HSK 4 Vocabulary: 31 Words About How Things Are Made
HSK 4 Vocabulary · part 11 · 31 words 11:45 Mandarin audio · every word and sentence on screen with pinyin and English
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世纪 shìjì: century. My grandpa was born in the last century.
我爷爷出生在上个世纪。 Wǒ yéye chūshēng zài shàng ge shìjì.
现代 xiàndài: modern times; modern. He says modern China is very different from back then.
他说，现代的中国和那时候很不一样。 Tā shuō, xiàndài de Zhōngguó hé nà shíhou hěn bù yíyàng.
经济 jīngjì: economy. China's economy is doing well now.
现在中国的经济很好。 Xiànzài Zhōngguó de jīngjì hěn hǎo.
发展 fāzhǎn: to develop; development. The cities have developed very fast.
城市发展得非常快。 Chéngshì fāzhǎn de fēicháng kuài.
科学 kēxué: science. As a child, Grandpa loved science.
爷爷小时候很喜欢科学。 Yéye xiǎoshíhou hěn xǐhuan kēxué.
技术 jìshù: technology, skill. Technology keeps getting better.
现在的技术越来越好了。 Xiànzài de jìshù yuè lái yuè hǎo le.
教育 jiàoyù: education; to educate. He says education is very important.
他说，教育非常重要。 Tā shuō, jiàoyù fēicháng zhòngyào.
生活 shēnghuó: life; to live. Everyone's life is much better now.
现在大家的生活好多了。 Xiànzài dàjiā de shēnghuó hǎo duō le.
生命 shēngmìng: life (being alive). Grandpa says life is short, so you should learn a lot.
爷爷说，生命很短，要多学习。 Yéye shuō, shēngmìng hěn duǎn, yào duō xuéxí.
制造 zhìzào: to make, to manufacture. Grandpa's old company made bicycles.
爷爷以前的公司制造自行车。 Yéye yǐqián de gōngsī zhìzào zìxíngchē.
材料 cáiliào: material. Making a bicycle needs a lot of materials.
做自行车需要很多材料。 Zuò zìxíngchē xūyào hěn duō cáiliào.
组成 zǔchéng: to make up, to form. These things make up a bicycle.
这些东西组成了一辆自行车。 Zhèxiē dōngxi zǔchéng le yí liàng zìxíngchē.
使用 shǐyòng: to use. Back then, everyone used bicycles.
那时候，大家都使用自行车。 Nà shíhou, dàjiā dōu shǐyòng zìxíngchē.
进行 jìnxíng: to carry out, to do. Every month, the company carried out a check.
每个月，公司都进行一次检查。 Měi ge yuè, gōngsī dōu jìnxíng yí cì jiǎnchá.
内容 nèiróng: content, contents. Grandpa showed me an old notebook; its contents were all about bicycles.
爷爷给我看了一个旧笔记本，内容都是关于自行车的。 Yéye gěi wǒ kàn le yí ge jiù bǐjìběn, nèiróng dōu shì guānyú zìxíngchē de.
包括 bāokuò: to include. It included lots of numbers and names.
里面包括很多数字和名字。 Lǐmiàn bāokuò hěn duō shùzì hé míngzi.
区别 qūbié: difference; to tell apart. What's the difference between old bicycles and new ones?
旧自行车和新自行车有什么区别？ Jiù zìxíngchē hé xīn zìxíngchē yǒu shénme qūbié?
特点 tèdiǎn: feature, characteristic. A new bicycle's feature is that it's light.
新自行车的特点是很轻。 Xīn zìxíngchē de tèdiǎn shì hěn qīng.
复杂 fùzá: complicated. But new bicycles are more complicated.
但是新自行车更复杂。 Dànshì xīn zìxíngchē gèng fùzá.
丰富 fēngfù: rich, plentiful. Bicycles now come in a rich range of colours.
现在自行车的颜色很丰富。 Xiànzài zìxíngchē de yánsè hěn fēngfù.
缺少 quēshǎo: to lack. Grandpa says new bicycles lack a bit of story.
爷爷说，新自行车缺少一点儿故事。 Yéye shuō, xīn zìxíngchē quēshǎo yìdiǎnr gùshi.
代替 dàitì: to replace. In many places, cars replaced bicycles.
在很多地方，汽车代替了自行车。 Zài hěn duō dìfang, qìchē dàitì le zìxíngchē.
反映 fǎnyìng: to reflect, to show. This change reflects the development of society.
这个变化反映了社会的发展。 Zhège biànhuà fǎnyìng le shèhuì de fāzhǎn.
受到 shòudào: to receive, to meet with. Now bicycles are met with a warm welcome again.
现在，自行车又受到大家的欢迎。 Xiànzài, zìxíngchē yòu shòudào dàjiā de huānyíng.
提醒 tíxǐng: to remind. Grandpa reminds me to be careful when I ride.
爷爷提醒我，骑车要注意安全。 Yéye tíxǐng wǒ, qí chē yào zhùyì ānquán.
重视 zhòngshì: to take seriously, to value. He takes safety very seriously.
他很重视安全。 Tā hěn zhòngshì ānquán.
许多 xǔduō: many, a lot of. There are many bicycles in our city.
我们城市里有许多自行车。 Wǒmen chéngshì li yǒu xǔduō zìxíngchē.
各 gè: each, every. They're in every part of the city.
城市的各个地方都有。 Chéngshì de gè gè dìfang dōu yǒu.
所有 suǒyǒu: all. Almost all people can ride a bike.
几乎所有的人都会骑车。 Jīhū suǒyǒu de rén dōu huì qí chē.
任何 rènhé: any. You can ride at any time.
任何时候都可以骑。 Rènhé shíhou dōu kěyǐ qí.
保证 bǎozhèng: to promise, to guarantee. I promised Grandpa I'd ride to school every day.
我跟爷爷保证，每天骑车去学校。 Wǒ gēn yéye bǎozhèng, měi tiān qí chē qù xuéxiào.