| Term | Definition |
| 你好 | ní hǎo - hello, how do you do |
| 你 | nǐ - you (singular) |
| 好 | hǎo - good, well |
| 我 | wǒ - I, me |
| 是 | shì - am, is, are |
| 白 | Bái - a family name: white |
| 大伟 | Dáwěi - Chinese for David |
| 大 | dá - big |
| 伟 | wěi - great |
| 李 | Lǐ - a family name; plum |
| 兰兰 | Lánlan - a Chinese given name |
| 兰 | lán - orchid |
| 再见 | zàijiàn - goodbye |
| 再 | zài - again |
| 见 | jián - to see |
| 同学 | tóngxué - fellow student, schoolmate |
| 同 | tóng - same, together |
| 学 | xué - to learn |
| 们 | men - [used after a pronoun or a noun associated with people to show plural i.e. wǒmen 我們 - we; tāmen 他們 - they] |
| 同学们 | tóngxuémen - fellow students |
| 林 | Lín - a family name; forest |
| 老师 | lǎoshī - teacher |
| 老 | lǎo - old |
| 师 | shī - teacher |
| 他 | tā - he, him |
| 早 | zǎo - morning, early |
| 你们 | nǐmen - you (plural) |
| 明天 | míngtian - tomorrow |
| 明 | míng - tomorrow, bright |
| 天 | tiān - day |
| 见 | jiàn - to see |
| 请进 | qǐng jìn - come in please |
| 请坐 | qǐng zuò - sit down please |
| 站起来 | zhàn qǐlai - stand up |
| 不要说话 | bú yào shuōhuà - do not talk |
| 注意听 | zhùyì tīng - listen carefully |
| 请安静 | qǐng ānjìng - quiet please |
| 看黑板 | kàn hēibǎn - look at the blackboard |
| 把书打开 | bǎ shū dǎkāi - open (your) book |
| 到前面来 | dào qiánmian lái - come to the front |
| 请回座位 | qǐng huí zuòwèi - return to (your) seat please |
| 请坐好 | qǐng zuò hǎo - sit properly please |
| 请举手 | qǐng jǔshǒu - please raise (your) hand |
| 把手放下 | bǎ shǒu fàng xià - put down (your) hand |
| 大声点儿 | dà shēng diǎnr - a little louder |
| 再说一次 | zài shuō yí cì - say (it) again |
| 很好 | hěn hǎo - very good |
| 非常好 | fēicháng hǎo - extremely good |
| 你忙吗? | Nǐ máng ma? - Are you busy? |
| 怎么样? | Zěnmeyàng? - How is everything? |
| 上哪儿去? | Shàng nǎr qù? - Where are you going? |
| 吃饭了吗? | Chī fàn le ma? - Have you eaten? |