| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 女兒 | nǚ'ér - daughter |
| 一 | yī - one |
| 一下 | yīxià - a short while |
| 一共 | yígòng - all together |
| 一會兒 | yíhuìr - a little while |
| 一起 | yìqǐ - together |
| 一點兒 | yìdiǎnr - a little, a bit |
| 一點兒都不 | yìdiǎnr dōu bù - not at all... |
| 七 | qī - seven |
| 丈夫 | zhàngfu - husband |
| 三 | sān - three |
| 三明治 | sānmíngzhì - sandwich |
| 上 | shàng - to go, to attend; up; first part; on; up; [used after the noun to indicate scope] |
| 上(個)星期 | shàng (gè) xīngqī - last week |
| 上(個)月 | shàng (gè) yuè - last month |
| 上上(個)星期 | shàng shàng (gè) xīngqī - the week before last |
| 上上(個)月 | shàng shàng (gè) yuè - the month before last |
| 上午 | shàngwǔ - morning |
| 上學 | shàngxué - to go to school |
| 上班 | shàngbān - to go to work |
| 上面 | shàngmian - on top of, above |
| 下 | xià - latter part, under, down; (of rain or snow) to fall |
| 下(個)星期 | xià (gè) xīngqī - next week |
| 下(個)月 | xià (gè) yuè - next month |
| 下下(個)星期 | xià xià (gè) xīngqī - the week after next |
| 下下(個)月 | xià xià (gè) yuè - the month after next |
| 下來 | xiàlai - to come down |
| 下午 | xiàxǔ - afternoon |
| 下棋 | xìaqí - to play chess (any boardgame) |
| 下雨 | xiàyǔ - to rain |
| 下雪 | xiàxuě - to snow |
| 下面 | xiàmian - under, below |
| 不 | bù - not |
| 不去 | bú qù - not going |
| 不客氣 | bú kèqi - not at all, don't mention it, you're welcome |
| 不是 | bú shì - no (negative form of shì) |
| 不會 | bú huì - to be unable to, cannot |
| 不用 | búyòng - need not |
| 不要說話 | bú yào shuōhuà - do not talk |
| 中 | zhōng - centre, middle |
| 中午 | zhōngwǔ - midday, noon |
| 中國 | Zhōngguó - China |
| 中國城 | Zhōngguóchéng - Chinatown |
| 中學 | zhōngxué - high school |
| 串 | chuàn - [a measure word for grapes or bananas] bunch, cluster |
| 乒乓 | pīngpāng - sound of the ball hitting the table |
| 乒乓球 | pīngpāngqiú - table tennis |
| 乘 | chéng - to multiply |
| 乘以 | chéng yǐ - multiplied by |
| 九 | jiǔ - nine |
| 也 | yě - also, too |
| 乳酪 | rǔlào - cheese |
| 了 | le - grammatical word indicating present significance |
| 事 | shì - thing, business; matter, affair |
| 二 | èr - two |
| 五 | wǔ - five |
| 亞 | yà - Asia, second |
| 京 | jīng - capital |
| 亮 | liàng - bright, shining |
| 人 | rén - person |
| 什麼 | shénme - what |
| 今 | jīn - present (time); this; today |
| 今天 | jīntiān - today |
| 今年 | jīnnián - this year |
| 介紹 | jièshào - to introduce |
| 他 | tā - he, him |
| 以 | yǐ - to use |
| 以為 | yǐwéi - thought (mistakenly) |
| 件 | jiàn - MW for clothing or affair |
| 份 | fèn - [a measure word for newspapers, copies], orally often said as fènr 份兒 |
| 伯伯 | bóbo - father's elder brother |
| 伴 | bān - class |
| 但是 | dànshì - but, however |
| 低 | dī - low |
| 住 | zhù - to live |
| 你 | nǐ - you (singular) |
| 你們 | nǐmen - you (plural) |
| 你好 | ní hǎo - hello, how do you do |
| 你的 | nǐ de - your, yours |
| 來 | lái - to help, do, come; give (us/me)...(used when ordering food) |
| 便 | biàn - convenient |
| 便宜 | piányi - cheap, inexpensive |
| 便飯 | biànfàn - [modest form] a simple meal |
| 俄羅斯 | Éluósī - Russia |
| 保 | bǎo - to keep |
| 保羅 | Bǎoluó - Chinese for Paul |
| 修 | xiǔ - to repair |
| 修理 | xiǔlǐ - to repair, to fix |
| 個 | gè - (a common measure word which can be used for people) |
| 們 | men - [used after a pronoun or a noun associated with people to show plural i.e. wǒmen 我們 - we; tāmen 他們 - they] |
| 倒 | dǎo - upside down |
| 倒霉 | dǎoméi - to have bad luck |
| 偉 | wěi - great |
| 做 | zuò - to make, to do, to cook, to be |
| 做客 | zuòkè - to be a guest |
| 停 | tíng - to stop |
| 像 | xiàng - image |
| 像 | xiǎng - alike |
| 元 | yuán - [formal] monetary unit for dollar, also written as 圓 |
| 先 | xiān - first |
| 先生 | xiànsheng - Mr., also used as husband |
| 克 | kè - to overcome |
| 兒 | ér - [a word ending] |
| 兒子 | érzi - son |
| 入 | rù - to enter |
| 入口 | rùkǒu - entrance |
| 全 | quán - whole |
| 全家 | quánjiā - whole family |
| 兩 | liǎng - two (before measure words, age, and some numerals) |
| 八 | bā - eight |
| 公 | gōng - public |
| 公寓 | gōngyù - flats, units, apartment |
| 六 | liù - six |
| 共 | gòng - together |
| 典 | diǎn - record, book |
| 再 | zài - again |
| 再見 | zàijiàn - goodbye |
| 再說一次 | zài shuō yí cì - say (it) again |
| 冬 | dōng - winter |
| 冬天 | dōngtiān - winter |
| 冰 | bīng - ice |
| 冰淇淋 | bīngqílín - ice cream |
| 冰箱 | bīngxiāng - refrigerator |
| 冷 | lěng - cold |
| 凶 | xiōng - fierce, ferocious |
| 凶巴巴 | xiōngbāba - fiercely, ferociously |
| 出 | chū - to go or to come out |
| 出來 | chūlai - to come out |
| 出去 | chūqu - to go out |
| 出口 | chūkǒu - exit |
| 分 | fēn - minute; a unit of money, cent (= 0.01 元 yuán or 塊 kuài |
| 別 | bié - don't |
| 別客氣 | bié kèqi - not at all, you're welcome |
| 別客氣 | bié kèqi - don't stand on ceremony; don't be formal; make yourself at home |
| 利 | lì - sharp |
| 到 | dào - to, until; to reach; to arrive; to go to |
| 到前面來 | dào qiánmian lái - come to the front |
| 刻 | kè - a quarter (of an hour) |
| 前 | qián - front, before |
| 前天 | qiántiān - the day before yesterday |
| 前年 | qiánnián - the year before last |
| 前面 | qiánmian - front |
| 剛好 | gānghǎo - just, happen to |
| 剪刀 | jiāndāo - scissors |
| 功 | gōng - effort, merit |
| 功夫 | gōngfu - martial arts |
| 功夫鞋 | gōngfu xié - Chinese soft shoes originally the footwear of the martial arts |
| 功課 | gōngkè - schoolwork |
| 加 | jiā - plus, to add |
| 加拿大 | Jiānádà - Canada (transliteration) |
| 動 | dòng - to move |
| 動物 | dòngwù - animal |
| 包 | bāo - bag |
| 北 | běi - north |
| 北京 | Běijīng - the capital city of China |
| 匹 | pǐ - (a measure word used for horses, pronounced as pī in Taiwan) |
| 十 | shí - ten |
| 午 | wǔ - noon, midday |
| 午後 | wǔhòu - afternoon |
| 午飯 | wǔfàn - lunch |
| 半 | bàn - half |
| 半夜 | bànyè - midnight |
| 南非 | Nánfěi - South Africa |
| 印度 | Yìndù - India |
| 厭 | yàn - to be disgusted |
| 去 | qù - to go (do something) |
| 去年 | qùnián - last year |
| 友 | yòu - again |
| 友 | yǒu - friend |
| 叔叔 | shūshu - father's younger brother |
| 叔叔 | shūshu - a form of address for a man about the age of one's father's age; father's younger brother |
| 口 | kǒu - mouth |
| 古 | gǔ - ancient |
| 古老肉 | gǔlǎoròu - sweet and sour pork (a Cantonese dish) |
| 另外 | lìngwài - in addition, besides |
| 叫 | jiào - to be called, to call |
| 可 | kě - lovely, can |
| 可 | kě - may, approve |
| 可以 | kěyǐ - can, may |
| 可愛 | kě'ài - lovely |
| 可是 | kěshì - but |
| 可是 | kěshì - but, however |
| 可樂 | kělè - cola |
| 右 | yòu - right |
| 右邊 | yòubian - right (location) |
| 吃 | chī - to eat |
| 吃飯 | chī fàn - to have a meal |
| 合 | hé - fit |
| 合身 | héshēn - well-fitting (clothing) |
| 同 | tóng - same, together |
| 同伴 | tóngbān - same class |
| 同學 | tóngxué - fellow student, schoolmate |
| 同學們 | tóngxuémen - fellow students |
| 名字 | míngzi - name |
| 后天 | hòutiān - the day after tomorrow |
| 吧 | ba - (expression to indicate suggestion) |
| 呢 | ne - (a question word) how about; también |
| 味精 | wèijīng - monosodium glutamate (M.S.G.) |
| 和 | hé - and |
| 咕嚕 | gūlū - rumble |
| 咕嚕肉 | gūlūròu - sweet and sour pork (a Cantonese dish) |
| 咖啡 | kāfēi - coffee (transliteration) |
| 咖啡色 | kāfēisè - brown |
| 咦 | yí - why! huh! (indicating surprise) |
| 哥哥 | gēge - elder brother |
| 哦 | ò - oh [to indicate realization] |
| 哪 | nǎ - where, which, what |
| 哪位 | nǎ/něi wèi - which one (person); 哪 is often pronounced as něi when directly followed by a measure word |
| 哪兒 | nǎr - [oral] where |
| 唉 | ài - (a sigh) |
| 唐人街 | Tángrénjiē - Chinatown |
| 唱 | chàng - to sing |
| 唱歌 | chànggē - to sing, singing |
| 商 | shāng - business |
| 啊 | a - (an exclamation) |
| 問 | wèn - to ask |
| 啦 | la - [exclamation] |
| 喂 | wèi - hello (on the telephone), hey |
| 喜 | xǐ - to like, happy, happiness |
| 喜歡 | xǐhuān - to like |
| 喝 | hē - to drink |
| 喝茶 | hē chá - to have tea |
| 單 | dān - list |
| 嗎 | ma - (a question particle) |
| 嘛 | ma - [word ending, indicates an obvious situation] |
| 嘴巴 | zuǐba - mouth |
| 噢 | ō - oh [to express surprise/understanding] |
| 四 | sì - four |
| 回 | huí - to return; [measure word for matter] |
| 回來 | huílai - to come back, to return |
| 回家 | huíjiā - to go home |
| 回答 | huídá - to answer |
| 因 | yīn - cause |
| 因為 | yīnwèi - because |
| 國 | guó - country |
| 園 | yuán - garden, park |
| 圓珠筆 | yuánzhūbǐ - biro, ball-point |
| 圖 | tú - picture |
| 在 | zài - at, in, on; [indicating an action is progress] |
| 地 | dì - floor, ground |
| 地圖 | dìtú - map |
| 地板 | dìbǎn - floor |
| 坐 | zuò - to sit |
| 城 | chéng - town |
| 報 | bào - to report |
| 報紙 | bàozhǐ - newspaper |
| 場 | chǎng - place |
| 塊 | kuài - [oral] monetary unit for dollars |
| 墨爾本 | Mò'ěrběn - Melbourne |
| 墨西哥 | Mòxīgē - Mexico |
| 壞 | huài - broken down; bad |
| 士 | shì - a person trained in a certain field |
| 夏 | xià - summer |
| 夏天 | xiàtiān - summer |
| 外 | wài - outside |
| 外套 | wàitào - coat |
| 外面 | wàimian - outside |
| 多 | duō - more, a lot, many, much |
| 多少 | duōshǎo - how much, how many |
| 多熱 | duō rè - How hot? |
| 多雲 | duōyún - cloudy |
| 夜 | yè - night, evening |
| 大 | dà - big, large, great |
| 大偉 | Dáwěi - Chinese for David |
| 大學 | dàxué - university |
| 大概 | dàgài - probably |
| 大聲點兒 | dà shēng diǎnr - a little louder |
| 天 | tiān - sky, day, heaven |
| 天哪 | tiān na - Good heavens! |
| 天氣 | tiānqì - weather |
| 太 | tài - too (exceedingly) |
| 太太 | tàitai - Mrs; wife (in Taiwan) |
| 太好了 | tài hǎo le - that's great |
| 太極拳 | tàijíquán - taichi |
| 套 | tào - [a measure word for clothing or furniture], set, unit; cover |
| 女 | nǚ - female |
| 女廁 | nǚcè - women's toilet |
| 奶 | nǎi - milk |
| 奶奶 | nǎinai - grandma, grandmother |
| 奶油 | nǎiyóu - butter |
| 她 | tā - she, her |
| 好 | hǎo - good, well |
| 好了好了 | hǎo le hǎo le - that's enough (to stop people from doing something) |
| 好像 | hǎoxiǎng - seem, be like |
| 好啊 | hǎo a - good! (agreeing) |
| 好嗎 | hǎo ma - OK? (expression to ask for agreement) |
| 好看 | hǎokàn - good-looking |
| 妹妹 | mèimei - younger sister |
| 妻子 | qīzi - wife |
| 姐姐 | jiějie - elder sister |
| 姑姑 | gūgu - father's sister |
| 姓 | xìng - family name, surname |
| 姨 | yí - mother's sister |
| 媽媽 | māma - mum, mother |
| 字 | zì - character, word |
| 字典 | zìdiǎn - dictionary |
| 季 | jì - season |
| 季節 | jǐié - season |
| 學 | xué - to learn, to study |
| 學校 | xuéxiào - school |
| 學生 | xuésheng - student, pupil |
| 它 | tā - it |
| 它們 | tāmen - they (plural of 它) |
| 客 | kè - guest |
| 客人 | kèrén - guest |
| 客廳 | kètīng - living room |
| 客氣 | kèqi - polite; courteous |
| 室 | shì - room |
| 宮 | gōng - palace |
| 家 | jiā - family, home |
| 密封 | mìfēng - bee |
| 寫 | xiě - to write |
| 寫下來 | xiě xiàlai - to write down |
| 寬 | kuān - loose-fitting (clothing) (in Taiwan); fat |
| 寵 | chǒng - to spoil, to favour |
| 寵物 | chǒngwù - pet |
| 對 | duì - right, correct; opposite |
| 對不起 | duìbuqǐ - excuse me, sorry |
| 對了 | duìle - by the way |
| 對面 | duìmian - opposite (location) |
| 小 | xiǎo - small, little (in size) |
| 小人兒書 | xiǎorén'r shū - [oral] children's picture-story book |
| 小妹妹 | xiǎomèimei - little girl |
| 小姐 | xiǎojie - Miss; young lady |
| 小學 | xiǎoxué - primary school |
| 小明 | Xiǎomíng - a Chinese given name |
| 小時 | xiǎoshí - hour (time duration) |
| 小王 | Xiǎo Wáng - Little Wang |
| 少 | shǎo - few, little, less |
| 尤其 | yóuqí - especially |
| 尺 | chǐ - ruler |
| 山 | shān - mountain |
| 州 | zhōu - continent |
| 工 | gōng - work |
| 工人 | gōngrén - labourer, worker |
| 工作 | gōngzuò - work; to work |
| 左 | zuǒ - left |
| 左右 | zuǒyòu - around, approximately |
| 左邊 | zuǒbian - left (location) |
| 巧克力 | qiǎokèlì - chocolate |
| 差 | chà - differ from |
| 已經 | yǐjīng - already |
| 市 | shì - market |
| 市場 | shìchǎng - market |
| 布里斯班 | Bùlǐsībān - Brisbane |
| 希臘 | Xīlà - Greece |
| 師 | shī - teacher |
| 帶 | dài - to take |
| 帶...去 | dài...qù - to take...to |
| 常 | cháng - usually, often |
| 常常 | chángchang - often |
| 帽子 | màozi - hat, cap |
| 平 | píng - flat, level; smooth |
| 平常 | píngcháng - usually |
| 平房 | píngfáng - single-story building |
| 年 | nián - year |
| 年級 | niánjí - grade |
| 幹 | gàn - to do, to work |
| 幾 | jǐ - how many?; an uncertain number |
| 幾天 | jǐtiān - a few days |
| 幾點鐘 | jǐ diǎn zhōng - what time |
| 床 | chuáng - bed |
| 店 | diàn - shop |
| 度 | dù - degree |
| 庫 | kù - storehouse, storage |
| 廁 | cè - toilet, lavatory |
| 廁所 | cèsuǒ - toilet, lavatory |
| 廚 | chú - kitchen |
| 廚房 | chúfáng - kitchen |
| 廳 | tīng - hall |
| 弟弟 | dídi - younger brother |
| 彩筆 | cǎibǐ - colour pencil |
| 影 | jǐng - shadow, image |
| 很 | hěn - very |
| 很好 | hěn hǎo - very good |
| 後 | hòu - after; back, behind |
| 後天 | hòutiān - the day after tomorrow |
| 後年 | hòunián - the year after next |
| 後面 | hòumian - behind |
| 得 | de - (used after a verb to indicate the degree or result) |
| 德 | dé - virtue, morals |
| 德國 | Déguó - Germany (transliteration - Deutschland) |
| 德語 | Déyù - German language |
| 志 | zhì - record, annals |
| 忙 | máng - busy |
| 快 | kuài - nearly; fast; hurry; happy |
| 快樂 | kuàilè - happy |
| 念 | niàn - to read |
| 怎麼 | zěnme - what, why, how |
| 怎麼回事 | zěnme huí shì - what happened; what's the matter |
| 怎麼樣 | zěnmeyàng - how about, what about |
| 怡 | yí - happy |
| 悉尼 | Xīní - Sydney |
| 您 | nín - [polite form] you |
| 想 | xiǎng - to feel like; to think |
| 意大利 | Yìdàlì - Italy |
| 意思 | yìsi - meaning |
| 愛 | ài - to love |
| 愛爾蘭 | Ài'ěrlán - Ireland |
| 慢 | màn - slow; slowly |
| 慢走 | mànzǒu - to walk slowly and take care |
| 我 | wǒ - I, me |
| 我們走吧 | wǒmen zǒu ba - let's go |
| 我就是 | wǒ jiù shì - I am (the person) |
| 我的 | wǒ de - my, mine |
| 戶 | hù - to nurse |
| 房 | fáng - house |
| 房子 | fángzi - house |
| 所 | suǒ - place; so |
| 所以 | suǒyǐ - therefore |
| 打 | dǎ - to hit; to play (ball game, taichi, etc.); to dial (telephone) |
| 打擾 | dǎrǎo - to disturb, to trouble |
| 找 | zhǎo - to make change; to look for |
| 找到了 | zhǎodào le - found |
| 找找 | zhǎozhao - to have a look |
| 把手放下 | bǎ shǒu fàng xià - put down (your) hand |
| 把書打開 | bǎ shū dǎkāi - open (your) book |
| 拉 | lā - to pull |
| 招待 | zhāodài - to receive (guests); reception |
| 拜訪 | bàifǎng - to visit |
| 拿 | ná - to take; to hold |
| 挺 | tǐng - [oral] very |
| 捲 | juǎn - roll |
| 排 | pái - spareribs |
| 接 | jiē - to meet, to pick (someone) up |
| 推 | tuī - to push |
| 攝氏 | shèshì - centrigrade |
| 改 | gǎi - to change |
| 改天 | gǎitiān - some other day |
| 放 | fàng - to let off, to let go, to release |
| 放 | fàng - to put; to let off, to let go |
| 放學 | fàngxué - to finish classes |
| 教 | jiāo - to teach |
| 教室 | jiàoshì - classroom |
| 教書 | jiāoshū - to teach (at school) |
| 斤 | jīn - a unit of weight = 0.5 kilograms |
| 新 | xīn - new |
| 新加坡 | Xīnjiāpō - Singapore |
| 新幾內亞 | Xīnjǐnèiyà - New Guinea |
| 新西蘭 | Xīnxīlán - New Zealand |
| 旁邊 | pángbian - the side |
| 旗袍 | qípáo - a close-fitting dress with a high neck and a slit skirt |
| 日 | rì - day; the sun |
| 日常 | rìcháng - day-to-day, daily |
| 日本 | rì - sun, day |
| 日本 | Rìběn - Japan |
| 日語 | Rìyǔ - Japanese language |
| 早 | zǎo - morning, early |
| 早上 | zǎoshang - (early) morning |
| 早飯 | zǎofàn - breakfast |
| 明 | míng - tomorrow, bright |
| 明天 | míngtian - tomorrow |
| 明天 | míngtiān - tomorrow |
| 明年 | míngnián - next year |
| 星 | xīng - star |
| 星期 | xīngqī - week |
| 星期一 | xīngqīyī - Monday |
| 星期三 | xīngqīsān - Wednesday |
| 星期二 | xīngqī'èr - Tuesday |
| 星期五 | xīngqīwǔ - Friday |
| 星期六 | xīngqīliù - Saturday |
| 星期四 | xīngqīsì - Thursday |
| 星期天 | xīngqītiān - Sunday |
| 星期日 | xīngqīrì - Sunday |
| 春 | chūn - spring |
| 春天 | chūntiān - spring |
| 春捲 | chūnjuǎn - spring rolls |
| 昨 | zuó - yesterday |
| 昨天 | zuótiān - yesterday |
| 是 | shì - am, is, are |
| 是啊 | shì a - yes, yeah (shows agreement) |
| 是的 | shìde - yes (positive form of shì) |
| 時 | shí - hour |
| 時候 | shíhou - time, moment |
| 時間 | shíjiān - (concept of) time |
| 時髦 | shímáo - fashion, fashionable |
| 晚 | wǎn - late |
| 晚上 | wǎnshang - evening, night |
| 晚飯 | wǎnfàn - dinner |
| 晴 | qíng - fine |
| 暖和 | nuǎnhuo - warm |
| 書 | shū - book |
| 書包 | shūbāo - school brush |
| 書店 | shūdiàn - bookshop |
| 書房 | shūfáng - study |
| 最 | zuì - most |
| 最 | zuì - the most |
| 最低 | zuìdī - lowest |
| 最高 | zuìgāo - highest |
| 會 | huì - can, to be able to; will |
| 月 | yuè - month; the moon |
| 有 | yǒu - to have, there is/are |
| 有時 | yǒushí - sometimes |
| 有時候 | yǒushíhou - sometimes |
| 朋 | péng - friend |
| 朋友 | péngyou - friend |
| 服 | fú - clothes; comfortable |
| 期 | qī - a period of time |
| 本 | běn - basis, origin; [a measure word for books, magazines, and dictionaries] |
| 朵 | duǒ - (measure word for flower) |
| 李 | Lǐ - a family name; plum |
| 東 | dōng - east |
| 東西 | dōngxi - thing |
| 板 | bǎn - board |
| 林 | Lín - a family name; forest |
| 果 | guǒ - fruit |
| 果汁 | guǒzhī - juice |
| 柃 | líng - (telephone ringing sound); bell |
| 校 | xiào - school |
| 桌子 | zhuōzi - desk |
| 條 | tiáo - MW for trousers, skirt, river, belt, etc. (long, thin) |
| 棉襖 | mián'ǎo - cotton-padded coat |
| 棒 | bǎn - board |
| 棒球 | bǎnqiú - cricket |
| 椅子 | yǐzi - chair |
| 概 | gài - approximate |
| 樂 | lè - fast |
| 樂 | yuè - music |
| 樓房 | lóufáng - multi-story building |
| 樣 | yàng - appearance |
| 橘子 | júzi - mandarin, tangerine |
| 橙 | chéng - orange |
| 橙色 | chéngsè - orange (color) |
| 機 | jī - machine |
| 橡 | xiàn - rubber tree |
| 橡皮 | xiàngpí - eraser |
| 檸檬 | níngméng - lemon |
| 檸檬雞片 | níngméng-jīpiàn - lemon chicken |
| 歌 | gē - song |
| 歡 | huān - happy, happiness |
| 歡迎 | huānyíng - welcome |
| 步 | bù - step, pace |
| 歲 | suì - year of age |
| 死 | sǐ - deathly; dead; to die |
| 母親 | mǔqin - mother |
| 每 | měi - every |
| 毛 | máo - fur, feather; hair; [oral] 10-cent unit (= 0.1 yuán) |
| 毛筆 | máobǐ - writing brush |
| 毛衣 | máoyī - sweater |
| 氣 | qì - air; manner |
| 氣溫 | qìwēn - temperature |
| 水 | shuǐ - water |
| 水床 | shuǐchuáng - water bed |
| 水果 | shuǐguǒ - fruit |
| 汁 | zhī - juice |
| 汗 | hàn - sweat |
| 汗衫 | hànshān - undershirt, T-shirt |
| 池 | chí - pool, pond |
| 汽水 | qìshuǐ - soft drink, soda pop |
| 沒 | méi - not |
| 沒問題 | méi wèntí - no problems |
| 沒有 | méi yǒu - not have |
| 沒關係 | méi guānxi - it doesn't matter, that's all right |
| 沙發 | shāfā - sofa (a transliteration of sofa) |
| 法國 | Fǎguó - France |
| 注意聽 | zhùyì tīng - listen carefully |
| 泰國 | Tàiguó - Thailand |
| 泳 | yǒng - to swim a swim |
| 洋 | yáng - foreign, ocean |
| 洋房 | yángfáng - Western-style house |
| 洋裝 | yángzhuāng - woman's dress (in Taiwan) |
| 洗 | xǐ - to wash |
| 洗衣房 | xǐyīfáng - laundry |
| 洗衣機 | xǐyījī - washing mashine |
| 活 | huó - to live, alive |
| 浴 | yù - to bathe |
| 浴室 | yùshì - bathroom, shower room |
| 海岸 | hǎi'àn - coast |
| 涼 | liáng - cool |
| 涼快 | liángkuài - cool and pleasant |
| 涼爽 | liángshuǎng - cool and pleasant |
| 深 | shēn - dark (color); deep |
| 淺 | qiǎn - light (color); shallow |
| 添 | tiān - to add |
| 減以 | jiǎn - minus, to subtract |
| 渴 | kě - thirsty |
| 游 | yóu - to swim |
| 游泳 | yóuyǒng - swimming, to swim |
| 游泳 | yóuyǒng - to swim |
| 游泳池 | yóuyǒng chí - swimming pool |
| 游覽 | yóulǎn - to go sight-seeing |
| 湯 | tāng - soup |
| 溫 | wēn - temperature, warm |
| 漂 | piào - pretty |
| 漂亮 | piàoliang - pretty |
| 漢 | Hán - a Chinese dynasty |
| 漢 | Hàn - China, name of a dynasty |
| 漢堡 | hànbǎo - hamburger (Taiwan) |
| 漢堡包 | hànbǎobāo - hamburger |
| 漢英字典 | Hàn-Yīng zìdiǎn - Chinese-English dictionary |
| 漢語 | Hànyǔ - Chinese language |
| 澳 | ào - bay |
| 澳大利亞 | Àodàlìyà - Australia |
| 澳洲 | Àozhōu - Australia (Taiwan) |
| 炒 | chǎo - to stir-fry |
| 炒飯 | chǎofàn - fried rice |
| 炸 | zhá - to deep-fry |
| 炸薯條 | zháshǔtiáo - French fries |
| 炸蝦片 | zháxiāpiàn - prawn crackers |
| 為 | wéi - to do |
| 為 | wèi - for |
| 為什麼 | wèishénme - why |
| 熊貓 | xióngmāo - panda |
| 熱 | rè - hot |
| 熱狗 | règǒu - hotdog |
| 父親 | fùqin - father |
| 爸爸 | bàba - dad, father |
| 爺爺 | yéye - granddad, grandfather |
| 爽 | shuǎng - pleasant |
| 片 | piàn - thin piece |
| 牛 | niú - cow, bull |
| 牛奶 | niúnǎi - milk |
| 牛排 | niúpái - steak |
| 物 | wù - object, thing |
| 狗 | gǒu - dog |
| 獅子 | shīzi - lion |
| 獅子頭 | shīzitóu - name of a dish of fried meatballs |
| 王 | wáng - king, a surname |
| 玩 | wán - to play |
| 玩兒 | wán'r - to play, to have fun |
| 班 | bān - duty, class |
| 現 | xiàn - now, present |
| 現在 | xiànzài - now, at present |
| 球 | qiú - ball |
| 理 | lǐ - to put in order |
| 瑞士 | Ruìshì - Switzerland |
| 甜 | tián - sweet |
| 生 | shēng - to be born, to give birth; pupil, student, person, newcomer, novice, unknown |
| 生日 | shēngrì - birthday |
| 生活 | shēnghuó - life |
| 用 | yòng - to use |
| 男 | nán - male |
| 男廁 | náncè - men's toilet |
| 留 | liú - to leave (a note) |
| 瘦 | shòu - tight-fitting (clothing); thin |
| 發 | fà - hair |
| 白 | bái - white |
| 白宮 | Báigōng - the White House |
| 白色 | báisè - white |
| 百 | bǎi - hundred |
| 百 | bǎi - one hundred |
| 百貨商店 | bǎihuòshāngdiàn - department store |
| 的 | de - (a possessive particle used after pronoun/noun) |
| 皇后 | huánghòu - queen |
| 皮 | pí - skin, leather |
| 皮 | pí - leather |
| 皮鞋 | píxié - leather shoes |
| 盛飯 | chéngfàn - to serve rice, to fill a bowl with rice |
| 盤 | pán - [a measure word for dish] plate |
| 眉 | méi - eyebrow |
| 眉毛 | méimao - eyebrow |
| 看 | kàn - to read, to see, to watch, to look at |
| 看到 | kàndào - to catch sight of, to see |
| 看看 | kànkan - to have a look |
| 看起來 | kàn qǐlai - looks, impression or feeling of the look |
| 看黑板 | kàn hēibǎn - look at the blackboard |
| 真 | zhěn - really |
| 真的啊! | zhēn de a! - really! |
| 眼 | yǎn - eye |
| 眼睛 | yǎnjing - eye |
| 睛 | jīng - eye |
| 睡 | shuì - to sleep |
| 睡覺 | shuìjiào - to sleep |
| 知道 | zhīdao - to know |
| 短 | duǎn - short |
| 短褲 | duǎnkù - shorts |
| 破 | pò - broken, torn |
| 碗 | wǎn - rice bowls |
| 碗 | wǎn - [a measure word for rice or soup] bowl |
| 祝 | zhù - to wish (offer good wishes) |
| 秋 | qiū - autumn |
| 秋天 | qiūtiān - autumn |
| 空 | kòng - free time, spare time |
| 穿 | chuān - to wear (clothes, shoes, socks) |
| 穿起來 | chuān qǐlai - impression or feeling of the clothes on someone |
| 窄 | zhǎi - tight-fitting (clothing) (in Taiwan); thin |
| 窗戶 | chuānghu - window |
| 站起來 | zhàn qǐlai - stand up |
| 笑 | xiào - to smile, to laugh |
| 笑 | xiào - to laugh |
| 笑哈哈 | xiàohāha - to laugh heartly, laughingly |
| 笑話 | xiàohua - joke |
| 第一 | dì yī - the first |
| 第一課 | dì yī kè - lesson one |
| 第三 | dì sān - the third |
| 第三課 | dì sān kè - lesson three |
| 第二 | dì èr - the second |
| 第二課 | dì èr kè - lesson two |
| 筆 | bǐ - pen |
| 等 | děng - to wait |
| 等於 | děngyú - to be equal to |
| 答 | dá - to answer |
| 筷子 | kuàizi - chopsticks |
| 箏 | zhēng - a Chinese string instrument |
| 管子 | guǎnzi - restaurant, used more often in southern China, going to a restaurant - 上館子 |
| 箱 | xiāng - box |
| 節 | jié - section, festival |
| 籃 | lán - basket |
| 籃球 | lánqiú - basketball |
| 米 | mǐ - uncooked rice |
| 米飯 | mǐfàn - plain rice, called 白飯 in Taiwan |
| 粉筆 | fěnbǐ - chalk |
| 糕 | gāo - cake, pudding |
| 糕 | gāo - cake |
| 糟 | zāo - in a wreched state |
| 糟糕 | zāogāo - [oral] oh no; how terrible |
| 紅 | hóng - red |
| 紐 | niǔ - bound |
| 紐約 | Niǔyuē - New York |
| 紐西蘭 | Nǐuxīlán - New Zealand (Taiwan) |
| 紙 | zhǐ - paper |
| 級 | jí - level |
| 紫 | zǐ - purple |
| 結帳 | jiézhàng - to settle an account |
| 給 | gěi - to give |
| 綠 | lǚ - green |
| 綠色 | lǚsè - green |
| 網 | wǎng - net |
| 網球 | wǎngqiú - tennis |
| 繼母 | jìmǔ - stepmother |
| 繼父 | jìfù - stepfather |
| 羅 | luó - to collect |
| 美 | Měi - beautiful |
| 美國 | Měiguó - America (transliteration) |
| 美怡 | Měiyí - a given name |
| 老 | lǎo - old |
| 老師 | lǎoshī - teacher |
| 老李 | Lǎo Lǐ - Old Li |
| 老王 | Lǎo Wáng - Old Wang (used to address an older friend whose surname is Wang) |
| 考拉（樹熊） | kǎolā (shùxióng) - koala |
| 耳 | ěr - ear |
| 耳朵 | ěrduo - ear |
| 聯 | liǎn - face |
| 聽 | tīng - to listen, to hear |
| 肉 | ròu - meat |
| 肥 | féi - loose-fitting (clothing); fat |
| 胎 | tāi - foetus |
| 胞 | bāo - born of the same parents |
| 腳 | jiǎo - foot |
| 膠水 | jiāoshuǐ - glue |
| 臥 | wò - to lie down |
| 臥室 | wòshì - bedroom |
| 自己 | zìjǐ - self |
| 自己來 | zìjǐ lái - to help oneself |
| 自由 | zìyóu - freedom, free |
| 臺 | tái - platform |
| 臺灣 | Táiwān - Taiwan |
| 舅舅 | jiùjiu - mother's brother |
| 興 | xìng - excitement |
| 舊 | jiù - old (nonliving things), worn |
| 舊金山 | Jiùjīnshān - San Francisco |
| 舒 | shū - comfortable |
| 舒服 | shūfu - comfortable |
| 舞 | wǔ - dance |
| 色 | sè - color |
| 花 | huā - flower |
| 花園 | huāyuán - garden |
| 英 | yīng - hero |
| 英 | Yīng - English |
| 英國 | Yīngguó - England (transliteration) |
| 英語 | Yīngyǔ - English language |
| 茶 | chá - tea |
| 草 | cǎo - straw |
| 草莓 | cǎoméi - strawberry |
| 荔枝 | lìzhī - lychee |
| 莓 | méi - berry |
| 菜 | cài - (meal) dish; vegetable |
| 菜單 | càidān - menu |
| 菠蘿 | bōluó - pineapple |
| 華氏 | huáshì - Fahrenheit |
| 葡萄 | pútao - grape |
| 蒼蠅 | cāngying - fly |
| 蕉 | jiāo - a broadleaf lant |
| 藍 | lán - blue |
| 蘋果 | píngguǒ - apple |
| 蘭 | lán - orchid |
| 蘭蘭 | Lánlan - a Chinese given name |
| 號 | hào - date; number |
| 號 | hào - number, date |
| 號碼 | hàomǎ - number |
| 蚊子 | wénzi - mosquito |
| 蛋 | dàn - egg |
| 蛋糕 | dàngāo - cake |
| 蝙蝠 | biānfú - bat |
| 蝦 | xiā - prawn crackers |
| 蝴蝶 | húdié - butterfly |
| 螞蟻 | mǎyǐ - ant |
| 蟑螂 | zhāngláng - cockroach |
| 行 | háng - business, firm |
| 行 | xíng - all right, O.K. |
| 街 | jiē - street |
| 衣 | yī - clothes |
| 衣服 | yīfu - clothes, clothing |
| 衫 | shān - shirt |
| 袋 | dài - bag |
| 袋鼠 | dàishǔ - kangaroo |
| 裙 | qún - skirt |
| 裙子 | qúnzi - skirt |
| 裝 | zhuāng - outfit |
| 裡 | lǐ - inside |
| 裡面 | lǐmian - inside |
| 褲 | kù - pants, trousers |
| 褲子 | kùzi - trousers, pants |
| 襪子 | wàzi - socks |
| 襯衫 | chèngshān - shirt |
| 西 | xī - west |
| 西班牙 | Xībānyá - Spain |
| 西裝 | xīzhuāng - Western-style attire, suite |
| 要 | yào - to be going to, to want |
| 要 | yào - to want; to be going to |
| 見 | jiàn - to see, to catch sight of |
| 視 | shì - to look at, sight |
| 覺 | jiào - sleep |
| 角 | jiǎo - [formal] 10-cent unit |
| 討 | tǎo - to incur |
| 討厭 | tǎoyàn - annoying; to hate |
| 詩 | shī - poem |
| 話 | huà - speech, talk |
| 該 | gāi - should |
| 語 | yǔ - language |
| 說 | shuō - to speak, to say |
| 說 | shuō - to say |
| 說話 | shuōhuà - to speak |
| 誰 | shéi - who, whom? |
| 誰的 | shéi de - whose |
| 課 | kè - lesson, subject |
| 談 | tán - to talk, to chat |
| 談話 | tánhuà - to have converstion, to talk, to chat |
| 請 | qǐng - to invite; please |
| 請問 | qǐngwèn - may I ask |
| 請回座位 | qǐng huí zuòwèi - return to (your) seat please |
| 請坐 | qǐng zuò - sit down please |
| 請坐好 | qǐng zuò hǎo - sit properly please |
| 請安靜 | qǐng ānjìng - quiet please |
| 請舉手 | qǐng jǔshǒu - please raise (your) hand |
| 請進 | qǐng jìn - come in please |
| 謝謝 | xièxie - thanks |
| 護士 | hùshi - nurse |
| 豆腐 | dòufu - bean curd |
| 貨 | huò - goods |
| 貴 | guì - expensive, dear |
| 買 | mǎi - to buy |
| 走 | zǒu - to go, to walk (physically) |
| 走 | zǒu - to leave, to go |
| 起 | qǐ - to rise |
| 起床 | qǐchuáng - to get up, to get out of bed |
| 越南 | Yuènán - Vietnam |
| 足 | zú - foot |
| 足球 | zúqiú - soccer |
| 跑 | pǎo - to run |
| 跑來跑去 | pǎolái-pǎoqù - to run around |
| 跑步 | pǎobù - running, to jog |
| 跳 | tiào - to dance; to leap |
| 跳舞 | tiàowǔ - to dance |
| 踏 | tà - to tread, to peddle |
| 踢 | tī - to kick, to play (soccer) |
| 身 | shēn - body |
| 車 | chē - car, vehicle |
| 車庫 | chēkù - garage |
| 辣 | là - hot |
| 近來 | jìnlai - to come in |
| 送 | sòng - to deliver, to send |
| 送來 | sòng lái - to deliver or send to (here) |
| 送去 | sòng qù - to send or to deliver (there) |
| 這 | zhè - this |
| 這(個)星期 | zhè (gè) xīngqī - this week |
| 這(個)月 | zhè (gè) yuè - this month |
| 連 | lián - to join |
| 連衣裙 | liányīqún - woman's dress |
| 進 | jìn - to enter |
| 進去 | jìnqu - to go in, to enter |
| 運 | yùn - to transport, to move |
| 運動 | yùndòng - sports, exercise |
| 過癮 | guòyǐn - to one's heart's content, fully enjoyed |
| 遲 | chí - late |
| 遲到 | chídào - to arrive late |
| 邀請 | yāoqǐng - to invite |
| 還 | hái - also, still |
| 還不錯 | hái búcuò - [oral] not bad, pretty good |
| 還是 | háishi - or |
| 邊 | biān - [word ending - location], side |
| 那 | nà - that; [conjunction] then, shorten form 那麼 |
| 那裡 | nǎli - where; not at all (said when praised) |
| 那麼 | nàme - then |
| 都 | dōu - already, all |
| 配 | pèi - to match |
| 酸 | suān - sour |
| 酸辣湯 | suānlàtāng - hot and sour soup |
| 醫 | yī - to cure |
| 醫生 | yīshēng - doctor |
| 醫院 | yīyuàn - hospital |
| 金 | jīn - gold |
| 金魚 | jīnyú - goldfish |
| 釣 | diào - to fish with a hook and line |
| 釣魚 | diàoyú - to fish |
| 鉛筆 | qiānbǐ - pencil |
| 鉛筆盒 | qiānbǐhé - pencil case |
| 銀 | yín - silver |
| 銀行 | yínháng - bank |
| 錄 | lù - to record |
| 錄像帶 | lùxiàngdài - video, video cassette |
| 錢 | qián - money |
| 錨 | māo - cat |
| 錯 | cuò - wrong, incorrect |
| 錶 | biǎo - watch (timepiece) |
| 鍋子 | guōzi - wok |
| 鐘 | zhōng - clock |
| 長 | cháng - long |
| 門 | mén - door |
| 門口 | ménkǒu - doorway |
| 開水 | kāishuǐ - boiled water |
| 開水 | kāishuǐ - drinking water |
| 間 | jiàn - [a measure word for room |
| 間 | jiān - within |
| 關係 | guānxi - matter |
| 阿姨 | āyí - a form of address for a woman of about one's mother's age; (in southern China) mother's sister |
| 陣雨 | zhènyǔ - shower |
| 除 | chú - to divide |
| 除以 | chú yǐ - divided by |
| 陰 | yīn - cloudy |
| 陰天 | yīntiān - cloudy day |
| 陽 | yáng - the sun |
| 陽臺 | yángtái - balcony, veranda |
| 隨便 | suíbiàn - to do as one pleases |
| 隨便坐 | suíbiàn zuò - sit anywhere |
| 隻 | zhī - (a measure word used for some animals, i.e. dogs, cats, birds) |
| 隻 | zhī - [MW for animal or single shoe and sock] |
| 雙 | shuāng - pair |
| 雙 | shuāng - [MW for shoes, socks, gloves]; pair |
| 雙胞胎 | shuāngbāotāi - twins |
| 雜 | zá - miscellaneous |
| 雜志 | zázhì - magazine |
| 雞 | jī - chicken |
| 雨 | yǔ - rain |
| 雪 | xuě - snow |
| 雪梨 | Xuělí - Sydney (in Taiwan) |
| 雲 | yún - cloud |
| 零 | líng - zero |
| 零 | líng - zero (in written form) |
| 雷 | léi - thunder |
| 雷陣雨 | léizhènyǔ - thunder shower |
| 電 | diàn - electricity |
| 電冰箱 | diànbīngxiǎng - refrigerator |
| 電影 | diànjǐng - movie |
| 電視 | diànshì - television set |
| 電視機 | diànshìjī - television set |
| 電話 | diànhuà - telephone |
| 霉 | méi - mould |
| 非 | fēi - not |
| 非常 | fēicháng - extremely |
| 非常好 | fēicháng hǎo - extremely good |
| 非律賓 | Fēilǜbīn - the Philippines |
| 面 | miàn - [word ending - location], face |
| 鞋 | xié - shoes |
| 音 | yīn - sound |
| 音樂 | yīnyuè - music |
| 頂 | dǐng - [a measure word for hat, cap]; top |
| 預 | yù - in advance |
| 預報 | yùbào - forecast |
| 頭 | tóu - head |
| 頭髮 | tóufa - hair (on human head) |
| 風 | fēng - wind |
| 風箏 | fēngzhēng - kite |
| 颳 | guā - to blow |
| 颳大風 | guā dà fēng - extremely windy |
| 颳風 | guāfēng - windy |
| 飯 | fàn - meal, cooked rice |
| 飯廳 | fàntīng - dining room |
| 飯館 | fànguǎn - restaurant, or said 餐館 cānguǎn |
| 飲 | yǐn - to drink |
| 飲茶 | yǐnchá - yumcha, a Cantonese meal of small snacks and tea |
| 飽 | bǎo - to be full |
| 餅乾 | bǐnggān - biscuits |
| 餓 | è - hungry |
| 首 | shǒu - [a measure word for poem] |
| 香 | xiāng - fragrant |
| 香港 | Xiānggǎng - Hong Kong |
| 香蕉 | xiāngjiāo - banana |
| 馬 | mǎ - horse |
| 馬上 | mǎshàng - right away |
| 馬來西亞 | Mǎláixīyà - Malaysia |
| 馬克 | Mǎkè - Chinese for Mark |
| 騎 | qí - to ride on something |
| 騎腳踏車 | qí jiǎotàchē - to ride a bicycle (Taiwan) |
| 騎自由車 | qí zìyóuchē - cycling |
| 騎自行車 | qí zìxíngchē - to ride a bicycle |
| 騎車 | qíchē - cycling |
| 高 | gāo - high |
| 高興 | gāoxìng - happy |
| 魚 | yú - fish |
| 鱷魚 | èyú - crocodile |
| 鳥 | niǎo - bird |
| 鳳梨 | fènglí - pineapple |
| 鴨子 | yāzi - duck |
| 麗 | lì - beautiful |
| 麗麗 | Lìli - Chinese for Lily |
| 麵 | miàn - noodles |
| 麵包 | miànbāo - bread |
| 麻婆 | mápó - old woman with a pockmarked face |
| 麻婆豆腐 | mápó-dòufu - name of a hot and spicy bean curd dish, said to be named after a woman who was skilled in cooking this dish |
| 黃 | huáng - yellow |
| 黃油 | huángyóu - butter |
| 黃色 | huángsè - yellow |
| 黃金 | huángjīn - gold |
| 黃金海岸 | Huángjīn Hǎi'àn - Gold Coast |
| 黑 | hēi - black |
| 黑板 | hēibǎn - blackboard |
| 黑板擦 | hēibǎncā - blackboard duster |
| 黑色 | hēisè - black |
| 點 | diǎn - dot, o'clock; to choose; hour |
| 點兒 | diǎnr - a little, a bit |
| 點菜 | diǎncài - to order food |
| 鼻子 | bízi - nose |
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