医院 yīyuàn Hospital

女儿 nǚ'ér Daughter
爸爸 bàba Father
儿子 érzi Boy
杯子 bēizi Glass cup
飞机 fēijī Planes
小姐 xiǎojiě Lady
中午 zhōngwǔ Noon
星期 xīngqí Week
多少 duōshǎo 1.amount 2.number 3.somewhat
对不起 duìbùqǐ 1.I'm sorry 2.excuse me 3.if you please 4.pardon me 5.sorry? (please repeat) 6.to let down
饭馆 fànguǎn restaurant
我们 wǒmen 1.our 2.ourselves 3.us 4.we
水果 shuǐguǒ 2.fruit
什么 shénme 1.anything 2.something 3.what?
天气 tiānqì 1.weather
高兴 gāoxìng 1.glad 2.happy 3.in a cheerful mood 4.willing (to do sth)
认识 rènshì 1.awareness 2.cognition 3.knowledge 4.to be familiar with 5.to get acquainted with sb 6.to
谢谢 xièxiè 1.thank you 2.thanks 3.to thank
昨天 zuótiān 1.yesterday
衣服 yīfú clothes
朋友 péngyǒu friend
电视 diànshì TV 3.television
明天 míngtiān 1.tomorrow
时候 shíhòu 1.length of time 2.moment 3.period 4.time
今天 jīntiān 1.at the present 2.now 3.today
学校 xuéxiào school
电影 diànyǐng film 3.movie
现在 xiànzài 1.at present 2.at the moment 3.current 4.modern 5.now 6.nowadays
学习 xuéxí learn
睡觉 shuìjiào sleep
下雨 xià yǔ 1.to rain
火车站 huǒchē zhàn 1.train station
北京 běijīng 1.Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China 2.PRC government 3.Peking
医生 yī shēng Doctor
中国 zhōngguó China
妈妈 mā mā Mom
同学 tóngxué classmate
块 kuài Dong (currency) (often used in speech)
出租车 chūzū chē Taxi
打电话 dǎ diànhuà Call
茶 chá Tea
做 zuò Actions, gestures
狗 gǒu Dog
猫 māo Cats
电脑 diàn nǎo Computer
爱 ài Love
年 nián Year
分钟 fēn zhōng Minute
下午 xià wǔ Afternoon
月 yuè Month
冷 lěng Cold
苹果 píng guǒ Apples
老师 lǎo shī Teacher
回 huí 1.Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) 2.classifier for acts of a play 3.section or chapter (of
本 běn 1.classifier for books, periodicals, files etc inherent 3.origin 4.original 5.originally 6.root 7.s
好 hǎo 1.(after a personal pronoun) hello 2.(of two people) close 3.(suffix indicating completion or
上 shàng 1.above 2.first (of multiple parts) 3.on top 4.previous 5.to attend (class or university) 6.to c
里 lǐ 1.(Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰
来 lái 1.ever since 2.next 3.to arrive 4.to come 5.to come round
去 qù 1.(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 2.(of a time etc) last
在 zài 1.(indicating an action in progress) 2.(located) at 3.(to be) in 4.in the middle of doing sth 5.
看 kàn 1.(after verb) to give it a try 2.Watch out! (for a danger) 3.to call on 4.to consider 5.to depe
了 le 1.(completed action marker) 2.(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
开 kāi 1.abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] 2.abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format 3.ca
叫 jiào 1.by (indicates agent in the passive mood) 2.to ask 3.to be called 4.to call 5.to order 6.to s
下 xià 1.below 2.down 3.downwards 4.later 5.lower 6.measure word to show the frequency of an
哪 nǎ 1.how 2.which
会 huì a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3]) 3.association 4.can 5.group 6.to assemble 7
家 jiā 1.(polite) my (sister, uncle etc) 2.CL:個|个[ge4] 3.classifier for families or businesses 4.family
那 nà 1.commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing 2.that 3.then (in that case) 4.those
点 diǎn 1.(old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] 2.classifier for items 3.dot 4.dot stroke in Ch
个 gè 1.classifier for people or objects in general individual 3.size 4.that 5.this
和 hé 1.Japanese (food, clothes etc) 2.Taiwan pr. [han4] when it means "and" or "with" 3.and 4.h
没 mò 1.drowned 2.to die 3.to end 4.to inundate
能 néng 1.(physics) energy 2.ability 3.can 4.might possibly 5.surname Neng 6.to be able to
工作 gōngzuò 1.(of a machine) to operate 2.CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4] 3.job 4.task 5.to work 6.work
少 shǎo 1.few 2.less 3.seldom 4.to be missing 5.to lack 6.to stop (doing sth)
些 xiē 1.classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, severa
米饭 mǐfàn 1.(cooked) rice
汉语 hànyǔ Chinese language
看见 kànjiàn 1.to catch sight of 2.to see
喂 wèi 1.hey 2.to feed 3.to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc) 4.variant of 餵|喂[wei4]
椅子 yǐzi chair
怎么样 zěnmeyàng 1.how about? 2.how are things? 3.how was it? 4.how?
多 duō 1.Taiwan pr. [duo2] when it means "how" 2.a lot of 3.how (to what extent) 4.in excess 5.ma
漂亮 piàoliang 1.beautiful 2.pretty
小 xiǎo 1.few 2.small 3.tiny 4.young
八 bā 8,eight
不客气 bù kèqì 1.blunt 2.don't mention it 3.impolite 4.rude 5.you're welcome
不 bù 1.(negative prefix) 2.no 3.not
菜 cài 1.(coll.) (one's) type 2.(of one's skills etc) weak 3.CL:盤|盘[pan2],道[dao4] 4.cuisine 5.dish (ty
的 de 1.(used after an attribute) 2.(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 3.(us
都 dōu 1.capital city 2.metropolis 3.surname Du
二 èr 1.(Beijing dialect) stupid 2.2 3.two
很 hěn 1.(adverb of degree) 2.awfully 3.quite 4.very
几 jǐ 1.a few 2.how many 3.how much 4.several
九 jiǔ 1.9 2.nine
零 líng 1.(in mathematics) remainder (after division) 2.(placed between two numbers to indicate a
六 lù 1.6 2.six
吗 ma 1.(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
呢 ne 1.(at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action
你 nǐ 1.you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])
七 qī 1.7 2.seven
钱 qián coin 3.money 4.surname Qian 5.unit of weight, one tenth of a tael
请 qǐng 1.please (do sth) 2.to ask 3.to invite 4.to request 5.to treat (to a meal etc)
人 rén man 3.people 4.person
日 rì 1.abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan 2.date, day of the month 3.day 4.sun
三 sān 1.3 2.surname San 3.three
商店 shāngdiàn shop 3.store
上午 shàngwǔ morning
谁 shéi 1.also pr. [shui2] 2.who
十 shí 1.10 2.ten
书 shū 3.book 4.document 5.letter 6.to write
水 shuǐ 1.(of clothes) classifier for number of washes 2.additional charges or income 3.beverage 4
四 sì 1.4 2.four
岁 suì 1.classifier for years (of age) year 3.year (of crop harvests)
他 tā 1.(used as a meaningless mock object) 2.(used before sb's name for emphasis) 3.(used fo
她 tā 1.she
太 tài 1.extremely 2.greatest 3.highest 4.too (much) 5.very
我 wǒ 1.I 2.me 3.my
五 wǔ 1.5 2.five
学生 xuésheng 1.schoolchild 2.student
一 yī 1."one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 2.1 3.a (article) 4.all 5.also pr. [yao
怎么 zěnme 1.how? 2.what? 3.why?
这 zhè 1.(commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing) 2.these 3.this
住 zhù 1.(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) 2.to dwell 3.to live 4.to reside
字 zì character 3.courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China 4
没关系 méiguānxi 1.it doesn't matter
再见 zàijiàn 1.goodbye 2.see you again later
东西 dōngxi person 3.stuff 4.thing
名字 míngzi name (of a person or thing)
先生 xiānsheng Mister (Mr.) 3.doctor (dialect) 4.husband 5.teacher
吃 chī 1.to absorb 2.to consume 3.to destroy 4.to eat 5.to eat at (a cafeteria etc) 6.to eradicate 7.
读 dú 1.reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1] 2.to read 3.to study
喝 hē 1.My goodness! 2.to drink
买 mǎi 1.to buy 2.to purchase
是 shì 1.am 2.are 3.is 4.to be 5.yes
喜欢 xǐhuan 1.to be fond of 2.to like
想 xiǎng 1.to believe 2.to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth) 3.to suppose 4.to think 5
写 xiě 1.to write
有 yǒu 1.there are 2.there is 3.to be 4.to exist 5.to have
坐 zuò 1.surname Zuo
说话 shuōhuà 1.talk 2.to gossip 3.to say 4.to speak 5.to talk 6.to tell stories 7.word
前面 qiánmiàn 1.above 2.ahead 3.also pr. [qian2 mian5] 4.in front 5.preceding
后面 hòumiàn 1.afterwards 2.also pr. [hou4 mian5] 3.back 4.behind 5.later 6.rear
桌子 zhuōzi desk 3.table
y? (please repeat) 6.to let down 7.unworthy

.to get acquainted with sb 6.to know 7.to recognize 8.understanding

rnment 3.Peking
 a play 3.section or chapter (of a classic book) 4.time 5.to answer 6.to circle 7.to curve 8.to go back 9.to return 10.to revolve 11.to turn arou
4.original 5.originally 6.root 7.source 8.stem 9.the current 10.this
(suffix indicating completion or readiness) 4.easy to 5.good 6.good to 7.on intimate terms 8.proper 9.so 10.very 11.well
end (class or university) 6.to climb 7.to get onto 8.to go up 9.upon 10.upper
|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels 2.Li (surname) 3.also written 裏|里[li3] 4.ancient administrative unit of 25 families 5.inside 6.interio

speaker) 2.(of a time etc) last 3.(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) 4.(when used either before or after a verb)
4.in the middle of doing sth 5.to exist
call on 4.to consider 5.to depend on 6.to feel (that) 7.to look after 8.to look at 9.to read 10.to regard as 11.to see 12.to treat (an illness) 13.t
receding clause)
本[kai1 ben3], book format 3.carat (gold) 4.to boil 5.to open 6.to operate (a vehicle) 7.to start 8.to turn on 9.to write out (a prescription, check
called 4.to call 5.to order 6.to shout
rd to show the frequency of an action 7.next (week etc) 8.second (of two parts) 9.to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 10.to decline 11.to

4.can 5.group 6.to assemble 7.to be able to 8.to be likely to 9.to be possible 10.to be sure to 11.to gather 1
families or businesses 4.family 5.home 6.noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to
at 3.then (in that case) 4.those
items 3.dot 4.dot stroke in Chinese characters 5.drop 6.o'clock 7.point 8.point (in space or time) 9.speck 10.to check on a list 11.to choose
4.that 5.this
means "and" or "with" 3.and 4.harmonious 5.harmony 6.old variant of 和[he2] 7.peace 8.sum 9.surname He 10.together with 11.union 12.with

e Neng 6.to be able to

4] 3.job 4.task 5.to work 6.work

er than 1: some, a few, several

iant of 餵|喂[wei4]

o what extent) 4.in excess 5.many 6.more 7.much 8.multi- 9.numerous 10.often

n2],道[dao4] 4.cuisine 5.dish (type of food) 6.poor 7.vegetable

e sentence for emphasis) 3.(used to form a nominal expression) 4.of 5.~'s (possessive particle)

een two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) 3.extra 4.fraction 5.fractional 6.fragmentary 7.nought 8.odd (of num

ontinuation of a state or action 2.particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") 3.particle indicating strong affirmation 4.particle indicati

to a meal etc)

harges or income 3.beverage 4.liquid 5.river 6.surname Shui 7.water

name for emphasis) 3.(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) 4.another 5.he or him 6.other
3.a (article) 4.all 5.also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit 6.as soon as 7.entire 8.one 9.single 10.through

.these 3.this
) 2.to dwell 3.to live 4.to reside 5.to stay 6.to stop
es aged 20 in dynastic China 4.letter 5.symbol 6.word

cafeteria etc) 6.to eradicate 7.to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2]) 8.to suffer
1] 2.to read 3.to study

r sth) 3.to suppose 4.to think 5.to want 6.to wish

n 10.to revolve 11.to turn around 12.variant of 迴|回[hui2]

of 25 families 5.inside 6.interior 7.internal 8.li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m 9.lining 10.neighborhood

d either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 5.just passed 6.to be apart from in space or time 7.to die (euphemism) 8.to get rid of 9

see 12.to treat (an illness) 13.to visit 14.to watch

write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)

clusion etc) 10.to decline 11.to go down

evolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian 7.refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China 8.see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] 9.

to check on a list 11.to choose 12.to draw a dot 13.to hint 14.to ignite 15.to light 16.to order (food in a restaurant) 17.to pour a liquid drop by

0.together with 11.union 12.with

mentary 7.nought 8.odd (of numbers) 9.to wither 10.to wither and fall 11.zero 12.zero sign

ng affirmation 4.particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") 5.pa
ntire 8.one 9.single 10.throughout 11.whole
e (euphemism) 8.to get rid of 9.to go 10.to go to (a place) 11.to play (a part) 12.to reduce 13.to remove 14.to send

hina 8.see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] 9.surname Jia

ant) 17.to pour a liquid drop by drop 18.to touch briefly

hat about ...?", "And ...?") 5.particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board
ner time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?")