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Words and PhrasesBThese are some of the words and phrases I've copied from e-mails, letters, dictionaries and other documents: |
| Chinese Characters | Hanyu Pinyin (Meaning) |
| 百 | bǎi (hundred) |
| 百货 | bǎi huò (general merchandise) |
| 百货公司 | bǎihuò gōngsī (department store) |
| 百货商店 | bǎihuò shāngdiàn (shop) |
| 百货商场 | bǎihuò shāngchǎng (market) |
| 百万 | bǎi wàn (million) |
| 傍晚 | bàng wǎn (toward evening) |
| 包括 | bāo kuò (include) |
| 房租每月一百元，水电费包括在内。 | fángzū měi yuè yībǎi yuán, shuǐ diàn fèi bāokuò zài nèi. (The rent is 100 yuan a month, including water and electricity) |
| 我们的设计已经包括了你们的意见。 | wǒmen de shèjì yǐjīng bāokuò le nǐmen de yìjiàn. (Our design has incorporated your suggestions) |
| 抱歉 | bào qiàn (sorry) |
| 抱歉因为事情有点... | bàoqiàn yīnwei shìqing yǒu diǎn... (I apologise but the situation is a bit) |
| 很抱歉 | hěn bào qiàn (very sorry) |
| 报上 | bào shàng (in the newspapers) |
| 本来 | běn lái (original/originally) |
| 必须 | bì xū (must) |
| 必须由他处理 | bìxū yóu tā chǔlǐ (We must leave it to him to handle) |
| 标 | biāo (mark/sign/prize) |
| 商标 | shāng biāo (trade mark) |
| 路标 | lù biāo (road sign) |
| 音标 | yīn biāo (phonetic symbol) |
| 标点 | biāo diǎn (punctuation) |
| 标题 | biāo tí (title/heanding) |
| 小标题 | xiǎo biāo tí (sub-heading) |
| 标准 | biāo zhǔn (standard) |
| 标准音 | biāo zhǔn yīn (standard pronunciation) |
| 标准语 | biāo zhǔn yǔ (standard speech) |
| 标准型 | biāo zhǔn xíng (standard type) |
| 表 | biǎo (form/list/watch) |
| 表达 | biǎo dá (express/convey/voice) |
| 表格 | biǎo gé (form/table) |
| 填写表格 | tián xiě biǎo gé (fill in a form) |
| 表面 | biǎo miàn (surface) |
| 你不能只看事情的表面。 | nǐ bù néng zhǐ kàn shìqing de biǎomiàn (You must not look only at the surface of things) |
| 表亲 | biǎo qīn (cousin) |
| 表情 | biǎo qíng (expression) |
| 表情不自然 | biǎo qíng bù zìran (wear an unnatural expression) |
| 表现 | biǎo xiàn (show/display) |
| 他在工作中表现很好。 | tā zài gōngzuò zhōng biǎoxiàn hěn hǎo (He is doing very well in his work). |
| 表演 | biǎo yǎn (perform/play) |
| 表演节目 | biǎoyǎn jiémù (give a performance) |
| 他表演得很好。 | tā biǎoyǎn de hěn hǎo (He performed very well) |
| 博物馆 | bó wù guǎn (museum) |
| 美术博物馆 | měishù bówùguǎn (art museum) |
| 博士 | bó shì (doctor) |
| 部分 | bù fen (part/section/share) |
| 不错 | bù cuò (correct/pretty good) |
| 不对 | bù duì (wrong) |
| 不必 | bù bì (need not) |
| 不必担心 | bù bì dānxīn (There is no need to worry or panic) |
| 你不必去了。 | nǐ bù bì qù le (You don't have to go) |
| 不够 | bù gòu (not enough) |
| 不管 | bù guǎn (no matter) |
| 不管工作多忙我挤时间学习华语。 | bù guǎn gōngzuò duō máng, wǒ jǐ shíjiān xuéxí huáyǔ (No matter how busy I am at work, I squeeze in time to learn Mandarin). |
| 不过 | bù guò (but/however) |
| 不好意思 | bù hǎo yì si (feel embarrassed) |
| 不会 | bù huì (cannot / won't / don't) |
| 我不会抽烟。 | wǒ bù huì chōuyān (I don't smoke) |
| 不简单 | bù jiǎn dān (not simple/rather complicated) |
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Last updated Jan 2010.