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Chinese Characters
Chinese Lessons Part 1
| Chinese Character | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 你 | ni | You |
| 好 | hao | fine/good/nice/okay/it's settled |
| 请 | qing | please/to treat or to invite |
| 问 | wen | to ask |
| 贵 | qui | honerable |
| 姓 | to be surnamed | |
| 呢 | ne | (question partical) |
| 小姐 | xiaojie | Miss |
| 叫 | jiao | to be called |
| 什么 | shenme | what |
| 名字 | mingzi | name |
| 先生 | xiangsheng | Mr |
| 李友 | li you | Li You |
| 王朋 | wang peng | Wang Peng |
| 我 | wo | I |
| 是 | shi | to be |
| 老师 | liaoshi | teacher |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle) |
| 不 | bu | not; no |
| 学生 | xuesheng | student |
| 也 | ye | too; also |
| 人 | ren | people |
| 中国 | zhongguo | China |
| 北京 | beijing | Beijing |
| 美国 | meiguo | America |
| 纽约 | niuyue | New York |
| 那 | na | that |
| 的 | de | (posessive) |
| 照片 | zhaopian | picture |
| 这 | zhe | this |
| 爸爸 | baba | father |
| 妈妈 | mama | mother |
| 个 | ge | (measure word for everyday objects) |
| 女 | nu | female |
| 孩子 | haizi | child |
| 谁 | shei | who |
| 她 | ta | she/her |
| 姐姐 | jiejie | older sister |
| 男 | nan | male |
| 弟弟 | didi | younger brother |
| 他 | ta | he/him |
| 大哥 | dage | eldest brother |
| 儿子 | erzi | son |
| 有 | you | to have |
| 女儿 | nuer | daughter |
| 没 | mei | not |
| 高文中 | Gao Wenzhong | Gao Wenzhong |
| 家 | jia | family;home |
| 几 | ji | how many |
| 口 | kou | (measure words for number of family members) |
| 哥哥 | gege | older brother |
| 两 | liang | two |
| 妹妹 | meimei | younger sister |
| 和 | he | and |
| 大姐 | dajie | second oldest sister |
| 二姐 | erjie | to do |
| 工作 | gongzuo | job |
| 律师 | lushi | lawyer |
| 英文 | yingwen | english |
| 都 | dou | bother |
| 大学生 | daxuesheng | college student |
| 大学 | daxue | university |
| 医生 | yisheng | doctor |
| 白英爱 | Bai Ying'ai | Bai Ying'ai |
| 九月 | jiuyue | september |
| 月 | yue | month |
| 十二 | shi'er | twelve |
| 号 | hao | (day of the month) |
| 星期 | xingqi | week |
| 星期四 | xingqisi | thursday |
| 天 | tian | day |
| 生日 | shengri | birthday |
| 生 | sheng | to give birth to |
| 日 | ri | day |
| 今年 | jinnian | this year |
| 年 | nian | year |
| 多 | duo | how many |
| 大 | da | big |
| 十八 | shiba | eighteen |
| 岁 | sui | year (of age) |
| 吃 | chi | to eat |
| 饭 | fan | meal |
| 太。。。了 | tai...le | extremely |
| 谢谢 | xiexie | to thank |
| 喜欢 | xihuan | to like |
| 菜 | cai | food |
| 还是 | haishi | or |
| 可是 | keshi | but |
| 我们 | women | we |
| 点 | dian | o'clock |
| 半 | ban | half |
| 晚上 | wanshang | evening |
| 见 | jian | to see |
| 再见 | zaijian | goodbye |
| 再 | zai | again |
| 英国 | yingguo | Britain |
| 零 | ling | zero |
| 一 | yi | one |
| 二 | er | two |
| 三 | san | three |
| 四 | si | four |
| 五 | wu | five |
| 六 | liu | six |
| 七 | qi | seven |
| 八 | ba | eight |
| 九 | jiu | nine |
| 十 | shi | ten |
| 现在 | xianzai | now |
| 刻 | ke | quarter |
| 是(儿) | shi(r) | matter |
| 今天 | jintian | today |
| 很 | hen | very |
| 忙 | mang | busy |
| 明天 | mingtian | tomorrow |
| 晚饭 | wanfan | dinner |
| 为什么 | weishenme | why |
| 为 | wei | for |
| 因为 | yinwei | because |
| 还 | hai | also |
| 同学 | tongxue | classmate |
| 认识 | renshi | to be acquainted with |
| 朋友 | pengyou | friend |
| weekend | ||
| to play ball | ||
| to hit | ||
| ball | ||
| to watch | ||
| television | ||
| electricity | ||
| vision | ||
| to sing(a song) | ||
| to sing | ||
| song | ||
| to dance | ||
| to jump | ||
| dance | ||
| to listen | ||
| music | ||
| book | ||
| right/correct | ||
| some | ||
| (a point in) time | ||
| movie | ||
| shadow | ||
| often | ||
| in that case | ||
| to go | ||
| foreign country | ||
| to invite someone | ||
| yesterday | ||
| so | ||
| small | ||
| a long time | ||
| very | ||
| long | ||
| pretty good | ||
| wrong | ||
| to want to | ||
| to feel | ||
| interesting | ||
| meaning | ||
| only | ||
| to sleep | ||
| to sleep | ||
| sleep | ||
| forget it | ||
| to look for | ||
| other people | ||
| other | ||
| (interjectory particle used to soften a question) | ||
| to enter | ||
| fast | ||
| to come in | ||
| to come | ||
| to introduce | ||
| once | ||
| happy | ||
| pretty | ||
| to sit | ||
| at | ||
| where | ||
| school | ||
| to drink | ||
| a little | ||
| tea | ||
| coffee | ||
| (a sentence-final particle) | ||
| to want | ||
| (measure word for bottles); bottle | ||
| cola | ||
| can | ||
| sorry | ||
| to give | ||
| (measure word for cup) | ||
| water | ||
| Gao Xiaoyin | ||
| to have fun | ||
| (a dynamic particle) | ||
| library | ||
| together | ||
| to chat | ||
| to chat | ||
| sky | ||
| not until | ||
| to go home | ||
| to return | ||
| give | ||
| to make a phone call | ||
| telephone | ||
| hello | ||
| to be present | ||
| exactly | ||
| you | ||
| which | ||
| (polite measure word for people) | ||
| afternoon | ||
| time | ||
| question | ||
| to want to | ||
| to have a meeting | ||
| to open | ||
| meeting | ||
| morning | ||
| (measure word for class periods) | ||
| class | ||
| grade in school | ||
| test | ||
| to take a test | ||
| test | ||
| after | ||
| free time | ||
| if | ||
| convenient | ||
| to go | ||
| office | ||
| all right | ||
| to wait | ||
| don't | ||
| polite | ||
| Teacher Chang | ||
| next one | ||
| below | ||
| Chinese Language | ||
| language | ||
| to help | ||
| to prepare | ||
| to practice | ||
| to say | ||
| () | ||
| but | ||
| must | ||
| with | ||
| to meet up | ||
| face | ||
| to come back | ||
| to talk | ||
| word | ||
| the previous one | ||
| () | ||
| to review | ||
| to write | ||
| character | ||
| slow | ||
| () | ||
| pen | ||
| () | ||
| paper | ||
| to teach | ||
| how | ||
| to understand | ||
| really | ||
| where | ||
| to preview | ||
| to study | ||
| () | ||
| grammar | ||
| easy | ||
| new words | ||
| many | ||
| chinese characters | ||
| difficult | ||
| usually | ||
| early | ||
| so | ||
| late | ||
| morning | ||
| homework | ||
| everybody | ||
| to go to class | ||
| to begin | ||
| to read aloud | ||
| text of a lesson | ||
| sound recording | ||
| to study | ||
| handsome | ||
| cool | ||
| () | ||
| diary | ||
| tired | ||
| to get up | ||
| bed | ||
| to take a bath | ||
| breakfast | ||
| simultaneously | ||
| classroom | ||
| pronunciation | ||
| new | ||
| computer | ||
| brain | ||
| noon | ||
| dining room | ||
| lunch | ||
| to go online | ||
| dormitory | ||
| there | ||
| in the middle of | ||
| before | ||
| to tell | ||
| already | ||
| to know | ||
| () | ||
| letter | ||
| recently | ||
| () | ||
| close | ||
| school term | ||
| in addition to | ||
| major | ||
| can | ||
| later | ||
| concert | ||
| to hope | ||
| can | ||
| to use | ||
| to laugh at | ||
| to wish(well) | ||
| store | ||
| to buy | ||
| things | ||
| shop assistant | ||
| clothes | ||
| () | ||
| shirt | ||
| color | ||
| yellow | ||
| red | ||
| to wear | ||
| () | ||
| pants | ||
| size | ||
| medium | ||
| cheap | ||
| if | ||
| length | ||
| long | ||
| short | ||
| suitable | ||
| to try | ||
| need not | ||
| altogether | ||
| how much | ||
| money | ||
| () | ||
| () | ||
| () | ||
| hundred | ||
| to give change | ||
| () | ||
| shoes | ||
| to exchange | ||
| same | ||
| although | ||
| size | ||
| brown | ||
| () | ||
| black | ||
| style | ||
| very | ||
| it | ||
| here | ||
| to pay with credit card | ||
| to swipe | ||
| card | ||
| to recieve | ||
| credit card | ||
| however | ||
| again | ||
| to pay money | ||
| to pay | ||
| winter vacation | ||
| airplane | ||
| to fly | ||
| machine | ||
| ticket | ||
| airport | ||
| to travel by | ||
| bus | ||
| public | ||
| automobile | ||
| vehicle | ||
| or | ||
| subway | ||
| to walk | ||
| first | ||
| () | ||
| to get off(a bus, train) | ||
| then | ||
| green | ||
| line | ||
| final | ||
| blue | ||
| troublesome | ||
| to take a taxi | ||
| taxi | ||
| to rent out | ||
| to rent | ||
| to drive a car | ||
| to drive | ||
| to see off or out | ||
| electron | ||
| to allow or cause | ||
| to spend | ||
| to feel embarrassed | ||
| every | ||
| city | ||
| especially | ||
| highway | ||
| high speed | ||
| highway | ||
| road | ||
| nervous | ||
| oneself | ||
| cellphone | ||
| to send a text message | ||
| new year | ||
| happy |