爱àito love; to be fond of; to like八bāeight; 8爸爸bàba(coll.) father; dad吧babar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)白天báitiāndaytime百bǎisurname Bai半bànhalf包子bāozibao (steamed stuffed bun)杯子bēizicup本běnroot边biānside病bìngillness不bùno; not so不客气bú kèqiyou're welcome不要búyàodon't!菜càidish (type of food)茶chátea唱chàngto sing超市chāoshìsupermarket (abbr. for 超级市场)车chēcar吃chīto eat; to consume出租车chūzūchētaxi穿chuānto wear打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone call大dàbig; large; great大家dàjiāeveryone大学dàxuéthe Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student到dàoto reach; to arrive的deof; ~'s (possessive particle)第dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth")弟弟dìdiyounger brother点diǎnpoint店diàninn; old-style hotel电话diànhuàtelephone电脑diànnǎocomputer电视diànshìtelevision; TV电影diànyǐngmovie; film电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema; movie theater东西dōngxieast and west都dōusurname Du读dúcomma读书dúshūto read a book对duìright; correct对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon多duōmany; much多少duōshaonumber儿子érzison二èrtwo饭fàncooked rice饭店fàndiànrestaurant房间fángjiānroom非常fēichángvery; really飞机fēijīairplane分fēnto divide; to separate分钟fēnzhōngminute高兴gāoxìnghappy歌gēsong哥哥gēgeolder brother个gèused in 自个儿给gěito公司gōngsīcompany; firm; corporation工作gōngzuòto work狗gǒudog贵guìexpensive国guócountry; nation; state还háisurname Huan孩子háizichild汉语hànyǔChinese language汉字hànzìChinese character好hǎogood好吃hǎochītasty好看hǎokàngood-looking好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear好玩儿hǎowánrerhua variant of 好玩号hàoroar喝hēto drink和héold variant of 和很hěn(adverb of degree)后hòuempress回huíto circle会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to火车huǒchētrain鸡蛋jīdàn(chicken) egg几jǐsmall table家jiāused in 家伙 and 家俱家人jiārénfamily member见jiànto see件jiànitem饺子jiǎozidumpling叫jiàoto shout姐姐jiějieolder sister今年jīnniánthis year今天jīntiāntoday九jiǔnine觉得juédeto think that ...; to feel that ...开kāito open (transitive or intransitive)开车kāichēto drive a car看kànto look after看病kànbìngto visit a doctor看见kànjiànto see可以kěyǐcan课kèsubject口kǒumouth块kuàilump; chunk; piece来láito come老师lǎoshīteacher了le(completed action marker)冷lěngsurname Leng里lǐvariant of 里两liǎngtwo零língzero六liùsix妈妈māmamama吗ma(coll.) what?买mǎito buy卖màito sell忙mángbusy猫māocat没关系méi guānxiit doesn't matter没事méishìit's nothing; it doesn't matter; never mind没有méiyǒuhaven't妹妹mèimeiyounger sister们menplural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals米饭mǐfàn(cooked) rice面包miànbāobread面条儿miàntiáorerhua variant of 面条明年míngniánnext year明天míngtiāntomorrow名字míngziname (of a person or thing)哪nǎhow哪个nǎgewhich; which one哪里nǎlǐwhere?哪儿nǎrwhere?哪些nǎxiēwhich ones?那nàsurname Na那边nàbiānover there那个nàgethat; that one那里nàlǐthere; that place那儿nàrthere那些nàxiēthose男nánmale男朋友nánpéngyouboyfriend呢neparticle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")能néngsurname Neng你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)你好nǐ hǎohello; hi你们nǐmenyou (plural)年niánsurname Nian您nínyou (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)牛奶niúnǎicow's milk女nǚfemale女儿nǚ’érdaughter女朋友nǚpéngyougirlfriend女士nǚshìlady朋友péngyoufriend便宜piányiconvenient漂亮piàoliangpretty苹果píngguǒapple七qīseven起床qǐchuángto get out of bed千qiānthousand前qiánfront钱qiánsurname Qian请qǐngto ask请问qǐngwènExcuse me, may I ask...?去qùto go去年qùniánlast year热rèto warm up人rénperson; people认识rènshito know日rìabbr. for 本, Japan三sānsurname San商店shāngdiànstore; shop上shàngused in 上声上班shàngbānto go to work上课shàngkèto go to class上午shàngwǔmorning上学shàngxuéto go to school少shǎofew谁shéi/shuíwho什么shénmewhat?生病shēngbìngto fall ill十shíten时候shíhoutime时间shíjiāntime事shìmatter是shìto be (followed by substantives only)手机shǒujīcell phone书shūabbr. for 书经书店shūdiànbookstore水shuǐsurname Shui水果shuǐguǒfruit睡shuìto sleep睡觉shuìjiàoto go to bed说shuōto persuade说话shuōhuàto speak四sìfour岁suìvariant of 岁, year他tāhe; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)它tāit她tāshe他们tāmenthey它们tāmenthey (for inanimate objects)她们tāmenthey太tàihighest天tiānday天气tiānqìweather听tīngsmile (archaic)听见tīngjiànto hear同学tóngxuéto study at the same school外wàioutside外边wàibianoutside玩wánto play晚wǎnevening晚饭wǎnfànevening meal晚上wǎnshangevening喂wèihello (when answering the phone)问wènto ask; to inquire问题wèntíquestion 打dǎto attack, to beat, to hit, to strike电diànelectricity话huàtalk, speech大dàbig家jiāused in 家伙 and 家俱学xuélearning, knowledge, science生shēnglife, lifetime到dàoto reach的deof第dìsequence, number弟dìyoung brother, junior点diǎnpoint店diànshop, store脑nǎobrain视shìto look at, to inspect, to observe, to regard影yǐngshadow院yuàncourt, yard, courtyard东dōngsurname Dong西xīthe West都dūsurname Du读dòucomma书shūabbr. for 书经对duìright起qǐto begin, to initiate多duōmany少shǎofew儿érson, child二èrtwo饭fànmeal, food房fángbuilding, house, room间jiānbetween, among非fēiabbr. for 洲, Africa常chángcommon, general, normal飞fēito fly, to dart机jīdesk分fēnto divide钟zhōngsurname Zhong高gāosurname Gao兴xìngto thrive, to prosper, to flourish歌gēsong, lyrics哥gēelder brother个gěused in 自个儿给gěito公gōngfair, equitable司sīto take charge of, to control, to manage工gōnglabor, work作zuòto make狗gǒudog贵guìexpensive国guócountry, nation, state还huánsurname Huan孩háibaby, child汉hànChinese people语yǔwords, language字zìletter好hǎogood看kānto look after听yǐnsmile玩wánto play号háoroar喝hēto drink和héold variant of 和很hěn很后hòuafter回huíto circle会huìcan火huǒsurname Huo鸡jīchicken蛋dànegg几jīsmall table人rénperson见jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear件jiànitem饺jiǎostuffed dumplings叫jiàoto shout姐jiěelder sister今jīnmodern, current年niánsurname Nian九jiǔnine觉juéconscious得déto obtain开kāito open可kěmay, can, -able以yǐold variant of 以课kèsubject口kǒumouth块kuàilump来láito come老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity师shīteacher, professional, master了le了冷lěngsurname Leng里lǐvariant of 里两liǎngtwo零língzero六liùsix妈māmother, mama吗máwhat?买mǎito buy卖màito sell忙mángbusy猫māocat没méihave not关guānsurname Guan系xìto connect事shìaffair, matter, business有yǒuto have妹mèiyounger sister们menplural marker for pronouns and some nouns米mǐsurname Mi面miànface条tiáostrip明míngbright, clear名míngname哪nǎhow些xiēclassifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several那nāsurname Na男nánman, boy朋péngfriend, pal, acquaintance友yǒufriend, companion呢neparticle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word能néngsurname Neng你nǐyou您nínyou牛niúox, cow, bull奶nǎimilk女nǚwoman, girl士shìscholar, gentleman便biànplain宜yífitting, proper, right漂piàoto drift, to float亮liàngbright苹píngapple果guǒfruit, nut七qīseven床chuángbed, couch千qiānthousand前qiánin front, forward钱qiánsurname Qian请qǐngto ask问wènto ask去qùto go热rèto warm up认rènto know, to recognize, to understand识shíknowledge日rìabbr. for 本, Japan三sānsurname San商shāngcommerce, business, trade上shǎngused in 上声班bānsurname Ban午wǔnoon谁shéiwho什shénwhat? mixed, miscellaneous么meinterrogative particle十shíten时shítime, season候hòuto wait, to expect是shìto be手shǒuhand水shuǐsurname Shui睡shuìto sleep, to doze说shuōto speak, to say四sìfour岁suìvariant of 岁, year他tāhe它tāit她tāshe太tàihighest同tóngsame, similar外wàioutside晚wǎnnight, evening喂wéihello题tísurname Ti我wǒI五wǔfive喜xǐto love欢huānhappy, glad, joyful下xiàdown雨yǔrain先xiānearly现xiànto appear, to manifest在zàito exist想xiǎngto think小xiǎosmall写xiěto write谢xièto thank新xīnabbr. for Xinjiang 疆 or Singapore 坡星xīngstar, planet期qīa period of time休xiūto rest息xīto end, to cease, to put a stop to习xíto study, to practice校xiàoschool雪xuěsurname Xue也yěsurname Ye一yīone衣yīcloth服fúclothes医yīto cure, to heal, to treat椅yǐchair, seat元yuánsurname Yuan月yuèmoon再zàiagain早zǎoearly怎zěnwhat? why? how?样yàngform, pattern, shape, style找zhǎoto try to find这zhèthis真zhēnreally正zhēngfirst month of the lunar year只zhǐonly知zhīto know, to perceive, to comprehend道dàomethod, way中zhōngcentral文wénculture, literature, writing住zhùto live桌zhuōtable, stand, desk, counter昨zuóyesterday坐zuòsurname Zuo做zuòto make 