| 矮 |
ǎi |
形 |
(of a person) short/(of a wall etc) low/(of rank) inferior (to); lower (than) |
| 爱人 |
àirén |
名 |
spouse/lover |
| 安静 |
ānjìng |
形 |
quiet/peaceful/calm |
| 安全 |
ānquán |
形 |
safe; secure/safety; security |
| 阿姨 |
āyí |
名 |
maternal aunt/step-mother/childcare worker/nursemaid/woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) |
| 把 |
bǎ |
- |
量、介 to hold; to grasp/to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate/handlebar/classifier: handful, bundle, bunch/classifier for things with handles/(used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})/handle |
| 办 |
bàn |
动 |
to do/to manage/to handle/to go about/to run/to set up/to deal with |
| 搬 |
bān |
动 |
to move (i.e. relocate oneself)/to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky)/to shift/to copy indiscriminately |
| 办法 |
bànfǎ |
名 |
means/method/way (of doing sth) |
| 办公室 |
bàngōngshì |
名 |
office/business premises/bureau |
| 帮助 |
bāngzhù |
动 |
assistance; aid/to help; to assist |
| 班级 |
bānjí |
名 |
class (group of students)/grade (in school) |
| 搬家 |
bānjiā |
动 |
to move house; to relocate/to remove (sth) |
| 半天 |
bàntiān |
- |
数量 half of the day/a long time/quite a while/midair |
| 饱 |
bǎo |
形 |
to eat till full/satisfied |
| 报纸 |
bàozhǐ |
名 |
newspaper/newsprint |
| 被 |
bèi |
介 |
quilt/to cover (with)/(literary) to suffer (a misfortune)/used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)/(since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu:3you2] to "go on a trip") |
| 北 |
běi |
名 |
north/(classical) to be defeated |
| 北方 |
běifāng |
名 |
north/the northern part a country/China north of the Yellow River |
| 变 |
biàn |
动 |
to change/to become different/to transform/to vary/rebellion |
| 遍 |
biàn |
量 |
everywhere/all over/classifier for actions: one time |
| 变成 |
biànchéng |
动 |
to change into/to turn into/to become |
| 变化 |
biànhuà |
动、名 |
(intransitive) to change; to vary/change; variation (CL:個|个[ge4]) |
| 表演 |
biǎoyǎn |
动 |
play/show/performance/exhibition/to perform/to act/to demonstrate |
| 别的 |
biéde |
代 |
else/other |
| 别人 |
biérén |
代 |
other people; others; other person |
| 笔记 |
bǐjì |
名 |
to take down (in writing)/notes/a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches |
| 比较 |
bǐjiào |
- |
动、介、副 to compare/to contrast/comparatively/relatively/quite/comparison |
| 笔记本 |
bǐjìběn |
名 |
notebook (stationery)/notebook (computing) |
| 冰 |
bīng |
名、动 |
ice/to chill sth/(of an object or substance) to feel cold/(of a person) cold/unfriendly/(slang) methamphetamine |
| 冰激凌 |
bīngjīlíng |
名 |
ice cream |
| 病人 |
bìngrén |
名 |
sick person/patient/invalid |
| 宾馆 |
bīnguǎn |
名 |
guesthouse/lodge/hotel |
| 冰箱 |
bīngxiāng |
名 |
refrigerator/(old) icebox |
| 比如 |
bǐrú |
动 |
for example/for instance/such as |
| 比赛 |
bǐsài |
动、名 |
competition (sports etc)/match/to compete |
| 必须 |
bìxū |
副 |
to have to/must/compulsory/necessarily |
| 不同 |
bùtóng |
- |
different/distinct/not the same/not alike |
| 不但 |
búdàn |
连 |
not only (... but also ...) |
| 不见 |
bújiàn |
动 |
not to see/not to meet/to have disappeared/to be missing |
| 不久 |
bùjiǔ |
形 |
not long (after)/before too long/soon/soon after |
| 不行 |
bùxíng |
动、形 |
won't do/be out of the question/be no good/not work/not be capable |
| 不用 |
búyòng |
副 |
need not |
| 才 |
cái |
副 |
ability; talent/sb of a certain type/a capable individual/then and only then/just now/(before an expression of quantity) only |
| 菜单 |
càidān |
名 |
menu |
| 参加 |
cānjiā |
动 |
to participate/to take part/to join |
| 草 |
cǎo |
名 |
grass/straw/manuscript/draft (of a document)/careless/rough |
| 草地 |
cǎodì |
名 |
lawn/meadow/sod/turf |
| 层 |
céng |
量 |
to pile on top of one another/layer; stratum/floor (of a building); story/(math.) sheaf/classifier for layers |
| 查 |
chá |
动 |
to research/to check/to investigate/to examine/to refer to/to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) |
| 差 |
chà |
形、动 |
difference; discrepancy/(math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction)/(literary) a little; somewhat; slightly/different/wrong; mistaken/to fall short; to lack/not up to standard; inferior/Taiwan pr. [cha1] |
| 差不多 |
chàbuduō |
- |
形、副 almost/nearly/more or less/about the same/good enough/not bad |
| 尝 |
cháng |
动 |
to taste; to try (food)/to experience/(literary) ever; once |
| 常 |
cháng |
副 |
surname Chang/always/ever/often/frequently/common/general/constant |
| 常见 |
chángjiàn |
- |
commonly seen/common/to see sth frequently |
| 常用 |
chángyòng |
- |
in common usage |
| 常常 |
chángcháng |
副 |
frequently/often |
| 成绩 |
chéngjì |
名 |
achievement/performance records/grades |
| 城市 |
chéngshì |
名 |
city; town |
| 衬衫 |
chènshān |
名 |
shirt/blouse |
| 迟到 |
chídào |
动 |
to arrive late |
| 船 |
chuán |
名 |
boat/vessel/ship |
| 出发 |
chūfā |
动 |
to set off/to start (on a journey) |
| 除了 |
chúle |
介 |
besides/apart from (... also...)/in addition to/except (for) |
| 春天 |
chūntiān |
名 |
spring (season) |
| 出生 |
chūshēng |
动 |
to be born |
| 出院 |
chūyuàn |
动 |
to leave hospital/to be discharged from hospital |
| 初中 |
chūzhōng |
名 |
junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chu1ji2 zhong1xue2]) |
| 词典 |
cídiǎn |
名 |
dictionary/also written 辭典|辞典[ci2 dian3] |
| 聪明 |
cōngmíng |
形 |
intelligent; clever; bright/acute (of sight and hearing) |
| 大概 |
dàgài |
- |
形、副、名 roughly/probably/rough/approximate/about/general idea |
| 带 |
dài |
动、名 |
band/belt/girdle/ribbon/tire/area/zone/region/to wear/to carry/to take along/to bear (i.e. to have)/to lead/to bring/to look after/to raise |
| 蛋糕 |
dàngāo |
名 |
cake |
| 当然 |
dāngrán |
副 |
only natural/as it should be/certainly/of course/without doubt |
| 担心 |
dānxīn |
动 |
anxious/worried/uneasy/to worry/to be anxious |
| 到处 |
dàochù |
副 |
everywhere |
| 大人 |
dàren |
名 |
adult/grownup/title of respect toward superiors |
| 打扫 |
dǎsǎo |
动 |
to clean/to sweep |
| 打算 |
dǎsuàn |
动、名 |
to plan/to intend/to calculate/plan/intention/calculation |
| 大小 |
dàxiǎo |
名 |
large and small/size/adults and children/consideration of seniority/at any rate |
| 大熊猫 |
dàxióngmāo |
名 |
giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) |
| 大衣 |
dàyī |
名 |
overcoat/topcoat/cloak |
| 得 |
dé |
动 |
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 |
| 得到 |
dédào |
动 |
to get; to obtain; to receive |
| 得分 |
défēn |
动、名 |
to score |
| 的话 |
dehuà |
- |
助 if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 得 |
děi |
动 |
to have to/must/ought to/to need to |
| 灯 |
dēng |
名 |
lamp/light/lantern |
| 地 |
dì |
名 |
earth/ground/field/place/land |
| 电 |
diàn |
名、动 |
lightning/electricity/electric (bound form)/to get (or give) an electric shock/phone call or telegram etc/to send via telephone or telegram etc |
| 电梯 |
diàntī |
名 |
elevator/escalator |
| 电子书 |
diànzǐshū |
名 |
electronic book/e-book/e-book reader |
| 地点 |
dìdiǎn |
名 |
place/site/location/venue |
| 地方 |
dìfang |
名 |
region/regional (away from the central administration)/local/area/place/space/room/territory |
| 地图 |
dìtú |
名 |
map |
| 丢 |
diū |
动 |
to lose/to put aside/to throw |
| 东 |
dōng |
名 |
surname Dong/east/host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)/landlord |
| 东北 |
dōngběi |
名 |
Northeast China/Manchuria/northeast |
| 懂得 |
dǒngde |
动 |
to understand; to know; to comprehend |
| 东方 |
dōngfāng |
名 |
the East/the Orient/two-character surname Dongfang/east |
| 东南 |
dōngnán |
名 |
southeast |
| 冬天 |
dōngtiān |
名 |
winter |
| 动物 |
dòngwù |
名 |
animal |
| 动物园 |
dòngwùyuán |
名 |
zoo |
| 段 |
duàn |
量 |
surname Duan/paragraph/section/segment/stage (of a process)/classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc |
| 短 |
duǎn |
形 |
short/brief/to lack/weak point/fault |
| 短裤 |
duǎnkù |
名 |
short pants/shorts |
| 锻炼 |
duànliàn |
动 |
to toughen/to temper/to engage in physical exercise/to work out/(fig.) to develop one's skills/to train oneself |
| 对话 |
duìhuà |
动 |
to talk (with sb)/dialogue; conversation |
| 饿 |
è |
形 |
hungry/to starve (sb) |
| 耳朵 |
ěrduo |
名 |
ear/handle (on a cup) |
| 耳机 |
ěrjī |
名 |
headphones/earphones/telephone receiver |
| 而且 |
érqiě |
连 |
(not only ...) but also/moreover/in addition/furthermore |
| 发 |
fā |
动 |
to send out/to show (one's feeling)/to issue/to develop/to make a bundle of money/classifier for gunshots (rounds)/hair/Taiwan pr. [fa3] |
| 放 |
fàng |
动 |
to put/to place/to release/to free/to let go/to let out/to set off (fireworks) |
| 方便 |
fāngbiàn |
形 |
convenient; suitable/to facilitate; to make things easy/having money to spare/(euphemism) to relieve oneself |
| 方便面 |
fāngbiànmiàn |
名 |
instant noodles |
| 方法 |
fāngfǎ |
名 |
method; way; means |
| 放假 |
fàngjià |
动 |
to have a holiday or vacation |
| 方向 |
fāngxiàng |
名 |
direction; orientation |
| 放心 |
fàngxīn |
动 |
to feel relieved/to feel reassured/to be at ease |
| 放学 |
fàngxué |
动 |
to dismiss students at the end of the school day |
| 房子 |
fángzi |
名 |
house/building (single- or two-story)/apartment/room |
| 发烧 |
fāshāo |
动 |
to have a high temperature (from illness)/to have a fever |
| 发生 |
fāshēng |
动 |
to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out |
| 发现 |
fāxiàn |
动 |
to notice; to become aware of/to discover; to find; to detect/a discovery |
| 发展 |
fāzhǎn |
动 |
development/growth/to develop/to grow/to expand |
| 风 |
fēng |
名 |
wind/news/style/custom/manner |
| 封 |
fēng |
- |
量、动 surname Feng/to confer/to grant/to bestow a title/to seal/classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters |
| 分开 |
fēnkāi |
动 |
to separate/to part |
| 附近 |
fùjìn |
名 |
nearby; neighboring/(in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood |
| 夫妻 |
fūqī |
名 |
husband and wife; married couple |
| 服务 |
fúwù |
动 |
to serve/service |
| 复习 |
fùxí |
动 |
to review/revision |
| 该 |
gāi |
动 |
should/ought to/probably/must be/to deserve/to owe/to be sb's turn to do sth/that/the above-mentioned |
| 干 |
gàn |
动 |
surname Gan/dry/dried food/empty; hollow/taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster/futile; in vain/(dialect) rude; blunt/(dialect) to cold-shoulder/(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with/one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1]/(archaic) shield/tree trunk/main part of sth/to manage/to work/to do/capable/cadre/to kill (slang)/to fuck (vulgar)/(coll.) pissed off/annoyed |
| 感兴趣 |
gǎnxìngqù |
- |
to be interested |
| 感到 |
gǎndào |
动 |
to feel; to sense; to perceive |
| 刚 |
gāng |
副 |
hard/firm/strong/just/barely/exactly |
| 刚才 |
gāngcái |
名 |
just now/a moment ago |
| 刚刚 |
gānggāng |
副 |
just recently/just a moment ago |
| 干净 |
gānjìng |
形 |
clean/neat |
| 感冒 |
gǎnmào |
名、动 |
to catch cold/(common) cold/(coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative)/(Tw) to detest/can't stand |
| 高铁 |
gāotiě |
名 |
high speed rail |
| 更 |
gèng |
副 |
to change or replace/to experience/one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided/watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)/more/even more/further/still/still more |
| 根据 |
gēnjù |
- |
动、介、名 according to/based on/basis/foundation |
| 公斤 |
gōngjīn |
量 |
kilogram (kg) |
| 公园 |
gōngyuán |
名 |
park (for public recreation) |
| 工作日 |
gōngzuòrì |
名 |
workday/working day/weekday |
| 刮 |
guā |
动 |
to scrape/to blow/to shave/to plunder/to extort/to blow (of the wind) |
| 关 |
guān |
动、名 |
mountain pass/to close; to shut; to turn off/to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc)/to concern; to involve |
| 关机 |
guānjī |
动 |
to turn off (a machine or device)/to finish shooting a film |
| 关系 |
guānxì |
名、动 |
relation/relationship/to concern/to affect/to have to do with/guanxi |
| 关心 |
guānxīn |
动 |
to be concerned about; to care about |
| 关于 |
guānyú |
介 |
pertaining to/concerning/with regard to/about/a matter of |
| 关注 |
guānzhù |
动 |
to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media)/concern; interest; attention |
| 国家 |
guójiā |
名 |
country; nation; state |
| 过节 |
guòjié |
动 |
to celebrate a festival/after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over) |
| 过去 |
guòqù |
名 |
(in the) past; former; previous/to go over; to pass by/(verb suffix) |
| 故事 |
gùshi |
名 |
old practice/narrative; story; tale |
| 海 |
hǎi |
名 |
surname Hai/ocean/sea/great number of people or things/(dialect) numerous |
| 害怕 |
hàipà |
动 |
to be afraid; to be scared |
| 好多 |
hǎoduō |
- |
数 many/quite a lot/much better |
| 好久 |
hǎojiǔ |
形 |
quite a while |
| 号码 |
hàomǎ |
名 |
number |
| 好像 |
hǎoxiàng |
- |
动、副 as if/to seem like |
| 河 |
hé |
名 |
river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4])/(bound form) the Yellow River/(bound form) the Milky Way/(bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉|河粉[he2fen3] |
| 黑板 |
hēibǎn |
名 |
blackboard |
| 合适 |
héshì |
形 |
suitable; fitting; appropriate |
| 红绿灯 |
hóng-lǜdēng |
名 |
traffic light |
| 后来 |
hòulái |
名 |
afterwards; later/newly arrived |
| 后年 |
hòunián |
名 |
the year after next |
| 后年 |
hòunián |
名 |
the year after next |
| 后天 |
hòutiān |
名 |
the day after tomorrow/life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1])/acquired (not innate or congenital)/a posteriori |
| 画家 |
huàjiā |
名 |
painter |
| 还 |
huán |
动 |
surname Huan/to pay back/to return |
| 换 |
huàn |
动 |
to exchange/to change (clothes etc)/to substitute/to switch/to convert (currency) |
| 黄色 |
huángsè |
名 |
yellow/vulgar; lewd; pornographic |
| 环境 |
huánjìng |
名 |
environment/circumstances/surroundings/ambient |
| 欢迎 |
huānyíng |
动 |
to welcome/welcome |
| 花园 |
huāyuán |
名 |
garden |
| 会 |
huì |
名 |
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]) |
| 回答 |
huídá |
动 |
to reply; to answer/reply; answer |
| 会议 |
huìyì |
名 |
meeting/conference |
| 或 |
huò |
- |
连、副 maybe/perhaps/might/possibly/or |
| 或者 |
huòzhě |
连 |
or/possibly; maybe; perhaps |
| 护照 |
hùzhào |
名 |
passport |
| 极 |
jí |
副 |
extremely/pole (geography, physics)/utmost/top |
| 急 |
jí |
形、动 |
urgent/pressing/rapid/hurried/worried/to make (sb) anxious |
| 记 |
jì |
动 |
to record/to note/to memorize/to remember/mark/sign/classifier for blows, kicks, shots |
| 季 |
jì |
名 |
surname Ji/season/the last month of a season/fourth or youngest amongst brothers/classifier for seasonal crop yields |
| 鸡 |
jī |
名 |
fowl/chicken/(slang) prostitute |
| 加 |
jiā |
动 |
Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1na2da4])/surname Jia/to add/plus/(used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned)/to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb)/to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) |
| 检查 |
jiǎnchá |
动 |
inspection/to examine/to inspect |
| 坚持 |
jiānchí |
动 |
to persevere with/to persist in/to insist on |
| 简单 |
jiǎndān |
形 |
simple; not complicated |
| 讲 |
jiǎng |
动 |
to speak/to explain/to negotiate/to emphasize/to be particular about/as far as sth is concerned/speech/lecture |
| 健康 |
jiànkāng |
形 |
health/healthy |
| 见面 |
jiànmiàn |
动 |
to meet; to see each other |
| 检票 |
jiǎnpiào |
动 |
to inspect a ticket/to examine a ballot |
| 角 |
jiǎo |
量 |
angle/corner/horn/horn-shaped/unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) |
| 脚 |
jiǎo |
名 |
foot/leg (of an animal or an object)/base (of an object)/classifier for kicks |
| 假期 |
jiàqī |
名 |
vacation |
| 节 |
jié |
- |
量、名、动 joint; node/(bound form) section; segment/solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar)/seasonal festival/(bound form) to economize; to save/(bound form) moral integrity; chastity/classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc/knot (nautical miles per hour) |
| 借 |
jiè |
动 |
to borrow/(used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend/to make use of; to avail oneself of/(sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with |
| 接 |
jiē |
动 |
to receive/to answer (the phone)/to meet or welcome sb/to connect/to catch/to join/to extend/to take one's turn on duty/to take over for sb |
| 街 |
jiē |
名 |
street |
| 结婚 |
jiéhūn |
动 |
to marry/to get married |
| 解决 |
jiějué |
动 |
to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem)/to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) |
| 姐妹 |
jiěmèi |
名 |
sisters/siblings/sister (school, city etc) |
| 节目 |
jiémù |
名 |
program/item (on a program) |
| 节日 |
jiérì |
名 |
holiday/festival |
| 结束 |
jiéshù |
动 |
termination/to finish/to end/to conclude/to close |
| 几乎 |
jīhū |
副 |
almost; nearly; practically |
| 机会 |
jīhuì |
名 |
opportunity/chance/occasion |
| 季节 |
jìjié |
名 |
time/season/period |
| 斤 |
jīn |
量 |
catty/(PRC) weight equal to 500 g/(Tw) weight equal to 600 g/(HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g |
| 经过 |
jīngguò |
动、名 |
to pass/to go through/process/course |
| 经理 |
jīnglǐ |
名 |
manager/director |
| 旧 |
jiù |
形 |
old/opposite: new 新/former/worn (with age) |
| 久 |
jiǔ |
形 |
(long) time/(long) duration of time |
| 酒 |
jiǔ |
名 |
wine (esp. rice wine)/liquor/spirits/alcoholic beverage |
| 句 |
jù |
量 |
sentence/clause/phrase/classifier for phrases or lines of verse |
| 决定 |
juédìng |
动、名 |
to decide (to do something)/to resolve/decision/certainly |
| 句子 |
jùzi |
名 |
sentence |
| 卡 |
kǎ |
名 |
to stop/to block/(computing) (coll.) slow/(loanword) card/truck (from "car")/calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3])/cassette |
| 开花 |
kāihuā |
动 |
to bloom; to blossom; to flower/(fig.) to burst; to split open/(fig.) to burst with joy/(fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish |
| 开会 |
kāihuì |
动 |
to hold a meeting/to attend a meeting |
| 开机 |
kāijī |
动 |
to start an engine/to boot up (a computer)/to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete/to begin shooting a film or TV show |
| 开心 |
kāixīn |
形 |
to feel happy/to rejoice/to have a great time/to make fun of sb |
| 看来 |
kànlái |
动 |
apparently/it seems that |
| 刻 |
kè |
- |
量、动 quarter (hour)/moment/to carve/to engrave/to cut/oppressive/classifier for short time intervals |
| 可 |
kě |
- |
连、副 (prefix) can; may; able to; -able/to approve; to permit/to suit/(particle used for emphasis) certainly; very |
| 渴 |
kě |
形 |
thirsty |
| 可爱 |
kěài |
形 |
adorable/cute/lovely |
| 课本 |
kèběn |
名 |
textbook |
| 客人 |
kèrén |
名 |
visitor/guest/customer/client |
| 可是 |
kěshì |
连 |
but; however/(used for emphasis) indeed |
| 课文 |
kèwén |
名 |
text |
| 空调 |
kōngtiáo |
名 |
air conditioning/air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) |
| 哭 |
kū |
动 |
to cry; to weep |
| 筷子 |
kuàizi |
名 |
chopsticks |
| 矿泉水 |
kuàngquánshuǐ |
名 |
mineral water |
| 来自 |
láizì |
动 |
to come from (a place)/From: (in email header) |
| 蓝 |
lán |
形 |
surname Lan/blue/indigo plant |
| 老 |
lǎo |
- |
形、前缀、副 prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity/old (of people)/venerable (person)/experienced/of long standing/always/all the time/of the past/very/outdated/(of meat etc) tough |
| 老人 |
lǎorén |
名 |
old man or woman/the elderly/one's aged parents or grandparents |
| 练 |
liàn |
动 |
to practice/to train/to drill/to perfect (one's skill)/exercise/(literary) white silk/to boil and scour raw silk |
| 脸 |
liǎn |
名 |
face |
| 辆 |
liàng |
量 |
classifier for vehicles |
| 凉快 |
liángkuai |
形 |
nice and cold/pleasantly cool |
| 练习 |
liànxí |
动、名 |
to practice/exercise/drill/practice |
| 聊 |
liáo |
动 |
(coll.) to chat/(literary) temporarily; for a while/(literary) somewhat; slightly/(literary) to depend upon |
| 了解 |
liǎojiě |
动 |
to understand/to realize/to find out |
| 聊天儿 |
liáotiānr |
动 |
to chat/to gossip |
| 离开 |
líkāi |
动 |
to depart; to leave |
| 邻居 |
línjū |
名 |
neighbor/next door |
| 历史 |
lìshǐ |
名 |
history |
| 留学 |
liúxué |
动 |
to study abroad |
| 留学生 |
liúxuéshēng |
名 |
student studying abroad/(foreign) exchange student |
| 礼物 |
lǐwù |
名 |
gift; present |
| 楼梯 |
lóutī |
名 |
stair/staircase |
| 路边 |
lùbiān |
名 |
curb; roadside; wayside |
| 路口 |
lùkǒu |
名 |
crossing/intersection (of roads) |
| 马 |
mǎ |
名 |
surname Ma/abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3lai2xi1ya4]/horse/horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess/knight in Western chess |
| 马路 |
mǎlù |
名 |
street/road |
| 满意 |
mǎnyì |
动 |
satisfied/pleased/to one's satisfaction |
| 毛 |
máo |
- |
量、名 surname Mao/hair/feather/down/wool/mildew/mold/coarse or semifinished/young/raw/careless/unthinking/nervous/scared/(of currency) to devalue or depreciate/classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) |
| 马上 |
mǎshàng |
副 |
at once/right away/immediately/on horseback (i.e. by military force) |
| 米 |
mǐ |
量 |
surname Mi/uncooked rice/meter (unit of length)/(slang) Chinese yuan |
| 面前 |
miànqián |
名 |
in front of/facing/(in the) presence (of) |
| 明白 |
míngbai |
形、动 |
clear; obvious; unequivocal/sensible; reasonable/to understand; to realize |
| 名单 |
míngdān |
名 |
list of names |
| 名人 |
míngrén |
名 |
personage/celebrity |
| 南 |
nán |
名 |
surname Nan/south |
| 难 |
nán |
形、动 |
difficult (to...)/problem/difficulty/difficult/not good/disaster/distress/to scold |
| 南方 |
nánfāng |
名 |
south/southern China (areas to the south of the Yangtze River) |
| 难过 |
nánguò |
形 |
to feel sad/to feel unwell/(of life) to be difficult |
| 难看 |
nánkàn |
形 |
ugly/unsightly |
| 男人 |
nánrén |
名 |
a man/a male/men |
| 男生 |
nánshēng |
名 |
schoolboy/male student/boy/guy (young adult male) |
| 难题 |
nántí |
名 |
difficult problem |
| 难听 |
nántīng |
形 |
unpleasant to hear/coarse/vulgar/offensive/shameful |
| 年级 |
niánjí |
名 |
grade/year (in school, college etc) |
| 年轻 |
niánqīng |
形 |
young |
| 牛 |
niú |
名、形 |
surname Niu/ox/cow/bull/newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4])/(slang) awesome |
| 努力 |
nǔlì |
动、形 |
to make an effort; to try hard; to strive/hard-working; conscientious |
| 女人 |
nǚrén |
名 |
woman/wife |
| 女生 |
nǚshēng |
名 |
schoolgirl/female student/girl |
| 爬 |
pá |
动 |
to crawl/to climb/to get up or sit up |
| 怕 |
pà |
- |
动、副 surname Pa/to be afraid/to fear/to dread/to be unable to endure/perhaps |
| 拍照 |
pāizhào |
动 |
to take a picture |
| 胖 |
pàng |
形 |
fat/plump |
| 盘子 |
pánzi |
名 |
tray/plate/dish |
| 啤酒 |
píjiǔ |
名 |
beer (loanword) |
| 平时 |
píngshí |
名 |
ordinarily/in normal times/in peacetime |
| 瓶子 |
píngzi |
名 |
bottle |
| 骑 |
qí |
动 |
to sit astride/to ride (a horse, bike etc)/classifier for saddle horses |
| 起 |
qǐ |
动、量 |
to rise/to raise/to get up/to set out/to start/to appear/to launch/to initiate (action)/to draft/to establish/to get (from a depot or counter)/verb suffix, to start/starting from (a time, place, price etc)/classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance/classifier for groups: batch, group |
| 铅笔 |
qiānbǐ |
名 |
(lead) pencil |
| 前年 |
qiánnián |
名 |
the year before last |
| 前天 |
qiántiān |
名 |
the day before yesterday |
| 汽车 |
qìchē |
名 |
car/automobile/bus |
| 起飞 |
qǐfēi |
动 |
(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off/(fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly |
| 奇怪 |
qíguài |
形 |
strange/odd/to marvel/to be baffled |
| 清楚 |
qīngchu |
形、动 |
clear/distinct/to understand thoroughly/to be clear about |
| 请假 |
qǐngjià |
动 |
to request leave of absence |
| 请客 |
qǐngkè |
动 |
to give a dinner party/to entertain guests/to invite to dinner |
| 其实 |
qíshí |
副 |
actually; in fact; really |
| 其他 |
qítā |
代 |
other/(sth or sb) else/the rest |
| 球场 |
qiúchǎng |
名 |
stadium/sports ground/court/pitch/field/golf course |
| 秋天 |
qiūtiān |
名 |
autumn |
| 裙子 |
qúnzi |
名 |
skirt |
| 然后 |
ránhòu |
连 |
then; after that; afterwards |
| 认得 |
rènde |
动 |
to recognize/to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it/to know |
| 认为 |
rènwéi |
动 |
to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 认真 |
rènzhēn |
形 |
conscientious/earnest/serious/to take seriously/to take to heart |
| 热情 |
rèqíng |
形 |
cordial/enthusiastic/passion/passionate/passionately |
| 容易 |
róngyì |
形 |
easy; straightforward/likely; liable to; apt to |
| 如果 |
rúguǒ |
连 |
if/in case/in the event that |
| 伞 |
sǎn |
名 |
umbrella/parasol |
| 扫 |
sǎo |
动 |
to sweep (with a brush or broom)/to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of/to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan/(bound form) a (large) broom |
| 沙发 |
shāfā |
名 |
sofa (loanword)/(Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post |
| 山 |
shān |
名 |
surname Shan/mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])/(coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
| 上衣 |
shàngyī |
名 |
jacket/upper outer garment |
| 勺子 |
sháozi |
名 |
scoop/ladle |
| 身边 |
shēnbiān |
名 |
at one's side/on hand |
| 声 |
shēng |
- |
名、量 sound/voice/tone/noise/reputation/classifier for sounds |
| 身高 |
shēngāo |
名 |
(a person's) height |
| 生活 |
shēnghuó |
名、动 |
to live/life/livelihood |
| 生气 |
shēngqì |
动 |
to get angry; to be furious/vitality; liveliness |
| 声音 |
shēngyīn |
名 |
voice/sound |
| 市 |
shì |
名 |
market/city |
| 试 |
shì |
动 |
to test/to try/experiment/examination/test |
| 室 |
shì |
名 |
surname Shi/room/work unit/grave/scabbard/family or clan/one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy |
| 世界 |
shìjiè |
名 |
world (CL:個|个[ge4]) |
| 受 |
shòu |
动 |
to receive/to accept/to suffer/subjected to/to bear/to stand/pleasant/(passive marker)/(LGBT) bottom |
| 瘦 |
shòu |
形 |
thin/to lose weight/(of clothing) tight/(of meat) lean/(of land) unproductive |
| 收 |
shōu |
动 |
to receive/to accept/to collect/to put away/to restrain/to stop/in care of (used on address line after name) |
| 受到 |
shòudào |
动 |
to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc)/to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) |
| 收到 |
shōudào |
动 |
to receive |
| 树 |
shù |
名 |
tree/to cultivate/to set up |
| 刷 |
shuā |
动 |
a brush/to paint; to daub/to brush; to scrub/(fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job)/(onom.) swish; rustle/to swipe (a card)/to scroll on (a phone)/to select |
| 双 |
shuāng |
量 |
surname Shuang/two/double/pair/both/even (number) |
| 水平 |
shuǐpíng |
名 |
level (of achievement etc)/standard/horizontal |
| 叔叔 |
shūshu |
名 |
father's younger brother/uncle/Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5] |
| 数学 |
shùxué |
名 |
mathematics |
| 四季 |
sìjì |
名 |
four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1] |
| 司机 |
sījī |
名 |
chauffeur; driver |
| 太阳 |
tàiyáng |
名 |
sun/abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tai4 yang2 xue2] |
| 糖 |
táng |
名 |
sugar/sweets/candy |
| 特别 |
tèbié |
- |
形、副 unusual; special/very; especially; particularly/expressly; for a specific purpose/(often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular |
| 甜 |
tián |
形 |
sweet |
| 跳 |
tiào |
动 |
to jump/to hop/to skip over/to bounce/to palpitate |
| 提高 |
tígāo |
动 |
to raise/to increase/to improve |
| 挺 |
tǐng |
- |
副、动 straight/erect/to stick out (a part of the body)/to (physically) straighten up/to support/to withstand/outstanding/(coll.) quite/very/classifier for machine guns |
| 听说 |
tīngshuō |
动 |
to hear (sth said)/one hears (that)/hearsay/listening and speaking |
| 体育 |
tǐyù |
名 |
sports/physical education |
| 体育馆 |
tǐyùguǎn |
名 |
gym/gymnasium/stadium |
| 同事 |
tóngshì |
名 |
colleague; co-worker |
| 同意 |
tóngyì |
动 |
to agree/to consent/to approve |
| 头发 |
tóufa |
名 |
hair (on the head) |
| 腿 |
tuǐ |
名 |
leg |
| 突然 |
tūrán |
形 |
sudden; abrupt; unexpected |
| 图书馆 |
túshūguǎn |
名 |
library |
| 外地 |
wàidì |
名 |
parts of the country other than where one is |
| 外卖 |
wàimài |
动、名 |
(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal/takeout (business)/takeout (meal) |
| 外语 |
wàiyǔ |
名 |
foreign language |
| 碗 |
wǎn |
名 |
bowl/cup |
| 完成 |
wánchéng |
动 |
to complete; to accomplish |
| 晚点 |
wǎndiǎn |
动 |
(of trains etc) late/delayed/behind schedule/light dinner |
| 忘记 |
wàngjì |
动 |
to forget |
| 网球 |
wǎngqiú |
名 |
tennis/tennis ball |
| 网站 |
wǎngzhàn |
名 |
website |
| 晚会 |
wǎnhuì |
名 |
evening party |
| 为 |
wèi |
介 |
because of/for/to |
| 为了 |
wèile |
介 |
for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 卫生间 |
wèishēngjiān |
名 |
bathroom/toilet/WC |
| 文化 |
wénhuà |
名 |
culture/civilization/cultural |
| 屋子 |
wūzi |
名 |
house/room |
| 西 |
xī |
名 |
the West/abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]/Spanish/west |
| 喜爱 |
xǐài |
动 |
to like/to love/to be fond of/favorite |
| 先 |
xiān |
副 |
beforehand; first; earlier/at first; originally/for the time being; for now/(prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) |
| 向 |
xiàng |
动、介 |
surname Xiang/towards/to face/to turn towards/direction/to support/to side with/shortly before/formerly/always/all along/(suffix) suitable for .../oriented to ... |
| 像 |
xiàng |
- |
动、副、名 to resemble/to be like/to look as if/such as/appearance/image/portrait/image under a mapping (math.) |
| 相机 |
xiàngjī |
名 |
camera (abbr. for 照相機|照相机[zhao4 xiang4 ji1])/at the opportune moment/as the circumstances allow |
| 香蕉 |
xiāngjiāo |
名 |
banana |
| 相信 |
xiāngxìn |
动 |
to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true |
| 箱子 |
xiāngzi |
名 |
suitcase/chest/box/case/trunk |
| 小区 |
xiǎoqū |
名 |
housing estate; community; neighborhood/(telecommunications) cell |
| 小心 |
xiǎoxīn |
动、形 |
to be careful/to take care |
| 校园 |
xiàoyuán |
名 |
campus |
| 校长 |
xiàozhǎng |
名 |
(college, university) president/headmaster |
| 夏天 |
xiàtiān |
名 |
summer |
| 西北 |
xīběi |
名 |
Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)/northwest |
| 鞋 |
xié |
名 |
shoe |
| 西方 |
xīfāng |
名 |
the West/the Occident/Western countries |
| 西瓜 |
xīguā |
名 |
watermelon |
| 习惯 |
xíguàn |
动、名 |
habit/custom/usual practice/to be used to |
| 信 |
xìn |
动、名 |
letter/mail/to trust/to believe/to profess faith in/truthful/confidence/trust/at will/at random |
| 西南 |
xīnán |
名 |
southwest |
| 行 |
xíng |
动、形 |
to walk/to go/to travel/a visit/temporary/makeshift/current/in circulation/to do/to perform/capable/competent/effective/all right/OK!/will do/behavior/conduct/Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense |
| 行李 |
xíngli |
名 |
luggage |
| 兴趣 |
xìngqù |
名 |
interest (desire to know about sth)/interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby |
| 心里 |
xīnlǐ |
名 |
chest/heart; mind |
| 新年 |
xīnnián |
名 |
New Year |
| 新闻 |
xīnwén |
名 |
news |
| 新鲜 |
xīnxiān |
形 |
fresh (experience, food etc)/freshness/novel/uncommon |
| 信用卡 |
xìnyòngkǎ |
名 |
credit card |
| 休假 |
xiūjià |
动 |
to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave |
| 洗衣机 |
xǐyījī |
名 |
washing machine; washer |
| 洗澡 |
xǐzǎo |
动 |
to bathe/to take a shower |
| 选 |
xuǎn |
动 |
to choose/to pick/to select/to elect |
| 选择 |
xuǎnzé |
动 |
to select; to pick/choice; option; alternative |
| 学期 |
xuéqī |
名 |
term/semester |
| 需要 |
xūyào |
动、名 |
to need; to want; to demand; to require/needs |
| 牙 |
yá |
名 |
tooth/ivory |
| 羊 |
yáng |
名 |
surname Yang/sheep; goat |
| 养 |
yǎng |
动 |
to raise (animals)/to bring up (children)/to keep (pets)/to support/to give birth |
| 要求 |
yāoqiú |
动、名 |
to request/to require/requirement/to stake a claim/to ask/to demand |
| 牙刷 |
yáshuā |
名 |
toothbrush |
| 页 |
yè |
量 |
page/leaf |
| 一般 |
yìbān |
形 |
same/ordinary/so-so/common/general/generally/in general |
| 一边 |
yìbiān |
副 |
one side/either side/on the one hand/on the other hand/doing while |
| 一定 |
yídìng |
- |
形、副 surely/certainly/necessarily/fixed/a certain (extent etc)/given/particular/must |
| 一共 |
yígòng |
副 |
altogether |
| 以后 |
yǐhòu |
名 |
after/later/afterwards/following/later on/in the future |
| 一块儿 |
yíkuàir |
- |
名、副 in the same place/together/in company |
| 应该 |
yīnggāi |
动 |
ought to/should/must |
| 影响 |
yǐngxiǎng |
动、名 |
influence/effect/to influence/to affect (usually adversely)/to disturb |
| 银行 |
yínháng |
名 |
bank |
| 银行卡 |
yínhángkǎ |
名 |
bank card/ATM card |
| 饮料 |
yǐnliào |
名 |
drink/beverage |
| 音乐 |
yīnyuè |
名 |
music |
| 以前 |
yǐqián |
名 |
before/formerly/previous/ago |
| 以上 |
yǐshàng |
名 |
that level or higher/that amount or more/the above-mentioned/(used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all. |
| 以外 |
yǐwài |
名 |
apart from/other than/except for/external/outside of/on the other side of/beyond |
| 以为 |
yǐwéi |
动 |
to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) |
| 以下 |
yǐxià |
名 |
that level or lower/that amount or less/the following |
| 一样 |
yíyàng |
形 |
same/like/equal to/the same as/just like |
| 一直 |
yìzhí |
副 |
straight (in a straight line)/continuously; always; all the way through |
| 用 |
yòng |
动 |
to use/to employ/to have to/to eat or drink/expense or outlay/usefulness/hence/therefore |
| 又 |
yòu |
副 |
(once) again/also/both... and.../and yet/(used for emphasis) anyway |
| 有关 |
yǒuguān |
动、介 |
to have sth to do with/to relate to/related to/to concern/concerning |
| 邮件 |
yóujiàn |
名 |
mail/post/email |
| 游客 |
yóukè |
名 |
traveler; tourist/(online gaming) guest player |
| 有名 |
yǒumíng |
形 |
famous/well-known |
| 游戏 |
yóuxì |
名 |
game/to play |
| 邮箱 |
yóuxiāng |
名 |
mailbox/post office box/email/email inbox |
| 有用 |
yǒuyòng |
形 |
useful |
| 园 |
yuán |
名 |
land used for growing plants/site used for public recreation/abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc |
| 员 |
yuán |
后缀 |
(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity/(bound form) member |
| 愿意 |
yuànyì |
动 |
to wish/to want/ready/willing (to do sth) |
| 遇到 |
yùdào |
动 |
to meet; to run into; to come across |
| 越 |
yuè |
副 |
generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods/abbr. for Vietnam 越南/to exceed/to climb over/to surpass/the more... the more |
| 月亮 |
yuèliang |
名 |
the moon |
| 遇见 |
yùjiàn |
动 |
to meet |
| 羽毛球 |
yǔmáoqiú |
名 |
badminton/shuttlecock |
| 运动会 |
yùndònghuì |
名 |
sports competition |
| 运动员 |
yùndòngyuán |
名 |
athlete |
| 语言 |
yǔyán |
名 |
language |
| 雨衣 |
yǔyī |
名 |
raincoat |
| 脏 |
zāng |
形 |
viscera/(anatomy) organ/dirty/filthy/to get (sth) dirty |
| 咱们 |
zánmen |
代 |
we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to)/(dialect) I or me/(dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you/also pr. [za2 men5] |
| 怎么办 |
zěnmebàn |
- |
what's to be done |
| 怎样 |
zěnyàng |
代 |
how/what kind |
| 站 |
zhàn |
动 |
station/to stand/to halt/to stop/branch of a company or organization/website |
| 长 |
zhǎng |
- |
动、后缀 chief/head/elder/to grow/to develop/to increase/to enhance |
| 张 |
zhāng |
动、量 |
surname Zhang/to open up/to spread/sheet of paper/classifier for flat objects, sheet/classifier for votes |
| 照 |
zhào |
动 |
according to/in accordance with/to shine/to illuminate/to reflect/to look at (one's reflection)/to take (a photo)/photo/as requested/as before |
| 照顾 |
zhàogù |
动 |
to take care of/to show consideration/to attend to/to look after |
| 着急 |
zháojí |
形 |
to worry; to feel anxious/to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry/Taiwan pr. [zhao1ji2] |
| 照片 |
zhàopiàn |
名 |
photograph/picture |
| 照相 |
zhàoxiàng |
动 |
to take a photograph |
| 只 |
zhǐ |
副 |
only; merely; just/grain that has begun to ripen/classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc |
| 纸 |
zhǐ |
名 |
paper (CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2])/classifier for documents, letters etc |
| 只能 |
zhǐnéng |
- |
can only/obliged to do sth/to have no other choice |
| 直到 |
zhídào |
动 |
until |
| 只是 |
zhǐshì |
- |
副、连 merely; only; just; nothing but/simply/but; however |
| 只要 |
zhǐyào |
连 |
if only/so long as |
| 只有 |
zhǐyǒu |
连 |
only have .../there is only .../(used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy")/it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement")/(used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") |
| 种 |
zhǒng |
量 |
seed/species/kind/type/classifier for types, kinds, sorts/to plant/to grow/to cultivate |
| 中 |
zhōng |
名 |
within; among; in/middle; center/while (doing sth); during/(dialect) OK; all right |
| 中间 |
zhōngjiān |
名 |
the middle; the inside/in the middle; within; between; among/during; in the meantime |
| 重要 |
zhòngyào |
形 |
important; significant; major |
| 终于 |
zhōngyú |
副 |
at last/in the end/finally/eventually |
| 周末 |
zhōumò |
名 |
weekend |
| 主要 |
zhǔyào |
形 |
main; principal; major; primary |
| 注意 |
zhùyì |
动 |
to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 住院 |
zhùyuàn |
动 |
to be in hospital/to be hospitalized |
| 子 |
zi |
后缀 |
son/child/seed/egg/small thing/1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat/viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]/ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)/subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-/(noun suffix) |
| 字典 |
zìdiǎn |
名 |
Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters)/(coll.) dictionary |
| 自行车 |
zìxíngchē |
名 |
bicycle; bike |
| 总 |
zǒng |
- |
副、动、形 general; overall/to sum up/in every case; always; invariably/anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later/surely/(after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc |
| 总是 |
zǒngshì |
副 |
always |
| 嘴 |
zuǐ |
名 |
mouth/beak/nozzle/spout (of teapot etc) |
| 最好 |
zuìhǎo |
副 |
best/had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 最后 |
zuìhòu |
名 |
final/last/finally/ultimate |
| 最近 |
zuìjìn |
名 |
recently/soon/nearest |
| 做客 |
zuòkè |
动 |
to be a guest or visitor |
| 作业 |
zuòyè |
名 |
school assignment/homework/work/task/operation/to operate |