A Bite of China

Episode review

Encounters

S2E6 · 相逢 xiāngféng

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Vocabulary

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者 者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this HSK 3
结束 結束 jié shù termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close HSK 3
当然 當然 dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
其实 其實 qí shí actually; in fact; really 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
如何 如何 rú hé how; what way; what 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
决定 決定 jué dìng to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly HSK 3
一切 一切 yī qiè everything; every; all 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
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
继续 繼續 jì xù to continue; to proceed with; to go on with HSK 3
世界 世界 shì jiè world 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
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
不远千里 不遠千里 bù yuǎn qiān lǐ make light of traveling a thousand li; go to the trouble of traveling a long distance Idiom ∼HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
重庆 重慶 Chóng qìng Chongqing municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
杭州 杭州 Háng zhōu Hangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
开封 開封 Kāi fēng Kaifeng, prefecture-level city in Henan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
新疆 新疆 Xīn jiāng Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, capital Ürümqi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
四川 四川 Sì chuān Sichuan Province, capital Chengdu Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
国民党 國民黨 Guó mín dǎng Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT); Nationalist Party Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
河南 河南 Hé nán Henan Province, capital Zhengzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
云南 雲南 Yún nán Yunnan Province, capital Kunming 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
浙江 浙江 Zhè jiāng Zhejiang Province, capital Hangzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
东海 東海 Dōng Hǎi East China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
如果说 如果說 rú guǒ shuō if; if one were to say ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
面的 麵的 miàn dī abbr. of; minivan taxi ∼HSK 2
华 華 Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
不加 不加 bù jiā without; not; un- ∼HSK 2
收成 收成 shōu chéng harvest ∼HSK 2
最为 最為 zuì wéi the most ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
微 微 Wēi small, prefix micro-, trifling ∼HSK 2
名菜 名菜 míng cài famous dishes; specialty dishes ∼HSK 2
郡 郡 jùn administrative division ∼HSK 2
雪菜 雪菜 xuě cài potherb mustard (Brassica juncea var. crispifolia) ∼HSK 2