Vocabulary and phonetics of lesson 8
Learn Chinese: phonetic and vocabulary 8
Note: when a translation of a character is in brackets, this means that this character cannot be used alone. This does not mean that it has no meaning, just as the roots of words in our Western languages.
xī :
(west)
dōng :
(east)
dōngxī :
east-west
dōngxi :
thing. Note that it is the loss of the tone of xī which distinguishes between "east-west" and "thing".
diànnǎo :
computer (literally "electric brain")
diànshì :
television (literally "electric vision")
shū :
book
xiē :
plural classifier
bēi :
classifier for glasses and cups
bēizi :
glass, cup
chá :
tea, herbal tea
chábēi :
tea cup
qián :
money. Reminder: q is pronounced as 'ts' with an explosion of air.
zhuōzi :
table
yǐzi :
chair
māo :
cat
gǒu :
dog
hòumian :
behind
qiánmian :
in front of
lǐ :
in
yīfu :
garment