Vocabulary of Lesson 4

To practice memorizing vocabulary in writing, make a list of the vocabulary in Chinese characters only, then try to recall the pinyin and French. Repeat until there are no mistakes. Then, do the same exercise in reverse, writing the list in French and recalling the characters and pinyin.

Nouns

大学 dàxué : university

大学生 dàxuéshēng : student

小学 xiǎoxué : primary school

小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng : primary school student

中学 zhōngxué : middle and high school

中学生 zhōngxuéshēng : middle/high school student

雪 xuě : snow

Numerals

零 líng : zero

一 yī : one

二 èr : two

三 sān : three

四 sì : four

五 wǔ : five

六 liù : six

七 qī : seven

八 bā : eight

九 jiǔ : nine

十 shí : ten

Adjectival verbs

大 dà : to be big / to be old

Interrogatives & Particles

多 duō : how many (before adjectival verbs) / to be numerous

几 jǐ : how many (estimated answer < 10)

岁 suì : year (of age)

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