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Duolingo Chinese 1
1-300
| Chinese | English | Chinese |
|---|---|---|
| you | nǐ | 你 |
| good / well / proper / good to / easy to / very / so / (suffix indicating completion or readiness) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms || to be fond of / to have a tendency to / to be prone to | hǎo | 好 |
| goodbye / see you again later | zài jiàn | 再见 |
| again / once more / re- / second / another / then (after sth, and not until then) | zài | 再 |
| to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview || to appear / also written 現｜现 | jiàn | 见 |
| surname San || three / 3 | sān | 三 |
| one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / 'one' radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit | yī | 一 |
| seven / 7 | qī | 七 |
| eight / 8 | bā | 八 |
| ten / 10 | shí | 十 |
| zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither | líng | 零 |
| surname Yuan / the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368) || currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / first / original / primary / fundamental / constituent / part / era (of a reign) / meta- (prefix) / (math.) argument / variable / (Tw) (geology) eon | yuán | 元 |
| five / 5 | wǔ | 五 |
| nine / 9 | jiǔ | 九 |
| surname Bai || hundred / numerous / all kinds of | bǎi | 百 |
| two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid | èr | 二 |
| four / 4 | sì | 四 |
| six / 6 | liù | 六 |
| to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood) | jiào | 叫 |
| I / me / my | wǒ | 我 |
| surname Zhang || to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes | zhāng | 张 |
| surname Li || plum | lǐ | 李 |
| abbr. for China || Mt Hua 華山｜华山 in Shaanxi / surname Hua || magnificent / splendid / flowery | huá | 华 |
| Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農｜神农 Farmer God || bright / opposite: dark 暗 / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods | míng | 明 |
| name (of a person or thing) / CL: 個｜个 | míng zi | 名字 |
| what? / something / anything | shén me | 什么 |
| name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people | míng | 名 |
| letter / symbol / character / word / CL: 個｜个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China | zì | 字 |
| what || ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous | shén | 什 |
| exclamatory final particle || interrogative final particle || suffix, used to form interrogative 甚麼｜什么, what?, indefinite 這麼｜这么 thus, etc | me | 么 |
| family name / surname / CL: 個｜个 / to be surnamed | xìng | 姓 |
| surname Wang || king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great || to rule / to reign over | wáng | 王 |
| particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ('What about ...?', 'And ...?') / particle for inquiring about location ('Where is ...?') / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ('ok?', 'are you with me?') / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation || woolen material | ne | 呢 |
| (adverb of degree) / quite / very / awfully | hěn | 很 |
| happy / glad / willing (to do sth) / in a cheerful mood | gāo xìng | 高兴 |
| surname Gao || high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) | gāo | 高 |
| surname Xing || to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) || feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement | xìng | 兴 |
| to know / to recognize / to be familiar with / to get acquainted with sb / knowledge / understanding / awareness / cognition | rèn shi | 认识 |
| surname Ye || also / too / (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation | yě | 也 |
| to recognize / to know / to admit | rèn | 认 |
| to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4] || to record / to write a footnote | shí | 识 |
| to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2]) | chī | 吃 |
| food / cuisine / cooked rice / meal / CL: 碗, 頓｜顿 | fàn | 饭 |
| surname Yu || fish / CL: 條｜条, 尾 | yú | 鱼 |
| face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc || flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless | miàn | 面 |
| to drink / My goodness! || to shout loudly | hē | 喝 |
| surname Shui || water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes | shuǐ | 水 |
| tea / tea plant / CL: 杯, 壺｜壶 | chá | 茶 |
| (negative prefix) / not / no | bù | 不 |
| is / are / am / yes / to be | shì | 是 |
| 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 | tā | 他 |
| student / schoolchild | xué sheng | 学生 |
| to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology | xué | 学 |
| to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student | shēng | 生 |
| see 嗎啡｜吗啡, morphine || (question particle for 'yes-no' questions) | ma | 吗 |
| she | tā | 她 |
| you (plural) | nǐ men | 你们 |
| we / us / ourselves / our | wǒ men | 我们 |
| they | tā men | 他们 |
| plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals | men | 们 |
| teacher / CL: 個｜个, 位 | lǎo shī | 老师 |
| doctor / CL: 個｜个, 位, 名 | yī shēng | 医生 |
| they / them (for females) | tā men | 她们 |
| prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough | lǎo | 老 |
| surname Shi || teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops | shī | 师 |
| medical / medicine / doctor / to cure / to treat | yī | 医 |
| of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) || see 的士 || really and truly || aim / clear | de | 的 |
| telephone / CL: 部 / phone call / CL: 通 / phone number | diàn huà | 电话 |
| electric / electricity / electrical | diàn | 电 |
| dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種｜种, 席, 句, 口, 番 | huà | 话 |
| number / CL: 堆, 個｜个 | hào mǎ | 号码 |
| number / amount / somewhat || how much / how many / which (number) / as much as | duō shǎo | 多少 |
| many / much / often / a lot of / numerous / more / in excess / how (to what extent) / multi- / Taiwan pr. [duo2] when it means 'how' | duō | 多 |
| few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom || young | shǎo | 少 |
| roar / cry / CL: 個｜个 || ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people | hào | 号 |
| weight / number / code / to pile / to stack / classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc | mǎ | 码 |
| China | zhōng guó | 中国 |
| man / person / people / CL: 個｜个, 位 | rén | 人 |
| China / Chinese / surname Zhong || within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right || to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery) | zhōng | 中 |
| surname Guo || country / nation / state / national / CL: 個｜个 | guó | 国 |
| how / which || (particle equivalent to 啊 after noun ending in -n) || which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier) | nǎ | 哪 |
| United Kingdom 聯合王國｜联合王国 / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / abbr. for England 英格蘭｜英格兰 | yīng guó | 英国 |
| United States / USA / US | měi guó | 美国 |
| United Kingdom / British / England / English / abbr. for 英國｜英国 || hero / outstanding / excellent / (literary) flower / blossom | yīng | 英 |
| the Americas / abbr. for 美洲 / USA / abbr. for 美國｜美国 || beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself | měi | 美 |
| surname Du || all / both / entirely / (used for emphasis) even / already / (not) at all || capital city / metropolis | dōu | 都 |
| right / correct / couple / pair / towards / at / for / to face / opposite / to treat (sb a certain way) / to match together / to adjust / to fit / to suit / to answer / to reply / classifier: couple | duì | 对 |
| Canada / Canadian | jiā ná dà | 加拿大 |
| abbr. for Canada 加拿大 / surname Jia || to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) | jiā | 加 |
| to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object) | ná | 拿 |
| big / huge / large / major / great / wide / deep / older (than) / oldest / eldest / greatly / very much / (dialect) father / father's elder or younger brother || see 大夫 | dà | 大 |
| busy / hurriedly / to hurry / to rush | máng | 忙 |
| early morning / CL: 個｜个 | zǎo shang | 早上 |
| early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely | zǎo | 早 |
| see 上聲｜上声 || on top / upon / above / upper / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) | shàng | 上 |
| how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things? | zěn me yàng | 怎么样 |
| today / at the present / now | jīn tiān | 今天 |
| how | zěn | 怎 |
| manner / pattern / way / appearance / shape / classifier: kind, type | yàng | 样 |
| today / modern / present / current / this / now | jīn | 今 |
| day / sky / heaven | tiān | 天 |
| see 傢伙｜家伙 || surname Jia || home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL: 個｜个 | jiā | 家 |
| Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China / Peking / PRC government | běi jīng | 北京 |
| (located) at / (to be) in / to exist / in the middle of doing sth / (indicating an action in progress) | zài | 在 |
| north / to be defeated (classical) | běi | 北 |
| abbr. for Beijing / surname Jing / Jing ethnic minority || capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old) | jīng | 京 |
| where? / wherever / anywhere | nǎr | 哪儿 |
| New York | niǔ yuē | 纽约 |
| Hong Kong | xiāng gǎng | 香港 |
| child / son || non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final | ér | 儿 |
| to turn / to wrench / button / nu (Greek letter Νν) | niǔ | 纽 |
| to weigh in a balance or on a scale || to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise | yuē | 约 |
| fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL: 根 | xiāng | 香 |
| Hong Kong, abbr. for 香港 / surname Gang || harbor / port / CL: 個｜个 | gǎng | 港 |
| to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) | zhù | 住 |
| London, capital of United Kingdom | lún dūn | 伦敦 |
| Taiwan | tái wān | 台湾 |
| human relationship / order / coherence | lún | 伦 |
| kindhearted / place name | dūn | 敦 |
| Taiwan (abbr.) / surname Tai || (classical) you (in letters) / variant of 臺｜台 || desk / table / counter || Taiwan (abbr.) || platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines || typhoon | tái | 台 |
| bay / gulf / to cast anchor / to moor (a boat) | wān | 湾 |
| to thank / thanks / thank you | xiè xie | 谢谢 |
| you're welcome / don't mention it / impolite / rude / blunt | bù kè qi | 不客气 |
| surname Xie || to thank / to apologize / to wither (of flowers, leaves etc) / to decline | xiè | 谢 |
| customer / visitor / guest | kè | 客 |
| gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi | qì | 气 |
| unworthy / to let down / I'm sorry / excuse me / pardon me / if you please / sorry? (please repeat) | duì bu qǐ | 对不起 |
| it doesn't matter | méi guān xi | 没关系 |
| to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group | qǐ | 起 |
| (negative prefix for verbs) / have not / not || drowned / to end / to die / to inundate | méi | 没 |
| surname Guan || mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to concern / to involve | guān | 关 |
| to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary) || system / department / faculty || to tie / to fasten / to button up || to connect / to arrest / to worry | xì | 系 |
| (informal) father / CL: 個｜个, 位 | bà ba | 爸爸 |
| mama / mommy / mother / CL: 個｜个, 位 | mā ma | 妈妈 |
| to love / to be fond of / to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth) / to tend to (happen) | ài | 爱 |
| household / (one's) family | jiā rén | 家人 |
| father / dad / pa / papa | bà | 爸 |
| ma / mom / mother | mā | 妈 |
| who / also pr. [shui2] | shéi | 谁 |
| surname Na || surname Nuo || that / those / then (in that case) / commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing || (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪 | nà | 那 |
| individual / this / that / size / classifier for people or objects in general | gè | 个 |
| this / these / (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing) | zhè | 这 |
| older brother / CL: 個｜个, 位 | gē ge | 哥哥 |
| older sister / CL: 個｜个 | jiě jie | 姐姐 |
| to have / there is / there are / to exist / to be | yǒu | 有 |
| elder brother | gē | 哥 |
| older sister | jiě | 姐 |
| younger brother / CL: 個｜个, 位 | dì di | 弟弟 |
| surname He / Japanese (food, clothes etc) || and / together with / with / sum / union / peace / harmony / Taiwan pr. [han4] when it means 'and' or 'with' || to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence / to join in the singing / to chime in with others || to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards || to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4] || to mix (ingredients) together / to blend / classifier for rinses of clothes / classifier for b | hé | 和 |
| younger sister / young woman / CL: 個｜个 | mèi mei | 妹妹 |
| younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter) | dì | 弟 |
| younger sister | mèi | 妹 |
| Excuse me, may I ask...? | qǐng wèn | 请问 |
| to know / to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1 dao5] | zhī dào | 知道 |
| to ask | wèn | 问 |
| to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request | qǐng | 请 |
| to know / to be aware | zhī | 知 |
| road / path / CL: 條｜条, 股 / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) administrative division (similar to province in Tang times) | dào | 道 |
| to persuade || to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說｜日心说 heliocentric theory) | shuō | 说 |
| English (language) | yīng yǔ | 英语 |
| Chinese language / CL: 門｜门 | hàn yǔ | 汉语 |
| Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) || man | hàn | 汉 |
| dialect / language / speech || to tell to | yǔ | 语 |
| assistance / aid / to help / to assist | bāng zhù | 帮助 |
| next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time | cì | 次 |
| to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society | bāng | 帮 |
| to help / to assist | zhù | 助 |
| Good morning! | zǎo ān | 早安 |
| Good night! / Good evening! | wǎn ān | 晚安 |
| a moment / a while / in a moment / now...now... / also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5] | yī huìr | 一会儿 |
| can / to be possible / to be able to / will / to be likely to / to be sure to / to assemble / to meet / to gather / to see / union / group / association / CL: 個｜个 / a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3]) || to balance an account / accountancy / accounting | huì | 会 |
| surname An || content / calm / still / quiet / safe / secure / in good health / to find a place for / to install / to fix / to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to pacify / to harbor (good intentions) / security / safety / peace / ampere | ān | 安 |
| recent / recently / these days / latest / soon / nearest (of locations) / shortest (of routes) | zuì jìn | 最近 |
| long time no see | hǎo jiǔ bu jiàn | 好久不见 |
| correct / right / not bad / pretty good | bù cuò | 不错 |
| most / the most / -est (superlative suffix) | zuì | 最 |
| near / close to / approximately | jìn | 近 |
| (long) time / (long) duration of time | jiǔ | 久 |
| surname Cuo || mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver | cuò | 错 |
| to demand / to request / to coerce || important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if | yào | 要 |
| to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent | rè | 热 |
| ice / CL: 塊｜块 / to chill sth / (of an object or substance) to feel cold / (of a person) cold / unfriendly / (slang) methamphetamine | bīng | 冰 |
| cow's milk / CL: 瓶, 杯 | niú nǎi | 牛奶 |
| coffee (loanword) / CL: 杯 | kā fēi | 咖啡 |
| surname Niu || ox / cow / bull / CL: 條｜条, 頭｜头 / (slang) awesome | niú | 牛 |
| breast / milk / to breastfeed || mother / variant of 奶 | nǎi | 奶 |
| coffee / class / grade | kā | 咖 |
| (phonetic component) | fēi | 啡 |
| toilet / lavatory / washroom | xǐ shǒu jiān | 洗手间 |
| hospital / CL: 所, 家, 座 | yī yuàn | 医院 |
| to wash / to bathe / to develop (photo) | xǐ | 洗 |
| hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL: 雙｜双, 隻｜只 | shǒu | 手 |
| between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms || gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent | jiān | 间 |
| courtyard / institution / CL: 個｜个 | yuàn | 院 |
| here | zhèr | 这儿 |
| there | nàr | 那儿 |
| restaurant / CL: 家 | fàn guǎn | 饭馆 |
| building / shop / term for certain service establishments / embassy or consulate / schoolroom (old) / CL: 家 | guǎn | 馆 |
| surname Nian || year / CL: 個｜个 || grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年 | nián | 年 |
| moon / month / monthly / CL: 個｜个, 輪｜轮 | yuè | 月 |
| small table || almost || how much / how many / several / a few | jǐ | 几 |
| zero | líng | 〇 |
| week / CL: 個｜个 / day of the week / Sunday | xīng qī | 星期 |
| tomorrow | míng tiān | 明天 |
| abbr. for 日本, Japan || sun / day / date, day of the month | rì | 日 |
| star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount | xīng | 星 |
| a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2] | qī | 期 |
| point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更 / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items | diǎn | 点 |
| now / at present / at the moment / modern / current / nowadays | xiàn zài | 现在 |
| half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half | bàn | 半 |
| to appear / present / now / existing / current | xiàn | 现 |
| child | hái zi | 孩子 |
| two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old) | liǎng | 两 |
| child | hái | 孩 |
| son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) || (noun suffix) | zǐ | 子 |
| daughter | nǚ ér | 女儿 |
| son | ér zi | 儿子 |
| classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests) | suì | 岁 |
| female / woman / daughter | nǚ | 女 |
| wife and children || wife / CL: 個｜个 | qī zǐ | 妻子 |
| husband / CL: 個｜个 | zhàng fu | 丈夫 |
| wife || to marry off (a daughter) | qī | 妻 |
| measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male | zhàng | 丈 |
| husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) || (classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion) | fū | 夫 |
| cat / CL: 隻｜只 / (dialect) to hide oneself / (coll.) modem | māo | 猫 |
| it | tā | 它 |
| dog / CL: 隻｜只, 條｜条 | gǒu | 狗 |
| hello (when answering the phone) || hey / to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc) || to feed | wéi | 喂 |
| slow | màn | 慢 |
| erhua variant of 一點｜一点 | yī diǎnr | 一点儿 |
| rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant | kuài | 快 |
| to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished || structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc || to have to / must / ought to / to need to | dé | 得 |
| clear / obvious / unequivocal / to understand / to realize | míng bai | 明白 |
| surname Bai || white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera | bái | 白 |
| pretty / beautiful | piào liang | 漂亮 |
| to float / to drift || to bleach || elegant / polished | piāo | 漂 |
| bright / clear / resonant / to shine / to show / to reveal | liàng | 亮 |
| friend / CL: 個｜个, 位 | péng you | 朋友 |
| male / Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / CL: 個｜个 | nán | 男 |
| low / short (in length) | ǎi | 矮 |
| friend | péng | 朋 |
| friend | yǒu | 友 |
| adorable / cute / lovely | kě ài | 可爱 |
| very / very much / unusual / extraordinary | fēi cháng | 非常 |
| can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very || see 可汗 | kě | 可 |
| abbr. for 非洲, Africa || to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / to reproach or blame / (colloquial) to insist on / simply must | fēi | 非 |
| surname Chang || always / ever / often / frequently / common / general / constant | cháng | 常 |
| morning / CL: 個｜个 | shàng wǔ | 上午 |
| to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / part or subdivision / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) || part / share / ingredient / component | fēn | 分 |
| afternoon / CL: 個｜个 / p.m. | xià wǔ | 下午 |
| evening / night / CL: 個｜个 / in the evening | wǎn shang | 晚上 |
| 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south) | wǔ | 午 |
| evening / night / late | wǎn | 晚 |
| down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action | xià | 下 |
| each / every | měi | 每 |
| noon / midday / CL: 個｜个 | zhōng wǔ | 中午 |
| weekend | zhōu mò | 周末 |
| surname Zhou / Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC) || to make a circuit / to circle / circle / circumference / lap / cycle / complete / all / all over / thorough / to help financially || week / weekly / variant of 周 | zhōu | 周 |
| tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man | mò | 末 |
| yesterday | zuó tiān | 昨天 |
| (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) / (completed action marker) || to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭｜了 / to understand clearly || (of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly | le | 了 |
| 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 | zuò | 做 |
| yesterday | zuó | 昨 |
| this year | jīn nián | 今年 |
| last year | qù nián | 去年 |
| next year | míng nián | 明年 |
| to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) | qù | 去 |
| lateral / side / to the side / beside | páng biān | 旁边 |
| left / the left side / to the left of | zuǒ bian | 左边 |
| right side / right, to the right | yòu bian | 右边 |
| beside / one side / other / side / self / the right-hand side of split Chinese character, often the phonetic | páng | 旁 |
| surname Zuo || left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐 | zuǒ | 左 |
| right (-hand) / the Right (politics) / west (old) | yòu | 右 |
| side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL: 個｜个 / simultaneously || suffix of a noun of locality | biān | 边 |
| ahead / in front / preceding / above / also pr. [qian2 mian5] | qián miàn | 前面 |
| rear / back / behind / later / afterwards / also pr. [hou4 mian5] | hòu miàn | 后面 |
| school / CL: 所 | xué xiào | 学校 |
| front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly | qián | 前 |
| surname Hou || empress / queen || back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later | hòu | 后 |
| to proofread / to check / to compare || school / military officer / CL: 所 | jiào | 校 |
| to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) / to change (shape, form, meaning) | zǒu | 走 |
| to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive / (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action) | dào | 到 |
| surname Lu || road / CL: 條｜条 / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind | lù | 路 |
| how? / what? / why? | zěn me | 怎么 |
| where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment / also written 哪裡｜哪里 || where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment | nǎ lǐ | 哪里 |
| here | zhè lǐ | 这里 |
| there / that place / also written 那裡｜那里 || there / that place | nà li | 那里 |
| to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous | wǎng | 往 |
| lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏｜里 || Li (surname) || li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮｜镇 and neighborhood 鄰｜邻 levels | lǐ | 里 |
| to like / to be fond of | xǐ huan | 喜欢 |
| to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard || to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (an illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after verb) to give it a try / Watch out! (for a danger) | kān | 看 |
| abbr. for 書經｜书经 || book / letter / document / CL: 本, 冊｜册, 部 / to write | shū | 书 |
| to be fond of / to like / to enjoy / to be happy / to feel pleased / happiness / delight / glad | xǐ | 喜 |
| joyous / happy / pleased || hubbub / clamor / variant of 歡｜欢 || a breed of horse / variant of 歡｜欢 | huān | 欢 |
| to play / to have fun / to trifle with / toy / sth used for amusement / curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]) / to keep sth for entertainment | wán | 玩 |
| computer / CL: 臺｜台 | diàn nǎo | 电脑 |
| game / CL: 場｜场 / to play | yóu xì | 游戏 |
| brain / mind / head / essence | nǎo | 脑 |
| surname You || to swim / variant of 遊｜游 || to walk / to tour / to roam / to travel | yóu | 游 |
| trick / drama / play / show / CL: 出, 場｜场, 臺｜台 | xì | 戏 |
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