# Speaking Chinese About China 1 - Lesson 02 # Published by Sinolingua, 1989 - ISBN 7800520986 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) 辽廓 [liàokuò] /vast/ 嘛 [ma] /used with a tone of assurance/ 地形 [dìxíng] /topography/ 特点 [tèdiǎn] /characteristics/ 高原 [gāoyuán] /plateau/ 峰 [fēng] /peak/ 高峰 [gāofēng] /high peak/ 山峰 [shānfēng] /mountain peak/ 登 [dēng] /to climb (up)/ 试试 [shìshi] /to try/ 小心 [xiǎoxīn] /careful; to watch out/ 摔 [shuāi] /to fall (down)/ 一带 [yīdài] /area, region/ 耕地 [gēngdì] /arable land/ 主要 [zhǔyào] /mainly/ 靠…生活 [kào ... shēnghuó] /to depend on ... for a living/ 放牧 [fàngmù] /to herd/ 草原 [cǎoyuán] /grassland/ 首 [shǒu] /(measure word for poems)/ 民歌 [míngē] /folksong/ 自然 [zìrán] /nature/ 景色 [jǐngsè] /scenery/ 机会 [jīhuì] /opportunity, chance/ 干旱 [gānhàn] /dry/ 气候 [qìhòu] /climate/ 温和 [wēnhé] /mild (weather, temperament)/ 适合 [shìhé] /suitable/ 由于 [yóuyú] /due to, because/ 农作物 [nóngzuòwù] /agricultural produce, crops/ 水稻 [shuǐdào] /paddy-rice/ 小麦 [xiǎomài] /wheat/ 矿产 [kuàngchǎn] /minerals/ 资源 [zīyuán] /natural resources/ 能源 [néngyuán] /energy resources/ 基地 [jīdì] /base/ 煤 [méi] /coal/ 石油 [shíyóu] /petroleum/ 受…影响 [shòu ... yǐngxiǎng] /to be influenced by/ 影响 [yǐngxiǎng] /influence, to have an effect on/ 分布 [fēnbù] /to be distributed/ 平均 [píngjūn] /average, even/ 当然 [dāngrán] /of course/ 象 [xiàng] /to be like, such as/ 沿海 [yánhǎi] /coast, coastal/ 海岛 [hǎidǎo] /island/ 其中 [qízhōng] /in which, among which/ 大陆 [dàlù] /continent, mainland/ 面积 [miànjī] /area/ 平方公里 [píngfānggōnglǐ] /square kilometer/ 公里 [gōnglǐ] /kilometer/ 十分 [shífēn] /extremely/ 自古以来 [zìgǔyǐlái] /since ancient times/ 宝岛 [bǎodǎo] /treasure island/ 民族 [mínzú] /nationality/ 大约 [dàyuē] /approximately, generally/ 占 [zhàn] /constitute/ 百分之… [bǎifēnzhī ...] /percentage/ 集中 [jízhōng] /to concentrate/ 其他 [qítā] /other/ 人数 [rénshù] /number of people/ 少数 [shǎoshù] /minority/ 等 [děng] /and others, etc./ 等等 [děngděng] /and others, etc./ 地区 [dìqū] /area, region/ 却 [què] /yet, but/ 团结 [tuánjié] /to unite, be united/ 简单 [jiǎndān] /simple/ 详细 [xiángxì] /detailed/ 自己 [zìjǐ] /self, oneself/ 青藏高原 [Qīngzàng Gāoyuán] /the Qinhai-Tibet Plateau/ 珠穆朗玛 [Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng] /Mount Qomolangma (Mount Everest)/ 新疆 [Xīnjiāng] /Xinjiang/ 内蒙 [Nèiměng] /Inner Mongolia/ 天津 [Tiānjīn] /Tianjin/ 南京 [Nánjīng] /Nanjing/ 台湾 [Táiwān] /Taiwan/ 汉族 [Hànzú] /the Han nationality/ # end