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Vocabulary In Chinese--006: New Words About Living In China

 

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Hi friends, last weekend I introduced a group of words about eating out. Today I would like to introduce some new vocabulary about living in China and hope it is helpful to you during your trip to China and also in learning something more about China.

NEW WORDS :

Please click on any Chinese character that you need help with to see its Chinese pinyin, pronunciation and meaning, and then to read it after me.

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: stay, live -- zhu
篏鎘鐚stay鐚get accommodation -- zhusu

鐚hotel-- lguan
絎∽鐚inn -- kezhan
鐚hotel   -- jiudian (dialect)

罐弱鐚storey, floor -- louceng
罐守鐚floor -- loumian
罐守鐚corridor -- loudao
莎医鐚corridor -- zoulang
罐寂: upstairs -- loushang

鐚room -- fangjian
篋堺鐚single room -- dangrenfang
篋堺鐚double room -- shuang ren fang

鐚bed -- chuang

鐚house,building -- fangwu
罐惹鐚storied building -- loufang
綛恰鐚one story house, bungalow -- pingfang

篏鎘鐚residence, house, domicile -- zhuzai
篏鎘鐚 residential quarters -- zhu zhai qu
鐚 address -- zhuzhi
鐚flat, apartment -- gongyu
鐚housing -- zhufang
鐚house -- fangzi

鐚landlord or landlady -- fangdong

у鐚bedroom -- woshi
鐚kitchen -- chufang
ユ絎鐚washroom
: washroom
鐚W.C., toilet, washroom -- cesuo
鐚book room, studyroom -- shufang


If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn, or shirleyz004@yahoo.com, You are also welcome to publish your opinions in Forum For Friends. :-)   
--Shirley
Written, Translated and Recorded It On Sat, June 3, 2006