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

ài

八 eight; 8
bā

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

bà ba

杯子 cup; glass; CL:个[ge4] ,支[zhi1]

bēi zi

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

běi jīng government

本 origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current;

běn root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals,
files etc; originally

不客气 you're welcome; it's my pleasure (answer to someone who

bú kè qi thanks)

不 not (negative prefix); no

bù

菜 dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盘

cài [pan2] ,道[dao4]

茶 tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1] ,壶[hu2]

chá

吃 to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to

chī absorb; to suffer; to exhaust
出租车 taxi
chū zū
chē

打电话 to make a phone call

dǎ diàn
huà

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

dà

的 of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to

de preceding possessive or descriptive attributive

点 a little; a bit; drop (of liquid); stain; spot; speck; jot; dot
diǎn 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 computer; CL:台[tai2]
diàn nǎo

电视 television; TV; CL:台[tai2] ,个[ge4]

diàn shì

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

diàn
yǐng

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

dōng xi

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

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

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

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

duō

多少 how much; how many

duō
shǎo

儿子 son
ér zi

二 two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)

èr

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

fàn diàn

飞机 airplane; CL: 架[jia4]

fēi jī

分钟 minute
fēn
zhōng

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

gāo xìng

个 classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this;

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

狗 dog; CL:只[zhi1] ,条[tiao2]

gǒu

汉语 Chinese language
hàn yǔ

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

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

hào (ordinal) number

喝 to drink; to shout (a command)

hē

和 and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony;

hé surname He

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

hěn

后面 rear; back; behind; later; afterwards

hòu
miàn

回 to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to circle;

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

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

huì assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group;
association; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3)
几 how much; how many; several; a few
jǐ

家 home; family; classifier for families or businesses; refers to

jiā 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:个[ge4]

叫 to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates

jiào agent in the passive mood)

今天 today; at the present

jīn tiān

九 nine; 9
jiǔ

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

kāi

看 to look at
kàn

看见 to see; to catch sight of

kàn jiàn

块 unit of currency; lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for

kuài 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 to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next

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

了 (completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying

le preceding clause)

冷 cold
lěng

里 inside; lining; interior; internal

lǐ

六 six; 6
liù

吗 (question tag)
ma

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

mā ma

买 to buy; to purchase
mǎi

猫 cat; CL:只[zhi1]
māo

没关系 it doesn't matter

méi
guān xi

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

méi yǒu

米饭 (cooked) rice
mǐ fàn
名字 name (of a person or thing); CL:个[ge4]
míng zi

明天 tomorrow
míng
tiān

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

nǎ classifier);

哪儿 where?; wherever; anywhere

nǎ er

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

呢 (question particle for subjects already mentioned)

ne

能 to be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability; able;

néng capable; can possibly; (usually used in the negative) to
have the possibility of

你 you (informal)
nǐ

年 year; CL:个[ge4]
nián

女儿 daughter
nǚ ér

朋友 friend; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

péng
you
漂亮 pretty; beautiful
piào
liang

苹果 apple; CL:个[ge4] ,颗[ke1]

píng
guǒ

七 seven; 7
qī

前面 ahead; in front; preceding; above

qián
miàn

钱 coin; money; CL:笔[bi3]

qián

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

qǐng request

去 to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb); to

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

rè

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

rén

认识 to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with

rèn shi sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
三 three; 3
sān

商店 store; shop; CL:家[jia1] ,个[ge4]

shāng
diàn

上 on
shàng

上午 morning; CL:个[ge4]
shàng
wǔ

少 few; little; lack

shǎo

谁 who; also pronounced shui2

shéi

什么 what?; who?; something; anything

shén me

十 ten; 10
shí

时候 time; length of time; moment; period

shí hou

是 to be; yes
shì

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

shū of History
水 water; river; liquid; beverage
shuǐ

水果 fruit
shuǐguǒ

睡觉 to go to bed; to go to sleep
shuì jiào

说 to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory

shuō (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory);

四 four; 4
sì

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

他 he or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or

tā unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used
as a meaningless mock object); other; another

她 she
tā

太 too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest

tài

天气 weather
tiān qì

听 to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English

tīng 'tin'); classifier for canned beverages

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

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

我 I; me; my
wǒ

我们 we; us; ourselves; our

wǒ men

五 five; 5
wǔ

喜欢 to like; to be fond of
xǐ huan

下 down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc);

xià second (of two parts); to decline; to go down

下午 afternoon; p.m.; CL:个[ge4]

xià wǔ

下雨 to rain; rainy
xià yǔ

先生 Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); teacher; CL:个

xiān [ge4] ,位[wei4]
sheng

现在 now; at present; at the moment; modern; current;

xiàn zài nowadays

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

xiǎng

小 small; tiny; young

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

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

xiē

写 to write
xiě

谢谢 to thank; thanks
xiè xie

星期 week; CL:个[ge4]
xīng qī

学生 student; school child

xué
sheng

学习 to learn; to study
xué xí

学校 school; CL:所[suo3]
xué xiào

一 one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all;

yī throughout; 'one' radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi
radical 1)

一点儿 a little (bit)

yī diǎn
er

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

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

衣服 clothes; CL:件[jian4] ,套[tao4]

yī fu

椅子 chair; CL:把[ba3] ,套[tao4]

yǐ zi

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

yǒu

月 month; moon; CL:个[ge4] ,轮[lun2]

yuè

再见 goodbye; see you again later

zài jiàn

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

怎么 how?; what?; why?

zěn me

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

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

zhè in Beijing);

中国 China; Middle Kingdom

zhōng
guó
中午 noon; midday; CL:个[ge4]
zhōng
wǔ

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

zhù

桌子 table; desk; CL:张[zhang1] ,套[tao4]

zhuō zi

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

zì

昨天 yesterday
zuó tiān

做 to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act

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

zuò fruit