Class 261 Wedding Guest 04

Question 1

许可

Answer 1

kú kě
to allow; to permit

Question 2

所有权

Answer 2

suó yǒu quán
ownership; possession; property rights; title (to property)

Question 3

富饶

Answer 3

fù ráo
fertility; richly provided

Question 4

终于

Answer 4

zhōng yú
at last; in the end; finally; eventually

Question 5

终

Answer 5

zhōng
end; finish

Question 6

于

Answer 6

yú
in; at; to; from; by; than; out of

Question 7

家庭圆满

Answer 7

iā tíng yuán mǎn
family all good

Question 8

结局

Answer 8

jié jú
conclusion; ending

Question 9

结

Answer 9

jié
knot; sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel)

Question 10

局

Answer 10

jú
office; situation; measure word for games: match, set, round, etc.

Question 11

思念

Answer 11

sī niàn
to think of; to long for; to miss

Question 12

思

Answer 12

sī
to think; to consider

Question 13

念

Answer 13

niàn
to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (somebody) a tongue-lashing (CL: 顿); to miss (somebody); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker’s anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿)

Question 14

廿

Answer 14

niàn
twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions; also written using banker’s character 念

Question 15

顿

Answer 15

dùn
to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one’s foot); at once; measure word for meals, beatings, scoldings, etc.: time, bout, spell, meal

Question 16

祝愿

Answer 16

zhù yuàn
to wish

Question 17

祝

Answer 17

zhù
to wish; to express good wishes; to pray; (old) wizard; (Chinese surname)

Question 18

愿

Answer 18

yuàn
to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing

Question 19

祝福

Answer 19

zhù fú
blessings; to wish somebody well

Question 20

福

Answer 20

fú
good fortune; happiness; luck; (Chinese surname); abbr. for Fujian province 福建省

Question 21

催促

Answer 21

cuī cù
to urge (but only used to urge ‘faster’, never ‘slower’, etc.)

Question 22

劝

Answer 22

quàn
to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe

Question 23

故事

Answer 23

gù shì
old practice
gù shi
narrative; story; tale

Question 24

故

Answer 24

gù
happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead

Question 25

意识

Answer 25

yì shí consciousness; awareness; to be aware; to realize

Question 26

第六感

Answer 26

dì liù gǎn sixth sense (i.e., intuition, premonition, telepathy, etc.)

Question 27

直觉

Answer 27

zhí jué intuition

Question 28

超能力

Answer 28

chāo néng lì superpower; extrasensory perception

Question 29

媒人

Answer 29

méi ren go-between; matchmaker

Question 30

媒

Answer 30

méi medium; intermediary; matchmaker; go-between; abbr. for 媒体, media, esp. news media

Question 31

媒体

Answer 31

méi tǐ media, esp. news media

Question 32

体

Answer 32

tǐ body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)

Question 33

提亲

Answer 33

tí qīn to propose marriage

Question 34

纳

Answer 34

nà to receive; to accept; to enjoy; to bring into; to pay (tax, etc.); nano-(one billionth); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing; (Chinese surname)

Question 35

采

Answer 35

cǎi to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather

Question 36

求婚

Answer 36

qiú hūn to propose marriage (between families, rather than individuals)

Question 37

问名

Answer 37

wèn míng to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride; one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols (六礼), in which name as well as date of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family

Question 38

吉

Answer 38

jí lucky; giga-(meaning billion or 10 to the power of 9); (Chinese surname); abbr. for Jilin province 吉林省

Question 39

征

Answer 39

zhēng journey; trip; expedition; to go on long campaign; to attack

Question 40

纳征

Answer 40

nà zhēng expensive gift, like gold, etc.

Question 41

请期

Answer 41

qǐng qī when to marry

Question 42

迎亲

Answer 42

yíng qīn (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轿 to fetch the bride; to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house

Question 43

花轿

Answer 43

huā jiào bridal sedan chair

Question 44

过门

Answer 44

guò mén to pass through a doorway; (of a woman) to marry; orchestral music interlude in an opera

Question 45

拜堂

Answer 45

bài táng ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in an old-fashioned wedding ceremony; same as 拜天地

Question 46

洞房

Answer 46

dòng fáng secret inner room; bridal room

Question 47

洞

Answer 47

dòng cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)

Question 48

房

Answer 48

fáng house; room; branch of an extended family; measure word for family members (or concubines); (Chinese surname)

Question 49

宴客

Answer 49

yàn kè to host a banquet; guest at a banquet; days of feasting before and after a wedding

Question 50

三朝回门

Answer 50

sān cháo huí mén To visit the bride's family

Question 51

双喜

Answer 51

shuāng xǐ double happiness; the combined symmetric character 囍 (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage

Question 52

茶礼

Answer 52

chá lǐ tea ceremony; change of identity to 'father' 'mother' during wedding ceremony, with drinking tea