冷静

lěngjìng

calm

Korea

sharp

strict

to encourage

example

liǎ

two (colloquial equivalent of 两个 )

lián

to link

lián

to ally

lián

to pitypitiful

liáng

to measure

liáng

cool

liàng

to show understanding

凉快

liángkuai

nice and cold

联系

liánxì

connection

礼拜天

lǐbàitiān

Sunday

liè

to arrange

理发

lǐfà

a barber

厉害

lìhai

difficult to deal with

理解

lǐjiě

to comprehend

礼貌

lǐmào

courtesy

lín

woods

líng

age

lìng

other

零钱

língqián

change (of money)

另外

lìngwài

additional

力气

lìqi

strength

例如

lìrú

for example

liú

to leave (a message etc)

liú

to flow

流利

liúlì

fluent

流行

liúxíng

(of a contagious disease etc) to spread

理想

lǐxiǎng

an ideal

law

to think over

luàn

in confusion or disorder

lùn

opinion

luò

to fall or drop

律师

lǜshī

lawyer

旅行

lǚxíng

to travel

generic name for hemp, flax etc

蔴麻

weight

麻烦

máfan

inconvenient

马虎

mǎhu

careless

màn

free

mǎn

to fill

滿

máo

hair

mào

appearanceappearance

毛巾

máojīn

towel

měi

beautiful

美丽

měilì

beautiful

mèng

dream

to bewilder

secret

miǎn

to excuse sb

免费

miǎnfèi

free (of charge)

miǎo

second (unit of time)

迷路

mílù

to lose the way

密码

mìmǎ

secret code

mín

the people

mìng

life

民族

mínzú

nationality

silent

to admireto envy

mother

目的

mùdì

purpose

母亲

mǔqīn

mother

nài

capable of enduring

耐心

nàixīn

to be patient

难道

nándào

don't tell me ...

难受

nánshòu

to feel unwell

nào

noisy

nǎo

to get angryto be worried

nèi

inside

内容

nèiróng

content

能力

nénglì

capability

年龄

niánlíng

(a person's) age

nòng

to do

nuǎn

warm

暖和

nuǎnhuo

warm

ǒu

accidental

偶尔

ǒuěr

occasionally

pái

a row

pái

mahjong tile

排队

páiduì

to line up

排列

páiliè

to arrange in order

pàn

to judge

判断

pànduàn

to judge

péi

to accompany

spleento penetrate deeply into the heart (idiom)

piàn

to cheat

piān

sheet

皮肤

pífū

skin

pìn

to engage (a teacher etc)

píng

to discuss

乒乓球

pīngpāngqiú

table tennis

平时

píngshí

ordinarily

批评

pīpíng

to criticize

脾气

píqi

character

broken

see 葡萄

general

普遍

pǔbiàn

universal

葡萄

pútao

grape

普通话

pǔtōnghuà

Mandarin (common language)

to abandon

relative

慼戚

qiàn

to apologize

千万

qiānwàn

ten million

签证

qiānzhèng

visa

qiáo

bridge

qiǎo

opportunely

qiāo

to hit

巧克力

qiǎokèlì

chocolate (loanword)

其次

qícì

next

气候

qìhòu

climate

qín

guqin 古琴 (a type of zither)

qīn

parent

qīng

light

情况

qíngkuàng

circumstances

轻松

qīngsōng

light

亲戚

qīnqi

a relative (i.e. family relation)

qióng

poor

其中

qízhōng

among

to take

area

quán

all

quán

spring (small stream)

全部

quánbù

whole

区别

qūbié

difference

què

authenticated

què

but

quē

deficiency

缺点

quēdiǎn

weak point

缺少

quēshǎo

lack

确实

quèshí

indeed

然而

ránér

however

rǎo

to disturbto disturb

rèn

to assign

热闹

rènao

bustling with noise and excitement

réng

still

rēng

to throw

仍然

réngrán

still

任何

rènhé

any

任务

rènwu

mission

日记

rìjì

diary

to enter

入口

rùkǒu

entrance

sǎn

scattered

散步

sànbù

to take a walk