HSK 4 Vocabulary: 38 Words About Society and Numbers
HSK 4 Vocabulary · part 10 · 38 words 14:23 Mandarin audio · every word and sentence on screen with pinyin and English
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社会 shèhuì: society. My older sister cares a lot about things in society.
我姐姐很关心社会上的事情。 Wǒ jiějie hěn guānxīn shèhuì shang de shìqing.
民族 mínzú: ethnic group, nation. She often says that China has fifty-six ethnic groups.
她常说，中国有五十六个民族。 Tā cháng shuō, Zhōngguó yǒu wǔshíliù ge mínzú.
法律 fǎlǜ: law. At university, my sister studied law.
姐姐在大学是学法律的。 Jiějie zài dàxué shì xué fǎlǜ de.
律师 lǜshī: lawyer. Now she is a lawyer.
现在她是律师。 Xiànzài tā shì lǜshī.
规定 guīdìng: rule; to stipulate. She says every country has lots of rules.
她说，每个国家都有很多规定。 Tā shuō, měi ge guójiā dōu yǒu hěn duō guīdìng.
严格 yángé: strict. Some rules are very strict.
有的规定很严格。 Yǒude guīdìng hěn yángé.
允许 yǔnxǔ: to allow. For example, you're not allowed to make phone calls while driving.
比如，开车的时候不允许打电话。 Bǐrú, kāi chē de shíhou bù yǔnxǔ dǎ diànhuà.
限制 xiànzhì: to limit; limit. The city also limits how fast you can drive.
城市里也限制开车的速度。 Chéngshì li yě xiànzhì kāi chē de sùdù.
警察 jǐngchá: police officer. The police check the drivers.
警察会检查开车的人。 Jǐngchá huì jiǎnchá kāi chē de rén.
责任 zérèn: responsibility, duty. My sister says keeping everyone safe is everyone's responsibility.
姐姐说，保护大家的安全是每个人的责任。 Jiějie shuō, bǎohù dàjiā de ānquán shì měi ge rén de zérèn.
富 fù: rich. In our city, some people are rich.
在我们的城市，有的人很富。 Zài wǒmen de chéngshì, yǒude rén hěn fù.
穷 qióng: poor. But some people are poor.
但是也有的人很穷。 Dànshì yě yǒude rén hěn qióng.
组织 zǔzhī: to organise; organisation. My sister's friend organised an event to help very poor children.
姐姐的朋友组织了一个活动，帮助很穷的孩子。 Jiějie de péngyou zǔzhī le yí ge huódòng, bāngzhù hěn qióng de háizi.
代表 dàibiǎo: to represent; representative. My sister went to represent her company.
姐姐代表她的公司去了。 Jiějie dàibiǎo tā de gōngsī qù le.
共同 gòngtóng: common, shared. Everyone had a shared goal: to help the children.
大家有一个共同的目的：帮助孩子们。 Dàjiā yǒu yí ge gòngtóng de mùdì: bāngzhù háizi men.
一切 yíqiè: everything, all. They were willing to do everything for the children.
他们愿意为孩子们做一切。 Tāmen yuànyì wèi háizi men zuò yíqiè.
死 sǐ: to die. The winter was too cold, and the flowers at the school all died.
冬天太冷了，学校里的花都死了。 Dōngtiān tài lěng le, xuéxiào li de huā dōu sǐ le.
人民币 rénmínbì: renminbi (Chinese money). At the event, people gave fifty thousand yuan in all.
活动上，大家一共给了五万块人民币。 Huódòng shang, dàjiā yígòng gěi le wǔ wàn kuài rénmínbì.
数量 shùliàng: number, amount. This year the number of helpers was bigger than last year.
今年帮忙的人的数量比去年多。 Jīnnián bāngmáng de rén de shùliàng bǐ qùnián duō.
倍 bèi: times (… as many). It was three times last year's.
是去年的三倍。 Shì qùnián de sān bèi.
分之 fēnzhī: (in fractions) … out of …. Of the helpers, one third were students.
帮忙的人里，三分之一是学生。 Bāngmáng de rén li, sān fēnzhī yī shì xuésheng.
数字 shùzì: number, figure. My sister said these numbers made her very happy.
姐姐说，这些数字让她很高兴。 Jiějie shuō, zhèxiē shùzì ràng tā hěn gāoxìng.
亿 yì: hundred million. China has 1.4 billion (fourteen hundred million) people.
中国有十四亿人。 Zhōngguó yǒu shísì yì rén.
增加 zēngjiā: to increase, to add. Next year, they want to increase the number of helpers.
明年，她们想增加帮忙的人。 Míngnián, tāmen xiǎng zēngjiā bāngmáng de rén.
增长 zēngzhǎng: to grow, to rise. These past few years, people's income in the city has been growing.
这几年，城市里大家的收入都在增长。 Zhè jǐ nián, chéngshì li dàjiā de shōurù dōu zài zēngzhǎng.
减少 jiǎnshǎo: to reduce, to decrease. The number of very poor people is going down.
很穷的人在减少。 Hěn qióng de rén zài jiǎnshǎo.
降低 jiàngdī: to lower, to reduce. The school also wants to lower the children's stress.
学校也想降低孩子们的压力。 Xuéxiào yě xiǎng jiàngdī háizi men de yālì.
扩大 kuòdà: to expand, to enlarge. They also want to expand the event to the countryside.
她们还想把活动扩大到农村。 Tāmen hái xiǎng bǎ huódòng kuòdà dào nóngcūn.
范围 fànwéi: range, scope. That way, the range of the help will be bigger.
这样，帮助的范围就更大了。 Zhèyàng, bāngzhù de fànwéi jiù gèng dà le.
普遍 pǔbiàn: common, widespread. Events like this are more and more common in China.
这种活动在中国越来越普遍了。 Zhè zhǒng huódòng zài Zhōngguó yuè lái yuè pǔbiàn le.
情况 qíngkuàng: situation. In the evening, my sister told me about the children's situation.
晚上，姐姐跟我说了孩子们的情况。 Wǎnshang, jiějie gēn wǒ shuō le háizi men de qíngkuàng.
原因 yuányīn: reason, cause. Some children have bad grades; the reason is that no one at home helps them.
有的孩子成绩不好，原因是家里没有人帮他们。 Yǒude háizi chéngjì bù hǎo, yuányīn shì jiā li méiyǒu rén bāng tāmen.
方法 fāngfǎ: method, way. My sister thought of a way: giving them lessons at weekends.
姐姐想了一个方法：周末给他们上课。 Jiějie xiǎng le yí ge fāngfǎ: zhōumò gěi tāmen shàngkè.
实际 shíjì: practical; reality. The method is very practical.
这个方法很实际。 Zhège fāngfǎ hěn shíjì.
过程 guòchéng: process. The process was hard work.
这个过程很辛苦。 Zhège guòchéng hěn xīnkǔ.
结果 jiéguǒ: result; in the end. As a result, the children's grades all went up.
结果，孩子们的成绩都提高了。 Jiéguǒ, háizi men de chéngjì dōu tígāo le.
效果 xiàoguǒ: effect. The method had a very good effect.
这个方法的效果非常好。 Zhège fāngfǎ de xiàoguǒ fēicháng hǎo.
方面 fāngmiàn: aspect, side. The children got better in many ways.
孩子们在很多方面都进步了。 Háizi men zài hěn duō fāngmiàn dōu jìnbù le.