Learn 20 high-frequency expressions, including words for illnesses and common adjectives
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| In this video, you'll learn 20 of the most common words and phrases in Chinese. |
| Hi everybody, my name is Wu Rui. |
| Welcome to The 800 Core Chinese Words and Phrases video series! |
| This series will teach you the eight hundred most common words and phrases in Chinese. |
| Ok! Let's get started! First is… |
| 1. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 头疼 |
| (tóuténg) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "headache" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 头疼 |
| (SLOW) |
| 头疼 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| headache |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 这件事很让我头疼。 |
| (Zhè jiàn shì hěn ràng wǒ tóuténg.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "This issue gives me a headache." |
| (SLOW) |
| 这件事很让我头疼。 |
| 2. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 腹泻 |
| (fùxiè) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "diarrhea" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 腹泻 |
| (SLOW) |
| 腹泻 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| diarrhea |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 这药会停止腹泻。 |
| (Zhè yào huì tíngzhǐ fùxiè. |
| ) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "This medicine will stop the diarrhea." |
| (SLOW) |
| 这药会停止腹泻。 |
| 3. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 症状 |
| (zhèngzhuàng) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "symptom" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 症状 |
| (SLOW) |
| 症状 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| symptom |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 他的症状很厉害。 |
| (Tā de zhèngzhuàng hěn lìhài. ) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "His symptoms are very bad." |
| (SLOW) |
| 他的症状很厉害。 |
| 4. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 胃疼 |
| (wèi téng ) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "stomachache" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 胃疼 |
| (SLOW) |
| 胃疼 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| stomachache |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 昨天我胃疼得厉害。 |
| (Zuótiān wǒ wèi téng de lìhài. |
| ) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Yesterday I had a bad stomach ache." |
| (SLOW) |
| 昨天我胃疼得厉害。 |
| 5. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 打扫 |
| (dǎsǎo) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "clean" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 打扫 |
| (SLOW) |
| 打扫 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| clean |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 你打扫你的房间了吗？ |
| (Nǐ dǎsǎo nǐ de fángjiān le ma?) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Did you clean your room?" |
| (SLOW) |
| 你打扫你的房间了吗？ |
| 6. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 干 |
| (gān) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "dry" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 干 |
| (SLOW) |
| 干 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| dry |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 我在等油漆干。 |
| (Wǒ zài děng yóuqī gān.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I'm waiting for the paint to dry." |
| (SLOW) |
| 我在等油漆干。 |
| 7. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 灰尘 |
| (huīchén |
| ) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "dust" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 灰尘 |
| (SLOW) |
| 灰尘 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| dust |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 我对灰尘过敏。 |
| (Wǒ duì huīchén guòmǐn.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I am allergic to dust." |
| (SLOW) |
| 我对灰尘过敏。 |
| 8. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 吸尘 |
| (xī chén ) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "vacuum" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 吸尘 |
| (SLOW) |
| 吸尘 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| vacuum |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 一个人正在用吸尘器清扫地毯。 |
| (Yī ge rén zhèngzài yòng xīchénqì qīngsǎo dìtǎn.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "A person is vacuuming the carpet." |
| (SLOW) |
| 一个人正在用吸尘器清扫地毯。 |
| 9. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 十字路口 |
| (shízì lùkǒu ) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "intersection" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 十字路口 |
| (SLOW) |
| 十字路口 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| intersection |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 在十字路口右转。 |
| (Zài shízì lùkǒu yòu zhuǎn.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Turn right at the intersection." |
| (SLOW) |
| 在十字路口右转。 |
| 10. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 高速公路 |
| (gāosù gōnglù ) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "highway" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 高速公路 |
| (SLOW) |
| 高速公路 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| highway |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 今天早上高速公路上的交通状况正常。 |
| (Jīntiān zǎoshàng gāosù gōnglù shàng de jiāotōng zhuàngkuàng zhèngcháng.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Traffic conditions on the highway are normal this morning." |
| (SLOW) |
| 今天早上高速公路上的交通状况正常。 |
| 11. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 路 |
| (lù) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "road" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 路 |
| (SLOW) |
| 路 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| road |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 路上有冰。 |
| (Lù shàng yǒu bīng. ) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "There is ice on the road." |
| (SLOW) |
| 路上有冰。 |
| 12. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 街道 |
| (jiēdào) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "street" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 街道 |
| (SLOW) |
| 街道 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| street |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 拐进那个狭窄的街道时我感觉被人盯上了。 |
| (Guǎi jìn nà ge xiázhǎi de jiēdào shí wǒ gǎnjué bèi rén dīng shàng le.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I felt I was being watched when I turned into the narrow street." |
| (SLOW) |
| 拐进那个狭窄的街道时我感觉被人盯上了。 |
| 13. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 有意思 |
| (yǒuyìsi) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "interesting" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 有意思 |
| (SLOW) |
| 有意思 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| interesting |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 电脑游戏很有意思。 |
| (Diànnǎo yóuxì hěn yǒuyìsi.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Computer games are very interesting." |
| (SLOW) |
| 电脑游戏很有意思。 |
| 14. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 卑鄙 |
| (bēibǐ) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "mean" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 卑鄙 |
| (SLOW) |
| 卑鄙 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| mean |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 卑鄙的女人对孩子们吼。 |
| (Bēibǐ de nǚrén duì háizimen hǒu. |
| ) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "The mean woman yelled at the children. " |
| (SLOW) |
| 卑鄙的女人对孩子们吼。 |
| 15. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 无聊 |
| (wúliáo) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "bored" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 无聊 |
| (SLOW) |
| 无聊 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| bored |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 整天呆在家里，他感到很无聊。 |
| (Zhěng tiān dāi zài jiā lǐ, tā gǎndào hěn wúliáo.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "He is bored staying at home all day." |
| (SLOW) |
| 整天呆在家里，他感到很无聊。 |
| 16. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 七百 |
| (qībǎi) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "seven hundred" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 七百 |
| (SLOW) |
| 七百 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| seven hundred |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 北极熊体重可达七百公斤。 |
| (Běijíxióng tǐzhòng kě dá qībǎi gōngjīn. |
| ) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Polar bears can weigh up to seven hundred kilograms." |
| (SLOW) |
| 北极熊体重可达七百公斤。 |
| 17. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 八百 |
| (bābǎi) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "eight hundred" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 八百 |
| (SLOW) |
| 八百 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| eight hundred |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 这块地有八百公顷。 |
| (Zhè kuài dì yǒu bābǎi gōngqǐng.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "The field is eight hundred hectares." |
| (SLOW) |
| 这块地有八百公顷。 |
| 18. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 两百 |
| (liǎngbǎi) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "two hundred" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 两百 |
| (SLOW) |
| 两百 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| two hundred |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 我们这里有两百多本书。 |
| (Wǒmen zhèlǐ yǒu liǎngbǎi duō běn shū.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "We have over two hundred books here." |
| (SLOW) |
| 我们这里有两百多本书。 |
| 19. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 三百 |
| (sānbǎi) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "three hundred" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 三百 |
| (SLOW) |
| 三百 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| three hundred |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 这个城市有三百年历史。 |
| (Zhège chéngshì yǒu sānbǎi nián lìshǐ.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "This city is three hundred years old." |
| (SLOW) |
| 这个城市有三百年历史。 |
| 20. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 六百 |
| (liùbǎi) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "six hundred" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 六百 |
| (SLOW) |
| 六百 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| six hundred |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 这些东西一共是六百七十一块钱。 |
| (Zhèxiē dōngxi yīgòng shì liùbǎi qīshíyī kuài qián.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "These things all together are six hundred and seventy-one RMB." |
| (SLOW) |
| 这些东西一共是六百七十一块钱。 |
| Well done! In this lesson, you expanded your vocabulary and learned 20 new useful words. |
| See you next time! |
| 再见。(Zàijiàn.) |
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