Vocabulary: 第3章 “新社交”思想的诞生
- 时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi
- fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
- oral; verbal
- maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- other; (sth or sb) else; the rest
- to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb)
- merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- to follow; following; along
- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- attention
- ordinary person
- because; owing to; on account of
- many years; for many years; longstanding
- to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- to follow
- many; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc)
- different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- to coach; to train; instructor; sports coach; trainer (CL:位[wei4],名[ming2])
- to learn; to study
- before that; beforehand; previously
- 还 hái: 还 hai2: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan还 huán: 还 huan2: to pay back; to return
- Greenwich (former location of Greenwich observatory, at zero longitude); refers to Greenwich mean time
- 过 Gūo: 过 Guo1: surname Guo过 gùo: 过 guo4: to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)
- there; that place
- to grow up
- 地方 dì fang: 地方 di4 fang5: place; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part; CL:處|处[chu4]地方 dì fāng: 地方 di4 fang1: region; regional (away from the central administration); local
- respect; aspect; field; side; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)
- to get; to obtain; to receive
- (in) return; reciprocation; payback; retaliation; to report back; to reciprocate
- one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- fourth year of university
- student; schoolchild
- to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
- 为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to
- to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in
- Olympic Games; the Olympics (abbr. for 奧林匹克運動會|奥林匹克运动会[Ao4 lin2 pi3 ke4 Yun4 dong4 hui4])
- squadron; team; group; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
- to train; to drill; training; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- outstanding; excellent
- athlete; CL:名[ming2],個|个[ge4]
- to obtain; to receive; to get