Serious Chinese Conversation 中文不轻松

I give a short English description of how you can study the words in the podcast before listening, much more conveniently and effectively than the present word list situation. You'll need to buy the flashcards component in the pleco app first. I recommend buying the pleco professional bundle which includes this but you can buy it on its own.

All the following words can be conveniently downloaded as a flashcard study set to pleco at this link - https://www.plecoforums.com/threads/serious-chinese-conversation-%E5%85%B1%E4%BA%A7%E5%85%9A%E5%91%98%E5%88%B0%E5%BA%95%E6%98%AF%E5%95%A5.6805/ 共产党员 CPC member gong4 chan3 dang3 yuan2 弟 little brother di4 入党 join the CPC ru4 dang3 提交 submit ti2 jiao1 申请 apply for shen1 qing3 申请书 written applicationn shen1 qing3 shu1 党费 party membership fee dang3 fei4 范围 scope fan4 wei2 政府 government zheng4...

From the book Tales and Traditions by Yun Xiao, Ying Wang, Hui Xiao, WenJie Lu

恐怖分子 terrorist kǒngbùfènzǐ 恐怖主义 terrorism kǒngbùzhǔyì 现象 phenomenon xiànxiàng 世界 world shìjiè 厉害 very bad; amazing lìhai 首先 first shǒuxiān (different to 第一), often followed by 其次或者然后 大型 large-scale dàxíng 小型 small-scale xiǎoxíng 事件 incident shìjiàn 九幺幺 9/11 jiǔyāoyāo (it is never referred to as 九一一 or 9月11号） 纽约 New York niúyuē 世贸中心 The World Trade Centre shìmàozhōngxīn 袭击 surprise attack xíjī 教科书 textbook jiàokēshū 频繁 frequent pínfán 记载 to record; a record (of something) jìzǎi 涉及 touch upon...

here's a quick interview I did with my nanny who cried during the interview. she talks about her background and experience with fifteen my customers. she unfortunately got interrupted by my wife

斗鸡眼 dòujīyǎn lazy eye 进入 jìnrù enter 主题 zhǔtí subject 小朋友 xiǎopéngyou child 身边 shēnbiān one's side eg. I want you by my side 理论 lǐlùn theory 基因 jīyīn gene 自来水 zìláishuǐ tap water 重金属 zhòngjīnshǔ heavy metal (not the music) 幸运 xìngyùn lucky 文章 wénzhāng essay/article 体质 tǐzhì constitution i.e. of the body 烧开 shāokāi to boil 直接+（verb) zhíjiē directly do something i.e. without waiting or going through other steps 矿泉水 kuàngquánshuǐ mineral water 哇哈哈 wāhāhā a famous brand of mineral...

连环杀手 liánhuánshāshǒu serial killer 小丑 xiǎochǒu clown 叫做 jiàozuò be called; be known as 约翰 yuēhàn 韦恩 wéiēn 盖西 gàixī John Wayne Gacy 泰德 tàidé 邦迪 bāngdí Ted Bundy 这么 (verb) zhème Verb like this eg. don't do this 别这么做 Don't say 别做这个！ 强奸 qiángjiān rape 算 suàn count as 童年 tóngnián childhood 欺负 qīfu to bully 折磨 zhémo torture 弄痛 nòngtòng to hurt someone/something 暴力 bàolì violent; violence 黄片 huángpiàn porn 纪录片 jìlùpiàn documentary 挖 wā dig 竹子 zhúzi bamboo 类似于 lèisìyú similar to; to...

婆婆 husband's mother pópo 亲自 in person qīnzì 深刻 deep; profound shēnkè 村 village cūn 看望 pay a visit kànwang 单词 word dāncí 重新 repeat chóngxīn 古老 ancient gǔlǎo 走廊 hallway zǒuláng 鬼 ghost guǐ 森林 forest sēnlín 恐怖 scary kǒngbù 度假 go on vacation dùjià 假期 vacation jiàqī 醒 awake; wake up xǐng 呼吸 breath; breathe hūxī 描述 describe miáoshù 开灯 turn on lights kāidēng 刚开始 at the beginning gāngkāishǐ 消失 disappear xiāoshī 响 make a sound xiǎng; noisy 越来越响 louder and louder 喊 shout hǎn 走开...

表示 express; indicate; show biǎoshì 想象 imagine xiǎngxiàng 沙漠 desert shāmò 正方体 cube zhèngfāngtǐ 用。。。做的 made of... yòng...zuòde 水晶 crystal shuǐjīng 身高 stature shēngāo 腰 waist yāo 高度 height gāodù 宽 wide; width kuān 手臂 arm shǒubì 透明 transparent tòumíng 梯子 ladder tīzi 靠 lean on; rely on kào 木头 wood mùtou 台阶 step; stair táijiē 一匹马 a horse yìpǐmǎ 匹 pǐ measure word for horses 随着 as...; along with suízhe 地平线 horizon dìpíngxiàn 风暴 storm fēngbào 静止 still jìngzhǐ 朝 face (of...

领养 lǐngyǎng adopt a child 收养 shōuyǎng (a synonym for lingyang) 兄弟姐妹、 xiōngdìjiěmèi sibling 约会 yuēhuì date 血缘 xuèyuán blood relationship 小说 xiǎoshuō novel 谈恋爱 tánliànài to date 事实 shìshí fact 性格 xìnggé character （I meant 个性 gèxìng personality) 告白 gàobái tell the public 表白 biǎobái state clearly 陌生人 mòshēngrén stranger 惭愧 cánkuì ashamed 反对 fǎnduì oppose 黑猩猩 hēixīngxing gorilla 人类 rénlèi human 高级 gāojí advanced 享受 xiǎngshòu enjoy 某种 mǒuzhǒng a type 某 is used as an unspecific...

痛苦 pain tòngkǔ 牙齿 tooth yáchǐ 痛 hurt tòng 鱿鱼 squid yóuyú 硬 hard yìng 咬 bite yǎo 药 medicine (i.e. of a pill etc.) yào 怀孕 pregnant/pregnancy huáiyùn 基因 gene jīyīn 修 fix/mend xiū 蛀牙 tooth decay zhùyá 补 mend bǔ 导致 lead to (something bad) dǎozhì 保护 protect bǎohù 颗 tooth and small round object MW kē 惭愧 ashamed cánkuì 刷牙 brush one's teeth shuāyá 影响 effect; affect yǐngxiǎng 无所谓 don't care wúsuǒwèi 后悔 regret hòuhuǐ 痛死我了 It's killing me! tòngsǐwǒle 神经 nerve; neuron shénjīng 牙医...

Words and grammar below 词和语法 。。的话 if (used at the end of a sentence. 如果 is optional in this construction) dehuà 外国人 foreigner wàiguórén 悉尼 Sydney xīní 科学 science kēxué 专业 major zhuānyè 生物 biology shēngwù 毕业证 diploma bìyèzhèng 硕士 masters shuòshì 博士 Ph.D. bóshì 脑子 brain nǎozi 理论 theory lǐlùn (i mean to say thesis which is 论文 lùnwén） 试着 try shìzhe 找不到 can't find zhǎobùdào 竞争 competition jìngzhēng (number) 以上 greater than or equal too yǐshàng 病毒 virus bìngdú （I meant to say 疾病...

俞鑫霞 My wife's name yúxīnxiá 推荐 reccommend tuījiàn 探探 Chinese Tinder tàntàn 对方 the other party; other side duìfāng 男生 man; boy nánshēng 向 (direction+verb) do something in that direction 向左滑 swipe left xiàngzuǒhuá 向 is a direction word like 往 照片 photo zhàopiàn 刷 brush (noun and verb) shuā 尿尿 piss/urinate (informal) niàoniào 泡脚 to bathe feet in hot water (old chinese custom) pàojiǎo 桶 bucket tǒng 壶 kettle hú 烧热水 to heat water shāorèshuǐ 继续 continue jìxù 气候变化 climate change...

Douyin section 抖音 Douyin (a video app) dǒuyīn 关注 follow (a channel or subject) guānzhù 偶尔 occasionally ǒu'ěr 疫情 epidemic situation yìqíng (very commonly said word during this coronavirus time) 文字消息 written information wénzì xiāoxi 抵抗 resist eg. the epidemic dǐkàng 百度 the Chinese google equivalent bǎidù 关键 key, crucial eg. a point in a topic guānjiàn 搜(搜索) search (on a search engine) sōu/sōusuǒ 对比 compare duìbǐ 排行榜 ranking list páihángbǎng 评论 comment (noun, verb) pínglùn 种族主义的...

词 全球 the whole world quánqiú 冠状病毒 coronavirus guānzhuàngbìngdú note: 冠 is a 多音字 (more than one tone character) and in this case, is not pronounced guàn, despite what most people will incorrectly say, including the host. 症状 symptom zhèngzhuàng 发热 fever fārè 乏力 fatigue (literal and abstract) fálì 呼吸困难 difficulty breathing hūxī kùnnan 处理 deal with chǔlǐ 口罩 mask kǒuzhào 出示 show/produce (of id, ticket etc.) chūshì 测量 measure cèliáng 体温 body temperature tǐwēn 健康安全码 health code...

词 (words): 一辈子 lifetime yí bèi zi 好笑 funny hǎo xiào 害怕 scared hài pà 鬼 ghost/spirit guǐ 到现在为止 so far dào xiàn zài wéi zhǐ 吓人 xià rén 可怕 kè pà scary 毕业 graduate bì yè 面试 interview (verb/noun) miàn shì 敲门 knock the door qiāo mén 乱七八糟的 very messy luàn qī bā zāo de 某某某某 (so and so...person/company etc.) ,mǒu mǒu mǒu mǒu （note that 1 mou 某 is also sufficient) 公司 company gōng sī 搬家 moving house/company etc. bān jiā 背 back (of the body) bèi 对着 facing/towards duì zhe 画面 appearance...

进入 jìnrù enter; get into主题 zhǔtí theme; subject; main points精神病 jīngshénbìng mental disorder; psychiatric disease 可怕 kěpà fearful; frightful; terrible小看 xiǎokàn look down upon; underestimate分类 fēnlèi classify大多数 dàduōshù vast majority阶段 jiēduàn stage; phase再好 zàihǎo even better 发疯 fāfēng go mad; become insane抑郁 yìyù depressed; despondent精神分裂症 jīngshén fēnliè zhèng schizophrenia患者 huànzhě sufferer幻觉 huànjué hallucination种类 zhǒnglèi kind; type症状 zhèngzhuàng symptom通常 tōngcháng general; usual地下...

语法 (grammar) 1. (A) 离 (B) 多远? How far is A from B? 2. (A) 怎么样? How's A?/What do you think of A? 3. (verb)关于 (A) 的 （noun). eg. Talk about Japanese stuff. 聊关于日本的事情 4. 把 (A) 放在 (B) (上,下 etc) eg. 把苹果放在桌子上. You CAN'T SAY 放苹果在桌子上! 词 (words) start again 重新开始 chong2 xin1 kai1 shi3 note - 重 has 2 pronunciations culture 文化 wen2 hua4 history 历史 li4 shi3 kill 杀 sha1 for a lifetime 一辈子 yi2 bei4 zi5 (don't say 一 as yi1 in this case) accompany 陪 pei2 apart from 除了。。(以外) chu2 le5 ....yi3 wai4...

Vocab and Grammar notes: 对于(something/someone)来说 - in regards to... 对于他来说 - in regards to him 追 求 zhui1 qiu2 - pursue/chase 梦想 meng4 xiang3 - dream (eg. what you want to do) 鼓励 gu3 li4 - encourage 童年 tong2 nian2 - childhood 太空 tai4 kong1 - outer space 身体素质 shen1 ti3 su4 zhi4 - composition of one's body eg. strong or weak 西方国家 xi1 fang1 guo2 jia1 - The West (of countries eg. USA etc.) 差不多就是这样 cha4 bu5 duo1 jiu4 shi4 zhe4 yang4 - pretty much like that

别忘记注意听最后三个问题！ 语法 A跟(B)有关系 A is related to B eg. That's got nothing to do with you 那个跟你没有关系。 难道。。。吗 Rhetorical question eg. So they have my ID? (implying of course they don't.) 难道他们有我的身份证吗 词 周岁 zhou1 sui4 - 1 full year of life (Western age) 虚岁 xu1 sui4 - age calculated from being 1 at birth (Chinese age) eg. 我三十周岁 我三十一虚岁 详细 xiang2 xi4 - detailed 欠费 qian4 fei4 - owe a fee 报警 bao4 jing3 - report to the police 警察 jing3 cha2 - police 怀疑 huai2 yi2 - suspect, suspicious, doubt 当时 dang1...