阿āan initial particle, a prefix used for names姨yíaunt, mother's sister啊āinterjection of surprise矮ǎilow爱àito love好hǎogood安ānpeaceful, tranquil, quiet静jìngstill, quiet, motionless, gentle把bǎto hold班bānsurname Ban搬bānto move办bànto set up法fǎlaw, rule, statute公gōngfair, equitable室shìhouse, home半bànhalf帮bāngto help, to assist忙mángbusy包bāosurname Bao饱bǎoto eat till full北běinorth方fāngsurname Fang被bèiquilt鼻bínose子zison, child比bǐBelgium较jiàoto compare赛sàito compete, to contend必bìsurely, certainly须xūbeard变biànto change, to transform, to alter化huàto change, to convert, to reform表biǎoto show, to express, to display示shìaltar演yǎnto perform, to act, to put on a play别biésurname Bie人rénperson宾bīnguest, visitor馆guǎnpublic building冰bīngice箱xiāngbox, case才cáiability菜càidish单dānsingle, individual, only参cānto take part in, to intervene加jiāto add to, to increase, to augment草cǎovariant of 草层céngto pile on top of one another差chādifference超chāoto jump over, to leap over市shìcity, town衬chènunderwear, lining衫shānshirt, robe, jacket, gown成chéngto accomplish绩jīachievements, merit城chéngcastle, city, town迟chítardy, slow, late到dàoto reach出chūto go out现xiànto appear, to manifest除chúto get rid of了le了厨chúkitchen房fángbuilding, house, room春chūnold variant of 春词cíphrase, expression语yǔwords, language聪cōngsharp明míngbright, clear打dǎto attack, to beat, to hit, to strike扫sǎoto clean, to sweep, to wipe away算suànto regard as带dàiband担dānto bear, to carry心xīnheart蛋dànegg糕gāocake, pastry当dāngdong然ráncertainly地de-ly铁tiěiron图túdiagram, chart, map, picture灯dēnglamp低dīlow电diànelectricity梯tīladder, steps, stairs东dōngsurname Dong冬dōngwinter动dòngto move, to happen物wùthing, substance, matter短duǎnshort段duànsurname Duan锻duànto temper, to refine炼liànto smelt, to refine多duōmany么meinterrogative particle饿èto be hungry而érand且qiěmoreover, also耳ěrear朵duǒflower发fāto send out烧shāoto burn, to bake便biànplain放fàngto put分fēnto divide附fùnearby近jìnnear复fùagain, repeatedly习xíto study, to practice敢gǎnto dare感gǎnto affect, to move, to touch冒màoto risk, to brave, to dare干gānold variant of 干净jìngclean, pure刚gānghard, strong, tough根gēnroot据jùto possess, to occupy跟gēnheel更gēngto change or replace园yuángarden, park故gùreason, cause事shìaffair, matter, business刮guāto scrape关guānsurname Guan系xìto connect于yúat, in, on国guócountry, nation, state家jiāused in 家伙 and 家俱果guǒfruit, nut汁zhījuice, liquor, fluid过guōsurname Guo去qùto go还huánsurname Huan是shìto be害hàito injure, to harm怕pàto fear, to be afraid of河hériver黑hēiabbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江板bǎnboard, plank护hùto defend, to guard, to protect照zhàoto shine, to reflect, to illuminate花huāsurname Hua画huàto draw坏huàibad环huánbracelet, ring境jìngboundary, frontier换huànto exchange黄huángsurname Huang or Hwang会huìcan议yìto consult, to talk over或huòor, either, else者zhěthat which机jīdesk极jíextremely几jīsmall table乎hūinterrogative or exclamatory final particle记jìmark, sign得déto obtain季jìa quarter-year, a season节jiēsee 节骨眼检jiǎnto check, to examine, to inspect查cháto investigate, to examine, to look into简jiǎnsimple, succinct, terse见jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear面miànface健jiànstrong, robust, healthy康kānghealth讲jiǎngto speak角juésurname Jue脚jiǎofoot教jiàosurname Jiao接jiēto receive街jiēstreet, road, thoroughfare道dàomethod, way目mùeye日rìabbr. for 本, Japan结jiéknot, tie婚hūnto get married束shùsurname Shu解jiěto explain决juéto decide, to determine, to judge借jièto lend经jīngthe classics常chángcommon, general, normal理lǐscience, reason, logic久jiǔtime旧jiùold举jǔvariant of 举行hángrow句jùsentence, clause, phrase, paragraph定dìngto decide, to fix, to settle可kěmay, can, -able渴kěthirsty刻kèquarter客kèguest, traveller空kōnghollow, empty, deserted, bare调diàotune, melody, key口kǒumouth哭kūto cry裤kùpants, trousers筷kuàichopsticks蓝lánsurname Lan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离chīmythical beast开kāito open礼lǐcourtesy, manners, social customs历lìhistory史shǐhistory, chronicle, annals脸liǎnface练liànto drill, to exercise辆liàngclassifier for vehicles邻línneighbor居jūto live, to reside楼lóusurname Lou绿lǜgreen马mǎsurname Ma上shǎngused in 上声满mǎnManchu ethnic group意yìthought, idea, opinion