| 爱 |
ài |
动 |
to love; to be fond of; to like/affection/to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen) |
| 吧 |
ba |
- |
助 (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)/...right?/...OK?/...I presume. |
| 八 |
bā |
- |
数 eight |
| 爸爸 |
bàba |
名 |
(coll.) father; dad |
| 百 |
bǎi |
- |
数 surname Bai/hundred |
| 白天 |
báitiān |
名 |
daytime/during the day/day |
| 半 |
bàn |
- |
数、副 half/semi-/incomplete/(after a number) and a half |
| 包子 |
bāozi |
名 |
steamed stuffed bun |
| 杯子 |
bēizi |
名 |
cup/glass |
| 本 |
běn |
量 |
classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |
| 边 |
biān |
- |
名、后缀 side/edge/margin/border/boundary |
| 病 |
bìng |
名、动 |
illness/disease/to fall ill/defect |
| 不 |
bù |
副 |
no; not so/(bound form) not; un- |
| 不客气 |
búkèqi |
- |
you're welcome/don't mention it |
| 不要 |
búyào |
副 |
don't!; must not |
| 菜 |
cài |
名 |
vegetable; greens/dish (of food) |
| 茶 |
chá |
名 |
tea/tea plant |
| 唱 |
chàng |
动 |
to sing |
| 超市 |
chāoshì |
名 |
supermarket |
| 车 |
chē |
名 |
car/vehicle |
| 吃 |
chī |
动 |
to eat |
| 穿 |
chuān |
动 |
to wear/to put on/to dress |
| 出租车 |
chūzūchē |
名 |
taxi/(Tw) rental car/(Tw) rental car |
| 大 |
dà |
形 |
big; large; great/older (than another person) |
| 打电话 |
dǎdiànhuà |
- |
to make a telephone call/to make a telephone call |
| 大家 |
dàjiā |
代 |
everyone |
| 到 |
dào |
动 |
to arrive/to go to/until (a time)/(verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 大学 |
dàxué |
名 |
university/college |
| 大学生 |
dàxuéshēng |
名 |
university student/college student |
| 的 |
de |
- |
助 of; ~'s (possessive particle)/(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) |
| 第 |
dì |
前缀 |
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") |
| 店 |
diàn |
名 |
inn; shop; store |
| 点 |
diǎn |
- |
量、名 o'clock/point (in space or time)/to order (food in a restaurant) |
| 电话 |
diànhuà |
名 |
telephone/phone number |
| 电脑 |
diànnǎo |
名 |
computer |
| 电视 |
diànshì |
名 |
television; TV |
| 电影 |
diànyǐng |
名 |
movie; film |
| 电影院 |
diànyǐngyuàn |
名 |
cinema; movie theater |
| 弟弟 |
dìdi |
名 |
younger brother |
| 东西 |
dōngxi |
名 |
east and west/thing/stuff/person |
| 都 |
dōu |
副 |
all; both; entirely/(used for emphasis) even |
| 读 |
dú |
动 |
to read/to attend (school) |
| 对 |
duì |
- |
形、介、动、量 right; correct/towards; at; for/to treat (sb a certain way) |
| 对不起 |
duìbuqǐ |
动 |
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon/to let (sb) down; to disappoint |
| 多 |
duō |
形、代、动、数 |
many; much/too many; in excess/how (to what extent) |
| 多少 |
duōshao |
- |
副代 number; amount/how much?; how many? |
| 读书 |
dúshū |
动 |
to read a book/to study/to attend school |
| 二 |
èr |
- |
数 two/2/(Beijing dialect) stupid |
| 儿子 |
érzi |
名 |
son |
| 饭 |
fàn |
名 |
cooked rice/meal |
| 饭店 |
fàndiàn |
名 |
restaurant/hotel |
| 房间 |
fángjiān |
名 |
room |
| 非常 |
fēicháng |
副 |
very; really/unusual; extraordinary |
| 飞机 |
fēijī |
名 |
airplane |
| 分 |
fēn |
- |
量、动、名 to divide; to separate/to distribute; to allocate/to distinguish (good and bad)/(bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2])/fraction/one tenth (of certain units)/unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm/minute (unit of time)/minute (angular measurement unit)/a point (in sports or games)/0.01 yuan (unit of money)/part/share/ingredient/component |
| 分钟 |
fēnzhōng |
量 |
minute |
| 高兴 |
gāoxìng |
形 |
happy/glad/willing (to do sth)/in a cheerful mood |
| 个 |
gè |
量 |
classifier used before a noun |
| 歌 |
gē |
名 |
song/to sing |
| 哥哥 |
gēge |
名 |
older brother |
| 给 |
gěi |
动、介 |
to/for/for the benefit of/to give/to allow/to do sth (for sb)/(grammatical equivalent of 被)/(grammatical equivalent of 把)/(sentence intensifier) |
| 公司 |
gōngsī |
名 |
company; firm; corporation |
| 工作 |
gōngzuò |
动、名 |
to work/(of a machine) to operate/job/work/task/(of a machine) |
| 狗 |
gǒu |
名 |
dog |
| 贵 |
guì |
形 |
abbr. for Guizhou Province 貴州|贵州[Gui4zhou1]/expensive/(bound form) highly valued; precious/(bound form) noble; of high rank/(prefix) (honorific) your |
| 国 |
guó |
名 |
country; nation; state/(bound form) national |
| 还 |
hái |
副 |
still/still in progress/still more/yet/even more/in addition/fairly/passably (good)/as early as/even/also/else |
| 孩子 |
háizi |
名 |
child |
| 汉语 |
Hànyǔ |
名 |
Chinese language |
| 汉字 |
Hànzì |
名 |
Chinese character/Japanese: kanji/Korean: hanja/Vietnamese: hán tự |
| 号 |
hào |
- |
名、量 roar/cry/ordinal number/day of a month/mark/sign/business establishment/size/ship suffix/horn (wind instrument)/bugle call/assumed name/to take a pulse/classifier used to indicate number of people |
| 好 |
hǎo |
- |
形、副、动 good/appropriate; proper/all right!/(before a verb) easy to/(before a verb) good to/(before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so/(verb complement indicating completion)/(of two people) close; on intimate terms/(after a personal pronoun) hello |
| 好吃 |
hǎochī |
形 |
tasty; delicious/to be fond of eating; to be gluttonous |
| 好看 |
hǎokàn |
形 |
good-looking/nice-looking/good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)/embarrassed/humiliated |
| 好听 |
hǎotīng |
形 |
pleasant to hear |
| 好玩儿 |
hǎowánr |
形 |
amusing/fun/interesting |
| 和 |
hé |
- |
介、连 (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4])/(math.) sum/to make peace/(sports) to draw; to tie/(bound form) harmonious/(bound form) Japan; Japanese |
| 喝 |
hē |
动 |
to drink |
| 很 |
hěn |
副 |
very; quite/(also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) |
| 后 |
hòu |
名 |
empress/queen/(archaic) monarch/ruler/back/behind/rear/afterwards/after/later/post- |
| 回 |
huí |
动、量 |
to return |
| 会 |
huì |
动 |
can; to have the skill; to know how to/to be likely to; to be sure to/to meet; to get together/meeting; gathering/(suffix) union; group; association/(bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]) |
| 火车 |
huǒchē |
名 |
train |
| 几 |
jǐ |
- |
代、数 how much/how many/several/a few/almost |
| 家 |
jiā |
- |
名、量、后缀 home/family/(polite) my (sister, uncle etc)/classifier for families or businesses/refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China/noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian |
| 见 |
jiàn |
动 |
to see/to meet/to appear (to be sth)/to interview/opinion/view |
| 件 |
jiàn |
量 |
item/component/classifier for events, things, clothes etc |
| 叫 |
jiào |
动、介 |
to shout/to call/to order/to ask/to be called |
| 饺子 |
jiǎozi |
名 |
dumpling |
| 家人 |
jiārén |
名 |
family member |
| 鸡蛋 |
jīdàn |
名 |
(chicken) egg/hen's egg |
| 姐姐 |
jiějie |
名 |
older sister |
| 今年 |
jīnnián |
名 |
this year |
| 今天 |
jīntiān |
名 |
today/the present time; now |
| 九 |
jiǔ |
- |
数 nine/9 |
| 觉得 |
juéde |
动 |
to think that ...; to feel that .../to feel (uncomfortable etc) |
| 开 |
kāi |
动 |
to open (transitive or intransitive)/(of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start/to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run/to boil/to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)/(directional complement) away; off/carat (gold)/abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2]/abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format |
| 开车 |
kāichē |
动 |
to drive a car |
| 看 |
kàn |
动 |
to see; to look at/to read/to watch/to visit; to call on/to consider; to regard as/to look after/to treat (a patient or illness)/to depend on/to feel (that)/(after a verb) to give it a try/to watch out for |
| 看病 |
kànbìng |
动 |
to visit a doctor/to see a patient |
| 看见 |
kànjiàn |
动 |
to see/to catch sight of |
| 课 |
kè |
名 |
subject/course/class/lesson/to levy/tax/form of divination |
| 可以 |
kěyǐ |
动、形 |
can/may/possible/able to/not bad/pretty good |
| 口 |
kǒu |
- |
名、量 mouth/classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)/classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
| 块 |
kuài |
量 |
lump; chunk; piece/classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc/(coll.) classifier for money and currency units |
| 来 |
lái |
动 |
to come/hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5])/(used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) |
| 老师 |
lǎoshī |
名 |
teacher |
| 了 |
le |
- |
助 (completed action marker)/(modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)/(modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 冷 |
lěng |
形 |
surname Leng/cold |
| 里 |
lǐ |
名 |
lining/interior/inside/internal/also written 裏|里[li3] |
| 两 |
liǎng |
- |
数 two/both |
| 零 |
líng |
- |
数 zero/nought/zero sign/fractional/fragmentary/odd (of numbers)/(placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)/fraction/(in mathematics) remainder (after division)/extra/to wither and fall/to wither |
| 六 |
liù |
- |
数 six/6 |
| 吗 |
ma |
- |
助 (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 卖 |
mài |
动 |
to sell/to betray/to spare no effort/to show off or flaunt |
| 买 |
mǎi |
动 |
to buy/to purchase |
| 妈妈 |
māma |
名 |
mama/mommy/mother |
| 忙 |
máng |
形、动 |
busy/hurriedly/to hurry/to rush |
| 猫 |
māo |
名 |
cat |
| 没关系 |
méiguānxi |
- |
it doesn't matter |
| 妹妹 |
mèimei |
名 |
younger sister/young woman |
| 没事 |
méishì |
动 |
it's not important/it's nothing/never mind/to have nothing to do/to be free/to be all right (out of danger or trouble) |
| 没有 |
méiyǒu |
- |
动、副 haven't/hasn't/doesn't exist/to not have/to not be |
| 们 |
men |
后缀 |
plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 面包 |
miànbāo |
名 |
bread |
| 面条儿 |
miàntiáor |
名 |
noodles |
| 米饭 |
mǐfàn |
名 |
(cooked) rice |
| 明年 |
míngnián |
名 |
next year |
| 明天 |
míngtiān |
名 |
tomorrow |
| 名字 |
míngzi |
名 |
name (of a person or thing) |
| 那 |
nà |
- |
代、连 surname Na/(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4])/(pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)/then (in that case) |
| 哪 |
nǎ |
代 |
how/which/(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n") |
| 那边 |
nàbiān |
代 |
over there/yonder |
| 那个 |
nàge |
代 |
that one/that thing/that (as opposed to this)/(used before a verb or adjective for emphasis)/(used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word)/(used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc)/(euph.) menstruation/sex/also pr. [nei4 ge5] |
| 哪个 |
nǎge |
代 |
which/who |
| 那里 |
nàlǐ |
代 |
there; that place |
| 哪里 |
nǎlǐ |
代 |
where?/somewhere/anywhere/wherever/nowhere (negative answer to question)/humble expression denying compliment |
| 男 |
nán |
形 |
(bound form) male/baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] |
| 男朋友 |
nánpéngyou |
名 |
boyfriend |
| 那儿 |
nàr |
代 |
there |
| 哪儿 |
nǎr |
代 |
where?/wherever; anywhere; somewhere/(used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? |
| 那些 |
nàxiē |
代 |
those |
| 哪些 |
nǎxiē |
代 |
which ones?/who?/what? |
| 呢 |
ne |
- |
助 particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")/particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?")/particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?")/(at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action/particle indicating strong affirmation |
| 能 |
néng |
动 |
can/to be able to/might possibly/ability/(physics) energy |
| 你 |
nǐ |
代 |
you |
| 你好 |
nǐhǎo |
- |
hello/hi |
| 年 |
nián |
- |
名、量 year |
| 你们 |
nǐmen |
代 |
you (plural) |
| 您 |
nín |
代 |
you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) |
| 牛奶 |
niúnǎi |
名 |
cow's milk |
| 女 |
nǚ |
形 |
female/woman/daughter |
| 女儿 |
nǚ'ér |
名 |
daughter |
| 女朋友 |
nǚpéngyou |
名 |
girlfriend |
| 女士 |
nǚshì |
名 |
lady/madam/Miss/Ms |
| 朋友 |
péngyou |
名 |
friend |
| 便宜 |
piányi |
形 |
cheap; inexpensive/a petty advantage/to let sb off lightly |
| 漂亮 |
piàoliang |
形 |
pretty; beautiful |
| 苹果 |
píngguǒ |
名 |
apple |
| 七 |
qī |
- |
数 seven/7 |
| 前 |
qián |
名 |
front/forward/ahead/first/top (followed by a number)/future/ago/before/BC (e.g. 前293年)/former/formerly |
| 钱 |
qián |
名 |
surname Qian/coin/money/unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3] |
| 千 |
qiān |
- |
数 thousand |
| 起床 |
qǐchuáng |
动 |
to get out of bed; to get up |
| 请 |
qǐng |
动 |
to ask/to invite/please (do sth)/to treat (to a meal etc)/to request |
| 请问 |
qǐngwèn |
动 |
Excuse me, may I ask...? |
| 去 |
qù |
动 |
to go/to die (euphemism)/(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth/(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)/(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) |
| 去年 |
qùnián |
名 |
last year |
| 热 |
rè |
形 |
to warm up/to heat up/hot (of weather)/heat/fervent |
| 人 |
rén |
名 |
person; people |
| 认识 |
rènshi |
动 |
to know/to recognize/to be familiar with/to get acquainted with sb/knowledge/understanding/awareness/cognition |
| 日 |
rì |
- |
量、名 abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan/sun/day/date, day of the month |
| 三 |
sān |
- |
数 surname San/three/3 |
| 上 |
shàng |
名、动 |
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous/first (of multiple parts)/to climb; to get onto; to go up/to attend (class or university)/(directional complement) up/(noun suffix) on; above |
| 上班 |
shàngbān |
动 |
to go to work/to be on duty/to start work/to go to the office |
| 商店 |
shāngdiàn |
名 |
store; shop |
| 上课 |
shàngkè |
动 |
to go to class/to attend class/to go to teach a class |
| 上午 |
shàngwǔ |
名 |
morning |
| 上学 |
shàngxué |
动 |
to go to school/to attend school |
| 少 |
shǎo |
形、动 |
few/less/to lack/to be missing/to stop (doing sth)/seldom/young |
| 谁 |
shéi/shuí |
代 |
who |
| 生病 |
shēngbìng |
动 |
to fall ill |
| 什么 |
shénme |
代 |
what?/something; anything |
| 十 |
shí |
- |
数 ten/10 |
| 事 |
shì |
名 |
matter/thing/item/work/affair |
| 是 |
shì |
动 |
to be (followed by substantives only)/correct; right; true/(respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well/(adverb for emphatic assertion) |
| 时候 |
shíhou |
名 |
time/length of time/moment/period |
| 时间 |
shíjiān |
名 |
(concept of) time/(duration of) time/(point in) time |
| 手机 |
shǒujī |
名 |
cell phone/mobile phone |
| 书 |
shū |
名 |
book/letter/document/to write |
| 书店 |
shūdiàn |
名 |
bookstore |
| 睡 |
shuì |
动 |
to sleep/to lie down |
| 水 |
shuǐ |
名 |
water/river/liquid/beverage/additional charges or income/(of clothes) classifier for number of washes |
| 水果 |
shuǐguǒ |
名 |
fruit |
| 睡觉 |
shuìjiào |
动 |
to go to bed/to sleep |
| 说 |
shuō |
动 |
to speak; to talk; to say/to explain; to comment/to scold; to tell off/(bound form) theory; doctrine |
| 说话 |
shuōhuà |
动 |
to speak/to say/to talk/to gossip/to tell stories/talk/word |
| 四 |
sì |
- |
数 four/4 |
| 岁 |
suì |
量 |
classifier for years (of age)/year/year (of crop harvests) |
| 他 |
tā |
代 |
he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)/(used before sb's name for emphasis)/(used as a meaningless mock object)/(literary) other |
| 它 |
tā |
代 |
it (pronoun for an animal or a non living thing) |
| 她 |
tā |
代 |
she |
| 太 |
tài |
副 |
highest/greatest/too (much)/very/extremely |
| 他们 |
tāmen |
代 |
they; them |
| 它们 |
tāmen |
代 |
they; them |
| 她们 |
tāmen |
代 |
they; them (females) |
| 天 |
tiān |
- |
名、量 day/sky/heaven |
| 天气 |
tiānqì |
名 |
weather |
| 听 |
tīng |
动 |
to listen to; to hear/to heed; to obey/a can (loanword from English "tin")/classifier for canned beverages/to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4])/(literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) |
| 听见 |
tīngjiàn |
动 |
to hear |
| 同学 |
tóngxué |
名 |
to study at the same school/fellow student/classmate |
| 外 |
wài |
名 |
outside/in addition/foreign/external |
| 外边 |
wàibian |
名 |
outside/outer surface/abroad/place other than one's home |
| 玩 |
wán |
动 |
to play/to have fun/to trifle with/toy/sth used for amusement/curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4])/to keep sth for entertainment |
| 晚 |
wǎn |
形 |
evening/night/late |
| 晚饭 |
wǎnfàn |
名 |
evening meal/dinner/supper |
| 晚上 |
wǎnshang |
名 |
evening/night/in the evening |
| 喂 |
wèi |
叹 |
hello (when answering the phone)/hey/to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc) |
| 问 |
wèn |
动 |
to ask; to inquire |
| 问题 |
wèntí |
名 |
question/problem/issue/topic |
| 我 |
wǒ |
代 |
I; me; my |
| 我们 |
wǒmen |
代 |
we; us; ourselves; our |
| 五 |
wǔ |
- |
数 five/5 |
| 午饭 |
wǔfàn |
名 |
lunch |
| 下 |
xià |
- |
名、动、量 down/downwards/below/lower/later/next (week etc)/second (of two parts)/to decline/to go down/to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)/measure word to show the frequency of an action |
| 下雨 |
xiàyǔ |
- |
to rain |
| 下班 |
xiàbān |
动 |
to finish work; to get off work/next service (train, bus, etc) |
| 下课 |
xiàkè |
动 |
to finish class/to get out of class/(fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed/to be fired |
| 想 |
xiǎng |
动 |
to think (about)/to think of; to devise/to think (that); to believe (that)/to desire; to want (to)/to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) |
| 先生 |
xiānsheng |
名 |
teacher/gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)/husband/(dialect) doctor |
| 现在 |
xiànzài |
名 |
now/at present/at the moment/modern/current/nowadays |
| 小 |
xiǎo |
- |
形、前缀 small/tiny/few/young |
| 小朋友 |
xiǎopéngyǒu |
名 |
child |
| 小时 |
xiǎoshí |
名 |
hour |
| 小学 |
xiǎoxué |
名 |
elementary school; primary school |
| 小学生 |
xiǎoxuéshēng |
名 |
primary school student/schoolchild/(fig.) beginner |
| 下午 |
xiàwǔ |
名 |
afternoon/p.m. |
| 写 |
xiě |
动 |
to write |
| 些 |
xiē |
量 |
classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several |
| 谢谢 |
xièxie |
动 |
to thank/thanks/thank you |
| 喜欢 |
xǐhuan |
动 |
to like; to be fond of/to like; to be fond of |
| 新 |
xīn |
形 |
abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1jiang1]/abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1jia1po1]/surname Xin/new/newly/meso- (chemistry) |
| 星期 |
xīngqī |
名 |
week/day of the week/Sunday |
| 星期日 |
xīngqīrì |
名 |
Sunday |
| 星期天 |
xīngqītiān |
名 |
Sunday |
| 休息 |
xiūxi |
动 |
rest/to rest |
| 学 |
xué |
动 |
to learn/to study/to imitate/science/-ology |
| 雪 |
xuě |
名 |
surname Xue/snow/(literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) |
| 学生 |
xuéshēng |
名 |
student/schoolchild |
| 学习 |
xuéxí |
动 |
to learn/to study |
| 学校 |
xuéxiào |
名 |
school |
| 要 |
yào |
动 |
to want; to need; to ask for/will; shall; about to/need to; should/if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5])/(bound form) important |
| 也 |
yě |
副 |
(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only)/(literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5] |
| 一 |
yī |
- |
数 one/single/as soon as/entire; whole; all; throughout |
| 一半 |
yíbàn |
- |
数 half |
| 一点儿 |
yìdiǎnr |
- |
数量 a little bit |
| 衣服 |
yīfu |
名 |
clothes |
| 医生 |
yīshēng |
名 |
doctor |
| 一下 |
yíxià |
- |
数量、副 (used after a verb) give it a go/to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)/one time/once/in a while/all of a sudden/all at once |
| 一些 |
yìxiē |
- |
数量 some/a few/a little/(following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 医院 |
yīyuàn |
名 |
hospital |
| 椅子 |
yǐzi |
名 |
chair |
| 有 |
yǒu |
动 |
to have; there is |
| 有的 |
yǒude |
代 |
(there are) some (who are...)/some (exist) |
| 有些 |
yǒuxiē |
- |
代、副 some/somewhat |
| 有一点儿 |
yǒuyìdiǎnr |
副 |
a bit/a little |
| 雨 |
yǔ |
名 |
rain |
| 元 |
yuán |
- |
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) |
| 月 |
yuè |
名 |
moon/month/monthly |
| 再 |
zài |
副 |
again; once more; re-/second; another/then (after sth, and not until then)/no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis) |
| 在 |
zài |
- |
动、介、副 to exist; to be alive/(of sb or sth) to be (located) at/(used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 再见 |
zàijiàn |
动 |
goodbye/see you again later |
| 早 |
zǎo |
形 |
early/morning/Good morning!/long ago/prematurely |
| 早饭 |
zǎofàn |
名 |
breakfast |
| 早上 |
zǎoshang |
名 |
early morning |
| 怎么 |
zěnme |
代 |
how?/what?/why? |
| 怎么样 |
zěnmeyàng |
代 |
how?/how about?/how was it?/how are things? |
| 找 |
zhǎo |
动 |
to try to find/to look for/to call on sb/to find/to seek/to return/to give change |
| 这 |
zhè |
代 |
this/these |
| 这边 |
zhèbiān |
代 |
this side/here |
| 这个 |
zhège |
代 |
(pronoun) this/(adjective) this |
| 这里 |
zhèlǐ |
代 |
here |
| 真 |
zhēn |
- |
副、形 really/truly/indeed/real/true/genuine |
| 正在 |
zhèngzài |
副 |
just at (that time)/right in (that place)/right in the middle of (doing sth) |
| 这儿 |
zhèr |
代 |
here |
| 这些 |
zhèxiē |
代 |
these |
| 只 |
zhī |
量 |
only; merely; just/grain that has begun to ripen/classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc |
| 知道 |
zhīdào |
动 |
to know; to become aware of/also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 中国 |
Zhōngguó |
名 |
China |
| 中文 |
Zhōngwén |
名 |
Chinese language |
| 中午 |
zhōngwǔ |
名 |
noon/midday |
| 中学 |
zhōngxué |
名 |
middle school |
| 中学生 |
zhōngxuéshēng |
名 |
middle-school student/high school student |
| 住 |
zhù |
动 |
to live/to dwell/to stay/to reside/to stop/(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) |
| 桌子 |
zhuōzi |
名 |
table/desk |
| 字 |
zì |
名 |
letter/symbol/character/word/courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China |
| 坐 |
zuò |
动 |
to sit/ to take (a transport) |
| 做 |
zuò |
动 |
to make; to produce/to write; to compose/to do; to engage in/(of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) |
| 做饭 |
zuòfàn |
- |
to prepare a meal/to cook |
| 昨天 |
zuótiān |
名 |
yesterday |