NPCR Textbook 4

Chinese textbooks
Here are all the words you need to know in New Practical Chinese 4.

bù lì不利unfavorable; unsuccessful

zhuān jiā专家expert

zhōng yī中医traditional Chinese medical science; doctor of traditional Chinese medicine

liǎo bu qǐ了不起extraordinary; serious

body; body/mass

pèi fú佩服admire

bǎo xiǎn保险assure; safe

xìn xī信息information; information transmitted by signals with the content not previously known to the recipient

xiū lǐ修理repair; prune

chǔ cún储存lay in/up

chū xiàn出现appear

lì yòng利用use; take advantage of

zhì dù制度regulation; institution formed under certain historical conditions in the political, economic and cultural fields

quànencourage; try to persuade

dòng wù动物animal

huà yàn化验assay

doctor; cure

yī xué医学medicine

yī shù医术medical skill

yā dǎo压倒overwhelm

hàocall; transmit

hào mài号脉feel somebody's pulse

tīng zhěn听诊auscultate

tīng zhěn qì听诊器stethoscope

utensil; forbearance

qì guān器官organ

guó wáng国王king

dài fu大夫doctor

dà gài大概general idea; approximate

dà chén大臣minister

shí jì实际reality; practical

shí jì shàng实际上actually

jū mín居民inhabitant

shān zhā山楂Chinese hawthorn; haw

ànlofty; shore

xíng shì形式form

zǒng shù总数total

zhàn guó战国Warring States Period

shǒu wàn手腕wrist; artifice

zhǐ tou指头finger; toe

àn mó按摩massage

zhěngin good order; put in order

zhěng tǐ整体whole; integral

yǒu lì有利advantageous

jī qì机器machinery; apparatus

mǒucertain; indefinite person or thing

gē xīng歌星singing star

zhèng hǎo正好just in time; happen to

mín guó民国Republic of China

qì gōng气功qigong; a type of martial art

qì sè气色complexion

zhìrule; treat

xiāo huà消化digest; absorb/assimilate mentally

rè fū热敷hot compress

dú tè独特unique

wáng gōng王宫imperial palace

lǐ lùn理论theory; argue

bìng rén病人a sick person

tòngache; sadness

pí fū皮肤skin; character setting in games

kuàng wù矿物mineral

jiǎn zhí简直at all; might as well

jǐn zhāng紧张nervous; intense

jié hé结合unite; be united in wedlock

jī ròu肌肉muscle

gānliver

chángintestines; sausage

kěnagree; be willing to

wèistomach; one of the 28 constellations of the celestial sphere

màiarteries and veins; pulse

jiǎofoot; base

jiǎo zhǐ tou脚趾头toe

self; from

zì yóu自由free; liberty

shé tou舌头tongue; enemy soldier captured to extract information

ài zī bìng艾滋病AIDS

yào fāng药方prescription; prescription paper

xī yī西医Western medicine; a doctor trained in Western medicine

yào jǐn要紧important; critical

guī lǜ规律law

huì jí jì yī讳疾忌医avoid seeking medical advice though obviously sick, for fear of facing the unpleasant reality

shuō míng说明explain; explanation

fù zēng zhǎng负增长negative growth

yùn dòng运动movement; motion

wéi fǎn违反infringe

zhòng shì重视pay attention to

zhēn jiǔ针灸acupuncture and moxibustion

cháng qī长期long period of time

líng jiàn零件part

zhǔ chí rén主持人anchorman/anchorwoman

wèi bìng胃病gastric disease

jī gǔ fáng jī积谷防饥store up grain against famine

dèng xiǎo píng邓小平Deng Xiaoping

hǒngfool; coax

qīng cháo清朝Qing Dynasty

tóng rén táng同仁堂Tongren pharmacy

kāi yào fāng开药方write a prescription

biǎn què扁鹊Bian Que

cài guó蔡国the State of Cai

tóu tòng yī jiǎo头痛医脚treat the foot when the head aches