FSI Language Courses



Module 2 - Unit 7 - Vocabulary

Pinyin Simplified Traditional English
dà xué 大学 大學 university
huà dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what someone said
huá shèng dùn 华盛顿 華盛頓 Washington (D.C.)
huì can; be able to; be possible
jīng jì xué 经济学 經濟學 economics (as a field of study)
lì shǐ 历史 歷史 history
guó wù yuàn 国务院 國務院 State Department (USA); State Council (China)
nán difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult
niàn shū 念书 念書 read; study
rì wén 日文 日文 Japanese (language)
róng yì 容易 容易 easy; likely; liable (to)
shuō to speak; to say
wén xué 文学 文學 literature
xué learn; study; science; -ology
xué sheng 学生 學生 student
xué xí 学习 學習 to learn; to study
yī diǎn 一点 一點 a bit; a little
yīng wén 英文 英文 English (language)
zhèng zhì xué 政治学 政治學 politics; political science
zhōng wén 中文 中文 Chinese language
zuò to do; to make
dì fang 地方 地方 area; place; local

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