# Elementary Chinese Readers, Book 3 - Lesson 53 # Published by Sinolingua, 1987 - ISBN 7800520277 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) 面积 [miànjī] /area/ 万 [wàn] /ten thousand/ 平方 [píngfāng] /square/ 人口 [rénkǒu] /population/ 亿 [yì] /a hundred million/ 占 [zhàn] /to constitute, to make up/ …分之… [...fēn zhī ...] /(formula for fraction)/ 点 [diǎn] /point, dot/ 提高 [tígāo] /to raise, to improve/ 倍 [bèi] /(a measure word), fold, times/ 布 [bù] /cloth/ 菜 [cài] /vegetable, dish/ 肉 [ròu] /meat/ 牛奶 [niúnǎi] /milk/ 面包 [miànbāo] /bread/ 数目 [shùmù] /number/ 当然 [dāngrán] /of course/ (人)数 [(rén)shù] /number (of persons)/ 共和国 [gònghéguó] /republic/ 洲 [zhōu] /continent/ 部 [bù] /part, section/ 海岸线 [hǎi’ànxiàn] /coast line/ 长度 [chángdù] /length/ 江 [jiāng] /river/ 全 [quán] /whole/ 民族 [mínzú] /nation, nationality/ 少数 [shǎoshù] /minority/ 发展 [fāzhǎn] /to develop/ …中 [...zhōng] /in, between, among/ 为 [wèi] /for/ 现代化 [xiàndàihuà] /to modernize/ 强 [qiáng] /strong, powerful/ 中华人民共和国 [Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó] /the People's Republic of China/ 亚洲 [Yà Zhōu] /Asia/ 长江 [Cháng Jiāng] /the Changjiang (Yangtze) River/ 黄河 [Huáng Hé] /the Huanghe (Yellow) River/ 汉族 [Hànzú] /the Han nationality/ 第三世界 [Dìsānshìjiè] /the Third World/ 非洲 [Fēi Zhōu] /Africa/ 欧洲 [Ōu Zhōu] /Europe/ 拉丁美洲 [Lādīng Měi Zhōu] /Latin America/ 北美洲 [Běi Měi Zhōu] /North America/ 大洋洲 [Dàyáng Zhōu] /Oceania/ # end