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Vocabulary 生词 

Rainbow 彩虹 (cǎihóng)by 周杰倫 zhou Jielun ( by Jay Chou)

ID Chinese Trad. Pinyin English Definition

1 彩虹  cǎihóng rainbow; Classifiers: 道

2 周杰伦 

周杰倫

zhōu jiélún Jay Chou (1979-),Taiwanese pop star

3 作  zuò to do; to grow; to write orcompose; to pretend; toregard as; to feel; writingsor works

4 词   詞 cí word; statement; speech;lyrics; Classifiers: 组

5 作曲  zuò qǔ to compose (music)

6 哪里  哪裏,哪裡

nǎ lǐ where

7 有  yǒu to have; there is; there are;to exist; to be

8 告诉  告訴 gào su to tell; to inform; to letknow

9 我  wǒ I; me; my

10 能  néng to be able to; to be capableof; ability; capability; able;capable; can possibly;(usually used in thenegative) to have thepossibility of

11 不  bù (negative prefix); not; no

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12 把  bǎ to hold; to contain; to grasp;to take hold of; handle;particle marking thefollowing noun as a directobject; classifier for objectswith handle; classifier forsmall objects: handful

13 的  de of; ~’s (possessive particle);(used after an attribute);(used to form a nominalexpression); (used at theend of a declarativesentence for emphasis)

14 愿望  願望 yuànwàng desire; wish

15 还给  還給 huángěi to return sth to sb

16 为什么 

為什麼

wèishénme why?; for what reason?

17 天  tiān day; sky; heaven

18 这么  這麼 zhè me so much; this much; howmuch?; this way; like this

19 安静  安靜 ān jìng quiet; peaceful; calm

20 所有  suǒ yǒu all; to have; to possess; toown

21 云  雲 yún abbr. for YunnanProvince 云南省 ; cloud;Classifiers: 朵

22 都  dōu all; both; entirely; (used foremphasis) even; already;(not) at all

23 跑  pǎo to run

24 到  dào to (a place); until (a time);up to; to go; to arrive; (verbcomplement denotingcompletion or result of anaction)

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25 这里  這裏,這裡

zhè lǐ here

26 没有  沒有 méi yǒu haven’t; hasn’t; doesn’texist; to not have; to not be

27 口罩  kǒuzhào mask (surgical etc)

28 一个  一個 yī gè a; an

29 给  給 gěi to; for; for the benefit of; togive; to allow; to do sth (forsb); (passive particle)

30 释怀  釋懷 shì huái to release (tension); relief(from suspense); to dispel(usu. with negative, unableto forget)

31 说  說 shuō to speak; to say; to explain

32 了  le (modal particle intensifyingpreceding clause);(completed action marker)

33 太  tài highest; greatest; too(much); very; extremely

34 多  duō many; much; often; a lot of;numerous; more; in excess;how (to what extent);multi-; Taiwan pr. when itmeans “how”

35 就  jiù at once; right away; only;just (emphasis); as early as;already; as soon as; then; inthat case; as many as; evenif

36 成真  chéngzhēn to come true

37 不了  bù liǎo unable to; without end

38 也许  也許 yě xǔ perhaps; maybe

39 时间  時間 shí jiān time; period; Classifiers:段

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ID Chinese Trad. Pinyin English Definition

40 是  昰 shì is; are; am; yes; to be;variant of 是 ; (used ingiven names)

41 一  yī one; 1; single; a (article); assoon as; entire; whole; all;throughout;

42 种 種 zhǒng species；kind； type； classifier fortypes, kinds, sorts

43 解药  解藥 jiě yào antidote

44 也  yě  too

45 现在  現在 xiàn zài now; at present; at themoment; modern; current;nowadays

46 正  zhèng just (right); main; upright;straight; correct

47 服  fú dose (measure word formedicine

48 下  xià down; downwards; below;lower; later; next (weeketc); second (of two parts)

49 毒药  毒藥 dú yào poison

50 看  kàn to see; to look at; to read; towatch; to visit; to call on; toconsider; to regard as; tolook after; to treat (anillness); to depend on; tofeel (that); (after verb) togive it a try; Watch out!(for a danger)

ID Chinese Trad. Pinyin English Definition

51 不见  不見 bù jiàn not to see; not to meet;

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to have disappeared; tobe missing

52 你  nǐ you (informal, asopposed tocourteous 您 )

53 笑  咲 xiào  laugh; smile; Classifiers:个

54 怎么  怎麼,怎麽

zěn me how

55 睡  shuì to sleep; to lie down

56 得  de structural particle: usedafter a verb (or adjectiveas main verb), linking itto following phraseindicating effect, degree,possibility etc.

57 着  著 zháo (After a verb) hitting themark/succeeding in

58 声音  聲音 shēngyīn voice; sound; Classifiers:个

59 近  jìn near; close to;approximately

60 却  h,卻

què  but; yet; however; while;to go back; to decline; toretreat; nevertheless;even though

61 抱  bào to hold; to carry (in one’sarms); to hug; toembrace; to surround; tocherish

62 不到  bù dào not to arrive; notreaching; insufficient;less than

63 地球  dì qiú the earth; Classifiers: 个

64 太阳  太陽 tài yang sun; Classifiers: 个

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65 还是  還是 hái shi or; still; nevertheless;had better

66 会  會 huì can; will; to be likely to;to be sure to;

67 绕  繞,遶

rào to move around; to goround (an obstacle) ；tospiral; to move around;to go round (anobstacle); to by-pass; tomake a detour

68 理由  lǐ yóu reason; grounds;justification;Classifiers: 个

69 自己  zì jǐ oneself; one’s own

70 走  zǒu to walk; to go; to run; tomove (of vehicle); tovisit; to walk; leave; togo away; from; through;

71 要  yào to want; to ask for; will;going to (as futureauxiliary); must

72 离Z  離開 lí kāi to depart; to leave

73 知道  zhī dào to know; to becomeaware of; also pr.

74 很  hěn quite; very

75 简单  簡單 jiǎn dān simple; not complicated

76 依赖  依賴 yī lài to depend on; to bedependent on

77 我们  我們 wǒ men we; us; ourselves; our

78 阻碍  阻礙 zǔ ài to obstruct; to hinder; toblock; obstruction;hindrance

79 就算  jiù suàn granted that; even if

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ID Chinese Trad. Pinyin English Definition

80 放Z  放開 fàng kāi to unleash; to release

81 那  nà that; those; then (in thatcase)

82 别  別 bié don’t; do not; must not;to pin; to stick (sth) in

83 没收  沒收 mòshōu to confiscate; to havesth confiscated; to forfeit

84 爱  愛 ài to love; affection; to befond of; to like

85 当作  當作 dàngzuò to treat as; to regard as

86 Y后  Y後 zuì hòu final; last; finally; ultimate

87 才  纔 cái ; only; only then; justnow; a moment ago; justnow; (preceded by aclause of condition orreason) not until

88 明白  míngbai clear; obvious;unequivocal; tounderstand; to realize彩虹Rainbow_lyrics inChinese and Pinyin彩虹Rainbow_lyricsWorksheets