HSK 4 Vocabulary: 56 Words on Student Life
HSK 4 Vocabulary · part 2 · 56 words 21:36 Mandarin audio · every word and sentence on screen with pinyin and English
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留学 liúxué: to study abroad. After my trip to Beijing, I decided to study abroad in China.
去北京旅游以后，我决定去中国留学。 Qù Běijīng lǚyóu yǐhòu, wǒ juédìng qù Zhōngguó liúxué.
报名 bàomíng: to sign up. I signed up online for a Chinese class.
我在网上报名了一个汉语班。 Wǒ zài wǎngshang bàomíng le yí ge Hànyǔ bān.
表格 biǎogé: a form. When you sign up, you first fill in a form.
报名的时候，要先写一张表格。 Bàomíng de shíhou, yào xiān xiě yì zhāng biǎogé.
填空 tiánkòng: to fill in the blanks. I carefully fill in the blanks on the form.
我认真地给表格填空。 Wǒ rènzhēn de gěi biǎogé tiánkòng.
大使馆 dàshǐguǎn: embassy. Then I went to the Chinese embassy to get a visa.
然后我去中国大使馆办签证。 Ránhòu wǒ qù Zhōngguó dàshǐguǎn bàn qiānzhèng.
证明 zhèngmíng: proof; to prove. The embassy asked me to bring proof from the school.
大使馆要我带学校的证明。 Dàshǐguǎn yào wǒ dài xuéxiào de zhèngmíng.
合格 hégé: up to standard. My form and my proof were both up to standard.
我的表格和证明都合格。 Wǒ de biǎogé hé zhèngmíng dōu hégé.
通过 tōngguò: to pass; to be approved. A week later, my application was approved!
一个星期以后，我的申请通过了！ Yí ge xīngqī yǐhòu, wǒ de shēnqǐng tōngguò le!
专业 zhuānyè: major (subject). My major at university is Chinese.
我在大学的专业是汉语。 Wǒ zài dàxué de zhuānyè shì Hànyǔ.
教授 jiàoshòu: professor. The teacher of the first class is a professor.
第一节课的老师是一位教授。 Dì-yī jié kè de lǎoshī shì yí wèi jiàoshòu.
博士 bóshì: doctor (PhD). The professor said he did his PhD in Beijing.
教授说，他在北京读了博士。 Jiàoshòu shuō, tā zài Běijīng dú le bóshì.
硕士 shuòshì: master's degree. Many students in our class are studying for a master's degree.
我们班很多同学在读硕士。 Wǒmen bān hěn duō tóngxué zài dú shuòshì.
研究生 yánjiūshēng: graduate student. Students doing a master's or a PhD are called graduate students.
读硕士和博士的学生都叫研究生。 Dú shuòshì hé bóshì de xuésheng dōu jiào yánjiūshēng.
预习 yùxí: to prepare a lesson. The professor said we must always prepare before class.
教授说，上课以前一定要预习。 Jiàoshòu shuō, shàngkè yǐqián yídìng yào yùxí.
语法 yǔfǎ: grammar. In the evening I prepared the grammar for tomorrow.
晚上我预习了明天要学的语法。 Wǎnshang wǒ yùxí le míngtiān yào xué de yǔfǎ.
词典 cídiǎn: dictionary. When I don't know a character, I look it up in a dictionary.
不认识的字，我就查词典。 Bú rènshi de zì, wǒ jiù chá cídiǎn.
语言 yǔyán: language. Chinese is a very interesting language.
汉语是一种很有意思的语言。 Hànyǔ shì yì zhǒng hěn yǒu yìsi de yǔyán.
中文 Zhōngwén: Chinese (language). I want to talk to Chinese friends in Chinese.
我想用中文跟中国朋友说话。 Wǒ xiǎng yòng Zhōngwén gēn Zhōngguó péngyou shuōhuà.
翻译 fānyì: to translate; translator. At first, I often needed a friend to translate for me.
一开始，我常常需要朋友帮我翻译。 Yì kāishǐ, wǒ chángcháng xūyào péngyou bāng wǒ fānyì.
流利 liúlì: fluent. I hope that one day I can speak fluent Chinese.
我希望有一天能说流利的中文。 Wǒ xīwàng yǒu yì tiān néng shuō liúlì de Zhōngwén.
表达 biǎodá: to express. I still can't really express my ideas in Chinese.
我还不太会用中文表达自己的想法。 Wǒ hái bú tài huì yòng Zhōngwén biǎodá zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ.
交流 jiāoliú: to communicate. So every day I find Chinese classmates to talk with.
所以我每天找中国同学交流。 Suǒyǐ wǒ měi tiān zhǎo Zhōngguó tóngxué jiāoliú.
对话 duìhuà: conversation; to talk. Our conversations got longer and longer.
我们的对话越来越长了。 Wǒmen de duìhuà yuè lái yuè cháng le.
阅读 yuèdú: to read. The professor said that by reading a lot you learn many words.
教授说，多阅读能学会很多词。 Jiàoshòu shuō, duō yuèdú néng xuéhuì hěn duō cí.
文章 wénzhāng: article. Newspaper articles are still too hard for me.
报纸上的文章对我来说还太难。 Bàozhǐ shang de wénzhāng duì wǒ lái shuō hái tài nán.
篇 piān: for articles and essays. So each day I read just one short article.
所以我每天只读一篇短文章。 Suǒyǐ wǒ měi tiān zhǐ dú yì piān duǎn wénzhāng.
小说 xiǎoshuō: novel. A month later, I began reading Chinese novels.
一个月以后，我开始读中文小说。 Yí ge yuè yǐhòu, wǒ kāishǐ dú Zhōngwén xiǎoshuō.
作者 zuòzhě: author. The author of this novel is from Beijing.
这本小说的作者是北京人。 Zhè běn xiǎoshuō de zuòzhě shì Běijīng rén.
页 yè: page. This novel has three hundred pages.
这本小说有三百页。 Zhè běn xiǎoshuō yǒu sānbǎi yè.
杂志 zázhì: magazine. I also like Chinese magazines, because they have lots of photos.
我也喜欢看中文杂志，因为照片很多。 Wǒ yě xǐhuan kàn Zhōngwén zázhì, yīnwèi zhàopiàn hěn duō.
笔记本 bǐjìběn: notebook. I write new words in my notebook.
我把新词写在笔记本上。 Wǒ bǎ xīn cí xiě zài bǐjìběn shang.
紧张 jǐnzhāng: nervous. There's an exam next week, and I'm very nervous.
下个星期有考试，我很紧张。 Xià ge xīngqī yǒu kǎoshì, wǒ hěn jǐnzhāng.
重点 zhòngdiǎn: key point. The professor told us the key points for the exam.
教授告诉我们考试的重点。 Jiàoshòu gàosu wǒmen kǎoshì de zhòngdiǎn.
仔细 zǐxì: careful. In the exam, I read every question carefully.
考试的时候，我仔细地看每一个题。 Kǎoshì de shíhou, wǒ zǐxì de kàn měi yí ge tí.
答案 dá'àn: answer. For one question, I didn't know the answer.
有一个题，我不知道答案。 Yǒu yí ge tí, wǒ bù zhīdào dá'àn.
粗心 cūxīn: careless. On another, I was too careless and wrote a character wrong.
还有一个题，我太粗心了，写错了字。 Hái yǒu yí ge tí, wǒ tài cūxīn le, xiěcuò le zì.
马虎 mǎhu: sloppy. The professor said you can't be sloppy in an exam.
教授说，考试的时候不能马虎。 Jiàoshòu shuō, kǎoshì de shíhou bù néng mǎhu.
正确 zhèngquè: correct. In the end, eighteen of my twenty answers were correct.
最后，我的二十个答案里，十八个是正确的。 Zuìhòu, wǒ de èrshí ge dá'àn lǐ, shíbā ge shì zhèngquè de.
准确 zhǔnquè: accurate. The professor said the characters I write are very accurate.
教授说，我写的字很准确。 Jiàoshòu shuō, wǒ xiě de zì hěn zhǔnquè.
标准 biāozhǔn: standard. He also said I speak Chinese with a very standard accent.
他还说我的汉语说得很标准。 Tā hái shuō wǒ de Hànyǔ shuō de hěn biāozhǔn.
知识 zhīshi: knowledge. At university, I gained a lot of new knowledge.
在大学里，我学到了很多新知识。 Zài dàxué li, wǒ xuédào le hěn duō xīn zhīshi.
理解 lǐjiě: to understand. Some of that knowledge I understood quickly.
有的知识我很快就理解了。 Yǒu de zhīshi wǒ hěn kuài jiù lǐjiě le.
解释 jiěshì: to explain; explanation. When I don't understand, the professor explains it to me.
不理解的时候，教授会给我解释。 Bù lǐjiě de shíhou, jiàoshòu huì gěi wǒ jiěshì.
考虑 kǎolǜ: to think over. He asked us to think over the question again at home.
他让我们回家以后再考虑一下这个问题。 Tā ràng wǒmen huí jiā yǐhòu zài kǎolǜ yíxià zhège wèntí.
基础 jīchǔ: foundation, basis. The professor said grammar is the foundation of learning a language.
教授说，语法是学语言的基础。 Jiàoshòu shuō, yǔfǎ shì xué yǔyán de jīchǔ.
积累 jīlěi: to build up, to accumulate. Learn ten new words a day, and in a year you build up over three thousand.
每天学十个新词，一年就能积累三千多个。 Měi tiān xué shí ge xīn cí, yì nián jiù néng jīlěi sānqiān duō ge.
继续 jìxù: to continue. I'm tired, but every day I keep on studying.
虽然很累，但是我每天都继续学习。 Suīrán hěn lèi, dànshì wǒ měi tiān dōu jìxù xuéxí.
重新 chóngxīn: again, from the start. My homework wasn't good, so the professor had me write it again.
我的作业写得不好，教授让我重新写。 Wǒ de zuòyè xiě de bù hǎo, jiàoshòu ràng wǒ chóngxīn xiě.
成功 chénggōng: success; successful. My year of study was a success: I came first.
一年的学习很成功，我考了第一名。 Yì nián de xuéxí hěn chénggōng, wǒ kǎo le dì-yī míng.
表扬 biǎoyáng: to praise. The professor praised me in front of everyone.
教授在大家面前表扬了我。 Jiàoshòu zài dàjiā miànqián biǎoyáng le wǒ.
批评 pīpíng: to criticize. Before, he had also criticized me for being late to class.
以前他也批评过我，因为我上课迟到。 Yǐqián tā yě pīpíng guo wǒ, yīnwèi wǒ shàngkè chídào.
鼓励 gǔlì: to encourage. But he always encouraged me to keep on working hard.
但是他一直鼓励我继续努力。 Dànshì tā yìzhí gǔlì wǒ jìxù nǔlì.
总结 zǒngjié: to sum up; summary. In the last class, the professor summed up the year's knowledge.
最后一节课，教授总结了这一年学的知识。 Zuìhòu yì jié kè, jiàoshòu zǒngjié le zhè yì nián xué de zhīshi.
毕业 bìyè: to graduate. Two more years, and I can graduate.
再学两年，我就能毕业了。 Zài xué liǎng nián, wǒ jiù néng bìyè le.
寒假 hánjià: winter holiday. In the winter holiday, I go home to see my family.
寒假的时候，我回国看家人。 Hánjià de shíhou, wǒ huí guó kàn jiārén.
放暑假 fàng shǔjià: to start the summer holiday. When the summer holiday starts, I want to see the Great Wall again.
放暑假以后，我想再去长城看看。 Fàng shǔjià yǐhòu, wǒ xiǎng zài qù Chángchéng kànkan.