HYJC Textbook 2 (A)

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Here are all the words you need to know in Hanyu Jiaocheng 2(A).

shàng qù上去go up; be used after a verb to indicate a rise in level or a movement of the subject toward the object

xià下down; under

xià lái下来come/get/go down; come down

gè zi个子stature; bale

zhōng xīn中心main body; centre

zhǔ chí主持take charge/care of; preside over/at

shū jià书架bookshelf

yú shì于是hence

huì yì会议meeting; council

xiū修embellish;repair

dào倒upside down; converse

guāng光ray; bright

bā八eight; eighth

xīng fèn兴奋excited; excite

chū lái出来come out; emerge

fù副deputy; assistant

què却drive back; decline

tīng厅office; hall

shuāng xǐ双喜double happiness

fā zhǎn发展develop; expand

zhǐ hǎo只好have to

gè各each/every; respectively

kū xiào bù dé哭笑不得be at a loss whether to cry or to laugh

xǐ喜be delighted/pleased; occasion for celebration

huí qù回去return; back

kùn困be stranded; surround

tú shū图书books

qiáng墙wall; object shaped or functioning like a wall

hūn lǐ婚礼wedding

xué qī学期semester

kè rén客人guest; travelling merchant

xiǎo huǒ zi小伙子lad

xiǎo shuō小说fiction

zuǒ yòu左右the left and right sides; those in close attendance

shuài帅commander-in-chief; the chief piece in Chinese chess

dé bìng得病be infected with a disease

hū rán忽然all of a sudden

dài戴wear something on the head, face, neck, chest, arm, etc.; put on

káng扛shoulder; undertake independently

zhí执hold; bill of warrant

hù zhào护照passport

chōu抽take something out from within something else; take

pāi拍beat; beat

bá拔draw; draw

guà挂hang; be concerned about

tiāo挑carry things on either end of a shoulder pole; choose

tí提carry; lift

chā插stick; interpose

shè xiàng jī摄像机video/television camera

bǎi摆put; list

xīn niáng新娘bride

xīn láng新郎bridegroom

fú wù yuán服务员attendant; odd-jobmen

yàng样shape; sample

gēn jù根据according to; basis

lóu tī楼梯staircase

bù步go on foot; follow

qì fēn气氛atmosphere

dēng long灯笼lantern

rè qíng热情enthusiasm; warm

rè nao热闹lively; liven up

diàn tī电梯lift

pán盘tray; wind

zhù fú祝福bless; blessing

chuān穿penetrate; pass

lèi累fatigued; tire

zhǐ纸paper; bank notes of the dead

wéi xiū维修maintain

yào药medicine; cure with medicine

qún zi裙子skirt

xī fú西服Western-style clothes; coat/jacket of a Western-style suit

jiǎng huà讲话speak; speech

zhào赵one of the states of the Zhou Dynasty; a surname

qǐ lai起来stand up; rise

zhè lǐ这里over here

jìn qù进去enter; in

xuǎn选select; elect

nà lǐ那里that place

yào shi钥匙key

zhǎng长grow; older

yīn xiàng音像audiovisual

lǐng dài领带necktie

fēng风wind; practice

fàn guǎn饭馆restaurant

mài kè fēng麦克风mike

zhǔ chí rén主持人anchorman/anchorwoman

mián ǎo棉袄cotton-padded jacket

zhǐ xiāng纸箱carton

gè zhǒng gè yàng各种各样a great variety of

huì yì tīng会议厅conference hall

bù tíng不停without stop

lǔ xùn鲁迅Lu Xun, pen name of Zhou Shuren, China's foremost writer of the 20th century

tú shū chéng图书城book city

xiǎng qǐ lai想起来think of

chú le yǐ wài除了…以外apart from...