Vocabulary of Part 1
(一)点儿 - [(yì)diǎnr] - a little bit
啊 - [à] - ah, oh
爱 - [ài] - love
吧 - [ba] - (modal particle)
爸爸 - [bàba] - dad
百 - [bǎi] - hundred
拜拜 - [báibái] - bye-bye
办 - [bàn] - do
半 - [bàn] - half
帮助 - [bāngzhù] - help
抱歉 - [bàoqiàn] - sorry
报纸 - [bàozhǐ] - newspaper
贝贝 - [bèibei] - (name of a dog)
北京 - [běijīng] - Beijing
本子 - [běnzi] - exercise book, notebook
遍 - [biàn] - number of times (of action)
病 - [bìng] - illness; get sick
不 - [bù] - not; no
步 - [bù] - step
不好意思 - [bùhǎoyìsi] - sorry
不用 - [búyòng] - need not
参加 - [cānjiā] - participate; attend
餐厅 - [cāntīng] - dining hall
层 - [céng] - story; floor
厕所 - [cèsuǒ] - toilet
差 - [chà] - lack, be short of
常 - [cháng] - often
常常 - [chángcháng] - often
陈 - [chén] - (a surname)
吃 - [chī] - eat
吃饭 - [chīfàn] - eat (a meal)
出 - [chū] - go out; come out
穿 - [chuān] - wear
床 - [chuáng] - bed
厨房 - [chúfáng] - kitchen
出生 - [chūshēng] - be born
词 - [cí] - word
打电话 - [dǎ diànhuà] - make a phone call
大 - [dà] - big, large
打 - [dǎ] - play
打工 - [dǎgōng] - have a part-time job
蛋 - [dàn] - egg
蛋糕 - [dàngāo] - cake
当然 - [dāngrán] - of course
到 - [dào] - arrive
打球 - [dǎqiú] - play ball games
打扫 - [dǎsǎo] - clean
的 - [de] - (a possessive or modifying particle)
得 - [dé] - have, get
等 - [děng] - wait
点(钟) - [diǎn(zhōng)] - o’clock
电 - [diàn] - electricity
电话 - [diànhuà] - telephone; phone call
电影 - [diànyǐng] - movie
弟弟 - [dìdi] - younger brother
丁力波 - [dīng lìbō] - (name of a Canadian student)
丁 - [dīng] - (a surname)
东西 - [dōngxi] - thing, stuff
都 - [dōu] - both; all
锻炼 - [duànliàn] - do physical exercise
对 - [duì] - right, correct
对不起 - [duìbuqǐ] - I’m sorry
多 - [duō] - many, much; how (many/much)
多大 - [duōdà] - how old
多少 - [duōshao] - how many, how much
二 - [èr] - two
饭 - [fàn] - meal
房子 - [fángzi] - house
房租 - [fángzū] - rent (for a house or apartment)
发烧 - [fāshāo] - have a fever
发炎 - [fāyán] - become inflamed
分(钱) - [fēn(qián)] - cent; one hundredth of one yuan
分(钟) - [fēn(zhōng)] - minute
复习 - [fùxí] - review
该 - [gāi] - should; ought to
刚才 - [gāngcái] - just now
感冒 - [gǎnmào] - have a cold; cold
糕 - [gāo] - cake
高 - [gāo] - tall
告诉 - [gàosu] - tell
高兴 - [gāoxìng] - happy; pleased
个 - [gè] - (general-use measure word)
哥哥 - [gēge] - elder brother
给 - [gěi] – give; to, for
跟 - [gēn] - with; follow
公司 - [gōngsī] - company
工作 - [gōngzuò] - work, job
狗 - [gǒu] - dog
挂号 - [guàhào] - register (at a hospital, etc.)
光盘 - [guāngpán] - CD
贵 - [guì] - expensive; precious
贵姓 - [guìxìng] - your surname (polite form)
姑娘 - [gūniang] - girl
国 - [guó] - country, nation
过 - [guò] - spend (time); celebrate (a birthday or holiday)
还 - [hái] - in addition; still
还是 - [háishi] - or
汉语 - [hànyǔ] - Chinese (language)
汉字 - [hànzì] - Chinese character
号 - [hào] - day of the month; ordinal number
好 - [hǎo] - good; well; fine; OK
和 - [hé] - and
喝 - [hē] - drink
很 - [hěn] - very
红 - [hóng] - red
红葡萄酒 - [hóngpútaojiǔ] - red wine
会 - [huì] - know how to, can; meeting
回 - [huí] - return
几 - [jǐ] - how many, how much
寄 - [jì] - post, mail
家 - [jiā] - family, home
家美 - [jiāměi] - (name of a house rental agency)
间 - [jiān] - (measure word for rooms, houses)
件 - [jiàn] - (measure word), piece
加拿大 - [jiānádà] - Canada
叫 - [jiào] - be called
教 - [jiāo] - teach, instruct
教授 - [jiàoshòu] - professor
节 - [jié] - festival
姐姐 - [jiějie] - elder sister
介绍 - [jièshào] - introduce
进 - [jìn] - enter
斤 - [jīn] - half kilogram
京剧 - [jīngjù] - Beijing opera
经理 - [jīnglǐ] - manager
进来 - [jìnlai] - come in
今年 - [jīnnián] - this year
今天 - [jīntiān] - today
酒 - [jiǔ] - wine, liquor
记者 - [jìzhě] - reporter
局 - [jú] - office; bureau
聚会 - [jùhuì] - get-together; party
咖啡 - [kāfēi] - coffee
开 - [kāi] - open; start
开学 - [kāixué] - school opens, term begins
看 - [kàn] - watch; look at
看病 - [kànbìng] - see a doctor
烤鸭 - [kǎoyā] - roast duck
可爱 - [kě’ài] - lovely, cute
课 - [kè] - class, lesson
刻 - [kè] - quarter (of an hour)
可能 - [kěnéng] - maybe
可是 - [kěshì] - but
客厅 - [kètīng] - living room
课文 - [kèwén] - text
可以 - [kěyǐ] - may
恐怕 - [kǒngpà] - be afraid that; perhaps
口 - [kǒu] - (measure word for number of people in a family)
口语 - [kǒuyǔ] - spoken language
块(钱) - [kuài(qián)] - basic Chinese monetary unit, worth 10 mao = 1 yuan
快乐 - [kuàilè] - happy
来 - [lái] - come
老师 - [lǎoshī] - teacher
了 - [le] - (modal partical; aspect particle)
冷 - [lěng] - cold
力波 - [lì bō] - (name of a Canadian student)
练 - [liàn] - practice
梁祝 - [liáng zhù] - (name of a Chinese violin concerto)
两 - [liǎng] - two
练习 - [liànxí] - practice; exercise
林娜 - [lín nà] - (name of a British student)
〇／零 - [líng] - zero
留学生 - [liúxuéshēng] - student studying abroad; international student
礼物 - [lǐwù] - present; gift
楼 - [lóu] - building
陆雨平 - [lù yǔpíng] - (name of a Chinese reporter)
旅行 - [lǚxíng] - travel
马大为 - [mǎ dàwéi] - (name of an American student)
吗 - [ma] - (interrogative particle for question expecting yes-no answer)
买 - [mǎi] - buy
妈妈 - [māma] - mom
忙 - [máng] - busy
毛(钱) - [máo(qián)] - dime; Chinese monetary unit, worth one tenth of one yuan
没关系 - [méi guānxi] - never mind; it doesn’t matter
美 - [měi] - beautiful
每 - [měi] - every; each
没 - [méi] - not
美国 - [měiguó] - the United States of America
妹妹 - [mèimei] - younger sister
美术 - [měishù] - fine arts
们 - [men] – (suffix to denote plural)
面 - [miàn] - noodles
名片 - [míngpiàn] - business card
明天 - [míngtiān] - tomorrow
名字 - [míngzi] - name
那 - [nà] - that
哪 - [nǎ] - which
奶奶 - [nǎinai] - grandmother on the father’s side
哪里 - [nǎli] - no (expresses modest denial)
男 - [nán] - male
南方 - [nánfāng] - south
那儿 - [nàr] - there
哪儿 - [nǎr] - where
呢 - [ne] - (a modal particle used for elliptical questions)
能 - [néng] - can; be able to
你 - [nǐ] - you
念 - [niàn] - read
年 - [nián] - year
你们 - [nǐmen] - you (plural)
您 - [nín] - you (polite form)
女儿 - [nǚ’ér] - daughter
女 - [nǚ] - female
欧洲 - [ōuzhōu] - Europe
朋友 - [péngyou] - friend
漂亮 - [piàoliang] - pretty, beautiful; nice
瓶 - [píng] - bottle
苹果 - [píngguǒ] - apple
葡萄 - [pútao] - grape
起 - [qǐ] - get up, rise
钱 - [qián] - money
起床 - [qǐchuáng] - get up
请 - [qǐng] - please
请问 - [qǐngwèn] - May I ask…?
球 - [qiú] - ball
去 - [qù] - go
全 - [quán] - whole
全身 - [quánshēn] - all over the body
让 - [ràng] - let; allow; make
人 - [rén] - people, person
认识 - [rènshi] - know (somebody)
容易 - [róngyì] - easy
散步 - [sànbù] - take a walk; walk
嗓子 - [sǎngzi] - throat
扫 - [sǎo] - sweep
上 - [shàng] - above; last; ascend; go to
商 - [shāng] - trade
商场 - [shāngchǎng] - market; bazaar; shopping mall
上海 - [shànghǎi] - Shanghai
上课 - [shàngkè] - go to class (students and teachers)
上午 - [shàngwǔ] - morning
烧 - [shāo] - burn
少 - [shǎo] - few, less
谁 - [shéi] - who, whom
身 - [shēn] - body
生 - [shēng] - be born
生 - [shēng] - new
生词 - [shēngcí] - new word
圣诞 - [shèngdàn] - Christmas
生日 - [shēngrì] - birthday
什么 - [shénme] - what
身体 - [shēntǐ] - body, health
是 - [shì] - be
师傅 - [shīfu] - master worker
时候 - [shíhou] - time; moment
时间 - [shíjiān] - time
事儿 - [shìr] - matter; affair; thing
寿面 - [shòumiàn] - birthday noodles, longevity noodles
属 - [shǔ] - be born in the year of … (dog, rooster, etc.)
书 - [shū] - book
数 - [shù] - number
舒服 - [shūfu] - comfortable
睡 - [shuì] - sleep
水 - [shuǐ] - water
睡觉 - [shuìjiào] - sleep
说 - [shuō] - say; speak
四 - [sì] - four
司机 - [sījī] - driver
宋华 - [sòng huá] - (name of a Chinese student)
送 - [sòng] - give as a gift
岁 - [suì] - year (of age)
岁数 - [suìshu] - years (of age)
孙女儿 - [sūnnür] - granddaughter (son’s daughter)
宿舍 - [sùshè] - dormitory
他 - [tā] - he; him
她 - [tā] - she; her
太 - [tài] - too; extremely
他们 - [tāmen] - they; them
套 - [tào] - (measure word for houses)
疼 - [téng] - painful
天 - [tiān] - day
天气 - [tiānqì] - weather
听 - [tīng] - listen
听说 - [tīngshuō] - be told
头 - [tóu] - head
外 - [wài] - outside, foreign
外国 - [wàiguó] - foreign country
外婆 - [wàipó] - maternal grandmother
外语 - [wàiyǔ] - foreign language
晚 - [wǎn] - late
王小云 - [wáng xiǎoyún] - (name of a Chinese student)
玩儿 - [wánr] - have fun, play
晚上 - [wǎnshang] - evening, night
位 - [wèi] - (formal measure word for people)
为 - [wèi] - for
喂 - [wèi] - hello; hey
为什么 - [wèishénme] - why
问 - [wèn] - ask
问题 - [wèntí] - question
文学 - [wénxué] - literature
我 - [wǒ] - I; me
我们 - [wǒmen] - we; us
卧室 - [wòshì] - bedroom
系 - [xì] - faculty; department
洗 - [xǐ] - wash
西 - [xī] - west
下 - [xià] - below; next
想 - [xiǎng] - think, want to do sth; miss; remember with longing
香蕉 - [xiāngjiāo] - banana
香蕉苹果 - [xiāngjiāopíngguǒ] - a kind of apple that tastes like a banana
先生 - [xiānsheng] - Mr.; sir
现在 - [xiànzài] - now
小 - [xiǎo] - little, small
小姐 - [xiǎojie] - Miss; young lady
下午 - [xiàwǔ] - afternoon
写 - [xiě] - write
谢谢 - [xièxie] - thank
喜欢 - [xǐhuan] - like, prefer
行 - [xíng] - be O.K.
姓 - [xìng] - one’s surname is…/surname
星期 - [xīngqī] - week
星期日 - [xīngqīrì] - Sunday
休息 - [xiūxi] - take a rest
西药 - [xīyào] - Western medicine
学 - [xué] - learn; study
学生 - [xuésheng] - student
学习 - [xuéxí] - learn; study
学院 - [xuéyuàn] - institute, college
鸭 - [yā] - duck
杨 - [yáng] - (a surname)
药 - [yào] - medicine
要 - [yào] - must, want to do something
要 - [yào] - want
也 - [yě] - too; also
衣服 - [yīfu] - clothes
一共 - [yígòng] - altogether
影 - [yǐng] - shadow
应该 - [yīnggāi] - should; ought to
英国 - [yīngguó] - Great Britain; England
英语 - [yīngyǔ] - English (language)
音乐 - [yīnyuè] - music
一起 - [yìqǐ] - together
医生 - [yīshēng] - doctor; physician
一下 - [yíxià] - (used after a verb to indicate a short, quick, random, informal action)
医院 - [yīyuàn] - hospital
有意思 - [yǒu yìsi] - interesting
有 - [yǒu] - have
邮 - [yóu] - post, mail
有点儿 - [yǒudiǎnr] - somewhat; rather; a bit
邮局 - [yóujú] - post office
有名 - [yǒumíng] - famous
游泳 - [yóuyǒng] - swim
语 - [yǔ] - language
愿意 - [yuànyì] - be willing to …
语法 - [yǔfǎ] - grammar
语言 - [yǔyán] - language
再 - [zài] - again
在 - [zài] - at; in; on
在 - [zài] - be (here, there); be (in, on at)
再见 - [zàijiàn] - good-bye
脏 - [zāng] - dirty
怎么 - [zěnme] - how
怎么样 - [zěnmeyàng] - how is …, what is … like
张 - [zhāng] – (measure word for flat objects); (a surname)
找(钱) - [zhǎo(qián)] - give change
找 - [zhǎo] - look for
照片 - [zhàopiàn] - picture, photo
这 - [zhè] - this
真 - [zhēn] - real/really
这儿 - [zhèr] - here
知道 - [zhīdào] - to know
中国 - [zhōngguó] - China
中文 - [zhōngwén] - Chinese
中午 - [zhōngwǔ] - noon
中学 - [zhōngxué] - middle school
中药 - [zhōngyào] - traditional Chinese medicine
住 - [zhù] - live; stay
祝 - [zhù] - wish
专业 - [zhuānyè] - major; specialty
祝贺 - [zhùhè] - congratulate
住院 - [zhùyuàn] - be in hospital; be hospitalized
字 - [zì] - character
租 - [zū] - rent
做 - [zuò] - do; make
坐 - [zuò] - sit
昨天 - [zuótiān] - yesterday
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