Mandarin · Chapter 5

Adjectives as stative verbs

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

  1. Lesson 1 · Words 201-210

    Words 201 to 210

    201and also, moreover, furthermoreconjunction
    202出来to come out, to emergeverb
    203with, and (formal/written), languagepreposition
    204ten, 10numeral
    205不过but, however, only, merelyconjunction
    206一些some, a fewother
    207为了for the sake of, in order topreposition
    208to bring, to take along, to leadverb
    209女人woman, femalenoun
    210这儿here, right herepronoun
  2. Lesson 2 · Words 211-220

    Words 211 to 220

    211after, behind, laternoun
    212只有only, just, the only oneadverb
    213过来to come over, to come acrossverb
    214compared to, thanpreposition
    215一次once, one timeother
    216得到to obtain, to get, to receiveverb
    217很多a lot, many, muchother
    218任何any, whicheverpronoun
    219这种this kind of, this type ofpronoun
    220small, little, youngadjective
  3. Lesson 3 · Words 221-230

    Words 221 to 230

    221怎么样how, what do you think, how aboutpronoun
    222right, correct, yesadjective
    223感觉feeling, sense, to feelnoun
    224year, annualnoun
    225是不是is it or isn't it, right?other
    226以为to think (mistakenly), to assumeverb
    227而且moreover, furthermore, and alsoconjunction
    228in front, before (location)noun
    229生活life, to live, livelihoodnoun
    230男人man, malenoun
  4. Lesson 4 · Words 231-240

    Words 231 to 240

    231之前before, prior tonoun
    232for, because of, on behalf ofpreposition
    233to ask, to inquireverb
    234发现to discover, to findverb
    235oh (realization/acknowledgment)interjection
    236可是but, however, yetconjunction
    237快点hurry up, quickly, fasteradverb
    238black, darkadjective
    239mom (short form)noun
    240两个two (with measure word ge)numeral
  5. Lesson 6 · Words 241-250

    Words 241 to 250

    241不用no need to, don't have toverb
    242(ordinal prefix: first, second...)particle
    243to resemble, to be like, as ifverb
    244名字name (of a person or thing)noun
    245没错not bad, pretty good, correctother
    246to see, to meet, to encounterverb
    247世界world, the whole worldnoun
    248have not, did not (negation)adverb
    249记得to remember, to recallverb
    250to live (reside), to stayverb
  6. Lesson 7 · Words 251-260

    Words 251 to 260

    251new, fresh, recentlyadjective
    252不错not bad, pretty good, correctother
    253肯定certainly, definitely, to confirmadverb
    254最好best, had better, it would be bestadverb
    255不行won't do, not okay, cannotother
    256等等wait a moment, et ceteraverb
    257(question particle, sentence-final)particle
    258出去to go out, to exitverb
    259(question particle, softening)particle
    260first, in advance, earlieradverb
  7. Lesson 8 · Words 261-270

    Words 261 to 270

    261hello, hey (on phone)interjection
    262亲爱dear, beloved, darlingadjective
    263or, either...orconjunction
    264他们they, thempronoun
    265担心to worry, to be concernedverb
    266如何how, in what way (formal)pronoun
    267到底after all, in the end, on earthadverb
    268有点a little, somewhat, slightlyadverb
    269最后last, finally, in the endadverb
    270小姐Miss, young woman, waitressnoun
  8. Lesson 10 · Words 271-280

    Words 271 to 280

    271上帝God, the Lordnoun
    272认识to know, to recognize, to be acquainted withverb
    273can, will, to be able toverb
    274正在currently, right now, in the process ofadverb
    275那样that way, like that, suchpronoun
    276父亲father (formal/written)noun
    277高兴happy, glad, pleasedadjective
    278明天tomorrownoun
    279重要important, significantadjective
    280to run, to fleeverb
  9. Lesson 11 · Words 281-290

    Words 281 to 290

    281警察police officer, policenoun
    282只要as long as, provided that, if onlyconjunction
    283干什么what are (you/they) doing, why do thatother
    284好像it seems like, apparently, as ifadverb
    285再见goodbye, farewellinterjection
    286month, moonnoun
    287我能I can, I am able toverb
    288继续to continue, to go onverb
    289to exit, to come out, to produceverb
    290今晚tonight, this eveningnoun
  10. Lesson 12 · Words 291-300

    Words 291 to 300

    19多少how many, how muchpronoun
    291他妈的damn it, bloody hell (vulgar)interjection
    292回家to go home, to return homeverb
    293它们they, them (neutral tone men)pronoun
    295电话telephone, phone callnoun
    296听到to hear, to catch (a sound)verb
    297干嘛why, what for, what are you doingother
    298to do, to work (colloquial)verb
    299医生doctor, physiciannoun
    300要是if, in case, supposingconjunction