爱 ai4 to love; affection; to be fond of; to like 八 ba1 eight; 8 爸爸 ba4 ba5 "(informal) father; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]" 杯子 bei1 zi5 "cup; glass; CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]" 北京 Bei3 jing1 "Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government" 本 ben3 "roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally" 不 bu4 (negative prefix); not; no 不客气 bu4 ke4 qi5 you're welcome; impolite; rude; blunt; don't mention it 菜 cai4 "dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盤|盘[pan2],道[dao4]" 茶 cha2 "tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]" 吃 chi1 to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust 出租车 chu1 zu1 che1 taxi 打电话 da3 dian4 hua4 to make a telephone call 大 da4 big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest 的 de5 "of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive" 点 dian3 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; a little; a bit; 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 dian4 nao3 computer; CL:臺|台[tai2] 电视 dian4 shi4 "television; TV; CL:臺|台[tai2],個|个[ge4]" 电影 dian4 ying3 "movie; film; CL:部[bu4],片[pian4],幕[mu4],場|场[chang3]" 东西 dong1 xi5 "thing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]" 都 dou1 "all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already" 读 du2 "to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]" 对不起 dui4 bu5 qi3 unworthy; to let down; I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat) 多 duo1 many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi- 多少 duo1 shao3 number; amount; somewhat 儿子 er2 zi5 son 二 er4 two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect) 饭馆 fan4 guan3 restaurant; CL:家[jia1] 飞机 fei1 ji1 airplane; CL: 架[jia4] 分钟 fen1 zhong1 minute 高兴 gao1 xing4 happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood 个 ge4 individual; this; that; size; classifier for people or objects in general 工作 gong1 zuo4 "job; work; construction; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]" 狗 gou3 "dog; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]" 汉语 Han4 yu3 Chinese language; CL:門|门[men2] 好 hao3 good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness) 喝 he1 to drink; to shout (a command); My goodness! 和 he2 and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He; Japanese related; Taiwan pr. han4 很 hen3 (adverb of degree); quite; very; awfully 后面 hou4 mian5 rear; back; behind; later; afterwards 回 hui2 to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book) 会 hui4 can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association; CL:個|个[ge4]; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3) 火车站 huo3 che1 zhan4 train station 几 ji3 how much; how many; several; a few 家 jia1 "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:個|个[ge4]" 叫 jiao4 to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood) 今天 jin1 tian1 today; at the present; now 九 jiu3 nine; 9 开 kai1 to open; to start; to turn on; to boil; to write out (a medical prescription); to operate (vehicle); abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin 看 kan1 to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard 看见 kan4 jian4 to see; to catch sight of 块 kuai4 "lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 塊錢|块钱" 来 lai2 to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next 老师 lao3 shi1 "teacher; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]" 了 le5 (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker) 冷 leng3 cold 里 li3 lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裡|里 [li3] 零 ling2 zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither 六 liu4 six; 6 妈妈 ma1 ma5 "mama; mommy; mother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]" 吗 ma5 (question tag) 买 mai3 to buy; to purchase 猫 mao1 cat; CL:隻|只[zhi1] 没 mei2 (negative prefix for verbs); have not; not 没关系 mei2 guan1 xi5 it doesn't matter 米饭 mi3 fan4 (cooked) rice 明天 ming2 tian1 tomorrow 名字 ming2 zi5 name (of a person or thing); CL:個|个[ge4] 哪 na3 how; which 哪儿 na3 r5 where?; wherever; anywhere 那 na4 "that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. nei4 before a classifier, esp. in Beijing" 那儿 na4 r5 there 呢 ne5 (question particle for subjects already mentioned) 能 neng2 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 ni3 "you (informal, as opposed to polite 您[nin2])" 年 nian2 year; CL:個|个[ge4] 女儿 nv3 er2 daughter 朋友 peng2 you5 "friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]" 漂亮 piao4 liang5 pretty; beautiful 苹果 ping2 guo3 "apple; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]" 七 qi1 seven; 7 钱 qian2 coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3] 前面 qian2 mian4 ahead; in front; preceding; above 请 qing3 to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request 去 qu4 to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb); to remove; to get rid of; (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; to be apart from in space or time; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed 热 re4 heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up 人 ren2 "man; person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]" 认识 ren4 shi5 to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition 日 ri4 "sun; day; date, day of the month; abbr. for 日本|日本 Japan" 三 san1 three; 3 商店 shang1 dian4 "store; shop; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]" 上 shang3 see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] 上午 shang4 wu3 morning; CL:個|个[ge4] 少 shao3 few; little; lack 谁 shei2 who; also pronounced shui2 什么 shen2 me5 what?; who?; something; anything 十 shi2 ten; 10 时候 shi2 hou5 time; length of time; moment; period 是 shi4 is; are; am; yes; to be 书 shu1 "book; letter; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; see also 書經|书经 Book of History" 水 shui3 water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes 睡觉 shui4 jiao4 to go to bed; to go to sleep 说话 shuo1 hua4 to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word 四 si4 four; 4 岁 sui4 classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) 他 ta1 he or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); other; another 她 ta1 she 太 tai4 highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely 天气 tian1 qi4 weather 听 ting1 "to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English ""tin""); classifier for canned beverages" 同学 tong2 xue2 "(fellow) classmate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]" 喂 wei4 "hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey; to feed (sb or some animal)" 我 wo3 I; me; my 我们 wo3 men5 we; us; ourselves; our 五 wu3 five; 5 喜欢 xi3 huan5 to like; to be fond of 下 xia4 down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down 下午 xia4 wu3 afternoon; p.m.; CL:個|个[ge4] 下雨 xia4 yu3 to rain; rainy 先生 xian1 sheng5 "teacher; Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]" 现在 xian4 zai4 now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays 想 xiang3 to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss 小 xiao3 small; tiny; few; young 小姐 xiao3 jie5 "young lady; miss; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]" 些 xie1 some; few; several; (a measure word) 写 xie3 to write 谢谢 xie4 xie5 to thank; thanks 星期 xing1 qi1 week; CL:個|个[ge4] 学生 xue2 sheng5 student; school child 学习 xue2 xi2 to learn; to study 学校 xue2 xiao4 school; CL:所[suo3] 一 yi1 "one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; ""one"" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)" 衣服 yi1 fu5 "clothes; CL:件[jian4],套[tao4]" 医生 yi1 sheng1 "doctor; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]" 医院 yi1 yuan4 "hospital; CL:所[suo3],家[jia1],座[zuo4]" 椅子 yi3 zi5 "chair; CL:把[ba3],套[tao4]" 有 you3 to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be 月 yue4 "moon; month; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]" 在 zai4 (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress) 再见 zai4 jian4 goodbye; see you again later 怎么 zen3 me5 how?; what?; why? 怎么样 zen3 me5 yang4 how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? 这 zhe4 "this; these; (commonly pr. zhei4 before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)" 这儿 zhe4 r5 here 中国 Zhong1 guo2 China; Middle Kingdom 中午 zhong1 wu3 noon; midday; CL:個|个[ge4] 住 zhu4 to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop 桌子 zhuo1 zi5 "table; desk; CL:張|张[zhang1],套[tao4]" 字 zi4 letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China 昨天 zuo2 tian1 yesterday 做 zuo4 to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in; to hold (a party); to be; to become; to function (in some capacity); to serve as; to be used for; to form (a bond or relationship); to pretend; to feign; to act a part; to put on appearance 坐 zuo4 "to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; surname Zuo"