# Practical Chinese Reader Book 2 - Lesson 31 # Published by The Commercial Press, Beijing 1996 - ISBN 7100000890 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) 老 [lǎo] /old, aged/ 华侨 [huáqiáo] /overseas Chinese/ 话 [huà] /word, talk/ 长 [cháng] /long/ 时间 [shíjiān] /(the duration of) time, (a point of)time/ 已经 [yǐjing] /already/ 第 [dì] /(a prefix indicating order)/ 次 [cì] /(a measure word), time/ 学校 [xuéxiào] /school/ 大学 [dàxué] /university, college/ 实现 [shíxiàn] /to realize, to achieve/ 现代化 [xiàndàihuà] /modernization/ 息往 [xīwàng] /to hope, to wish; hope, wish/ 社会主义 [shèhuìzhǔyì] /socialism/ 建设 [jiànshè] /to build, to construct; construction/ 钟 [zhōng] /clock/ 首都 [shǒudū] /capital of a country/ 国际 [guójì] /international/ 语言 [yǔyán] /language/ 同志 [tóngzhì] /comrade/ 路 [lù] /road, way/ 辛苦 [xīnkǔ] /hard, exhausting, with much toil/ 小时 [xiǎoshí] /hour/ 天气 [tiānqì] /weather/ 手续 [shǒuxù] /formalities/ 美国 [Měiguó] /the United States (of America)/ 上海 [Shànghǎi] /Shanghai/ 首都国际机场 [Shǒudū Guójì Jī Chǎng] /the Capital International Aiport, Beijing/ 北京语言学院 [Běijīng Yǔyán Xuéyuàn] /Beijing Languages Institute/ 张华光 [Zhāng Huáguāng] /Zhang Huaguong (name of a person)/ 赵 [Zhào] /Zhao (a surname)/ 录音 [lù yīn] /to record (sound, voice); recording/ 一会儿 [yíhuìr] /a little while, in a moment/ 开会 [kāi huì] /to hold or to attend a meeting/ 护照 [hùzhào] /passport/ 拉 [lā] /to play (string instrument)/ 小提琴 [xiǎotíqín] /violin/ 不用 [bú yòng] /there is no need to/ # end