'手机' (shǒu jī) literally means 'hand machine'

飞机 (fēi jī) literally means 'flying machine'

现实 (xiàn shí) means 'reality' — the actual st

现代 (xiàn dài) literally means 'present generat

'现在' (xiàn zài) literally combines 现 (xiàn),

‘Xiǎo yǔ’ literally means ‘small rain’—comb

‘Xiǎo māo’ literally means ‘small cat’ and r

小学 (xiǎo xué) literally means 'small school'

'Xiǎo péng you' literally means 'little friend'

起点 (qǐ diǎn) literally combines 起 (qǐ), mean

‘二人’ literally combines the numeral ‘二’ (è

‘二月’ (èr yuè) is the Chinese name for the se

高原 (gāo yuán) literally means 'high plain' —

‘高温’ literally means 'high temperature' — 高

高手 literally means 'high hand'—a metaphorical e

高山 (gāo shān) literally means 'high mountain'

Shuǐ mò (ink wash) refers to a traditional Chine

水平 literally means 'water level'—combining 水 (

‘水果’ (shuǐ guǒ) literally means ‘water frui

自来水 literally means 'self-coming water' — a vi

'Kāi shuǐ' literally means 'opened water', where

乡里 (xiāng lǐ) literally combines 乡 (xiāng),

‘公里’ (gōng lǐ) is the standard Chinese unit

'里面' (lǐ miàn) literally combines '里' (lǐ),

心里 (xīn lǐ) literally means 'inside the heart'

城里 (chéng lǐ) literally combines 城 (chéng),

家里 (jiā lǐ) literally combines 家 (jiā), mean

‘电梯’ (diàn tī) literally means ‘electric la

'电池' (diàn chí) literally means 'electric pool

‘电影’ literally means ‘electric shadow’—a hi

电视 (diàn shì) literally means 'electric vision

‘Diànnǎo’ literally means ‘electric brain’

'电话' literally means 'electric speech'—'电' (di

‘科学家’ (kē xué jiā) literally means ‘scien

作家 (zuò jiā) literally combines 作 (zuò), mea

家长 (jiā zhǎng) literally combines 家 (jiā, 'h

家乡 (jiā xiāng) literally combines 家 (jiā), m

家人 (jiā rén) literally combines 家 (jiā), mea

‘三岁’ literally combines the numeral ‘三’ (s

Three days (sān tiān) is a compound noun formed