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Lesson 17

  1. 門口兒 [门口儿] - mén kǒu(r) (entrance)
  2. 紅 [红] - hóng (red)
  3. 紅油 [红油] - hóng yóu (red oil; chili oil)
  4. 覺得 [觉得] - jué de (to feel)
  5. 有一點 [点有一] yǒu yī diǎn (somewhat, a bit)
  6. 有一點兒 [点有一儿] yǒu yī diǎn r (somewhat, a bit)
  7. 頭 [头] - tóu (head)
  8. 臉 [脸] - liǎn (face). See also 險 (danger) and [经验] - jīng yàn (experience).
  9. 疼 - téng (to ache; to have pain). Not to be confused with 痌 tōng (pain). See also 冬天 winter from L23.
  10. 窗戶 [窗户] - chuāng hu (window) aka 窗子 chuāng zi
  11. 試 [试] - shì (to try, to test). See also L13 for 考試.
  12. 壞 [坏] - huài (to be broken, bad, ruined, spoiled; noun evil idea, dirty trick)
  13. 壞 [坏] 孩子 - huài hái zi (bad or naughty child)
  14. 差不多 - chà bu duō (almost)
  15. 完全 - wán quán (completely). See also L29.
  16. 借 - jiè (to borrow; lend)
  17. 成 - chéng (to succeed; to become). See also L18 城裏.
  18. 熱 [热] - rè (hot). See also 热情 rè qíng from L21.
  19. 燙 [烫] - tàng (verb to scald, burn, heat up in water, to blanch, to warm with iron, to press clothing; adjective very hot, scalding, boiling hot)
  20. 盪 [荡] - tàng (verb to scald, to burn (by hot water), to blanch, to heat in hot water, to iron)
  21. 站 - zhàn (verb to stand; noun stop like a train station)
  22. 坐 - zuò (to sit)
  23. 極了 [极了] - jí le (very, extremely). For simplified version, see also [年级] - nián jí from L11.
  24. 積極 [积极] - jī jí (positive; enthusiastic) originally from L10
  25. 就是 - jiù shì (exactly). See Pleco for many other uses. originally from L19

Lesson 18

  1. 進 [进] - jìn (to enter)
  2. 搬 [般] - bān (to move)
  3. 間 - jiān (measure word for rooms)
  4. 屋子 - wūz (room)
  5. 一間屋子 - yī jiān wūz (a single bedroom); see Pleco for many other uses of 間
  6. 山 - shān (mountain)
  7. 貴 [贵] - guì (expensive)
  8. 便宜 - pián yi (inexpensive)
  9. 方便 - fāng biàn (convenient)
  10. 城裏 [城里] - chéng lǐ (in town; in the city). See also 成 in L17 and L29
  11. 時間 [时间] - shí jiān (time) See also 時候 shí hòu in L7
  12. 公共汽車 [公共汽车] - gōng gòng qì chē (bus)
  13. 自行車 [自行车] - zì xíng chē (bicycle). See also 旅行 lǚ xíng (vacation) from L29.
  14. 騎 [骑] - qí (to ride a bicycle or vehicle). See also 奇from 奇怪 qí guài (strange) in L20.
  15. 一輛自行車 [一辆自行车] - yī liàng zì xíng chē (one bicycle, liang is measure word for vehicles)
  16. 收音機 [收音机] - shōu yīn jī (radio)
  17. 音樂 [音乐] - yīn yuè (music). Originally introduced in L29 but JH moved it here.
  18. 快樂 [快乐] - kuài lè (happy, joyful). A bit confusing because the same character 樂 can be prounced yuè or depending on context—see yīn yuè in this chapter.
  19. 帶[带] - dài (to bring along, to carry)
  20. 回 - huí (to return) See also 回答 huí dá in L15
  21. 費 [费] - fèi (to take a lot, e.g., làng fèi means “waste”)
  22. 免費 [免费] - miǎn fèi (free of charge). Note similarity with 晚安 good evening from Lesson 11.
  23. 出 - chū (exit)
  24. 倒是 - dào shì (admittedly)
  25. 樓 [楼] - lóu (floor of a building—originally in L19 below)

Lesson 19

  1. 父母 - fù mǔ (parents)
  2. 父親 [父亲] fù qin (father); 爸爸 bà ba
  3. 母親 [母亲] - mǔ qin (mother); 媽媽 [妈妈] - mā ma
  4. 哥哥 - gē ge (older brother)
  5. 弟弟 - dì di (younger brother)
  6. 姐姐 - jiě jie (older sister)
  7. 妹妹 - mèi mei (younger sister)
  8. 大夫 - dài fu (colloquial doctor, physician)
  9. 大夫 - dà fū (archaic senior official)
  10. 談話 [谈话] - tán huà (to chat)
  11. 台北 - Tái běi (Taipei)
  12. 忘 - wàng (to forget)
  13. 客氣 [客气] - kè qi (polite, courteous)
  14. 住 - zhù (to live at). See also 注意 zhù yì from L14.
  15. 習慣 [习惯] - xí guàn (to be used to)
  16. 教師 [教师] - jiào shī See also 老師 from L1
  17. 啊 - à (“ah” as an interjection). Also 啊媽 ā mā grandmother.