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| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | Zhuyin | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 爱 | 愛 | ài | ㄞˋ | to love,to be fond of |
| 八 | 八 | bā | ㄅㄚ | eight,8 |
| 爸爸 | 爸爸 | bà ba | ㄅㄚˋ ㄅㄚ˙ | (informal) father |
| 杯子 | 杯子 | bēi zi | ㄅㄟ ㄗ˙ | cup,glass |
| 北京 | 北京 | Běi jīng | ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ | Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China,Peking |
| 本 | 本 | běn | ㄅㄣˇ | Measure word for book |
| 不客气 | 不客氣 | bú kè qi | ㄅㄨˊ ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧ˙ | you're welcome |
| 不 | 不 | bù | ㄅㄨˋ | (negative prefix),not |
| 菜 | 菜 | cài | ㄘㄞˋ | dish (type of food),vegetable |
| 茶 | 茶 | chá | ㄔㄚˊ | tea,tea plant |
| 吃 | 吃 | chī | ㄔ | to eat,to consume |
| 出租车 | 出租車 | chū zū chē | ㄔㄨ ㄗㄨ ㄔㄜ | taxi,(Tw) rental car |
| 打电话 | 打電話 | dǎ diàn huà | ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | to make a telephone call |
| 大 | 大 | dà | ㄉㄚˋ | big,huge |
| 的 | 的 | de | ㄉㄜ˙ | of,~'s (possessive particle) |
| 点 | 點 | diǎn | ㄉㄧㄢˇ | point,dot |
| 电脑 | 電腦 | diàn nǎo | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄠˇ | computer |
| 电视 | 電視 | diàn shì | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ | television,TV |
| 电影 | 電影 | diàn yǐng | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄥˇ | movie,film |
| 东西 | 東西 | dōng xi | ㄉㄨㄥ ㄒㄧ˙ | stuff, object |
| 都 | 都 | dōu | ㄉㄨ | all |
| 读 | 讀 | dú | ㄉㄨˊ | to read |
| 对不起 | 對不起 | duì bù qǐ | ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ | sorry |
| 多 | 多 | duō | ㄉㄨㄛ | many,much |
| 多少 | 多少 | duō shǎo | ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ | how many/much?,can be any number, often 10 or more or unknown/large amounts |
| 儿子 | 兒子 | ér zi | ㄦˊ ㄗ˙ | son |
| 二 | 二 | èr | ㄦˋ | two,2 |
| 饭馆 | 飯館 | fàn guǎn | ㄈㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ | restaurant |
| 飞机 | 飛機 | fēi jī | ㄈㄟ ㄐㄧ | airplane |
| 分钟 | 分鐘 | fēn zhōng | ㄈㄣ ㄓㄨㄥ | minute |
| 高兴 | 高興 | gāo xìng | ㄍㄠ ㄒㄧㄥˋ | happy,glad |
| 个 | 個 | ge | ㄍㄜ˙ | "Ge" is the most common measure word in Chinese. It’s used to count people or general things. If you’re not sure what measure word to use, "Ge’"is usually safe.",this |
| 工作 | 工作 | gōng zuò | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ | to work,(of a machine) to operate |
| 狗 | 狗 | gǒu | ㄍㄡˇ | dog |
| 汉语 | 漢語 | Hàn yǔ | ㄏㄢˋ ㄩˇ | Chinese language |
| 好 | 好 | hǎo | ㄏㄠˇ | good,well |
| 喝 | 喝 | hē | ㄏㄜ | to drink |
| 和 | 和 | hé | ㄏㄜˊ | and |
| 很 | 很 | hěn | ㄏㄣˇ | (adverb of degree),very, quite |
| 后面 | 後面 | hòu mian | ㄏㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ | back |
| 回 | 回 | huí | ㄏㄨㄟˊ | to circle,to go back |
| 会 | 會 | huì | ㄏㄨㄟˋ | can,to be possible |
| 火车站 | 火車站 | huǒ chē zhàn | ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ | train station |
| 几 | 幾 | jǐ | ㄐㄧˇ | "how many" Used to ask about a small number (usually less than 10). |
| 家 | 家 | jiā | ㄐㄧㄚ | Home |
| 叫 | 叫 | jiào | ㄐㄧㄠˋ | to shout, to call,to be called |
| 今天 | 今天 | jīn tiān | ㄐㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄢ | today,at the present |
| 九 | 九 | jiǔ | ㄐㄧㄡˇ | nine,9 |
| 开 | 開 | kāi | ㄎㄞ | to open,to drive (car, airplane, boat) |
| 看 | 看 | kàn | ㄎㄢˋ | to look after,to look / to watch,to visit,to think / to view,to try and see / to check |
| 看见 | 看見 | kàn jiàn | ㄎㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | to see,to catch sight of |
| 块 | 塊 | kuài | ㄎㄨㄞˋ | lump (of earth),chunk |
| 来 | 來 | lái | ㄌㄞˊ | to come,to arrive |
| 老师 | 老師 | lǎo shī | ㄌㄠˇ ㄕ | teacher |
| 了 | 了 | le | ㄌㄜ˙ | (completed action marker),(modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 冷 | 冷 | lěng | ㄌㄥˇ | cold |
| 里 | 裏 | lǐ | ㄌㄧˇ | inside |
| 下午 | 下午 | xià wǔ | ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˇ | afternoon |
| 下雨 | 下雨 | xià yǔ | ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄩˇ | to rain |
| 零 | 零 | líng | ㄌㄧㄥˊ | zero,nought |
| 六 | 六 | liù | ㄌㄧㄡˋ | six,6 |
| 妈妈 | 媽媽 | mā ma | ㄇㄚ ㄇㄚ˙ | mama,mommy |
| 吗 | 嗎 | ma | ㄇㄚ˙ | is a question particle used at the end of a sentence to turn a statement into a yes/no question. |
| 买 | 買 | mǎi | ㄇㄞˇ | to buy,to purchase |
| 猫 | 貓 | māo | ㄇㄠ | cat |
| 没 | 沒 | méi | ㄇㄟˊ | (negative prefix for verbs),have not |
| 没关系 | 沒關係 | méi guān xi | ㄇㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧ˙ | it doesn't matter |
| 米饭 | 米飯 | mǐ fàn | ㄇㄧˇ ㄈㄢˋ | (cooked) rice |
| 明天 | 明天 | míng tiān | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ | tomorrow |
| 名字 | 名字 | míng zi | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗ˙ | name (of a person or thing) |
| 哪 | 哪 | nǎ | ㄋㄚˇ | which |
| 那 | 那 | nà | ㄋㄚˋ | that |
| 呢 | 呢 | ne | ㄋㄜ˙ | 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 ...?') |
| 能 | 能 | néng | ㄋㄥˊ | able |
| 你 | 你 | nǐ | ㄋㄧˇ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous ) |
| 年 | 年 | nián | ㄋㄧㄢˊ | year |
| 女儿 | 女兒 | nǚ ér | ㄋㄩˇ ㄦˊ | daughter |
| 朋友 | 朋友 | péng yǒu | ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ | friend |
| 漂亮 | 漂亮 | piào liang | ㄆㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄤ˙ | pretty,beautiful |
| 苹果 | 蘋果 | píng guǒ | ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ | apple |
| 七 | 七 | qī | ㄑㄧ | seven,7 |
| 钱 | 錢 | qián | ㄑㄧㄢˊ | money |
| 前面 | 前面 | qián miàn | ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ | ahead,in front |
| 请 | 請 | qǐng | ㄑㄧㄥˇ | a polite word in Chinese that means please, to invite, or to request. |
| 去 | 去 | qù | ㄑㄩˋ | to go,to go to (a place) |
| 热 | 熱 | rè | ㄖㄜˋ | to warm up,to heat up |
| 人 | 人 | rén | ㄖㄣˊ | man,person |
| 认识 | 認識 | rèn shi | ㄖㄣˋ ㄕ˙ | to know,to recognize |
| 日 | 日 | rì | ㄖˋ | day, date |
| 三 | 三 | sān | ㄙㄢ | three |
| 商店 | 商店 | shāng diàn | ㄕㄤ ㄉㄧㄢˋ | store,shop |
| 上 | 上 | shàng | ㄕㄤˇ | on, above, over |
| 上午 | 上午 | shàng wǔ | ㄕㄤˋ ㄨˇ | morning |
| 少 | 少 | shǎo | ㄕㄠˇ | few,less |
| 谁 | 誰 | shéi | ㄕㄟˊ | who |
| 什么 | 什麼 | shén me | ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄜ˙ | what?,something |
| 十 | 十 | shí | ㄕˊ | ten,10 |
| 时候 | 時候 | shí hou | ㄕˊ ㄏㄡ˙ | time,length of time |
| 是 | 是 | shì | ㄕˋ | is,are |
| 书 | 書 | shū | ㄕㄨ | book |
| 水 | 水 | shuǐ | ㄕㄨㄟˇ | water |
| 水果 | 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄛˇ | fruit |
| 睡觉 | 睡覺 | shuì jiào | ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ | to go to bed,to sleep |
| 说话 | 說話 | shuō huà | ㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | to speak,to say |
| 四 | 四 | sì | ㄙˋ | four,4 |
| 岁 | 歲 | suì | ㄙㄨㄟˋ | years old |
| 他 | 他 | tā | ㄊㄚ | he or him,(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) |
| 她 | 她 | tā | ㄊㄚ | she |
| 太 | 太 | tài | ㄊㄞˋ | highest,greatest |
| 天气 | 天氣 | tiān qì | ㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧˋ | weather |
| 听 | 听 | tīng | ㄧㄣˇ | listen, hear |
| 同学 | 同學 | tóng xué | ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ | classmate,fellow student |
| 喂 | 喂 | wei | ㄨㄟˊ | hello (when answering the phone) |
| 我 | 我 | wǒ | ㄨㄛˇ | I,me |
| 我们 | 我們 | wǒ men | ㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄣ˙ | we,us |
| 五 | 五 | wǔ | ㄨˇ | five,5 |
| 喜欢 | 喜歡 | xǐ huan | ㄒㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄢ˙ | to like,to be fond of |
| 下 | 下 | xià | ㄒㄧㄚˋ | down,downwards |
| 先生 | 先生 | xiān sheng | ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ˙ | mister (Mr.) |
| 现在 | 現在 | xiàn zài | ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄞˋ | now,at present |
| 想 | 想 | xiǎng | ㄒㄧㄤˇ | to think,to believe |
| 小 | 小 | xiǎo | ㄒㄧㄠˇ | small,tiny |
| 小姐 | 小姐 | xiǎo jie | ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝ˙ | young lady,miss |
| 些 | 些 | xiē | ㄒㄧㄝ | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several |
| 写 | 寫 | xiě | ㄒㄧㄝˇ | to write |
| 谢谢 | 謝謝 | xiè xie | ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄝ˙ | to thank,thanks |
| 星期 | 星期 | xīng qī | ㄒㄧㄥ ㄑㄧ | week |
| 学生 | 學生 | xué sheng | ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄥ˙ | student,schoolchild |
| 学习 | 學習 | xué xí | ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄧˊ | to learn,to study |
| 学校 | 學校 | xué xiào | ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ | school |
| 一 | 一 | yī | ㄧ | one,1 |
| 衣服 | 衣服 | yī fu | ㄧ ㄈㄨ˙ | clothes |
| 医生 | 醫生 | yī shēng | ㄧ ㄕㄥ | doctor |
| 医院 | 醫院 | yī yuàn | ㄧ ㄩㄢˋ | hospital |
| 椅子 | 椅子 | yǐ zi | ㄧˇ ㄗ˙ | chair |
| 有 | 有 | yǒu | ㄧㄡˇ | to have,there is |
| 月 | 月 | yuè | ㄩㄝˋ | moon,month |
| 在 | 在 | zài | ㄗㄞˋ | (located) at,(to be) in |
| 再见 | 再見 | zài jiàn | ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | goodbye,see you again later |
| 怎么 | 怎麼 | zěn me | ㄗㄣˇ ㄇㄜ˙ | how?,what? |
| 怎么样 | 怎麼樣 | zěn me yàng | ㄗㄣˇ ㄇㄜ˙ ㄧㄤˋ | how?,how about? |
| 这 | 這 | zhè | ㄓㄜˋ | this,these |
| 中国 | 中國 | Zhōng guó | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ | China |
| 中午 | 中午 | zhōng wǔ | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨˇ | noon,midday |
| 住 | 住 | zhù | ㄓㄨˋ | to live,to dwell |
| 桌子 | 桌子 | zhuō zi | ㄓㄨㄛ ㄗ˙ | table,desk |
| 字 | 字 | zì | ㄗˋ | letter,symbol |
| 昨天 | 昨天 | zuó tiān | ㄗㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄢ | yesterday |
| 坐 | 坐 | zuò | ㄗㄨㄛˋ | sit |
| 做 | 做 | zuò | ㄗㄨㄛˋ | to do,to make |
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