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Everyday Chinese: 28 lessons, from hello to the news

954 words, in teaching order

Words 601–700
上班shàngbān
to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office
下班xiàbān
to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
上课shàngkè
to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class
职业zhíyè
occupation; profession; vocation; professional
警察jǐngchá
police; police officer
厨师chúshī
cook; chef
词典cídiǎn
dictionary
汉字hànzì
Chinese character(s)
拼音pīnyīn
phonetic writing; pinyin (Chinese romanization)
练习liànxí
to practice; exercise; drill; practice
醒xǐng
to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to
洗澡xǐzǎo
to bathe; to take a shower
刷牙shuāyá
to brush one's teeth
做饭zuòfàn
to prepare a meal; to cook
打扫dǎsǎo
to clean; to sweep
玩wán
to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. wàn); to keep sth for entertainment; Taiwan pr. wàn
打电话dǎdiànhuà
to make a telephone call
发fā
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)
收到shōudào
to receive
开始kāishǐ
to begin; to start; beginning; start
结束jiéshù
to end; to finish; to conclude
帮助bāngzhù
assistance; aid; to help; to assist
帮bāng
to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; …
开kāi
to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 (Kāi'ěrwén); abbr. for 开本 (kāiběn), book format
关guān
mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve
准备zhǔnbèi
preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
收拾shōushi
to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb
预订yùdìng
to place an order; to book ahead
参观cānguān
to visit (a place, e.g. museum or factory); to tour; to look around
散步sànbù
to take a walk; to go for a walk
运动yùndòng
to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign
洗xǐ
to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording)
放fàng
to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
着急zháojí
to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. zháo1ji
留liú
to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
回家huíjiā
to return home
出门chūmén
to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married
聊天liáotiān
to chat; to gossip
上网shàngwǎng
to go online; to connect to the Internet; (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet; (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net
开心kāixīn
to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb
难过nánguò
to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult
生气shēngqì
to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
害怕hàipà
to be afraid; to be scared
担心dānxīn
anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious
放心fàngxīn
to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease
紧张jǐnzhāng
nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce
激动jīdòng
to move emotionally; to stir up (emotions); to excite
满意mǎnyì
satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction
幸福xìngfú
happiness; happy; blessed
哭kū
to cry; to weep
笑xiào
to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
相信xiāngxìn
to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
希望xīwàng
to hope; a hope; a wish
感情gǎnqíng
emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons
糟糕zāogāo
too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad
可惜kěxī
it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately
有趣yǒuqù
interesting; fascinating; amusing
恭喜gōngxǐ
to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations!
加油jiāyóu
to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas; (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on
心情xīnqíng
mood; frame of mind
讨厌tǎoyàn
to dislike; to loathe; annoying; troublesome
想念xiǎngniàn
to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again
惊讶jīngyà
amazed; astonished; to surprise; amazing; astonishment; awe
问wèn
to ask; to inquire
回答huídá
to reply; to answer; reply; answer
告诉gàosu
to tell; to inform; to let know
讲jiǎng
to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture
话huà
dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said
汉语Hànyǔ
Chinese language
中文Zhōngwén
Chinese language
英语Yīngyǔ
English (language)
日语Rìyǔ
Japanese language
词cí
word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 (Sòngcháo) (CL:首 (shǒu))
句子jùzi
sentence
字zì
letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
故事gùshi
narrative; story; tale
报纸bàozhǐ
newspaper; newsprint
广播guǎngbō
broadcast; broadcasting; to broadcast; (formal) to propagate; to publicize
网络wǎngluò
network; Internet
短信duǎnxìn
text message; SMS
意见yìjiàn
idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint
对话duìhuà
to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
声音shēngyīn
sound; voice
真的zhēnde
really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine; (math.) proper
假jiǎ
fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose; to borrow (variant of 假 (jiǎ))
翻译fānyì
to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation
发音fāyīn
to pronounce; pronunciation; to emit sound
慢慢mànmàn
slowly; gradually
再zài
again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 (yě) or 都 (dōu) for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再则 (zàizé), 再就是 (zàijiùshì) etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
大声dàshēng
loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly
请求qǐngqiú
to request; to ask; request (CL:个 (gè))
普通话pǔtōnghuà
Putonghua; standard Mandarin
方言fāngyán
topolect; dialect
声调shēngdiào
tone; note; a tone (on a Chinese syllable)