SSC Elementary 2

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Here are all the words you need to know in Short-term Spoken Chinese Elementary 2.

shì jiè世界world;universe

yán zhòng严重serious

wánball; pill

zhī hòu之后after; afterwards

yú shì于是hence

hù xiāng互相each other

wǔ huā bā mén五花八门multifarious

jiāohand over; meet

rén kǒu人口human population; size of a family

rén wù人物figure; character

dài biǎo代表representative; on behalf of

shānginjury; hurt

dǎo méi倒霉be down on one's luck

jiǎ rú假如supposing

jià rì假日holiday

zuò zhǔ做主decide; back up

xiàngbe like; portrait

quán jiā fú全家福photograph of the whole family; hodgepodge

yǎngraise; support

zhǔn shí准时on schedule

jiǎn shǎo减少reduce

jī hū几乎almost; practically

huá suàn划算calculate; be to one's profit

fù zuò yòng副作用side effect; secondary action

dòng wù动物animal

wǔ shuì午睡take a nap after lunch; noontime snooze

yā lì压力tension; pressure

qù shì去世pass away

lìngother; in addition

each/every; respectively

fǒu zé否则otherwise

ké sou咳嗽cough

āiah; hey

wéi yī唯一only

ah

zēng duō增多increase

zēng zhǎng增长grow

fù zá复杂complicated

duō shù多数majority

shī wàng失望lose hope/heart/confidence; disappointed

tàocover; overlap

shí jì实际reality; practical

jiā tíng家庭family

jì mò寂寞lonely; quiet

xiǎo shuō小说fiction

píng cháng平常ordinary; generally

xìng fú幸福happiness; felicity

kǒng pà恐怕for fear of; fear

lǎnlazy; sluggish

ná zhǔ yi拿主意decide; have the say

shuāi jiāo摔跤trip and fall; make a blunder

shōu huò收获gather in the crops; gains

shōu cáng收藏collect and store

jiào shòu教授professor

duànbreak; cut/break off

xīn xiān新鲜fresh; not fading

fāng miàn方面side

zǎo chen早晨morning

běnstem or root of plants; original

gēn běn根本basic; root

lóu dào楼道corridor

zhìrule; treat

zhù yì注意pay attention to

rán ér然而but

zhào gù照顾give consideration to; give preferential treatment

ài hào爱好be interested in; fondness

ài xī爱惜cherish; love dearly

shèn zhì甚至even to the extent that; so far as to

yóu yú由于because of; since

kàn wàng看望call on

máo dùn矛盾weapons of ancient times with different functions; contradiction

zhī shi知识knowledge; pertaining to knowledge, learning or culture

jīng měi精美exquisite

lǎo bǎi xìng老百姓civilian

liáo tiān r聊天儿chat

gē bo胳膊arm

jié zòu节奏cadence; tempo

jié mù节目program

yào jǐn要紧important; critical

guī lǜ规律law

rènrecognize; admit

rèn wéi认为consider

tǎnglie

tòupass/seep/ooze/osmose through; tell secretly

zhú jiàn逐渐gradually

dōuall; even

zhòng yào重要significant

zhǎnggrow; older

xiánnot busy; not in use

jí yóu集邮collect stamps; philately

bí tì鼻涕nasal mucus

zǎo qǐ早起get up early; morning

cún qián存钱deposit money

tán bu shàng谈不上out of the question

zuò cāo做操do gymnastics

tóngsame; be the same as

serve; convince

kāi yào开药prescribe medicine

fēi bù kě非…不可must

piān zi片子roll of film; film