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.
Chinese |
English |
Used as |
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you |
PN |
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he, him |
PN |
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…们 (們) |
[plural] |
PN |
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N |
中middle |
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big, large |
SV / ADJ |
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small, little |
SV / ADJ |
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学(學) |
study learn |
V |
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be |
V |
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all, both |
ADV |
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teacher |
N |
老 old,
senior;
师 master |
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students |
N |
学 study
生 person |
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later, after |
TW |
以
后behind |
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to locate, be at |
V, Co-V |
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home / family |
N |
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长
(長) |
head of … |
N |
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to do |
V |
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assignment |
N |
作do
业course
of study |
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to come /go back, return |
V |
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wán |
to enjoy oneself |
V |
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now |
TW |
现 present |
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can |
MV |
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very many |
SV / ADJ |
很very
多many,
much |
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things, items |
N |
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huíjiā zuòyè |
homework |
N |
回return
家home |
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bù |
no, not |
ADV (Neg) |
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to know |
知know
道way,
method |
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应
(應)
该
(該) |
should |
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什 么(麼) |
what |
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认 (認)
为
(為) |
think, realise |
认recognise 为 regard
sth. as… |
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只(祗) |
only |
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housework |
务business,
occupation |
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how |
样type |
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they |
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independent |
独single
立stand |
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to live |
生grow,
give birth to
活to
live |
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some… some… |
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Although… |
可
是…
but |
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