them (for females) (used before measure word and noun) some, (a) certain woman old person (often not polite) uncle (mother’s brother) /aunt (wife of one’s mother’s brother) (more commonly to use舅舅, 舅妈) husband of one’s father’s sister/one’s father’s sister, aunt aunt’s husband/aunt (more commonly to use姨妈、姨父) wife, lover wife (informal) male otaku female otaku landlord passenger rat, mouse laboratory mouse kangaroo house pet insect, worm fly, housefly louse virus brain breast, boobs fuel goods and materials articles for use, products daily use products general merchandise in the sense of this one is only used on formal occasions how foot the sound of applause tap water electricity coal gas natural gas solar energy geothermal energy wood pottery and porcelain, ceramics robot water pump projector bus weapon of mass destruction (WMD) house house housing local-style dwellings, folk house a building with two or more stories opera house museum art museum exhibition (center) library room garage warehouse hostel, living quarters, dormitory treehouse door house roof storage place tower The Forbidden City The White House ~是世界四大博物馆之一. The Louvre is one of the four largest museums in the world. electrical appliance household appliances dryer fan blouse pants jeans shorts tight pants projector ink credit card bank card plaster, medicine patch poison gas cooking oil that has been used and discarded. In China, sometimes illegally recovered from gutter and sewers, repossessed and sold back to restaurants. lean meat powder 引起~ cause misunderstanding || 一场小~ a small misunderstanding reason, cause reason dispute, issue effect, role use use, purpose repercussions, echo, repercussions use, usage method problem, conflict public good, public interest on both sides multi-party structure condition articles of faith, creed violence military force shrew credit motive, intention 舞台 (wǔtái) ~ the stage design || ~道路design (a) road || 房屋~ design (a) house communism socialism household, family household, family (often referring to someone else’s family) organized body, society host physical labor, work insurance amusement, entertainment, recreation 玩~ play (a) game || 做~ play games || 参加~ participate in game housework customs house, customs embassy burden, load troops, a division of army squad, class, team insurance government money rent hotel tavern restaurant/cafeteria restaurant teahouse hypermarket, large warehouse-like self-service retail store convenience store Chinese character word spoken language idiom German Internet theme or subject of the music museum gymnasium venue sports field thousand household a measure word (used with ‘hat,’ crown and tent) the most common measure word. If you do not know the correct measure word to go with a noun, you can use this one. measure word for vehicles a row of measure word for houses or institutions housed in a building a set of menopause, climacterium solar calendar When on Earth! from beginning to end, around city, in the city push do it yourself smell carry on the family line lose hair feel nausea 打~ kill || 病~ die of an illness || ~老鼠 dead mouse commit suicide 引起~ cause insomnia || 常常 ~ often suffer from insomnia with boundless joy satisfied be in a bad mood shock be alarmed and confused worry have interest in be too fond of to part with love all parts of someone (even love the crows on someone’s roof) be jealous (relating to love) be used to, habit nausea, disgust be crazy about be obsessed rethink, reconsider pay attention to, follow with interest attach importance to cannot manage excuse move your mind, consider associate with respect admit (or acknowledge) defeat admit defeat, acknowledge a mistake know (same as知道. only used in colloquial Chinese and in southern dialects) can can pretend to be confused be a guest lodge, (of students) board take charge of family doing arduous or unpleasant work go all out, fight use all one’s might use, take advantage of cause, make use, make use of, employ apply use use use for special purpose common use, interchangeable use for use in bring, cause break away from hide, avoid start a dispute use your seniority write 引 起~ lead to misunderstanding || 产生~ cause misunderstanding || ~她的意 思misunderstood her meaning ~节目 an entertainment program || ~场所 place of recreation || ~大众 entertain the masses || ~圈 showbiz 美术~ art exhibition || 图书~ books book exhibition || 小型~ a small exhibition || ~馆 museum || 摄影展 ~ a photography exhibition 381 cheat have bad luck find it hard to advance or to retreat, be in a dliemna cause physical or mental suffering/torment get into trouble, bring disaster gush out worth it, getting money’s worth attend trifles and neglect essentials show off shamelessly, presumptuous, smug (not necessarily pejorative, often used among friends) be flushed with success mature timber, useful person lose favor, in disfavor fall behind, retrogress arrange, manage, take care of trade stocks lead, guide order, command, cause ab. to employ register motivate, arouse, agitate financing for rent rent 购房~ a house down payment || 交~ make a down payment set up, construct, establish, build, erect build construct, build build, construct construct, build build, construct decorate paint, white wash transfuse, transmit, deliver make oneself an example, give a lead take a break from school quote focus treat, cure an illness transfuse blood dissect ~是中国古代战争中经常使用的 一种策略. Feinting to the east and attacking to the west is a common tactic used in ancient Chinese warfare. lawsuit bring a lawsuit accuse crack a case search a house and confiscate possessions force a confession go in through the back door (use unofficial channels) visit prostitutes use trigrams to tell fortunes avoid evil spirits stay as a guest drop in, visit drop in, visit sb.’s home curse, scold excuse me disturb entrust, ask pass on borrow, lend make an excuse shirk refuse, reject decline help look look after keep an eye on vie for incite lure, seduce 以死相~ use the threat of death || ~政府 blackmail the government frame treat unjustly, to accuse wrongly deafening be on fire collapse display near separate divide mix together integrate fuse into one stuck, wedged reappear, recur, repeat turn off (a machine, computer or phone) change trains or buses damage, impair rise in value grasp firmly, make the most of use up, consume excuse from doing, remove from office metaphor, analogy replace, substitute for prop up, sustain reciprocal, equal be able to support well matched in social and economic status (for marriage) roll up like a mat, sweep across encumber, be a burden on be unconsciously influenced by what one constantly hears or sees make, cause, can be used cause a sensation, make a stir induce, cause to happen create, cause provoke, invite or ask for (sth. undesirable) cause cause, result in ~的 建议useful suggestion || ~的谈话useful conversation || 对健康~ be good for one’s health be easy to, be convenient for accidentally injure neither too big nor too small very little, next to nothing thin reel right and left, lying on all sides speak in measured tone, cadence hard, stiff durable a large number of, much, a lot of a large-scale used, second-hand popular old in a while, give it a go (used after a verb) broken, damaged reasonable, rational, equitable hard, strong, obstinate useful convenient useful, practical useless 带来~ cause the inconvenience to someone || 行动~ have difficulty getting about || 交通~ have poor transport facilities 太~ too much trouble || ~事troubles || 对不起, 给您添 ~了. I’m sorry to have caused you so much trouble. free, gratuitous extensive, wide-ranging ~意义 universal significance || ~使用widely be used || ~现象general phenomenon look at the sky from the bottom of a well-have a very narrow view trifling, trivial rouse emotion, sensational make many stupid mistakes, make oneself ridiculous naughty, cause sb. a headache abstruse, profound 宇宙 (yǔzhòu) 的~ the mystery of universe popular, common explain the profound in simple terms suddenly, fierce warm, enthusiastic fatal, mortal, deadly firm, solid soft, mild dazed and confused, benighted and disorderly harmonious clear at a glance known to every household face to face openly, publicly legal, lawful firm and persistent do shoddy work and use inferior material public, state-owned, fair just, righteous be wide-eyed at the sight of money careful calculation and strict budgeting skimp and save, live frugally competitive, like to contest rude and unreasonable, arbitrary use lame arguments, reason fallaciously nauseating, sickening, disgusting muddled, confused skillful, (of hand, tongue) deft, glib clumsy birds have to start flying early-the slow need to start early (usu. said in selfdeprecation) skillful, practised good-for-nothing, neverdo-well worthless, useless show the wolf into the house (idiom), to introduce a potential source of trouble quiet lonely, cold and cheerless busy ~矛盾mitigate a conflict || ~气氛defuse tension || 语气~ mild tone in good order, tidy confused, disorderly disorder, chaos even hands and eight feeds (with everyone lending a hand) a confused group, all over the place lose a family fortune, be reduced to poverty impoverished, poverty more (often used to communicate gradual,progressive increases or decreases) excessively, over extremely (used after an adjective and introduced by得) not more than not-only perhaps, maybe perhaps, probably not necessarily, maybe not (of comments, falling objects, etc) numerous and confused, one after another give it a go (used after a verb), once still over and over again life or death, not matter what without cause not-use, don’t need from, since used to shift the object ahead of the verb, which must be reduplicated or accompanied by some other word or expression same as “把,” but only used in writing used in a passive structure to introduce either the doer of the action, or the action alone with 所in a passive sentence be up to sb., rest with sb. because of, in the interest of use for because of because of, as a result of not only much less, let alone furthermore, in addition [used correlatively with也] even if since, as well as since, as, now that [used correlatively with才] only if, only when [often used correlatively with都or总] no matter (what, who, how etc.), whether . . . or. . ., regardless of every, any, all in addition, besides [used to connect a clause expressing a logical consequence to a conditional clause] then, in that case 年轻人~工作经验少, 所以不容易找到好工作. It’s not easy for young people to find good jobs because they have less work experience. || 他~睡得晚, 觉得头很疼. He got a headache because he was sleeping late. owing to, thanks to, because, since ~病去 世. He died of an illness. || ~害怕而报警call the police for fear || ~失业 (shīyè) as a result, so, therefor thus, as a result, therefore so, therefore, for this reason, consequently the reason why used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc. particle introducing a relative clause or passive modal particle intensifying preceding clause, completed action marker