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DECEMBER 2020

RANDOM WORDS I'VE LEARNED

English	Pinyin	Chinese
originally	běn lái	本来
to cancel	qǔ xiāo	取消
to represent	dài biǎo	代表
example, model	bǎngyàng	榜样
undergraduate student	běnkē	本科
smoothly without a hitch	shùnlì	顺利
to leave behind to stay behind to remain to keep not to let (sb) go	liú xià	留下
to set aside for	liú gěi	留给
lonely lonesome (of a place) quiet silent	jì mò	寂寞
to give a discount	dǎ zhé	打折
a good price or bargain to calculate to weigh (pros and cons) to view as profitable worthwhile value for money cost-effective	huá suàn	划算
to stay somewhere/ someplace	dāi	待
to become seasick	yùn chuán	晕船
system	xì tǒng	系统
to retire retirement (from work)	tuì xiū	退休
end of the month	yuè dǐ	月底
start of month early in the month	yuè chū	月初
to discriminate against discrimination	qí shì	歧视
to establish to set up to found	chuàng lì	创立
society	shè huì	社会
to resign	cí zhí	辞职
common	pǔ biàn	普遍
convenient, suitable, to facilitate, to make things easy, having money to spare, (euphemism) to relieve oneself	fāng biàn	方便
epidemic situation	yì qíng	疫情
to sound an alarm to report sth to the police	bào jǐng	报警
to warn, to admonish	jǐng gào	警告
to feel vexed, to bother, to trouble, superfluous and confusing, edgy	fán	烦
to touch, to meet with, to bump	pèng	碰
everywhere, all over, classifier for actions: one time [我洗了两遍]	biàn	遍
to go somewhere else, Get out of the way!	zǒu kāi	走开
to disturb, to bother, to trouble	dǎ rǎo	打扰
Get out!, Go away!, fuck off (rude) ALSO to boil (of liquid), boiling hot	gǔn kāi	滚开
to cheat, to swindle, to deceive. DON'T confuse with [篇 piān =sheet, piece of writing] [偏 piān =to lean, to slant, prejudiced]	piàn	骗
taken in (by sb's deceit), to be fooled, to be duped. e.g. 经常啊有大叔大婶上当受骗. Often, it's the elderly who fall for the scams.	shàng dàng	上当
thief	xiǎo tōu	小偷
no way!	bù huìbā	不会吧
impossible, cannot, not able	bù kě néng	不可能
hello (loanword)	hā lóu	哈喽
probability, odds	jī lǜ	机率
face to face	miàn duì miàn	面对面
even, so much so that e.g.	shèn zhì	甚至
email CL:封[feng1],份[fen4]	diàn zǐ yóu jiàn	电子邮件
email address	diàn yóu dì zhǐ	电邮地址
can't remember	jì bu zhù	记不住
new word (in textbook) word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied CL:組\|组[zu3],個\|个[ge4]	shēng cí	生词
to stand (wait! hold on! stop right there!)	zhàn zhù	站住
to grab, to capture (快抓住他. 他是犯罪份子) (kuài zhuāzhù tā. tā shì fànzuì fènzǐ) Hurry, stop him! He is a criminal!)	zhuā zhù	抓住
chinaware, porcelain	cí qì	瓷器
to gather, to collect NOT 手机 shǒu jī =cell phone	shōu jí	收集
jade artifact	yù qì	玉器
curio, antique	gǔ dǒng	古董
that's just the way it is, exactly!	kě bu shì	可不是
bogus, fake ( opp. = 真的 )	jiǎ de	假的
to be out of the question OR I can't say that OR not really.	tán bu shàng	谈不上
to copy, to produce sth after a model, to counterfeit	fǎng zào	仿造
pattern, style, design CL:種\|种[zhong3]	kuǎn shì	款式
to come over	guò lái	过来
to quarrel, to have a row, quarrel CL:頓\|顿[dun4]	chǎo jià	吵架
success, to succeed (Opp. 失败 = shī bài = to fail)	chéng gōng	成功
to give up	fàng qì	放弃
to fight against, to oppose, to be opposed to, opposition	fǎn duì	反对
to have confidence in oneself, self-confidence (Opp:放松 = fàng sōng = to loosen, to relax; 紧张=jǐn zhāng =nervous	zì xìn	自信
to take the initiative, to volunteer e.g. 我一定要主动地去出击 wǒ yīdìng yào zhǔdòng dì qù chūjī I have to actively lead.	zhǔ dòng	主动
only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when, only, in the case that, unless	chú fēi	除非
goods, merchandise, product CL:個\|个[ge4]	chǎn pǐn	产品
honest, honesty, honorable, truthful	chéng shí	诚实
to receive, to suffer, obtained, given (receive other people's attitude, pressure, trust)	shòu dào	受到
to receive	shōu dào	收到
to judge (a competition), to appraise	píng pàn	评判
to use up, to consume	xiāo hào	消耗
to recommend, recommendation	tuī jiàn	推荐
to attract (interest, investment etc) CL:個\|个[ge4]	xī yǐn	吸引
to seduce, to tempt	gōu yǐn	勾引
to separate, to isolate	gé lí	隔离
pain, suffering, painful CL:個\|个[ge4]	tòng kǔ	痛苦
indeed, really, reliable, real, true	què shí	确实
brazen	liǎn pí hòu	脸皮厚
anyway, in any case, to come over from the enemy's side	fǎn zhèng	反正
the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match	mén dāng hù duì	门当户对
good fortune, a blessing	fú qi	福气
self-respect, self-esteem, ego, pride	zì zūn	自尊
to suffer damage	shòu sǔn	受损
proof, certificate, identification, testimonial CL:個\|个[ge4]	zhèng míng	证明
Awesome	lì hai	厉害

Created by: jcazeau

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