interesting or fun

boring

expensive

dangerous

July

June

August

September

past tense (e.g., 去了 = went, 玩了 = played/visited)

future tense (e.g., 去了 = will go, 玩了 = will play)

present continuous (e.g., 去了 = is going, 玩了 = is playing)

imperative mood (e.g., 去了 = go!, 玩了 = play!)

加州 (Jiāzhōu)

纽约 (Niǔyuē)

德州 (Dézhōu)

佛罗里达 (Fóluólǐdá)

环球影城 (Huánqiú Yǐngchéng)

迪士尼乐园 (Díshìní Lèyuán)

长隆野生动物世界 (Chánglóng Yěshēng Dòngwù Shìjiè)

欢乐谷 (Huānlè Gǔ)

stronger than 很 (very), e.g., 非常好玩 = very fun

weaker than 很 (very), e.g., 非常好玩 = a little fun

means the opposite of the adjective, e.g., 非常好玩 = not fun at all

used only for negative adjectives, e.g., 非常不好 = extremely bad

fun, enjoyable (used for activities or places)

boring, dull

expensive, costly

difficult, challenging

watched

ate

slept

ran

部 (bù)

只 (zhī)

条 (tiáo)

杯 (bēi)

for example

however

because

always

very good to watch (used for appearance, movies, books)

not interesting at all

extremely difficult to understand

very expensive

Chinese quotation marks for titles

Mathematical symbols for addition

Punctuation for exclamations

Brackets for scientific names

read (past)

write (future)

eat (present)

sleep (past)

Chinese novel

Japanese poem

English story

French drama

The Three-Body Problem

The Dark Forest

Red Mars

Foundation

interesting

boring

expensive

difficult

very interesting or meaningful

very boring

very difficult

very easy

I read the Chinese novel The Three-Body Problem. It was very interesting.

I watched the Chinese movie The Three-Body Problem. It was very boring.

I wrote a Chinese novel called The Three-Body Problem. It was very difficult.

I read the English novel The Three-Body Problem. It was very confusing.

ate

drank

slept

ran

a lot of...

very few...

none of...

one of...

Japanese food

Chinese food

Korean food

Thai food

for example

because

however

always

sushi

noodles

dumpling

rice cake

ramen

dumpling

noodle soup

fried rice

I ate a lot of Japanese food, such as sushi and ramen.

I cooked a lot of Japanese food, such as sushi and ramen.

I bought a lot of Japanese food, such as sushi and ramen.

I saw a lot of Japanese food, such as sushi and ramen.

new school year

final exam

classroom

teacher

I want to / I plan to...

I cannot

I am

I can...

to work hard

to sleep

to eat

to sing

to maintain a certain state

to change quickly

to forget something

to create a new word

In the new school year, I want to work hard, stay positive, don’t give up, and stay happy. Let’s go.

In the new school year, I want to relax, be lazy, give up, and feel sad. Good luck.

In the new school year, I want to work less, stay negative, always give up, and be upset. Let’s go.

In the new school year, I want to ignore my studies, lose hope, and be unhappy. Good luck.

don’t

must

can

should

a phrase of encouragement, similar to 'you got this' or 'let’s go'

a type of Chinese food

a traditional Chinese festival

a famous Chinese city