principal
先⽣
xiān shēng
teacher
礼堂
lǐ táng
auditorium
电脑教室
diàn nǎo jiào shì
computer lab
实验室
shí yàn shì
laboratory
字⺟
zì mǔ
alphabet
成绩
chéng jì
grades
聪明
cōng míng
intelligent; clever
课本
kè běn
textbook
练习本
liàn xí běn
workbook
私⽴学校
sī lì xué xiào
private school
公⽴学校
gōng lì xué xiào
public school
幼⼉园
yòu ér yuán
nursery school
上⼩学
shàng xiăo xué
to attend elementary school ⼩ 学
xiǎo xué
elementary school
中学
zhōng xué
middle school
⾼中
gāo zhōng
senior high school
⼤学
dà xué
university; college
⼤⼀
dà yī
freshman year in college ⼤⼆
dà èr
sophomore year in college ⼤ 三
dà sān
junior year in college ⼤ 四
dà sì
senior year in college 夜 校
yè xiào
night class
攻读
gōng dú
to major
题
tí
topic
必须
bì xū
must
⼜
yòu
also
越
yuè
to exceed
毕业
bì yè
to graduate
你上⼏年级了?
Nǐ shàng jǐ nián jí le?
What year are you?
我是⼤⼆学⽣。
Wǒ shì dà èr xué shēng.
I’m a sophomore in college.
我正在攻读数学专业。
Wǒ zhèng zài gōng dú shù xué zhuān yè.
I’m majoring in math.
你的专业是什么?
Nǐ de zhuān yè shì shén me?
What is your major?
你⼀定很聪明!
Nǐ yí dìng hěn cōng míng!
You must be very smart!
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学汉语
Xué hàn yǔ
Learning Mandarin Chinese
Additional Vocabulary
汉语
hàn yǔ
Chinese language
普通话
pǔ tōng huà
Mandarin; the common language of the Chinese people 中 ⽂
zhōng wén
Chinese (language) 词 汇
cí huì
vocabulary
声调
shēng diào
tone (of a Chinese character) ⼝ ⾳
kǒu yīn
accent
成语
chéng yǔ
idiom
句⼦
jù zi
sentence
短语
duǎn yǔ
phrase
短⽂
duǎn wén
short essay
诗
shī
poem
⽂章
wén zhāng
essay
⽂化
wén huà
culture
语法
yǔ fǎ
grammar
翻译
fān yì
translation
语⾔学
yǔ yán xué
linguistics
课
kè
lesson
课程
kè chéng
course; academic program 作 业
zuò yè
assignment
作业本
zuò yè běn
exercise book
简单
jiǎn dān
simple
明⽩
míng bái
to understand
容易
róng yì
easy
困难
kùn nán
difficult
训练
xùn liàn
to drill
努⼒
nǔ lì
to strive
准备
zhǔn bèi
to prepare
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量词
Liàng cí
Counting words
Also known as “measure words”
Counting words or measure words are used to quantify things,
just as in English when we say “three sheets of paper” or “two
cups of coffee.”
Some common measure words in Chinese are listed below.