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| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | Zhuyin | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 零 | 零 | líng | ㄌㄧㄥˊ | zero,nought |
| 爷爷 | 爺爺 | yé ye | ㄧㄝˊ ㄧㄝ˙ | paternal grandfather, father's father |
| 奶奶 | 奶奶 | nǎi nai | ㄋㄞˇ ㄋㄞ˙ | (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother),(respectful) mistress of the house |
| 家庭 | 家庭 | jiā tíng | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄊㄧㄥˊ | family,household |
| 别人 | 別人 | bié rén | ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄖㄣˊ | other people,others |
| 大人 | 大人 | dà rén | ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ | adult,grownup |
| 老人 | 老人 | lǎo rén | ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ | old man or woman,the elderly |
| 年轻 | 年輕 | nián qīng | ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥ | young |
| 男生 | 男生 | nán shēng | ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄥ | schoolboy,male |
| 女生 | 女生 | nǚ shēng | ㄋㄩˇ ㄕㄥ | schoolgirl,female student |
| 号码 | 號碼 | hào mǎ | ㄏㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇ | number |
| 在 | 在 | zài | ㄗㄞˋ | (located) at,(to be) in |
| 哪 | 哪 | nǎ | ㄋㄚˇ | which, what |
| 地址 | 地址 | dì zhǐ | ㄉㄧˋ ㄓˇ | address |
| 市 | 市 | shì | ㄕˋ | market,city |
| 名 | 名 | míng | ㄇㄧㄥˊ | name,given name |
| 城市 | 城市 | chéng shì | ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ | city,town |
| 城 | 城 | chéng | ㄔㄥˊ | city walls,wall |
| 街 | 街 | jiē | ㄐㄧㄝ | street |
| 电子邮件 | 電子郵件 | diàn zǐ yóu jiàn | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄗˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | |
| 礼拜 | 禮拜 | lǐ bài | ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄞˋ | week,religious service |
| 从前 | 從前 | cóng qián | ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ | previously,formerly |
| 刚刚 | 剛剛 | gāng gāng | ㄍㄤ ㄍㄤ | just recently,just a moment ago |
| 刚 | 剛 | gāng | ㄍㄤ | hard,firm |
| 一会儿 | 一會兒 | yì huǐ r | ㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄦ˙ | a moment,a while |
| 一会 | 一會 | yì huǐ | ㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ | a moment,a while |
| 结婚 | 結婚 | jié hūn | ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄨㄣ | to marry,to get married |
| 春天 | 春天 | chūn tiān | ㄔㄨㄣ ㄊㄧㄢ | spring (season) |
| 春 | 春 | chūn | ㄔㄨㄣ | spring(season) |
| 夏天 | 夏天 | xià tiān | ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄧㄢ | summer |
| 夏 | 夏 | xià | ㄒㄧㄚˋ | summer,Xia Dynasty(c.2070-1600BC) |
| 秋天 | 秋天 | qiū tiān | ㄑㄧㄡ ㄊㄧㄢ | autumn |
| 秋 | 秋 | qiū | ㄑㄧㄡ | autumn |
| 冬天 | 冬天 | dōng tiān | ㄉㄨㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ | winter |
| 冬 | 冬 | dōng | ㄉㄨㄥ | winter |
| 笑 | 笑 | xiào | ㄒㄧㄠˋ | laugh, smile |
| 哭 | 哭 | kū | ㄎㄨ | to cry,to weep |
| 高兴 | 高興 | gāo xìng | ㄍㄠ ㄒㄧㄥˋ | happy,glad |
| 紧张 | 緊張 | jǐn zhāng | ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄓㄤ | nervous,troubled |
| 可爱 | 可愛 | kě ài | ㄎㄜˇ ㄞˋ | adorable,cute |
| 生气 | 生氣 | shēng qì | ㄕㄥ ㄑㄧˋ | to get angry,to take offense |
| 难过 | 難過 | nán guò | ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ | to feel sad,to feel unwell |
| 聪明 | 聰明 | cōng míng | ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | intelligent,clever |
| 相信 | 相信 | xiāng xìn | ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄣˋ | to be convinced (that sth is true),to believe |
| 经验 | 經驗 | jīng yàn | ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧㄢˋ | experience,to experience |
| 辛苦 | 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄎㄨˇ | exhausting,difficult |
| 愿意 | 願意 | yuàn yì | ㄩㄢˋ ㄧˋ | to wish,to want |
| 习惯 | 習慣 | xí guàn | ㄒㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄢˋ | habit,custom |
| 当然 | 當然 | dāng rán | ㄉㄤ ㄖㄢˊ | Ofcourse,as it should be |
| 更 | 更 | gèng | ㄍㄥˋ | more,even more |
| 医院 | 醫院 | yī yuàn | ㄧ ㄩㄢˋ | hospital |
| 公司 | 公司 | gōng sī | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙ | (business) company,company |
| 办公室 | 辦公室 | bàn gōng shì | ㄅㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕˋ | office,business premises |
| 工人 | 工人 | gōng rén | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ | worker |
| 护士 | 護士 | hù shì | ㄏㄨˋ ㄕˋ | nurse |
| 司机 | 司機 | sī jī | ㄙ ㄐㄧ | chauffeur,driver |
| 老板 | 老闆 | lǎo bǎn | ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄢˇ | boss |
| 上班 | 上班 | shàng bān | ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢ | to go to work,to be on duty |
| 老板 | 老板 | lǎo bǎn | ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄢˇ | boss |
| 下班 | 下班 | xià bān | ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢ | to finish work,to get off work |
| 能力 | 能力 | néng lì | ㄋㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ | capability,ability |
| 努力 | 努力 | nǔ lì | ㄋㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ | great effort,to strive |
| 准备 | 準備 | zhǔn bèi | ㄓㄨㄣˇ ㄅㄟˋ | preparation,to prepare |
| 打算 | 打算 | dǎ suàn | ㄉㄚˇ ㄙㄨㄢˋ | to plan,to intend |
| 计画 | 計畫 | jì huà | ㄐㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | plan |
| 计划 | 計劃 | jì huà | ㄐㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | plan,programme |
| 机会 | 機會 | jī huì | ㄐㄧ ㄏㄨㄟˋ | opportunity,chance |
| 如果 | 如果 | rú guǒ | ㄖㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ | if,in case |
| 小学 | 小學 | xiǎo xué | ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ | elementary school,primary school |
| 高中 | 高中 | gāo zhōng | ㄍㄠ ㄓㄨㄥ | senior high school |
| 上学 | 上學 | shàng xué | ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ | to go to school,to attend school |
| 开学 | 開學 | kāi xué | ㄎㄞ ㄒㄩㄝˊ | school/university/college starts,foundation of a University or College |
| 班 | 班 | bān | ㄅㄢ | class |
| 年级 | 年級 | nián jí | ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧˊ | grade,year (in school, college etc) |
| 作业 | 作業 | zuò yè | ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄝˋ | homework,work, activities from school to be done at home |
| 成绩 | 成績 | chéng jī | ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧ | achievement,result(of work or study) |
| 语言 | 語言 | yǔ yán | ㄩˇ ㄧㄢˊ | language |
| 华语 | 華語 | huá yǔ | ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄩˇ | Chinese language |
| 华文 | 華文 | huá wén | ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄨㄣˊ | Chinese language,Chinese script |
| 黑板 | 黑板 | hēi bǎn | ㄏㄟ ㄅㄢˇ | blackboard |
| 课本 | 課本 | kè běn | ㄎㄜˋ ㄅㄣˇ | textbook |
| 字典 | 字典 | zì diǎn | ㄗˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ | Chinese character dictionary |
| 注意 | 注意 | zhù yì | ㄓㄨˋ ㄧˋ | to take attention to,to pay note of |
| 读书 | 讀書 | dú shū | ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ | to read a book,to study |
| 回答 | 回答 | huí dá | ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄚˊ | to reply,to answer |
| 答 | 答 | dá | ㄉㄚˊ | reply,answer |
| 句 | 句 | jù | ㄐㄩˋ | sentence,clause |
| 图 | 圖 | tú | ㄊㄨˊ | diagram,picture |
| 部分 | 部分 | bù fen | ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄣ˙ | part,share |
| 部份 | 部份 | bù fen | ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄣ˙ | part |
| 想法 | 想法 | xiǎng fǎ | ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄈㄚˇ | way of thinking,opinion |
| 学习 | 學習 | xué xí | ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄧˊ | to learn,to study |
| 练习 | 練習 | liàn xí | ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧˊ | to practice,exercise |
| 参加 | 參加 | cān jiā | ㄘㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ | to participate,to take part |
| 文化 | 文化 | wén huà | ㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | culture,civilization |
| 认为 | 認為 | rèn wéi | ㄖㄣˋ ㄨㄟˊ | to believe,to think |
| 清楚 | 清楚 | qīng chǔ | ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨˇ | clear,distinct |
| 决定 | 決定 | jué dìng | ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄥˋ | to decide (to do something),to resolve |
| 记得 | 記得 | jì de | ㄐㄧˋ ㄉㄜ˙ | to remember |
| 忘 | 忘 | wàng | ㄨㄤˋ | to forget,to overlook |
| 棒 | 棒 | bàng | ㄅㄤˋ | stick,club |
| 行 | 行 | xíng | ㄒㄧㄥˊ | to walk,to go |
| 讲 | 講 | jiǎng | ㄐㄧㄤˇ | to speak,to explain |
| 加 | 加 | jiā | ㄐㄧㄚ | add, plus |
| 行 | 行 | háng | ㄏㄤˊ | row,line |
| 算 | 算 | suàn | ㄙㄨㄢˋ | to regard as,to figure |
| 交 | 交 | jiāo | ㄐㄧㄠ | to hand over,to deliver |
| 借 | 借 | jiè | ㄐㄧㄝˋ | to lend,to borrow |
| 还 | 還 | huán | ㄏㄨㄢˊ | return |
| 办法 | 辦法 | bàn fǎ | ㄅㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇ | method,means |
| 方法 | 方法 | fāng fǎ | ㄈㄤ ㄈㄚˇ | method,way |
| 有用 | 有用 | yǒu yòng | ㄧㄡˇ ㄩㄥˋ | useful |
| 进步 | 進步 | jìn bù | ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄅㄨˋ | progress,improvement |
| 图书馆 | 圖書館 | tú shū guǎn | ㄊㄨˊ ㄕㄨ ㄍㄨㄢˇ | library |
| 洗手间 | 洗手間 | xǐ shǒu jiān | ㄒㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄢ | toilet,lavatory |
| 厕所 | 廁所 | cè suǒ | ㄘㄜˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ | toilet,lavatory, washroom |
| 宿舍 | 宿舍 | sù shè | ㄙㄨˋ ㄕㄜˋ | dormitory,dorm room |
| 屋 | 屋 | wū | ㄨ | house,room |
| 屋子 | 屋子 | wū zi | ㄨ ㄗ˙ | house,room |
| 间 | 間 | jiān | ㄐㄧㄢ | between,among |
| 大楼 | 大樓 | dà lóu | ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄡˊ | building (a relatively large, multi-storey one) |
| 楼上 | 樓上 | lóu shàng | ㄌㄡˊ ㄕㄤˋ | upstairs,top of the stairs |
| 楼下 | 樓下 | lóu xià | ㄌㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ | downstairs |
| 楼梯 | 樓梯 | lóu tī | ㄌㄡˊ ㄊㄧ | stair,staircase |
| 电梯 | 電梯 | diàn tī | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧ | elevator,escalator |
| 厨房 | 廚房 | chú fáng | ㄔㄨˊ ㄈㄤˊ | kitchen |
| 客厅 | 客廳 | kè tīng | ㄎㄜˋ ㄊㄧㄥ | drawing room (room for arriving guests),living room |
| 窗 | 窗 | chuāng | ㄔㄨㄤ | window |
| 窗子 | 窗子 | chuāng zi | ㄔㄨㄤ ㄗ˙ | window |
| 窗户 | 窗戶 | chuāng hu | ㄔㄨㄤ ㄏㄨ˙ | window |
| 家具 | 家具 | jiā jù | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄩˋ | furniture |
| 沙发 | 沙發 | shā fā | ㄕㄚ ㄈㄚ | sofa (loanword),couch |
| 盒 | 盒 | hé | ㄏㄜˊ | box,case |
| 盒子 | 盒子 | hé zi | ㄏㄜˊ ㄗ˙ | box,case |
| 关 | 關 | guān | ㄍㄨㄢ | close |
| 灯 | 燈 | dēng | ㄉㄥ | lamp,light |
| 冷气 | 冷氣 | lěng qì | ㄌㄥˇ ㄑㄧˋ | air conditioning (Tw) |
| 冷气机 | 冷氣機 | lěng qì jī | ㄌㄥˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄐㄧ | air conditioner |
| 冰箱 | 冰箱 | bīng xiāng | ㄅㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄤ | fridge,refrigerator |
| 台 | 台 | tái | ㄊㄞˊ | Taiwan(abbr.), Surname Tai |
| 电 | 電 | diàn | ㄉㄧㄢˋ | electricity,lightning |
| 干净 | 乾淨 | gān jìng | ㄍㄢ ㄐㄧㄥˋ | clean,neat |
| 房租 | 房租 | fáng zū | ㄈㄤˊ ㄗㄨ | rent for a room or house |
| 租 | 租 | zū | ㄗㄨ | to hire,to rent |
| 世界 | 世界 | shì jiè | ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ | world |
| 火 | 火 | huǒ | ㄏㄨㄛˇ | fire |
| 雪 | 雪 | xuě | ㄒㄩㄝˇ | snow |
| 下雪 | 下雪 | xià xuě | ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ | to snow |
| 地 | 地 | dì | ㄉㄧˋ | earth,ground |
| 河 | 河 | hé | ㄏㄜˊ | river |
| 湖 | 湖 | hú | ㄏㄨˊ | lake |
| 马 | 馬 | mǎ | ㄇㄚˇ | horse |
| 鸟 | 鳥 | niǎo | ㄋㄧㄠˇ | bird,(dialect) to pay attention to |
| 猫 | 貓 | māo | ㄇㄠ | cat,(dialect) to hide oneself |
| 狗 | 狗 | gǒu | ㄍㄡˇ | dog |
| 海 | 海 | hǎi | ㄏㄞˇ | ocean |
| 草 | 草 | cǎo | ㄘㄠˇ | grass |
| 树 | 樹 | shù | ㄕㄨˋ | tree,to cultivate |
| 只 | 隻 | zhī | ㄓ | only |
| 长 | 長 | zhǎng | ㄓㄤˇ | grow,develop |
| 太阳 | 太陽 | tài yáng | ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄤˊ | sun |
| 洗 | 洗 | xǐ | ㄒㄧˇ | to wash,to bathe |
| 洗澡 | 洗澡 | xǐ zǎo | ㄒㄧˇ ㄗㄠˇ | to bathe,bath |
| 有空 | 有空 | yǒu kòng | ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥˋ | to have time (to do sth) |
| 有空儿 | 有空兒 | yǒu kòng r | ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄦ˙ | available, free |
| 发现 | 發現 | fā xiàn | ㄈㄚ ㄒㄧㄢˋ | to find,to discover |
| 餐 | 餐 | cān | ㄘㄢ | meal,to eat |
| 搬 | 搬 | bān | ㄅㄢ | to move (i.e. relocate oneself),to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) |
| 挂 | 掛 | guà | ㄍㄨㄚˋ | to hang or suspend (from a hook etc),put through to |
| 脱 | 脫 | tuō | ㄊㄨㄛ | to shed,to take off |
| 过年 | 過年 | guò nián | ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ | to celebrate the Chinese New Year |
| 新年 | 新年 | xīn nián | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄋㄧㄢˊ | new year |
| 游泳 | 游泳 | yóu yǒng | ㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄥˇ | swimming,to swim |
| 跑 | 跑 | pǎo | ㄆㄠˇ | to run,to run away |
| 跑步 | 跑步 | pǎo bù | ㄆㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ | to run,to jog |
| 踢 | 踢 | tī | ㄊㄧ | to kick,to play (e.g. soccer) |
| 脸 | 臉 | liǎn | ㄌㄧㄢˇ | face |
| 足球 | 足球 | zú qiú | ㄗㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ | soccer ball,a football |
| 篮球 | 籃球 | lán qiú | ㄌㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ | basketball |
| 网球 | 網球 | wǎng qiú | ㄨㄤˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ | tennis,tennis ball |
| 棒球 | 棒球 | bàng qiú | ㄅㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ | baseball |
| 比赛 | 比賽 | bǐ sài | ㄅㄧˇ ㄙㄞˋ | competition (sports etc),match |
| 开始 | 開始 | kāi shǐ | ㄎㄞ ㄕˇ | to begin,beginning |
| 骑 | 騎 | qí | ㄑㄧˊ | to ride (a horse, bike etc),to sit astride |
| 脚踏车 | 腳踏車 | jiǎo tà chē | ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄚˋ ㄔㄜ | bicycle,bike (Tw) |
| 自行车 | 自行車 | zì xíng chē | ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄜ | bicycle,bike |
| 上网 | 上網 | shàng wǎng | ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄤˇ | to go online,to connect to the Internet |
| 网路 | 網路 | wǎng lù | ㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄨˋ | network (computer, telecom),Internet |
| 网站 | 網站 | wǎng zhàn | ㄨㄤˇ ㄓㄢˋ | website,network station |
| 报纸 | 報紙 | bào zhǐ | ㄅㄠˋ ㄓˇ | newspaper,newsprint |
| 次 | 次 | cì | ㄘˋ | next in sequence,second(next thing - after) |
| 电影院 | 電影院 | diàn yǐng yuàn | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄥˇ ㄩㄢˋ | cinema,movie theater |
| 部 | 部 | bù | ㄅㄨˋ | ministry, department,part, section |
| 场 | 場 | chǎng | ㄔㄤˇ | large place used for a specific purpose,stage |
| 音乐 | 音樂 | yīn yuè | ㄧㄣ ㄩㄝˋ | music |
| 票 | 票 | piào | ㄆㄧㄠˋ | ticket,ballot |
| 活动 | 活動 | huó dòng | ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ | activity,to move about |
| 故事 | 故事 | gù shi | ㄍㄨˋ ㄕ˙ | narrative,story |
| 聊天 | 聊天 | liáo tiān | ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ | to chat,to gossip |
| 聊天儿 | 聊天兒 | liáo tiān r | ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄦ˙ | chat |
| 有时候 | 有時候 | yǒu shí hou | ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ ㄏㄡ˙ | sometimes |
| 有时 | 有時 | yǒu shí | ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ | sometimes,now and then |
| 平常 | 平常 | píng cháng | ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄤˊ | ordinary,common |
| 总是 | 總是 | zǒng shì | ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄕˋ | always |
| 已经 | 已經 | yǐ jīng | ㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄥ | already |
| 后来 | 後來 | hòu lái | ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄞˊ | afterwards,later |
| 各 | 各 | gè | ㄍㄜˋ | each,every |
| 变 | 變 | biàn | ㄅㄧㄢˋ | to change,to become different |
| 才 | 才 | cái | ㄘㄞˊ | ability,talent |
| 客人 | 客人 | kè rén | ㄎㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ | visitor,guest |
| 客气 | 客氣 | kè qi | ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧ˙ | polite,courteous |
| 不客气 | 不客氣 | bú kè qì | ㄅㄨˊ ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧˋ | you're welcome,don't mention it |
| 不好意思 | 不好意思 | bù hǎo yì si | ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄧˋ ㄙ˙ | to feel embarrassed,to find it embarrassing |
| 喂 | 喂 | wèi | ㄨㄟˋ | hello (when answering the phone) |
| 麻烦 | 麻煩 | má fan | ㄇㄚˊ ㄈㄢ˙ | inconvenient,troublesome |
| 礼物 | 禮物 | lǐ wù | ㄌㄧˇ ㄨˋ | gift,present |
| 喂 | 喂 | wèi | ㄨㄟˋ | hey,to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc) |
| 欢迎 | 歡迎 | huān yíng | ㄏㄨㄢ ㄧㄥˊ | to welcome,welcome |
| 寄 | 寄 | jì | ㄐㄧˋ | to send,to mail |
| 接 | 接 | jiē | ㄐㄧㄝ | to receive,to answer (the phone) |
| 邮局 | 郵局 | yóu jú | ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄩˊ | post office |
| 银行 | 銀行 | yín háng | ㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄤˊ | bank |
| 坏 | 壞 | huài | ㄏㄨㄞˋ | bad,spoiled |
| 帮忙 | 幫忙 | bāng máng | ㄅㄤ ㄇㄤˊ | to help,to lend a hand |
| 帮助 | 幫助 | bāng zhù | ㄅㄤ ㄓㄨˋ | assistance,aid |
| 小朋友 | 小朋友 | xiǎo péng yǒu | ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ | child, used to address a little boy/girl |
| 信 | 信 | xìn | ㄒㄧㄣˋ | letter,mail |
| 信封 | 信封 | xìn fēng | ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄈㄥ | envelope |
| 认识 | 認識 | rèn shi | ㄖㄣˋ ㄕ˙ | to know,to recognize |
| 最近 | 最近 | zuì jìn | ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ | recently,soon |
| 听说 | 聽說 | tīng shuō | ㄊㄧㄥ ㄕㄨㄛ | to hear (sth said),one hears (that) |
| 见面 | 見面 | jiàn miàn | ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ | to meet,to see each other |
| 事情 | 事情 | shì qíng | ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ | affair,matter |
| 帮 | 幫 | bāng | ㄅㄤ | help |
| 钱包 | 錢包 | qián bāo | ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄠ | purse,wallet |
| 拉 | 拉 | lā | ㄌㄚ | to pull,to play (a bowed instrument) |
| 啊 | 啊 | ā | ㄚ | interjection of surprise,Ah! |
| 怎么办 | 怎麼辦 | zěn me bàn | ㄗㄣˇ ㄇㄜ˙ ㄅㄢˋ | what's to be done |
| 车站 | 車站 | chē zhàn | ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ | rail station,bus stop |
| 汽车 | 汽車 | qì chē | ㄑㄧˋ ㄔㄜ | car,automobile |
| 飞机场 | 飛機場 | fēi jī chǎng | ㄈㄟ ㄐㄧ ㄔㄤˇ | airport,aerodrome |
| 机场 | 機場 | jī chǎng | ㄐㄧ ㄔㄤˇ | airport,airfield |
| 马路 | 馬路 | mǎ lù | ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄨˋ | street,road |
| 路口 | 路口 | lù kǒu | ㄌㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇ | crossing,intersection (of roads) |
| 十字路口 | 十字路口 | shí zì lù kǒu | ㄕˊ ㄗˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇ | crossroads,intersection |
| 对面 | 對面 | duì miàn | ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ | opposite(side),across (the street) |
| 旅行 | 旅行 | lǚ xíng | ㄌㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ | to travel,journey |
| 饭店 | 飯店 | fàn diàn | ㄈㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ | restaurant,hotel |
| 旅馆 | 旅館 | lǚ guǎn | ㄌㄩˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ | hotel |
| 袋子 | 袋子 | dài zi | ㄉㄞˋ ㄗ˙ | bag |
| 参观 | 參觀 | cān guān | ㄘㄢ ㄍㄨㄢ | to look around,to tour |
| 地图 | 地圖 | dì tú | ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄨˊ | map |
| 照相机 | 照相機 | zhào xiàng jī | ㄓㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄐㄧ | camera |
| 相机 | 相機 | xiàng jī | ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄐㄧ | camera,at the opportune moment |
| 照相 | 照相 | zhào xiàng | ㄓㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ | to take a photograph |
| 照片 | 照片 | zhào piàn | ㄓㄠˋ ㄆㄧㄢˋ | photograph,picture |
| 相片 | 相片 | xiàng piàn | ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄆㄧㄢˋ | image(of a person),photograph |
| 相片儿 | 相片兒 | xiàng piàn r | ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄦ˙ | photos |
| 风景 | 風景 | fēng jǐng | ㄈㄥ ㄐㄧㄥˇ | scenery,landscape |
| 南 | 南 | nán | ㄋㄢˊ | south |
| 南部 | 南部 | nán bù | ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ | southern part |
| 西 | 西 | xī | ㄒㄧ | west,western |
| 西部 | 西部 | xī bù | ㄒㄧ ㄅㄨˋ | western part |
| 北 | 北 | běi | ㄅㄟˇ | north,(classical) to be defeated |
| 北部 | 北部 | běi bù | ㄅㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ | northern part |
| 东 | 東 | dōng | ㄉㄨㄥ | east |
| 东部 | 東部 | dōng bù | ㄉㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ | the east,eastern part |
| 中间 | 中間 | zhōng jiān | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄢ | between,intermediate |
| 离 | 離 | lí | ㄌㄧˊ | leave |
| 离开 | 離開 | lí kāi | ㄌㄧˊ ㄎㄞ | to depart,to leave |
| 经过 | 經過 | jīng guò | ㄐㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˋ | to pass,to go through |
| 往 | 往 | wǎng | ㄨㄤˇ | to go (in a direction),to |
| 送 | 送 | sòng | ㄙㄨㄥˋ | to deliver,to carry |
| 放 | 放 | fàng | ㄈㄤˋ | to put,to place |
| 近 | 近 | jìn | ㄐㄧㄣˋ | near,close to |
| 远 | 遠 | yuǎn | ㄩㄢˇ | far,distant |
| 向 | 向 | xiàng | ㄒㄧㄤˋ | towards |
| 转 | 轉 | zhuǎn | ㄓㄨㄢˇ | to turn,to change direction |
| 掉 | 掉 | diào | ㄉㄧㄠˋ | to fall,to drop |
| 一直 | 一直 | yì zhí | ㄧˋ ㄓˊ | straight (in a straight line),continuously |
| 最后 | 最後 | zuì hòu | ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄡˋ | final,last |
| 病人 | 病人 | bìng rén | ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ | sick person,patient |
| 头发 | 頭髮 | tóu fǎ | ㄊㄡˊ ㄈㄚˇ | hair (on the head) |
| 发 | 髮 | fǎ | ㄈㄚˇ | hair |
| 手指 | 手指 | shǒu zhǐ | ㄕㄡˇ ㄓˇ | finger |
| 手指头 | 手指頭 | shǒu zhǐ tou | ㄕㄡˇ ㄓˇ ㄊㄡ˙ | fingertip,finger |
| 指头 | 指頭 | zhǐ tou | ㄓˇ ㄊㄡ˙ | finger,toe |
| 肚 | 肚 | dù | ㄉㄨˋ | belly |
| 肚子 | 肚子 | dù zi | ㄉㄨˋ ㄗ˙ | belly,abdomen |
| 心 | 心 | xīn | ㄒㄧㄣ | heart,mind |
| 健康 | 健康 | jiàn kāng | ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄎㄤ | health,healthy |
| 渴 | 渴 | kě | ㄎㄜˇ | thirsty |
| 舒服 | 舒服 | shū fu | ㄕㄨ ㄈㄨ˙ | comfortable,feeling well |
| 眼镜 | 眼鏡 | yǎn jìng | ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ | spectacles,eyeglasses |
| 卖 | 賣 | mài | ㄇㄞˋ | to sell,to betray |
| 付 | 付 | fù | ㄈㄨˋ | pay |
| 希望 | 希望 | xī wàng | ㄒㄧ ㄨㄤˋ | to wish for,to desire |
| 书店 | 書店 | shū diàn | ㄕㄨ ㄉㄧㄢˋ | bookstore |
| 商店 | 商店 | shāng diàn | ㄕㄤ ㄉㄧㄢˋ | store,shop |
| 市场 | 市場 | shì chǎng | ㄕˋ ㄔㄤˇ | marketplace,market (also in abstract) |
| 超级市场 | 超級市場 | chāo jí shì chǎng | ㄔㄠ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄔㄤˇ | supermarket |
| 超市 | 超市 | chāo shì | ㄔㄠ ㄕˋ | supermarket |
| 信用卡 | 信用卡 | xìn yòng kǎ | ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄎㄚˇ | credit card |
| 重要 | 重要 | zhòng yào | ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄠˋ | important,significant |
| 颜色 | 顏色 | yán sè | ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ | color,colour |
| 黄色 | 黃色 | huáng sè | ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄙㄜˋ | yellow (color),yellow |
| 白色 | 白色 | bái sè | ㄅㄞˊ ㄙㄜˋ | white(color),white |
| 手表 | 手錶 | shǒu biǎo | ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄧㄠˇ | wrist watch |
| 表 | 錶 | biǎo | ㄅㄧㄠˇ | watch, gauge |
| 袜 | 襪 | wà | ㄨㄚˋ | socks,stockings |
| 袜子 | 襪子 | wà zi | ㄨㄚˋ ㄗ˙ | socks,stockings |
| 双 | 雙 | shuāng | ㄕㄨㄤ | pair |
| 手表 | 手表 | shǒu biǎo | ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄧㄠˇ | watch |
| 裙 | 裙 | qún | ㄑㄩㄣˊ | skirt |
| 表 | 表 | biǎo | ㄅㄧㄠˇ | exterior surface,family relationship via females |
| 裙子 | 裙子 | qún zi | ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄗ˙ | skirt |
| 裤 | 褲 | kù | ㄎㄨˋ | pants |
| 裤子 | 褲子 | kù zi | ㄎㄨˋ ㄗ˙ | trousers,pants |
| 大衣 | 大衣 | dà yī | ㄉㄚˋ ㄧ | overcoat,topcoat |
| 帽 | 帽 | mào | ㄇㄠˋ | cap |
| 帽子 | 帽子 | mào zi | ㄇㄠˋ ㄗ˙ | hat,cap |
| 皮包 | 皮包 | pí bāo | ㄆㄧˊ ㄅㄠ | handbag,briefcase |
| 外套 | 外套 | wài tào | ㄨㄞˋ ㄊㄠˋ | coat,jacket |
| 小心 | 小心 | xiǎo xīn | ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ | to be careful,to take care |
| 比较 | 比較 | bǐ jiào | ㄅㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ | to compare,to contrast |
| 较 | 較 | jiào | ㄐㄧㄠˋ | to compare,to dispute |
| 差不多 | 差不多 | chà bù duō | ㄔㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄛ | almost,nearly |
| 戴 | 戴 | dài | ㄉㄞˋ | wear |
| 试 | 試 | shì | ㄕˋ | to test,to try |
| 轻 | 輕 | qīng | ㄑㄧㄥ | light,easy |
| 重 | 重 | zhòng | ㄓㄨㄥˋ | heavy,serious |
| 样子 | 樣子 | yàng zi | ㄧㄤˋ ㄗ˙ | appearance,manner |
| 特别 | 特別 | tè bié | ㄊㄜˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ | especially,special |
| 简单 | 簡單 | jiǎn dān | ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄢ | simple,not complicated |
| 其他 | 其他 | qí tā | ㄑㄧˊ ㄊㄚ | other,(sth or sb) else |
| 其它 | 其它 | qí tā | ㄑㄧˊ ㄊㄚ | other,the others |
| 声 | 聲 | shēng | ㄕㄥ | sound,voice |
| 声音 | 聲音 | shēng yīn | ㄕㄥ ㄧㄣ | voice,sound |
| 好像 | 好像 | hǎo xiàng | ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ | as if,to seem like |
| 奇怪 | 奇怪 | qí guài | ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ | strange,odd |
| 三明治 | 三明治 | sān míng zhì | ㄙㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓˋ | sandwich (loanword) |
| 汉堡 | 漢堡 | hàn bǎo | ㄏㄢˋ ㄅㄠˇ | Hamburg (German city) |
| 苹果 | 蘋果 | píng guǒ | ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ | apple |
| 西瓜 | 西瓜 | xī guā | ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨㄚ | watermelon |
| 啤酒 | 啤酒 | pí jiǔ | ㄆㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ | beer (loanword) |
| 红茶 | 紅茶 | hóng chá | ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄚˊ | black tea |
| 点心 | 點心 | diǎn xīn | ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄣ | snacks,pastry |
| 冰淇淋 | 冰淇淋 | bīng qí lín | ㄅㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ | ice cream |
| 青菜 | 青菜 | qīng cài | ㄑㄧㄥ ㄘㄞˋ | green vegetables,greens |
| 糖 | 糖 | táng | ㄊㄤˊ | sugar,sweets |
| 叉 | 叉 | chā | ㄔㄚ | fork,pitchfork |
| 叉子 | 叉子 | chā zi | ㄔㄚ ㄗ˙ | fork |
| 刀 | 刀 | dāo | ㄉㄠ | knife |
| 刀子 | 刀子 | dāo zi | ㄉㄠ ㄗ˙ | knife |
| 汤匙 | 湯匙 | tāng chí | ㄊㄤ ㄔˊ | soup spoon,tablespoon |
| 盘 | 盤 | pán | ㄆㄢˊ | plate,dish |
| 盘子 | 盤子 | pán zi | ㄆㄢˊ ㄗ˙ | tray,plate |
| 片 | 片 | piàn | ㄆㄧㄢˋ | piece,slice |
| 瓶 | 瓶 | píng | ㄆㄧㄥˊ | bottle,vase |
| 瓶子 | 瓶子 | píng zi | ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄗ˙ | bottle |
| 支 | 支 | zhī | ㄓ | branch |
| 份 | 份 | fèn | ㄈㄣˋ | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc |
| 道 | 道 | dào | ㄉㄠˋ | road,path |
| 一半 | 一半 | yí bàn | ㄧˊ ㄅㄢˋ | half |
| 一半儿 | 一半兒 | yí bàn r | ㄧˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄦ˙ | half |
| 味道 | 味道 | wèi dào | ㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄠˋ | flavor,smell |
| 酸 | 酸 | suān | ㄙㄨㄢ | sour,tart |
| 苦 | 苦 | kǔ | ㄎㄨˇ | bitter,hardship |
| 咸 | 鹹 | xián | ㄒㄧㄢˊ | salty |
| 辣 | 辣 | là | ㄌㄚˋ | hot |
| 香 | 香 | xiāng | ㄒㄧㄤ | fragrant,aromatic |
| 条 | 條 | tiáo | ㄊㄧㄠˊ | strip,item |
| 种 | 種 | zhǒng | ㄓㄨㄥˇ | seed,species |
| 包 | 包 | bāo | ㄅㄠ | bag |
| 全部 | 全部 | quán bù | ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ | whole,entire |
| 所有 | 所有 | suǒ yǒu | ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˇ | all,to have |
| 需要 | 需要 | xū yào | ㄒㄩ ㄧㄠˋ | to need,to want |
| 烤 | 烤 | kǎo | ㄎㄠˇ | to roast,to bake |
| 过 | 過 | guò | ㄍㄨㄛˋ | pass |
| 但是 | 但是 | dàn shì | ㄉㄢˋ ㄕˋ | but,however |
| 但 | 但 | dàn | ㄉㄢˋ | but,yet |
| 或是 | 或是 | huò shì | ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ | or,either one or the other |
| 要是 | 要是 | yào shì | ㄧㄠˋ ㄕˋ | if |
| 把 | 把 | bǎ | ㄅㄚˇ | to hold,to contain |
| 被 | 被 | bèi | ㄅㄟˋ | quilt,by |
| 让 | 讓 | ràng | ㄖㄤˋ | to let,to permit |
| 虽然 | 雖然 | suī rán | ㄙㄨㄟ ㄖㄢˊ | although,even though |
| 那么 | 那麼 | nà me | ㄋㄚˋ ㄇㄜ˙ | like that,in that way |
| 这么 | 這麼 | zhè me | ㄓㄜˋ ㄇㄜ˙ | so much,this much |
| 本来 | 本來 | běn lái | ㄅㄣˇ ㄌㄞˊ | original,originally |
| 啦 | 啦 | la | ㄌㄚ˙ | sentence-final particle, contraction of, indicating exclamation,particle placed after each item in a list of examples |
| 呀 | 呀 | yā | ㄧㄚ | ah |
| 以为 | 以為 | yǐ wéi | ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ | to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken except when expressing one's own current opinion.) |
| 有的 | 有的 | yǒu de | ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄜ˙ | (there are) some (who are...),some (exist) |
| 替 | 替 | tì | ㄊㄧˋ | to substitute for,to take the place of |
| 一下 | 一下 | yí xià | ㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ | (used after a verb) give it a go,to do (sth for a bit to give it a try) |
| 一下子 | 一下子 | yí xià zi | ㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄗ˙ | in a short while,all at once |
| 一下子儿 | 一下子兒 | yí xià zi er | ㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄗ˙ ㄦ˙ | all of a sudden |
| 不过 | 不過 | bú guò | ㄅㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ | only,merely, however |
| 地 | 地 | de | ㄉㄜ˙ | -ly,structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
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