# Integrated Chinese, Level 2, Part 2, 3rd Edition - Lesson 17 # Published by Cheng & Tsui, 2010 - ISBN 9780887276880 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) 理财 [lǐcái] /to manage money/ 投资 [tóuzī] /to invest (money); (financial) investment/ 剩余 [shèngyú] /to be left over, surplus/ 利息 [lìxī] /interest/ 增加 [zēngjiā] /to increase, to add/ 一向 [yíxiàng] /all along, the whole time, constantly/ 省吃俭用 [shěng chī jiǎn yòng] /to be frugal (with food and other living expenses)/ 存款 [cúnkuǎn] /bank savings/ 方式 [fāngshì] /way, method/ 涨 [zhǎng] /(of water, prices, etc.) to rise, to surge, to go up/ 炒 [chǎo] /to stir-fry, to sauté, to speculate (for profit)/ 消费 [xiāofèi] /to consume/ 享受 [xiǎngshòu] /to enjoy; enjoyment, pleasure/ 引起 [yǐnqǐ] /to give rise to, to lead to/ 思考 [sīkǎo] /to think deeply, to ponder over; contemplation, cogitation/ 矛盾 [máodùn] /contradiction; contradictory, conflicting/ 郁闷 [yùmèn] /gloomy, depressed/ 笔 [bǐ] /(measure word for sums of money)/ 孙子 [sūnzi] /son's son, grandson/ 孙女 [sūnnü] /son's daughter, granddaughter/ 未婚妻 [wèihūnqī] /fiancée/ 算 [suàn] /to count as, to be considered as/ 合 [hé] /to combine, to join/ 劝 [quàn] /to persuade, to advise, to urge/ 辛苦 [xīnkǔ] /hard, strenous, toilsome, laborious; to work hard, to go to trouble/ 老太太 [lǎotàitai] /elderly lady/ 攒 [zǎn] /to accumulate, to hoard, to save, to scrape together/ 老年 [lǎonián] /old age/ 说服 [shuōfú] /to persuade, to convince/ 终于 [zhōngyú] /at last, in the end, finally, eventually/ 接着 [jiēzhe] /to follow, to continue/ 中 [zhòng] /to fit exactly, to hit/ 签 [qiān] /to sign, to autograph/ 合同 [hétong] /agreement, contract/ 想法 [xiǎngfǎ] /idea, opinion/ 突然 [tūrán] /sudden, unexpected/ 姐妹 [jiěmèi] /sisters, female friends or co-workers who share a sister-like bond/ 麻将 [májiàng] /mahjong/ 股市 [gǔshì] /stock market/ 风险 [fēngxiǎn] /risk, danger, hazard/ 抵押 [dǐyǎ] /to mortgage/ 股票 [gǔpiào] /stock, share/ 跌 [diē] /to fall/ 赔 [péi] /lose (money, etc.) to suffer a loss in a deal/ # end