de

(structural partical)

zǎo

early

yínháng

bank

shǎo

few, little

páiduì

to form a line, to queue up

pái

to arrange, to put in order

duì

a row of people, line

huàn

to exchange, to change

yīngbàng

pound sterling

rénmínbì

Renminbi (RMB)

rénmín

people

děi

to need, must, to have to

yòng

to use

gāng

just, only a short while ago

cóng

from

fēicháng

very, extremely, highly

cì

(measure word for actions)

cānguān

to visit (a place)

bīngmǎyǒng

(ceremonial clay statues of warriors and horses which are buried with the dead)

bīng

soldier, fighter

míngxìnpiàn

postcard

xìn

letter

gāi

to be somebodies turn to do something

gōngzuò rényuán

working personnel, staff member

rényuán

personnel, staff

qiān

thousand

shǔ

to count

Wángfǔjǐng

(name of a famous commercial district in Beijing)

xī'ān

(capitol of Shaanxi Province)

hǎojiǔ bú jiàn

haven't seen somebody for a very long time

hǎojiǔ

a very long time

jiàn

to see

fāzhǎn

to develop

kuài

fast, quick, rapid

huà

dialect, language

pǔtōnghuà

the common speech (mandarin)

niánqīng

young

qīng

light, small

liúlì

fluent

dǒng

to understand

jiù

exactly, precisely