shí jiān time; period

shí jiān zhóu time axis; timeline

nián qián ...years ago

lù dì dry land (as opposed to the sea)

dì shang on the ground; on the floor

dòng wù animal

kǒng lóng dinosaur; (slang) ugly person

miè jué to extinguish; to become extinct; to die out

rén lèi humanity; human race; mankind

kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial

shǐ yòng to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of

huǒ fire

duō nián for many years

chū xiàn to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up

zuì zǎo Earliest

hàn zì Chinese character; Japanese: kanji; Korean: hanja; Vietnamese: hán tự

fā míng to invent; invention

diàn dēng electric light

lái tè Wright (surname)

xiōng dì brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal

fēi jī airplane

zài at

kōng zhōng in the sky; in the air

fēi xíng (of planes etc) to fly; flying; flight; aviation

miǎo a second

shì jì century

nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period

zhì zào to manufacture; to make

dì yī first; number one

dì yī gè The first one

jī qì machine

jī qì rén mechanical person; robot; android

diàn nǎo computer

měi guó United States; USA; US

tài kōng outer space

tài kōng rén astronaut

dēng shàng to climb over; to ascend onto; to mount

yuè qiú the moon

liú xià to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go

zú jì footprint; track; spoor

shǒu jī cell phone; mobile phone

wǎng luò network (computing, telecommunications, transport etc)

biàn bù to cover the whole (area); to be found throughout

shì jiè world

tiān cái talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted

zhī yī one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)

líng gǎn inspiration; insight; a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor

jiā shàng plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that

bǎi fēn zhī percent

jiǔ shí jiǔ Ninety-nine

hàn shuǐ sweat; perspiration

zhè shì this is

wŏ de my; mine

xiǎo bù Small step

què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...

dà bù large strides

wèi lái future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending

huán return

hái still

huì can

kuài accounting

yǒu have

shén me what?; who?; something; anything

hé and

hè join

huó mix

huò mix

hú win

fā xiàn to find; to discover

ne (particle.) ne

ní woollen