A Bite of China

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Secrets of the Kitchen

S1E5 · 厨房的秘密 chúfáng de mìmì

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Vocabulary

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除了 除了 chú le besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) HSK 3
总是 總是 zǒng shì always HSK 3
比较 比較 bǐ jiào to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison HSK 3
目前 目前 mù qián at the present time; currently HSK 3
游戏 遊戲 yóu xì game; to play HSK 3
城市 城市 chéng shì city; town HSK 3
保证 保證 bǎo zhèng guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge HSK 3
整个 整個 zhěng gè whole; entire; total HSK 3
活 活 huó to live; alive; living; work; workmanship HSK 3
能力 能力 néng lì capability; ability HSK 3
强 強 jiàng stubborn; unyielding HSK 3
处理 處理 chǔ lǐ to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices HSK 3
方式 方式 fāng shì way; manner; style; mode; pattern HSK 3
转 轉 zhuǎi see 转文 HSK 3
结束 結束 jié shù termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close HSK 3
成功 成功 Chéng gōng Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县, southeast Taiwan HSK 3
使 使 shǐ to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger HSK 3
只有 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
由 由 yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
每 每 měi each; every HSK 3
总 總 zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
内 內 nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
种 種 zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
阴干 陰乾 yīn gān to dry in the shade Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
湖南 湖南 Hú nán Hunan Province, capital Changsha Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
杭州 杭州 Háng zhōu Hangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
西湖 西湖 Xī hú Xihu or West lake (place name); West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang; Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county, northwest Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
街市 街市 jiē shì downtown area; commercial district; (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
新加坡 新加坡 Xīn jiā pō Singapore Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
大都市 大都市 dà dū shì metropolis; large city; megacity Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
尼 尼 ní Buddhist nun; transliteration ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
千年 千年 qiān nián millennium ∼HSK 2
年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
一层 一層 yī céng layer ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
更为 更為 gèng wéi even more ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2