Learn 20 high-frequency expressions, including education and work-related words
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| In this video, you'll learn 20 of the most common words and phrases in Chinese. |
| Hi everybody, my name is Wu Rui. |
| Welcome to The 800 Core Chinese Words and Phrases video series! |
| This series will teach you the eight hundred most common words and phrases in Chinese. |
| Ok! Let's get started! First is… |
| 1. |
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| 上司 |
| (shàngsī) |
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| "superior" |
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| 上司 |
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| 上司 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| superior |
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| 我的上司非常冷静。 |
| (Wǒ de shàngsī fēicháng lěngjìng.) |
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| "My superior is very calm." |
| (SLOW) |
| 我的上司非常冷静。 |
| 2. |
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| 公司 |
| (gōngsī) |
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| "company" |
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| 公司 |
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| 公司 |
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| company |
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| 今年我们公司的收入翻倍了。 |
| (Jīnnián wǒmen gōngsī de shōurù fānbèi le.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Our company revenues doubled this year." |
| (SLOW) |
| 今年我们公司的收入翻倍了。 |
| 3. |
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| 工资 |
| (gōngzī) |
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| "salary" |
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| 工资 |
| (SLOW) |
| 工资 |
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| salary |
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| 他的工资不太高。 |
| (Tā de gōngzī bù tài gāo.) |
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| "His salary is not too high." |
| (SLOW) |
| 他的工资不太高。 |
| 4. |
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| 收音机 |
| (shōuyīnjī) |
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| "radio" |
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| 收音机 |
| (SLOW) |
| 收音机 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| radio |
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| 我不听收音机。 |
| (Wǒ bù tīng shōuyīnjī.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I don't listen to the radio." |
| (SLOW) |
| 我不听收音机。 |
| 5. |
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| 电视 |
| (diànshì) |
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| "television" |
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| 电视 |
| (SLOW) |
| 电视 |
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| television |
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| 这个电视剧好无聊啊！ |
| (Zhège diànshìjù hǎo wúliáo a!) |
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| "This television show is really boring!" |
| (SLOW) |
| 这个电视剧好无聊啊！ |
| 6. |
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| 互联网 |
| (hùliánwǎng) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Internet" |
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| 互联网 |
| (SLOW) |
| 互联网 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| Internet |
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| 越来越多的人已经开始在互联网上购物。 |
| (Yuèlái yuèduō de rén yǐjīng kāishǐ zài hùliánwǎng shang gòuwù. ) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "More and more people have started shopping on the internet." |
| (SLOW) |
| 越来越多的人已经开始在互联网上购物。 |
| 7. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 报纸 |
| (bàozhǐ) |
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| "newspaper" |
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| 报纸 |
| (SLOW) |
| 报纸 |
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| newspaper |
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| 我每天早上看报纸。 |
| (Wǒ měitiān zǎoshàng kàn bàozhǐ.) |
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| "I read the newspaper every morning." |
| (SLOW) |
| 我每天早上看报纸。 |
| 8. |
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| 新闻频道 |
| (xīnwén píndào) |
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| "news channel" |
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| 新闻频道 |
| (SLOW) |
| 新闻频道 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| news channel |
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| 我在傍晚的时候打开新闻频道。 |
| (Wǒ zài bàngwǎn de shíhou dǎkāi xīnwén píndào.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I turn on the news channel in the evening." |
| (SLOW) |
| 我在傍晚的时候打开新闻频道。 |
| 9. |
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| 乐器 |
| (yuèqì) |
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| "musical instrument" |
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| 乐器 |
| (SLOW) |
| 乐器 |
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| musical instrument |
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| 你会玩乐器吗？ |
| (Nǐ huì wán yuèqì ma?) |
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| "Can you play a musical instrument?" |
| (SLOW) |
| 你会玩乐器吗？ |
| 10. |
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| 画 |
| (huà) |
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| "painting" |
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| 画 |
| (SLOW) |
| 画 |
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| painting |
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| 博物馆里有很多画。 |
| (Bówùguǎn li yǒu hěn duō huà.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "There are many paintings in the museum." |
| (SLOW) |
| 博物馆里有很多画。 |
| 11. |
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| 剧场 |
| (jùchǎng) |
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| "theater" |
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| 剧场 |
| (SLOW) |
| 剧场 |
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| theater |
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| 剧场在哪里？ |
| (Jùchǎng zài nǎlǐ?) |
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| "Where is the theatre?" |
| (SLOW) |
| 剧场在哪里？ |
| 12. |
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| 音乐剧 |
| (yīnyuèjù) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "musical" |
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| 音乐剧 |
| (SLOW) |
| 音乐剧 |
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| musical |
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| 我买了音乐剧的门票。 |
| (Wǒ mǎi le yīnyuèjù de ménpiào. ) |
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| "I got tickets to a musical." |
| (SLOW) |
| 我买了音乐剧的门票。 |
| 13. |
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| 歌剧 |
| (gējù) |
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| "opera" |
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| 歌剧 |
| (SLOW) |
| 歌剧 |
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| opera |
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| 我很少去看歌剧。 |
| (Wǒ hěn shǎo qù kàn gējù.) |
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| "I rarely go to the opera." |
| (SLOW) |
| 我很少去看歌剧。 |
| 14. |
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| 放松 |
| (fàngsōng) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "relax" |
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| 放松 |
| (SLOW) |
| 放松 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| relax |
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| 听爵士乐让人很放松。 |
| (Tīng juéshìyuè ràng rén hěn fàngsōng.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Listening to Jazz music makes people relaxed. " |
| (SLOW) |
| 听爵士乐让人很放松。 |
| 15. |
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| 白板 |
| (báibǎn) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "whiteboard" |
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| 白板 |
| (SLOW) |
| 白板 |
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| whiteboard |
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| 白板是形象地展示观点的完美方式。 |
| (Báibǎn shì xíngxiàng de zhǎnshì guāndiǎn de wánměi fāngshì.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "A whiteboard is the perfect means of demonstrating points visually." |
| (SLOW) |
| 白板是形象地展示观点的完美方式。 |
| 16. |
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| 黑板 |
| (hēibǎn) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "blackboard" |
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| 黑板 |
| (SLOW) |
| 黑板 |
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| blackboard |
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| 老师正在黑板上写字。 |
| (Lǎoshī zhèngzài hēibǎn shang xiězì.) |
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| "The teacher is writing on the blackboard." |
| (SLOW) |
| 老师正在黑板上写字。 |
| 17. |
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| 测验 |
| (cèyàn) |
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| "test" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 测验 |
| (SLOW) |
| 测验 |
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| test |
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| 测验是在下星期二。 |
| (Cèyàn shì zài xià xīngqī èr.) |
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| "The test is on next Tuesday." |
| (SLOW) |
| 测验是在下星期二。 |
| 18. |
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| 课本 |
| (kèběn) |
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| "textbook" |
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| 课本 |
| (SLOW) |
| 课本 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| textbook |
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| 新版的语文课本很有意思。 |
| (Xīn bǎn de yǔwén kèběn hěn yǒuyìsi.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "The new edition of the Chinese textbook is very interesting." |
| (SLOW) |
| 新版的语文课本很有意思。 |
| 19. |
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| 前面 |
| (qiánmian) |
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| "front" |
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| 前面 |
| (SLOW) |
| 前面 |
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| front |
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| 你在我的前面。 |
| (Nǐ zài wǒ de qiánmian.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "You're in front of me." |
| (SLOW) |
| 你在我的前面。 |
| 20. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 工作 |
| (gōngzuò) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "job" |
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| 工作 |
| (SLOW) |
| 工作 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| job |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 听说他找到工作了。 |
| (Tīngshuō tā zhǎodào gōngzuò le.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I hear he's found a job." |
| (SLOW) |
| 听说他找到工作了。 |
| Well done! In this lesson, you expanded your vocabulary and learned 20 new useful words. |
| See you next time! |
| 再见。(Zàijiàn.) |
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