| 啊 |
a |
- |
助 interjection of surprise/Ah!/Oh!/interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer/Eh?/what?/interjection of surprise or doubt/My!/what's up?/interjection or grunt of agreement/uhm/Ah, OK/expression of recognition/Oh, it's you!/modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent |
| 爱好 |
àihào |
动、名 |
to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on/interest; hobby |
| 白色 |
báisè |
名 |
white/fig. reactionary/anti-communist |
| 班 |
bān |
- |
名、量 surname Ban/team; class; grade/(military) squad/work shift/classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles |
| 帮 |
bāng |
动 |
to help/to assist/to support/for sb (i.e. as a help)/hired (as worker)/side (of pail, boat etc)/outer layer/upper (of a shoe)/group/gang/clique/party/secret society |
| 帮忙 |
bāngmáng |
动 |
to help/to lend a hand/to do a favor/to do a good turn |
| 包 |
bāo |
- |
动、名、量 surname Bao/to cover/to wrap/to hold/to include/to take charge of/to contract (to or for)/package/wrapper/container/bag/to hold or embrace/bundle/packet |
| 本子 |
běnzi |
名 |
book/notebook/Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi"/edition |
| 比 |
bǐ |
动、介 |
Belgium/Belgian/abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]/to compare/(followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}/ratio/to gesture/(Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 笔 |
bǐ |
- |
名、量 pen/pencil/writing brush/to write or compose/the strokes of Chinese characters/classifier for sums of money, deals |
| 别 |
bié |
副 |
surname Bie/to leave; to part (from)/(literary) to differentiate; to distinguish/(bound form) other; another; different/don't ...!/to fasten with a pin or clip/to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement)/(noun suffix) category (e.g. 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])/to make sb change their ways, opinions etc |
| 不好意思 |
bùhǎoyìsi |
- |
to feel embarrassed/to find it embarrassing/to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) |
| 不错 |
búcuò |
形 |
correct/right/not bad/pretty good |
| 长 |
cháng |
形 |
length/long/forever/always/constantly |
| 车站 |
chēzhàn |
名 |
rail station/bus stop |
| 出 |
chū |
动 |
to go out; to come out/to arise; to occur/to produce; to yield/to go beyond; to exceed/(used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)/classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 床 |
chuáng |
名 |
bed/couch/classifier for beds |
| 出国 |
chūguó |
动 |
to go abroad; to leave the country |
| 出来 |
chūlái |
动 |
to come out/to appear/to arise/(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect) |
| 出门 |
chūmén |
动 |
to go out/to leave home/to go on a journey/away from home/(of a woman) to get married |
| 出去 |
chūqù |
动 |
to go out |
| 词 |
cí |
名 |
word/statement; speech; lyrics/a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Song4chao2] (CL:首[shou3]) |
| 次 |
cì |
- |
量、形 next in sequence/second/the second (day, time etc)/secondary/vice-/sub-/infra-/inferior quality/substandard/order/sequence/hypo- (chemistry)/classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 从 |
cóng |
- |
介、副 surname Cong/from; through; via/(bound form) to follow/(bound form) to obey/(bound form) to engage in (an activity)/(used before a negative) ever/(bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant/(bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate/(bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 从小 |
cóngxiǎo |
副 |
from childhood; from a young age |
| 错 |
cuò |
形 |
surname Cuo/mistake/wrong/bad/interlocking/complex/to grind/to polish/to alternate/to stagger/to miss/to let slip/to evade/to inlay with gold or silver |
| 打 |
dǎ |
动 |
to beat/to strike/to hit/to break/to type/to mix up/to build/to fight/to fetch/to make/to tie up/to issue/to shoot/to calculate/to play (a game)/since/from |
| 打车 |
dǎchē |
动 |
to take a taxi (in town)/to hitch a lift |
| 打开 |
dǎkāi |
动 |
to open/to show (a ticket)/to turn on/to switch on |
| 但 |
dàn |
- |
连、副 but; yet; however; still/merely; only; just |
| 但是 |
dànshì |
连 |
but; however |
| 得 |
de |
- |
助 to obtain/to get/to gain/to catch (a disease)/proper/suitable/proud/contented/to allow/to permit/ready/finished/structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 地 |
de |
- |
助 -ly/structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 等 |
děng |
动、介 |
to wait for; to await/by the time; when; till/and so on; etc.; et al./(bound form) class; rank; grade/(bound form) equal to; same as/(used to end an enumeration)/(literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) |
| 点 |
diǎn |
- |
动、名、量 point/dot/drop/speck/o'clock/point (in space or time)/to draw a dot/to check on a list/to choose/to order (food in a restaurant)/to touch briefly/to hint/to light/to ignite/to pour a liquid drop by drop/(old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1]/dot stroke in Chinese characters/classifier for items |
| 地铁 |
dìtiě |
名 |
underground railway; subway/subway train |
| 动 |
dòng |
动 |
(of sth) to move/to set in movement/to displace/to touch/to make use of/to stir (emotions)/to alter/abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb |
| 懂 |
dǒng |
动 |
to understand/to comprehend |
| 饭馆 |
fànguǎn |
名 |
restaurant |
| 飞 |
fēi |
动 |
to fly |
| 高 |
gāo |
形、名 |
high/tall/above average/loud/your (honorific) |
| 告诉 |
gàosu |
动 |
to press charges; to file a complaint/to tell; to inform; to let know |
| 高中 |
gāozhōng |
名 |
senior high school/abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2]/to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion) |
| 跟 |
gēn |
- |
介、连、名、动 heel/to follow closely/to go with/(of a woman) to marry sb/with/compared with/to/towards/and (joining two nouns) |
| 个子 |
gèzi |
名 |
height/stature/build/size |
| 公交车 |
gōngjiāochē |
名 |
public transport vehicle/town bus |
| 过 |
guo |
- |
助 surname Guo/to cross/to go over/to pass (time)/to celebrate (a holiday)/to live/to get along/excessively/too-/(experienced action marker) |
| 过 |
guò |
动 |
surname Guo/to cross/to go over/to pass (time)/to celebrate (a holiday)/to live/to get along/excessively/too-/(experienced action marker) |
| 过来 |
guòlái |
动 |
to come over/to manage/to handle/to be able to take care of |
| 过年 |
guònián |
动 |
to celebrate the Chinese New Year |
| 过去 |
guòqù |
动 |
(in the) past; former; previous/to go over; to pass by/(verb suffix) |
| 还是 |
háishi |
- |
副、连 still (as before)/had better/unexpectedly/or |
| 黑色 |
hēisè |
名 |
black |
| 红茶 |
hóngchá |
名 |
black tea |
| 红色 |
hóngsè |
名 |
red (color)/revolutionary |
| 后面 |
hòumiàn |
名 |
the back; the rear; the last bit/behind; near the end; at the back/later; afterwards |
| 画 |
huà |
动、名 |
to paint/to draw; painting/picture |
| 花 |
huā |
动 |
surname Hua/flower/blossom/fancy pattern/florid/to spend (money, time)/(coll.) lecherous/lustful |
| 花 |
huā |
名、形 |
surname Hua/flower/blossom/fancy pattern/florid/to spend (money, time)/(coll.) lecherous/lustful |
| 坏 |
huài |
形 |
bad/spoiled/broken/to break down/(suffix) to the utmost |
| 回来 |
huílái |
动 |
to return; to come back |
| 回去 |
huíqù |
动 |
to return/to go back |
| 间 |
jiān |
- |
量、名 between/among/within a definite time or space/room/section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars/classifier for rooms/gap/to separate/to thin out (seedlings)/to sow discontent |
| 教 |
jiāo |
动 |
surname Jiao/to teach/religion/teaching/to make/to cause/to tell |
| 教室 |
jiàoshì |
名 |
classroom |
| 机场 |
jīchǎng |
名 |
airport; airfield/(slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship |
| 记得 |
jìde |
动 |
to remember |
| 介绍 |
jièshào |
动 |
to introduce (sb to sb)/to give a presentation/to present (sb for a job etc)/introduction |
| 进 |
jìn |
动 |
to go forward/to advance/to go in/to enter/to put in/to submit/to take in/to admit/(math.) base of a number system/classifier for sections in a building or residential compound |
| 近 |
jìn |
形 |
near/close to/approximately |
| 经常 |
jīngcháng |
副 |
frequently; constantly; regularly; often/day-to-day; everyday; daily |
| 进来 |
jìnlái |
动 |
to come in |
| 进去 |
jìnqù |
动 |
to go in |
| 机票 |
jīpiào |
名 |
air ticket/passenger ticket |
| 就 |
jiù |
- |
副、介 (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then/(after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after/(same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly/only; as little as/as much as; as many as/to approach; to move towards/to undertake; to engage in/(often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of/(of food) to go with/with regard to; concerning/(pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still .../(pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... |
| 酒店 |
jiǔdiàn |
名 |
wine shop/pub (public house)/hotel/restaurant/(Tw) hostess club |
| 咖啡 |
kāfēi |
名 |
coffee (loanword) |
| 开始 |
kāishǐ |
动、名 |
to begin/beginning/to start/initial |
| 开学 |
kāixué |
动 |
(of a student) to start school/(of a semester) to begin/(old) to found a school/the start of a new term |
| 考 |
kǎo |
动 |
to check/to verify/to test/to examine/to take an exam/to take an entrance exam for/deceased father |
| 考试 |
kǎoshì |
动、名 |
to take an exam/exam |
| 可能 |
kěnéng |
- |
形、名、动 might (happen)/possible/probable/possibility/probability/maybe/perhaps |
| 快 |
kuài |
- |
形、副 rapid/quick/speed/rate/soon/almost/to make haste/clever/sharp (of knives or wits)/forthright/plainspoken/gratified/pleased/pleasant |
| 快乐 |
kuàilè |
形 |
happy; joyful |
| 快要 |
kuàiyào |
副 |
nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) |
| 裤子 |
kùzi |
名 |
trousers/pants |
| 篮球 |
lánqiú |
名 |
basketball |
| 累 |
lèi |
形、动 |
to accumulate/to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4])/continuous/repeated/tired/weary/to strain/to wear out/to work hard/surname Lei/rope/to bind together/to twist around |
| 离 |
lí |
动 |
surname Li/to leave/to part from/to be away from/(in giving distances) from/without (sth)/independent of/one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire/☲ |
| 里面 |
lǐmiàn |
名 |
inside/interior/also pr. [li3 mian5] |
| 楼 |
lóu |
名 |
surname Lou/house with more than 1 story/storied building/floor |
| 路 |
lù |
名 |
surname Lu/road (CL:條|条[tiao2])/journey/route/line (bus etc)/sort; kind |
| 绿茶 |
lǜchá |
名 |
green tea |
| 绿色 |
lǜsè |
名、形 |
green |
| 路上 |
lùshang |
名 |
on the road/on the way; en route |
| 旅游 |
lǚyóu |
动 |
trip/journey/tourism/travel/tour/to travel |
| 慢 |
màn |
形 |
slow |
| 每 |
měi |
- |
代、副 each/every |
| 没意思 |
méiyìsi |
- |
boring/of no interest |
| 门 |
mén |
名 |
gate/door/gateway/doorway/opening/valve/switch/way to do something/knack/family/house/(religious) sect/school (of thought)/class/category/phylum or division (taxonomy)/classifier for large guns/classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology/(suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 门口 |
ménkǒu |
名 |
doorway/gate |
| 门票 |
ménpiào |
名 |
ticket (for theater, cinema etc) |
| 面 |
miàn |
- |
后缀、动、名、量 face/side/surface/aspect/top/classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc/flour/noodles/(of food) soft (not crunchy)/(slang) (of a person) ineffectual/spineless |
| 名 |
míng |
- |
名、量 name/noun (part of speech)/place (e.g. among winners)/famous/classifier for people |
| 拿 |
ná |
动 |
to hold/to seize/to catch/to apprehend/to take/(used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object) |
| 奶茶 |
nǎichá |
名 |
milk tea |
| 奶奶 |
nǎinai |
名 |
(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)/(respectful) mistress of the house/(coll.) boobies/breasts |
| 那么 |
nàme |
- |
代、连 like that/in that way/or so/so/so very much/about/in that case |
| 男孩儿 |
nánháir |
名 |
boy |
| 那样 |
nàyàng |
代 |
that kind/that sort |
| 鸟 |
niǎo |
名 |
bird/"bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196)/(dialect) to pay attention to/(intensifier) damned/goddamn |
| 女孩儿 |
nǚháir |
名 |
girl |
| 旁边 |
pángbiān |
名 |
side; adjacent place |
| 跑 |
pǎo |
动 |
(of an animal) to paw (the ground)/to run/to run away/to escape/to run around (on errands etc)/(of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate/(verb complement) away/off |
| 跑步 |
pǎobù |
动 |
to run/to jog/(military) to march at the double |
| 票 |
piào |
名 |
ticket/ballot/banknote/person held for ransom/amateur performance of Chinese opera/classifier for groups, batches, business transactions |
| 前面 |
qiánmiàn |
名 |
ahead/in front/preceding/above/also pr. [qian2 mian5] |
| 起来 |
qǐlái |
动 |
to stand up; to get up/also pr. [qi3lai2]/(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state/indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4])/indicating completion/(after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment/also pr. [qi3lai5] |
| 晴 |
qíng |
形 |
clear/fine (weather) |
| 球 |
qiú |
名 |
ball/sphere/globe/ball game/match |
| 妻子 |
qīzi |
名 |
wife and children/wife |
| 让 |
ràng |
动、介 |
to yield/to permit/to let sb do sth/to have sb do sth/to make sb (feel sad etc)/by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4]) |
| 肉 |
ròu |
名 |
meat/flesh/pulp (of a fruit)/(coll.) (of a fruit) squashy/(of a person) flabby/irresolute/Kangxi radical 130 |
| 商场 |
shāngchǎng |
名 |
shopping mall/shopping center/department store/emporium/the business world |
| 上来 |
shànglái |
动 |
to come up/to approach/(verb complement indicating success) |
| 上面 |
shàngmiàn |
名 |
on top of/above-mentioned/also pr. [shang4 mian5] |
| 上去 |
shàngqù |
动 |
to go up |
| 上网 |
shàngwǎng |
动 |
to go online/to connect to the Internet/(of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet/(tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net |
| 生日 |
shēngrì |
名 |
birthday |
| 身体 |
shēntǐ |
名 |
the body/one's health |
| 时 |
shí |
- |
名、量 surname Shi/o'clock/time/when/hour/season/period |
| 事情 |
shìqing |
名 |
affair; matter; thing; business |
| 手 |
shǒu |
名 |
hand/(formal) to hold/person engaged in certain types of work/person skilled in certain types of work/personal(ly)/convenient/classifier for skill |
| 手表 |
shǒubiǎo |
名 |
wristwatch |
| 书包 |
shūbāo |
名 |
schoolbag/satchel/bookbag |
| 舒服 |
shūfu |
形 |
comfortable/feeling well |
| 送 |
sòng |
动 |
to send; to deliver; to transmit/to give (as a present)/to see (sb) off/to accompany; to go along with |
| 虽然 |
suīrán |
连 |
although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc) |
| 所以 |
suǒyǐ |
连 |
therefore/as a result/so/the reason why |
| 疼 |
téng |
形、动 |
(it) hurts; sore/to love dearly |
| 题 |
tí |
名 |
surname Ti/topic/problem for discussion/exam question/subject/to inscribe/to mention |
| 踢 |
tī |
动 |
to kick/to play (e.g. soccer)/(slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) |
| 条 |
tiáo |
- |
量、名 strip/item/article/clause (of law or treaty)/classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) |
| 跳舞 |
tiàowǔ |
动 |
to dance |
| 头 |
tóu |
- |
名、量、形 head/hair style/the top/end/beginning or end/a stub/remnant/chief/boss/side/aspect/first/leading/classifier for pigs or livestock/suffix for nouns |
| 外国 |
wàiguó |
名 |
foreign (country) |
| 外面 |
wàimiàn |
名 |
outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense)/surface/exterior/external appearance |
| 完 |
wán |
动 |
to finish/to be over/whole/complete/entire |
| 万 |
wàn |
- |
数 surname Wan/ten thousand/a great number |
| 忘 |
wàng |
动 |
to forget/to overlook/to neglect |
| 往 |
wǎng |
动、介 |
to go (in a direction)/to/towards/(of a train) bound for/past/previous |
| 网上 |
wǎngshang |
名 |
online |
| 位 |
wèi |
量 |
position/location/place/seat/classifier for people (honorific)/classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)/(physics) potential |
| 为什么 |
wèishénme |
- |
why |
| 洗 |
xǐ |
动 |
to wash; to bathe/to develop (photographs)/to shuffle (cards etc)/to erase (a recording) |
| 下来 |
xiàlái |
动 |
to come down/(completed action marker)/(after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)/(indicates continuation from the past towards us)/to be harvested (of crops)/to be over (of a period of time)/to go among the masses (said of leaders) |
| 下面 |
xiàmiàn |
名 |
below/under/next/the following/also pr. [xia4 mian5]/to boil noodles |
| 笑 |
xiào |
动 |
to laugh; to smile/to laugh at |
| 小孩儿 |
xiǎoháir |
名 |
child |
| 小时候 |
xiǎoshíhou |
名 |
in one's childhood |
| 下去 |
xiàqù |
动 |
to go down/to descend/to go on/to continue/(of a servant) to withdraw |
| 姓 |
xìng |
名、动 |
family name; surname/to be surnamed ... |
| 姓名 |
xìngmíng |
名 |
surname and given name; full name |
| 洗手间 |
xǐshǒujiān |
名 |
toilet/lavatory/washroom |
| 希望 |
xīwàng |
动 |
to hope/a hope; a wish (CL:個|个[ge4]) |
| 眼睛 |
yǎnjing |
名 |
eye |
| 颜色 |
yánsè |
名 |
color/countenance/appearance/facial expression/pigment/dyestuff |
| 药 |
yào |
名 |
medicine/drug/substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)/to poison |
| 药店 |
yàodiàn |
名 |
pharmacy |
| 爷爷 |
yéye |
名 |
(coll.) father's father/paternal grandfather |
| 一会儿 |
yíhuìr |
- |
数量、副 a moment/a while/in a moment/now...now.../also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5] |
| 已经 |
yǐjīng |
副 |
already |
| 阴 |
yīn |
形 |
surname Yin/overcast (weather)/cloudy/shady/Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)/negative (electric.)/feminine/moon/implicit/hidden/genitalia |
| 因为 |
yīnwèi |
- |
介、连 because/owing to/on account of |
| 一起 |
yìqǐ |
副 |
in the same place/together/with/altogether (in total) |
| 意思 |
yìsi |
名 |
idea/opinion/meaning/wish/desire/interest/fun/token of appreciation, affection etc/to give as a small token/to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc |
| 游 |
yóu |
动 |
surname You/to walk/to tour/to roam/to travel |
| 右 |
yòu |
名 |
(bound form) right; right-hand side/(bound form) (politics) right of center/(bound form) (old) west/(literary) the right side as the side of precedence |
| 有意思 |
yǒuyìsi |
- |
interesting/meaningful/enjoyable/fun |
| 右边 |
yòubian |
名 |
right side/right, to the right |
| 有时候 |
yǒushíhou |
副 |
sometimes |
| 游泳 |
yóuyǒng |
动 |
swimming/to swim |
| 鱼 |
yú |
名 |
surname Yu/fish |
| 远 |
yuǎn |
形 |
far/distant/remote/(intensifier in a comparison) by far/much (lower etc)/to distance oneself from (classical) |
| 运动 |
yùndòng |
动、名 |
to move/to exercise/sports/exercise/motion/movement/campaign |
| 站 |
zhàn |
名 |
station/to stand/to halt/to stop/branch of a company or organization/website |
| 丈夫 |
zhàngfu |
名 |
husband |
| 着 |
zhe |
- |
助 aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 这么 |
zhème |
代 |
so much/this much/how much?/this way/like this |
| 正 |
zhèng |
- |
副、形 first month of the lunar year/straight/upright/proper/main/principal/to correct/to rectify/exactly/just (at that time)/right (in that place)/(math.) positive |
| 这样 |
zhèyàng |
代 |
this kind of/so/this way/like this/such |
| 周 |
zhōu |
- |
名、量 surname Zhou/Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)/to make a circuit/to circle/circle/circumference/lap/cycle/complete/all/all over/thorough/to help financially |
| 准备 |
zhǔnbèi |
动 |
preparation/to prepare/to intend/to be about to/reserve (fund) |
| 自己 |
zìjǐ |
代 |
oneself/one's own |
| 走 |
zǒu |
动 |
to walk/to go/to run/to move (of vehicle)/to visit/to leave/to go away/to die (euph.)/from/through/away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3])/to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 走路 |
zǒulù |
动 |
to walk; to go on foot/to leave; to depart/(informal) to clear off; to beat it/(of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out |
| 最 |
zuì |
副 |
most/the most/-est (superlative suffix) |
| 左 |
zuǒ |
名 |
surname Zuo |
| 左边 |
zuǒbian |
名 |
left/the left side/to the left of |
| 足球 |
zúqiú |
名 |
soccer ball/a football/soccer/football |