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Mandarin · Chapter 17

The two 了: completion vs change-of-state

9 vocabulary lessons, 2 grammar primers, 1 story milestone.

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  1. Lesson 1 · Words 1401-1412

    Words 1401 to 1412

    1401好极了hǎo jí lewonderful, terrific, greatinterjection
    1402说真的shuō zhēn dehonestly, to be honest, seriouslyadverb
    1403活动huó dòngactivity, event, to move aboutnoun
    1404kuàipiece, lump, yuan (unit of money)measure word
    1405对付duì fùto deal with, to cope with, to make doverb
    1406命运mìng yùnfate, destinynoun
    1409罗马luó mǎRomenoun
    1411同志tóng zhìcomrade, gay person (slang)noun
    1412chòusmelly, stinking, fouladjective
    1600cháteanoun
  2. Lesson 2 · Words 1414-1424

    Words 1414 to 1424

    1414zhàoto shine, to take (a photo), according toverb
    1415服务fú wùservice, to servenoun
    1416zāoterrible, in a mess, rottenadjective
    1417尊重zūn zhòngto respect, respectverb
    1418关闭guān bìto close, to shut downverb
    1420期待qī dàito look forward to, to anticipate, expectationverb
    1421号码hào mǎnumber (telephone, serial)noun
    1422资料zī liàodata, material, informationnoun
    1423机器jī qìmachinenoun
    1424to read, to study (at school)verb
  3. Lesson 3 · Words 1425-1437

    Words 1425 to 1437

    1425dīngto stare at, to fix one's eyes onverb
    1426guānto close, to turn off, to concernverb
    1427bànto handle, to manage, to doverb
    1428天使tiān shǐangelnoun
    1430难过nán guòsad, upset, to feel unwelladjective
    1432记忆jì yìmemory, to remember, recollectionnoun
    1433女士们nǚ shì menladiesnoun
    1435线索xiàn suǒclue, lead, thread of evidencenoun
    1436正好zhèng hǎojust right, exactly, as it happensadverb
    1437miǎosecond (unit of time)measure word
  4. Lesson 4 · Words 1438-1447

    Words 1438 to 1447

    1438表示biǎo shìto express, to indicate, to showverb
    1439脑袋nǎo dàihead, brains, mindnoun
    1440爷爷yé yegrandfather (paternal), grandpanoun
    1441探员tàn yuánagent, detective, investigatornoun
    1442移动yí dòngto move, to shift, mobileverb
    1443错过cuò guòto miss, to let slip, to miss out onverb
    1444旁边páng biānbeside, next to, the sidenoun
    1445留下来liú xià láito stay behind, to remainverb
    1446彼此bǐ cǐeach other, one another, mutualpronoun
    1447社会shè huìsociety, socialnoun
  5. Lesson 6 · Words 1448-1457

    Words 1448 to 1457

    1448好事hǎo shìgood thing, good deed, happy eventnoun
    1449跟踪gēn zōngto follow, to tail, to trackverb
    1450um, mm (hesitation or assent sound)interjection
    1451尼克ní kèNick (name)noun
    1452téngto ache, to hurt, to dote onverb
    1453arc, curvenoun
    1454to reach, to be up to, and, as well asverb
    1455不断bú duànunceasingly, continuously, constantlyadverb
    1456私人sī rénprivate, personaladjective
    1457zuǐmouth, spout, nozzlenoun
  6. Lesson 7 · Words 1458-1469

    Words 1458 to 1469

    1458上床shàng chuángto go to bed, to get into bedverb
    1459好玩hǎo wánfun, amusing, enjoyableadjective
    1460神父shén fùpriest, father (Catholic clergy)noun
    1461周围zhōu wéisurroundings, around, vicinitynoun
    1463自从zì cóngsince, ever sincepreposition
    1464叫做jiào zuòto be called, to be known asverb
    1465主要zhǔ yàomain, principal, chief, mainlyadjective
    1467创造chuàng zàoto create, to bring aboutverb
    1468无聊wú liáobored, boring, dull, senselessadjective
    1469作品zuò pǐnwork, piece, production (of art or literature)noun
  7. Lesson 8 · Words 1470-1482

    Words 1470 to 1482

    1470制作zhì zuòto make, to produce, to manufactureverb
    1471干杯gān bēito drink a toast, cheers, bottoms upverb
    1472保罗bǎo luóPaulnoun
    1473zhuāngto install, to load, to pretend, to packverb
    1474第二dì èrsecond, the secondnumeral
    1476法庭fǎ tíngcourt of law, courtroom, tribunalnoun
    1477设计shè jìto design, design, planverb
    1478干掉gàn diàoto get rid of, to kill off, to finish offverb
    1481压力yā lìpressure, stressnoun
    1482轻松qīng sōngrelaxed, easy, lightadjective
  8. Lesson 10 · Words 1483-1493

    Words 1483 to 1493

    1483older brothernoun
    1484上车shàng chēto get on, to board a vehicleverb
    1485说明shuō míngto explain, to show, explanation, instructionsverb
    1486谈论tán lùnto discuss, to talk aboutverb
    1488超级chāo jísuper, super-, extremelyadjective
    1489停下来tíng xià láito stop, to come to a haltverb
    1490qiǎngto grab, to snatch, to robverb
    1491district, area, zonenoun
    1492要么yào meeither, or, either... or...conjunction
    1493liǎngtwo, a couple ofnumeral
  9. Lesson 11 · Words 1494-1479

    Words 1494 to 1479

    1479chēngto call, to name, to weighverb
    1494速度sù dùspeed, velocity, pacenoun
    1495有钱yǒu qiánrich, wealthy, to have moneyadjective
    1496确保què bǎoto ensure, to make sure, to guaranteeverb
    1497詹姆斯zhān mǔ sīJames (given name or surname)noun
    1499周末zhōu mòweekendnoun