HSK 4 Vocabulary: 53 Words About Family and Friends
HSK 4 Vocabulary · part 5 · 53 words 19:38 Mandarin audio · every word and sentence on screen with pinyin and English
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父亲 fùqīn: father. This month, my father came to Beijing to see me.
这个月，我的父亲来北京看我。 Zhège yuè, wǒ de fùqīn lái Běijīng kàn wǒ.
母亲 mǔqīn: mother. My mother came with him.
我的母亲也一起来了。 Wǒ de mǔqīn yě yìqǐ lái le.
亲戚 qīnqi: relative. They also brought presents from my relatives.
他们还带来了亲戚们给我的礼物。 Tāmen hái dài lái le qīnqi men gěi wǒ de lǐwù.
孙子 sūnzi: grandson. On the phone, Grandpa said he misses his grandson.
爷爷在电话里说，他很想他的孙子。 Yéye zài diànhuà li shuō, tā hěn xiǎng tā de sūnzi.
儿童 értóng: children. When we went to the park, we saw lots of children playing.
我们去公园的时候，看到很多儿童在玩。 Wǒmen qù gōngyuán de shíhou, kàndào hěn duō értóng zài wánr.
俩 liǎ: two (people). My father and mother, the two of them, watched and smiled happily.
我父亲母亲俩看着他们，笑得很开心。 Wǒ fùqīn mǔqīn liǎ kàn zhe tāmen, xiào de hěn kāixīn.
咱们 zánmen: we, us (you and I). Father said: "Let's (all of us) take a photo together!"
父亲说：“咱们一起照张相吧！” Fùqīn shuō: "Zánmen yìqǐ zhào zhāng xiàng ba!"
年龄 niánlíng: age. The old man who took our photo asked my father's age.
帮我们照相的老人问父亲的年龄。 Bāng wǒmen zhàoxiàng de lǎorén wèn fùqīn de niánlíng.
性别 xìngbié: sex, gender. At the hotel, you write your age and gender on a form.
住宾馆的时候，要在表格上写年龄和性别。 Zhù bīnguǎn de shíhou, yào zài biǎogé shang xiě niánlíng hé xìngbié.
出生 chūshēng: to be born. My father was born in 1965.
父亲是一九六五年出生的。 Fùqīn shì yī jiǔ liù wǔ nián chūshēng de.
个子 gèzi: height, build. My father is tall, and so am I.
父亲个子很高，我也一样。 Fùqīn gèzi hěn gāo, wǒ yě yíyàng.
爱情 àiqíng: love (romantic). I also wanted to tell my father and mother about my love life.
我也想跟父亲母亲说说我的爱情。 Wǒ yě xiǎng gēn fùqīn mǔqīn shuōshuo wǒ de àiqíng.
浪漫 làngmàn: romantic. The place where we first met was romantic: on the Great Wall.
我和她第一次见面的地方很浪漫，是在长城上。 Wǒ hé tā dì-yī cì jiànmiàn de dìfang hěn làngmàn, shì zài Chángchéng shang.
约会 yuēhuì: to date; a date. After that we often went on dates.
后来我们常常一起去约会。 Hòulái wǒmen chángcháng yìqǐ qù yuēhuì.
邀请 yāoqǐng: to invite. Last week, she invited me to dinner at her home.
上个星期，她邀请我去她家吃饭。 Shàng ge xīngqī, tā yāoqǐng wǒ qù tā jiā chīfàn.
美丽 měilì: beautiful. She is clever and beautiful.
她又聪明又美丽。 Tā yòu cōngming yòu měilì.
帅 shuài: handsome. Her parents said I'm handsome.
她的爸爸妈妈说我很帅。 Tā de bàba māma shuō wǒ hěn shuài.
幸福 xìngfú: happy (a deep, lasting happiness). Now I feel very happy.
现在我觉得很幸福。 Xiànzài wǒ juéde hěn xìngfú.
友谊 yǒuyì: friendship. My friendship with my colleague Xiao Li grows stronger too.
我和同事小李的友谊也越来越好。 Wǒ hé tóngshì Xiǎo Lǐ de yǒuyì yě yuè lái yuè hǎo.
友好 yǒuhǎo: friendly. He is friendly to everyone.
他对每个人都很友好。 Tā duì měi ge rén dōu hěn yǒuhǎo.
互相 hùxiāng: each other. We often help each other.
我们常常互相帮助。 Wǒmen chángcháng hùxiāng bāngzhù.
信任 xìnrèn: to trust. We also trust each other.
我们也互相信任。 Wǒmen yě hùxiāng xìnrèn.
尊重 zūnzhòng: to respect. I respect his ideas, and he respects mine.
我尊重他的想法，他也尊重我的。 Wǒ zūnzhòng tā de xiǎngfǎ, tā yě zūnzhòng wǒ de.
礼貌 lǐmào: manners, politeness. He always speaks very politely.
他说话总是很有礼貌。 Tā shuōhuà zǒngshì hěn yǒu lǐmào.
误会 wùhuì: misunderstanding. But once, we had a misunderstanding.
但是有一次，我们有了一个误会。 Dànshì yǒu yí cì, wǒmen yǒu le yí ge wùhuì.
道歉 dàoqiàn: to apologise. Later he apologised to me first.
后来他先给我道歉了。 Hòulái tā xiān gěi wǒ dàoqiàn le.
抱歉 bàoqiàn: sorry. I said too: "I'm sorry, I was wrong."
我也说：“很抱歉，是我不对。” Wǒ yě shuō: "Hěn bàoqiàn, shì wǒ bú duì."
原谅 yuánliàng: to forgive. We forgave each other.
我们互相原谅了。 Wǒmen hùxiāng yuánliàng le.
性格 xìnggé: personality. Xiao Li and I have very different personalities.
小李和我的性格很不一样。 Xiǎo Lǐ hé wǒ de xìnggé hěn bù yíyàng.
脾气 píqi: temper. He has a good temper and is seldom angry.
他的脾气很好，很少生气。 Tā de píqi hěn hǎo, hěn shǎo shēngqì.
幽默 yōumò: humorous, funny. He's very funny; everyone likes listening to him.
他很幽默，大家都喜欢听他说话。 Tā hěn yōumò, dàjiā dōu xǐhuan tīng tā shuōhuà.
活泼 huópō: lively. His little sister is lively and loves singing and dancing.
他的妹妹很活泼，喜欢唱歌跳舞。 Tā de mèimei hěn huópō, xǐhuan chànggē tiàowǔ.
害羞 hàixiū: shy. As a child I was shy and didn't like talking.
我小时候很害羞，不爱说话。 Wǒ xiǎo shíhou hěn hàixiū, bú ài shuōhuà.
勇敢 yǒnggǎn: brave. Now I'm much braver.
现在我勇敢多了。 Xiànzài wǒ yǒnggǎn duō le.
骄傲 jiāo'ào: proud, arrogant. But sometimes I'm a bit proud.
但是有时候我有点儿骄傲。 Dànshì yǒu shíhou wǒ yǒudiǎnr jiāo'ào.
冷静 lěngjìng: calm. Xiao Li always stays calm when there's a problem.
小李遇到问题的时候总是很冷静。 Xiǎo Lǐ yùdào wèntí de shíhou zǒngshì hěn lěngjìng.
耐心 nàixīn: patience; patient. He was very patient when he taught me to cook.
他教我做饭的时候很有耐心。 Tā jiāo wǒ zuòfàn de shíhou hěn yǒu nàixīn.
积极 jījí: active, positive. He's also very keen at work.
他工作也很积极。 Tā gōngzuò yě hěn jījí.
笨 bèn: stupid, clumsy. I feel clumsy when I cook.
我觉得自己做饭很笨。 Wǒ juéde zìjǐ zuòfàn hěn bèn.
成熟 chéngshú: mature. Xiao Li says I'm more mature than before.
小李说我比以前成熟了。 Xiǎo Lǐ shuō wǒ bǐ yǐqián chéngshú le.
吵 chǎo: to quarrel. One day, my girlfriend and I had a quarrel.
有一天，我和女朋友吵了一次。 Yǒu yì tiān, wǒ hé nǚpéngyou chǎo le yí cì.
骗 piàn: to deceive, to lie to. She said I had lied to her.
她说我骗了她。 Tā shuō wǒ piàn le tā.
假 jiǎ: false, fake. She said everything I said was false.
她说我说的话都是假的。 Tā shuō wǒ shuō de huà dōu shì jiǎ de.
猜 cāi: to guess. I guessed she had seen a photo on my phone.
我猜她看到了我手机上的一张照片。 Wǒ cāi tā kàndào le wǒ shǒujī shang de yì zhāng zhàopiàn.
故意 gùyì: on purpose. In fact it was my sister; I didn't keep quiet on purpose.
其实那是我妹妹，我不是故意不说的。 Qíshí nà shì wǒ mèimei, wǒ bú shì gùyì bù shuō de.
请客 qǐngkè: to treat (pay for others). At the weekend I treated my friends to dinner.
周末，我请客，请朋友们来吃饭。 Zhōumò, wǒ qǐngkè, qǐng péngyou men lái chīfàn.
干杯 gānbēi: cheers!, to drink a toast. Everyone said together: "Cheers!"
大家一起说：“干杯！” Dàjiā yìqǐ shuō: "Gānbēi!"
祝贺 zhùhè: to congratulate. Our friends congratulated us on a year together.
朋友们祝贺我们在一起一年了。 Péngyou men zhùhè wǒmen zài yìqǐ yì nián le.
鼓掌 gǔzhǎng: to clap. When I gave her a present, everyone clapped.
我送她礼物的时候，大家都鼓掌了。 Wǒ sòng tā lǐwù de shíhou, dàjiā dōu gǔzhǎng le.
开玩笑 kāi wánxiào: to joke. Xiao Li joked that I'm much more handsome than before.
小李开玩笑说，我比以前帅多了。 Xiǎo Lǐ kāi wánxiào shuō, wǒ bǐ yǐqián shuài duō le.
笑话 xiàohua: joke. He told lots of jokes too.
他还讲了很多笑话。 Tā hái jiǎng le hěn duō xiàohua.
有趣 yǒuqù: interesting, amusing. His jokes were all amusing.
他的笑话都很有趣。 Tā de xiàohua dōu hěn yǒuqù.
愉快 yúkuài: happy, pleasant. Everyone had a pleasant evening.
那天晚上大家都很愉快。 Nà tiān wǎnshang dàjiā dōu hěn yúkuài.