# Practical Chinese Reader Book 3 - Lesson 02 # Published by The Commercial Press, Beijing 1996 - ISBN 710000904 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) 见闻 [jiànwén] /what one sees and hears, knowledge, information/ 可 [kě] /(for emphasis)/ 哈蜜瓜 [hāmìguā] /Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon)/ 瓜 [guā] /melon/ 葡萄干 [pútaogānr] /raisin/ 不住 [bú zhù] /repeatedly, continuously, constantly/ 甜 [tián] /sweet/ 从…起 [cóng...qǐ] /to start off with/ 一边…一边… [yìbiān...yìbiān...] /at the same time, simultaneously/ 族 [zú] /race, nationality/ 地毯 [dìtǎn] /carpet, rug/ 块 [kuài] /(a measure word for cloth, cake, soap, etc.)/ 食品 [shípǐn] /foodstuff, food, provisions/ 人们 [rénmen] /people/ 早上 [zǎoshang] /(early) morning/ 四面八方 [sìmiànbāfāng] /in all directions, all around, far and near/ 清真寺 [qīngzhēnsì] /mosque/ 清真 [qīngzhēn] /Islamic, Muslim/ 寺 [sì] /temple/ 举行 [jǔxíng] /to hold (a meeting, ceremony, etc.)/ 祈祷 [qídǎo] /to pray, to say one's prayers/ 亲戚 [qīnqi] /relative/ 宴会 [yànhuì] /banquet, feast, dinner, party/ 抬 [tái] /to lift, to raise, (of two or more people) to carry/ 婚礼 [hūnlǐ] /wedding ceremony, wedding/ 新娘 [xīnniáng] /bride/ 新郎 [xīnláng] /bridegroom/ 方法 [fāngfǎ] /way, method/ 抓饭 [zhuāfàn] /a kind of food popular among (the) believers in Islam/ 却 [què] /but, yet, however, while/ 招待 [zhāodài] /to receive (guests), to entertain/ 傍晚 [bàngwǎn] /toward evening, (at) nightfall, (at) dusk/ 迎接 [yíngjiē] /to meet, to welcome, to greet/ 由 [yóu] /by, to; leave it (to sb)/ 陪 [péi] /to accompany, to keep sb company/ 结束 [jiéshù] /to end, to finish, to conclude, to close/ 盆地 [péndì] /basin, depression/ 周围 [zhōuwéi] /surroundings, environment/ 干燥 [gānzào] /dry, arid/ 沙漠 [shāmò] /desert/ 地下水 [dìxiàshuǐ] /groundwater/ 引 [yǐn] /to lead, to divert (water)/ 灌溉 [guàngài] /to irrigate/ 农田 [nóngtián] /farmland, cultivated land/ 棉花 [miánhua] /cotton/ 闻名 [wénmíng] /well-known, famous, renowned/ 引起 [yǐnqǐ] /to give rise to, to lead to, to cause/ 兴趣 [xìngqù] /interest/ 节目 [jiémù] /program, item (on a program)/ 熟 [shú] /ripe/ 北京饭店 [Běijīng Fàndiàn] /Beijing Hotel/ 维吾尔族 [Wéiwú’ěrzú] /the Uygur (Uighur) nationality/ 西游记 [Xīyóujì] /Pilgrimage to the West (title)/ 吐鲁番 [Tǔlǔfān] /the Turfan Basin/ 火焰山 [Huǒyàn Shān] /the Mountain of Flames/ # end