NPCR Textbook 3

Chinese textbooks
Here are all the words you need to know in New Practical Chinese 3.

zhìAA制go dutch

dōng běi东北northeast; Northeast China

lift; start

luàndisorderly; confuse

liǎofinish; completely

shì xiān事先beforehand

jiāo jì交际have contact with

xiǎng shòu享受enjoy; enjoyment

wěi dà伟大great; extraordinary

liáng kuai凉快nice and cool; cool oneself

dòngmove; budge

dānsingle; thin

biànbecome different; change in nature or state

each/every; respectively

wèi dào味道taste; smell

shāng pǐn商品commodity; goods

huícircle; turn around

mái dān埋单foot/pay/settle the bill; take responsibilities

fù zá复杂complicated

dà fang大方generous; easy

fèn dòu奋斗fight

hǎo chu好处benefit; profit

cún kuǎn存款deposit; money on deposit

the fourth or youngest among brothers; end of a period/an era

jì jié季节season

guāngovernment official; organ

shí xiàn实现realize

hán dài寒带frigid zone

fēngboundary; in imperial times, confer upon

sī kǎo思考think

qiǎngrob; vie for

táilift up; carry something with hands or shoulders

pull; haul

ànpress; put aside

tuīpush; cut

miáo xiě描写depict

shí dài时代times; a period in one's life

míng bai明白clear; open

wǎn fàn晚饭dinner

nuǎn qì暖气central heating system; heating equipment

zuì hòu最后final; the last

zuì hǎo最好be the best; had better

yǒu shí有时sometimes

gǎn lǎn qiú橄榄球American football; oval-shaped leather ball used in the game of American football or rugby

máo lǘ毛驴donkey

mín gē民歌folk song

qì hòu气候climate; situation

xiāo fèi消费consume

tiānadd; have a baby

rè dài热带the tropics

shúcooked; ripe

xiàn dài现代modern times; modern

bānclass; shift

qiú chǎng球场a ground where ball games are played

yóupass through; cause

qióng rén穷人poor people

xiào hua笑话jest; laugh at

yuērestrict; arrange

jīng guò经过undergo; experience

měi dé美德virtue

cǎo yuán草原grassland

qún zi裙子skirt

guān niàn观念concept; general idea

shī rén诗人poet

qǐng kè请客stand treat

zhàngaccount; account book

zhàng dān账单bill

gēnfollow; heel

lù xiàn路线route; line

jiào zi轿子sedan

zhuī qiú追求pursue; chase

xuǎn zé选择select

leaf; page

cān tīng餐厅dining room; restaurant

fàn diàn饭店eating place; hotel

shǒu xiān首先first; first of all

gāo xīn高薪high salary/pay

niǎobird; penis

dà bù fen大部分majority

yáng ròu羊肉mutton

jiǔ bēi酒杯goblet

yǔ róng fú羽绒服down garment/wear

dù fǔ杜甫Du Fu, a poet from the Tang Dynasty

jiǎ dǎo贾岛Jia Dao, a poet of Tang Dynasty in China

kǎo quán yáng烤全羊roasted lamb

nèi měng内蒙Inner Mongolia

shā shì bǐ yà莎士比亚Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet

xiǎo shí hòu小时侯

yǒu shí hou有时候sometimes

chú le yǐ wài除了…以外apart from...

yuè yuè越…越…the more...the more...

dī tóu sī gù xiāng低头思故乡head down, I think of home

jǔ tóu wàng míng yuè举头望明月head up, I watch the moon

sēng qiāo yuè xià mén僧敲月下门a monk knocks at the door by the moonlight

táng shī xuǎn唐诗选Selected Poems of Chinese Tang Dynasty

yí shì dì shàng shuāng疑是地上霜I doubt if it’s frost on the ground

chuáng qián míng yuè guāng床前明月光moonlight there is afore my bed

niǎo sù chí biān shù鸟宿池边树birds live in the trees near the pool