FDTL 46/99

Chinese language skills for Britain: Disseminating Best Practice

Vocabulary for reading skills    Week 1

Tips   Vocabulary   Sentence patterns    Reading practice    Main text


The characters in the brackets are unabbreviated.

We recommend that you should learn 10 words a day on average.

Write down each character or word on one side of a small card, and the English meaning and Pinyin on the other. Check the characters regularly (be ruthless!) and make sure you can remember them.

Watch the animated characters 15 minutes a day.

If you place your mouse on a character, a screen tip will display the radical, the meaning of the radical, the position of the radical in characters and the number of strokes of the character. The characters in the brackets are in the full-form version.

Pinyin

Chinese

 

English

Used as

Single characters

I, me

PN

 

you

PN

 

he, him

PN

 

men

()

[plural]

PN

 

zhōgguó

()

China

N

middle

state/country

big, large

SV /

ADJ

 

xiăo

small, little

SV /

ADJ

 

xué

()

study learn

V

 

shì

be

V

 

dōu

all, both

ADV

 

lăoshī

()

teacher

N

old, senior;

master

xuéhshēng

 

students

N

study

person

yĭhòu

()

later, after

TW

behind

zài

to locate, be at

V,

Co-V

 

jiā

home / family

N

 

zhăng

()

head of …

N

 

zuò

to do

V

 

zuòye

()

assignment

N

do

course of study

huí

to come /go back, return

V

 

wán

to enjoy oneself

V

 

xiànzài

()

now

TW

present

néng

can

MV

 

hĕn duō

very many

SV / ADJ

very

many, much

dōngxi

() 西

things, items

N

 

huíjiā  zuòyè

 

 

homework

N

return

home

 

no, not

ADV (Neg)

 

zhīdao

 

to know

V

know

way, method

yīnggāi

()

()

should

MV

 

shénme

()

what

QW

 

de

 

M

 (See Sentence patterns)

rènwéi

()

()

think, realise

V

recognise

regard sth. as…

zhĭ

()

only

ADV

 

jiāwù

() 

housework

N

business, occupation

zěnyàng

()

how

ADV (QW)

type

tāmen

()

they

PN

 

dúlì

()

independent

ADV / SV

single

stand

shēnghuó

to live

V

grow, give birth to

to live

yŏude…

yŏude…

 

some… some…

CONST

 

suīrán…

kěshì…

()

Although…

CONST

… but


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