Words 401–491
碗
bowl; cup
运动会
sports competition
扫
to sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of; to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan
马路
street; road
迟到
to arrive late
外地
parts of the country other than where one is
外语
foreign language
秋天
autumn
感冒
to catch cold; (common) cold; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest; can't stand
屋子
house; room
住院
to stay in hospital; to be hospitalized
句子
sentence
好久
(coll.) a long time
裙子
skirt
路口
crossing; intersection (of roads)
刻
quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals
矮
(of a person) short; (of a wall etc) low; (of rank) inferior (to); lower (than)
脏
dirty; filthy; to get (sth) dirty
休假
to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave
饱
to eat till full; satisfied
复习
to review; revision
笔记本
notebook (stationery) (CL:本 (běn)); (computing) laptop; notebook (abbr. for 笔记本电脑 (bǐjìběndiànnǎo))
伞
umbrella; parasol; damask silk
搬家
to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth)
学期
term; semester
词典
dictionary
电子书
electronic book; e-book; e-book reader
网球
tennis; tennis ball
斤
catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
衬衫
shirt; blouse
认得
to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know
难看
ugly; unsightly
体育馆
gym; gymnasium; stadium
放假
to have a holiday or vacation
着急
to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. zháo1ji
开花
to bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open; (fig.) to burst with joy; (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish
尝
to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once; to taste; to experience (variant of 尝 (cháng))
菜单
menu
西瓜
watermelon
上衣
jacket; upper outer garment
发烧
to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever; (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over; (fig.) flourishing; thriving; popular
课本
textbook
四季
four seasons, namely: spring 春 (chūn), summer 夏 (xià), autumn 秋 (qiū) and winter 冬 (dōng)
耳机
headphones; earphones; telephone receiver
班级
class (group of students); grade (in school)
草地
lawn; meadow; sod; turf
开机
to start an engine; to boot up (a computer); to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete; to begin shooting a film or TV show
放学
to dismiss students at the end of the school day
卫生间
bathroom; toilet; WC
盘子
tray; plate; dish
银行卡
bank card
邮箱
mailbox; post office box; email; email inbox
打扫
to clean; to sweep
出院
to leave hospital; to be discharged from hospital
后天
the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天 (xiāntiān)); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori
箱子
suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk
字典
Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典 (cídiǎn), which has entries for words of one or more characters); (coll.) dictionary
照相
to take a photograph
瓶子
bottle
短裤
short pants; shorts
工作日
workday; working day; weekday
洗衣机
washing machine; washer
羽毛球
badminton; shuttlecock
外卖
(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business); takeout (meal)
请假
to request leave of absence
过节
to celebrate a festival; after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
晚点
(of trains etc) late; delayed; behind schedule; light dinner
请客
to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner
铅笔
(lead) pencil
大衣
overcoat; topcoat; cloak
筷子
chopsticks
大熊猫
giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
前天
the day before yesterday
矿泉水
mineral water
关机
to turn off (a machine or device); to finish shooting a film
前年
the year before last
做客
to be a guest or visitor
渴
thirsty
课文
text
难听
unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful
黑板
blackboard
凉快
pleasantly cool (weather etc); to cool oneself; to cool off; (Tw) (slang) (of clothing) scanty; revealing; (coll.) to stay out of it; to butt out
牙刷
toothbrush
勺子
spoon; ladle
雨衣
raincoat
方便面
instant noodles
红绿灯
traffic light; traffic signal
冰激凌
ice cream
检票
to inspect a ticket; to examine a ballot
东北
northeast
后年
the year after next