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Everyday Chinese: 28 lessons, from hello to the news

954 words, in teaching order

Words 801–900
主席zhǔxí
chairperson; premier; chairman
权利quánlì
right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth
自由zìyóu
freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
战争zhànzhēng
war; conflict
和平hépíng
peace; peaceful
安全ānquán
safe; secure; safety; security
经济jīngjì
economy; economic
选举xuǎnjǔ
to elect; election
政治zhèngzhì
politics; political
记者jìzhě
reporter; journalist
总统zǒngtǒng
president (of a country)
法院fǎyuàn
court of law; court
犯罪fànzuì
to commit a crime; crime; offense
事件shìjiàn
incident; event
合同hétong
contract; agreement
税shuì
taxes; duties
研究yánjiū
research; a study; to research; to look into
科学kēxué
science; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational
技术jìshù
technology; technique; skill
环境huánjìng
environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient
人口rénkǒu
population; people
未来wèilái
future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending
过去guòqù
(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
国际guójì
international
发展fāzhǎn
development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
污染wūrǎn
(lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate
事情shìqing
affair; matter; thing; business
地方dìfang
place; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part
原因yuányīn
cause; origin; root cause; reason
结果jiéguǒ
outcome; result; consequence; in the end; as a result; to kill; to dispatch
目的mùdì
purpose; aim; goal; target; objective
机会jīhuì
opportunity; chance; occasion
生活shēnghuó
to live; life; livelihood
生命shēngmìng
life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:条 (tiáo))
死sǐ
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
部分bùfen
part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. bu4fèn
种zhǒng
seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
样子yàngzi
appearance; manner; pattern; model
例子lìzi
case; (for) instance; example
一个人yīgèrén
by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company)
别的biéde
else; other
情况qíngkuàng
circumstances; state of affairs; situation
变化biànhuà
(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
经验jīngyàn
experience; to go through; to experience
成功chénggōng
to succeed; success; successful; fruitful
失败shībài
to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat
计划jìhuà
plan; project; program; to plan; to map out
决定juédìng
to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:个 (gè),项 (xiàng))
选择xuǎnzé
to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative
力量lìliang
power; force; strength
价值jiàzhí
value; worth; (ethical, cultural etc) values
水平shuǐpíng
horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
数量shùliàng
amount; quantity; quantitative; (math.) scalar quantity
质量zhìliàng
(physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence); quality and quantity
方法fāngfǎ
method; way; technique; procedure
关系guānxi
relation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect; guanxi (personal connections)
意义yìyì
sense; meaning; significance; importance
带dài
band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; to wear; to carry; …
搬bān
to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately
建jiàn
to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
打破dǎpò
to break; to smash
修xiū
to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class)
掉diào
to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; …
跳tiào
to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate
扔rēng
to throw; to throw away
抓zhuā
to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch
推tuī
to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; …
拉lā
to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels
举jǔ
to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; …
保护bǎohù
to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection
丢diū
to lose; to put aside; to throw
看见kànjiàn
to see; to catch sight of
注意zhùyì
to take note of; to pay attention to
建议jiànyì
to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (CL:点 (diǎn))
使用shǐyòng
to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of
继续jìxù
to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
停止tíngzhǐ
to stop; to halt; to cease
改变gǎibiàn
to change; to alter; to transform
长大zhǎngdà
to grow up
活huó
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
感到gǎndào
to feel; to sense; to perceive
习惯xíguàn
habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to
考虑kǎolǜ
to think over; to consider; consideration
动dòng
(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词 (dòngcí), verb
增加zēngjiā
to raise; to increase
减少jiǎnshǎo
to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
发生fāshēng
to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fāshēngwèntí) "a problem arises")
手机shǒujī
cell phone; mobile phone
应用yìngyòng
to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app
屏幕píngmù
screen (TV, computer or movie)
密码mìmǎ
cipher; secret code; password; PIN