ài

to love

bà

father

bā

eight

bàba

(informal) father

běi

north

bēi

cup

běijīng

Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China

bēizi

cup

běn

root

bù

(negative prefix)

bùkèqi

you're welcome

cài

dish (type of food)

chá

tea

chē

car

chī

to eat

chūzūchē

taxi

dà

big

dǎ

to beat

dǎdiànhuà

to make a telephone call

de

of

diàn

inn

diàn

lightning

diǎn

point

diànnǎo

computer

diànshì

television

diànyǐng

movie

dōng

east and west

dōu

all

dú

to read

duìbuqǐ

unworthy

duō

many

duō

number

ér

child

èr

two

érzi

son

fàn

cooked rice

fàndiàn

restaurant

fēi

to fly

fēijī

airplane

fēnzhōng

minute

fú

clothes

gāoxìng

happy

gè

individual

gōng

work

gōngzuò

to work

gǒu

dog

guó

country

guǒ

fruit

hàn

man

hànyǔ

Chinese language

hào

ordinal number

hǎo

good

hé

and

hē

to drink

hěn

(adverb of degree)

hòu

back

hòu

to wait

hòumiàn

rear

huà

dialect

huān

hubbub

huí

to circle

huì

can

jǐ

how much

jī

machine

jiā

home

jiàn

to see

jiào

a nap

jiào

to shout

jiě

older sister

jīn

now

jīng

abbr. for Beijing

jīntiān

today

jiǔ

nine

kāi

to open

kàn

to see

kànjiàn

to see

kè

customer

kuài

lump (of earth)

lái

to come

lǎoshī

teacher

le

(completed action marker)

lěng

cold

lǐ

inside

liù

six

ma

(question particle for "yes-no" questions)

má

exclamatory final particle

mā

ma

mǎi

to buy

māma

mama

māo

cat

méi

(negative prefix for verbs)

méiguānxi

it doesn't matter

men

plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individualswe

miàn

face

mǐfàn

(cooked) rice

míng

bright

míng

name

míngtiān

tomorrow

míngzi

name (of a person or thing)

nà

that

nǎ

how

nǎo

brain

nǎr

where?

ne

particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")

néng

can

nǐ

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 )you (plural)lit. you die, I live (idiom)

nián

year

nǚér

daughter

péng

friendchild

péngyou

friend

piāo

to float

piàoliang

pretty

píng

apple

píngguǒ

apple

qì

gas

qǐ

to rise

qī

seven

qī

a period of time

qián

front

qián

coin

qiánmiàn

ahead

qǐng

to ask

qù

to go

rè

to warm up

rén

man

rèn

to recognize

rènshi

to know

sān

three

shàng

on top

shāng

commerce

shāngdiàn

store

shàngwǔ

morning

shǎo

few

shéi

who

shén

what

shēng

to be born

shénme

what?

shí

o'clock

shí

ten

shí

to know

shì

is

shì

to look at

shī

teacher

shíhou

time

shū

book

shuì

to sleep

shuǐ

water

shuǐguǒ

fruit

shuìjiào

to go to bed

shuō

to speak