Lesson 27.1
Picking up a friend at the airport
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Picking up a friend at the airport
- the difference between 将近‘nearly’ and差点儿 ‘nearly’
- 将近，大概，左右，差不多
- the use of 反而on the other hand/ but
- the use of 等到
将jiāng 近jìn （+quantity）nearly
又yòu …..又yòu and
困kùn sleepy
渴kě thirsty
饿è hungry
饱băo full
见jiàn 面miàn to meet
反făn 而ér on the other hand/ but
入rù to enter
境jìng border
随suí to follow
俗sú customs
离lí 开kāi to leave
Lesson 27.2
You’ve got too much luggage!
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Nagging about your friend bringing so much luggage
- review: Subject + adjective + 得 + degree (a clause)
- 让 and 替
- 这那算多 it doesn’t count much
行xíng 李lǐ luggage
拿ná to hold in hand
交jiāo 通tōng traffic
乱luàn chaotic
没méi 法fă cannot
咱zán 们men we (including you)
搭dā to take (transport)
件jiàn measure word for counting luggage
后hòu 车chē 厢xiāng trunk/ boot
这zhè 哪nă 算suàn 多duō doesn’t count as much
日rì 用yòng 品pǐn necessities
箱xiāng 子zi box/ suitcase
加jiā 上shàng add/ and
手shǒu 提tí 袋dài (包bāo ) shoulder/ handbag
背bēi 包bāo backpack/ rucksack
罗luō 唆suō nagging/ petty
娶qŭ a man marries to a woman
嫁jià a woman marries to a man
老lăo 婆pó wife (slang)
老lăo 公gōng husband
让ràng to ask/ make/ let
替tì for/ to substitute
里lǐ 面miàn inside
Lesson 27.3
“I’ve reserved you a room”
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Describing the room you reserved for your friend
- 没事，去….. 走走/ 逛逛/晃晃
- A 离 B 多远？How far is A from B?
- 预订 to reserve
- the use of 标准
- measure words: 支，条，瓶，块
- the use of 需要 need
离lí away from
远yuăn far
大dà 概gài …..左zuǒ 右yòu
隔gé 壁bì next door
过guò 来lái to come over
晃huàng 晃huàng to hang around
预yù 订dìng to reserve
间jiān measure word for counting rooms
房fáng 间jiān room
标biāo 准zhŭn standard
一yì 般bān regular/ normal
浴yù 室shì bathroom
空kōng 调tiáo air-condition
免miăn 费fèi free of charge
网wăng 路lù internet
需xū 要yào to need
支zhī measure word for counting sticks
牙yá 刷shuā toothbrush
牙yá 膏gāo toothpaste
瓶píng measure word for counting bottles
洗xǐ 发fă 精jīng shampoo
我wǒ 的de 天tiān my God
杂zá 货huò 店diàn corner shop
可kě 能néng maybe
肥féi 皂zào soap
块kuài measure word; piece/ bar
Audio Review
The help you consolidate what you have learned in this unit, we have put together a quick audio review recording. The audio review will help you with your listening comprehension and remind you of some Chinese sentence patterns and vocabulary.