all 3347 words

3347 words

• day 1 · what are you like?

• 藍lánblue
• 個子gèziheight, build
• 年齡niánlíngage
• 勇敢yǒnggǎnbrave
• 難看nánkànugly, unsightly
• 堅持jiānchíkeep at it; insist
• 積極jījípositive, proactive
• 耐心nàixīnpatience
• 性格xìnggépersonality, character
• 姑娘gūnianggirl, young woman
• 各位gèwèieveryone (polite)
• 誠實chéngshíhonest
• 得意déyìpleased with oneself
• 驕傲jiāo'àoproud; arrogant
• 後hòuafter, later
• 只是zhǐshìit’s just that; only
• 之後zhīhòuafter
• 還要háiyàoeven (more)

• day 2 · strengths and weaknesses

• 黑hēidark; black
• 自信zìxìnself-confidence
• 生shēnggive birth to; grow
• 缺點quēdiǎnweakness, flaw
• 優點yōudiǎnstrength, good point
• 仔細zǐxìcareful, thorough
• 親切qīnqièkind, warm
• 成熟chéngshóumature; ripe
• 細心xìxīnattentive, careful
• 幽默yōumòhumorous
• 優秀yōuxiùoutstanding
• 本人běnrénoneself, in person
• 樂觀lèguānoptimistic
• 堅強jiānqiángstrong (inside)
• 前qiánbefore, ago
• 卻quèbut, yet
• 之間zhījiānbetween, among
• 好了hǎoleOK, right; that’s it

• day 3 · honest, gentle, a bit fierce

• 紅hóngred; popular
• 黃huángyellow
• 醜chǒuugly
• 個人gèrénindividual; personal
• 行為xíngwéibehaviour
• 大方dàfānggenerous; natural, poised
• 單純dānchúnsimple, innocent
• 糊塗hútúmuddled, scatterbrained
• 老實lǎoshíhonest, well-behaved
• 謙虛qiānxūmodest
• 溫柔wēnróugentle, tender
• 被動bèidòngpassive
• 冷淡lěngdàncold, distant
• 兇xiōngfierce
• 突然túránsuddenly
• 之前zhīqiánbefore
• 一般來說yībānláishuōgenerally speaking
• 天天tiāntiānevery day

• day 4 · good kids and sisters

• 綠lǜgreen
• 姊妹jiěmèisisters
• 乖guāigood, well-behaved
• 拿手náshǒugood at, one’s speciality
• 懂事dǒngshìsensible, grown-up (of a child)
• 體貼tǐtiēconsiderate
• 孝順xiàoshùndevoted to one’s parents
• 英俊yīngjùnhandsome
• 保守bǎoshǒuconservative
• 女士nǚshìlady, Ms
• 花心huāxīnfickle (in love)
• 化妝品huàzhuāngpǐncosmetics, make-up
• 開朗kāilǎngcheerful, outgoing
• 做人zuòrénconduct oneself
• 終於zhōngyúat last, finally
• 至少zhìshǎoat least
• 聲shēng(measure word for sounds)
• 可kěmay, can (formal)

• day 5 · love and marriage

• 兒童értóngchild, children
• 愛情àiqíng(romantic) love
• 家長jiāzhǎngparent (of a pupil)
• 一生yīshēngone’s whole life
• 老公lǎogōnghusband (informal)
• 老婆lǎopówife (informal)
• 對象duìxiàngpartner (to marry); target
• 婚禮hūnlǐwedding
• 夫婦fūfùmarried couple
• 戀愛liàn'àibe in love, date
• 寶貝bǎobèitreasure; darling
• 親qīnkiss
• 去世qùshìpass away
• 互相hùxiāngeach other
• 曾經céngjīngonce, at one time
• 全quánwhole, all
• 話huàwords, what someone says
• 該gāishould; it’s time to
• 比起來bǐqǐláicompared with (跟…比起來)

• day 6 · grandparents and ancestors

• 離婚líhūndivorce
• 失戀shīliànbe heartbroken (after a break-up)
• 婚姻hūnyīnmarriage
• 舅舅jiùjiuuncle (mum’s brother)
• 娃娃wáwadoll; baby
• 祖父zǔfùgrandfather (dad’s father)
• 祖母zǔmǔgrandmother (dad’s mother)
• 外祖父wàizǔfùgrandfather (mum’s father)
• 外祖母wàizǔmǔgrandmother (mum’s mother)
• 祖先zǔxiānancestors
• 單身dānshēnsingle
• 情人qíngrénsweetheart, lover
• 舅媽jiùmāaunt (mum’s brother’s wife)
• 仍然réngránstill
• 其次qícìnext, secondly
• 白白báibáifor nothing, in vain
• 不得不bùdébùhave no choice but to

• day 8 · happy, annoyed, excited

• 滿意mǎnyìsatisfied, pleased
• 著急zhāojíanxious, worried
• 喜愛xǐ'àilove, be fond of
• 態度tàidùattitude
• 煩惱fánnǎoworried, troubled
• 故意gùyìon purpose
• 厲害lìhàiamazing; severe
• 興奮xīngfènexcited
• 討厭tǎoyàndislike, hate; annoying
• 感興趣gǎnxìngqùbe interested
• 愉快yúkuàipleasant, happy
• 不滿bùmǎndissatisfied
• 激動jīdòngworked up, emotional
• 從小cóngxiǎosince childhood
• 比如bǐrúfor example
• 面miànside; (measure word: flat things)
• 夜裡yèlǐat night
• 不如bùrúnot as good as

• day 9 · moved and confident

• 信心xìnxīnconfidence
• 愛心àixīncompassion, kindness
• 感動gǎndòngmoved, touched
• 隨便suíbiàncasual; as you like
• 笑話xiàohuàjoke
• 適應shìyìngadapt, get used to
• 熟悉shóuxībe familiar with
• 浪漫làngmànromantic
• 美好měihǎowonderful, happy
• 氣qìair, breath; anger
• 實在shízàireally; honest
• 理解lǐjiěunderstand
• 失去shīqùlose
• 過去guòqùthe past; go over
• 大小dàxiǎosize
• 面前miànqiánin front of
• 不論bùlùnno matter (what, how…)
• 按ànaccording to, by

• day 10 · pleasure and pain

• 好hàobe fond of, keen on
• 吸引xīyǐnattract
• 滿足mǎnzúcontent, satisfied
• 幸運xìngyùnlucky
• 痛苦tòngkǔpainful, suffering
• 反應fǎnyìngreaction
• 忍rěnbear, put up with
• 同情tóngqíngsympathise with
• 樂趣lèqùjoy, fun
• 主動zhǔdòngtake the initiative; proactive
• 陌生mòshēngunfamiliar, strange
• 心理xīnlǐpsychology; mind
• 講究jiǎngjiùparticular, fussy
• 安靜ānjìngquiet
• 段duàn(measure word for periods, sections)
• 明白míngbáiunderstand
• 通過tōngguòthrough, by means of; pass
• 表現biǎoxiànperformance; show

• day 11 · wishes and luck

• 願望yuànwàngwish
• 運氣yùnqìluck
• 追求zhuīqiúpursue
• 真實zhēnshíreal, true
• 刺激cìjīthrilling; stimulus
• 嚇xiàfrighten, scare
• 密切mìqièclose (link, relationship)
• 秘密mìmìsecret
• 強調qiángdiàostress, emphasise
• 請求qǐngqiúask, request
• 認rènrecognise; admit
• 驚訝jīngyàsurprised, amazed
• 半天bàntiānages; half a day
• 公斤gōngjīnkilogram
• 平時píngshínormally, usually
• 按照ànzhàoaccording to
• 不斷bùduàncontinuously, nonstop
• 出現chūxiànappear

• day 12 · longing and setbacks

• 可憐kěliánpitiful, poor (thing)
• 眼光yǎnguāngeye, taste, judgement
• 恨hènhate
• 看不起kànbùqǐlook down on
• 盼望pànwànglook forward to, long for
• 挫折cuòzhésetback
• 充實chōngshífull, fulfilling
• 在意zàiyìmind, care about
• 真心zhēnxīnsincere
• 渴望kěwànglong for, yearn
• 逗dòutease; amuse
• 榜樣bǎngyàngrole model
• 變成biànchéngbecome, turn into
• 節jié(measure word for class periods)
• 數shǔcount
• 猜cāiguess
• 錯誤cuòwùmistake
• 照zhàoaccording to, following; shine
• 越來越yuèláiyuèmore and more

• day 13 · at ease

• 自在zìzàiat ease, comfortable
• 安心ānxīnfeel at ease, relieved
• 如意rúyìas one wishes
• 可惡kěwùhateful, annoying
• 忍耐rěnnàiendure, be patient
• 愛惜àixícherish, take good care of
• 受得了shòudeliǎocan stand, can bear
• 嚇一跳xiàyītiàoget a fright
• 發脾氣fāpíqìlose one’s temper
• 樂lèhappy; amused
• 情qíngfeeling, affection
• 恨不得hènbùdebe dying to
• 變化biànhuàchange
• 解決jiějuésolve
• 頁yèpage
• 超過chāoguòexceed, be more than
• 當作dàngzuòtreat as, regard as

• day 15 · yes, no and sorry

• 遇到yùdàorun into, come across
• 對話duìhuàdialogue, conversation
• 認得rènderecognise, know
• 答應dāyìngagree, promise
• 感謝gǎnxièthank, be grateful
• 拒絕jùjuérefuse, turn down
• 邀請yāoqǐnginvite; invitation
• 說明shuōmíngexplain; instructions
• 通知tōngzhīnotify; notice
• 原諒yuánliàngforgive
• 道歉dàoqiànapologise
• 誤會wùhuìmisunderstanding
• 倒dàoactually, on the contrary
• 共同gòngtóngcommon, shared
• 接受jiēshòuaccept
• 秒miǎosecond
• 日期rìqídate
• 條件tiáojiàncondition, terms

• day 16 · let’s celebrate!

• 解釋jiěshìexplain
• 對方duìfāngthe other person, the other side
• 慶祝qìngzhùcelebrate
• 加入jiārùjoin
• 舉辦jǔbànhold, organise (an event)
• 舉行jǔxíngtake place, be held
• 提到tídàomention
• 保證bǎozhèngpromise, guarantee
• 表示biǎoshìexpress, show
• 交流jiāoliúexchange (ideas)
• 聚jùget together
• 友誼yǒuyìfriendship
• 頓dùn(measure word for meals)
• 厚hòuthick
• 斤jīncatty (600 g in Taiwan)
• 目前mùqiánat present
• 十分shífēnvery, fully
• 趁chèntake the chance (while)

• day 17 · praise and complaints

• 批評pīpíngcriticise
• 恭喜gōngxǐcongratulations
• 留言liúyánleave a message
• 抱怨bàoyuàncomplain
• 罵màscold, tell off
• 貴姓guìxìngyour surname? (polite)
• 推薦tuījiànrecommend
• 訪問fǎngwèninterview; visit
• 溝通gōutōngcommunicate
• 害hàicause (someone to suffer)
• 打聽dǎtīngask around, find out
• 握手wòshǒushake hands
• 尊敬zūnjìngrespect
• 嗯enmm, yeah
• 忽然hūránsuddenly
• 棵kē(measure word for trees)
• 篇piān(measure word for articles, essays)
• 數字shùzìnumber, figure

• day 18 · talking it over

• 話題huàtítopic
• 講話jiǎnghuàtalk, speak
• 紀念jìniàncommemorate; souvenir
• 表達biǎodáexpress
• 形容xíngróngdescribe
• 承認chéngrènadmit
• 接觸jiēchùcome into contact with
• 吵架chǎojiàquarrel, argue
• 談話tánhuàhave a talk
• 依靠yīkàorely on
• 招待zhāodàihost, receive (guests)
• 豐富fēngfùrich, plentiful
• 繼續jìxùcontinue
• 恐怕kǒngpàI’m afraid; probably
• 普遍pǔbiàncommon, widespread
• 順便shùnbiànon the way, while you’re at it
• 提高tígāoraise, improve
• 既jìboth… (and)

• day 19 · keeping in touch

• 打架dǎjiàfight
• 求qiúbeg, ask for
• 聯絡liánluòcontact, keep in touch
• 逼bīforce, pressure
• 實話shíhuàthe truth
• 祝福zhùfúblessing, best wishes
• 假裝jiǎzhuāngpretend
• 問好wènhǎosend regards
• 問候wènhòugreet, send greetings
• 心意xīnyìkind thought (behind a gift)
• 交友jiāoyǒumake friends
• 改變gǎibiànchange
• 將來jiāngláithe future
• 老是lǎoshìalways (annoyingly)
• 情況qíngkuàngsituation
• 順利shùnlìsmooth, without a hitch
• 完成wánchéngcomplete, finish
• 成chéngbecome; into

• day 20 · win or lose

• 輸shūlose (a game)
• 贏yíngwin
• 球場qiúchǎng(sports) court, pitch
• 教練jiàoliàncoach
• 滑雪huáxuěski
• 海灘hǎitānbeach
• 露營lùyínggo camping
• 球賽qiúsài(ball) game, match
• 球員qiúyuánplayer
• 謝xièthank
• 吃喝玩樂chīhēwánlèhave a good time
• 公里gōnglǐkilometre
• 減少jiǎnshǎoreduce, cut down
• 亮liàngbright, light
• 仍réngstill
• 說法shuōfǎway of putting it; version
• 差點chàdiǎnalmost, nearly

• day 22 · a flat to rent

• 打掃dǎsǎoclean, sweep (a room)
• 花園huāyuángarden
• 做夢zuòmèngdream, have a dream
• 出租chūzūrent out, for rent
• 郊區jiāoqūsuburbs, outskirts
• 擦cāwipe, rub
• 修理xiūlǐrepair, fix
• 整理zhěnglǐtidy up, sort out
• 公寓gōngyùflat, apartment
• 設備shèbèifacilities, equipment
• 押金yājīndeposit
• 居住jūzhùlive, reside (formal)
• 舒適shūshìcomfortable, cosy
• 細xìthin, fine, slender
• 值得zhídebe worth (it)
• 必要bìyàonecessary
• 大約dàyuēabout, roughly
• 要不然yàobùránotherwise, or else
• 現金xiànjīncash
• 些xiēsome (好些, 一些)

• day 23 · a tidy room

• 玩具wánjùtoy
• 空間kōngjiānspace, room
• 木頭mùtouwood
• 晒shàidry in the sun; sun-bathe
• 整齊zhěngqíneat, tidy
• 廣場guǎngchǎngsquare, plaza
• 燈光dēngguānglights, lighting
• 布bùcloth, fabric
• 布置bùzhìdecorate, arrange (a room)
• 隔壁gébìnext door
• 地板dìbǎnfloor
• 電燈diàndēngelectric light
• 馬桶mǎtǒngtoilet (the bowl)
• 甚至shènzhìeven, so much so that
• 下來xiàláidown (after a verb)
• 真正zhēnzhèngreal, true; truly
• 曾céngonce, at one time
• 調查diàochásurvey, investigate
• 記住jìzhùremember, learn by heart

• day 24 · morning routines

• 不見bùjiànbe missing, disappear
• 分開fēnkāiseparate, split up
• 發fāsend out, give out
• 刮guāscrape, shave
• 著zhuó(in 著想) think of, consider
• 房客fángkètenant
• 過日子guòrìzilive (day to day), get by
• 熱水rèshuǐhot water
• 刷牙shuāyábrush your teeth
• 睡著shuìzháofall asleep
• 衣櫃yīguìwardrobe
• 噪音zàoyīnnoise
• 主婦zhǔfùhousewife
• 為wèifor (someone)
• 相同xiāngtóngthe same, identical
• 證明zhèngmíngprove; proof
• 超級chāojísuper, really
• 堆duīpile, heap (of)
• 發音fāyīnpronunciation; pronounce
• 為了wèilein order to; for (the sake of)

• day 25 · push, lift, throw

• 抱bàohold in your arms, hug
• 指zhǐpoint (at)
• 使用shǐyònguse (formal)
• 排páiline up, arrange in a row
• 推tuīpush
• 修xiūrepair, fix
• 醒xǐngwake up, be awake
• 舉jǔraise, lift up
• 通tōngopen, through; make sense
• 扔rēngthrow; throw away
• 抬táilift, carry (together)
• 響xiǎngring, make a sound
• 根據gēnjùaccording to, based on
• 永遠yǒngyuǎnforever, always
• 正確zhèngquècorrect, right
• 成長chéngzhǎnggrow up; growth
• 發出fāchūgive off, send out (a sound)
• 根gēn(measure word for long thin things)
• 以外yǐwàibesides, apart from (除了……以外)

• day 26 · hands-on

• 安排ānpáiarrange, plan; arrangement
• 貼tiēstick, paste, put up
• 摸mōtouch, feel (with your hand)
• 碰pèngtouch, bump
• 剪jiǎncut (with scissors)
• 投tóuthrow, drop in, post
• 領lǐngcollect, receive, draw (money)
• 等待děngdàiwait (for) (formal)
• 抽chōutake out, draw; find (time)
• 搞gǎodo, mess with (spoken)
• 行動xíngdòngaction; act, move
• 結jiétie; form (ice, fruit)
• 相反xiāngfǎnopposite, contrary
• 增加zēngjiāincrease, add
• 重點zhòngdiǎnkey point, focus
• 初chūbeginning (of a period)
• 方式fāngshìway, method, manner
• 怪guàiblame; strange
• 早餐zǎocānbreakfast

• day 27 · getting things ready

• 擺bǎiput, place, lay out
• 配pèimatch, go with
• 顧gùlook after, mind
• 盡jìndo your utmost, use up
• 碰到pèngdàorun into, come across
• 經jīngafter, through (formal)
• 預備yùbèiget ready, prepare
• 碰上pèngshàngrun into (by chance)
• 醒來xǐngláiwake up
• 助zhùhelp (formal)
• 走走zǒuzǒutake a stroll
• 作zuòdo, make (in set phrases)
• 直到zhídàountil
• 重視zhòngshìvalue, take seriously
• 與yǔand, with (written)
• 到底dàodǐon earth, after all; to the end
• 改天gǎitiānanother day, some other time
• 牆qiángwall

• day 29 · in the kitchen

• 材料cáiliàoingredients, material
• 倒dǎofall over, topple; go bust
• 剩shèngbe left (over)
• 月餅yuèbǐngmooncake
• 蓋gàicover; build
• 蔬菜shūcàivegetables
• 玉米yùmǐcorn, maize
• 淡dànlight, bland, weak
• 口味kǒuwèiflavour, taste (what you like)
• 燒shāoburn; cook, braise; boil
• 咬yǎobite
• 廚師chúshīchef, cook
• 中餐zhōngcānChinese food
• 觀念guānniànidea, way of thinking
• 架jià(measure word for planes, pianos, cameras)
• 刻kècarve; a quarter (of an hour)
• 破壞pòhuàidamage, destroy, spoil
• 水平shuǐpínglevel, standard

• day 30 · eastern and western food

• 煮zhǔboil, cook (in water)
• 嘗試chángshìtry (out)
• 酒吧jiǔbābar
• 鴨子yāziduck
• 醋cùvinegar
• 醬油jiàngyóusoy sauce
• 餅bǐngflatbread, pancake, biscuit
• 營養yíngyǎngnutrition
• 西餐xīcānWestern food
• 摘zhāipick, pluck; take off
• 慢用mànyòngenjoy (your meal)
• 米飯mǐfàncooked rice
• 否則fǒuzéotherwise (formal)
• 恢復huīfùrecover, get back
• 降低jiàngdīlower, reduce
• 肯定kěndìngdefinite, sure; certainly
• 確定quèdìngsure, certain; confirm
• 隨時suíshíat any time

• day 31 · prices and dumplings

• 襯衫chènshānshirt
• 免費miǎnfèifree (of charge)
• 價格jiàgéprice
• 價錢jiàqiánprice (spoken)
• 購買gòumǎipurchase, buy (formal)
• 顧客gùkècustomer
• 米粉mǐfěnrice noodles, rice vermicelli
• 白菜báicàiChinese cabbage
• 紅豆hóngdòured bean(s)
• 奶nǎimilk
• 水餃shuǐjiǎoboiled dumplings
• 麵條miàntiáonoodles
• 由於yóuyúowing to, because of (formal)
• 或許huòxǔperhaps, maybe
• 加強jiāqiángstrengthen, step up
• 寬kuānwide, loose
• 實際shíjìreal, actual, practical
• 特色tèsèspecial feature, character

• day 32 · brands and quality

• 牌子páizibrand; sign
• 費用fèiyòngcost, expenses
• 廣告guǎnggàoadvert, advertising
• 省shěngsave, economise; leave out
• 提供tígōngprovide, offer
• 牛仔褲niúzǎikùjeans
• 品質pǐnzhíquality
• 商品shāngpǐngoods, products
• 服裝fúzhuāngclothing, fashion
• 價值jiàzhívalue
• 用品yòngpǐn(everyday) supplies, articles
• 物價wùjiàprices, cost of living
• 因此yīncǐso, therefore
• 基礎jīchǔfoundation, basis
• 緊jǐntight
• 理想lǐxiǎngideal; dream, aim
• 事實shìshífact
• 挺tǐngquite, pretty (spoken)

• day 33 · at the street stall

• 香水xiāngshuǐperfume
• 發票fāpiàoreceipt
• 推銷tuīxiāosell, promote (to people)
• 金子jīnzigold
• 海報hǎibàoposter
• 地攤dìtānstreet stall (on the ground)
• 講價jiǎngjiàhaggle, bargain
• 找錢zhǎoqiángive change
• 招牌zhāopáishop sign, signboard
• 皮帶pídàibelt
• 上街shàngjiēgo out (shopping, into town)
• 省錢shěngqiánmoney-saving, economical
• 激烈jīlièintense, fierce
• 距jùfrom, away from (written)
• 哦óoh? (surprise, realising)
• 首shǒu(measure word for songs, poems)
• 就是jiùshìeven if (with 也)

• day 35 · setting off

• 旅遊lǚyóutravel, tourism; tour
• 出發chūfāset off, depart
• 紅綠燈hónglǜdēngtraffic lights
• 動物園dòngwùyuánzoo
• 護照hùzhàopassport
• 起飛qǐfēitake off (plane)
• 家鄉jiāxiānghometown
• 北方běifāngthe north
• 東北dōngběinortheast
• 東南dōngnánsoutheast
• 南方nánfāngthe south
• 西北xīběinorthwest
• 西方xīfāngthe west; the West
• 西南xīnánsouthwest
• 遊客yóukètourist, visitor
• 往往wǎngwǎngoften, usually (as a rule)
• 直zhístraight
• 假如jiǎrúif, supposing

• day 36 · on time or too late?

• 準時zhǔnshíon time, punctual
• 來不及láibùjítoo late (to do it in time)
• 來得及láidejístill in time
• 距離jùlídistance
• 橋qiáobridge
• 趕gǎnhurry; rush to catch
• 高速gāosùhigh-speed
• 周圍zhōuwéiaround, surroundings
• 工具gōngjùtool; means (of transport)
• 迷路mílùget lost
• 趕上gǎnshàngcatch (in time), make it
• 旅客lǚkètraveller, passenger
• 背後bèihòubehind (someone’s back)
• 位置wèizhìlocation, position; seat
• 偉大wěidàgreat (grand, admirable)
• 只有zhǐyǒuonly (if); only
• 簡直jiǎnzhísimply, practically
• 包含bāoháninclude, contain

• day 37 · busy cities

• 擠jǐcrowded; squeeze
• 鐵路tiělùrailway
• 地區dìqūarea, region
• 當地dāngdìlocal
• 都市dūshìcity, metropolis
• 地下dìxiàunderground
• 迷人míréncharming, enchanting
• 航空hángkōngaviation; airline
• 古蹟gǔjīhistoric site
• 卡車kǎchēlorry, truck
• 地帶dìdàizone, belt, area
• 輪胎lúntāityre
• 抵達dǐdáarrive (formal)
• 碼頭mǎtoupier, wharf
• 未來wèiláifuture; coming
• 暫時zhànshífor now, temporarily
• 自從zìcóngever since
• 背景bèijǐngbackground

• day 38 · sun, clouds and fields

• 種zhòngplant, grow
• 養yǎngraise, keep (animals); support
• 羊yángsheep, goat
• 晴qíngsunny, clear
• 陰yīncloudy, overcast
• 草地cǎodìlawn, grassland
• 開花kāihuābloom, flower
• 吹chuīblow
• 氣溫qìwēn(air) temperature
• 溫度wēndùtemperature
• 雲yúncloud
• 班機bānjīflight (scheduled)
• 電車diànchētram, electric train
• 中部zhōngbùcentral part (of Taiwan)
• 詳細xiángxìdetailed
• 主意zhǔyìidea, plan
• 表面biǎomiànsurface; on the surface
• 就算jiùsuàneven if (with 也)

• day 39 · forests and oceans

• 老虎lǎohǔtiger
• 森林sēnlínforest
• 土tǔearth, soil; local, rustic
• 地球dìqiúthe Earth
• 海洋hǎiyángocean, the sea
• 陽光yángguāngsunlight, sunshine
• 產生chǎnshēngproduce, give rise to
• 溫暖wēnnuǎnwarm
• 石頭shítoustone, rock
• 植物zhíwùplant
• 兔子tùzirabbit
• 山區shānqūmountain area
• 蟲子chóngziinsect, bug
• 蛇shésnake
• 效果xiàoguǒeffect, result
• 組zǔgroup, set (measure word)
• 不足bùzúnot enough, lacking
• 倒是dàoshìactually, on the other hand

• day 40 · islands and animals

• 樹木shùmùtrees
• 龍lóngdragon
• 島dǎoisland
• 玫瑰méiguīrose
• 田tiánfield (farmland)
• 螞蟻mǎyǐant
• 獅子shīzilion
• 草原cǎoyuángrassland, prairie
• 地形dìxíngterrain, landscape
• 石油shíyóuoil, petroleum
• 平原píngyuánplain (flat land)
• 木mùwood, tree
• 日出rìchūsunrise
• 熊貓xióngmāopanda
• 引起yǐnqǐcause, give rise to (attention, interest)
• 唉āioh dear, sigh
• 算了suànleforget it, never mind

• day 42 · a check-up

• 牙yátooth
• 檢查jiǎnchácheck, examine
• 皮膚pífūskin
• 躺tǎnglie down
• 血xiěblood
• 體重tǐzhòngbody weight
• 差別chābiédifference
• 當年dāngniánback then, in those years
• 改善gǎishànimprove
• 僅jǐnonly, merely (written)
• 可靠kěkàoreliable
• 年代niándàidecade; era (the 1980s)
• 弱ruòweak
• 無wúno, without (written)
• 現實xiànshíreality; realistic
• 造成zàochéngcause, result in
• 把握bǎwòseize; be sure (有把握)
• 幸虧xìngkuīluckily, thanks to

• day 43 · hurt and healing

• 全身quánshēnthe whole body
• 受傷shòushāngget hurt, be injured
• 活huóalive, living
• 生命shēngmìnglife
• 醉zuìdrunk
• 減輕jiǎnqīnglighten, ease
• 重新chóngxīnagain, anew
• 道理dàolǐreason, sense
• 更加gèngjiāeven more
• 僅僅jǐnjǐnonly, merely
• 克kègram
• 皮pískin, peel
• 時代shídàiera, times
• 吸收xīshōuabsorb
• 現象xiànxiàngphenomenon
• 哲學zhéxuéphilosophy
• 差異chāyìdifference (formal)
• 難怪nánguàino wonder

• day 44 · tears and strength

• 牙齒yáchǐteeth
• 體力tǐlìstamina, physical strength
• 淚lèitear (written)
• 眼淚yǎnlèitears
• 毛病máobìngfault, problem; ailment
• 力量lìliàngstrength, power
• 創造chuàngzàocreate
• 範圍fànwéiscope, range
• 好好hǎohǎoproperly, well (do it well)
• 進行jìnxíngcarry out, be under way
• 良好liánghǎogood, fine (formal)
• 平píngflat, level, even
• 思考sīkǎothink deeply, reflect
• 線xiànline, thread
• 一同yītóngtogether (formal)
• 最初zuìchūat first, the beginning
• 從不cóngbùnever (as a habit)
• 當天dàngtiānthat same day

• day 45 · a smile and stiff shoulders

• 微笑wéixiàosmile
• 腦子nǎozibrain, head (mind)
• 力lìforce, strength
• 肩膀jiānbǎngshoulder
• 保養bǎoyǎnglook after, maintain
• 處理chǔlǐdeal with, handle
• 符合fúhémeet, fit (a standard)
• 基本jīběnbasic
• 進一步jìnyībùfurther, a step further
• 了不起liǎobùqǐamazing, terrific
• 期qíissue, term (measure word)
• 挑戰tiǎozhànchallenge
• 相關xiāngguānrelated
• 以來yǐláisince
• 哎āioh, hey (surprise, regret)
• 存在cúnzàiexist
• 獨特dútèunique, distinctive
• 非fēinot; must (非……不可)

• day 46 · an upset stomach

• 拉肚子lādùzihave diarrhoea
• 腦nǎobrain
• 流血liúxiěbleed
• 肩jiānshoulder (short form)
• 身上shēnshàngon you, on one’s body
• 此cǐthis (written)
• 付出fùchūgive, put in (effort, time)
• 記憶jìyìmemory
• 絕對juéduìabsolutely
• 能夠nénggòube able to
• 期間qíjiānperiod, during
• 穩定wěndìngstable, steady
• 項xiàngitem (measure word)
• 有效yǒuxiàoeffective; valid
• 寶貴bǎoguìprecious, valuable
• 代替dàitìreplace, stand in for
• 一方面yīfāngmiànon the one hand

• day 48 · back to class

• 教jiàomake, cause (教人……)
• 課文kèwénlesson text
• 鉛筆qiānbǐpencil
• 校長xiàozhǎnghead teacher, principal
• 複習fùxíreview, revise (lessons)
• 記jìnote down; remember
• 練liànpractise, train
• 留學liúxuéstudy abroad
• 外語wàiyǔforeign language
• 所suǒ(measure for schools); what (所 + verb)
• 發達fādádeveloped, advanced
• 及jíand (written)
• 令lìngmake, cause (a feeling)
• 確認quèrènconfirm
• 升shēngrise; go up (a grade, a job)
• 特殊tèshūspecial, unusual
• 修改xiūgǎirevise, edit
• 智慧zhìhuìwisdom

• day 49 · courses and reading

• 報名bàomíngsign up, enrol
• 教師jiàoshīteacher (formal)
• 課程kèchéngcourse, curriculum
• 文章wénzhāngarticle, essay
• 預習yùxíprepare a lesson (read ahead)
• 閱讀yuèdúread (reading)
• 留學生liúxuéshēnginternational student
• 課堂kètángclassroom; in class
• 聽力tīnglìlistening (skill)
• 主要zhǔyàomain; mainly
• 發揮fāhuībring out, make full use of
• 技巧jìqiǎotechnique, skill
• 面積miànjīarea (size)
• 人家rénjiāothers, other people; I (coy)
• 生動shēngdònglively, vivid
• 體會tǐhuìrealise, understand (by experience)
• 要緊yàojǐnimportant, urgent
• 掌握zhǎngwòmaster, have a grasp of

• day 50 · scholarships and fees

• 博士bóshìPhD, doctor (degree)
• 獎學金jiǎngxuéjīnscholarship
• 學費xuéfèituition fees
• 翻譯fānyìtranslate; translator
• 文字wénzìwriting, written words
• 專心zhuānxīnfocused, concentrating
• 教材jiàocáiteaching materials
• 錄取lùqǔadmit (to a school), accept
• 證書zhèngshūcertificate
• 於是yúshìso, and so (then)
• 改進gǎijìnimprove (methods, work)
• 建立jiànlìestablish, build up
• 明顯míngxiǎnobvious, clear
• 如rúsuch as; if (written)
• 深入shēnrùin-depth, thorough
• 同tóngsame; with (written)
• 一時yīshífor a moment, temporarily
• 珍貴zhēnguìprecious, valuable

• day 51 · giving a talk

• 記錄jìlùrecord; notes
• 演講yǎnjiǎnggive a speech; speech
• 參考cānkǎoconsult, refer to
• 請教qǐngjiàoask for advice
• 地理dìlǐgeography
• 錄lùrecord (sound, video)
• 用法yòngfǎusage, how to use
• 培養péiyǎngcultivate, develop (a habit, talent)
• 概念gàiniànconcept, idea
• 無法wúfǎbe unable to, can’t
• 觀察guāncháobserve, watch closely
• 克服kèfúovercome
• 某mǒua certain, some
• 如此rúcǐso, like this
• 水準shuǐzhǔnlevel, standard
• 維持wéichímaintain, keep up
• 一向yīxiàngalways, all along
• 狀態zhuàngtàistate, condition, form

• day 52 · tones and progress

• 聲調shēngdiàotone (of a syllable)
• 學會xuéhuìlearn (to do), master
• 學問xuéwènlearning, knowledge
• 退步tuìbùfall behind, get worse
• 感想gǎnxiǎngthoughts, impressions
• 漢語hànyǔChinese (the language)
• 禮堂lǐtángauditorium, assembly hall
• 新生xīnshēngnew student, freshman
• 心得xīndéwhat you’ve learned, takeaways
• 要不是yàobúshìif it weren’t for, if not
• 觀點guāndiǎnpoint of view
• 肯kěnbe willing to
• 親自qīnzìin person, personally
• 如下rúxiàas follows
• 思想sīxiǎngthought, thinking (ideas)
• 相對xiāngduìrelative(ly)
• 意義yìyìmeaning, significance
• 最佳zuìjiābest (formal)
• 回事huíshìmatter, business (怎麼回事)

• day 53 · conversation class

• 會話huìhuàconversation (class)
• 名詞míngcínoun
• 國語guóyǔMandarin (Taiwan’s everyday word)
• 舉手jǔshǒuraise your hand
• 教導jiàodǎoteach, guide
• 教法jiàofǎteaching method
• 生字shēngzìnew word (vocabulary)
• 外文wàiwénforeign language
• 儘管jǐnguǎneven though
• 合hétogether, jointly
• 理論lǐlùntheory
• 清qīngclear
• 時刻shíkèmoment, time
• 似乎sìhūseemingly, it seems
• 限xiànlimit (to)
• 擁有yǒngyǒuown, possess
• 串chuànstring, bunch (measure word)

• day 55 · meetings and business trips

• 會議huìyìmeeting, conference
• 請假qǐngjiàask for time off
• 同事tóngshìcolleague
• 專業zhuānyèprofessional; specialised
• 職業zhíyèoccupation, profession
• 工廠gōngchǎngfactory
• 管guǎnbe in charge of, look after
• 文件wénjiàndocument, file
• 負責fùzéresponsible; be in charge of
• 部門bùméndepartment
• 任務rènwùtask, mission
• 小組xiǎozǔteam, group
• 出差chūchāigo on a business trip
• 而érand, but, whereas
• 寸cùnChinese inch (about 3 cm)
• 嗨hāihi
• 嘛ma(obviously; come on)
• 想像xiǎngxiàngimagine; imagination

• day 56 · leading a team

• 員工yuángōngstaff, employee
• 主任zhǔrèndirector, head (of a unit)
• 配合pèihécooperate, work with
• 採用cǎiyòngadopt, use
• 成果chéngguǒresults, fruits (of work)
• 成就chéngjiùachievement
• 領導lǐngdǎolead; leadership
• 擔任dānrènserve as, hold (a post)
• 負擔fùdānburden; bear (a cost)
• 收穫shōuhuògains, what you get out of it
• 達成dáchéngreach (a goal, an agreement)
• 領域lǐngyùfield, area (of work)
• 以yǐwith, by (written)
• 當場dāngchǎngon the spot, there and then
• 回想huíxiǎnglook back on, recall
• 喔ōoh (I see; reminder)
• 幸好xìnghǎoluckily, fortunately
• 著名zhùmíngfamous, well-known

• day 57 · industry and products

• 退休tuìxiūretire
• 事業shìyècareer; business, venture
• 規模guīmóscale, size
• 企業qìyèenterprise, company
• 生產shēngchǎnproduce, manufacture
• 尋找xúnzhǎolook for, seek
• 實力shílìstrength, capability
• 商業shāngyèbusiness, commerce
• 產品chǎnpǐnproduct
• 工業gōngyèindustry (manufacturing)
• 需求xūqiúdemand, needs
• 農業nóngyèagriculture, farming
• 以及yǐjías well as, and
• 當面dāngmiànface to face, in person
• 及時jíshíin time, promptly
• 取代qǔdàireplace, take the place of
• 也好yěhǎothat’s fine too; whether… or…
• 總算zǒngsuànfinally, at last

• day 58 · training and design

• 訓練xùnliàntrain, training
• 資源zīyuánresources
• 設計shèjìdesign; to design
• 擴大kuòdàexpand, enlarge
• 系統xìtǒngsystem
• 建設jiànshèconstruction; build
• 協助xiézhùassist, help (formal)
• 主管zhǔguǎnsupervisor, boss
• 職員zhíyuánstaff member, clerk
• 帶領dàilǐnglead, guide (a group)
• 助理zhùlǐassistant
• 福利fúlì(staff) benefits, welfare
• 各式各樣gèshìgèyàngall kinds of
• 教訓jiàoxùnlesson (learned); scold
• 剩下shèngxiàbe left (over), remain
• 以免yǐmiǎnso as not to, in case
• 發覺fājuénotice, realise
• 親手qīnshǒuwith one’s own hands

• day 59 · on the air

• 節目jiémùprogramme, show
• 記者jìzhěreporter, journalist
• 科技kējìtechnology
• 廣播guǎngbòbroadcast; radio
• 貿易màoyìtrade (business)
• 投資tóuzīinvest; investment
• 軍人jūnrénsoldier, serviceman
• 發財fācáiget rich, make a fortune
• 經費jīngfèifunding, budget
• 會場huìchǎngvenue (of a meeting or event)
• 做事zuòshìwork, do things
• 便條biàntiáonote (a short message)
• 使得shǐdemake, cause (so that)
• 公尺gōngchǐmetre
• 科kēdepartment, section (measure)
• 特地tèdìspecially, on purpose
• 噢ōoh (understanding)
• 具有jùyǒuhave, possess (qualities)

• day 60 · inventions and machines

• 科學kēxuéscience; scientific
• 發明fāmínginvent; invention
• 電池diànchíbattery
• 功能gōngnéngfunction, feature
• 機器jīqìmachine
• 自動zìdòngautomatic
• 出版chūbǎnpublish (a book)
• 發表fābiǎopublish, announce, present
• 網wǎngnet; the web
• 錄音lùyīnrecord sound; recording
• 播bòbroadcast, play (a show)
• 收音機shōuyīnjīradio (set)
• 早晚zǎowǎnsooner or later; morning and evening
• 公分gōngfēncentimetre
• 誇張kuāzhāngexaggerated, over the top
• 鐵tiěiron
• 障礙zhàng'àiobstacle, barrier

• day 62 · on stage

• 表演biǎoyǎnperform; performance
• 觀眾guānzhòngaudience, viewers
• 鋼琴gāngqínpiano
• 演員yǎnyuánactor, actress
• 藝術yìshùart, the arts
• 內容nèiróngcontent
• 小說xiǎoshuōnovel, fiction
• 作者zuòzhěauthor, writer
• 演出yǎnchūperform, put on a show
• 讀者dúzhěreader
• 聽眾tīngzhònglisteners, audience
• 演yǎnact, play (a role)
• 作品zuòpǐnwork (of art), piece
• 萬一wànyīin case, what if
• 親眼qīnyǎnwith your own eyes
• 早日zǎorìsoon, at an early date
• 輩子bèizilifetime
• 多多少少duōduoshǎoshǎomore or less, to some degree

• day 63 · films and books

• 主題zhǔtítheme, subject
• 導演dǎoyǎndirector (film, play)
• 影片yǐngpiànfilm, video (clip)
• 博物館bówùguǎnmuseum
• 欣賞xīnshǎngenjoy, appreciate (art, views)
• 角色juésèrole, character (in a story)
• 明星míngxīngstar, celebrity
• 文學wénxuéliterature
• 歌曲gēqǔsong, piece of music
• 戲xìplay, show, drama
• 戲劇xìjùdrama, theatre
• 劇本jùběnscript, screenplay
• 風格fēnggéstyle
• 畢竟bìjìngafter all
• 堂táng(measure word for lessons); hall
• 知zhīknow (in set phrases)
• 不少bùshǎoquite a few, a lot
• 公克gōngkègram

• day 64 · crosstalk and drama

• 紅包hóngbāored envelope (gift of money)
• 功夫gōngfukung fu; time and effort
• 相聲xiàngshēngcrosstalk (comic dialogue)
• 描寫miáoxiědescribe, portray
• 結局jiéjúending (of a story)
• 劇情jùqíngplot, storyline
• 樂團yuètuánband, orchestra
• 題材tícáisubject matter
• 歌星gēxīngpop star, singer
• 連續劇liánxùjùTV series, soap opera
• 音響yīnxiǎngstereo, sound system
• 合唱héchàngsing together; chorus
• 總之zǒngzhīin short, anyway
• 無窮wúqióngendless, boundless
• 真理zhēnlǐtruth
• 不用說bùyòngshuōneedless to say
• 裡邊lǐbiāninside
• 哪些nǎxiēwhich (ones)

• day 65 · old customs

• 毛筆máobǐwriting brush
• 古代gǔdàiancient times
• 角度jiǎodùangle, point of view
• 命mìnglife; fate
• 風俗fēngsúcustom, tradition
• 古老gǔlǎoancient, very old
• 煙火yānhuǒfireworks
• 宗教zōngjiàoreligion
• 規矩guījǔrules, manners
• 團圓tuányuánbe together (as a family)
• 國王guówángking
• 鬼guǐghost
• 鞭炮biānpàofirecrackers
• 一連yīliánin a row, in succession
• 真是zhēnshìreally, truly
• 大多數dàduōshùthe great majority
• 慢慢mànmànslowly, take your time
• 年年niánniánevery year

• day 66 · temples and old buildings

• 教堂jiàotángchurch
• 廟miàotemple
• 人間rénjiānthe human world, on earth
• 寺廟sìmiàotemple
• 天堂tiāntángheaven, paradise
• 玉yùjade
• 上帝shàngdìGod
• 道教DàojiàoTaoism
• 佛教FójiàoBuddhism
• 基督教JīdūjiàoChristianity
• 民國mínguóthe Republic (ROC) years
• 靈魂línghúnsoul
• 反而fǎn'érinstead, on the contrary
• 在於zàiyúlie in, depend on
• 總而言之zǒng'éryánzhīin a word, all in all
• 對了duìleoh, by the way
• 沒什麼méishénmeit’s nothing

• day 68 · police and lawyers

• 白báiin vain, for nothing; plain
• 假jiǎfake, false
• 警察jǐngchápolice officer, the police
• 律師lǜshīlawyer
• 人數rénshùnumber of people
• 責任zérènresponsibility
• 公共gōnggòngpublic
• 全球quánqiúthe whole world, global
• 青年qīngniányoung people, youth
• 性別xìngbiésex, gender
• 民族mínzúethnic group, nation
• 填tiánfill in (a form)
• 救jiùsave, rescue
• 辦理bànlǐhandle, apply for (paperwork)
• 手續shǒuxùprocedure, formalities
• 無所謂wúsuǒwèinot matter, not care
• 坪píngping (3.3 m², for floor area)
• 樣樣yàngyàngevery kind, all-round

• day 69 · accidents and safety

• 炸zhàexplode, blow up
• 平安píng'ānsafe and sound
• 意外yìwàiaccident; unexpected
• 車禍chēhuòtraffic accident
• 搶qiǎngrob, grab; rush to
• 簽名qiānmíngsign (your name); signature
• 土地tǔdìland
• 開放kāifàngopen (to the public)
• 人口rénkǒupopulation
• 地位dìwèiposition, status
• 窮qióngpoor
• 避免bìmiǎnavoid
• 傷害shānghàihurt, harm
• 不幸bùxìngunfortunate; sadly
• 利益lìyìinterests, benefit
• 至於zhìyúas for
• 說起來shuōqǐláicome to think of it
• 這樣子zhèyàngzilike this, this way

• day 70 · government and citizens

• 代表dàibiǎorepresentative; represent
• 制度zhìdùsystem (of rules)
• 政治zhèngzhìpolitics
• 總統zǒngtǒngpresident (of a country)
• 人類rénlèihumankind
• 人民rénmínthe people
• 限制xiànzhìlimit, restriction
• 平等píngděngequal
• 團體tuántǐgroup, organisation
• 大會dàhuìgeneral meeting, assembly
• 貢獻gòngxiàncontribution; contribute
• 敵人dírénenemy
• 古gǔancient, old
• 人物rénwùfigure, character
• 實行shíxíngput into practice, carry out
• 無論如何wúlùnrúhéwhatever happens, no matter what
• 聽起來tīngqǐláisound (like)
• 最多zuìduōat most

• day 71 · crime and conflict

• 殺shākill
• 戰爭zhànzhēngwar
• 道德dàodémorals, ethics
• 犯fàncommit (an error, crime); break (rules)
• 騙子piànziswindler, con artist
• 自殺zìshāsuicide; take one’s own life
• 軍隊jūnduìarmy, armed forces
• 混亂hùnluànchaotic, in chaos
• 上當shàngdàngbe fooled, be taken in
• 天下tiānxiàthe world, everywhere
• 打仗dǎzhàngfight a war
• 革命gémìngrevolution; revolt
• 欺負qīfùbully, pick on
• 犧牲xīshēngsacrifice
• 空軍kōngjūnair force
• 所謂suǒwèiso-called; what is called
• 外邊wàibiānoutside
• 變更biàngēngchange (plans, dates)

• day 72 · young people and elections

• 國內guónèidomestic, in the country
• 國外guówàiabroad
• 青少年qīngshàoniánteenagers, young people
• 小偷xiǎotōuthief
• 毒品dúpǐndrugs (illegal)
• 強盜qiángdàorobber
• 吸毒xīdútake drugs
• 選舉xuǎnjǔelection
• 安定āndìngstable, settled
• 人們rénmenpeople
• 人人rénréneveryone
• 市長shìzhǎngmayor
• 殖民地zhímíndìcolony
• 腐敗fǔbàicorrupt; rotten
• 想到xiǎngdàothink of, occur to
• 況且kuàngqiěbesides, moreover
• 里lǐli (neighbourhood ward)

• day 74 · hobbies and tempers

• 愛好àihàohobby, interest; be keen on
• 熱情rèqíngwarm, enthusiastic; enthusiasm
• 男性nánxìngmale, men
• 女性nǚxìngfemale, women
• 活潑huópōlively, outgoing
• 懶lǎnlazy
• 夢想mèngxiǎngdream; dream of
• 嚴格yángéstrict
• 脾氣píqìtemper, temperament
• 特點tèdiǎnfeature, characteristic
• 今後jīnhòufrom now on
• 熱心rèxīnwarm-hearted, eager to help
• 粗心cūxīncareless
• 冷靜lěngjìngcalm, cool-headed
• 身材shēncáifigure, build
• 幾乎jīhūalmost, nearly
• 當dàngtreat as, take for
• 有關yǒuguānrelated to, have to do with

• day 75 · bold or shy?

• 表情biǎoqíng(facial) expression
• 獨立dúlìindependent
• 個性gèxìngpersonality
• 打扮dǎbàndress up; the way you dress
• 長處chángchùstrength, strong point
• 大膽dàdǎnbold, daring
• 膽小dǎnxiǎotimid, cowardly
• 魅力mèilìcharm, appeal
• 形象xíngxiàngimage
• 嚴肅yánsùserious, stern
• 私人sīrénprivate, personal
• 瘋狂fēngkuángcrazy, wild
• 本領běnlǐngskill, ability
• 能幹nénggàncapable, able
• 善於shànyúbe good at
• 首先shǒuxiānfirst (of all)
• 週zhōuweek
• 受shòureceive, be subjected to

• day 76 · looks and style

• 化妝huàzhuāngput on make-up
• 鬍子húzibeard, moustache
• 活力huólìenergy, vitality
• 外表wàibiǎoappearance, looks
• 小氣xiǎoqìstingy, petty
• 歲數suìshùage (of an older person)
• 活躍huóyuèactive
• 模樣móyànglook, appearance
• 天真tiānzhēninnocent, naive
• 頭腦tóunǎobrains, mind
• 溫和wēnhégentle, mild
• 好客hàokèhospitable
• 熟練shúliànskilled, practised
• 周到zhōudàothoughtful, considerate
• 淘氣táoqìnaughty, mischievous
• 還有háiyǒuand also, besides
• 較jiàocomparatively, than (written)
• 數shùnumber, figure

• day 77 · heroes and stubborn types

• 英雄yīngxiónghero
• 堅定jiāndìngfirm, determined
• 天才tiāncáigenius
• 自私zìsīselfish
• 風趣fēngqùwitty, humorous
• 高明gāomíngbrilliant, clever
• 馬虎mǎhūcareless, sloppy
• 勤勞qínláohard-working
• 誠懇chéngkěnsincere
• 誠意chéngyìsincerity, good faith
• 和氣héqìfriendly, kindly
• 暴躁bàozàohot-tempered, irritable
• 盲目mángmùblind (unthinking)
• 任性rènxìngwilful, headstrong
• 疏忽shūhūneglect, overlook
• 如果說rúguǒshuōif (we say that)
• 差chādifference, gap
• 而已éryǐthat’s all, merely

• day 78 · haircuts and willpower

• 中zhònghit; win (a prize)
• 髮型fǎxínghairstyle
• 瘋子fēngzimadman; (joking) lunatic
• 禿tūbald
• 壯zhuàngstrong, sturdy
• 口才kǒucáieloquence, way with words
• 老大lǎodàeldest child; the boss
• 野心yěxīnambition
• 自主zìzhǔindependent, your own master
• 慎重shènzhòngcareful, cautious
• 正經zhèngjīngserious, proper
• 意志yìzhìwill, willpower
• 膽量dǎnliàngcourage, guts
• 志氣zhìqìambition, aspiration
• 神氣shénqìcocky, full of oneself; spirited
• 來自láizìcome from
• 桌zhuō(measure word for tables of food or guests)
• 粗cūthick; rough

• day 79 · insiders and outsiders

• 高貴gāoguìnoble, elegant
• 內行nèihángexpert; know the trade
• 外行wàihángamateur, layman
• 人格réngécharacter, integrity
• 出身chūshēncome from (a family, background)
• 面貌miànmàoappearance, look (of a place)
• 美容院měiróngyuànbeauty salon
• 小子xiǎozilad, kid (casual)
• 光榮guāngróngglorious, honoured
• 崇高chónggāolofty, noble
• 品德pǐndémoral character
• 開明kāimíngopen-minded, enlightened
• 貼心tiēxīnsweet, thoughtful
• 口紅kǒuhónglipstick
• 重chóngagain, anew
• 受到shòudàoreceive, be given
• 並且bìngqiěand, moreover
• 不到bùdàoless than, under

• day 81 · husband and wife

• 妻子qīzǐwife
• 丈夫zhàngfūhusband
• 夫妻fūqīhusband and wife, couple
• 感情gǎnqíngfeelings; bond, affection
• 親戚qīnqīrelative(s)
• 動作dòngzuòmovement, action
• 愛人àirénsweetheart, beloved
• 少年shàoniányouth, teenage boy
• 人生rénshēnglife (one’s whole life)
• 點頭diǎntóunod; say yes
• 滑huáslippery; slide, scroll
• 複雜fùzácomplicated
• 普通pǔtōngordinary, common
• 趟tàng(measure word for trips)
• 便利biànlìconvenient
• 偶爾ǒu'ěronce in a while
• 時常shíchángoften
• 硬yìnghard, stiff

• day 82 · bride and groom

• 喊hǎnshout, call out
• 子女zǐnǚsons and daughters, children
• 新郎xīnlánggroom
• 新娘xīnniángbride
• 躲duǒhide; avoid
• 挑tiāochoose, pick
• 成人chéngrénadult
• 親愛qīn'àidear
• 親人qīnrénfamily member, loved one
• 分手fēnshǒubreak up, split up
• 擁抱yǒngbàohug, embrace
• 隊duìteam, line (measure word)
• 強qiángstrong
• 停止tíngzhǐstop, halt
• 從此cóngcǐfrom then on
• 級jígrade, level (measure word)
• 平均píngjūnaverage
• 看樣子kànyàngziit looks like, it seems
• 再也zàiyě(never) again, (not) any more

• day 83 · getting engaged

• 翻fānturn over; flip through
• 敲qiāoknock, tap
• 訂婚dìnghūnget engaged
• 嫁jiàmarry (a man)
• 嬰兒yīng'érbaby, infant
• 懷孕huáiyùnbe pregnant
• 夫人fūrénMrs, madam (formal)
• 求婚qiúhūnpropose (marriage)
• 娶qǔmarry (a woman)
• 媳婦xífùdaughter-in-law
• 關於guānyúabout, concerning
• 多數duōshùthe majority, most
• 看來kànláiit seems, apparently
• 少數shǎoshùa minority, a few
• 無論wúlùnno matter (what, who, how)
• 達到dádàoreach, achieve
• 角jiǎocorner; angle
• 通常tōngchángusually

• day 84 · new arrivals

• 代dàigeneration; era
• 卡kǎcard; get stuck
• 取qǔtake, fetch; withdraw
• 用力yònglìwith force, hard
• 長輩zhǎngbèielder, older relative
• 誕生dànshēngbe born (formal)
• 後代hòudàidescendants, later generations
• 少女shàonǚgirl, young woman
• 雙胞胎shuāngbāotāitwins
• 吻wěnkiss
• 葬禮zànglǐfuneral
• 探親tànqīnvisit one’s family
• 反對fǎnduìoppose, object to
• 考慮kǎolǜconsider, think over
• 失敗shībàifail; failure
• 下去xiàqùgo on, continue (after a verb)
• 幅fú(measure word for paintings)
• 偷偷tōutōusecretly, on the sly

• day 85 · the in-laws

• 幹gàndo (informal)
• 吸xībreathe in, suck, absorb
• 全家quánjiāthe whole family
• 婆婆pópomother-in-law (husband’s mum)
• 寶寶bǎobaobaby; darling
• 大哥dàgēeldest brother
• 代溝dàigōugeneration gap
• 大嫂dàsǎoeldest brother’s wife
• 公公gōnggōngfather-in-law (husband’s dad)
• 過世guòshìpass away
• 方fāngsquare
• 快速kuàisùfast, rapid
• 世紀shìjìcentury
• 周zhōucircuit, lap (measure word)
• 既然jìránsince, now that
• 大量dàliànga large amount of
• 理由lǐyóureason
• 群qúngroup, crowd (measure word)

• day 86 · single or married?

• 壓yāpress, squash
• 姑丈gūzhànguncle (dad’s sister’s husband)
• 托兒所tuō'érsuǒnursery, daycare
• 晚輩wǎnbèiyounger generation, junior
• 未婚wèihūnunmarried, single
• 相親xiàngqīngo on an arranged date
• 已婚yǐhūnmarried
• 情書qíngshūlove letter
• 相親相愛xiāngqīnxiāng'àideeply devoted to each other
• 放棄fàngqìgive up
• 目標mùbiāogoal, target
• 數量shùliàngquantity, number
• 哎呀āiyāoh dear!, oh no!
• 到期dàoqíexpire, be due
• 趕緊gǎnjǐnhurry up and, quickly
• 末mòend (of a period)
• 軟ruǎnsoft
• 咱們zánmenwe, us (including you)

• day 88 · regrets and envy

• 感到gǎndàofeel (an emotion)
• 受不了shòubùliǎocan’t stand, can’t take it
• 鼓勵gǔlìencourage; encouragement
• 失望shīwàngdisappointed
• 懷疑huáiyídoubt, suspect
• 面對miànduìface, confront
• 印象yìnxiàngimpression
• 放鬆fàngsōngrelaxed; relax
• 感受gǎnshòufeeling; feel, experience
• 後悔hòuhuǐregret
• 巧qiǎocoincidental; skilful
• 羨慕xiànmùenvy, admire
• 藏cánghide, store away
• 即使jíshǐeven if
• 早晨zǎochénearly morning
• 總共zǒnggòngin total, altogether
• 的確díquèindeed, really
• 固定gùdìngfixed, regular

• day 89 · pressure and courage

• 壓力yālìpressure, stress
• 好奇hàoqícurious
• 糟zāobad, in a mess
• 平靜píngjìngcalm, peaceful
• 決心juéxīndetermination; be determined
• 期待qídàilook forward to, expect
• 勇氣yǒngqìcourage
• 信任xìnrèntrust
• 糟糕zāogāoterrible; oh no!
• 情緒qíngxùmood, emotions
• 猶豫yóuyùhesitant
• 傻shǎsilly, foolish
• 陣zhènspell, burst (measure word)
• 足夠zúgòuenough, sufficient
• 常識chángshìcommon sense
• 棟dòng(measure word for buildings)
• 估計gūjìestimate, reckon
• 獲得huòdéobtain, win

• day 90 · missing someone

• 想念xiǎngniànmiss (someone)
• 在乎zàihūcare about, mind
• 命運mìngyùnfate, destiny
• 捨不得shěbùdecan’t bear to (part with)
• 熱愛rè'àilove deeply, be passionate about
• 願yuànwish, may (in wishes)
• 贈zènggive (as a gift, formal)
• 贈送zèngsònggive as a present, donate
• 珍惜zhēnxítreasure, cherish
• 打斷dǎduàninterrupt
• 反映fǎnyìngreflect; report (a problem)
• 捨得shědebe willing to part with
• 難道nándàosurely (not)…?
• 種類zhǒnglèikind, type, variety
• 暗àndark, dim
• 成為chéngwéibecome
• 分別fēnbiéseparately; part, say goodbye
• 過程guòchéngprocess, course

• day 91 · lonely, angry, joyful

• 充滿chōngmǎnbe full of
• 腳步jiǎobùfootsteps; pace
• 語氣yǔqìtone (of voice)
• 迷míbe crazy about; be lost
• 不安bù'ānuneasy, anxious
• 期望qíwàngexpect, hope
• 憤怒fènnùfurious, angry
• 歡樂huānlèjoyful, merry
• 痛快tòngkuàito one’s heart’s content, joyful
• 懷念huáiniànmiss, look back fondly on
• 幻想huànxiǎngfantasy; daydream
• 寂寞jímòlonely
• 專門zhuānménspecially; specialised
• 按時ànshíon time, at the set time
• 持續chíxùcontinue, go on
• 高大gāodàtall and big
• 合理hélǐreasonable
• 降jiàngfall, drop, lower

• day 92 · admiration and face

• 追zhuīchase, run after
• 衝chōngrush, dash
• 氣氛qìfēnatmosphere
• 看得起kàndeqǐthink highly of, respect
• 崇拜chóngbàiworship, idolise
• 感激gǎnjībe grateful
• 面子miànziface, reputation
• 強迫qiǎngpòforce, compel
• 嫌xiándislike, find fault with
• 堅決jiānjuéfirm, resolute
• 勉強miǎnqiǎngreluctant; force (oneself)
• 佩服pèifúadmire
• 忍受rěnshòubear, put up with
• 竟然jìngránunexpectedly, actually
• 保持bǎochíkeep, maintain
• 各自gèzìeach (on their own)
• 後果hòuguǒconsequence
• 將要jiāngyàobe about to, shall

• day 93 · can’t be bothered

• 自我zìwǒself; self-centred
• 用心yòngxīnattentive; with care
• 笑容xiàoróngsmile (noun)
• 妙miàowonderful, clever
• 巧妙qiǎomiàoclever, ingenious
• 不顧bùgùregardless of, ignore
• 自願zìyuànvoluntary; volunteer
• 瘋fēngcrazy, mad
• 可笑kěxiàoridiculous, laughable
• 懶得lǎndecan’t be bothered to
• 不得已bùdéyǐhave no choice
• 靠kàorely on; lean on; by
• 準zhǔnaccurate
• 不僅bùjǐnnot only
• 處chùplace, spot (measure word)
• 關鍵guānjiànkey, crux
• 回憶huíyìmemory; recall
• 漸漸jiànjiàngradually

• day 95 · sorry to bother you

• 遇見yùjiànrun into, meet
• 抱歉bàoqiànsorry, apologetic
• 打招呼dǎzhāohūsay hello, greet
• 提醒tíxǐngremind
• 商量shāngliángdiscuss, talk over
• 支持zhīchísupport
• 做客zuòkèbe a guest, visit
• 允許yǔnxǔallow, permit
• 祝賀zhùhècongratulate
• 友好yǒuhǎofriendly
• 打擾dǎrǎodisturb, bother
• 階段jiēduànstage, phase
• 經歷jīnglìexperience; go through
• 連續liánxùin a row, continuous
• 匹pī(measure word for horses)
• 缺少quēshǎolack, be short of
• 時期shíqíperiod, era
• 四處sìchùeverywhere, all over

• day 96 · getting on together

• 聚餐jùcānhave a meal together
• 尊重zūnzhòngrespect
• 待dāistay; treat (someone)
• 指出zhǐchūpoint out
• 勸quànadvise, urge, persuade
• 相處xiāngchǔget along (with)
• 彼此bǐcǐeach other
• 催cuīhurry, press (someone)
• 安慰ānwèicomfort, console
• 交往jiāowǎngassociate with; go out with
• 千萬qiānwànbe sure to, whatever you do
• 接近jiējìnapproach; close to
• 究竟jiùjìngactually, on earth (in questions)
• 了liǎofinish; (can / can’t) manage
• 強大qiángdàpowerful, strong
• 確實quèshítrue, real; really
• 實現shíxiànrealise, come true
• 鬆sōngloose, slack

• day 97 · sharing and welcoming

• 分享fēnxiǎngshare
• 碰見pèngjiànbump into
• 交換jiāohuànexchange, swap
• 處chǔget along; deal with
• 對待duìdàitreat (someone)
• 爭zhēngcompete, fight for; argue
• 落luòfall, drop; set (sun)
• 抬頭táitóuraise one’s head, look up
• 熟人shóurénacquaintance, someone you know
• 迎接yíngjiēwelcome, meet (on arrival)
• 稱chēngcall, address; weigh
• 熱烈rèlièwarm, enthusiastic (welcome)
• 結論jiélùnconclusion
• 集中jízhōnggather; concentrate
• 前進qiánjìnmove forward, advance
• 稍shāoslightly, a little
• 實用shíyòngpractical, useful
• 團tuángroup, tour (measure word)

• day 98 · both sides of the story

• 雙方shuāngfāngboth sides
• 收集shōujícollect, gather
• 說服shuìfúpersuade, convince
• 提起tíqǐmention, bring up
• 否定fǒudìngreject, negate
• 否認fǒurèndeny
• 出席chūxíattend (a meeting, event)
• 發言fāyánspeak (at a meeting)
• 接待jiēdàireceive (guests), host
• 拜訪bàifǎngpay a visit
• 場合chǎnghéoccasion, situation
• 並bìng(not) at all; and also
• 急忙jímánghurriedly, in a rush
• 具體jùtǐspecific, concrete
• 名稱míngchēngname (of a thing, company)
• 區別qūbiédifference; distinguish
• 稍微shāowéislightly, a little
• 調整tiáozhěngadjust

• day 99 · ceremonies and compliments

• 典禮diǎnlǐceremony
• 誇kuāpraise; boast
• 誇獎kuājiǎngpraise, commend
• 傳達chuándápass on, convey
• 爭論zhēnglùnargue, debate
• 互助hùzhùhelp each other
• 留念liúniànas a keepsake
• 敬禮jìnglǐsalute, bow
• 和好héhǎomake up, be reconciled
• 敬愛jìng'àirespect and love
• 靜jìngquiet, still
• 來源láiyuánsource, origin
• 難得nándérare, hard to come by
• 取得qǔdéobtain, achieve
• 深刻shēnkèdeep, profound
• 順序shùnxùorder, sequence
• 提前tíqiándo earlier, bring forward
• 完美wánměiperfect

• day 100 · favours and orders

• 拜拜bàibàibye-bye
• 吃虧chīkuīlose out, be at a disadvantage
• 拜託bàituōplease (a favour); come on!
• 不敢當bùgǎndāngyou flatter me, I don’t deserve it
• 吩咐fēnfùinstruct, tell (to do)
• 告gàosue; tell, inform
• 交代jiāodàihand over; instruct; explain
• 廢話fèihuànonsense, idle talk
• 呼hūbreathe out; call out
• 口氣kǒuqìtone (of voice)
• 由yóufrom; by (someone)
• 精彩jīngcǎibrilliant, wonderful
• 類型lèixíngtype, kind
• 判斷pànduànjudge, decide
• 缺quēlack, be short of
• 適當shìdàngsuitable, appropriate
• 說不定shuōbùdìngmaybe, perhaps
• 桶tǒngbucket, barrel (measure word)

• day 102 · tidying up

• 掃sǎosweep
• 鏡子jìngzimirror
• 日常rìchángdaily, everyday
• 倆liǎngtwo (people), the two of
• 收拾shōushítidy up, put in order
• 電器diànqìelectrical appliance
• 家電jiādiànhome appliance
• 社區shèqūcommunity, neighbourhood
• 裝飾zhuāngshìdecorate; decoration
• 保存bǎocúnkeep, preserve; save (a file)
• 插chāinsert, stick in; plug in
• 擋dǎngblock, keep off
• 安裝ānzhuānginstall, put in
• 完整wánzhěngcomplete, intact
• 迅速xùnsùfast, rapid
• 用處yòngchùuse, usefulness
• 重大zhòngdàmajor, significant
• 徹底chèdǐthorough

• day 103 · glass, quilts and sheets

• 剪刀jiǎndāoscissors
• 玻璃bōlíglass
• 回收huíshōurecycle; recycling
• 被子bèiziquilt, duvet
• 光線guāngxiànlight (in a room)
• 建築jiànzhúbuilding, architecture; build
• 握wògrip, hold (in the hand)
• 床單chuángdānbed sheet
• 扇子shànzi(hand) fan
• 場所chǎngsuǒplace, venue
• 拆chāitake apart, tear open
• 澆jiāowater (plants), pour on
• 居然jūránto my surprise, actually
• 嚴yánstrict, tight
• 原則yuánzéprinciple
• 紫zǐpurple
• 比例bǐlìproportion, ratio
• 沉chénsink; heavy

• day 104 · heating and tap water

• 暖氣nuǎnqìheating
• 文具wénjùstationery
• 搖yáoshake, wave
• 自來水zìláishuǐtap water
• 郊外jiāowàisuburbs, outskirts
• 角落jiǎoluòcorner
• 牆壁qiángbìwall
• 住宅zhùzháiresidence, housing
• 鋪pūspread, lay (out)
• 倉庫cāngkùstoreroom, warehouse
• 火柴huǒcháimatch (for fire)
• 反正fǎnzhènganyway, in any case
• 下降xiàjiàngfall, drop, go down
• 增長zēngzhǎnggrow, increase
• 作為zuòwéias (a role); use as
• 薄bóthin
• 差距chājùgap, disparity
• 充分chōngfènample, full; fully

• day 105 · drawers and candles

• 移動yídòngmove, shift
• 場地chǎngdìvenue, site
• 住戶zhùhùresident, household
• 抽屜chōutìdrawer
• 墊diànput under, pad; pay for (sb.) for now
• 蠟燭làzhúcandle
• 毯子tǎnziblanket
• 繩子shéngzirope, string
• 縫féngsew, stitch
• 凳子dèngzistool
• 地毯dìtǎnrug, carpet
• 相互xiānghùmutually, each other
• 者zhě-er, one who (suffix)
• 作用zuòyòngeffect, function
• 不然bùránotherwise, or else
• 長度chángdùlength
• 充足chōngzúplentiful, ample
• 當初dāngchūat that time, originally

• day 106 · gas, fans and alleys

• 罐子guànzijar, tin, can
• 電風扇diànfēngshànelectric fan
• 家事jiāshìhousework, chores
• 瓦斯wǎsī(cooking) gas
• 巷子xiàngzilane, alley
• 公用gōngyòngshared, public (use)
• 遷qiānmove (home, offices)
• 旗子qíziflag
• 用具yòngjùtools, utensils
• 施工shīgōngcarry out building work
• 果然guǒránas expected, sure enough
• 消失xiāoshīdisappear, vanish
• 應當yīngdāngshould, ought to
• 整體zhěngtǐthe whole; overall
• 傍晚bāngwǎnearly evening, dusk
• 彩色cǎisècolour, in colour
• 長久chángjiǔlong-lasting, lasting
• 出色chūsèoutstanding, excellent

• day 107 · yard and garden things

• 止zhǐstop
• 保bǎoprotect, keep; guarantee
• 棒子bàngzistick, club
• 帶子dàizitape, strap, ribbon
• 花盆huāpénflowerpot
• 花瓶huāpíngvase
• 看家kānjiālook after the house
• 夢到mèngdàodream of, dream about
• 棉被miánbèicotton quilt
• 前院qiányuànfront yard
• 手電筒shǒudiàntǒngtorch, flashlight
• 後院hòuyuànback yard
• 形狀xíngzhuàngshape
• 因素yīnsùfactor
• 冊cè(measure word for volumes)
• 超出chāochūexceed, go beyond
• 單dānonly, solely

• day 109 · good food

• 美食měishígood food, delicacies
• 茶葉cháyètea leaves
• 濃nóngstrong, thick (drinks, smell)
• 切qiēcut, slice
• 飲食yǐnshídiet, food and drink
• 過期guòqíexpire, be out of date
• 食品shípǐnfood (products)
• 乾杯gānbēicheers! drink a toast
• 熱量rèliàngcalories, heat (energy)
• 打包dǎbāopack up (leftovers), take away
• 糧食liángshígrain, food (supplies)
• 沖chōngmake (with hot water); rinse
• 鮮xiānfresh, tasty (of seafood)
• 結帳jiézhàngpay the bill, check out
• 根本gēnběn(not) at all; root, basis
• 大型dàxínglarge(-scale), big
• 定期dìngqíregular(ly), at fixed times
• 多半duōbànmost, mostly

• day 110 · spicy and hot

• 辣椒làjiāochilli (pepper)
• 燙tàngscalding hot; burn, scald
• 凍dòngfrozen, freezing
• 調tiáoadjust, mix; season
• 成分chéngfèningredient, component
• 含háncontain
• 花生huāshēngpeanut
• 麵粉miànfěnflour
• 登dēngpublish (in print); climb
• 吞tūnswallow
• 混hùnmix
• 爛lànvery soft (cooked); rotten
• 清淡qīngdànlight, not greasy (food)
• 氣味qìwèismell, odour
• 香腸xiāngchángsausage
• 動人dòngrénmoving, touching
• 獨自dúzìalone, by oneself
• 高度gāodùheight; high (degree)

• day 111 · stir, fry and mix

• 湯圓tāngyuánsweet rice balls
• 動手dòngshǒuget to work; do it yourself
• 粥zhōurice porridge, congee
• 滴dīdrop; drip
• 奶粉nǎifěnpowdered milk, formula
• 宴會yànhuìbanquet, dinner party
• 肥féifatty (meat); fertile
• 混合hùnhémix, blend
• 淋línpour over; get soaked
• 割gēcut
• 融化rónghuàmelt, dissolve
• 煎jiānpan-fry
• 拌bànmix, toss
• 蛋白質dànbáizhíprotein
• 維生素wéishēngsùvitamin
• 如今rújīnnowadays, now
• 等於děngyúequal, be the same as
• 紛紛fēnfēnone after another

• day 112 · lids and pots

• 素食sùshívegetarian food
• 遞dìpass, hand (over)
• 斷duànbreak, snap
• 扶fúsupport (with the hand)
• 隔gébe apart; after (an interval)
• 油膩yóunìgreasy, oily
• 開動kāidòngstart eating; set off
• 蓋子gàizilid, cover
• 鍋子guōzipot, wok
• 蝦子xiāziprawn, shrimp
• 宵夜xiāoyèlate-night snack
• 味精wèijīngMSG (monosodium glutamate)
• 蜂蜜fēngmìhoney
• 罐頭guàntoutinned food, can
• 瓜子guāzǐ(melon or sunflower) seeds
• 黏niánsticky; stick
• 買單mǎidānpay the bill
• 熬áosimmer, stew; endure

• day 113 · snacks and drinks

• 端duāncarry (level, in both hands)
• 膩nìsick of; too rich
• 菠菜bōcàispinach
• 冷飲lěngyǐncold drink
• 梨子lízipear
• 桃子táozipeach
• 鮮奶xiānnǎifresh milk
• 下午茶xiàwǔcháafternoon tea
• 鹽巴yánbāsalt
• 飲yǐndrink (written)
• 偏食piānshípicky about food
• 蝦米xiāmǐdried shrimp
• 黃豆huángdòusoybean
• 綠豆lǜdòumung bean
• 據說jùshuōit is said, reportedly
• 典型diǎnxíngtypical; model, type
• 副fù(measure word: pair, set)
• 個別gèbiéindividual, isolated

• day 115 · cash or card?

• 浪費làngfèiwaste
• 收費shōufèicharge (a fee)
• 費fèiuse up, take a lot of
• 商場shāngchǎngmall, shopping centre
• 降價jiàngjiàcut prices, go down in price
• 會員huìyuánmember (of a club, shop)
• 存款cúnkuǎnsavings, bank deposit
• 信用xìnyòngcredit; trustworthiness
• 日用品rìyòngpǐneveryday items, daily necessities
• 賠péicompensate, pay for (damage)
• 滾gǔnroll; boil
• 節約jiéyuēsave, economise
• 值zhíbe worth
• 再說zàishuōbesides, what’s more
• 構成gòuchéngmake up, constitute
• 灰色huīsègrey
• 尖jiānpointed, sharp
• 週年zhōuniánanniversary (… years on)

• day 116 · discounts and brands

• 寶bǎotreasure
• 折扣zhékòudiscount
• 名牌míngpáifamous brand, designer label
• 退tuìreturn (goods); move back
• 西裝xīzhuāngsuit (Western-style)
• 節省jiéshěngsave, cut down on
• 挑選tiāoxuǎnchoose, pick out
• 光臨guānglínvisit (a shop; polite)
• 消費xiāofèiconsumption; spend, consume
• 包裝bāozhuāngpackaging; wrap, pack
• 領帶lǐngdàitie, necktie
• 優惠yōuhuìspecial offer; discounted
• 廣guǎngwide, broad
• 過度guòdùexcessive; over-
• 回頭huítóuturn round; later, come back
• 屆jiè(measure word: session, year)
• 巨大jùdàhuge, enormous
• 立即lìjíimmediately, at once

• day 117 · taxes and bills

• 客戶kèhùclient, customer
• 花費huāfèispending, cost; spend
• 富fùrich, wealthy
• 稅shuìtax
• 手工shǒugōnghandwork; hand-made
• 漲zhǎngrise, go up
• 漲價zhǎngjiàgo up in price
• 帳單zhàngdānbill
• 款式kuǎnshìstyle, design
• 背心bèixīnwaistcoat, vest
• 尺寸chǐcùnsize, measurements
• 出售chūshòusell, offer for sale
• 除非chúfēiunless, only if
• 廣大guǎngdàvast; numerous (people)
• 化huàmelt; change, turn into
• 忽略hūlüèoverlook, neglect
• 結構jiégòustructure
• 客觀kèguānobjective

• day 118 · loans and jewellery

• 金錢jīnqiánmoney
• 銀yínsilver
• 戒指jièzhǐring (jewellery)
• 棉miáncotton
• 珍珠zhēnzhūpearl
• 折zhéfold; (price) discount
• 街頭jiētóuthe streets
• 採購cǎigòupurchase (for a company)
• 貸款dàikuǎnloan; take out a loan
• 匯款huìkuǎntransfer money, wire
• 利息lìxíinterest (on money)
• 支出zhīchūspending; pay out
• 廣泛guǎngfànwide-ranging, extensive
• 緩慢huǎnmànslow
• 忽視hūshìignore, overlook
• 盡量jìnliàngas far as possible
• 寬度kuāndùwidth
• 靈活línghuóflexible, nimble

• day 119 · popular or not?

• 熱門rèménpopular, in demand
• 櫃臺guìtáicounter, front desk
• 富裕fùyùwell-off, prosperous
• 冷門lěngménunpopular, niche
• 訂購dìnggòuorder, place an order
• 縮水suōshuǐshrink (in the wash)
• 攤子tānzistall, stand
• 靴子xuēziboots
• 鈔票chāopiàobanknote
• 支票zhīpiàocheque
• 衣裳yīshangclothes (old-fashioned)
• 鑽石zuànshídiamond
• 算是suànshìcount as, more or less
• 光明guāngmíngbright, promising
• 灰huīgrey; dust, ash
• 建jiànbuild
• 儘量jǐnliàngas far as possible
• 類似lèisìsimilar

• day 120 · bargain hunters

• 揮huīwave
• 撿jiǎnpick up (from the ground)
• 攤位tānwèistall, booth
• 小販xiǎofànstreet vendor, hawker
• 港幣gǎngbìHong Kong dollar
• 開戶kāihùopen an (bank) account
• 鈕扣niǔkòubutton
• 球鞋qiúxiétrainers, sports shoes
• 殺價shājiàhaggle, bargain
• 式樣shìyàngstyle, design
• 售shòusell (written)
• 算帳suànzhàngdo the accounts; settle up
• 銷路xiāolùmarket, sales (for goods)
• 贈品zèngpǐnfree gift
• 規律guīlǜpattern, regularity; regular
• 具備jùbèihave, possess (conditions)
• 連忙liánmánghurriedly, at once

• day 122 · departures

• 機票jīpiàoplane ticket
• 進入jìnrùenter, go into
• 外地wàidìanother place, out of town
• 乘客chéngkèpassenger
• 道路dàolùroad, way
• 目的地mùdìdìdestination
• 入rùenter, go in
• 國籍guójínationality
• 老家lǎojiāhome town, family home
• 錯過cuòguòmiss (a chance, a train)
• 前方qiánfāngahead, in front
• 外出wàichūgo out
• 導遊dǎoyóutour guide
• 至今zhìjīnto this day, until now
• 臨時línshítemporary; at the last minute
• 模糊móhúblurry, unclear
• 批pībatch, group (measure word)
• 全面quánmiàncomplete, all-round

• day 123 · routes and destinations

• 首都shǒudūcapital (city)
• 街道jiēdàostreet
• 靠近kàojìnbe near; approach
• 路線lùxiànroute
• 到達dàodáarrive, reach
• 四周sìzhōuall around
• 預訂yùdìngbook, reserve
• 返回fǎnhuíreturn, go back
• 前往qiánwǎnghead for, go to
• 繞ràogo around; detour
• 長途chángtúlong-distance
• 位於wèiyúbe located (in, at)
• 行人xíngrénpedestrian
• 例外lìwàiexception; be an exception
• 難以nányǐhard to (do)
• 強度qiángdùintensity, strength
• 缺乏quēfálack, be short of
• 事先shìxiānin advance, beforehand
• 不免bùmiǎncan’t help but, it’s only natural that

• day 124 · customs and itineraries

• 海外hǎiwàioverseas
• 進口jìnkǒuimport
• 故鄉gùxiānghome town, homeland
• 區域qūyùarea, region
• 駕駛jiàshǐdrive; driver
• 汽油qìyóupetrol, gasoline
• 海關hǎiguāncustoms
• 行程xíngchéngitinerary, schedule
• 裡頭lǐtouinside
• 旅行社lǚxíngshètravel agency
• 內部nèibùinside, interior
• 外部wàibùoutside, exterior
• 運輸yùnshūtransport
• 陸續lùxùone after another
• 鬧nàomake a fuss, make a racket
• 強烈qiánglièstrong, intense
• 如同rútóngbe like, as if
• 寧願níngyuànwould rather

• day 125 · ports and sightseeing

• 空中kōngzhōngin the air, in the sky
• 人行道rénxíngdàopavement, sidewalk
• 觀光guānguānggo sightseeing; tourism
• 一帶yīdàithe area (around)
• 入境rùjìngenter a country
• 輪子lúnziwheel
• 陪同péitóngaccompany
• 預定yùdìngschedule, plan (for)
• 港口gǎngkǒuharbour, port
• 運送yùnsòngcarry, ship (goods)
• 高峰gāofēngpeak
• 擁擠yǒngjǐcrowded
• 輪船lúnchuánship, steamer
• 矛盾máodùntorn, contradictory
• 哪怕nǎpàeven if
• 前途qiántúfuture, prospects
• 上下shàngxiàabout, or so (after a number)
• 不見得bùjiàndenot necessarily

• day 126 · upstream, downstream

• 州zhōustate, prefecture
• 來回láihuígo there and back; round trip
• 一旁yīpángat the side
• 帶路dàilùlead the way
• 動身dòngshēnset off
• 客房kèfángguest room
• 中途zhōngtúhalfway, on the way
• 對岸duì'ànthe other bank, opposite shore
• 上游shàngyóuupstream
• 下游xiàyóudownstream
• 內地nèidìinland, the interior
• 赴fùgo to, attend (formal)
• 迷失míshīlose (one’s way)
• 面臨miànlínface, be faced with
• 偶然ǒuránby chance, accidental
• 悄悄qiǎoqiǎoquietly, on the quiet
• 深夜shēnyèlate at night
• 適用shìyòngapply, be valid for

• day 127 · traffic jam!

• 塞車sāichētraffic jam; jammed
• 零件língjiànspare part, component
• 度過dùguòspend (time), get through
• 誤點wùdiǎnbe delayed (trains, planes)
• 半路bànlùhalfway, on the way
• 超重chāozhòngbe overweight
• 車票chēpiào(bus, train) ticket
• 大街dàjiēmain street, avenue
• 鬧區nàoqūdowntown, busy district
• 轉向zhuǎnxiàngturn, change direction
• 走道zǒudàoaisle, corridor
• 路燈lùdēngstreet light
• 明確míngquèclear, definite
• 盆pénpot, basin (measure word)
• 其餘qíyúthe rest, the others
• 事物shìwùthing(s), things in the world
• 一面yīmiànwhile, at the same time

• day 129 · climate and countryside

• 氣候qìhòuclimate
• 大自然dàzìránnature
• 葉子yèzileaf
• 煙yānsmoke
• 四季sìjìthe four seasons
• 景色jǐngsèscenery, view
• 江jiāng(big) river
• 農村nóngcūnfarming village, countryside
• 寒冷hánlěngcold, freezing
• 零下língxiàbelow zero
• 樹林shùlínwoods, forest
• 鮮花xiānhuāfresh flowers
• 鄉村xiāngcūncountryside, village
• 天空tiānkōngsky
• 預報yùbàoforecast
• 始終shǐzhōngall along, from start to finish
• 碎suìbreak into pieces, smash
• 突出túchūoutstanding; stand out

• day 130 · wild animals

• 猴子hóuzimonkey
• 洞dònghole, cave
• 竹子zhúzibamboo
• 沙子shāzisand
• 生長shēngzhǎnggrow
• 霧wùfog, mist
• 愛護àihùtake good care of, cherish
• 翅膀chìbǎngwing
• 蝴蝶húdiébutterfly
• 尾巴wěibātail
• 大象dàxiàngelephant
• 地面dìmiànthe ground
• 河流héliúriver(s)
• 沙漠shāmòdesert
• 種子zhǒngzǐseed
• 合得來hédeláiget on well
• 手段shǒuduànmeans, method, trick
• 隨手suíshǒuas you go, in passing

• day 131 · earthquakes and moonlight

• 地震dìzhènearthquake; have an earthquake
• 潮濕cháoshīdamp, humid
• 燃燒ránshāoburn
• 保留bǎoliúkeep, preserve
• 黑暗hēi'àndark, darkness
• 影子yǐngzishadow
• 月光yuèguāngmoonlight
• 砍kǎnchop, cut down
• 挖wādig
• 露lùshow, come out
• 細菌xìjùnbacteria, germs
• 大地dàdìthe land, the earth
• 暖nuǎnwarm; to warm up
• 梅花méihuāplum blossom
• 分布fēnbùbe spread, distributed
• 束shùbunch (measure word)
• 隨意suíyìas you like, casual
• 唯一wéiyīonly, sole

• day 132 · farms and fields

• 老鼠lǎoshǔmouse, rat
• 摔shuāifall, trip over; throw down
• 逃táorun away, escape
• 泥nímud
• 農產品nóngchǎnpǐnfarm produce
• 小麥xiǎomàiwheat
• 狼lángwolf
• 蜜蜂mìfēngbee
• 天然tiānránnatural
• 銅tóngcopper, bronze
• 繁殖fánzhíbreed, reproduce
• 野yěwild
• 高原gāoyuánplateau, highland
• 煤méicoal
• 燃料ránliàofuel
• 撲滅pūmièput out (a fire)
• 彎wānbent, curved, winding
• 老實說lǎoshíshuōto be honest

• day 133 · waterfalls and wildlife

• 悶熱mēnrèhot and stuffy, muggy
• 圍wéisurround, gather round
• 痕跡hénjīmark, trace
• 氣象qìxiàngweather (science), meteorology
• 海峽hǎixiástrait
• 瀑布pùbùwaterfall
• 鵝égoose
• 棉花miánhuācotton
• 泥土nítǔsoil, earth
• 農場nóngchǎngfarm
• 田野tiányěfields, open country
• 廢物fèiwùwaste; useless person
• 野獸yěshòuwild animal, beast
• 飼養sìyǎngraise, keep (animals)
• 淨化jìnghuàpurify
• 屬於shǔyúbelong to
• 體驗tǐyànexperience (first-hand)
• 無數wúshùcountless

• day 134 · autumn and winter skies

• 農藥nóngyàopesticide
• 沙shāsand
• 蠶cánsilkworm
• 冬季dōngjìwinter (season)
• 廢氣fèiqìexhaust fumes
• 花草huācǎoflowers and plants
• 浪làngwave
• 秋季qiūjìautumn (season)
• 山地shāndìmountain area, hilly land
• 夜景yèjǐngnight view, city lights
• 氣息qìxíbreath; feel, air (of a place)
• 麻雀máquèsparrow
• 星光xīngguāngstarlight
• 雪花xuěhuāsnowflake
• 隨suífollow; be up to (someone)
• 統計tǒngjìstatistics; count up
• 就是說jiùshìshuōthat is to say, in other words

• day 136 · in hospital

• 出院chūyuànleave hospital
• 住院zhùyuànbe in hospital
• 量liángmeasure
• 力氣lìqìstrength
• 大夫dàifūdoctor
• 難受nánshòufeel unwell, feel awful
• 體溫tǐwēn(body) temperature
• 衛生wèishēnghygienic, clean
• 造zàobuild, make
• 打針dǎzhēngive / have an injection
• 隨著suízheas, along with
• 無限wúxiànendless, unlimited
• 性質xìngzhínature, character (of a thing)
• 意識yìshìconsciousness, awareness
• 有利yǒulìbeneficial, good for
• 轉變zhuǎnbiànchange, transform
• 哎喲āiyāoouch, oh dear
• 不成bùchéngwon’t do, not OK

• day 137 · breathing and muscles

• 呼吸hūxībreathe; breathing
• 傷shānginjury, wound; hurt
• 病情bìngqíng(patient’s) condition
• 過敏guòmǐnallergic
• 腰yāowaist, lower back
• 大腦dànǎobrain
• 疾病jíbìngdisease, illness
• 肌肉jīròumuscle
• 人體réntǐthe human body
• 撞zhuàngbump into, crash into
• 顯得xiǎndelook, appear (to be)
• 延長yánchángextend, lengthen
• 疑問yíwènquestion, doubt
• 原本yuánběnoriginally, at first
• 早已zǎoyǐlong ago, already
• 擺脫bǎituōget rid of, break free from
• 不當bùdàngimproper, wrong
• 策略cèlüèstrategy
• 這樣一來zhèyàngyīláithat way, as a result

• day 138 · emergency!

• 病房bìngfáng(hospital) ward
• 急診jízhěnemergency (department); emergency treatment
• 伸shēnstretch (out)
• 手術shǒushùoperation, surgery
• 醫學yīxuémedicine (the science)
• 消化xiāohuàdigest
• 緊急jǐnjíurgent, emergency
• 門診ménzhěnoutpatient clinic
• 使shǐmake, cause
• 相似xiāngsìsimilar
• 要不yàobùhow about; otherwise
• 一再yīzàiagain and again
• 預計yùjìexpect, be expected to
• 窄zhǎinarrow
• 狀況zhuàngkuàngcondition, situation
• 本身běnshēnitself
• 不許bùxǔnot allowed
• 超越chāoyuèsurpass, beat

• day 139 · sleep and medicine

• 睡眠shuìmiánsleep
• 藥物yàowùmedication, drugs
• 中藥zhōngyàoChinese medicine
• 精力jīnglìenergy, vigour
• 不良bùliángpoor, bad (formal)
• 平衡pínghéngbalance
• 消極xiāojínegative, passive
• 補充bǔchōngreplenish, add (to)
• 移yímove, shift
• 閉bìclose (eyes, mouth)
• 撐chēnghold up, keep going
• 顯然xiǎnránobviously, clearly
• 一致yīzhìunanimous, in agreement
• 運用yùnyònguse, apply
• 章zhāngchapter (measure word)
• 主觀zhǔguānsubjective
• 不止bùzhǐnot only, more than
• 初步chūbùfirst, preliminary

• day 140 · inflammation and blood types

• 生存shēngcúnsurvive; survival
• 水分shuǐfènwater content, moisture
• 肥胖féipàngoverweight, obese
• 發炎fāyánbe inflamed
• 吐tǔbe sick, vomit; spit
• 血型xiěxíngblood type
• 招手zhāoshǒuwave (your hand)
• 服fútake (medicine)
• 肺fèilung
• 捕bǔcatch, capture
• 踩cǎistep on
• 將jiāngwill (written); = 把 (written)
• 斜xiéslanting, crooked
• 億yìa hundred million
• 用不著yòngbùzháono need to
• 再三zàisānagain and again
• 逐漸zhújiàngradually
• 遲chílate

• day 141 · viruses and infections

• 死亡sǐwángdie; death
• 腦袋nǎodàihead
• 喉嚨hóulóngthroat
• 肝gānliver
• 病毒bìngdúvirus
• 傳染chuánrǎninfect, be contagious
• 感染gǎnrǎnbe infected, catch
• 鼻涕bítìrunny nose, snot
• 補bǔmend; make up; build up
• 採cǎipick, gather
• 闖chuǎngrush, charge (into)
• 形式xíngshìform, format
• 依據yījùbasis; according to
• 有力yǒulìstrong, powerful (argument)
• 贊成zànchéngagree with, approve
• 重量zhòngliàngweight
• 綜合zònghécombine; comprehensive

• day 143 · internal medicine

• 壽命shòumìnglife span
• 中毒zhòngdúbe poisoned
• 內科nèikēinternal medicine
• 外科wàikēsurgery (department)
• 癢yǎngitchy
• 暈yūndizzy
• 針zhēnneedle; injection
• 捲juǎnroll up
• 搶救qiǎngjiùrescue, give emergency care
• 失眠shīmiánhave insomnia, can’t sleep
• 基本上jīběnshàngbasically
• 處處chùchùeverywhere, in every way
• 耽誤dānwùdelay, hold up
• 惡劣èlièbad, nasty, harsh
• 工夫gōngfutime, effort
• 橫hénghorizontal, across
• 解jiěuntie; solve
• 立場lìchǎngstandpoint, position

• day 144 · heart and nerves

• 症狀zhèngzhuàngsymptom
• 腫zhǒngswollen
• 骨頭gútoubone
• 神經shénjīngnerve
• 血管xiěguǎnblood vessel
• 血液xiěyèblood
• 心臟xīnzàngheart (the organ)
• 疲勞píláotired, fatigued
• 後退hòutuìstep back, go backwards
• 冒màogive off; brave (the rain)
• 噴pēnspray, spout
• 純chúnpure
• 大致dàzhìroughly; general
• 番fān(measure) a round, a spell
• 構造gòuzàostructure, how it’s built
• 接下來jiēxiàláinext, after that
• 劇烈jùlièintense, violent
• 列liè(measure) for trains, rows

• day 145 · tired eyes, dry mouth

• 近視jìnshìshort-sighted
• 清醒qīngxǐngawake, clear-headed
• 舌頭shétoutongue
• 循環xúnhuáncirculate; circulation
• 口水kǒushuǐsaliva
• 刺cìprick, stab; sting
• 跌diéfall, drop
• 疲倦píjuànweary, worn out
• 屁股pìgǔbottom, behind
• 器官qìguānorgan (of the body)
• 此外cǐwàibesides, in addition
• 分散fēnsànscattered, distracted
• 怪不得guàibùdeno wonder
• 戶hù(measure) household
• 驚人jīngrénamazing, astonishing
• 來臨láilínarrive, come (formal)
• 流動liúdòngflow; move around
• 明亮míngliàngbright, well-lit

• day 146 · cancer and smoking

• 浮fúfloat
• 夾jiápick up (with chopsticks); clip
• 模仿mófǎngimitate, copy
• 昏迷hūnmíbe unconscious, in a coma
• 尿niàourine; pee
• 癌症áizhèngcancer
• 拳頭quántoufist
• 吸菸xīyānsmoke (tobacco)
• 藥方yàofāngprescription
• 鮮血xiānxiěblood (fresh, red)
• 注射zhùshèinject
• 對於duìyúregarding, towards
• 次數cìshùnumber of times
• 頂dǐng(measure) for hats
• 管道guǎndàochannel, way; pipe
• 近來jìnláirecently, lately
• 理lǐpay attention to, respond
• 輪流lúnliútake turns

• day 147 · surgery

• 立lìstand; set up
• 披pīdrape over the shoulders
• 醫yītreat, cure
• 大便dàbiànstool, poo
• 大腿dàtuǐthigh
• 跌倒diédǎofall over
• 害處hàichùharm, disadvantage
• 昏倒hūndǎofaint
• 開刀kāidāohave / do an operation
• 輕傷qīngshāngminor injury
• 大都dàdōumostly, for the most part
• 對立duìlìopposed, at odds
• 符號fúhàosymbol, sign
• 毫無háowúwithout the least
• 間接jiànjiēindirect
• 局jú(measure) a game, a set
• 落後luòhòufall behind; backward
• 寧可níngkěwould rather

• day 148 · small injuries, big ones

• 蹲dūnsquat
• 埋máibury
• 下巴xiàbāchin
• 小便xiǎobiànpee, urinate
• 小腿xiǎotuǐcalf (of the leg)
• 藥水yàoshuǐliquid medicine, lotion
• 重傷zhòngshāngserious injury; badly hurt
• 維他命wéitāmìngvitamin
• 心跳xīntiàoheartbeat, heart rate
• 吸食xīshítake (drugs), inhale
• 是否shìfǒuwhether, if (formal)
• 代價dàijiàprice, cost (of doing sth)
• 乾脆gāncuìjust, simply; straightforward
• 嘿hēihey!
• 健全jiànquánsound, well-developed
• 卷juǎn(measure) a roll
• 粒lì(measure) a grain, a pill

• day 150 · team sports

• 假期jiàqíholiday, vacation
• 球隊qiúduì(sports) team
• 得分défēnscore (points)
• 排球páiqiúvolleyball
• 隊員duìyuánteam member
• 贏得yíngdéwin, gain
• 鍛鍊duànliànexercise, build up
• 飄piāoflutter, float (in the air)
• 染rǎndye
• 鑽zuānsqueeze through, drill
• 備bèiprepare, have ready
• 上述shàngshùthe above-mentioned
• 探討tàntǎoexplore, look into
• 誤wùby mistake; miss
• 以往yǐwǎngthe past, before
• 贊同zàntóngagree with, approve of
• 轉機zhuǎnjīchange planes
• 扁biǎnflat

• day 151 · champions and referees

• 彈tánplay (piano, guitar); bounce
• 勝利shènglìwin; victory
• 領先lǐngxiānlead, be ahead
• 裁判cáipànreferee, umpire
• 冠軍guànjūnchampion, first place
• 勝shèngwin, beat
• 跳高tiàogāohigh jump
• 牽qiānlead (by the hand)
• 轉身zhuǎnshēnturn round
• 然而rán'érhowever
• 日後rìhòuin future, later on
• 神奇shénqímagical, amazing
• 透tòuthrough, completely
• 顯著xiǎnzhùmarked, notable
• 一一yīyīone by one
• 遭到zāodàosuffer, meet with
• 足以zúyǐbe enough to
• 背面bèimiànthe back, reverse side

• day 152 · the great outdoors

• 享受xiǎngshòuenjoy
• 休閒xiūxiánleisure; relax
• 戶外hùwàioutdoors
• 跳遠tiàoyuǎnlong jump
• 選手xuǎnshǒuathlete, competitor
• 划huárow, paddle
• 瞧qiáolook (at)
• 塞sāistuff, squeeze in
• 拖tuōdrag, pull; delay
• 睜zhēngopen (the eyes)
• 捉zhuōcatch
• 奔bēnrun, rush
• 武術wǔshùmartial arts
• 數目shùmùnumber, amount
• 消除xiāochúget rid of, remove
• 圓滿yuánmǎnsuccessful, satisfactory
• 暗中ànzhōngsecretly, behind the scenes
• 標誌biāozhìsign, symbol, logo

• day 153 · leisure time

• 閒xiánidle, free, not busy
• 娛樂yúlèentertainment
• 釣魚diàoyúgo fishing
• 俱樂部jùlèbùclub
• 射shèshoot; shine (light)
• 散sànbreak up, scatter
• 歇xiērest, take a break
• 業餘yèyúamateur, spare-time
• 拔bápull out
• 奔跑bēnpǎorun (fast, freely)
• 之zhī(written 的)
• 起初qǐchūat first, originally
• 絲sīsilk; thread; a trace
• 突破túpòbreakthrough; break through
• 原先yuánxiānoriginally, at first
• 正面zhèngmiànfront; positive
• 主張zhǔzhāngadvocate; view, position
• 笨重bènzhòngheavy, cumbersome
• 分之fēnzhī(in fractions) of … parts
• 百分之bǎifēnzhīper cent (百分之五 = 5%)

• day 154 · races and games

• 敗bàilose, be defeated
• 奪duóseize; win (a title)
• 沙灘shātānbeach
• 賽跑sàipǎorace (on foot)
• 溜冰liūbīngskate
• 望wànggaze, look into the distance
• 印yìnprint
• 防守fángshǒudefend; defence
• 賭dǔgamble, bet
• 撥bōdial; push aside
• 清晨qīngchénearly morning
• 艘sāo(measure) for boats
• 塑膠sùjiāoplastic
• 雜zámixed, miscellaneous
• 證實zhèngshíconfirm, prove
• 足zúfull, a whole; enough
• 罷了bàlethat’s all, merely
• 便biànthen (written 就)

• day 155 · chess and tai chi

• 閃shǎndodge; flash
• 載zàicarry, give a lift
• 桌球zhuōqiútable tennis
• 太極拳tàijíquántai chi
• 下棋xiàqíplay chess
• 登山dēngshānclimb mountains, hike
• 釣diàofish (with a hook)
• 棋qíchess, board game
• 集郵jíyóucollect stamps
• 自zìfrom (written)
• 圈quān(measure) a circle, a lap
• 牠tāit (animals)
• 為何wèihéwhy (formal)
• 引發yǐnfātrigger, set off
• 重心zhòngxīncentre of gravity; focus
• 阻礙zǔ'àihinder; obstacle
• 半數bànshùhalf (the number)

• day 157 · notes and exams

• 筆記bǐjìnotes
• 懂得dǒngdeunderstand, know how to
• 放學fàngxuéfinish school (for the day)
• 分數fēnshùmark, score; fraction
• 教學jiàoxuéteach; teaching
• 流利liúlìfluent
• 舉例jǔlìgive an example
• 筆試bǐshìwritten exam
• 口語kǒuyǔspoken language
• 入學rùxuéstart school, enrol
• 碩士shuòshìmaster’s degree; MA
• 普通話pǔtōnghuàMandarin (as named in China)
• 合格hégéqualified, up to standard
• 詞典cídiǎndictionary
• 發抖fādǒutremble, shiver
• 順shùnalong; smooth
• 朝cháotowards, facing
• 黃昏huánghūndusk
• 熬夜áoyèstay up late, pull an all-nighter

• day 158 · grammar and essays

• 系xì(university) department
• 準確zhǔnquèaccurate, exact
• 及格jígépass (an exam)
• 寫作xiězuòwriting; write
• 論文lùnwénthesis, paper
• 註冊zhùcèregister, enrol
• 初級chūjíelementary, beginner
• 學歷xuélìeducation, qualifications
• 中級zhōngjíintermediate
• 詞彙cíhuìvocabulary
• 字母zìmǔletter (of an alphabet)
• 分析fēnxīanalyse; analysis
• 語音yǔyīnspeech sounds, pronunciation
• 集jí(measure) episode; collect
• 遲早chízǎosooner or later
• 反覆fǎnfùrepeatedly, over and over
• 裂liècrack, split

• day 159 · tutoring and research

• 學者xuézhěscholar
• 指導zhǐdǎoguide, supervise
• 學術xuéshùacademic; learning
• 報到bàodàoregister, check in
• 記載jìzàirecord, put down in writing
• 化學huàxuéchemistry
• 抄chāocopy (by hand)
• 解答jiědáanswer, explain
• 補課bǔkèmake up a class
• 補習bǔxítake extra classes
• 輔導fǔdǎotutor, coach; counsel
• 改正gǎizhèngcorrect, put right
• 科目kēmù(school) subject
• 糾正jiūzhèngcorrect (someone)
• 沿yánalong
• 待會dāihuìin a moment, later
• 反面fǎnmiànreverse side; the opposite
• 甲jiǎA, first (in a list)

• day 160 · degrees and dorms

• 學位xuéwèi(academic) degree
• 口音kǒuyīnaccent
• 升學shēngxuégo on to further study
• 檔案dǎng'ànfile (paper or computer)
• 成語chéngyǔidiom, set phrase
• 測驗cèyàntest, quiz
• 公立gōnglìpublic (school)
• 缺席quēxíabsent
• 志願zhìyuànwish; choice (in applications)
• 寢室qǐnshìdorm room
• 社團shètuán(student) club, society
• 目錄mùlùtable of contents, catalogue
• 公式gōngshìformula
• 鋼筆gāngbǐfountain pen
• 大力dàlìvigorously, strongly
• 粉紅fěnhóngpink
• 即將jíjiāngabout to, soon
• 美妙měimiàowonderful, beautiful

• day 161 · private and public schools

• 補習班bǔxíbāncram school
• 動詞dòngcíverb
• 國中guózhōngjunior high school
• 考卷kǎojuànexam paper
• 生詞shēngcínew word (in a lesson)
• 研究所yánjiùsuǒgraduate school
• 私立sīlìprivate (school)
• 文憑wénpíngdiploma
• 學業xuéyèstudies, schoolwork
• 盯dīngstare at, keep an eye on
• 班長bānzhǎngclass monitor
• 布告bùgàonotice (posted up)
• 錯字cuòzìwrongly written character, typo
• 國立guólìnational (university)
• 開課kāikèstart a course; teach a course
• 憑píngon the strength of; with
• 耗hàouse up, consume
• 極其jíqíextremely

• day 162 · school life

• 跨kuàstep across; span
• 考取kǎoqǔpass an entrance exam (into)
• 課外kèwàiextracurricular
• 口試kǒushìoral exam
• 師母shīmǔteacher’s wife
• 暑期shǔqísummer (vacation)
• 校車xiàochēschool bus
• 校友xiàoyǒualumnus, fellow graduate
• 造句zàojùmake a sentence
• 紙張zhǐzhāngpaper (in general)
• 准考證zhǔnkǎozhèngexam admission ticket
• 布告欄bùgàolánnotice board
• 語調yǔdiàointonation, tone of voice
• 粉筆fěnbǐchalk
• 原子筆yuánzǐbǐballpoint pen
• 噸dùnton, tonne
• 何必hébìwhy bother, there’s no need

• day 164 · economy and income

• 發展fāzhǎndevelop; development
• 技術jìshùtechnology, technique, skill
• 經濟jīngjìeconomy; economic
• 競爭jìngzhēngcompete; competition
• 收入shōurùincome
• 賺zhuànearn, make (money)
• 名單míngdānlist of names
• 休假xiūjiàtake time off; be on leave
• 辦事bànshìrun errands, get things done
• 證件zhèngjiànID, identity documents
• 取消qǔxiāocancel
• 師傅shīfùmaster (skilled worker)
• 單位dānwèiunit; organisation, department
• 工資gōngzīwages, pay
• 因而yīn'éras a result, so (written)
• 猛měngfierce, violent, strong
• 普及pǔjíwidespread, common; popularise
• 時時shíshíconstantly, all the time
• 無須wúxūthere’s no need to (formal)

• day 165 · jobs and careers

• 買賣mǎimàibuying and selling, business
• 人才réncáitalented person, talent
• 名片míngpiànbusiness card
• 獎金jiǎngjīnbonus; prize money
• 人員rényuánstaff, personnel
• 辦公bàngōngdo office work, work (at a desk)
• 從事cóngshìwork in, be engaged in
• 效率xiàolǜefficiency
• 各行各業gèhánggèyèevery line of work, all trades
• 行業hángyèindustry, line of work
• 就業jiùyèget a job, be employed
• 人力rénlìmanpower, labour
• 失業shīyèlose one’s job, be unemployed
• 資格zīgéqualification(s), the right to
• 抹mǒwipe; spread, apply
• 探tànstick out (the head); visit; explore
• 其qíits, his, her, their (written)
• 視野shìyěfield of view; outlook, horizons

• day 166 · projects and tasks

• 專家zhuānjiāexpert, specialist
• 業務yèwùbusiness, (sales) work
• 結合jiéhécombine, bring together
• 升級shēngjíupgrade; move up a level
• 忙碌mánglùbusy, bustling
• 秘書mìshūsecretary
• 項目xiàngmùitem; event (in sport)
• 主持zhǔchíhost, chair, preside over
• 分配fēnpèiassign, allocate, share out
• 盡力jìnlìdo one’s best
• 展開zhǎnkāilaunch, get under way; spread out
• 執行zhíxíngcarry out, implement
• 待遇dàiyùpay and conditions; treatment
• 簽qiānsign
• 磨mógrind; rub, wear down
• 一旦yīdànonce, the moment that
• 齊qíall present, complete; even, neat
• 四方sìfāngsquare; all directions

• day 167 · costs and profits

• 製造zhìzàomake, manufacture
• 辭職cízhíresign, quit (a job)
• 勞動láodòng(physical) labour, work
• 退出tuìchūwithdraw from, drop out of
• 成本chéngběncost (of making something)
• 風險fēngxiǎnrisk
• 經營jīngyíngrun, manage (a business)
• 利潤lìrùnprofit
• 欠qiànowe
• 損失sǔnshīloss; lose
• 營業yíngyèdo business, be open
• 產chǎnproduce, yield
• 產量chǎnliàngoutput, yield
• 如何rúhéhow; how about (written)
• 弄錯nòngcuòget wrong, mix up
• 青qīnggreen, blue-green (of nature)
• 縮短suōduǎnshorten, cut down
• 脫離tuōlíbreak away from, get out of

• day 168 · trade and sales

• 推動tuīdòngpush forward, promote
• 產業chǎnyèindustry
• 貨物huòwùgoods, cargo
• 加工jiāgōngprocess (raw materials)
• 交易jiāoyìdeal, trade; trade
• 銷售xiāoshòusell; sales
• 製作zhìzuòmake, produce
• 繁榮fánróngprosperous, booming
• 含量hánliàngcontent (how much something contains)
• 農民nóngmínfarmer(s)
• 排列páilièarrange, put in order
• 變動biàndòngchange, fluctuation; change
• 加速jiāsùspeed up, accelerate
• 踏tàstep on, tread
• 偏偏piānpiānof all things, just (when); insist on
• 三角形sānjiǎoxíngtriangle
• 外觀wàiguānoutward look, appearance
• 完善wánshàncomplete, well developed

• day 169 · innovation and engineering

• 派pàisend, dispatch
• 創新chuàngxīninnovate; innovation
• 薪水xīnshuǐsalary, pay
• 上升shàngshēngrise, go up
• 推廣tuīguǎngpromote, popularise
• 工程gōngchéngengineering; construction project
• 開發kāifādevelop (products, land)
• 人工réngōngmanual work; man-made
• 先進xiānjìnadvanced
• 應用yìngyòngapply, put to use
• 機構jīgòuinstitution, organisation
• 資本zīběncapital
• 危機wéijīcrisis
• 拼命pīnmìngwith all one’s might, desperately
• 伸手shēnshǒureach out a hand
• 至zhìto, until (written); reach
• 塌tācollapse, cave in

• day 171 · funding and planning

• 資金zījīnfunds, capital
• 組織zǔzhīorganisation; organise
• 才能cáinéngtalent, ability
• 人事rénshìpersonnel, staffing (matters)
• 時機shíjīthe right moment, timing
• 聘請pìnqǐnghire, engage (staff)
• 方案fāng'ànplan, proposal
• 召開zhàokāiconvene, hold (a meeting)
• 奮鬥fèndòustrive, struggle (for a goal)
• 投入tóurùput in, invest; throw oneself into
• 簽訂qiāndìngsign (an agreement)
• 促進cùjìnpromote, boost
• 帶動dàidòngdrive, give a lift to
• 開設kāishèopen, set up (a shop, a course)
• 穩wěnsteady, stable
• 曉得xiǎodeknow
• 乙yǐB, the second (in a list)
• 緣故yuángùreason, cause
• 不得bùdémust not, may not (on notices and rules)

• day 172 · deadlines and positions

• 職位zhíwèiposition, post
• 截止jiézhǐclose, end (by a deadline)
• 期限qíxiàntime limit, deadline
• 徵求zhēngqiúseek, ask for (people, opinions)
• 指定zhǐdìngappoint, specify
• 指示zhǐshìinstruction; instruct
• 代理dàilǐact on behalf of, act as agent
• 顧問gùwènadviser, consultant
• 廠商chǎngshāngmanufacturer, supplier
• 分工fēngōngdivide the work
• 上級shàngjísuperior, higher-ups
• 會計kuàijìaccountant; accounting
• 委託wěituōentrust, ask (someone) to handle
• 錄用lùyònghire, take on
• 透過tòuguòthrough, via
• 溫wēnwarm, lukewarm; gentle
• 細節xìjiédetail
• 應付yìngfùcope with, deal with

• day 173 · finance and deals

• 供應gōngyìngsupply
• 原料yuánliàoraw material
• 上市shàngshìgo on sale; go public
• 財產cáichǎnproperty, assets
• 財富cáifùwealth, riches
• 基金jījīnfund, foundation
• 金融jīnróngfinance, banking
• 張開zhāngkāiopen (eyes, mouth, arms)
• 商標shāngbiāotrademark, logo
• 成交chéngjiāoclose a deal, be sold
• 談判tánpànnegotiate; negotiations
• 金額jīn'ésum, amount (of money)
• 賠償péichángcompensate, pay damages
• 儲蓄chúxùsave (money); savings
• 無意wúyìhave no intention of; unintentional
• 形成xíngchéngform, take shape
• 依然yīránstill, as before
• 圓形yuánxíngcircle; round

• day 174 · agents and samples

• 主辦zhǔbànhost, organise (an event)
• 高手gāoshǒuexpert, ace, master hand
• 師父shīfùmaster, teacher (of a craft)
• 任rènlet, allow; as you like
• 專人zhuānréna person specially assigned
• 幹部gànbùofficer, official (of a group)
• 委員wěiyuáncommittee member
• 支援zhīyuánsupport, back up
• 樣品yàngpǐnsample (product)
• 結算jiésuànsettle accounts, add up
• 外匯wàihuìforeign exchange, foreign currency
• 擔保dānbǎoguarantee, vouch for
• 零售língshòuretail, sell retail
• 未wèinot yet, not (written)
• 現成xiànchéngready-made
• 新式xīnshìnew-style, modern
• 一天到晚yītiāndàowǎnfrom morning till night, all day long
• 預先yùxiānin advance, beforehand

• day 175 · budgets and layoffs

• 合約héyuēcontract
• 退回tuìhuíreturn, send back
• 預算yùsuànbudget
• 供gōngprovide, supply
• 開除kāichúfire, expel
• 工會gōnghuìtrade union
• 膨脹péngzhàngexpand, swell
• 衰退shuāituìdecline, decay
• 繳jiǎopay (a bill, a fee)
• 折合zhéhéconvert into, be equal to
• 兼jiāndo two jobs at once, double as
• 收據shōujùreceipt
• 裁員cáiyuáncut staff, lay off
• 向來xiàngláialways (up to now)
• 修正xiūzhèngrevise, correct
• 優良yōuliángexcellent, fine
• 再度zàidùonce again (written)
• 照常zhàochángas usual

• day 176 · copies and contracts

• 影印yǐngyìnphotocopy
• 簽約qiānyuēsign a contract
• 出產chūchǎnproduce, yield
• 面談miàntáninterview, meet in person
• 尋xúnlook for, seek (written)
• 單子dānzilist, form, slip
• 工錢gōngqiánpay (for labour)
• 勞工láogōngworker, labourer
• 勞力láolìlabour, physical effort
• 農夫nóngfūfarmer
• 提早tízǎobring forward, do earlier
• 影本yǐngběnphotocopy, copy (of a document)
• 運轉yùnzhuǎnrun, operate (machines, organisations)
• 規畫guīhuàplan; plan out
• 一口氣yīkǒuqìin one go, in one breath
• 消xiāovanish, subside, go down
• 優美yōuměigraceful, beautiful

• day 178 · media and experiments

• 媒體méitǐmedia
• 信號xìnhàosignal
• 電視臺diànshìtáiTV station
• 互動hùdònginteraction; interactive
• 標題biāotítitle, headline
• 傳播chuánbòspread, broadcast
• 收看shōukànwatch (TV)
• 宣傳xuānchuánpublicity; promote
• 測試cèshìtest
• 實驗shíyànexperiment; do experiments
• 試驗shìyàntest, trial (of something new)
• 物理wùlǐphysics
• 物質wùzhímatter, substance; material
• 明明míngmíngclearly, obviously (and yet)
• 震動zhèndòngshake, vibrate
• 薄弱bóruòweak (base, will, point)
• 呈現chéngxiànshow, present, appear
• 等級děngjílevel, grade, class

• day 179 · keyboard and screen

• 計算jìsuàncalculate, count
• 鍵盤jiànpánkeyboard
• 操作cāozuòoperate, use (a machine)
• 電動diàndòngelectric, battery-powered
• 顯示xiǎnshìshow, display
• 複製fùzhìcopy, duplicate
• 連接liánjiēconnect, link
• 儲存chúcúnsave, store
• 通訊tōngxùncommunication (phone, internet)
• 設置shèzhìset up, install
• 輸入shūrùinput, type in
• 程序chéngxùprocedure, steps
• 輸出shūchūoutput, export
• 點燃diǎnránlight, ignite
• 針對zhēnduìaimed at, in response to
• 不大bùdànot very, not quite
• 從沒cóngméinever (have)
• 放大fàngdàenlarge, zoom in
• 之餘zhīyúbesides, apart from (doing something)

• day 180 · space and machines

• 模型móxíngmodel
• 儀器yíqìinstrument, apparatus
• 合成héchéngcompose, combine; synthetic
• 檢驗jiǎnyàntest, inspect
• 金屬jīnshǔmetal
• 太空tàikōngouter space
• 月球yuèqiúthe moon
• 通信tōngxìnwrite to each other; communicate
• 測量cèliángmeasure, survey
• 機械jīxièmachinery; mechanical
• 原理yuánlǐprinciple (how it works)
• 細胞xìbāocell (biology)
• 氧氣yǎngqìoxygen
• 吊diàohang, suspend
• 則zéwhile, whereas (written)
• 整數zhěngshùwhole number; round figure
• 不宜bùyínot suitable, not advisable
• 大半dàbànmost of, the greater part

• day 181 · information and radio

• 字幕zìmùsubtitles
• 資訊zīxùninformation
• 能源néngyuánenergy (sources)
• 報社bàoshènewspaper office
• 發行fāxíngpublish, issue, release
• 喇叭lǎbāloudspeaker; horn
• 報bàoreport, declare
• 轉播zhuǎnbòbroadcast (live), relay
• 傳單chuándānflyer, leaflet
• 考察kǎocháinspect, study on site
• 天文tiānwénastronomy
• 專利zhuānlìpatent
• 放手fàngshǒulet go; give a free hand
• 電臺diàntáiradio station
• 直線zhíxiànin a straight line; sharply
• 長方形chángfāngxíngrectangle
• 大清早dàqīngzǎoearly in the morning
• 多多duōduōmore, a lot (in requests)

• day 182 · satellites and wires

• 電子diànzǐelectron; electronic
• 電線diànxiànelectric wire, cable
• 打字dǎzìtype
• 報導bàodǎoreport; news report
• 傳送chuánsòngsend, transmit
• 回電huídiàncall back
• 色情sèqíngpornography, adult content
• 搬運bānyùncarry, move (goods)
• 發射fāshèlaunch, fire, emit
• 衛星wèixīngsatellite
• 過濾guòlǜfilter
• 器材qìcáiequipment
• 電報diànbàotelegram, telegraph
• 竟jìngunexpectedly (written 竟然)
• 吵鬧chǎonàonoisy; make a racket
• 大有dàyǒuhave plenty of
• 犯錯fàncuòmake a mistake
• 繁忙fánmángbusy, hectic

• day 184 · concerts and opera

• 歌手gēshǒusinger
• 作家zuòjiāwriter, author
• 電視劇diànshìjùTV drama, TV series
• 京劇jīngjùPeking opera
• 演唱yǎnchàngsing (on stage), perform songs
• 圖書túshūbooks (collectively)
• 展示zhǎnshìdisplay, show
• 鼓gǔdrum
• 劇院jùyuàntheatre
• 鼓掌gǔzhǎngapplaud, clap
• 關上guānshàngclose, shut
• 看看kànkanhave a look, take a look
• 法子fáziway, method
• 後頭hòutouthe back, behind
• 論lùndiscuss; when it comes to
• 濃厚nónghòustrong, rich (interest, feeling)
• 清晰qīngxīclear, distinct
• 喪失sàngshīlose (an ability, confidence)

• day 185 · exhibitions and poetry

• 舞臺wǔtáistage
• 展覽zhǎnlǎnexhibition; exhibit
• 圖畫túhuàpicture, drawing
• 攝影shèyǐngphotograph, take photos; photography
• 創作chuàngzuòcreate; creation, work
• 詩shīpoem, poetry
• 詩人shīrénpoet
• 舞蹈wǔdàodance (as an art)
• 展出zhǎnchūbe on show, exhibit
• 掌聲zhǎngshēngapplause
• 扣kòudeduct; button up
• 捧pěnghold in both hands
• 於yúat, in, on (written)
• 幹嘛gànmawhy; what for (spoken)
• 過渡guòdùtransition, pass through (a stage)
• 獲huòwin, obtain (written)
• 落伍luòwǔold-fashioned, out of date
• 傾向qīngxiàngtend to, lean towards

• day 186 · the leading role

• 畫面huàmiànimage, scene (on a screen)
• 色彩sècǎicolour(s), colouring
• 主角zhǔjuéleading role, main character
• 扮演bànyǎnplay (a role)
• 獎品jiǎngpǐnprize (a thing you win)
• 書籍shūjíbooks (formal)
• 悲劇bēijùtragedy
• 上臺shàngtáigo on stage
• 劇場jùchǎngtheatre (the hall)
• 印刷yìnshuāprint
• 幹什麼gànshénmewhat for; what are you doing
• 還不如háibùrúmight as well, would be better to
• 加以jiāyǐ(formal) give, apply (+ two-syllable verb)
• 利lìsharp
• 美觀měiguāngood-looking, attractive (design)
• 迫切pòqièurgent, pressing
• 親口qīnkǒupersonally (said with one’s own mouth)
• 上頭shàngtouon top, above; the higher-ups

• day 187 · comics and classics

• 歌唱gēchàngsinging; sing
• 編biānmake up, write, edit
• 卡通kǎtōngcartoon
• 喜劇xǐjùcomedy
• 古典gǔdiǎnclassical
• 演奏yǎnzòuplay (music), perform
• 漫畫mànhuàcomic, comics, manga
• 片子piànzifilm, movie (spoken)
• 文藝wényìliterature and art
• 撲pūpounce, throw oneself at
• 高潮gāocháoclimax, high point
• 不料bùliàounexpectedly, to everyone’s surprise
• 廣闊guǎngkuòvast, wide
• 黑夜hēiyènight, darkness
• 凌晨língchénsmall hours, early morning (before dawn)
• 密mìdense, close together
• 齊全qíquáncomplete, have everything

• day 188 · box-office hits

• 賣座màizuòbe a box-office hit
• 超人chāorénsuperman, superhero
• 得獎déjiǎngwin a prize
• 化裝huàzhuāngdress up, disguise; put on stage make-up
• 開演kāiyǎn(a show) start
• 舞廳wǔtīngdance hall
• 歌劇gējùopera (Western)
• 插圖chātúillustration (in a book)
• 雕刻diāokècarving, sculpture; carve
• 民謠mínyáofolk song
• 難免nánmiǎnhard to avoid, bound to
• 光是guāngshìjust, only (this alone)
• 後方hòufāngthe rear, behind
• 絕大部分juédàbùfènthe vast majority
• 嘍lóu(particle: “now”, “then” — friendly)
• 腦筋nǎojīnbrains, mind
• 前頭qiántouthe front, ahead
• 容rónghold, have room for

• day 190 · myths and new year

• 生肖shēngxiàoChinese zodiac sign
• 元旦yuándànNew Year’s Day (1 January)
• 傳說chuánshuōlegend; it is said
• 神shéngod, deity (in myths)
• 神秘shénmìmysterious
• 神話shénhuàmyth, mythology
• 拜年bàiniánpay a New Year visit
• 過節guòjiéfestive; (of a) holiday
• 掏tāopull out (from a pocket)
• 深淺shēnqiǎndepth; shade (of a colour)
• 相xiāngeach other, mutually
• 細小xìxiǎotiny, very small
• 用得著yòngdezháobe of use, be needed
• 怎zěnhow (written, short for 怎麼)
• 最少zuìshǎoat least
• 差錯chācuòmistake, mishap
• 大意dàyìcareless; main idea, gist
• 附加fùjiāattach, add on (extra)

• day 191 · emperors and ceremonies

• 屬shǔbelong to; be born in the year of
• 文物wénwùcultural relic, historical object
• 公元gōngyuánAD, CE (the common era)
• 跪guìkneel
• 皇帝huángdìemperor
• 原始yuánshǐprimitive; original
• 逢féngmeet; whenever (it comes to)
• 儀式yíshìceremony, ritual
• 逃走táozǒurun away, escape
• 站住zhànzhùstand still, stop
• 扯chěpull; chat, talk nonsense
• 抵dǐarrive (written); make up for
• 絕不juébùabsolutely not, never
• 世shìlife, lifetime; world
• 想不到xiǎngbùdàounexpected; never thought
• 喲yāooh! (surprise)
• 有些yǒuxiēsome; somewhat
• 磅bàngpound (weight; British money)

• day 192 · qipao and wedding banquets

• 喜酒xǐjiǔwedding banquet
• 旗袍qípáoqipao, cheongsam
• 俗sútacky, vulgar; common
• 許願xǔyuànmake a wish
• 正月zhēngyuèfirst month of the lunar year
• 神聖shénshèngsacred, solemn
• 神仙shénxiānimmortal, fairy (in legends)
• 信仰xìnyǎngbelief, faith; believe in
• 搖頭yáotóushake one’s head
• 擱gēput, leave (somewhere)
• 失掉shīdiàolose
• 途徑tújìngway, channel
• 系列xìlièseries
• 原則上yuánzéshàngin principle, as a rule
• 正方形zhèngfāngxíngsquare (shape)
• 丙bǐngC, third (in a series)
• 成天chéngtiānall day long
• 丁dīngD, fourth (in a series)

• day 193 · history and porcelain

• 貴族guìzúaristocrat, noble
• 滅亡mièwángperish, be wiped out
• 俗話súhuàsaying, proverb
• 陳列chénlièdisplay, lay out
• 陶瓷táocíceramics, pottery and porcelain
• 封建fēngjiànfeudal
• 湊còugather, pool together
• 裹guǒwrap, bind
• 發揚fāyángcarry on, develop (a tradition)
• 勿wùdo not (written)
• 算起來suànqǐláicounting it up, all in all
• 歪wāicrooked, slanting
• 心目中xīnmùzhōngin one’s mind, in one’s eyes
• 以便yǐbiànso that, in order to
• 月分yuèfènmonth (in counting, dates)
• 正規zhèngguīregular, formal, proper
• 波動bōdòngfluctuate, go up and down
• 對策duìcècountermeasure, way of dealing with it

• day 194 · festivals and flowers

• 節慶jiéqìngfestivals, festive celebrations
• 拜bàipay respects to; take (someone) as a master
• 插花chāhuāarrange flowers; flower arranging
• 回教huíjiàoIslam
• 建國jiànguófound a country
• 教會jiàohuìchurch (the organisation)
• 天主教tiānzhǔjiàoCatholicism
• 搓cuōrub, roll (between the hands)
• 俗話說súhuàshuōas the saying goes
• 現xiànon the spot, now
• 吸取xīqǔabsorb, draw (a lesson)
• 一大早yīdàzǎoearly in the morning
• 與其yǔqírather than
• 陣子zhènziperiod of time
• 不由得bùyóudecan’t help (doing)
• 分明fēnmíngclear; clearly
• 合乎héhūconform to, be in line with
• 緩和huǎnhéease, calm down
• 話說回來huàshuōhuíláibut then again

• day 196 · lonely and wronged

• 無情wúqíngheartless, ruthless
• 愁chóuworried, anxious; sorrow
• 單調dāndiàomonotonous, dull
• 灰心huīxīndiscouraged, disheartened
• 委屈wěiqūwronged, hard done by
• 心靈xīnlíngheart, soul, mind
• 交際jiāojìsocialise, mix with people
• 來往láiwǎnghave contact, associate with
• 為難wéinánawkward, in a difficult position
• 指責zhǐzécriticise, blame
• 鼓舞gǔwǔinspire, encourage
• 不平bùpíngindignant, aggrieved; uneven
• 折磨zhémótorment, torture
• 歡呼huānhūcheer
• 榮幸róngxìnghonoured
• 要命yàomìngterribly, to death; awful
• 或多或少huòduōhuòshǎomore or less, to some extent
• 覺悟juéwùrealise, wake up to

• day 197 · jealous and ashamed

• 慘cǎnmiserable, terrible
• 孤單gūdānlonely, alone
• 憂鬱yōuyùdepressed, melancholy
• 活該huógāiserves you right
• 厭惡yànwùdetest, be disgusted by
• 樂意lèyìwilling, happy to
• 丟臉diūliǎnlose face, be embarrassed
• 嫉妒jídùbe jealous of
• 悲痛bēitònggrief-stricken, deeply sad
• 氣憤qìfènindignant, angry
• 輕視qīngshìlook down on, belittle
• 操心cāoxīnworry about, fuss over
• 慌huāngflustered, panicky
• 忍心rěnxīnhave the heart to
• 心聲xīnshēnginnermost thoughts, true feelings
• 揀jiǎnpick, choose
• 溜liūslip away, sneak off
• 開拓kāituòopen up, develop (a market, a field)

• day 198 · superstitions and silly mistakes

• 迷信míxìnsuperstition; superstitious
• 諷刺fèngcìsatirise, mock; ironic
• 傷腦筋shāngnǎojīntroublesome, a headache
• 是非shìfēiright and wrong; gossip
• 意願yìyuànwish, willingness
• 感恩gǎn'ēngrateful, thankful
• 倒楣dǎoméiunlucky, out of luck
• 等不及děngbùjícan’t wait
• 歡喜huānxǐhappy, joyful
• 可喜kěxǐgratifying, encouraging
• 迷糊míhúmuddled, scatterbrained
• 忍不住rěnbùzhùcan’t help (doing)
• 慚愧cánkuìashamed
• 丟人diūrénembarrassing, lose face
• 無可奈何wúkěnàihéhelpless, with no choice
• 動不動dòngbùdòngat the drop of a hat, all too often
• 尖銳jiānruìsharp, pointed; shrill
• 空前kōngqiánunprecedented

• day 199 · bows and compromises

• 禮品lǐpǐngift (formal)
• 社交shèjiāosocial life, socialising
• 要好yàohǎoclose, on good terms
• 排斥páichìreject, exclude
• 表揚biǎoyángpraise publicly, commend
• 鞠躬júgōngbow
• 送行sòngxíngsee someone off
• 慰問wèiwènexpress sympathy to, visit (the sick)
• 報答bàodárepay (kindness)
• 諒解liàngjiěunderstand, forgive
• 讓步ràngbùgive way, make a concession
• 妥協tuǒxiécompromise
• 摟lǒuhug, put an arm around
• 低潮dīcháolow point, slump
• 應邀yìngyāoat someone’s invitation
• 好在hǎozàiluckily, fortunately
• 界線jièxiànboundary, line
• 濫用lànyòngabuse, misuse

• day 200 · complaints and quarrels

• 讚美zànměipraise, admire
• 嘮叨láodāonag, go on and on
• 報仇bàochóutake revenge, get even
• 得罪dézuìoffend
• 破裂pòlièbreak, crack, fall apart
• 惹rěprovoke, annoy; cause (trouble)
• 告辭gàocítake one’s leave
• 歉意qiànyìapology, regret
• 反問fǎnwènask in reply, answer with a question
• 響應xiǎngyìngrespond (to a call), answer an appeal
• 牢騷láosāocomplaints, grumbles
• 批判pīpàncriticise (formally)
• 取笑qǔxiàomake fun of, tease
• 撈lāoscoop out, fish out
• 轉達zhuǎndápass on (a message)
• 精細jīngxìmeticulous, fine
• 略lüèslightly, a little
• 麻mánumb, tingling
• 如此一來rúcǐyīláiin this way, as a result

• day 201 · tea parties and toasts

• 茶會cháhuìtea party, reception
• 多謝duōxièmany thanks
• 合不來hébùláinot get along
• 接到jiēdàoreceive
• 敬酒jìngjiǔpropose a toast
• 酒會jiǔhuìreception, cocktail party
• 來信láixìnletter received, your letter
• 禮lǐgift; courtesy, etiquette
• 人情味rénqíngwèihuman warmth, kindness
• 玩笑wánxiàojoke
• 遇yùmeet, run into (written)
• 招呼zhāohūlook after, attend to (guests); call to
• 許xǔallow; promise
• 計較jìjiàofuss over, haggle over
• 何況hékuànglet alone, besides
• 絕juéabsolutely (+ negative)
• 臨línbe about to, just before; face

• day 203 · forms and ID cards

• 申請shēnqǐngapply (for)
• 規定guīdìngrule, regulation; stipulate
• 國際guójìinternational
• 老年lǎoniánold age
• 中年zhōngniánmiddle age
• 表格biǎogéform (to fill in)
• 騙piàncheat, deceive, scam
• 身分證shēnfènzhèngID card
• 禁止jìnzhǐforbid, prohibit
• 准zhǔnallow, permit
• 包裹bāoguǒparcel, package
• 證據zhèngjùevidence, proof
• 登記dēngjìregister, check in
• 轉告zhuǎngàopass on (a message)
• 捏niēpinch, squeeze, hold tight
• 耍shuǎplay with; trick, fool
• 妥善tuǒshànproper, appropriate
• 一齊yīqítogether, all at once

• day 204 · rules and the law

• 居民jūmínresident
• 反fǎnturn over, reverse; oppose
• 報警bàojǐngcall the police
• 罰fápunish, fine
• 法院fǎyuàncourt (of law)
• 合法héfǎlegal, lawful
• 控制kòngzhìcontrol
• 遵守zūnshǒuabide by, follow (rules)
• 阻止zǔzhǐstop, prevent (someone)
• 防fángguard against, protect from
• 防止fángzhǐprevent
• 爭取zhēngqǔfight for, strive for
• 簽字qiānzìsign (your name)
• 制定zhìdìngdraw up, lay down (rules)
• 攀pānclimb (by holding on)
• 甩shuǎiswing, fling; shake off
• 免得miǎndeso as not to, so that… won’t
• 完畢wánbìbe finished, be over (formal)

• day 205 · equal rights

• 公平gōngpíngfair, just
• 規則guīzérules; regular
• 婦女fùnǚwomen
• 權利quánlìright(s)
• 現場xiànchǎngthe scene, on the spot
• 宣布xuānbùannounce
• 全體quántǐall (members), the whole group
• 大眾dàzhòngthe public, the masses
• 公布gōngbùannounce publicly, publish
• 事件shìjiànincident, event
• 占zhànmake up, account for; occupy
• 集合jíhégather, assemble
• 市民shìmíncitizens, city residents
• 改革gǎigéreform
• 瞎xiāgo blind; do blindly (瞎猜, 瞎說)
• 偏向piānxiànglean towards, be biased towards
• 順手shùnshǒuhandy, easy to use; smooth
• 優越yōuyuèsuperior

• day 206 · government and charity

• 政府zhèngfǔgovernment
• 成立chénglìfound, set up
• 統一tǒngyīuniform, unified
• 威脅wēixiéthreat; threaten
• 義務yìwùduty, obligation; voluntary (unpaid)
• 參與cānyùtake part in, be involved in
• 發起fāqǐlaunch, initiate (a campaign)
• 捐juāndonate
• 聯合liánhéunite, join together
• 設立shèlìset up, establish
• 主席zhǔxíchair, chairperson
• 治zhìtreat, cure; govern
• 窗口chuāngkǒuservice window, counter; window
• 毒dúpoison; poisonous
• 撕sītear
• 若ruòif (written)
• 頗pǒquite, rather (written)
• 雄偉xióngwěimagnificent, grand

• day 207 · crowds and disasters

• 移民yímínemigrate, immigrate; immigrant
• 和平hépíngpeaceful; peace
• 民眾mínzhòngthe public, people
• 改造gǎizàotransform, convert
• 出境chūjìngleave the country
• 爆炸bàozhàexplode
• 火災huǒzāifire (a disaster)
• 本土běntǔlocal, native (land)
• 潮流cháoliútrend, tide
• 聚集jùjígather, collect (people)
• 群眾qúnzhòngcrowd, the masses
• 外界wàijièthe outside world, outsiders
• 保障bǎozhàngguarantee, protect; protection
• 捐款juānkuǎndonation; donate money
• 懸xuánhang, be suspended
• 砸záhit (by falling); smash
• 清除qīngchúclear away, remove
• 思索sīsuǒponder, think hard

• day 208 · democracy and protest

• 民主mínzhǔdemocracy; democratic
• 衝突chōngtúconflict, clash
• 公開gōngkāipublic, open
• 官員guānyuánofficial
• 政策zhèngcèpolicy
• 口號kǒuhàoslogan
• 團結tuánjiéunited
• 處罰chǔfápunish
• 警告jǐnggàowarning; warn
• 暴力bàolìviolence; violent
• 欺騙qīpiàndeceive
• 當選dāngxuǎnbe elected
• 國旗guóqínational flag
• 聯合國liánhéguóthe United Nations
• 縮suōshrink
• 一般而言yībān'éryángenerally speaking (written)
• 企圖qìtúattempt; try to (usually bad)
• 掩蓋yǎngàicover up, conceal

• day 209 · history and conflict

• 槍qiānggun
• 民間mínjiānamong the people, folk, private
• 命令mìnglìngorder, command
• 恐怖kǒngbùterrifying, horror
• 投票tóupiàovote
• 外交wàijiāodiplomacy, foreign affairs
• 對抗duìkàngoppose, resist, confront
• 勢力shìlìpower, force(s), influence
• 抵抗dǐkàngresist
• 發動fādònglaunch, start (an engine; a campaign)
• 箭jiànarrow
• 率領shuàilǐnglead (a group)
• 犯罪fànzuìcommit a crime
• 搖擺yáobǎisway, swing; waver
• 事實上shìshíshàngin fact, actually
• 曲折qūzhéwinding, complicated
• 妥當tuǒdàngappropriate, proper

• day 211 · disasters and measures

• 消滅xiāomièwipe out, eliminate
• 占有zhànyǒupossess, hold, occupy
• 災害zāihàidisaster, calamity
• 災難zāinàncatastrophe, disaster
• 遭受zāoshòusuffer, sustain (a loss, damage)
• 遭遇zāoyù(bad) experience, what someone went through
• 維護wéihùmaintain, protect, uphold
• 違反wéifǎnviolate, break (a rule)
• 老百姓lǎobǎixìngordinary people, the common folk
• 措施cuòshīmeasure, step (taken)
• 實施shíshīimplement, put into effect
• 補償bǔchángcompensate, make up for
• 新興xīnxīngemerging, new
• 號召hàozhàocall on, appeal to (people)
• 彎腰wānyāobend down, bend over
• 整潔zhěngjiéclean and tidy
• 合算hésuànworthwhile, good value
• 記性jìxìngmemory (ability to remember)
• 非但fēidànnot only (非但…還…)

• day 212 · order and leaders

• 秩序zhìxùorder (orderliness)
• 罪zuìcrime; guilt
• 中央zhōngyāngcentre; central (government)
• 總理zǒnglǐpremier, prime minister
• 武器wǔqìweapon
• 討tǎoask for, demand (back)
• 逃避táobìrun away from, avoid
• 領袖lǐngxiùleader
• 官方guānfāngofficial (side), the authorities
• 牢láofirm, secure
• 祖國zǔguómotherland, home country
• 部隊bùduìtroops, army unit
• 鬥爭dòuzhēngstruggle, fight
• 同胞tóngbāofellow countrymen, compatriots
• 叫喊jiàohǎnshout, yell
• 這下子zhèxiàzinow (as a result), this time
• 制止zhìzhǐstop, curb
• 易yìeasy (written)

• day 213 · rulers and armies

• 華僑huáqiáooverseas Chinese
• 華人huárénethnic Chinese (person)
• 印章yìnzhāngseal, stamp
• 統治tǒngzhìrule, govern
• 推翻tuīfānoverthrow, overturn
• 軍事jūnshìmilitary
• 戰場zhànchǎngbattlefield
• 反抗fǎnkàngresist, rebel against
• 擁護yǒnghùsupport, back (a person, a decision)
• 慣例guànlìcustom, usual practice
• 海軍hǎijūnnavy
• 陸軍lùjūnarmy (land forces)
• 炮pàocannon, gun (artillery)
• 砲pàocannon (variant spelling of 炮)
• 浸jìnsoak, steep
• 骯髒āngzāngfilthy, dirty
• 遠大yuǎndàfar-reaching, lofty (goals)
• 耐用nàiyòngdurable, hard-wearing

• day 214 · rights and prisons

• 投降tóuxiángsurrender, give in
• 解除jiěchúlift, remove, relieve
• 人權rénquánhuman rights
• 偵探zhēntàndetective
• 非法fēifǎillegal
• 監視jiānshìwatch, monitor
• 保衛bǎowèidefend, protect
• 享有xiǎngyǒuenjoy (rights, benefits)
• 須知xūzhīnotice, things you need to know
• 冤枉yuānwǎngwronged; accuse wrongly
• 監獄jiānyùprison
• 走私zǒusīsmuggle
• 侵害qīnhàiinfringe, violate (rights)
• 審查shěncháexamine, review
• 擲zhíthrow, hurl
• 簡言之jiǎnyánzhīin short, to put it briefly
• 般bānlike, -like (written)
• 具jùhave, possess (written)

• day 215 · marches and treaties

• 抗議kàngyìprotest
• 同志tóngzhìcomrade; (Taiwan) gay, LGBTQ
• 遊行yóuxíngparade, march
• 風氣fēngqìgeneral mood, ethos, practice
• 貧窮pínqióngpoor, poverty-stricken
• 歧視qíshìdiscriminate (against)
• 壓迫yāpòoppress
• 機關jīguān(government) agency, body; mechanism
• 落實luòshíput into practice, implement
• 示威shìwēidemonstrate (in the street)
• 政黨zhèngdǎngpolitical party
• 接見jiējiànreceive (a visitor, officially)
• 領土lǐngtǔterritory
• 條約tiáoyuētreaty
• 得了délethat’s enough; OK, fine
• 片面piànmiànone-sided
• 之類zhīlèiand so on, and the like
• 削減xuèjiǎncut, reduce (budget, staff)

• day 216 · strikes and public offices

• 郵差yóuchāipostman, postal worker
• 種族zhǒngzúrace, ethnic group
• 罷工bàgōnggo on strike
• 對付duìfùdeal with, cope with
• 案子ànzi(legal) case; project
• 身分shēnfènidentity, status
• 部長bùzhǎng(government) minister
• 犯法fànfǎbreak the law
• 廢水fèishuǐwaste water
• 掛號信guàhàoxìnregistered letter
• 國會guóhuìparliament, congress
• 壞蛋huàidànbad guy, villain
• 禍huòdisaster, trouble
• 補助bǔzhùsubsidy; subsidise
• 視shìdepending on (視…決定)
• 鋼gāngsteel
• 破爛pòlànworn-out, tattered
• 幢chuáng(measure word for buildings)

• day 217 · fires and floods

• 救火jiùhuǒput out a fire, fight a fire
• 軍jūnarmy, troops
• 強人qiángrénstrongman, powerful leader
• 人心rénxīnpublic feeling, people’s hearts
• 市立shìlìmunicipal, city-run
• 水災shuǐzāiflood
• 圖章túzhāngseal, stamp
• 出事chūshìhave an accident, something goes wrong
• 犯人fànrénprisoner, criminal
• 管制guǎnzhìcontrol, regulate
• 起火qǐhuǒcatch fire
• 侵入qīnrùbreak into, invade
• 議會yìhuìcouncil, assembly
• 光亮guāngliàngbright, shiny
• 升高shēnggāorise, go up
• 慣guànbe used to
• 花色huāsèdesign and colours, pattern
• 省得shěngdeso as not to, to save (trouble)
• 蓋住gàizhùcover (up)