Mandarin Companion

Mandarin Companion

Key Words

關鍵詞 (Guānjiàncí)


1. 大學生 dàxuéshēng n. university student

2. 第二年 dì-èr nián phrase second year

3. 天天 tiāntiān adv. every day

4. 一起 yīqǐ adv. together

5. 看書 kànshū vo. to read, to study

6. 開飯店 kāi fàndiàn vo. to open a restaurant

7. 有時候 yǒu shíhou phrase sometimes

8. 帶 dài v. to take

9. 飯店 fàndiàn n. restaurant

10. 見過 jiàn guo phrase have met before

11. 開車 kāichē vo. to drive a car

12. 回家 huíjiā vo. to go home

13. 喜歡 xǐhuan v. to like

14. 出去 chūqu vc. to go out

15. 有錢 yǒuqián vo. to be rich

16. 兒子 érzi n. son

17. 開心 kāixīn adj. happy

18. 一點也不 yī diān yě bù phrase not at all

19. 從小到大 cóng xiǎo dào dà phrase from a young age until adulthood

20. 在一起 zài yīqǐ phrase to be together

21. 不開心 bù kāixīn phrase not happy, to be unhappy

22. 這樣 zhèyàng pr. like this

23. 家 jiā n. home, family

24. 關心 guānxīn v. to be concerned for

25. 那樣 nàyàng adv. like that

26. 可是 kěshì conj. but

27. 怎麼 zěnme adv. how

28. 的時候 de shíhou phrase when…

29. 女朋友 nǚpéngyou n. girlfriend

30. 馬上 mǎshàng adv. right away

31. 見面 jiànmiàn vo. to meet

32. 叫 jiào v. to be called, to call; to tell (someone to do something)

33. 女生 nǚshēng n. girl, female student

34. 次 cì mw. time(s)

35. 聽 tīng v. to listen (to)

36. 笑 xiào v. to laugh, to smile

37. 那麼 nàme adv. so…

38. 好看 hǎokàn adj. good-looking

39. 看看 kànkan v. to take a look

40. 看到 kàndào vc. to see

41. 幾天 jǐ tiān phrase several days

42. 上次 shàng cì phrase last time

43. 說話 shuōhuà vo. to speak (words), to talk

44. 聽見 tīngjiàn vc. to hear

45. 那又怎麼樣 nà yòu zěnmeyàng phrase so what?

46. 一下子 yīxiàzi adv. all of a sudden; all at once

47. 時候 shíhou n. when

48. 書店 shūdiàn n. bookstore

49. 小心地 xiǎoxīn de phrase carefully

50. 生氣地 shēngqì de phrase angrily

51. 生氣 shēngqì vo., adj. to get angry; angry

52. 好了好了 hǎole hǎole phrase all right, all right

53. 星期四 Xīngqīsì tn. Thursday

54. 晚上 wǎnshang tn. evening

55. 男生 nánshēng n. boy, male student

56. 大家 dàjiā n. everyone

57. 一下 yīxià adv. briefly, for a second

58. 這時候 zhè shíhou phrase at this time

59. 這麼 zhème adv. so…

60. 晚 wǎn adj. late

61. 一個人 yī gè rén phrase alone

62. 回來 huílai vc. to come back

63. 點 diǎn v. to order (food)

64. 不行 bù xíng phrase not OK

65. 外面 wàimian n. outside

66. 還 hái adv. still

67. 大叫 dà jiào v. to call out loudly

68. 聽到 tīngdào vc. to hear

69. 一會兒 yīhuìr tn. a little while

70. 回去 huíqu vc. to go back

71. 想了想 xiǎng le xiǎng phrase thought about it for a second

72. 東西 dōngxi n. thing(s), stuff

73. 說完 shuō wán vc. to finish speaking

74. 小吃店 xiǎochī diàn n. snack shop

75. 吃的 chī de n. food

76. 小吃 xiǎochī n. snack

77. 好吃 hǎochī adj. tasty

78. 過來 guòlai vc. to come over

79. 怎麼會 zěnme huì phrase how could

80. 多長時間 duō cháng shíjiān phrase how long (of a time)

81. 男朋友 nánpéngyou n. boyfriend

82. 要是 yàoshi conj. if

83. 又 yòu adv. again

84. 第二天 dì-èr tiān phrase the next day

85. 還是 háishi conj., adv. still; had better

86. 昨天 zuótiān tn. yesterday

87. 怎麼了 zěnme le phrase what happened, what’s the matter

88. 對不起 duìbuqǐ phrase I'm sorry

89. 有一點 yǒu yīdiǎn phrase to be a little (too)

90. 時間 shíjiān n. time

91. 上個月 shàng ge yuè tn. last month

92. 過去 guòqu vc. to go over

93. 行 xíng adj. all right

94. 再 zài adv. again (in the future)

95. 下次 xià cì tn. next time

96. 開心地 kāixīn de phrase happily

97. 看見 kànjian vc. to see

98. 點菜 diǎncài vo. to order food

99. 吃不完 chī bu wán vc. to be unable to finish eating

100. 聽說 tīngshuō v. to hear tell, to hear said (that)

101. 第一次 dì-yī cì phrase first time

102. 聽起來 tīng qǐlai vc. to sound…

103. 可能 kěnéng adv.; aux maybe, possibly; possible

104. 看起來 kàn qǐlai vc. to look...

105. 小心 xiǎoxīn v. to be careful

106. 那天 nà tiān tn. that day

107. 過幾天 guò jǐ tiān phrase after a few days

108. 星期天 Xīngqītiān tn. Sunday

109. 還好 hái hǎo phrase not bad; tolerable; fortunately

110. 都好了 dōu hǎo le phrase everything is fine

111. 過了幾天 guò le jǐ tiān phrase after a few days had passed

112. 名字 míngzi n. name

113. 下個月 xià ge yuè tn. next month

114. 出國 chūguó vo. to leave the country

Part of Speech Key


adj. Adjective

adv. Adverb

aux. Auxiliary Verb

conj. Conjunction

cov. Coverb

mw. Measure word

n. Noun

on. Onomatopoeia

part. Particle

prep. Preposition

pr. Pronoun

pn. Proper noun

tn. Time Noun

v. Verb

vc. Verb plus complement

vo. Verb plus object