爱 ài (v) to love; affection; to be fond of; to like

八 bā (n) eight; 8

爸爸 bà ba (n) father (informal); CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

杯子 bēi zi cup; glass; CL:个[ge4] ,支[zhi1]

北京 běi jīng Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government

本 běn origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for
books, periodicals, files etc; originally

不客气 bú kè qi you're welcome; it's my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks)

不 bù not (negative prefix); no

菜 cài dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盘[pan2] ,道[dao4]

茶 chá tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1] ,壶[hu2]

吃 chī to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust

出租车 chū zū chē taxi

打电话 dǎ diàn huà to make a phone call

大 dà big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest

的 de of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive
attributive

点 diǎn a little; a bit; 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;
 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 diàn nǎo computer; CL:台[tai2]

电视 diàn shì television; TV; CL:台[tai2] ,个[ge4]

电影 diàn yǐng movie; film; CL:部[bu4] ,幕[mu4] ,场[chang3]

东西 dōng xi thing; stuff; person; CL:个[ge4] ,件[jian4]

都 dōu all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already

读 dú to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]

对不起 duì bu qǐ I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down;

多 duō many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-

多少 duō shǎo how much; how many

儿子 ér zi son

二 èr two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)

饭店 fàn diàn restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4];

飞机 fēi jī airplane; CL: 架[jia4]

分钟 fēn minute
zhōng

高兴 gāo happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood

xìng

个 gè classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size

工作 gōng job; work; construction; task; CL:个[ge4] ,份[fen4] ,项[xiang4]

zuò

狗 gǒu dog; CL:只[zhi1] ,条[tiao2]

汉语 hàn yǔ Chinese language

好 hǎo good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)

号 hào day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number

喝 hē to drink; to shout (a command)

和 hé and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He

很 hěn very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully

后面 hòu rear; back; behind; later; afterwards

miàn

回 huí to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to circle; to revolve; Hui ethnic group; time;
classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)

会 huì can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see;
union; group; association; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3)

几 jǐ how much; how many; several; a few

家 jiā
 corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; surname Jia; CL:个[ge4]

叫 jiào to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

今天 jīn tiān today; at the present

九 jiǔ nine; 9

开 kāi to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle)

看 kàn to look at

看见 kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of

块 kuài unit of currency; 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 块钱

来 lái to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next

老师 lǎo shī teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

了 le (completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

冷 lěng cold

里 lǐ inside; lining; interior; internal

六 liù six; 6

吗 ma (question tag)

妈妈 mā ma mum; mama; mommy; mother; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

买 mǎi to buy; to purchase

猫 māo cat; CL:只[zhi1]

没关系 méi guān xi it doesn't matter

没有 méi yǒu haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be;

米饭 mǐ fàn (cooked) rice

名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing); CL:个[ge4]

明天 míng tiān tomorrow

哪 nǎ which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier);

哪儿 nǎ er where?; wherever; anywhere

那 nà that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing;

呢 ne (question particle for subjects already mentioned)

能 néng 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 nǐ you (informal)

年 nián year; CL:个[ge4]

女儿 nǚ ér daughter

朋友 péng friend; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

you
漂亮 piào pretty; beautiful
liang

苹果 píng apple; CL:个[ge4] ,颗[ke1]

guǒ

七 qī seven; 7

前面 qián ahead; in front; preceding; above

miàn

钱 qián coin; money; CL:笔[bi3]

请 qǐng to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request

去 qù 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 rè heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up

人 rén man; person; people; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

认识 rèn shi to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding;
awareness; cognition

三 sān three; 3

商店 shāng store; shop; CL:家[jia1] ,个[ge4]

diàn

上 shàng on

上午 shàng morning; CL:个[ge4]

wǔ

少 shǎo few; little; lack

谁 shéi who; also pronounced shui2

什么 shén me what?; who?; something; anything

十 shí ten; 10

时候 shí hou time; length of time; moment; period

是 shì to be; yes

书 shū book; letter; CL:本[ben3] ,册[ce4] ,部[bu4]; see also Book of History

水 shuǐ water; river; liquid; beverage

水果 shuǐguǒ fruit

睡觉 shuì to go to bed; to go to sleep

jiào

说 shuō to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说
heliocentric theory);

四 sì four; 4

岁 suì classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)

他 tā 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 tā she
太 tài too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest

天气 tiān qì weather

听 tīng to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English 'tin'); classifier for canned beverages

同学 tóng (fellow) classmate; CL:位[wei4] ,个[ge4]

xué

喂 wèi hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey

我 wǒ I; me; my

我们 wǒ men we; us; ourselves; our

五 wǔ five; 5

喜欢 xǐ huan to like; to be fond of

下 xià down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go
down

下午 xià wǔ afternoon; p.m.; CL:个[ge4]

下雨 xià yǔ to rain; rainy

先生 xiān Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

sheng

现在 xiàn zài now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays

想 xiǎng to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss

小 xiǎo small; tiny; young

小姐 xiǎo jie young lady; Miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

些 xiē some; few; several; (a measure word)

写 xiě to write

谢谢 xiè xie to thank; thanks

星期 xīng qī week; CL:个[ge4]

学生 xué student; school child

sheng

学习 xué xí to learn; to study

学校 xué school; CL:所[suo3]

xiào

一 yī one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; 'one' radical in Chinese
characters (Kangxi radical 1)

一点儿 yī diǎn er a little (bit)

医生 yī doctor; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] ,名[ming2]

shēng

医院 yī yuàn hospital; CL:所[suo3] ,家[jia1] ,座[zuo4]

衣服 yī fu clothes; CL:件[jian4] ,套[tao4]

椅子 yǐ zi chair; CL:把[ba3] ,套[tao4]

有 yǒu to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be

月 yuè month; moon; CL:个[ge4] ,轮[lun2]

再见 zài jiàn goodbye; see you again later

在 zài (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)

怎么 zěn me how?; what?; why?

怎么样 zěn me how are things? how?; how about?; how was it?
yàng

这 zhè this; these; (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing);

中国 zhōng China; Middle Kingdom

guó

中午 zhōng noon; midday; CL:个[ge4]

wǔ

住 zhù to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop

桌子 zhuō zi table; desk; CL:张[zhang1] ,套[tao4]

字 zì letter; character; word; symbol; CL:个[ge4]

昨天 zuó tiān yesterday

做 zuò 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 zuò to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit