LEARN + CHINESE / 199 of 300 HSK 6
Small Additions, Whole New Words例 · 这家店卖无糖饮料
Chinese often builds vocabulary by attaching a short element to a familiar base. A prefix comes first: 无糖 means “without sugar,” while 超市 has the sense of something beyond an ordinary market. A suffix comes last: 现代化 means “modernisation,” and 可能性 means “possibility.” Learn the whole word, then use the shared element to make new words easier to recognise.
这家店卖无糖饮料，也有多功能电饭锅。
zhè jiā diàn mài wútáng yǐnliào, yě yǒu duōgōngnéng diànfànguō.
This shop sells sugar-free drinks and multifunction rice cookers.
这片沿海地区属于亚热带，城市建设也越来越现代化。
zhè piàn yánhǎi dìqū shǔyú yàrèdài, chéngshì jiànshè yě yuèláiyuè xiàndàihuà.
This coastal region is subtropical, and its cities are becoming more modern.
新手机有防水功能，外壳采用轻型材料，设计也很欧式。
xīn shǒujī yǒu fángshuǐ gōngnéng, wàiké cǎiyòng qīngxíng cáiliào, shèjì yě hěn ōushì.
The new phone is waterproof, has a lightweight casing, and has a European-style design.
这种材料经过处理后容易塑形，所以常用于一次性用品。
zhè zhǒng cáiliào jīngguò chǔlǐ hòu róngyì sùxíng, suǒyǐ cháng yòngyú yīcìxìng yòngpǐn.
After processing, this material is easy to shape, so it is often used for disposable products.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
chāoshì | supermarket |
chāoyīnsù | supersonic |
duōgōngnéng | multifunctional |
duōméitǐ | multimedia |
fǎn fāngxiàng | opposite direction |
fǎn zuòyòng | opposite effect |
wúxiàn | wireless |
wútáng | sugar-free |
yàrèdài | subtropical |
yàjūn | runner-up |
zhǔn māma | expectant mother |
zhǔn xīnniáng | bride-to-be |
xiàndàihuà | modernisation |
lǜhuà | greening; to make green |
ōushì | European-style |
zhèngshì | formal; official |
dàxíng | large-scale |
xīnxíng | new type |
kěnéngxìng | possibility |
ānquánxìng | safety; security |
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