Integrated Chinese (4th edition) Volume 3 Lesson 10中国地理 Geography of China

46 core vocabulary itemsTextbook order

Word list

Vocabulary

地理dìlǐngeography
家乡jiāxiāngnhometown, place of family origin
路线lùxiànnroute, itinerary
了解liǎojiěvto understand, to know about, to be informed
一下子yíxiàziadvin an instant, all of a sudden
冰灯bīngdēngnice lantern
火车huǒchēntrain
船chuánnboat, ship
风景fēngjǐngnscenic landscape, scenery
河流héliúnriver
大多dàduōadvmostly, for the most part
流liúvto flow
部bùnpart, section
高原gāoyuánnplateau (lit. high field)
山shānnmountain, hill
而érconj(conjunction to connect two clauses) [See Grammar 2.]
平原píngyuánnplain (lit. flat field)
海hǎinsea, ocean
人口rénkǒunpopulation
主要zhǔyàoadjmain, principal
沙漠shāmòndesert
自然zìránn/adjnature; natural
条件tiáojiànncondition
地形dìxíngnterrain, topography
面积miànjīnarea (of land)
倍bèim(measure word for times by which something is multiplied)
过节guò jiévoto celebrate a holiday
旅游lǚyóuv/nto travel (for pleasure); (pleasure) travel
景点jǐngdiǎnnscenic spot, tourist spot
到处dàochùadvall around, all over
人山人海rén shān rén hǎi—huge crowds of people (lit. mountains and seas of people)
挤jǐadj/vcrowded; to push against, to squeeze
短duǎnadjshort
省shěngnprovince (administrative division)
四季如春sìjì rú chūn—spring-like all year round
少数shǎoshùnfew, minority (lit. small number)
民族mínzúnethnic group, nationality
南京NánjīngpnNanjing
哈尔滨Hā'ěrbīnpnHarbin
新疆XīnjiāngpnXinjiang
长江ChángjiāngpnYangtze River
黄河HuánghépnYellow River
天津TiānjīnpnTianjin
广州GuǎngzhōupnGuangzhou
深圳ShēnzhènpnShenzhen
云南YúnnánpnYunnan

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