- 爱 (ai4)
- to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
- 八 (ba1)
- eight; 8
- 爸爸 (ba4 ba5)
- (informal) father; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 杯子 (bei1 zi5)
- cup; glass; CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]
- 北京 (Bei3 jing1)
- Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government
- 本 (ben3)
- roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally
- 不客气 (bu2 ke4 qi5)
- you're welcome; impolite; rude; blunt; don't mention it
- 不 (bu4)
- (negative prefix); not; no
- 菜 (cai4)
- dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盤|盘[pan2],道[dao4]
- 茶 (cha2)
- tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]
- 吃 (chi1)
- to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust
- 出租车 (chu1 zu1 che1)
- taxi
- 打电话 (da3 dian4 hua4)
- to make a telephone call
- 大 (da4)
- big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest
- 的 (de5)
- of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive
- 点 (dian3)
- drop (of liquid); stain; spot; speck; jot; dot stroke (in Chinese characters); decimal point; point; mark (of degree or level); a place (with certain characteristics); iron bell; o’clock; a little; a bit; some; (point) unit of measurement for type; to touch on briefly; to make clear; to light; to ignite; to kindle; period of time at night (24 minutes) (old); a drip; to dibble; classifier for small indeterminate quantities
- 电脑 (dian4 nao3)
- computer; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- 电视 (dian4 shi4)
- television; TV; CL:臺|台[tai2],個|个[ge4]
- 电影 (dian4 ying3)
- movie; film; CL:部[bu4],片[pian4],幕[mu4],場|场[chang3]
- 东西 (dong1 xi5)
- thing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]
- 都 (dou1)
- all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already
- 读 (du2)
- to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]
- 对不起 (dui4 bu5 qi3)
- unworthy; to let down; I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat)
- 多 (duo1)
- many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
- 多少 (duo1 shao3)
- number; amount; somewhat
- 儿子 (er2 zi5)
- son
- 二 (er4)
- two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)
- 饭馆 (fan4 guan3)
- restaurant; CL:家[jia1]
- 飞机 (fei1 ji1)
- airplane; CL: 架[jia4]
- 分钟 (fen1 zhong1)
- minute
- 高兴 (gao1 xing4)
- happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
- 个 (ge4)
- individual; this; that; size; classifier for people or objects in general
- 工作 (gong1 zuo4)
- public park; CL:場|场[chang3]
- 狗 (gou3)
- dog; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
- 汉语 (Han4 yu3)
- Chinese language; CL:門|门[men2]
- 好 (hao3)
- good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
- 喝 (he1)
- to drink; to shout (a command); My goodness!
- 和 (he2)
- and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He; Japanese related; Taiwan pr. han4
- 很 (hen3)
- (adverb of degree); quite; very; awfully
- 后面 (hou4 mian5)
- rear; back; behind; later; afterwards
- 回 (hui2)
- to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)
- 会 (hui4)
- can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association; CL:個|个[ge4]; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3)
- 火车站 (huo3 che1 zhan4)
- train station
- 几 (ji3)
- how much; how many; several; a few
- 家 (jia1)
- home; family; classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; surname Jia; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 叫 (jiao4)
- to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 今天 (jin1 tian1)
- today; at the present; now
- 九 (jiu3)
- nine; 9
- 开 (kai1)
- to open; to start; to turn on; to boil; to write out (a medical prescription); to operate (vehicle); abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin
- 看 (kan4)
- to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to consider; to regard as; to view as; to treat as; to judge; (after repeated verb) to give it a try; depending on (how you're judging); to visit; to call on; to treat (an illness); to look after; Watch out! (for a danger)
- 看见 (kan4 jian4)
- to see; to catch sight of
- 块 (kuai4)
- lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 塊錢|块钱
- 来 (lai2)
- to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next
- 老师 (lao3 shi1)
- teacher; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 了 (le5)
- (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
- 冷 (leng3)
- cold
- 里 (li3)
- lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裡|里 [li3]
- 零 (ling2)
- 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 (liu4)
- six; 6
- 妈妈 (ma1 ma5)
- mama; mommy; mother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 吗 (ma5)
- (question tag)
- 买 (mai3)
- to buy; to purchase
- 猫 (mao1)
- cat; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- 没 (mei2)
- (negative prefix for verbs); have not; not
- 没关系 (mei2 guan1 xi5)
- it doesn't matter
- 米饭 (mi3 fan4)
- (cooked) rice
- 明天 (ming2 tian1)
- tomorrow
- 名字 (ming2 zi5)
- name (of a person or thing); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 哪 (na3)
- how; which
- 哪儿 (na3 r5)
- where?; wherever; anywhere
- 那 (na4)
- that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. nei4 before a classifier, esp. in Beijing
- 那儿 (na4 r5)
- there
- 呢 (ne5)
- (question particle for subjects already mentioned)
- 能 (neng2)
- to be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability; able; capable; can possibly; (usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of
- 你 (ni3)
- you (informal, as opposed to polite 您[nin2])
- 年 (nian2)
- year; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 女儿 (nv3 er2)
- daughter
- 朋友 (peng2 you5)
- friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 漂亮 (piao4 liang5)
- pretty; beautiful
- 苹果 (ping2 guo3)
- apple; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
- 七 (qi1)
- seven; 7
- 钱 (qian2)
- coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- 前面 (qian2 mian4)
- ahead; in front; preceding; above
- 请 (qing3)
- to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- 去 (qu4)
- to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb); to remove; to get rid of; (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; to be apart from in space or time; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
- 热 (re4)
- heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up
- 人 (ren2)
- man; person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 认识 (ren4 shi5)
- to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
- 日 (ri4)
- sun; day; date, day of the month; abbr. for 日本|日本 Japan
- 三 (san1)
- three; 3
- 商店 (shang1 dian4)
- store; shop; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]
- 上 (shang4)
- on; on top; upon; first (of multiple parts); previous; last; upper; higher; above; to climb; to go into; to go up; to attend (class or university)
- 上午 (shang4 wu3)
- morning; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 少 (shao3)
- few; little; lack
- 谁 (shei2)
- who; also pronounced shui2
- 什么 (shen2 me5)
- what?; who?; something; anything
- 十 (shi2)
- ten; 10
- 时候 (shi2 hou5)
- time; length of time; moment; period
- 是 (shi4)
- is; are; am; yes; to be
- 书 (shu1)
- book; letter; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; see also 書經|书经 Book of History
- 水 (shui3)
- water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes
- 水果 (shui3 guo3)
- fruit; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 睡觉 (shui4 jiao4)
- to go to bed; to go to sleep
- 说话 (shuo1 hua4)
- to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
- 四 (si4)
- four; 4
- 岁 (sui4)
- classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
- 他 (ta1)
- he or 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); other; another
- 她 (ta1)
- she
- 太 (tai4)
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 天气 (tian1 qi4)
- weather
- 听 (ting1)
- to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages
- 同学 (tong2 xue2)
- (fellow) classmate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
- 喂 (wei4)
- hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey; to feed (sb or some animal)
- 我 (wo3)
- I; me; my
- 我们 (wo3 men5)
- we; us; ourselves; our
- 五 (wu3)
- five; 5
- 喜欢 (xi3 huan5)
- to like; to be fond of
- 下 (xia4)
- down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down
- 下午 (xia4 wu3)
- afternoon; p.m.; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 下雨 (xia4 yu3)
- to rain; rainy
- 先生 (xian1 sheng5)
- teacher; Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 现在 (xian4 zai4)
- now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
- 想 (xiang3)
- to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
- 小 (xiao3)
- small; tiny; few; young
- 小姐 (xiao3 jie5)
- young lady; miss; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 些 (xie1)
- some; few; several; (a measure word)
- 写 (xie3)
- to write
- 谢谢 (xie4 xie5)
- to thank; thanks
- 星期 (xing1 qi1)
- week; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 学生 (xue2 sheng5)
- student; school child
- 学习 (xue2 xi2)
- to learn; to study
- 学校 (xue2 xiao4)
- school; CL:所[suo3]
- 一 (yi1)
- one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- 衣服 (yi1 fu5)
- clothes; CL:件[jian4],套[tao4]
- 医生 (yi1 sheng1)
- doctor; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 医院 (yi1 yuan4)
- hospital; CL:所[suo3],家[jia1],座[zuo4]
- 椅子 (yi3 zi5)
- chair; CL:把[ba3],套[tao4]
- 有 (you3)
- to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
- 月 (yue4)
- moon; month; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- 在 (zai4)
- (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)
- 再见 (zai4 jian4)
- goodbye; see you again later
- 怎么 (zen3 me5)
- how?; what?; why?
- 怎么样 (zen3 me5 yang4)
- how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?
- 这 (zhe4)
- this; these; (commonly pr. zhei4 before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
- 这儿 (zhe4 r5)
- here
- 中国 (Zhong1 guo2)
- China; Middle Kingdom
- 中午 (zhong1 wu3)
- noon; midday; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 住 (zhu4)
- to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop
- 桌子 (zhuo1 zi5)
- table; desk; CL:張|张[zhang1],套[tao4]
- 字 (zi4)
- letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- 昨天 (zuo2 tian1)
- yesterday
- 做 (zuo4)
- to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in; to hold (a party); to be; to become; to function (in some capacity); to serve as; to be used for; to form (a bond or relationship); to pretend; to feign; to act a part; to put on appearance
- 坐 (zuo4)
- to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; surname Zuo