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fāng fǎ
method
gōng-zuò
to work; work
kě-néng
possibility; possible
huì shuō
can speak ...
fēnzhōng
minute
jié-shù
end, finish
yǐ-hòu
afterwards; later on
bù-guǎn
no matter, regardless of
shì-qíng
matter
mǎ-shàng
right now
fàng sōng
relaxed
to call
yí-ge
one of (something)
xiū-xi
rest, relax
bǐ-rú
for example
zhēn-de
really
yí-dìng
surely, definitely
dì...
prefix indicating ordinal number
dì-yī
first
also
nǐ-de
yours; your
nǐ shì
you are; you were
hǎo le
it's done
tài...le
too (much); so
suó-yǐ
so; therefore
ránhòu
then; after that
zì-jǐ
oneself
yīn-wèi
because
gěi nǐ
here you go
hái-yǒu
still; in addition
wán quán
totally, completely
……de-shí-hou
when ... (in statements)
dì-èr
second (ordinal number)
róng-yì
easy; likely
dì-fāng
place
What about ...?
zhè-ge
this one
wǒmen
we
píng-shí
usually
wǒyào...
I want...; I'm going to...
object
nǎ gè
which one?
all; both
... time(s)
jīn-tiān
today
to follow
dì-sān
the third
zhēn-zhèng
real
wán shǒujī
play with (one's) mobile phone
bú shì
isn't; no
fā-xiàn
to discover
rú-guǒ
if
jìn rù
to enter, come in
gèngjiā
more
to drink
cup
shuí-guǒ
fruits
zhè yàng
this way, like this
yí-xià
a bit
yì-xiē
some
qí-shí
actually; in fact
duō-shǎo
how many; how much
xiǎoshí
hour
búhuì
will not; cannot
tired
xiàn-zài
now
dàn-shì
but
half
qǐ-lái
to get up
wóxiǎng
I want to...
shén-me shí-hou?
when?
tè-bié
especially
yícì
once
xíshǒujiān
toilet
gāng hǎo
just, exactly
zuì-dà
the biggest
zhī yī
one of...
kāi-shǐ
start
zhǎo
to find; to look for
zěn-me ...
how ...
zěnme bàn?
what to do now?
méiyǒu rén
no one
xiào-lǜ
efficiency
yǐ qián
before
hěn-dūo
a lot of
měi-ge
every one
gāi
should, be supposed to
nàxiē
those
xǐ-huan
to like
zài-jiàn
bye

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