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Chinese Pinyin Part of Speech Meaning
ài to love; to be fond of; to like/affection/to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
ba - 助 (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)/...right?/...OK?/...I presume.
- 数 eight
爸爸 bàba (coll.) father; dad
bǎi - 数 surname Bai/hundred
白天 báitiān daytime/during the day/day
bàn - 数、副 half/semi-/incomplete/(after a number) and a half
包子 bāozi steamed stuffed bun
杯子 bēizi cup/glass
běn classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
biān - 名、后缀 side/edge/margin/border/boundary
bìng 名、动 illness/disease/to fall ill/defect
no; not so/(bound form) not; un-
不客气 búkèqi - you're welcome/don't mention it
不要 búyào don't!; must not
cài vegetable; greens/dish (of food)
chá tea/tea plant
chàng to sing
超市 chāoshì supermarket
chē car/vehicle
chī to eat
穿 chuān to wear/to put on/to dress
出租车 chūzūchē taxi/(Tw) rental car/(Tw) rental car
big; large; great/older (than another person)
打电话 dǎdiànhuà - to make a telephone call/to make a telephone call
大家 dàjiā everyone
dào to arrive/to go to/until (a time)/(verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
大学 dàxué university/college
大学生 dàxuéshēng university student/college student
de - 助 of; ~'s (possessive particle)/(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
前缀 (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth")
diàn inn; shop; store
diǎn - 量、名 o'clock/point (in space or time)/to order (food in a restaurant)
电话 diànhuà telephone/phone number
电脑 diànnǎo computer
电视 diànshì television; TV
电影 diànyǐng movie; film
电影院 diànyǐngyuàn cinema; movie theater
弟弟 dìdi younger brother
东西 dōngxi east and west/thing/stuff/person
dōu all; both; entirely/(used for emphasis) even
to read/to attend (school)
duì - 形、介、动、量 right; correct/towards; at; for/to treat (sb a certain way)
对不起 duìbuqǐ I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon/to let (sb) down; to disappoint
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 to read a book/to study/to attend school
èr - 数 two/2/(Beijing dialect) stupid
儿子 érzi son
fàn cooked rice/meal
饭店 fàndiàn restaurant/hotel
房间 fángjiān room
非常 fēicháng very; really/unusual; extraordinary
飞机 fēijī airplane
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 minute
高兴 gāoxìng happy/glad/willing (to do sth)/in a cheerful mood
classifier used before a noun
song/to sing
哥哥 gēge older brother
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 company; firm; corporation
工作 gōngzuò 动、名 to work/(of a machine) to operate/job/work/task/(of a machine)
gǒu dog
guì abbr. for Guizhou Province 貴州|贵州[Gui4zhou1]/expensive/(bound form) highly valued; precious/(bound form) noble; of high rank/(prefix) (honorific) your
guó country; nation; state/(bound form) national
hái still/still in progress/still more/yet/even more/in addition/fairly/passably (good)/as early as/even/also/else
孩子 háizi child
汉语 Hànyǔ Chinese language
汉字 Hànzì Chinese character/Japanese: kanji/Korean: hanja/Vietnamese: hán tự
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
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 tasty; delicious/to be fond of eating; to be gluttonous
好看 hǎokàn good-looking/nice-looking/good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)/embarrassed/humiliated
好听 hǎotīng pleasant to hear
好玩儿 hǎowánr amusing/fun/interesting
- 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
to drink
hěn very; quite/(also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
hòu empress/queen/(archaic) monarch/ruler/back/behind/rear/afterwards/after/later/post-
huí 动、量 to return
huì 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 train
- 代、数 how much/how many/several/a few/almost
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
jiàn to see/to meet/to appear (to be sth)/to interview/opinion/view
jiàn item/component/classifier for events, things, clothes etc
jiào 动、介 to shout/to call/to order/to ask/to be called
饺子 jiǎozi dumpling
家人 jiārén family member
鸡蛋 jīdàn (chicken) egg/hen's egg
姐姐 jiějie older sister
今年 jīnnián this year
今天 jīntiān today/the present time; now
jiǔ - 数 nine/9
觉得 juéde to think that ...; to feel that .../to feel (uncomfortable etc)
kāi 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 to drive a car
kàn 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 to visit a doctor/to see a patient
看见 kànjiàn to see/to catch sight of
subject/course/class/lesson/to levy/tax/form of divination
可以 kěyǐ 动、形 can/may/possible/able to/not bad/pretty good
kǒu - 名、量 mouth/classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)/classifier for bites or mouthfuls
kuài lump; chunk; piece/classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc/(coll.) classifier for money and currency units
lái 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 teacher
le - 助 (completed action marker)/(modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)/(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
lěng surname Leng/cold
lining/interior/inside/internal/also written 裏|里[li3]
liǎng - 数 two/both
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
liù - 数 six/6
ma - 助 (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
mài to sell/to betray/to spare no effort/to show off or flaunt
mǎi to buy/to purchase
妈妈 māma mama/mommy/mother
máng 形、动 busy/hurriedly/to hurry/to rush
māo cat
没关系 méiguānxi - it doesn't matter
妹妹 mèimei younger sister/young woman
没事 méishì 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
men 后缀 plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
面包 miànbāo bread
面条儿 miàntiáor noodles
米饭 mǐfàn (cooked) rice
明年 míngnián next year
明天 míngtiān tomorrow
名字 míngzi name (of a person or thing)
- 代、连 surname Na/(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4])/(pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)/then (in that case)
how/which/(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")
那边 nàbiān over there/yonder
那个 nàge 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 which/who
那里 nàlǐ there; that place
哪里 nǎlǐ where?/somewhere/anywhere/wherever/nowhere (negative answer to question)/humble expression denying compliment
nán (bound form) male/baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
男朋友 nánpéngyou boyfriend
那儿 nàr there
哪儿 nǎr where?/wherever; anywhere; somewhere/(used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?
那些 nàxiē those
哪些 nǎxiē which ones?/who?/what?
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
néng can/to be able to/might possibly/ability/(physics) energy
you
你好 nǐhǎo - hello/hi
nián - 名、量 year
你们 nǐmen you (plural)
nín you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])
牛奶 niúnǎi cow's milk
female/woman/daughter
女儿 nǚ'ér daughter
女朋友 nǚpéngyou girlfriend
女士 nǚshì lady/madam/Miss/Ms
朋友 péngyou friend
便宜 piányi cheap; inexpensive/a petty advantage/to let sb off lightly
漂亮 piàoliang pretty; beautiful
苹果 píngguǒ apple
- 数 seven/7
qián front/forward/ahead/first/top (followed by a number)/future/ago/before/BC (e.g. 前293年)/former/formerly
qián surname Qian/coin/money/unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]
qiān - 数 thousand
起床 qǐchuáng to get out of bed; to get up
qǐng to ask/to invite/please (do sth)/to treat (to a meal etc)/to request
请问 qǐngwèn Excuse me, may I ask...?
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 last year
to warm up/to heat up/hot (of weather)/heat/fervent
rén person; people
认识 rènshi to know/to recognize/to be familiar with/to get acquainted with sb/knowledge/understanding/awareness/cognition
- 量、名 abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan/sun/day/date, day of the month
sān - 数 surname San/three/3
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 to go to work/to be on duty/to start work/to go to the office
商店 shāngdiàn store; shop
上课 shàngkè to go to class/to attend class/to go to teach a class
上午 shàngwǔ morning
上学 shàngxué to go to school/to attend school
shǎo 形、动 few/less/to lack/to be missing/to stop (doing sth)/seldom/young
shéi/shuí who
生病 shēngbìng to fall ill
什么 shénme what?/something; anything
shí - 数 ten/10
shì matter/thing/item/work/affair
shì to be (followed by substantives only)/correct; right; true/(respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well/(adverb for emphatic assertion)
时候 shíhou time/length of time/moment/period
时间 shíjiān (concept of) time/(duration of) time/(point in) time
手机 shǒujī cell phone/mobile phone
shū book/letter/document/to write
书店 shūdiàn bookstore
shuì to sleep/to lie down
shuǐ water/river/liquid/beverage/additional charges or income/(of clothes) classifier for number of washes
水果 shuǐguǒ fruit
睡觉 shuìjiào to go to bed/to sleep
shuō to speak; to talk; to say/to explain; to comment/to scold; to tell off/(bound form) theory; doctrine
说话 shuōhuà to speak/to say/to talk/to gossip/to tell stories/talk/word
- 数 four/4
suì classifier for years (of age)/year/year (of crop harvests)
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
it (pronoun for an animal or a non living thing)
she
tài highest/greatest/too (much)/very/extremely
他们 tāmen they; them
它们 tāmen they; them
她们 tāmen they; them (females)
tiān - 名、量 day/sky/heaven
天气 tiānqì weather
tīng 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 to hear
同学 tóngxué to study at the same school/fellow student/classmate
wài outside/in addition/foreign/external
外边 wàibian outside/outer surface/abroad/place other than one's home
wán to play/to have fun/to trifle with/toy/sth used for amusement/curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4])/to keep sth for entertainment
wǎn evening/night/late
晚饭 wǎnfàn evening meal/dinner/supper
晚上 wǎnshang evening/night/in the evening
wèi hello (when answering the phone)/hey/to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
wèn to ask; to inquire
问题 wèntí question/problem/issue/topic
I; me; my
我们 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
- 数 five/5
午饭 wǔfàn lunch
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 to finish work; to get off work/next service (train, bus, etc)
下课 xiàkè to finish class/to get out of class/(fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed/to be fired
xiǎng 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 teacher/gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)/husband/(dialect) doctor
现在 xiànzài now/at present/at the moment/modern/current/nowadays
xiǎo - 形、前缀 small/tiny/few/young
小朋友 xiǎopéngyǒu child
小时 xiǎoshí hour
小学 xiǎoxué elementary school; primary school
小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student/schoolchild/(fig.) beginner
下午 xiàwǔ afternoon/p.m.
xiě to write
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
谢谢 xièxie to thank/thanks/thank you
喜欢 xǐhuan to like; to be fond of/to like; to be fond of
xīn abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1jiang1]/abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1jia1po1]/surname Xin/new/newly/meso- (chemistry)
星期 xīngqī week/day of the week/Sunday
星期日 xīngqīrì Sunday
星期天 xīngqītiān Sunday
休息 xiūxi rest/to rest
xué to learn/to study/to imitate/science/-ology
xuě surname Xue/snow/(literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
学生 xuéshēng student/schoolchild
学习 xuéxí to learn/to study
学校 xuéxiào school
yào to want; to need; to ask for/will; shall; about to/need to; should/if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5])/(bound form) important
(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only)/(literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 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 clothes
医生 yīshēng 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 hospital
椅子 yǐzi chair
yǒu to have; there is
有的 yǒude (there are) some (who are...)/some (exist)
有些 yǒuxiē - 代、副 some/somewhat
有一点儿 yǒuyìdiǎnr a bit/a little
rain
yuán - currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
yuè moon/month/monthly
zài 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)
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 goodbye/see you again later
zǎo early/morning/Good morning!/long ago/prematurely
早饭 zǎofàn breakfast
早上 zǎoshang early morning
怎么 zěnme how?/what?/why?
怎么样 zěnmeyàng how?/how about?/how was it?/how are things?
zhǎo to try to find/to look for/to call on sb/to find/to seek/to return/to give change
zhè this/these
这边 zhèbiān this side/here
这个 zhège (pronoun) this/(adjective) this
这里 zhèlǐ here
zhēn - 副、形 really/truly/indeed/real/true/genuine
正在 zhèngzài just at (that time)/right in (that place)/right in the middle of (doing sth)
这儿 zhèr here
这些 zhèxiē these
zhī 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 to know; to become aware of/also pr. [zhi1dao5]
中国 Zhōngguó China
中文 Zhōngwén Chinese language
中午 zhōngwǔ noon/midday
中学 zhōngxué middle school
中学生 zhōngxuéshēng middle-school student/high school student
zhù to live/to dwell/to stay/to reside/to stop/(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
桌子 zhuōzi table/desk
letter/symbol/character/word/courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
zuò to sit/ to take (a transport)
zuò 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 yesterday
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