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Mandarin · Chapter 5

Adjectives as stative verbs

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

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  1. Lesson 1 · Words 201-210

    Words 201 to 210

    201bìngand also, moreover, furthermoreconjunction
    202出来chū láito come out, to emergeverb
    203with, and (formal/written), languagepreposition
    204shíten, 10numeral
    205不过bú guòbut, however, only, merelyconjunction
    206一些yì xiēsome, a fewother
    207为了wèi lefor the sake of, in order topreposition
    208dàito bring, to take along, to leadverb
    209女人nǚ rénwoman, femalenoun
    210这儿zhè érhere, right herepronoun
  2. Lesson 2 · Words 211-223

    Words 211 to 223

    211hòuafter, behind, laternoun
    212只有zhǐ yǒuonly, just, the only oneadverb
    213过来guò láito come over, to come acrossverb
    214compared to, thanpreposition
    216得到dé dàoto obtain, to get, to receiveverb
    217很多hěn duōa lot, many, muchother
    218任何rèn héany, whicheverpronoun
    220xiǎosmall, little, youngadjective
    221怎么样zěn me yànghow, what do you think, how aboutpronoun
    223感觉gǎn juéfeeling, sense, to feelnoun
  3. Lesson 3 · Words 224-233

    Words 224 to 233

    224niányear, annualnoun
    225是不是shì bu shìis it or isn't it, right?other
    226以为yǐ wéito think (mistakenly), to assumeverb
    227而且ér qiěmoreover, furthermore, and alsoconjunction
    228qiánin front, before (location)noun
    229生活shēng huólife, to live, livelihoodnoun
    230男人nán rénman, malenoun
    231之前zhī qiánbefore, prior tonoun
    232wèifor, because of, on behalf ofpreposition
    233wènto ask, to inquireverb
  4. Lesson 4 · Words 234-244

    Words 234 to 244

    234发现fā xiànto discover, to findverb
    235ōoh (realization/acknowledgment)interjection
    236可是kě shìbut, however, yetconjunction
    237快点kuài diǎnhurry up, quickly, fasteradverb
    238hēiblack, darkadjective
    239mom (short form)noun
    241不用bú yòngno need to, don't have toverb
    242(ordinal prefix: first, second...)particle
    243xiàngto resemble, to be like, as ifverb
    244名字míng zìname (of a person or thing)noun
  5. Lesson 6 · Words 245-255

    Words 245 to 255

    245没错méi cuònot bad, pretty good, correctother
    246jiànto see, to meet, to encounterverb
    247世界shì jièworld, the whole worldnoun
    249记得jì deto remember, to recallverb
    250zhùto live (reside), to stayverb
    251xīnnew, fresh, recentlyadjective
    252不错bú cuònot bad, pretty good, correctother
    253肯定kěn dìngcertainly, definitely, to confirmadverb
    254最好zuì hǎobest, had better, it would be bestadverb
    255不行bù xíngwon't do, not okay, cannotother
  6. Lesson 7 · Words 256-267

    Words 256 to 267

    256等等děng děngwait a moment, et ceteraverb
    257ma(question particle, sentence-final)particle
    258出去chū qùto go out, to exitverb
    259me(question particle, softening)particle
    260xiānfirst, in advance, earlieradverb
    262亲爱qīn àidear, beloved, darlingadjective
    263huòor, either...orconjunction
    265担心dān xīnto worry, to be concernedverb
    266如何rú héhow, in what way (formal)pronoun
    267到底dào dǐafter all, in the end, on earthadverb
  7. Lesson 8 · Words 268-278

    Words 268 to 278

    268有点yǒu diǎna little, somewhat, slightlyadverb
    269最后zuì hòulast, finally, in the endadverb
    270小姐xiǎo jiěMiss, young woman, waitressnoun
    271上帝shàng dìGod, the Lordnoun
    272认识rèn shito know, to recognize, to be acquainted withverb
    274正在zhèng zàicurrently, right now, in the process ofadverb
    275那样nà yàngthat way, like that, suchpronoun
    276父亲fù qīnfather (formal/written)noun
    277高兴gāo xìnghappy, glad, pleasedadjective
    278明天míng tiāntomorrownoun
  8. Lesson 10 · Words 279-289

    Words 279 to 289

    279重要zhòng yàoimportant, significantadjective
    280pǎoto run, to fleeverb
    281警察jǐng chápolice officer, policenoun
    282只要zhǐ yàoas long as, provided that, if onlyconjunction
    283干什么gàn shén mewhat are (you/they) doing, why do thatother
    284好像hǎo xiàngit seems like, apparently, as ifadverb
    285再见zài jiàngoodbye, farewellinterjection
    286yuèmonth, moonnoun
    288继续jì xùto continue, to go onverb
    289chūto exit, to come out, to produceverb
  9. Lesson 11 · Words 290-299

    Words 290 to 299

    19多少duōshaohow many, how muchpronoun
    290今晚jīn wǎntonight, this eveningnoun
    291他妈的tā mā dedamn it, bloody hell (vulgar)interjection
    292回家huí jiāto go home, to return homeverb
    293它们tā menthey, them (neutral tone men)pronoun
    295电话diàn huàtelephone, phone callnoun
    296听到tīng dàoto hear, to catch (a sound)verb
    297干嘛gān mawhy, what for, what are you doingother
    298gānto do, to work (colloquial)verb
    299医生yī shēngdoctor, physiciannoun
  10. Lesson 12 · Words 300-300

    Words 300 to 300

    300要是yào shiif, in case, supposingconjunction