长城有八千八百五十多公里 The Great Wall Is Over 8,850 Kilometers Long

Developing Chinese · Elementary Comprehensive I · Lesson 28

27 core vocabulary itemsTextbook order

Vocabulary

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No.ItemPinyinPOSDefinition

1西北部xī běi bù—northwest 2市区shì qū—urban district, downtown area 3大概dà gài—approximately, probably 4公里gōng lǐ—kilometre 5火车huǒ chē—train 6公共汽车gōng gòng qì chē—bus 7多duō—more, over 8车票chē piào—bus ticket, train ticket 9几jǐ—a few, several, some 10到达dào dá—arrive, get to, reach 11元yuán—yuan, Chinese monetary unit 12快车kuài chē—express train, express bus 13公交卡gōng jiāo kǎ—bus pass 14公交车gōng jiāo chē—public bus, trolleybus, etc.15通过tōng guò—through, by, by means of 16它tā—it 17万wàn—ten thousand 18里lǐ—li, Chinese traditional unit of length (=0.5 kilometre)19所以suǒ yǐ—so, therefore, as a result 20原来yuán lái—so, as it turns out to be 21张zhāng—used for paper, paintings, tickets, etc.22信用卡xìn yòng kǎ—credit card 23存（钱）cún (qián)—save, deposit 24取（钱）qǔ (qián)—withdraw, take, get 25住zhù—live, reside 26刷卡shuā kǎ—swipe a magnetic card 27学生证xué sheng zhèng—student ID card

Proper nouns

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Item	Pinyin	POS	Definition
八达岭	Bā Dá Lǐng	Proper n.	Badaling, a section of the Great Wall
长城	Cháng Chéng	Proper n.	Great Wall
万里长城	Wàn Lǐ Cháng Chéng	Proper n.	Great Wall

Supplementary vocabulary

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Item	Pinyin	POS	Definition
多大	duō dà	—	how old
多远	duō yuǎn	—	how far
多高	duō gāo	—	how tall/high

Word components

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Item	Pinyin	POS	Definition
票	piào	—	ticket

No.ItemPinyinPOSDefinition

1西北部xī běi bù—northwest 2市区shì qū—urban district, downtown area 3大概dà gài—approximately, probably 4公里gōng lǐ—kilometre 5火车huǒ chē—train 6公共汽车gōng gòng qì chē—bus 7多duō—more, over 8车票chē piào—bus ticket, train ticket 9几jǐ—a few, several, some 10到达dào dá—arrive, get to, reach 11元yuán—yuan, Chinese monetary unit 12快车kuài chē—express train, express bus 13公交卡gōng jiāo kǎ—bus pass 14公交车gōng jiāo chē—public bus, trolleybus, etc.15通过tōng guò—through, by, by means of 16它tā—it 17万wàn—ten thousand 18里lǐ—li, Chinese traditional unit of length (=0.5 kilometre)19所以suǒ yǐ—so, therefore, as a result 20原来yuán lái—so, as it turns out to be 21张zhāng—used for paper, paintings, tickets, etc.22信用卡xìn yòng kǎ—credit card 23存（钱）cún (qián)—save, deposit 24取（钱）qǔ (qián)—withdraw, take, get 25住zhù—live, reside 26刷卡shuā kǎ—swipe a magnetic card 27学生证xué sheng zhèng—student ID card

Proper nouns

Reading reference · not included in practice

Item	Pinyin	POS	Definition
八达岭	Bā Dá Lǐng	Proper n.	Badaling, a section of the Great Wall
长城	Cháng Chéng	Proper n.	Great Wall
万里长城	Wàn Lǐ Cháng Chéng	Proper n.	Great Wall

Supplementary vocabulary

Reading reference · not included in practice

Item	Pinyin	POS	Definition
多大	duō dà	—	how old