爱/愛 to love; affection; to be fond of; to like

ài

八/八 eight; 8
bā

爸爸 / 爸爸 father (informal); CL: |個|个(gè), 位(wèi)

bàba

北京 / 北京 Beijing; capital of People's Republic of

China; Peking; PRC government
běijīnɡ

杯子 / 杯子 cup; glass; CL: 個|个(gè), 支(zhī)

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

不/不 not (negative prefix); no

bú

不客气 / 不客氣 you're welcome; it's my pleasure (answer

to someone who thanks)
búkèqi

菜/菜 dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable;

cuisine; CL: 盘 (pán), 道(dào)
cài

茶/茶 tea; tea plant; CL:杯(bēi) ,壶(hú )

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

出租车 / 出租車 taxi

chūzūchē

大/大 big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep;

oldest; eldest
dà

打电话 / 打電話 to make a phone call

dǎdiànhuà

的/的 of; structural particle: used before a noun,

linking it to preceding possessive or
de descriptive attributive
 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
点/點 characteristics); iron bell; o’clock; some;
(point) unit of measurement for type; to
diǎn 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 / 電腦 computer; CL: 台(tái)

diànnǎo

电视 / 電視 television; TV; CL: 台(tái) ,個|个(gè)

diànshì

电影 / 電影 movie; film; CL: 部(bù) ,幕(mù) ,场(chǎng)

diànyǐnɡ

东西 / 東西 thing; stuff; person; CL: 個|个(gè), 件(jiàn)

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

读/讀 to read; to study; reading of word (i.e.

pronunciation), similar to 拼音 (pīnyīn)
dú

对不起 / 對不起 I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you

please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy;
duìbùqǐ to let down

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

duō

多少 / 多少 how much; how many

duōshǎo
 二/二 two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)
èr

儿子 / 兒子 son
érzi

饭店 / 飯店 restaurant; hotel; CL:家(jiā), 個|个(gè)

fàndiàn

飞机 / 飛機 airplane; CL: 架(jià)

fēijī

分钟 / 分鐘 minute
fēnzhōnɡ
高兴 / 高興 happy; glad; willing (to do something); in a
cheerful mood
ɡāoxìnɡ

个/個 classifier for people or objects in general;

individual; this; that; size
ɡè

工作 / 工作 job; work; construction; task; CL: 個|个

(gè), 份(fèn), 项(xiàng)
ɡōnɡzuò

狗/狗 dog; CL: 只(zhī), 条(tiáo)

ɡǒu

汉语 / 漢語 Chinese language
hànyǔ
好/好 good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very;
so; (suffix indicating completion or
hǎo readiness)

号/號 day of a month; (suffix used after) name of

a ship; (ordinal) number
hào

喝/喝 to drink; to shout (a command)

hē

和/和 and; together with; with; sum; union;

peace; harmony; surname He
hé

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

hěn
后面 / 後面 rear; back; behind; later; afterwards
hòumiɑn

to go back; to turn around; to answer; to

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

can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely

会/會 to; be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to
gather; to see; union; group; association; a
huì moment (Taiwan pronounced for this
sense is huǐ)

几/幾 how much; how many; several; a few

jǐ

home; family; classifier for families or

businesses; refers to the philosophical
家/家 schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for
specialists in some activity such as
jiā musician or revolutionary, corresponds to
English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; surname Jia;
CL: 個|个(gè)
 叫/叫 to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be
called; by (indicates agent in the passive
jiào mood)

今天 / 今天 today; at the present

jīntiān

九/九 nine; 9
jiǔ

开/開 to open; to start; to turn on; to operate

(vehicle)
kāi

看/看 to look at
kàn
看见 / 看見 to see; to catch sight of
kànjiàn

unit of currency; lump (of earth); chunk;

块/塊 piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake,
soap etc; colloquial word for yuan (or other
kuài unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US
dollar etc), usually as 块钱

来/來 to come; to arrive; to come round; ever

since; next
lái

老师 / 老師 teacher; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi)

lǎoshī

了/了 (completed action marker); (modal particle

intensifying preceding clause)
le
 冷/冷 cold
lěnɡ

里/裡 inside; lining; interior; internal

lǐ

六/六 six; 6
liù

吗/嗎 (question tag)

ma

妈妈 / 媽媽 mum; mama; mommy; mother; CL: 個|个

(gè), 位(wèi)
māma
 买/買 to buy; to purchase
mǎi

猫/貓 cat; CL:只(zhī)

māo

没关系 / 沒關係 it doesn't matter

méiɡuānxi

没有 / 沒有 haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have;

to not be;
méiyǒu

米饭 / 米飯 (cooked) rice
mǐ fàn
明天 / 明天 tomorrow
mínɡtiān

名字 / 名字 name (of a person or thing); CL: 個|个(gè)

mínɡzi

哪/哪 which? (interrogative, followed by

classifier or numeral-classifier);
nǎ

那/那 that; those; then (in that case); commonly

pronounced (nèi) before a classifier,
nà especially in Beijing

哪儿 / 哪兒 where?; wherever; anywhere

nǎér
 呢/呢 (question particle for subjects already
mentioned)
ne

to be able to; to be capable of; ability;

能/能 capability; able; capable; can possibly;
(usually used in the negative) to have the
nénɡ possibility of

你/你 you (informal)

nǐ

年/年 year; CL: 個|个(gè)

nián

女儿 / 女兒 daughter
nǚér
朋友 / 朋友 friend; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi)
pénɡyou

漂亮 / 漂亮 pretty; beautiful
piàoliɑnɡ

苹果 / 蘋果 apple; CL: 個|个(gè), 颗(kē)

pínɡɡuǒ

七/七 seven; 7
qī

钱/錢 coin; money; CL:笔(bǐ)

qián
前面 / 前面 ahead; in front; preceding; above
qiánmiɑn

请/請 to ask; to invite; please (do something); to

treat (to a meal etc); to request
qǐnɡ

to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or

send (somebody); to remove; to get rid of;
(when used either before or after a verb)
to go in order to do something; to be apart
去/去 from in space or time; (after a verb of
motion indicates movement away from the
qù speaker); (used after certain verbs to
indicate detachment or separation); (of a
time or an event etc) just passed or
elapsed

热/熱 heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather);

warm up
rè

人/人 man; person; people; CL: 個|个(gè), 位

(wèi)
rén
认识 / 認識 to know; to recognize; to be familiar with;
acquainted with something; knowledge;
rènshí understanding; awareness; cognition

三/三 three; 3
sān

上/上 on
shànɡ

商店 / 商店 store; shop; CL: 家(jiā), 個|个(gè)

shānɡdiàn

上午 / 上午 morning; CL: 個|个(gè)

shànɡwǔ
 少/少 few; little; lack
shǎo

谁/誰 who; also pronounced shuí

sheí

什么 / 什麼 what?; who?; something; anything

shénme

十/十 ten; 10
shí

是/是 to be; yes

shì
时候 / 時候 time; length of time; moment; period
shíhou

书/書 book; letter; CL: 本(běn), 册(cè) , 部(bù) ;

see also Book of History
shū

水/水 water; river; liquid; beverage

shuǐ

水果 / 水果 fruit
shuíɡuǒ

睡觉 / 睡覺 to go to bed; to go to sleep
shuìjiào
说/說 to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell
off; a theory (usually in compounds such
shuō as 日心说 heliocentric theory);

四/四 four; 4
sì

岁/歲 classifier for years (of age); year; year (of

crop harvests)
suì

he or him; (used for either sex when the

他/他 sex is unknown or unimportant); (used
before somebody's name for emphasis);
tā (used as a meaningless mock object);
other; another

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

天气 / 天氣 weather
tiānqì

听/聽 to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword

from English 'tin'); classifier for canned
tīnɡ beverages

同学 / 同學 (fellow) classmate; CL: 位(wèi), 個|个(gè)

tónɡxué

喂/餵 hello (interj., especially on telephone); hey

wèi
 我/我 I; me; my
wǒ

我们 / 我們 we; us; ourselves; our

wǒmen

五/五 five; 5
wǔ

喜欢 / 喜歡 to like; to be fond of
xǐhuɑn

下/下 down; downwards; below; lower; later;

next (week etc); second (of two parts); to
xià decline; to go down
下午 / 下午 afternoon; p.m.; CL: 個|个(gè)
xiàwǔ

下雨 / 下雨 to rain; rainy
xiàyǔ

先生 / 先生 Mister (Mr.); husomebodyand; doctor

(topolect); teacher; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi)
xiānshenɡ

现在 / 現在 now; at present; at the moment; modern;

current; nowadays
xiànzài

想/想 to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to

want; to miss
xiǎnɡ
 小/小 small; tiny; young
xiǎo

小姐 / 小姐 young lady; Miss; (slang) prostitute; CL: 個

|个(gè), 位(wèi)
xiáojiě

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

xiē

写/寫 to write
xiě

谢谢 / 謝謝 to thank; thanks
xièxiè
星期 / 星期 week; CL: 個|个(gè)
xīnɡqī

学生 / 學生 student; school child

xuéshenɡ

学习 / 學習 to learn; to study
xuéxí

学校 / 學校 school; CL: 所(suǒ)

xuéxiào

一/一 one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as;

entire; whole; all; throughout; 'one' radical
yī in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
一点儿 / 一點兒 a little (bit)
yìdiánér

衣服 / 衣服 clothes; CL: 件(jiàn), 套(tào)

yīfu

医生 / 醫生 doctor; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi), 名(míng)

yīshenɡ

医院 / 醫院 hospital; CL: 所(suǒ), 家(jiā), 座(zuò)

yīyuàn

椅子 / 椅子 chair; CL: 把(bǎ), 套(tào)

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

月/月 month; moon; CL: 個|个(gè), 轮(lún)

yuè

在/在 (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the

middle of doing something; (indicating an
zài action in progress)

再见 / 再見 goodbye; see you again later

zàijiàn

怎么 / 怎麼 how?; what?; why?

zěnme
怎么样 / 怎麼樣 how are things? how?; how about?; how
was it?
zěnmeyànɡ

这/這 this; these; (commonly pronounced (zhèi)

before a classifier, especially in Beijing)
zhè

中国 / 中國 China; Middle Kingdom

zhōnɡɡuó

中午 / 中午 noon; midday; CL: 個|个(gè)

zhōnɡwǔ

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

zhù
桌子 / 桌子 table; desk; CL: 张(zhāng) ,套(tào)
zhuōzi

字/字 letter; character; word; symbol; CL: 個|个

(gè)
zì

坐/坐 to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus,

airplane etc); to bear fruit
zuò

to do; to make; to produce; to write; to

compose; to act as; to engage in; to hold
做/做 (a party); to be; to become; to function (in
some capacity); to serve as; to be used
zuò for; to form (a bond or relationship); to
pretend; to feign; to act a part; to put on
appearance

昨天 / 昨天 yesterday
zuótiān