a

ah, oh

ai

to love

baba

father

baibai

bye bye

bai

hundred

ban

to do

ban

half

bangzhu

to help

baoqian

sorry

beijing

Beijing

benzi

exercise book, notebook

bian

(for action) a time

bing

illness; to get sick

bu

not, no

bu hao yi si

sorry (brief)

bu yong

need not

bu

step

can jia

to participate, to attend

can ting

dining hall

ce suo

toilet

ceng

story, floor

cha

to be short of, to lack

chang chang

often

chi

to eat

chi fan

to eat (a meal)

chu

to go, to come out

chu sheng

to be born

chu fang

kitchen

chuan

to wear

chuang

bed

ci

word

打

da

to play

da dian hua

to make a phone call

da qiu

to play ball games

da sao

to clean

da

big, large

dan

egg

dang ran

of course

dao

to arrive

de

to have, to get

de

(possesive particle)

deng

to wait

di di

younger brother

dian

o'clock

dian

electricity

dian hua

telephone, phone call

dian ying

movie

dong xi

thing, stuff

dou

both, all

duan lian

to do physical training

dui

right, correct

dui bu qi

im sorry

duo

many, much

how (many/much)

duo da

how old

duo shao

how many how much

fa yan

to become inflamed

fan

meal

fang zi

house

fang zu

rent (for a house, flat, etc.)

fen (qian)

measure word for money 1/100 yuan

fen (zhong)

minute

fu xi

to review

gai

should, ought to

gan mao

to have a cold, cold

gang cai

just now

gao

tall

gao xing

happy, pleased

gao

cake

gao su

to tell

ge ge

older brother

ge

(measure word)

gei

V = to give

Prep = to, for

gen

with; to follow

gong zuo

to work; work, job

gong si

company

gou

dog

gu niang

girl

gua hao

to register (at a hospital, etc.)

guang pan

CD

gui

expensive, precious

gui xing

your surname (polite form)

guo

country, nation

guo

to spend (time), to celebrate (someone's birthday, a festival, etc.

hai

in addition; still

hai shi

or

han yu

chinese (language)

han zi

chinese character

hao

good

hao

ordinal number

day of the month

he

to drink

he

and

hen

very

hong

red

cha

tea

hong pu tao jiu

red wine

hui

to return

hui

N = meeting

OpV = to have knowledge of, can

ji

how many, how much

ji zhe

reporter

ji

to post, to mail

jianada

Canada

jia

family, home

jian

measure word for rooms, houses, etc.

jian

(measure word) piece

jiao

to teach, to instruct

jiao shou

professor

jie

festival

jie jie

elder sister

jie shao

to introduce

jin

measure word for weight, it is equal to 500g

jin nian

this year

jin tian

today

jin

to enter

jin lai

to come in

jing li

manager

jiu

liquor

ju

office, bureau

ju hui

get-together, party

ka fei

coffee

kai

to open, start

kan

to watch, to look at

kao ya

roast duck

ke ai

lovely, cute

ke neng

maybe

ke shi

but

ke yi

may

ke

quarter (of an hour)

ke ting

living room

ke

class, lesson

ke wen

text

kong pa

afraid that...

kou

measure word mainly for the number of people in a family

kou yu

spoken language

kuai (qian)

measure word for basic chinese monetary unit, it is equal to 10 jiao

kuai le

happy

lai

to come

lao shi

teacher

leng

cold

li wu

gift, present

lian

to practice

lian xi

to practice; exercise

liang

two

ling

zero

liu xue sheng

study abroad student, international student

lou

building

lu xing

to travel

ma ma

mom

ma

question expecting yes or no

mai

to buy

mang

busy

mao (qian)

(measure word of chinese monetary unit equal to 1/10 yuan) mao

mei

not

mei guan xi

never mind, it doesn't matter

měi

every, each

mei

beautiful

mei mei

younger sister

men

used after pronouns to show plurality

mei guo

USA

mei shu

fine arts

mian

noodles

ming pian

business card

ming zi

name

ming tian

tomorrow

na

which

nar

where

na li

no (an expression of mild denial)

na

that

nar

there

nai nai

(paternal) grandmother

nan

male

nan fang

south

de zhou

Texas

ni ne

and you

neng

can, to be able to

ni

you

ni men

you (pl.)

nian

year

nian

to read

nin

you (polite form)

nu

female

nu'er

daughter

peng you

friend

piao liang

beautiful, nice

ping guo

apple

ping

bottle (measure word)

pu tao

grape

qi

to get up, to rise

qi chuang

to get up

qian

money

qing

please

qing wen

May I ask...?

qiu

ball

qu

to go

quan

whole

quan shen

all over (the body)

rang

to let, to allow, to make

ren

people, person

ren shi

to know (somebody)

rong yi

easy

san bu

to take a walk, to walk

sao

to sweep

shang

trade, commerce

shang chang

market, bazaar, shopping mall

shang

Noun (above, last)

Verb (to ascend, to go to)

shang hai

Shanghai

shang ke

to go to class

shang wu

morning

shao

few, little

shei

who, whom

shen

body

shen ti

body, health

shen me

what

sheng

new, to be born

sheng ci

new word

sheng ri

birthday

sheng dan

Christmas

shi fu

master

shi hou

time, moment

shi jian

time

shi er

matter, affair, thing

shi

to be

shu

book

shu fu

comfortable

shu

number

shui

water

shui

to sleep

shui jiao

to sleep

shuo

to say, to speak

si ji

driver

si

four

song

to give (as a present)

su she

dormitory

sui

year (of age)

sui shu

years (of age)

ta

he, him

ta men

they, them

ta

she, her

tai

too, extremely

tao

measure word for houses

teng

painful

tian

day

tian qi

weather

ting

to listen

ting shuo

to be told

tou

head

wai

foreign, outside

wai guo

foreign country

wai po

(maternal) grandma

wai yu

foreign language

wan er

to have fun, to play

wan

late

wan shang

evening, night

wei

for

wei shen me

why

wei

polite measure word for persons

wei

hello, hey

wen xue

literature

wen

to ask

wen ti

question

wo

I, me

women

we, us

wo shi

bedroom

xi

west

xi yao

western medicine

xi3

to wash

xi3 huan

xi4

faculty, department

xia4

below, next

xia4 wu3

afternoon

xian1 sheng

Mr.;sir

xian4 zai4

now

xiang3

to think, to want (to do)

xiao3

little, small

xie3

to write

xie4 xie

thank you

xing1 qi1

week

xing2

to be OK

xing4

one's surname is.../surname

xiu1 xi

to take a rest

xue2

to learn, to study

xue2 sheng

student

xue2 xi2

to learn, to study

xue2 yuan4

institue, college

ya1

duck

yao4

medicine

yao4

to want

must, to want to do something

ye3

too, also

(yi4) dian3 er

a little bit

yi2 gong4

altogether

yi4 qi3

together

yi2 xia4

used after a verb to indicate a short, quick, random, informal action

yi1 fu

clothes

yi1 sheng1

doctor, physician

yi1 yuan4

hospital

yin1 yue4

music

ying1 gai1

should, ought to

ying guo

England

ying yu

english

you2

to post, to mail

you2 ju2

post office

you yong

to swim

you3

to have

you dian er

somewhat, a bit

you3 ming2

famous

you3 yi4 si

interesting

yu3

language

yu3 fa3

grammer

yu3 yan2

language

yuan4 yi4

to be willing, to be ready

zai4

again

zai jian

goodbye

zai4

Verb - to be (here, there), to be (in, on, at)

Prep - at, in, on

zang1

dirty

zenme

how

zenme yang

how is...

zhang1

measure word for flat objects

zhao3

to look for

zhao3 (qian2)

to give change

zhao4 pian4

picture, photo

zhe4

this

zhe er

here

zhen1

real;really

zhi1 dao

to know

zhong guo

china

zhong1 wu3

noon

zhu4

to live, to stay

zhu4 yuan4

to be in hospital, to be hospitalized

zhu4

to wish

zhuan1 ye4

major, speciality

zi4

character

zu1

to rent

zuo2 tian1

yesterday

zuo4

to sit

zuo4

to do, to be, to make