HSK 4 Vocabulary: 45 Words About Town and Nature
HSK 4 Vocabulary · part 9 · 45 words 16:18 Mandarin audio · every word and sentence on screen with pinyin and English
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乘坐 chéngzuò: to ride, to take (transport). In spring, my colleagues and I took a bus out of town.
春天，我和同事们乘坐公共汽车出去玩。 Chūntiān, wǒ hé tóngshì men chéngzuò gōnggòng qìchē chūqu wánr.
加油站 jiāyóuzhàn: petrol station. The bus stopped for a moment at a petrol station.
车在一个加油站停了一下。 Chē zài yí ge jiāyóuzhàn tíng le yíxià.
往 wǎng: towards. Then the bus drove towards the south.
然后，汽车往南开。 Ránhòu, qìchē wǎng nán kāi.
过 guò: to cross, to pass. The bus crossed a big river.
汽车过了一条大河。 Qìchē guò le yì tiáo dà hé.
桥 qiáo: bridge. The bridge over that river was very long.
那条河上的桥很长。 Nà tiáo hé shang de qiáo hěn cháng.
座 zuò: for mountains, bridges, buildings. We also saw a very tall mountain.
我们还看到了一座很高的山。 Wǒmen hái kàndào le yí zuò hěn gāo de shān.
到处 dàochù: everywhere. There were flowers everywhere on the mountain.
山上到处都是花。 Shān shang dàochù dōu shì huā.
周围 zhōuwéi: surroundings, around. It was quiet all around the mountain.
山的周围很安静。 Shān de zhōuwéi hěn ānjìng.
当地 dāngdì: local. The local people were all very friendly.
当地人都很友好。 Dāngdì rén dōu hěn yǒuhǎo.
农村 nóngcūn: countryside, village. It was my first time in the Chinese countryside.
这是我第一次来中国的农村。 Zhè shì wǒ dì-yī cì lái Zhōngguó de nóngcūn.
试 shì: to try (on). In a small local shop, I tried on a jacket.
在当地的小商店，我试了一件衣服。 Zài dāngdì de xiǎo shāngdiàn, wǒ shì le yí jiàn yīfu.
合适 héshì: the right size, suitable. The jacket was just the right size.
这件衣服大小很合适。 Zhè jiàn yīfu dàxiǎo hěn héshì.
适合 shìhé: to suit. My colleague said the colour suits me.
同事说这个颜色很适合我。 Tóngshì shuō zhège yánsè hěn shìhé wǒ.
样子 yàngzi: look, appearance. I liked its look, too.
我也很喜欢它的样子。 Wǒ yě hěn xǐhuan tā de yàngzi.
高级 gāojí: high-grade, fancy. The seller said it was a high-quality jacket.
卖衣服的人说，这是很高级的衣服。 Mài yīfu de rén shuō, zhè shì hěn gāojí de yīfu.
森林 sēnlín: forest. In the afternoon we went for a walk in the forest.
下午我们去森林里走走。 Xiàwǔ wǒmen qù sēnlín li zǒuzou.
植物 zhíwù: plant. There were lots of plants in the forest.
森林里有很多植物。 Sēnlín li yǒu hěn duō zhíwù.
叶子 yèzi: leaf. The leaves on the trees were very green.
树上的叶子很绿。 Shù shang de yèzi hěn lǜ.
棵 kē: for trees and plants. One tree was already five hundred years old.
有一棵树已经五百岁了。 Yǒu yì kē shù yǐjīng wǔbǎi suì le.
朵 duǒ: for flowers, clouds. Under it grew a tiny flower.
树下开着一朵很小的花。 Shù xià kāi zhe yì duǒ hěn xiǎo de huā.
光 guāng: light. The trees were tall, so there was little light below.
树很高，下面的光很少。 Shù hěn gāo, xiàmian de guāng hěn shǎo.
湿润 shīrùn: moist, damp. It was damp in the forest.
森林里很湿润。 Sēnlín li hěn shīrùn.
火 huǒ: fire. You mustn't use fire in the forest.
森林里不能用火。 Sēnlín li bù néng yòng huǒ.
猴子 hóuzi: monkey. The next day we went to see animals; the monkeys were the most fun.
第二天我们去看动物，猴子最有意思。 Dì-èr tiān wǒmen qù kàn dòngwù, hóuzi zuì yǒu yìsi.
老虎 lǎohǔ: tiger. The tiger was asleep.
老虎在睡觉。 Lǎohǔ zài shuìjiào.
狮子 shīzi: lion. The lion was resting too.
狮子也在休息。 Shīzi yě zài xiūxi.
猪 zhū: pig. The village children also took us to see the pigs.
农村的孩子们还带我们去看猪。 Nóngcūn de háizi men hái dài wǒmen qù kàn zhū.
长江 Cháng Jiāng: the Yangtze River. On the way back, we saw the Yangtze River.
回来的路上，我们看到了长江。 Huílai de lù shang, wǒmen kàndào le Cháng Jiāng.
宽 kuān: wide. The Yangtze is very wide.
长江非常宽。 Cháng Jiāng fēicháng kuān.
深 shēn: deep. The Yangtze is deep too.
长江也很深。 Cháng Jiāng yě hěn shēn.
窄 zhǎi: narrow. But in some places it's narrow.
但是有的地方很窄。 Dànshì yǒu de dìfang hěn zhǎi.
海洋 hǎiyáng: ocean. The Yangtze's water ends up in the ocean.
长江的水最后会到海洋里。 Cháng Jiāng de shuǐ zuìhòu huì dào hǎiyáng li.
地球 dìqiú: the Earth. There are many oceans on the Earth.
地球上有很多海洋。 Dìqiú shang yǒu hěn duō hǎiyáng.
亚洲 Yàzhōu: Asia. The Yangtze is the longest river in Asia.
长江是亚洲最长的河。 Cháng Jiāng shì Yàzhōu zuì cháng de hé.
厚 hòu: thick. Back home, I took out the jacket; it was thick.
回到家，我拿出那件衣服，它很厚。 Huí dào jiā, wǒ ná chū nà jiàn yīfu, tā hěn hòu.
轻 qīng: light (not heavy). But it was light.
但是它很轻。 Dànshì tā hěn qīng.
软 ruǎn: soft. And very soft.
也很软。 Yě hěn ruǎn.
硬 yìng: hard. I had also bought a very hard box.
我还买了一个很硬的盒子。 Wǒ hái mǎi le yí ge hěn yìng de hézi.
圆 yuán: round. The box was round.
盒子是圆的。 Hézi shì yuán de.
底 dǐ: bottom, base. There were two characters on the bottom of the box.
盒子的底上有两个字。 Hézi de dǐ shang yǒu liǎng ge zì.
内 nèi: inside. Inside the box was a piece of paper.
盒子内有一张纸。 Hézi nèi yǒu yì zhāng zhǐ.
污染 wūrǎn: to pollute; pollution. The paper said: "Please don't pollute the environment."
纸上写着：“请不要污染环境。” Zhǐ shang xiě zhe: "Qǐng bú yào wūrǎn huánjìng."
保护 bǎohù: to protect. We all need to protect the Earth.
大家都要保护地球。 Dàjiā dōu yào bǎohù dìqiú.
安全 ānquán: safe. Only then will the places we live be safe.
这样我们住的地方才安全。 Zhèyàng wǒmen zhù de dìfang cái ānquán.
自然 zìrán: nature. I love nature more and more.
我越来越喜欢自然了。 Wǒ yuè lái yuè xǐhuan zìrán le.