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| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | Zhuyin | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 我 | 我 | wǒ | ㄨㄛˇ | I,me |
| 你 | 你 | nǐ | ㄋㄧˇ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous ) |
| 妳 | 妳 | nǐ | ㄋㄧˇ | you (female) |
| 他 | 他 | tā | ㄊㄚ | he or him,(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) |
| 她 | 她 | tā | ㄊㄚ | she |
| 我们 | 我們 | wǒ men | ㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄣ˙ | we,us |
| 你们 | 你們 | nǐ men | ㄋㄧˇ ㄇㄣ˙ | you (plural) |
| 妳们 | 妳們 | nǐ men | ㄋㄧˇ ㄇㄣ˙ | you |
| 他们 | 他們 | tā men | ㄊㄚ ㄇㄣ˙ | they |
| 她们 | 她們 | tā men | ㄊㄚ ㄇㄣ˙ | they,them (for females) |
| 您 | 您 | nín | ㄋㄧㄣˊ | you (courteous, as opposed to informal ) |
| 姓名 | 姓名 | xìng míng | ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | full name |
| 人 | 人 | rén | ㄖㄣˊ | man,person |
| 国 | 國 | guó | ㄍㄨㄛˊ | country |
| 中国 | 中國 | zhōng guó | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ | China |
| 美国 | 美國 | měi guó | ㄇㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ | United States,USA |
| 日本 | 日本 | rì běn | ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ | Japan |
| 台湾 | 台灣 | tái wān | ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢ | Taiwan |
| 台湾 | 臺灣 | tái wān | ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢ | taiwan |
| 名字 | 名字 | míng zi | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗ˙ | name (of a person or thing) |
| 家 | 家 | jiā | ㄐㄧㄚ | home |
| 电话 | 電話 | diàn huà | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | telephone,phone call |
| 时间 | 時間 | shí jiān | ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢ | time,period |
| 小时 | 小時 | xiǎo shí | ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ | hour |
| 现在 | 現在 | xiàn zài | ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄞˋ | now,at present |
| 今年 | 今年 | jīn nián | ㄐㄧㄣ ㄋㄧㄢˊ | this year |
| 今天 | 今天 | jīn tiān | ㄐㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄢ | today,at the present |
| 明天 | 明天 | míng tiān | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ | tomorrow |
| 昨天 | 昨天 | zuó tiān | ㄗㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄢ | yesterday |
| 早上 | 早上 | zǎo shàng | ㄗㄠˇ ㄕㄤˋ | early morning |
| 上午 | 上午 | shàng wǔ | ㄕㄤˋ ㄨˇ | morning |
| 中午 | 中午 | zhōng wǔ | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨˇ | noon,midday |
| 下午 | 下午 | xià wǔ | ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˇ | afternoon,p.m. |
| 晚上 | 晚上 | wǎn shàng | ㄨㄢˇ ㄕㄤˋ | evening,night |
| 一 | 一 | yī | ㄧ | one,1 |
| 二 | 二 | èr | ㄦˋ | two,2 |
| 三 | 三 | sān | ㄙㄢ | three, 3 |
| 四 | 四 | sì | ㄙˋ | four,4 |
| 五 | 五 | wǔ | ㄨˇ | five,5 |
| 六 | 六 | liù | ㄌㄧㄡˋ | six,6 |
| 七 | 七 | qī | ㄑㄧ | seven,7 |
| 八 | 八 | bā | ㄅㄚ | eight,8 |
| 九 | 九 | jiǔ | ㄐㄧㄡˇ | nine,9 |
| 十 | 十 | shí | ㄕˊ | ten,10 |
| 两 | 兩 | liǎng | ㄌㄧㄤˇ | two,both |
| 时候 | 時候 | shí hòu | ㄕˊ ㄏㄡˋ | time,length of time |
| 百 | 百 | bǎi | ㄅㄞˇ | hundred |
| 半 | 半 | bàn | ㄅㄢˋ | half,semi- |
| 千 | 千 | qiān | ㄑㄧㄢ | thousand |
| 爸爸 | 爸爸 | bà ba | ㄅㄚˋ ㄅㄚ˙ | (informal) father |
| 爸 | 爸 | bà | ㄅㄚˋ | father,dad |
| 妈妈 | 媽媽 | mā ma | ㄇㄚ ㄇㄚ˙ | mama,mommy |
| 妈 | 媽 | mā | ㄇㄚ | ma,mom |
| 哥哥 | 哥哥 | gē ge | ㄍㄜ ㄍㄜ˙ | older brother |
| 哥 | 哥 | gē | ㄍㄜ | brother, a respectful way to address males who you might not know(usually older people) |
| 弟弟 | 弟弟 | dì di | ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄧ˙ | younger brother |
| 弟 | 弟 | dì | ㄉㄧˋ | younger brother,junior male |
| 姊姊 | 姊姊 | jiě jie | ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄐㄧㄝ˙ | older sister |
| 妹妹 | 妹妹 | mèi mei | ㄇㄟˋ ㄇㄟ˙ | younger sister,young woman |
| 妹 | 妹 | mèi | ㄇㄟˋ | younger sister |
| 小孩 | 小孩 | xiǎo hái | ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄞˊ | child |
| 小孩子 | 小孩子 | xiǎo hái zi | ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄞˊ ㄗ˙ | child |
| 的 | 的 | de | ㄉㄜ˙ | of,~'s (possessive particle) |
| 第 | 第 | dì | ㄉㄧˋ | (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc),order |
| 分 | 分 | fēn | ㄈㄣ | to divide,to separate |
| 点 | 點 | diǎn | ㄉㄧㄢˇ | point,dot |
| 个 | 個 | ge | ㄍㄜ˙ | individual,this |
| 岁 | 歲 | suì | ㄙㄨㄟˋ | years old |
| 年 | 年 | nián | ㄋㄧㄢˊ | year |
| 住 | 住 | zhù | ㄓㄨˋ | to live,to dwell |
| 来 | 來 | lái | ㄌㄞˊ | to come,to arrive |
| 是 | 是 | shì | ㄕˋ | is,are |
| 姓 | 姓 | xìng | ㄒㄧㄥˋ | family name |
| 觉得 | 覺得 | jué de | ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄜ˙ | to think,to feel |
| 喜欢 | 喜歡 | xǐ huān | ㄒㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄢ | to like,to be fond of |
| 打电话 | 打電話 | dǎ diàn huà | ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | to make a telephone call |
| 漂亮 | 漂亮 | piào lìang | ㄆㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ | pretty,beautiful |
| 高 | 高 | gāo | ㄍㄠ | high |
| 老 | 老 | lǎo | ㄌㄠˇ | old (of people),venerable (person) |
| 好 | 好 | hǎo | ㄏㄠˇ | good,well |
| 很 | 很 | hěn | ㄏㄣˇ | (adverb of degree),quite |
| 真 | 真 | zhēn | ㄓㄣ | really,truly |
| 电脑 | 電腦 | diàn nǎo | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄠˇ | computer |
| 老师 | 老師 | lǎo shī | ㄌㄠˇ ㄕ | teacher |
| 买 | 買 | mǎi | ㄇㄞˇ | to buy,to purchase |
| 忙 | 忙 | máng | ㄇㄤˊ | busy,occupied |
| 学生 | 學生 | xué shēng | ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄥ | student,schoolchild |
| 大学 | 大學 | dà xué | ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ | university |
| 学校 | 學校 | xué xiào | ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ | school |
| 中文 | 中文 | zhōng wén | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ | Chinese language |
| 同学 | 同學 | tóng xué | ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ | to study at the same school,fellow student |
| 字 | 字 | zì | ㄗˋ | letter,symbol |
| 笔 | 筆 | bǐ | ㄅㄧˇ | pen,pencil |
| 学 | 學 | xué | ㄒㄩㄝˊ | to learn,to study |
| 问 | 問 | wèn | ㄨㄣˋ | to ask |
| 说 | 說 | shuō | ㄕㄨㄛ | to speak,to say |
| 写 | 寫 | xiě | ㄒㄧㄝˇ | to write |
| 听 | 聽 | tīng | ㄊㄧㄥ | listen |
| 对 | 對 | duì | ㄉㄨㄟˋ | right,correct |
| 能 | 能 | néng | ㄋㄥˊ | able |
| 可以 | 可以 | kě yǐ | ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ | can,may |
| 上课 | 上課 | shàng kè | ㄕㄤˋ ㄎㄜˋ | to go to class,to attend class |
| 知道 | 知道 | zhī dào | ㄓ ㄉㄠˋ | to know,to become aware of |
| 电视 | 電視 | diàn shì | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ | television,TV |
| 电视机 | 電視機 | diàn shì jī | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧ | television set |
| 水 | 水 | shuǐ | ㄕㄨㄟˇ | water |
| 久 | 久 | jiǔ | ㄐㄧㄡˇ | (long) time,(long) duration of time |
| 早 | 早 | zǎo | ㄗㄠˇ | early,morning |
| 再 | 再 | zài | ㄗㄞˋ | again,once more |
| 书 | 書 | shū | ㄕㄨ | book |
| 电影 | 電影 | diàn yǐng | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄥˇ | movie,film |
| 以前 | 以前 | yǐ qián | ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ | before,formerly |
| 以后 | 以後 | yǐ hòu | ㄧˇ ㄏㄡˋ | after,later |
| 走 | 走 | zǒu | ㄗㄡˇ | to walk,to go |
| 等 | 等 | děng | ㄉㄥˇ | class,rank |
| 看 | 看 | kàn | ㄎㄢˋ | to see,to look at |
| 就 | 就 | jiù | ㄐㄧㄡˋ | at once,right away |
| 什么 | 什麼 | shén me | ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄜ˙ | what?,something |
| 朋友 | 朋友 | péng yǒu | ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ | friend |
| 东西 | 東西 | dōng xi | ㄉㄨㄥ ㄒㄧ˙ | thing,stuff |
| 吧 | 吧 | ba | ㄅㄚ˙ | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise),...right? |
| 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 ...?') |
| 吗 | 嗎 | ma | ㄇㄚ˙ | (question particle for 'yes-no' questions) |
| 找 | 找 | zhǎo | ㄓㄠˇ | to try to find,to look for |
| 做 | 做 | zuò | ㄗㄨㄛˋ | to do,to make |
| 再见 | 再見 | zài jiàn | ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | goodbye,see you again later |
| 怎么样 | 怎麼樣 | zěn me yàng | ㄗㄣˇ ㄇㄜ˙ ㄧㄤˋ | how?,how about? |
| 叫 | 叫 | jiào | ㄐㄧㄠˋ | to shout,to call |
| 谢谢 | 謝謝 | xiè xie | ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄝ˙ | to thank,thanks |
| 对不起 | 對不起 | duì bù qǐ | ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ | sorry(typically used in serious situations),apologies |
| 请问 | 請問 | qǐng wèn | ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄣˋ | Excuse me, may I ask...? |
| 这 | 這 | zhè | ㄓㄜˋ | this,these |
| 那 | 那 | nà | ㄋㄚˋ | that,those |
| 公共汽车 | 公共汽車 | gōng gòng qì chē | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄔㄜ | bus |
| 公车 | 公車 | gōng chē | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄜ | bus,car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc) |
| 车 | 車 | chē | ㄔㄜ | car |
| 车子 | 車子 | chē zi | ㄔㄜ ㄗ˙ | car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc) |
| 到 | 到 | dào | ㄉㄠˋ | to (a place),until (a time) |
| 去 | 去 | qù | ㄑㄩˋ | to go,to go to (a place) |
| 回 | 回 | huí | ㄏㄨㄟˊ | to circle,to go back |
| 坐 | 坐 | zuò | ㄗㄨㄛˋ | sit |
| 这里 | 這裡 | zhè lǐ | ㄓㄜˋ ㄌㄧˇ | here |
| 这儿 | 這兒 | zhè lǐ | ㄓㄜˋ ㄌㄧˇ | here |
| 那里 | 那裡 | nà lǐ | ㄋㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ | there |
| 这里 | 這裏 | zhè r | ㄓㄜˋ ㄦ˙ | here |
| 那儿 | 那兒 | nà ér | ㄋㄚˋ ㄦˊ | there |
| 哪里 | 哪裡 | nǎ lǐ | ㄋㄚˇ ㄌㄧˇ | where |
| 哪儿 | 哪兒 | nǎ lǐ | ㄋㄚˇ ㄌㄧˇ | where?,wherever |
| 开车 | 開車 | kāi chē | ㄎㄞ ㄔㄜ | to drive a car |
| 那里 | 那裏 | nà r | ㄋㄚˋ ㄦ˙ | there,that place |
| 钱 | 錢 | qián | ㄑㄧㄢˊ | money |
| 多少 | 多少 | duō shǎo | ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ | how many? how much?,amount |
| 给 | 給 | gěi | ㄍㄟˇ | to,for |
| 哪里 | 哪裏 | nǎ r | ㄋㄚˇ ㄦ˙ | where?,somewhere |
| 贵 | 貴 | guì | ㄍㄨㄟˋ | expensive,noble |
| 便宜 | 便宜 | pián yí | ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ | cheap |
| 大 | 大 | dà | ㄉㄚˋ | big,huge |
| 小 | 小 | xiǎo | ㄒㄧㄠˇ | small,tiny |
| 难 | 難 | nán | ㄋㄢˊ | difficult |
| 容易 | 容易 | róng yì | ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄧˋ | easy,likely |
| 有 | 有 | yǒu | ㄧㄡˇ | to have,there is |
| 想 | 想 | xiǎng | ㄒㄧㄤˇ | to think,to believe |
| 几 | 幾 | jǐ | ㄐㄧˇ | several |
| 块 | 塊 | kuài | ㄎㄨㄞˋ | lump (of earth),chunk |
| 位 | 位 | wèi | ㄨㄟˋ | position,location |
| 饭 | 飯 | fàn | ㄈㄢˋ | cooked rice,meal |
| 吃 | 吃 | chī | ㄔ | to eat |
| 请 | 請 | qǐng | ㄑㄧㄥˇ | polite way to ask,to invite,please + verb. (ex. please sit, please eat) |
| 也 | 也 | yě | ㄧㄝˇ | also |
| 不 | 不 | bù | ㄅㄨˋ | (negative prefix),not |
| 没 | 沒 | méi | ㄇㄟˊ | (negative prefix for verbs),have not |
| 都 | 都 | dōu | ㄉㄡ | all,both |
| 只 | 只 | zhǐ | ㄓˇ | only,merely |
| 可是 | 可是 | kě shì | ㄎㄜˇ ㄕˋ | but,however |
| 还是 | 還是 | hái shì | ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ | or,still |
| 了 | 了 | le | ㄌㄜ˙ | (completed action marker),(modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 得 | 得 | de | ㄉㄜ˙ | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 过 | 過 | guò | ㄍㄨㄛˋ | pass |
| 没有 | 沒有 | méi yǒu | ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ | haven't,hasn't |
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