Mandarin · Chapter 23
The 所 family
10 vocabulary lessons, 2 grammar primers, 1 story milestone.
Start this chapterLesson 1 · Words 2001-2010
Words 2001 to 2010
2001 大声dà shēng loudly, out loud; in a loud voice adverb 2002 手里shǒu lǐ in one's hand, in the hands of; in one's possession noun 2003 红色hóng sè red; the colour red noun 2004 婴儿yīng ér baby, infant noun 2005 旧jiù old, used, second-hand; former adjective 2006 环境huán jìng environment, surroundings; setting, conditions noun 2007 团队tuán duì team noun 2008 神奇shén qí magical, miraculous; amazing, uncanny adjective 2009 年纪nián jì age, years (of a person) noun 2010 唉ài oh dear, alas; a sigh of regret or resignation interjection Lesson 2 · Words 2011-2020
Words 2011 to 2020
2011 瞧瞧qiáo qiáo have a look, take a look verb 2012 熊xióng bear noun 2013 年代nián dài era, period, age; decade noun 2014 上学shàng xué to go to school, to attend school verb 2015 大量dà liàng a large amount of, a great deal of; massive adjective 2017 伤心shāng xīn sad, heartbroken, upset; to grieve adjective 2018 何时hé shí when, at what time (literary) adverb 2020 紧急jǐn jí urgent, pressing; emergency adjective Lesson 3 · Words 2021-2031
Words 2021 to 2031
2021 布bù cloth, fabric; to spread, to announce noun 2022 暴力bào lì violence; violent noun 2023 付出fù chū to give, to put in, to pay (effort, a price) verb 2024 尽量jǐn liàng as far as possible, as much as one can adverb 2026 伤shāng wound, injury; to injure, to hurt noun 2027 互相hù xiāng mutually, each other, one another adverb 2029 无论如何wú lùn rú hé in any case, no matter what, whatever happens adverb 2030 空气kōng qì air; atmosphere (of a place) noun 2031 邻居lín jū neighbour noun Lesson 4 · Words 2032-2041
Words 2032 to 2041
2032 某种mǒu zhǒng a certain kind of, some sort of other 2034 他人tā rén other people, others pronoun 2035 规则guī zé rule, regulation; regular, orderly noun 2037 司机sī jī driver, chauffeur noun 2038 好奇hào qí curious, inquisitive adjective 2039 城chéng city, town; city wall noun 2040 打破dǎ pò to break, to smash; to break (a record, a silence) verb 2041 信仰xìn yǎng faith, belief, conviction noun Lesson 6 · Words 2042-2052
Words 2042 to 2052
2042 不可思议bù kě sī yì unbelievable, inconceivable, incredible adjective 2043 付fù to pay, to hand over verb 2044 持续chí xù to continue, to last, to be sustained verb 2045 逃táo to flee, to escape, to run away verb 2046 朝cháo towards, facing; dynasty, imperial court preposition 2047 无所谓wú suǒ wèi it does not matter, to be indifferent, not bothered verb 2048 协议xié yì agreement, pact, protocol noun 2050 假如jiǎ rú if, supposing, in the event that conjunction 2051 阁下gé xià Your Excellency, sir (formal term of address) noun 2052 愿yuàn to be willing, to wish, may it be that verb Lesson 7 · Words 2053-2062
Words 2053 to 2062
2053 打赌dǎ dǔ to bet, to wager, to have a bet verb 2054 城堡chéng bǎo castle, fortress noun 2055 退后tuì hòu to step back, to move back, to retreat verb 2056 说不定shuō bú dìng maybe, perhaps, it may well be that adverb 2057 菜cài dish (of food), cuisine; vegetable, greens noun 2058 彻底chè dǐ thorough, complete, thoroughly adjective 2059 地图dì tú map noun 2060 牧师mù shī pastor, minister, vicar (Protestant clergyman) noun 2061 墨西哥mò xī gē Mexico noun 2062 词cí word, term; lyrics noun Lesson 8 · Words 2063-2073
Words 2063 to 2073
2063 重复chóng fù to repeat, to do again; repetitive, duplicated verb 2064 犯人fàn rén prisoner, convict, inmate noun 2066 妓jì prostitute, courtesan (bound morpheme) noun 2067 运气yùn qì luck, fortune noun 2069 华文huá wén Chinese language, written Chinese (esp. as used overseas) noun 2070 早晨zǎo chén early morning, daybreak noun 2073 小孩子xiǎo hái zi small child, little kid noun Lesson 10 · Words 2074-2083
Words 2074 to 2083
2074 相同xiāng tóng identical, the same, alike adjective 2075 裤子kù zǐ trousers, pants noun 2076 聊liáo to chat, to talk casually verb 2077 规矩guī jǔ rules, customs, the done thing; well-behaved noun 2078 到来dào lái to arrive, to come; the arrival, the onset verb 2080 逃走táo zǒu to flee, to run away, to escape verb 2081 近jìn near, close; recently adjective 2082 程序chéng xù computer programme; procedure, proper order noun 2083 发出fā chū to give out, to emit; to send out, to issue verb Lesson 11 · Words 2084-2094
Words 2084 to 2094
2084 趴下pā xià to lie down flat, to get down on the ground verb 2085 白人bái rén white person, white people noun 2087 中尉zhōng wèi lieutenant (military rank) noun 2088 不肯bù kěn to be unwilling to, to refuse to, will not verb 2089 街上jiē shàng on the street, in the street, out on the streets noun 2091 揍zòu to beat up, to hit, to thump verb 2092 度dù degree (of temperature or angle); extent, measure; a time, an occasion noun 2094 伙huǒ group, band, gang; partner, mate; measure word for a group of people noun