Vocabulary of Unit 2

Learning Chinese: vocabulary Unit 2

To practice memorizing the vocabulary in writing, make a list of the vocabulary in Chinese characters only, then try to recall the pinyin and the English. Repeat until you make no mistakes. Then do the same exercise the other way round, that is, writing the list in English and recalling the characters and the pinyin.

Names

先生 xiānsheng: mister, Mr.

女士 nǚshì: madam, Mrs./Ms.

男 nán: man / male

女 nǚ: woman / female

Verbs & Adjectives

认识 rènshi: to know

高兴 gāoxìng: happy / pleased

Adverbs

不 bù: not (negation)

Grammatical particles

呢 ne: interrogative particle (echoes a question)

Surnames

白 bái: (a surname) / white

李 lǐ: (a surname) / (plum)

Expressions

对不起 duìbuqǐ: sorry

没关系 méi guānxi: it doesn't matter

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