Lesson 30.1
A stolen car!
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Your car is stolen. Your friend calls the police and finds out that it has not been stolen but was towed for illegal parking.
- using 被to form passive
- 用 ….. 的using the method of …..
满măn 头tóu 大dà 汗hàn to sweat like a horse
被bèi passive marker
偷tōu to steal
用yòng to use
报bào 警jǐng to report to the police
警jǐng 察chá police
公gōng 安ān public security/ police
差chā bad (ability; service)
西xī west
东dōng east
南nán south
北běi north
驾jià 照zhào driver’s license
记jì 得dé to remember
车chē 号hào number plate
护hù 照zhào passport
秘mì 书shū secretary
拿ná to take
走zǒu (resultative) away/ to go away
被bèi 笑xiào being laughed (at)
顿dùn measure word for meal
违wéi 规guī against the regulation
被bèi 拖tuō 走zǒu being towed away
Lesson 30.2
Buying souvenirs
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Asking a friend for advice on buying souvenirs
- the difference between 你看 and 看你
- ….. 比较好 ….. is the best
- 根据 according
- 千万 by all means 千万别 by no means
上shàng 街jiē go to high (main) street
纪jì 念niàn 品pǐn souvenir
你nǐ 看kàn what’s your opinion
看kàn 你nǐ it’s up to you
旗qí 袍páo a kind of Chinese dress
可kě 能néng maybe
总zǒng in general
服fú 务wù 员yuán waiter
那nà 容róng 易yì that’s easy
根gēn 据jù according to
套tào measure word/ set
茶chá 具jù tea set
丝sī 织zhī 品pǐn silk products
有yǒu 名míng famous
千qiān 万wàn 别bié by no means
不bù 一yí 定dìng it depends/ not certain
Lesson 30.3
“I got the scholarship”
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Very excited to receive a scholarship which you thought was hopeless, however….
- the use of 本来originally and 结果 end up (actually)
- the use of 以为assume incorrectly
- 让 + person = 被 passive maker
- 吃的，喝的 food and drinks
- the difference between 请and 邀请
开kāi 心xīn pleased
申shēn 请qǐng to apply
奖jiăng 学xué 金jīn scholarship
为wèi for
本běn 来lái originally
以yǐ 为wéi thought wrongly
希xī 望wàng hope
成chéng 功gōng 地de successfully
没méi 想xiăng 到dào did not occur to
优yōu 秀xiù outstanding
开kāi 玩wán 笑xiào to joke/ to tease
运yùn 气qì luck
庆qìng 祝zhù to celebrate
那nà 不bù 成chéng 问wèn 题tí no problem
拿ná …..出chū 来lái to take ….. out
让ràng + person =被bèi passive marker
邀yāo 请qǐng to invite
吃chī 的de food
喝hē 的de drinks
香xiāng 槟bīn Champagne
借jiè to lend/ to borrow
椅yǐ 子zi chair
搬bān to move
音yīn 乐yuè music
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.