# Speaking Chinese About China 2 - Lesson 01 # Published by Sinolingua, 1990 - ISBN 7800521540 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) 地点 [dìdiǎn] /place/ 大树 [dàshū] /uncle (polite term for sb about one's father's age)/ 生产队 [shēngchǎnduì] /production team/ 院子 [yuànzi] /courtyard/ 层 [céng] /story (floor of a house)/ 楼房 [lóufáng] /house (of more than one story)/ 凳子 [dèngzi] /stool/ 鸡舍 [jīshè] /chicken coop, roost/ 鸡 [jī] /chicken, hen, cock/ 台 [tái] /(measure word for machines), platform/ 型 [xíng] /model, type/ 拖拉机 [tuōlājī] /tractor/ 拖 [tuō] /to pull/ 拉 [lā] /to pull/ 喂 [wèi] /to feed/ 爹 [diē] /father, dad/ 敲 [qiāo] /to knock/ 一一 [yīyī] /one by one/ 那儿的话 [nǎrdehuà] /not at all, don't worry about it/ 凉快 [liángkuai] /cool/ 请便 [qǐngbiàn] /do as you wish/ 盖 [gài] /to build; cover/ 大伙儿 [dàhuǒr] /everybody, we all, you all/ 钱 [qián] /money/ 逃荒 [táohuāng] /to flee from famine/ 租 [zū] /to lease/ 亩 [mǔ] /(Chinese measure of land ~ 0.15 acre)/ 打粮食 [dǎliángshi] /to harvest/ 几乎 [jīhū] /almost/ 合作社 [hézuòshè] /cooperative, co-op/ 加上 [jiāshang] /to add; plus/ 损失 [sǔnshī] /loss, damage; to lose, to suffer a loss/ 算 [suàn] /to regard as, to count as, to consider/ 利害 [lìhai] /severe, terrible/ 搞 [gǎo] /to do, be engaged in (profession)/ 经营 [jīngyíng] /to manage, to run an enterprise; management/ 多种经营 [duō zhǒng jīngyíng] /diversified economy/ 穷 [qióng] /poor/ 初中 [chūzhōng] /junior high school, middle school/ 孙子 [sūnzi] /grandson/ 农科站 [nóngkēzhàn] /agricultural technology station/ 喂养 [wèiyǎng] /to feed and breed (animals)/ 下蛋 [xiàdàn] /to lay eggs/ 干净 [gānjìng] /clean, neat and tidy/ 打算 [dǎsuàn] /to intend, to plan; intention, plan/ 阳光 [yángguāng] /sunlight/ 增加 [zēngjiā] /to increase, to raise, to add/ 端 [duān] /to hold sth in both hands/ 西瓜 [xīguā] /watermelon/ 专业户 [zhuānyèhù] /specialized household/ 承包 [chéngbāo] /to contract for, to assume responsibility for a job/ 包给 [bāogěi] /to contract sth to sb/ 责任田 [zérèntián] /contracted land/ 新名词 [xīn míngcí] /new term/ 所有权 [suǒyǒuquán] /ownership/ 一定 [yídìng] /definite; definitely/ 数量 [shùliàng] /quantity, amount/ 超产 [chāochǎn] /to exceed a production target/ 得奖 [déjiǎng] /to win a prize/ 受罚 [shòufá] /to be punished/ 干劲 [gànjìn] /vigor, enthusiasm/ 乡镇 [xiāngzhèn] /village, town/ 企业 [qǐyè] /enterprise/ 这样一来 [zhèyàng yìlái] /in so doing, consequently/ 富 [fù] /rich, wealthy/ 电冰箱 [diànbīngxiāng] /refrigerator/ 就…来讲…来看 [jiù...láijiǎng...láikàn] /so far as ... is concerned/ 占有量 [zhànyǒuliàng] /amount of possession/ 亿 [yì] /one hundred million/ 养活 [yǎnghuó] /to support, to provide for/ 不用说 [búyòngshuō] /needless to say/ 晒 [shài] /to sunbathe; to be sunny/ 证明 [zhèngmíng] /to prove, to attest, to certify; proof, certificate/ 安徽 [Ānhuī] /Anhui Province/ 凤阳 [Fèngyáng] /Fengyang County/ 史密斯 [Shǐmìsī] /Smith/ 王铁牛 [Wáng Tiěniú] /Wang Tieniu/ # end