| Term | Definition |
| 什么 | what? shen2me |
| 也 | also, ye3 |
| 岁 | age,years old, sui4 |
| 大 | big, da4 |
| 年级 | grade,nian2ji2 |
| 在 | at, zai4 |
| 上 | on top, shang4 |
| 人 | person, ren2 |
| 们 | plural suffix, men |
| 美 | beautiful, mei3 |
| 说 | speak, shou1 |
| 马 | horse, ma3 |
| 多 | many, duo1 |
| 不 | no, bu4 |
| 字 | character,zi4 |
| 学 | study, xue2 |
| 中 | middlle,center, zhong1 |
| 名字 | name, ming2zi |
| 我 | I,me, wo3 |
| 很 | very, hen3 |
| 呢 | and particle, ne |
| 吗 | question particle, ma |
| 你 | you, ni3 |
| 叫 | to be called, jiao4 |
| 他 | him, ta1 |
| 家 | family, jia4 |
| 妈 | mom, ma1 |
| 谢谢 | thank you, xie4xie |
| 安 | tanquil, an1 |
| 好 | good, hao3 |
| 喜欢 | like,xi3huan |
| 日 | sun, ri4 |
| 那 | which? where?, na3 |
| 中文 | chinese(written language), zhong1wen2 |
| 汉语 | chinese(han language), han4 yu3 |
| 学生 | student, xue2sheng4 |
| 月 | moon, yue4 |
| 老师 | teacher, lao3shi1 |
| 国 | country, guo2 |
| 英文 | english, ying1wen2 |
| 控 | free time, kong4 |
| 文 | written language, wen2 |
| 骂 | scold, ma4 |
| 一 | 1, yi1 |
| 二 | 2, er4 |
| 三 | 3, san1 |
| 四 | 4, si4 |
| 五 | 5, wu3 |
| 六 | 6, liu4 |
| 七 | 7, qi1 |
| 八 | 8, ba4 |
| 九 | 9, jiu3 |
| 十 | 10, shi2 |
| 两 | 2, liang3 |
| 条 | measure word(dog,snake,fish), tiao2 |
| 狗 | dog, gou3 |
| 蛇 | snake, she2 |
| 鱼 | fish, yu2 |
| 只 | measure word(cat, bird, frog) |
| 猫 | cat, mao1 |
| 鸟 | bird, niao3 |
| 青蛙 | frog, qing1wa1 |
| 匹 | measure word(horse), pi2 |
| 跟我一起 | with me, gen1 wo3 yi4qi3 |
| 去 | to go, qu4 |
| 跟 | with, gen1 |
| 为什么 | why? wei4 shen2me |
| 早上 | early morning, zao3shang4 |
| 晚上 | evening, wan3shang |
| 一起 | together, yi4 qi3 |
| 要 | to want, yao4 |
| 看 | to see, watch, read, kan4 |
| 个 | measure word(people, turtle) ge4 |
| 乌龟 | turtle, wu1gui1 |
| 有 | to have, you3 |
| 没有 | not have, mei2you3 |
| 兄弟姐妹 | siblings, xiong1di4jie3mei4 |
| 爸爸 | dad, ba4ba |
| 哥哥 | older brother, ge1ge |
| 弟弟 | younger brother, di4di |
| 姐姐 | older sister, jie3jie |
| 妹妹 | younger sister, mei4mei |
| 请问 | ecuse me, qing3wen2 |
| 几 | how much, how many, ji3 |
| 点 | o'clock, dian3 |
| 分 | minutes, fen1 |
| 刻 | quarter, ke4 |
| 差 | minus, cha4 |
| 大前天 | 3 days ago, da4qian2tian1 |
| 前天 | 2 days ago, qian2tian1 |
| 昨天 | yesterday, zuo2tian1 |
| 今天 | today, jin1tian1 |
| 明天 | tomorrow, ming2tian1 |
| 后天 | 2 days from now, hou4tian1 |
| 大后天 | 3 days from now, da4hou4tian1 |
| 吃饭 | eat, chi1fan4 |
| 起床 | get up,qi3chuang3 |
| 半 | half, ban4 |
| 中午 | midday, zhong1wu3 |
| 下午 | afternoon, xia4wu3 |
| 上午 | morning, shang4wu3 |
| 回家 | go home, hui2jia1 |
| 上学 | go/start school, shang4xue2 |
| 下学 | get out/end school, xia4xue2 |
| 星期 | day of the week, xing1qi1 |