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Mandarin · Chapter 28

就 vs 才

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

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  1. Lesson 1 · Words 2501-2511

    Words 2501 to 2511

    2501投资tóu zīto invest, investmentverb
    2502此事cǐ shìthis matter, this affairnoun
    2503shùtreenoun
    2504描述miáo shùto describe, descriptionverb
    2505退休tuì xiūto retireverb
    2507地下dì xiàunderground, below groundnoun
    2509shāoslightly, a littleadverb
    2511代价dài jiàprice, costnoun
  2. Lesson 2 · Words 2512-2522

    Words 2512 to 2522

    2512欺骗qī piànto deceive, to cheatverb
    2513队伍duì wuline of people, troops, teamnoun
    2514eh, oh (surprise)interjection
    2515到时候dào shí hòuwhen the time comes, by thenadverb
    2516指望zhǐ wàngto count on, to look toverb
    2517lànrotten, mushy, lousyadjective
    2518视频shì pínvideo, video clipnoun
    2521cǎito step on, to tread onverb
    2522diēdad, father (colloquial and old-fashioned)noun
  3. Lesson 3 · Words 2523-2532

    Words 2523 to 2532

    2524选手xuǎn shǒucontestant, competitor, playernoun
    2525tiāoto pick, to choose; to carry on a shoulder poleverb
    2526国际guó jìinternational, international affairsnoun
    2529间谍jiàn diéspy, secret agentnoun
    2531程度chéng dùdegree, extent, levelnoun
    2532用于yòng yúto be used for, to be used inverb
  4. Lesson 4 · Words 2533-2543

    Words 2533 to 2543

    2533尊敬zūn jìngto respect, to revere; respectedverb
    2534保重bǎo zhòngto take care of oneself, look after yourselfverb
    2536革命gé mìngrevolution, revolutionarynoun
    2537搜索sōu suǒto search, to search for, to comb throughverb
    2539教训jiào xùnlesson learnt the hard way; to tell off, to lecturenoun
    2540支援zhī yuánto support with aid, to reinforce; backup, assistanceverb
    2541do not; none, nothing (literary)adverb
    2542gàito cover, to build, lidverb
  5. Lesson 6 · Words 2544-2553

    Words 2544 to 2553

    2544心理xīn lǐpsychology, mental statenoun
    2546返回fǎn huíto return, to go backverb
    2547设备shè bèiequipment, kitnoun
    2548制服zhì fúuniformnoun
    2550左边zuǒ biānthe left, the left-hand sidenoun
    2551西班牙xī bān yáSpainnoun
    2553贱人jiàn réncontemptible person, bitchnoun
  6. Lesson 7 · Words 2554-2564

    Words 2554 to 2564

    2554tángsugar, sweetsnoun
    2555承受chéng shòuto bear, to withstandverb
    2556少校shào xiàomajor, lieutenant commandernoun
    2558擅长shàn chángto be good at, to excel inverb
    2559again, to repeat, to replyverb
    2560千万qiān wànwhatever you do, be sure to; ten millionadverb
    2561裙子qún zǐskirtnoun
    2562非洲fēi zhōuAfricanoun
    2563基本jī běnbasic, fundamental; basicallyadjective
    2564zhǔto boil, to cook in liquidverb
  7. Lesson 8 · Words 2566-2575

    Words 2566 to 2575

    2566女友nǚ yǒugirlfriendnoun
    2569传说chuán shuōlegend, folk tale; it is said thatnoun
    2570màoto give off, to emit; to risk, to braveverb
    2571也就是说yě jiù shì shuōthat is to say, in other wordsconjunction
    2572哈哈hā hāhaha, the sound of laughterinterjection
    2574一路yí lùall the way, the whole journeyadverb
    2575迷人mí réncharming, enchanting, captivatingadjective
  8. Lesson 10 · Words 2576-2586

    Words 2576 to 2586

    2577Asia (in compounds); sub, secondother
    2578非法fēi fǎillegal, unlawfuladjective
    2579屋子wū ziroomnoun
    2581搞错gǎo cuòto get wrong, to mix up, to be mistakenverb
    2582作战zuò zhànto fight a battle, to wage warverb
    2584情绪qíng xùmood, emotions, feelingsnoun
    2585那会nà huìat that time, back thenadverb
    2586ránso, thus, in that wayadverb
  9. Lesson 11 · Words 2587-2597

    Words 2587 to 2597

    2587工具gōng jùtool, instrumentnoun
    2588手臂shǒu bìarmnoun
    2590皮肤pí fūskinnoun
    2591真心zhēn xīnsincere, heartfelt; sincerelyadjective
    2592害死hài sǐto be the death of, to get someone killedverb
    2593起诉qǐ sùto sue, to prosecuteverb
    2595to scold, to swear at, to tell offverb
    2597建筑jiàn zhùbuilding, architecturenoun
  10. Lesson 12 · Words 2598-2600

    Words 2598 to 2600

    2598多次duō cìmany times, repeatedlyadverb
    2599全国quán guóthe whole country, nationwidenoun
    2600流血liú xuèto bleed, to shed bloodverb
  11. Lesson 14 · Vocabulary

    Measure words: the full collection

    Every noun-counter pairing the course has taught, in one session. By now the right measure word should arrive before the thought does.

    34to take, handle; disposal markerpreposition
    62general measure word for people and thingsmeasure-word
    161zhīonly, just; (measure word for animals)adverb
    348jiāhome, family, householdnoun
    673tóuhead; first; measure word for cattlenoun
    693běnmeasure word for books; originally, thismeasure-word
    1394fènportion, copy (measure word)measure-word
    1551jiàn(measure word for items, matters, clothing)measure-word
    1709tiáo(measure word for long thin things), strip, itemmeasure-word
    1738zhāng(measure word for flat objects), to open, to spread, a surnamemeasure-word
    1916wèipolite measure word for people, place, position, seatmeasure-word
    2721bēicup, glass; a cup of, a glass ofmeasure-word

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