COMMON NOUNS IN MANDARIN

1. water (shuǐ)
2. coffee (kāfēi)
3. beer (píjiǔ)
4. ice (bīng)
5. tea (chá)
6. fish (yú)
7. beef (niúròu)
8. pork (zhūròu)
9. chicken (jīròu)
10. vegetables (shū cài)
11. seafood (hǎi xiān)
12. rice (mĭfàn)
13. kitchen (chúfáng)
14. bathroom (yùshì)
15. computer (diànnǎo)
16. bed (chuáng)
17. sofa (shāfā)
18. television (diàn shì)
19. refrigerator (bīng xiāng)
20. fan (fēng shàn)
21. toothbrush (yá shuā)
22. computer (diàn nǎo)
23. laptop (bǐ jì běn diàn nǎo)
24. tablet (píng bǎn diàn nǎo)
25. cellphone (shǒu jī)
26. photo (zhào piàn)
27. airplane (fēi jī)
28. train (huǒ chē)
29. bus (gōng jiāo chē)
30. taxi (chū zū chē)
31. bike (zì xíng chē)
32. table (zhuō zi)
33. spoon (sháo zi)
34. chopsticks (kuài zi)
35. plate (pán zi)
36. bowl (wǎn)
37. book (shū)
38. teacher (lǎo shī)
39. student (xué shēng)
40. classmate (tóng xué)
41. friend (péngyǒu)
42. exam (kǎo shì)
43. homework (zuò yè)
44. school (xuéxiào)
45. home (jiā)
46. tree (shù)
47. plant (zhíwù)
48. flower (huā)
49. cat (māo)
50. dog (gǒu)

PRONOUNS IN MANDARIN

• I, me: wǒ
• You: nǐ
• You (formal): nín
• He, Him: tā
• She, Her: tā
• It: tā

• We, Us: wǒ men

• You (plural): nǐ men
• They, Them: tā men
 Common Adjectives in Mandarin

No. English Mandarin

1 pretty piào liang
2 kind hǎo
3 bright míng liàng
4 big dà
5 small xiǎo
6 tall gāo
7 short ǎi
8 long cháng
9 interesting yǒuqù
10 fast kuài
11 ugly nán kàn
12 smelly chòu
13 fragrant xiāng
14 wet shī rùn
15 humid shīrùn
16 dry gān zào
17 dark hēi àn
18 boring wú liáo
19 busy máng lù
20 hot rè
21 cold lěng
22 tasty hǎo chī
23 hard nán
24 young nián qīng
25 soft róu ruǎn
26 smart cōng míng
27 generous kāng kǎi
28 optimistic lè guān
29 self-confident zì xìn
30 honest & just gěng zhí
31 loyal zhōng chéng
 32 down to earth tà shí
33 easy going suí hé
34 learned & educated bó xué
35 stupid bèn
36 fake, hypocritical xū wěi
37 lazy lǎn duò
38 cheap, stingy kōu mén
39 ignorant wú zhī
40 anti-social gū pì
41 clumsy,foolish yú bèn
42 narrow-minded xiá ài
43 handsome shuài
44 good-looking hǎo kàn
46 cute kě ài
47 skinny shòu
48 fat pàng
49 expensive ɡuì
50 slow màn

Sources:

https://www.chineseclass101.com/lesson/absolute-beginner-chinese-for-every-day-4-top-25-chinese-
adjectives/

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/chinese/chinese-adjectives-to-describe-a-person/

youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWV7_-wZ3EY
 Common Verbs in Mandarin

No. English Mandarin

1 to speak shuō
2 to hear tīng
3 to read dú
4 to write xiě
5 to learn or study xuéxí
6 to understand míng bai
7 to think xiǎng
8 to ask wèn
9 to tell gào su
10 to know zhī dao
11 to look/see kàn
12 to find zhǎo
13 to feel juédé
14 to love ài
15 to like xǐhuān
16 to want yào
17 to smile wēi xiào
18 to laugh xiào
19 to work gōng zuò
20 to pray qí dǎo
21 to go zǒu
22 to run pǎo
23 to sit zuò
24 to drink hē
25 to eat chī
26 to dance tiào wǔ
27 to sing chàng gē
28 to sleep shuì jiào
29 to walk zǒu
30 to cook zuò fàn
31 to play wán
 32 to swim yóuyǒng
33 to have yôu
34 to give gěi
35 to take nǎ
36 to stop tíngzhǐ
37 to buy mǎi
38 to sell mài
39 to do/make zuò
40 to use yòng

Sources:

https://www.superprof.co.uk/blog/basic-chinese-verbs/

https://www.writtenchinese.com/20-practical-chinese-verbs-need-learn/