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Basic Chinese words
Developing Chinese 2nd ed. New Word ch. 1-6, + ch.7 text one, pinyin
| English | Pinyin |
|---|---|
| hundred | bai3 |
| unit of money (informal) | kuai4 |
| (measure word; certain machines) | tai2 |
| thousand | qian1 |
| alltogether, in all | yi1gong4 |
| need | xu1yao4 |
| attendant, shop assistant | ying2ye4yuan2 |
| want, need | yao4 |
| bread | mian4bao1 |
| sort, kind of, viarity | zhong3 |
| this | zhe4 |
| thank, be grateful | xie4xie |
| you're welcome | bu2ke4qi |
| polite, courteous | ke4qi |
| banana | xiang1jiao1 |
| small restaurant | fan4guan3 |
| also, still, even more | hai2 |
| go, leave, depart | qu4 |
| where | nar3 |
| (unit of weight, half kilo) | jin1 |
| apple | ping2guo3 |
| once more, again, one more time | zai4 |
| (fractional money, 0.1 yuan) | mao2 |
| classroom building | jiao4xue2lou2 |
| teaching | jiao4xue2 |
| storeyed building | lou2 |
| here | zher4 |
| library | tu2shu1guan3 |
| side | bian1 |
| (location of thing or person) | zai4 |
| north | bei3bian |
| west | xi1bian |
| south | nan2bian |
| east | dong1bian |
| sports ground, sports venue | yun4dong1chang3 |
| gym | ti3yu4guan |
| you (singular) | ni3 |
| good, fine | hao3 |
| you(polite singular) | nin3 |
| zero | ling2 |
| one | yi1 |
| two | er4 |
| three | san1 |
| four | si4 |
| five | wu3 |
| six | liu4 |
| seven | qi1 |
| eight | ba1 |
| nine | jiu3 |
| ten | shi2 |
| early morning | zao3shang |
| be | shi4 |
| which, what | na3 |
| very, very much | hen3 |
| glad, happy | gao1xing4 |
| also, too, as well | ye3 |
| teacher | lao3shi1 |
| honorable surname | gui4xing4 |
| student studying abroad | liu2xue2sheng1 |
| learn, study | xue2xi2 |
| they, them | ta1men |
| (end of interrogative question) | ma |
| no, not | bu4 |
| France | Fa3gou2 |
| Thailand | Tai4gou2 |
| China | Zong1gou2 |
| Chinese(language) | Han4yu3 |
| English(language) | Ying1yu3 |
| lawyer, attorney | lü4shi1 |
| doctor, medical practitioner | yi1sheng1 |
| you (plural) | ni3men |
| class, group, team | ban1 |
| how many, how much | duo1shao |
| (measure word; everything) | ge4 |
| student | xue2sheng |
| we, us | wo3men |
| two (special case) | liang3 |
| want to, would like to, be going to | xiang3 |
| buy, purchase | mai3 |
| electronic dictionary | dian4zi3ci2dian3 |
| electronic | dian4zi3 |
| dictionary | ci2dian3 |
| computer | dian4nao3 |
| (measure word; books, machines, vehicles) | bu4 |
| county, state, nation | guo2 |
| people, human being | ren2 |
| (end of interrogative sentence, relating to the last interrogative sentence) | ne |
| me, I | wo3 |
| he, him | ta1 |
| she, her | ta1 |
| excuse me, may i ask | qing3wen4 |
| please | qing3 |
| ask | wen4 |
| to shout, to call, surname | jiao4 |
| what | shen2me |
| (name of a person or thing) | ming2zi |
| be surnamed | xing4 |
| know, recognize | ren4shi |
| French (language) | Fa3yu3 |
| who, hom | shei2 |
| fellow student, schoolmate | tong2xue2 |
| family, home | jia1 |
| have, posses, there be | you3 |
| (measure word; humans) | kou3 |
| father, dad | ba4ba |
| mother, mom | ma1ma |
| elder brother | ge1ge |
| and | he2 |
| elder sister | jie3jie |
| younger sister | mei4mei |
| younger brother | di4di |
| office worker, staff member | zhi2yuan2 |
| all, both | dou1 |
| collage/university student | da4xue2sheng1 |
| how many (<10) | ji3 |
| do, engage in | zuo4 |
| job, work, task | gong1zuo4 |
| supermarket | chao1shi4 |
| (used to form plural) | men |
| together | yi4qi3 |
| attend class, have class | shang4ke4 |
| speak, say, talk | shuo1 |