Study Guides
Lesson 3 Study Guide
鳥兒語
鳥兒語
Objectives:
- Learn the pinyin and correct stroke order for the 44 characters introduced in lesson 3.
- Learn the new vocabulary introduced in lesson 3. You can practice with the online Table Building Activity.
New Vocabulary
| Chinese | Pinyin | English | |
| 語 | yǔ | language [n - bound] | |
| 道士 | dàoshi | Daoist priest | |
| 鄉下 | xiāngxià | countryside | |
| 人家 | rénjiā | family; people | |
| 小心 | xiǎoxīn | be careful | |
| 著火 | zháo huǒ | to catch fire | |
| 救 | jiù | to rescue [here: from the fire] | |
| 您 | nín | you [polite] | |
| 剛才 | gāngcái | just before | |
| 黃 | huáng | yellow | |
| 可怕 | kěpà | to be dreadful, terrible, fearful | |
| 沒理 | méi lǐ | ignored; didn't pay attention to | |
| 看出來 | kànchūlái | to notice; to see through the situation | |
| 好不容易 | hǎo bù róngyì | not at all; easily | |
| 也許 | yéxǔ | perhaps | |
| 預先 | yùxiān | in advance | |
| 大概 | dàgài | probably | |
| 神仙 | shénxiān | an immortal | |
| 懂 | dǒng | understand | |
| 就是了 | jiù shì le | and that's all | |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | exactly [at this time] | |
| 樹 | shù | tree | |
| 唧唧喳喳 | jī-jī-zhā-zhā | sound of chirping | |
| 初六 | chū liù | sixth day of lunar month | |
| 死 | sǐ | to die | |
| 禮拜 | lǐbài | week | |
| 果然 | guǒrán | indeed; sure enough | |
| 日子 | rìzi | date | |
| 平常 | píngcháng | common | |
| 當然 | dāngrán | of course | |
| 政府 | zhèngfǔ | government | |
| 花園子 | huā yuánzi | flower garden | |
| 湖 | hú | lake | |
| 隻 | zhī | measure for bird | |
| 鴨子 | yāzi | duck | |
| 一邊兒…一邊兒 | on the one hand do Verb1, on the other hand do Verb2 [i.e. do both Verb1 and Verb2] | ||
| 玩水 | wán shuǐ | to play in the water; to swim | |
| 府上 | fǔshang | your home; your family | |
| 生氣 | shēng qì | to be angry | |
| 算了 | suàn le | enough! [stop already] | |
| 簡直 | jiǎnzhí | directly; really; simply | |
| 留 | liú | to remain | |
| 管 | guǎn | to manage; to take care of | |
| 誠實 | chéngshí | honest | |
| 不管 | bù guǎn | to not care | |
| 向來 | xiànglái | hereto; before now | |
| 愛 | ài | to love | |
| 交 | jiāo | to hand over [to someone] | |
| 比方說 | bǐfāng shuō | for example | |
| 不同 | bù tóng | not the same | |
| 替 | tì | to do as a replacement | |
| 算 | suàn | to compute; to figure out; to solve | |
| 燈 | dēng | lamp | |
| 包 | bāo | bag | |
| 零 | líng | zero | |
| 臉 | liǎn | face | |
| 情形 | qíngxing | circumstances; situation | |
| 低 | dī | to lower | |
| 沒想到 | méi xiǎngdào | unexpectedly | |
| 聲 | shēng | measure for voice or sound | |
| 新 | xīn | new | |
| 其實 | qíshí | in fact | |
| 可惜 | kěxī | what a pity | 
