Chinese 102-103 Vocabulary - Spokane Community College

New Vocabulary

1. Chang cheng	Great Wall of China (lit., "the Long Wall ")	PW/NOUN
2. chang	be long	ADJ
3. cheng	wall, city wall, city	NOUN
4. zuo	to ride a conveyance, to sit	VERB
5. dei + VERB	must VERB, have to VERB	AUX
6. laoren	old person	NOUN
7. huochezhan	train station	PW/NOUN
8. huoche	train	NOUN
9. shijian	time (duration, not a point in time)	NOUN
10. Gugong	Old Imperial Palace (now a museum in Beijing)	PW/NOUN
11. litou	inside	PW/NOUN
12. cheng litou	inside the city	PW
13. haishi	or (in "either-or" questions)	QW
14. waitou	outside	PW
15. li	distance from	COV
16. haokan	be nice looking	ADJ
17. yinggai	should	AUX
18. duimian	the opposite side, across the way	PW
19. shisanlu che	a Route 13 bus	NOUN
20. cheshang	on the bus	PQ
21. cheshang	people on the bus	PW-NOUN
22. duo	be many, be numerous, be much (a bound term)	ADJ
23. henduo	be many, be much ("very" only if "hen" is stressed)	ADV
24. ji	be crowded	ADJ
25. zuowei	seat, place to sit	NOUN
26. SUBJ + zhihao + VERB	the only thing SUBJ can do is VERB	ADV
27. zhanzhe	to be standing, to remain standing	VERB
28. zhan	to stand	VERB
29. you ren (as SUBJ)	There's somebody...	VERB-NOUN
30. zhua	to pinch, to grab	VERB
31. tui	leg	NOUN
32. houmian	behind	PQQ
33. daizi	bag (here a mesh shopping bag)	NOUN
34. daizi li	in the bag	PW
35. pangxie	crab (usally bought live)	NOUN

Dialogue (click here to listen to dialogue)

Lilian:	(asking and elderly bystander for directions): Qingwen, dao Changcheng qu yao zuo jilu che?
Laoren:	Ni dei qu huochezhan zuo huoche.
Lilian:	(to Bide): Na tai yuan le. Women jintian meiyou shijian qu. (to Laoren) Qingwen, Gugong zai cheng litou haishi zai cheng waitou?
Laoren:	Zai cheng litou. Li zher bu yuan. Gugong feichang haokan, nimen yinggai qu kankan.
Lilian:	Cong zher zenme zou?
Laoren:	Ni dao duimian qi deng shisanlu che.
Lilian:	Xiexie.
Laoren:	Buyong keqi.
Lilian:	(awhile later, just after they squeeze ont the Route 13 bus): Cheshang de ren hen duo.
Bide:	Zhen ji. Meiyou zuowei. Women zhihao zhanzhe.
Laoren:	Haoxiang you ren zai zhua wode tui.
Bide:	Bushi. Shi houmian neige ren daizi li de pangxie.

Dialogue Translation

Lilian:	(asking an elderly bystander for directions): May I ask, what bus route number must I take to go to the Great Wall?
Elder:	You've got to go to the train station and take a train there.
Lilian:	(to Peter): In that case, it's too far away. We don't have time to go there today. (To Elder) May I ask, is the Old Imperial Palace inside the city or outside the city?
Elder:	It's inside the city, and not far from here. The Old Imperial Palace is extremely nice looking, You should go take a look.
Lilian:	How do you get there from here?
Elder:	Go to the opposite side of the street to wait for the route 13 bus.
Lilian:	Thanks.
Elder:	Don't mention it.
Peter:	(awhile later, just after they squeeze onto the Route 13 bus): There are a lot of people on the bus.
Lilian:	It's really crowded; there aren't any seats. The only thing we can do is to keep standing. There seems to be somebody pinching my leg.
Peter:	No, it's the crab in the mesh bag of that guy behind you.

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