to start a new semester
kai1xue2 开学 / 開學
new student
xin1sheng1 新生
graduate student
yan2jiu1sheng1 研究生
not necessarily
bu2jian4de 不见得 / 不見得
to save money / to economize
sheng3qian2 省钱 / 省錢
[m.w. for vehicles]
liang4 辆 / 輛
to be born
chu1sheng1 出生
bow (archery)
gong1 弓
off-campus
xiao4wai4 校外
on-campus
xiao4nei4 校内
safe / secure / safety / security
an1quan2 安全
to help
bang1mang2 帮忙 / 幫忙
relatively / comparatively / rather / to compare
bi3jiao4 比较 / 比較
(day-to-day) life / to live
sheng1huo2 生活
free / unconstrained
zi4you2 自由
to adapt / to become accustomed to
shi4ying4 适应 / 適應
advantage / benefit
hao3chu 好处 / 好處
harm / troubles
huai4chu 坏处 / 壞處
to move (one’s residence)
ban1jia1 搬家
[exclamatory particle to
express surprise or
dissatisfaction or to remind]
ai1 哎
to leave (something)
behind inadvertently
[colloq.]
la4 拉
faculty advior
zhi3dao3jiao4shou4 指导教授 / 指導教授