A Bite of China

Episode review

Pastries

S3E6 · 酥 sū

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4.57 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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每 每 měi each; every HSK 3
内 內 nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior 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
情况 情況 qíng kuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation HSK 3
世界 世界 shì jiè world 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
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
种 種 zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive 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
蛋挞 蛋撻 dàn tà egg tart (colloquial pr. [dan4ta3]) Colloquialism ∼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
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
天津 天津 Tiān jīn Tianjin municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
黄山 黃山 Huáng shān Huangshan, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
如果说 如果說 rú guǒ shuō if; if one were to say ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
面点 麵點 miàn diǎn pastry ∼HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
千年 千年 qiān nián millennium ∼HSK 2
华 華 Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
最为 最為 zuì wéi the most ∼HSK 2
带给 帶給 dài gěi to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to ∼HSK 2
和面 和麵 huó miàn to knead dough ∼HSK 2
人称 人稱 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar); called; known as ∼HSK 2
发面 發麵 fā miàn to leaven dough; to make bread ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
干掉 幹掉 gàn diào to get rid of ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2
五更 五更 wǔ gēng fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old) ∼HSK 2
助 助 zhù help, aid, assist ∼HSK 2
排行 排行 pái háng to rank; ranking; seniority (among siblings) ∼HSK 2
熟知 熟知 shú zhī to be well acquainted with ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
水道 水道 shuǐ dào watercourse (river, canal, drain etc); water route; lane (in a swimming pool) ∼HSK 2
别名 別名 bié míng alias; alternative name ∼HSK 2
多层 多層 duō céng multilayered; multilevel; multistory ∼HSK 2
街坊 街坊 jiē fāng neighborhood; neighbor ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2