| 爱ài | to love; affection; to be fond of; to like |
| 八bā | eight; 8 |
| 爸爸bàba | father (informal); CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
| 杯子bēizi | cup; glass; CL:个[ge4] ,支[zhi1] |
| 北京Běijīng | Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government |
| 本běn | origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the
current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals,
files etc; originally |
不客气
búkèqi | you're welcome; it's my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks) |
| 不bù | not (negative prefix); no |
| 菜cài | dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盘[pan2] ,道[dao4] |
| 茶chá | tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1] ,壶[hu2] |
| 吃chī | to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust |
出租车
chūzūchē | taxi |
打电话
dǎdiànhuà | to make a phone call |
| 大dà | big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest |
| 的de | of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive |
| 点diǎn |
a little; a bit; drop (of liquid); stain; spot;
speck; jot; dot stroke (in Chinese characters); decimal point; point;
mark (of degree or level); a place (with certain characteristics); iron
bell; o’clock; some; (point) unit of measurement for type; to touch on
briefly; to make clear; to light; to ignite; to kindle; period of time
at night (24 minutes) (old); a drip; to dibble; classifier for small
indeterminate quantities |
| 电脑diànnǎo | computer; CL:台[tai2] |
| 电视diànshì | television; TV; CL:台[tai2] ,个[ge4] |
| 电影diànyǐng | movie; film; CL:部[bu4] ,幕[mu4] ,场[chang3] |
| 东西dōngxi | thing; stuff; person; CL:个[ge4] ,件[jian4] |
| 都dōu | all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already |
| 读dú | to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1] |
对不起
duìbuqǐ | I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down; |
| 多duō | many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi- |
| 多少duōshǎo | how much; how many |
| 儿子érzi | son |
| 二èr | two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect) |
| 饭店fàndiàn | restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]; |
| 飞机fēijī | airplane; CL: 架[jia4] |
| 分钟fēnzhōng | minute |
| 高兴gāoxìng | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood |
| 个gè | classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size |
| 工作gōngzuò | job; work; construction; task; CL:个[ge4] ,份[fen4] ,项[xiang4] |
| 狗gǒu | dog; CL:只[zhi1] ,条[tiao2] |
| 汉语hànyǔ | Chinese language |
| 好hǎo | good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness) |
| 号hào | day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number |
| 喝hē | to drink; to shout (a command) |
| 和hé | and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He |
| 很hěn | very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully |
| 后面hòumiàn | rear; back; behind; later; afterwards |
| 回huí | to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to
circle; to revolve; Hui ethnic group; time; classifier for acts of a
play; section or chapter (of a classic book) |
| 会huì | can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be
sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group;
association; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3) |
| 几jǐ | how much; how many; several; a few |
| 家jiā | home; family; classifier for families or businesses;
refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for
specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary,
corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; surname Jia; CL:个[ge4] |
| 叫jiào | to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called;
by (indicates agent in the passive mood) |
| 今天jīntiān | today; at the present |
| 九jiǔ | nine; 9 |
| 开kāi | to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle) |
| 看kàn | to look at |
| 看见kànjiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 块kuài | unit of currency; lump (of earth); chunk; piece;
classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; colloquial word for yuan
(or other currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually
as 块钱 |
| 来lái | to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next |
| 老师lǎoshī | teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
| 了le | (completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 冷lěng | cold |
| 里lǐ | inside; lining; interior; internal |
| 六liù | six; 6 |
| 吗ma | (question tag) |
| 妈妈māma | mum; mama; mommy; mother; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
| 买mǎi | to buy; to purchase |
| 猫māo | cat; CL:只[zhi1] |
没关系
méiguānxi | it doesn't matter |
| 没有méiyǒu | haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be; |
| 米饭mǐfàn | (cooked) rice |
| 名字míngzi | name (of a person or thing); CL:个[ge4] |
| 明天míngtiān | tomorrow |
| 哪nǎ | which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier); |
| 哪儿nǎr | where?; wherever; anywhere |
| 那nà | that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing; |
| 呢ne | (question particle for subjects already mentioned) |
| 能néng | to be able to; to be capable of; ability;
capability; able; capable; can possibly; (usually used in the negative)
to have the possibility of |
| 你nǐ | you (informal) |
| 年nián | year; CL:个[ge4] |
| 女儿nǚér | daughter |
| 朋友péngyou | friend; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |