Integrated Chinese (4th edition) Volume 4 Lesson 18中国历史 China’s History

50 core vocabulary itemsTextbook order

Vocabulary

No.ItemPinyinPOSDefinition
1文明wénmíngn/adjcivilization; civilized
2zhīp(literary equivalent of 的)
3文字wénzìncharacters, written form of a language
4记载jìzǎiv/nto put down in writing, to record; record, account
5参观cānguānvto visit, to look around
6其中qízhōngamong which/whom, in which/whom, of which/whom [See Grammar 2.]
7部分bùfennportion, part
8朝代cháodàindynasty
9伟大wěidàadjgreat, outstanding, magnificent
10思想sīxiǎngnthinking, ideology, thoughts
11展厅zhǎntīngnexhibition hall, gallery
12皇帝huángdìnemperor
13统一tǒngyīv/adjto unify, to unite; unified, centralized
14贡献gòngxiànv/nto contribute, to devote; contribution
15xiūvto build, to repair
16shāvto kill
17shāovto burn, to set fire to, to cook
18宫殿gōngdiànnpalace
19坟墓fénmùngrave, tomb
20兵马俑bīngmǎyǒngnterracotta warriors and horses
21发展fāzhǎnv/nto develop; development
22丝绸sīchóunsilk, silk fabric
23关系guānxìnrelation, relationship, connection
24进行jìnxíngvto carry on, to carry out, to conduct
25贸易màoyìn/vtrade; to trade
26shīnpoetry, poem
27诗人shīrénnpoet
28发达fādáadjdeveloped, flourishing
29技术jìshùntechnology, technique
30曾经céngjīngadvonce; at some time in the past
31先进xiānjìnadjadvanced
32发明fāmíngn/vinvention; to invent
33造纸zào zhǐvoto make paper
34火药huǒyàongunpowder (lit. fire chemical)
35指南针zhǐnánzhēnncompass
36活字印刷huózì yìnshuānmoveable-type printing; letterpress printing
37领导lǐngdǎov/nto lead; leadership, leader (lit. to lead and guide)
38革命gémìngnrevolution
39建立jiànlìvto build, to establish
40孔子KǒngzǐpnConfucius
41秦朝QíncháopnQin dynasty
42秦始皇QínshǐhuángpnFirst Emperor of the Qin dynasty
43汉朝HàncháopnHan dynasty
44西方Xīfāngpnthe West
45唐朝TángcháopnTang dynasty
46李白Lǐ BáipnLi Bai
47宋朝SòngcháopnSong dynasty
48清朝QīngcháopnQing dynasty
49孙中山Sūn ZhōngshānpnSun Yat-sen
50中华民国Zhōnghuá MínguópnRepublic of China

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