlí

Back 33

inseperable

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-得多 -dé duō

Back 34

by a lot, much -er

Front 35

好奇 hàoqí

Back 35

curious

Front 36

各 gè

Back 36

each, all, various, different

Front 37

各種各樣 gè zhǒng gè yàng

Back 37

all sorts of

Front 38

有的 yǒu de

Back 38

some

Front 39

道理 dàolǐ

Back 39

reason, sense, principle

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有道理 yǒu dàolǐ

Back 40

reasonable, justified

Front 41

奇怪 qíguài

Back 41

strange, odd

Front 42

回答 huídá

Back 42

to answer, to reply

Front 43

下雨 xiàyǔ

Back 43

to rain

Front 44

窗戶 chuānghu

Back 44

window

Front 45

差 chà

Back 45

poor, substandard

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糊塗 hútu

Back 46

muddled, silly

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大人dà ren

Back 47

adult, grown up

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麻煩 máfan

Back 48

troublesome, annoying, to trouble someone, to bother

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記 jì

Back 49

to memorise, to remember

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部首 bùshǒu

Back 50

radical (of a Chinese character)

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比方 bǐfang

Back 51

example

Front 52

比方説 bǐfang shuō

Back 52

for example

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三點水 sāndiǎn shuǐ

Back 53

water' radical

Front 54

關係 guānxì

Back 54

relation, relevance

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沒關係 méi guānxi

Back 55

it doesn't matter, never mind

Front 56

X-字旁 X-zìpáng

Back 56

lateral radical X

Front 57

樹木 shùmù

Back 57

trees

Front 58

意思 yìsī

Back 58

meaning, idea, intention, opinion

Front 59

有意思 yǒu yìsi

Back 59

interesting

Front 60

明白 míngbai

Back 60

clear, plain, to understand

Front 61

嘴 zuǐ

Back 61

mouth

Front 62

木頭 mùtou

Back 62

wooden, wood

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苯 běn

Back 63

stupid

Front 64

才 cái

Back 64

only, merely

Front 65

白 bái

Back 65

white, fair, pale

Front 66

*閉嘴! bìzuǐ!

Back 66

Shut up!