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Lesson 3 Study Guide
鳥兒語
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Objectives:
  • Learn the pinyin and correct stroke order for the 44 characters introduced in lesson 3.
  • Learn the new vocabulary introduced in lesson 3. You can practice with the online Table Building Activity.
New Vocabulary
 Chinese Pinyin English
  language [n - bound] 
道士 dàoshi Daoist priest 
鄉下 xiāngxià countryside 
人家 rénjiā family; people 
小心 xiǎoxīn be careful 
著火 zháo huǒ to catch fire 
 jiù to rescue [here: from the fire] 
 nín you [polite] 
剛才 gāngcái just before 
 huáng yellow 
可怕 kěpà to be dreadful, terrible, fearful 
沒理 méi lǐ ignored; didn't pay attention to 
看出來 kànchūlái to notice; to see through the situation 
好不容易 hǎo bù róngyì not at all; easily 
也許 yéxǔ perhaps 
預先 yùxiān in advance 
大概 dàgài probably 
神仙 shénxiān an immortal 
 dǒng understand 
就是了 jiù shì le and that's all 
正在 zhèng zài exactly [at this time] 
 shù tree 
唧唧喳喳 jī-jī-zhā-zhā sound of chirping 
初六 chū liù sixth day of lunar month 
  to die 
禮拜 lǐbài week 
果然 guǒrán indeed; sure enough 
日子 rìzi date 
平常 píngcháng common 
當然 dāngrán of course 
政府 zhèngfǔ government 
花園子 huā yuánzi flower garden 
  lake 
 zhī measure for bird 
鴨子 yāzi duck 
一邊兒…一邊兒  on the one hand do Verb1, on the other hand do Verb2 [i.e. do both Verb1 and Verb2] 
玩水 wán shuǐ to play in the water; to swim 
府上 fǔshang your home; your family 
生氣 shēng qì to be angry 
算了 suàn le enough! [stop already] 
簡直 jiǎnzhí directly; really; simply 
 liú to remain 
 guǎn to manage; to take care of 
誠實 chéngshí honest 
不管 bù guǎn to not care 
向來 xiànglái hereto; before now 
 ài to love 
 jiāo to hand over [to someone] 
比方說 bǐfāng shuō for example 
不同 bù tóng not the same 
  to do as a replacement 
 suàn to compute; to figure out; to solve 
 dēng lamp 
 bāo bag 
 líng zero 
 liǎn face 
情形 qíngxing circumstances; situation 
  to lower 
沒想到 méi xiǎngdào unexpectedly 
 shēng measure for voice or sound 
 xīn new 
其實 qíshí in fact 
可惜 kěxī what a pity