Title: Words / Chapter20

Q: guò
A: to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / (experienced action marker)

Q: guó
A: country; nation; state

Q: suīrán
A: although; even though (often used correlatively with kěshì or dànshì etc)

Q: jǐnzhāng
A: nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained

Q: dànshì
A: but; however

Q: kěshì
A: but; however / (used for emphasis) indeed

Q: yúkuài
A: cheerful / cheerily / delightful / pleasant / pleasantly / pleasing / happy / delighted

Q: xiǎoshí
A: hour

Q: miǎo
A: second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit)

Q: sòng
A: to send; to deliver; to transmit / to give (as a present) / to see (sb) off / to accompany; to go along with

Q: bàntiān
A: half of the day / a long time / quite a while

Q: yīnwèi
A: because / owing to / on account of

Q: dǔchē
A: traffic jam / (of traffic) to get congested

Q: dǔ
A: to block up (a road, pipe etc) / to stop up (a hole) / (classifier for walls)

Q: suǒyǐ
A: therefore / as a result / so / the reason why

Q: bùyòng
A: need not

Q: zhǔnbèi
A: preparation / to prepare / to intend / to be about to

Q: bàozhǐ
A: newspaper / newsprint

Q: huà (话)
A: dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words

Q: huà (画)
A: to draw; to paint / picture; painting

Q: liúlì
A: fluent (of languages)

Q: ānjìng
A: quiet / peaceful / calm

Q: línjū
A: neighbor / next door

Q: chǎonào
A: noisy / raucous / to shout and scream