ài

to love

bā

eight

bàba

(informal) father

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

chī

to eat

chūzūchē

taxi

dà

big

dǎdiànhuà

to make a telephone call

de

of

diǎn

point

diànnǎo

computer

diànshì

television

diànyǐng

movie

dōng

east and west

dōu

all

dú

to read

duìbuqǐ

unworthy

duō

many

duōshǎo

number

èr

two

érzi

son

fàndiàn

restaurant

fēijī

airplane

fēnzhōng

minute

gāoxìng

happy

gè

classifier for people or objects in generalindividual

gōngzuò

to work

gǒu

dog

hànyǔ

Chinese language

hào

ordinal number

hǎo

good

hé

and

hē

to drink

hěn

(adverb of degree)

hòumiàn

rear

huí

to circle

huì

can

jǐ

how much

jiā

home

jiào

to shout

jīntiān

today

jiǔ

nine

kāi

to open

kàn

to see

kànjiàn

to see

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)

mǎi

to buy

māma

mama

māo

cat

méiguānxi

it doesn't matter

mǐfàn

(cooked) rice

míngtiān

tomorrow

míngzi

name (of a person or thing)

nǎ

how

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

péngyou

friend

piàoliang

pretty

píngguǒ

apple

qī

seven

qián

coin

qiánmiàn

ahead

qǐng

to ask

qù

to go

rè

to warm up

rén

man

rènshi

to know

sān

three

shàng

on top

shāngdiàn

store

shàngwǔ

morning

shǎo

few

shéi

who

shénme

what?

shí

ten

shì

is

shíhou

time

shū

book

shuǐ

water

shuǐguǒ

fruit

shuìjiào

to go to bed

shuō

to speak

sì

four

suì

classifier for years (of age)

tā

she

tā

he or him

tài

highest

tiānqì

weather

tīng

to listen

tóngxué

to study at the same school

wǒ

I

wǒmen

we

wǔ

five

xià

down

xiǎng

to think

xiānsheng

teacher

xiànzài

now

xiǎo

small

xiǎojie

young lady

xiàwǔ

afternoon

xiàyǔ

to rain

xiě

to writeto write

xiē

classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, severalthesesome

xièxie

to thank

xǐhuan

to like

xīngqī

week

xuésheng

student

xuéxí

to learn

xuéxiào

school

yī

one

yīdiǎnr

erhua variant of 一点

yīfu

clothes

yīshēng

doctor

yīyuàn

hospital

yǐzi

chair

yǒu

to have

yuè

moon

zài

(located) at

zàijiàn

goodbye

zěnme

how?

zěnmeyàng

how?

zhōngguó

China

zhōngwǔ

noon

zhù

to live

zhuōzi

table

zì

letter

zuò

to sit

zuò

to do

zuótiān

yesterday

ba

(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)

bái

white

bǎi

hundred

bāng

to help