# Elementary Chinese Readers, Book 4 - Lesson 66 # Published by Sinolingua, 1987 - ISBN 7800520285 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) 标点 [biāodiǎn] /punctuation/ 符号 [fúhào] /mark, symbol/ 社会 [shèhuì] /society/ 离开 [lí kāi] /to leave, to depart from, to deviate from/ 工具 [gōngjù] /tool, instrument/ 思想 [sīxiǎng] /thought, thinking, idea/ 思想 [hùxiāng] /each other, mutually/ 一切 [yíqiè] /all, everything/ 文字 [wénzì] /written language, character/ 记录 [jìlù] /to record/ 语气 [yǔqì] /tone, manner of speaking/ 停顿 [tíngdùn] /to pause/ 弄 [nòng] /to make, to do/ 笑话 [xiàohua] /joke, jest, to crack a joke, to laught at/ 说明 [shuōmíng] /to explain, to show, to illustrate/ 重要 [zhòngyào] /important/ 作用 [zuòyòng] /function, effect, to function/ 有意 [yǒu yì] /to have a mind to, intentionally, deliberately/ 主人 [zhǔrén] /host, hostess, master, owner/ 开玩笑 [kāi wánxiào] /to make (crack) a joke (fun)/ 连 [lián] /to link, to join, to connect/ 加 [jiā] /to add/ 逗号 [dòuhào] /comma/ 问号 [wènhào] /question mark/ 感叹号 [gǎntànhào] /exclamation point/ 哈哈 [hāhā] /onomatopoeia/ 句号 [jùhào] /period, full stop/ 顿号 [dùnhào] /pause mark/ 冒号 [màohào] /colon/ 引号 [yǐnhào] /quotation mark/ 省略号 [shěnglüèhào] /dotted line/ 使用 [shǐyòng] /to use, to utilize/ 表达 [biǎodá] /to express, to voice, to convey/ 明确 [míngquè] /clear and definite, clear-cut, explicit/ # end