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Chinese Odyssey L29
Johns Hopkins University Press
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 百货大楼[百貨大樓] | bai3huo4da4lou2 • department store |
| 一般[一般] | yi1ban1 s.v. ① general; ordinary; common ② same as ③ just like ◆ n. sort; kind |
| 收[收] | shou1 • to receive • to accept • to collect • to restrain • to stop • in care of (used on address line after name) |
| 顾客[顧客] | gu4ke4 • client • customer M: 位 wèi |
| 回答[回答] | hui2da2 • to reply • to answer • the answer M: ge [个] |
| 或者[或者] | huo4zhe3 • or • possibly • maybe • perhaps |
| 开发票[開發票] | kai1 fa1piao4 v.o. ① write an invoice ② write a receipt |
| 收款台[收款臺] | shou1kuan3tai2 n. cashier's booth/counter |
| 盖章[蓋章] | gai4zhang1 v.o. affix seal; stamp |
| 比[比] | bi3 • (particle used for comparison and "-er than") • to compare • to contrast • to gesture (with hands) • ratio |
| 画[畫] | hua4 v. ① draw; paint ② draw a line/sign; mark ③ decorate with paintings/pictures ◆ n. stroke in Chinese character M: ge / ³xiàng [个 / 项] ◆ b.f. plan in jìhuà |
| 电梯[電梯] | dian4ti1 n. elevator M: ²bù / tái [部 / 台] |
| 楼梯[樓梯] | lou2ti1 n. stairs; staircase M: ⁴zuò [座] |
| 骑[騎] | qi2 v. ride/sit astride ◆ b.f. cavalry; cavalryman in ¹qíshì |
| 自行车[自行車] | zi4xing2che1 n. bicycle; bike M: ³liàng [辆] |
| 更[更] | geng4 adv. ① more; still/even more ② further; furthermore |
| 比较[比較] | bi3jiao4 • to compare • to contrast • comparatively • relatively • quite • comparison |
| 纱巾[紗巾] | sha1jin1 n. gauze kerchief M: tiáo [条] |
| 丝[絲] | si1 n. silk ◆ b.f. ① thread; silk/thread-like thing in zhīzhūsī ② tiny bit; trace in sīháo ◆ m. (of weight equal to 0.0005 grams) |
| 有名[有名] | you3ming2 s.v. v.o. well-known; famous |
| 质量[質量] | zhi4liang4 • quality • mass (in physics) M:个 |
| 轻[輕] | qing1 • light • easy • gentle • soft • reckless • unimportant • frivolous • small in number • unstressed • neutral • to disparage |
| 其他[其他] | qi2ta1 pr. others; the rest |
| 快[快] | kuai4 s.v. adv. ① fast; quick ∼ zǒu a |
| 毛[毛] | mao2 • hair • feather • down • wool • mildew • mold • coarse or semifinished • young • raw • careless • unthinking • nervous • scared • (of currency) to devalue or depreciate • classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角jiǎo [角] |
| 取[取] | qu3 • to take • to get • to choose • to fetch |
| 零钱[零錢] | ling2qian2 • change (of money) • small change • pocket money |
| 凭[憑] | ping2 • to lean against • to rely on • on the basis of • no matter (how |
| 收据[收據] | shou1ju4 • receipt M:张zhāng |
| 退换[退換] | tui4huan4 |
| 人民币[人民幣] | ren2min2bi4 n. RMB (PRC currency) |
| 美元[美元] | Mei3yuan2 n. American/U.S. dollar |
| 日元[日元] | Ri4yuan2 n. Japanese yen |
| 欧元[歐元] | Ou1yuan2 n. Euro (unit of currency) |
| 英镑[英鎊] | Ying1bang4 n. <loan> pound sterling |
| 台币[臺幣] | Tai2bi4 n. Taiwan currency |
| 兑换率[兌換率] | dui4huan4lü4 n. rate of (currency) exchange |
| 白跑一趟[白跑一趟] | bai2pao3yi1tang4 • to go on an errand for nothing • to go on a wild-goose chase |
| 揭短[揭短] | jie1duan3 rake up sb.'s faults |