IC2.17

Question 1

investment / to invest

Answer 1

tou2zi1 投资 / 投資

Question 1

financial management / finance

Answer 1

li3cai2 理财 / 理財

Question 2

frugal / economical

Answer 2

jie2jian3 节俭 / 節儉

Question 2

to rise (of prices, rivers) / to increase

Answer 2

zhang3 涨 / 漲

Question 3

to speculate in stocks; to buy and sell stocks

Answer 3

chao3gu3 炒股

Question 4

to give rise to / to lead to / to cause / to arouse

Answer 4

yin3qi3 引起

Question 5

to reflect on / to ponder over

Answer 5

si1kao3 思考

Question 6

paternal aunt

Answer 6

gu1ma1 姑妈 / 姑媽

Question 6

contradiction / conflicting views / contradictory

Answer 6

mao2dun4 矛盾

Question 7

gloomy / depressed

Answer 7

yu4men4 郁闷 / 鬱悶

Question 8

to live frugally

Answer 8

sheng3chi1jian3yong4 省吃俭用 / 省吃儉用

Question 9

[M.w. for sum of money]

Answer 9

bi3 笔 / 筆

Question 10

Son’s daughter

Answer 10

sun1nv3 孙女 / 孫女

Question 11

Son’s son

Answer 11

sun1zi 孙子 / 孫子

Question 12

fiancée

Answer 12

wei4hun1qi1 未婚妻

Question 13

considered to be / at last / to count as / to calculate

Answer 13

suan4shi4 算是

Question 14

to share / to combine

Answer 14

he2 合

Question 15

hard / toilsome / laborious (implies effort and difficulty)

Answer 15

xin1ku3 辛苦

Question 15

to increase

Answer 15

zeng1jia1 增加

Question 15

to enjoy / to live it up

Answer 15

xiang3shou4 享受

Question 16

elderly lady (respectful)

Answer 16

lao3tai4tai4 老太太

Question 16

to persuade

Answer 16

quan4 劝 / 勸

Question 17

to convince

Answer 17

shuo1fu2 说服 / 說服

Question 17

interest (money)

Answer 17

li4xi1 利息

Question 18

old age

Answer 18

lao3nian2 老年

Question 19

to sign (e.g., a document)

Answer 19

qian1 签 / 簽

Question 20

(business) contract

Answer 20

he2tong1 合同

Question 21

idea / opinion

Answer 21

xiang3fa3 想法

Question 22

sudden / abrupt

Answer 22

tu1ran2 突然

Question 23

volunteer worker

Answer 23

yi4gong1 义工 / 義工

Question 24

mahjong

Answer 24

ma2jiang4 麻将 / 麻將

Question 25

to earn money

Answer 25

zhuan4qian2 赚钱 / 賺錢

Question 26

stock market

Answer 26

gu3shi4 股市

Question 27

risk / hazard

Answer 27

feng1xian3 风险 / 風險

Question 28

to mortgage / to pledge

Answer 28

di3ya1 抵押

Question 28

to fall (e.g., price or market)

Answer 28

die1 跌

Question 29

stock / share

Answer 29

gu3piao4 股票

Question 30

to lose (money); to compensate

Answer 30

pei2 赔 / 賠

Question 30

low-rent housing

Answer 30

lian2zu1fang2 廉租房

Question 31

economical, practical housing (sold below market-rates to low-income)

Answer 31

jing1ji4shi4yong4fang2 经济适用房 / 經濟適用房

Question 32

commercial housing

Answer 32

shang1pin3fang2 商品房

Question 32

having wealth equivalent to that of an entire nation (idiom) / extremely wealthy

Answer 32

fu4ke3di2guo2 富可敌国 / 富可敵國