Unit 11: Getting Around Taipei

101 words

WordPinyinDefinition
jiǔ(long) time
le(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
作者zuò zhěauthor
tíngto stop
停车tíng chēto pull up (stop one's vehicle)
停车场tíng chē chǎngparking lot
jiàprice
价钱jià qianprice
公车gōng chēbus
tool
zàiagain
再见zài jiàngoodbye
Jiāsurname Jia
加州Jiā zhōu
加油jiā yóuto add oil
加油站jiā yóu zhàngas station
加满jiā mǎnto top up
半价bàn jiàhalf price
右手yòu shǒuright hand
吃完chī wánto finish eating
问题wèn tíquestion
zuòto sit
多久duō jiǔhow long?
hǎogood
好久hǎo jiǔquite a while
好久不见hǎo jiǔ bu jiànlong time no see
wánto finish
家具jiā jùfurniture
对面duì miàn(sitting) opposite
左手zuǒ shǒuleft hand
左转zuǒ zhuǎnto turn left
diàninn
kuàirapid
mànslow
慢走màn zǒuStay a bit!
huòmaybe
或是huò shìor
或者huò zhěor
Fángsurname Fang
房子fáng zihouse
房间fáng jiānroom
shǒuhand
fàngto put
放心fàng xīnto feel relieved
明天见míng tiān jiànsee you tomorrow
to die
juéto decide
决定jué dìngto decide (to do something)
汽油qì yóugasoline
没问题méi wèn tíno problem
yóuoil
油价yóu jiàoil (petroleum) price
Mǎnto fill
满人Mǎn rén
special
特别tè biéespecially
kànto see
老外lǎo wài(coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person)
zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
要不然yào bù ránotherwise
jiànto see
jiěto divide
解放jiě fàngto liberate
解放后jiě fàng hòuafter liberation (i.e. after the Communist's victory)
解决jiě juéto settle (a dispute)
记者jì zhěreporter
jiǎngto speak
讲价jiǎng jiàto bargain (over price)
讲话jiǎng huàa speech
卖完mài wánto be sold out
gēnheel
zhuǎnto turn
转来转去zhuàn lái zhuàn qùto rove around
Guòsurname Guo
错过cuò guòto miss (train, opportunity etc)
surname Ti
家具店jiā jù diànfurniture shop
看到kàn dàoto see (something)
好了hǎo lebetter now
从…起cóng … qǐsince …
讲价钱jiǎng jià qiánto bargain
往右转wǎng yòu zhuǎnturn right
右手边yòu shǒu biānright-hand side
左手边zuǒ shǒu biānleft-hand side
一会儿见yī huǐ er jiànsee you in a while
来…去lái … qùverb all over
找来找去zhǎo lái zhǎo qùlook all over
说完话shuō wán huàfinish talking
解放前jiě fàng qiánbefore liberation
怎么…也不zěn me … yě bùno matter how hard…don't
又要…了yòu yào … lewill … again
怎么…也没zěn me … yě méino matter how hard … didn't
讲中国话jiǎng zhōng guó huàspeak Chinese
我跟你讲wǒ gēn nǐ jiǎngI say to you
我跟我说wǒ gēn wǒ shuōI say to you
跟…讲gēn … jiǎngsay to
你跟我说nǐ gēn wǒ shuōrepeat after me
跟…说gēn … shuōsay to
我跟你走wǒ gēn nǐ zǒuI'll go with you
我跟你wǒ gēn nǐyou and I
转进来zhuǎn jìn láiturn in