(used before measure word and noun) some, (a) certain child, children, young one father mother passenger lover menstrual period firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea (chief daily necessities) daily use products present that sunset glow (or clouds) torrential rain, rainstorm shower (of rain) haze, smog pottery and porcelain, ceramics garden Tiananmen Square calendar greeting card cake mainstream, essential or main aspect, main trend days of (someone’s) life day shift frowned expression religion holiday holiday Lantern Festival (15th day of the new year) seventh evening of the seventh month (lunar calendar) (when the herd boy and the weaving girl are supposed to meet) Mid-Autumn Festival National Day New Year’s Day Valentine’s Day Labor Day Easter Independence Day Thanksgiving Halloween Christmas Mardi Gras, Carnival Passover (Jewish holiday) banquet spoken language one two, second three seven 100 number how many schedule measure word indicating frequency life time, days period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) date time right now in the future previously after this up to now later half day, long time all day long recent tomorrow week in the future within daylight saving time this year May June July August September October November a period of ten days in a month day day two days before yesterday the day before yesterday yesterday today nowaday tomorrow the day after tomorrow two days before yesterday birthday last week week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Sunday two-day weekend holiday long holiday, long leave of absence Golden Week anniversary day dawn, daybreak noon afternoon day and night hour, o’clock, time of day (Chinese Communist) party standing behind, after travel on foot ~十多天 have a cold for more than ten days || 重/小~ serious/light cold || 流行性~ influenza have sexual relations with someone 白日 ~ daydream || 美国/中国~ American Dream/Chinese Dream happy happy sorrowful restless (uneasy standing and sitting) remember forget weakly and without strength, dispirited stay live, celebrate pass the time celebrate festivals be busy running about doing arduous or unpleasant work rest skip class choose tour sweep the tomb lose favor, in disfavor have a vacation ask for vacation take holiday go on a business trip have a meeting ~鲜奶 purchase of fresh milk || ~年货 purchase of necessities for the Spring Festival holidays || ~粮食 purchase of grain suspension go to school be hospitalized military parade detain get along with, interact invite, make an appointment wish celebrate congratulate extend a greeting clear overcast lots of snow swirling in the air daybreak classes are over up to, until put off, postpone postpone, defer make a general reference replace, substitute like, as sink into (vice, degradation) give white 红灯~了. The red light is on. || 眼 睛~ bright eyes || 天~了day breaks cold, cool cloudy, shady full, entire late effective, valid brisk, active, dynamic flat, dull cannot do without, be unavoidable with a deep feeling of grief fine, glorious broad daylight, light of day legal, statutory derive pleasure from sth. one’s duty, (to play) one’s part downhearted, low-spirited careless, casual flighty and impetuous be impervious to reason, unreasonable, obstinate inconsiderate go fishing for three days and dry the nets for two- work by fits and starts, lack perseverance capable, competent like the sun at midday, at the summit of one’s power becoming more prosperous with each passing day downfall, ruin ease, leisurely bored, senseless have nothing to do head and face covered with dust, dejected happy event or occasion, joyous be pleased, be satisfied bitter, hardship, pain difficult, hard almost only, merely at (the) least also every generally speaking like, just like increasingly, more and more at once, right away continuously, in a row in a row, in succession day-to-day, everyday would rather, prefer unexpectedly, to one’s surprise there is no harm in, might as well by the time, when because of ~天气预报 (yùbào), 今天会下雨. According to the weather forecast, it will rain today. || ~学生的年龄分班 assign the class sections according to the students’ ages go so far as to [used correlatively with也] even if even, even if only, alone except, [correlatively with还, 也, etc.] besides, in addition to, [correlatively with 就是] if not. . . (then. . .) no matter what, how etc., regardless of in any case, whatever happens regardless of, no matter (what, who etc.) if, in case the same as, alike, as . . . as. . .