FDTL 46/99

Chinese language skills for Britain: Disseminating Best Practice

Vocabulary - Reading Week 5


Pinyin

Chinese

 

English

Used as

Single characters

wàijiāobù

Foreign Office

N        

exchange

fāyánrén

()

spokesman

N        

distribute

zhèlǐ   

()()

here

PW

in

měiguó

美国()

USA

N        

beautiful

rènshidào

() ()

realise

RVC   

learn to read

zhīchí

支持   

support

V

sustain

hold

táiwān

()()

Taiwan           

N        

platform

bay

yánzhòngxìng

()

seriousness

N        

critical

heavy

quality

cáiqŭ  

 

  

take, adopt

V

pick

obtain

xíngdòng

()

actions            

N

travel

zhìzhǐ

制止

stop    

V        

restrict

stop

gānshè

干涉

interfere

V

wade across water

nèizhèng

内政   

domestic politics

N

inner

politics

huódòng

活动()

activity

N

vivid

act

jìzhě zhāodàihuì

()者招待会()

press conference

N

record

招待 entertain

huídá

  

reply, answer

V

answer

tíwèn

()

ask questions

V-O

raise

question

zhōngfāng

 

the Chinese side

N

China / middle

side

tújìng

()

way, channel

N        

way

path

()

and, with

CONJ 

 

jiāoshè

  

negotiation, to negotiate

N/V    

meet

involve

qiángliè

  

strongly

ADV   

strong

vigorous

kàngyì

()

protest

V

resist

express views

its

SP

 

yòuyì

  

right wing

N        

right

wing

tuántĭ  

() ()

group  

N

group

body

fǒuzé   

()

otherwise

ADV

not

then

qíngkuàng

情况

situation

N        

condition

situation

gèngjiā

even more, increasingly

ADV

even more/less

add

fùzá

()()

complicated

SV      

repeat

mix

zhĭchū

  

point out

DC

point

biăoxiàn

()

behaviour

N        

show

appear

jǐnjǐn

()

merely

ADV   

 

fāngmiàn

  

aspect

N        

surface

jìnlái

()

recently

ADV

close

yìxiē

some   

N        

some

guānyuán

()

official

N        

officer

rénquán

()

human rights

N        

power/rights

fābiăo

()

publish, issue

V        

issue

express

xŭduō

()

many   

ADJ    

permit

qítánguàilùn

奇谈()

()

absurd argument

N

strange

talk

strange

theory

gēngzhèng

更正   

correct

V

correct

néngfŏu

能否

can or cannot

MV

can

negate

guānxidào

()()

affect  

RVC

concern

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