第十一课拥抱未来 | Dao

Chinese Vocabulary 华文词汇表

Primary Higher ‣ 6B ‣ 第十一课拥抱未来

- sì dà fā míngthe four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder

- huó zìmovable type

- huó zì yìn shuāprinting with movable type

- yìn shuāprint

- yìn shuā shùprinting; printing technology

- zhǐ nánto guide; guidebook

- zhǐ nán zhēncompass

- huǒ yàogunpowder

- xiàn dàimodern times; modern age; modern era

- kē xué jì shùscience and technology

- jì shùtechnology; technique; skill

- fā zhǎndevelopment; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
科技发展得很快。
Kējì fāzhǎnde hěn kuài.
Science and technology advances very quickly.

- dōng hànEastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220

- cài lúnCai Lun (-121), the inventor of paper making

- gǎi jìnto improve; to make better
该报告建议安全标准应该改进。
gāi bào gào jiàn yì ān quán biāo zhǔn yīng gāi gǎi jìn。
The report advances the suggestion that safety standards should be improved.

- zhǐ zhāngpaper

- bì xūto need; to require; essential; indispensable

- bì xū pǐnnecessity; essential (thing)

- sòng dàiSong dynasty (960-1279)

- bì shēngBi Sheng (inventor of movable type)

- diāo bǎna carved printing block

- líng huóflexible; nimble; agile
弹钢琴需要我们有灵活的手指，所以平时我们要多练习。
Dàn gāngqín xūyào wǒmen yǒu línghuó de shǒuzhǐ, suǒyǐ píngshí wǒmen yào duō liànxí.
Playing the piano requires us to have flexible fingers, so we usually have to practice more.

- chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
苍蝇能传播疾病。
cāng ying néng chuán bō jí bìng.
Flies spread disease.

- zhǐ shìto point out; to indicate; to instruct; directives; instructions
一直朝着这个方向走就看见指示牌了。
yī zhí cháo著 zhè gè fāng xiàng zǒu jiù kàn jiàn zhǐ shì pái le.
Continue in this direction until you see a sign.

- háng hǎisailing; navigation; voyage by sea
船长在航海日志中描述了这次事故。
chuán zhǎng zài háng hǎi rì zhì zhòng miáo shù le zhè cì shì gù。
The captain described the accident in the ship's log.

- gǔ rénpeople from ancient times; the ancients; the late (i.e. person who has passed away)
古人认为勇敢是美德的主要成分。
gǔ rén rèn wéi yǒng gǎn shì měi dé de zhǔ yào chéng fèn。
The ancients counted courage as the main part of virtue.

- míng liǎoto understand clearly; to be clear about; plain; clear

- biān pàofirecrackers; string of small firecrackers
新春到了，家家户户放鞭炮。
Xīnchūn dào le, jiājiā hùhù fàng biānpào.
Lunar New Year has arrived. Each and every family sets off firecrackers.

- dàn yàoammunition