Mandarin · Chapter 17
The two 了: completion vs change-of-state
9 vocabulary lessons, 2 grammar primers, 1 story milestone.
Start this chapterLesson 1 · Words 1401-1412
Words 1401 to 1412
1401 好极了hǎo jí le wonderful, terrific, great interjection 1402 说真的shuō zhēn de honestly, to be honest, seriously adverb 1403 活动huó dòng activity, event, to move about noun 1404 块kuài piece, lump, yuan (unit of money) measure word 1405 对付duì fù to deal with, to cope with, to make do verb 1406 命运mìng yùn fate, destiny noun 1409 罗马luó mǎ Rome noun 1411 同志tóng zhì comrade, gay person (slang) noun 1412 臭chòu smelly, stinking, foul adjective 1600 茶chá tea noun Lesson 2 · Words 1414-1424
Words 1414 to 1424
1414 照zhào to shine, to take (a photo), according to verb 1415 服务fú wù service, to serve noun 1416 糟zāo terrible, in a mess, rotten adjective 1417 尊重zūn zhòng to respect, respect verb 1418 关闭guān bì to close, to shut down verb 1420 期待qī dài to look forward to, to anticipate, expectation verb 1421 号码hào mǎ number (telephone, serial) noun 1422 资料zī liào data, material, information noun 1423 机器jī qì machine noun 1424 读dú to read, to study (at school) verb Lesson 3 · Words 1425-1437
Words 1425 to 1437
1425 盯dīng to stare at, to fix one's eyes on verb 1426 关guān to close, to turn off, to concern verb 1427 办bàn to handle, to manage, to do verb 1428 天使tiān shǐ angel noun 1430 难过nán guò sad, upset, to feel unwell adjective 1432 记忆jì yì memory, to remember, recollection noun 1433 女士们nǚ shì men ladies noun 1435 线索xiàn suǒ clue, lead, thread of evidence noun 1436 正好zhèng hǎo just right, exactly, as it happens adverb 1437 秒miǎo second (unit of time) measure word Lesson 4 · Words 1438-1447
Words 1438 to 1447
1438 表示biǎo shì to express, to indicate, to show verb 1439 脑袋nǎo dài head, brains, mind noun 1440 爷爷yé ye grandfather (paternal), grandpa noun 1441 探员tàn yuán agent, detective, investigator noun 1442 移动yí dòng to move, to shift, mobile verb 1443 错过cuò guò to miss, to let slip, to miss out on verb 1444 旁边páng biān beside, next to, the side noun 1445 留下来liú xià lái to stay behind, to remain verb 1446 彼此bǐ cǐ each other, one another, mutual pronoun 1447 社会shè huì society, social noun Lesson 6 · Words 1448-1457
Words 1448 to 1457
1448 好事hǎo shì good thing, good deed, happy event noun 1449 跟踪gēn zōng to follow, to tail, to track verb 1450 唔wú um, mm (hesitation or assent sound) interjection 1451 尼克ní kè Nick (name) noun 1452 疼téng to ache, to hurt, to dote on verb 1453 弧hú arc, curve noun 1454 及jí to reach, to be up to, and, as well as verb 1455 不断bú duàn unceasingly, continuously, constantly adverb 1456 私人sī rén private, personal adjective 1457 嘴zuǐ mouth, spout, nozzle noun Lesson 7 · Words 1458-1469
Words 1458 to 1469
1458 上床shàng chuáng to go to bed, to get into bed verb 1459 好玩hǎo wán fun, amusing, enjoyable adjective 1460 神父shén fù priest, father (Catholic clergy) noun 1461 周围zhōu wéi surroundings, around, vicinity noun 1463 自从zì cóng since, ever since preposition 1464 叫做jiào zuò to be called, to be known as verb 1465 主要zhǔ yào main, principal, chief, mainly adjective 1467 创造chuàng zào to create, to bring about verb 1468 无聊wú liáo bored, boring, dull, senseless adjective 1469 作品zuò pǐn work, piece, production (of art or literature) noun Lesson 8 · Words 1470-1482
Words 1470 to 1482
1470 制作zhì zuò to make, to produce, to manufacture verb 1471 干杯gān bēi to drink a toast, cheers, bottoms up verb 1472 保罗bǎo luó Paul noun 1473 装zhuāng to install, to load, to pretend, to pack verb 1474 第二dì èr second, the second numeral 1476 法庭fǎ tíng court of law, courtroom, tribunal noun 1477 设计shè jì to design, design, plan verb 1478 干掉gàn diào to get rid of, to kill off, to finish off verb 1481 压力yā lì pressure, stress noun 1482 轻松qīng sōng relaxed, easy, light adjective Lesson 10 · Words 1483-1493
Words 1483 to 1493
1483 哥gē older brother noun 1484 上车shàng chē to get on, to board a vehicle verb 1485 说明shuō míng to explain, to show, explanation, instructions verb 1486 谈论tán lùn to discuss, to talk about verb 1488 超级chāo jí super, super-, extremely adjective 1489 停下来tíng xià lái to stop, to come to a halt verb 1490 抢qiǎng to grab, to snatch, to rob verb 1491 区qū district, area, zone noun 1492 要么yào me either, or, either... or... conjunction 1493 两liǎng two, a couple of numeral