ài
to love
bā
eight
bàba
(informal) father
běijīng
Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
bēizi
cup
běn
root
bù
(negative prefix)
bùkèqi
you're welcome
cài
dish (type of food)
chá
tea
chī
to eat
chūzūchē
taxi
dà
big
dǎdiànhuà
to make a telephone call
de
of
diǎn
point
diànnǎo
computer
diànshì
television
diànyǐng
movie
dōng
east and west
dōu
all
dú
to read
duìbuqǐ
unworthy
duō
many
duōshǎo
number
èr
two
érzi
son
fàndiàn
restaurant
fēijī
airplane
fēnzhōng
minute
gāoxìng
happy
gè
classifier for people or objects in generalindividual
gōngzuò
to work
gǒu
dog
hànyǔ
Chinese language
hào
ordinal number
hǎo
good
hé
and
hē
to drink
hěn
(adverb of degree)
hòumiàn
rear
huí
to circle
huì
can
jǐ
how much
jiā
home
jiào
to shout
jīntiān
today
jiǔ
nine
kāi
to open
kàn
to see
kànjiàn
to see
kuài
lump (of earth)
lái
to come
lǎoshī
teacher
le
(completed action marker)
lěng
cold
lǐ
inside
liù
six
ma
(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
mǎi
to buy
māma
mama
māo
cat
méiguānxi
it doesn't matter
mǐfàn
(cooked) rice
míngtiān
tomorrow
míngzi
name (of a person or thing)
nǎ
how
nǎr
where?
ne
particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")
néng
can
nǐ
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 )you (plural)lit. you die, I live (idiom)
nián
year
nǚér
daughter
péngyou
friend
piàoliang
pretty
píngguǒ
apple
qī
seven
qián
coin
qiánmiàn
ahead
qǐng
to ask
qù
to go
rè
to warm up
rén
man
rènshi
to know
sān
three
shàng
on top
shāngdiàn
store
shàngwǔ
morning
shǎo
few
shéi
who
shénme
what?
shí
ten
shì
is
shíhou
time
shū
book
shuǐ
water
shuǐguǒ
fruit
shuìjiào
to go to bed
shuō
to speak
sì
four
suì
classifier for years (of age)
tā
he or him
tā
she
tài
highest
tiānqì
weather
tīng
to listen
tóngxué
to study at the same school
wǒ
I
wǒmen
we
wǔ
five
xià
down
xiǎng
to think
xiānsheng
teacher
xiànzài
now
xiǎo
small
xiǎojie
young lady
xiàwǔ
afternoon
xiàyǔ
to rain
xiě
to writeto write
xiē
classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, severalthesesome
xièxie
to thank
xǐhuan
to like
xīngqī
week
xuésheng
student
xuéxí
to learn
xuéxiào
school
yī
one
yīdiǎnr
erhua variant of 一点
yīfu
clothes
yīshēng
doctor
yīyuàn
hospital
yǐzi
chair
yǒu
to have
yuè
moon
zài
(located) at
zàijiàn
goodbye
zěnme
how?
zěnmeyàng
how?
zhōngguó
China
zhōngwǔ
noon
zhù
to live
zhuōzi
table
zì
letter
zuò
to sit
zuò
to do
zuótiān
yesterday