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| # | Word | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 家 | jiā | home; family |
| 2 | 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 3 | 商店 | shāng diàn | store; shop |
| 4 | 房间 | fáng jiān | room |
| 5 | 医院 | yī yuàn | hospital |
| 6 | 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China |
| 7 | 车站 | chē zhàn | rail station; bus stop |
| 8 | 教室 | jiào shì | classroom |
| 9 | 动物园 | dòng wù yuán | zoo |
| 10 | 中国人 | zhōng guó rén | Chinese |
| 11 | 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 12 | 妈妈 | mā ma | mama; mommy |
| 13 | 哥哥 | gē ge | older brother |
| 14 | 姐姐 | jiě jie | older sister |
| 15 | 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 16 | 弟弟 | dì di | younger brother |
| 17 | 妹妹 | mèi mei | younger sister; young woman |
| 18 | 同学 | tóng xué | to study at the same school; fellow student |
| 19 | 学生 | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 20 | 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 21 | 医生 | yī shēng | doctor |
| 22 | 爷爷 | yé ye | (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather |
| 23 | 奶奶 | nǎi nai | (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house |
| 24 | 小姐 | xiǎo jie | young lady; miss |
| 25 | 先生 | xiān sheng | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) |
| 26 | 手 | shǒu | hand; (formal) to hold |
| 27 | 口 | kǒu | mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) |
| 28 | 眼睛 | yǎn jing | eye |
| 29 | 头发 | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 30 | 耳朵 | ěr duo | ear; handle (on a cup) |
| 31 | 鼻子 | bí zi | nose |
| 32 | 个子 | gè zi | height; stature |
| 33 | 脚 | jiǎo | foot; leg (of an animal or an object) |
| 34 | 身体 | shēn tǐ | the body; one's health |
| 35 | 猫 | māo | cat; (dialect) to hide oneself |
| 36 | 狗 | gǒu | dog |
| 37 | 鸟 | niǎo | bird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) |
| 38 | 鱼 | yú | fish |
| 39 | 熊猫 | xióng māo | panda |
| 40 | 老虎 | lǎo hǔ | tiger |
| 41 | 猴子 | hóu zi | monkey |
| 42 | 水 | shuǐ | water; river |
| 43 | 牛奶 | niú nǎi | cow's milk |
| 44 | 米饭 | mǐ fàn | (cooked) rice |
| 45 | 面条 | miàn tiáo | noodles |
| 46 | 苹果 | píng guǒ | apple |
| 47 | 茶 | chá | tea; tea plant |
| 48 | 香蕉 | xiāng jiāo | banana |
| 49 | 包子 | bāo zi | bao (steamed stuffed bun) |
| 50 | 鸡蛋 | jī dàn | (chicken) egg; hen's egg |
| 51 | 西瓜 | xī guā | watermelon |
| 52 | 面包 | miàn bāo | bread |
| 53 | 菜 | cài | dish (type of food); vegetable |
| 54 | 饺子 | jiǎo zi | dumpling; pot-sticker |
| 55 | 果汁 | guǒ zhī | fruit juice |
| 56 | 蛋糕 | dàn gāo | cake |
| 57 | 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 58 | 今天 | jīn tiān | today; at the present |
| 59 | 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 60 | 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present |
| 61 | 月 | yuè | moon; month |
| 62 | 号 | hào | date |
| 63 | 星期 | xīng qī | week; day of the week |
| 64 | 点 | diǎn | point; dot |
| 65 | 年 | nián | year |
| 66 | 分钟 | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 67 | 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 68 | 早上 | zǎo shang | early morning |
| 69 | 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening; night |
| 70 | 中午 | zhōng wǔ | noon; midday |
| 71 | 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 72 | 时候 | shí hou | time; length of time |
| 73 | 时间 | shí jiān | time; period |
| 74 | 去年 | qù nián | last year |
| 75 | 生日 | shēng rì | birthday |
| 76 | 铅笔 | qiān bǐ | (lead) pencil |
| 77 | 书包 | shū bāo | schoolbag; satchel |
| 78 | 桌子 | zhuō zi | table; desk |
| 79 | 椅子 | yǐ zi | chair |
| 80 | 电视 | diàn shì | television; TV |
| 81 | 衣服 | yī fu | clothes |
| 82 | 裙子 | qún zi | skirt |
| 83 | 裤子 | kù zi | trousers; pants |
| 84 | 鞋 | xié | shoe |
| 85 | 杯子 | bēi zi | cup; glass |
| 86 | 飞机 | fēi jī | airplane |
| 87 | 公共汽车 | gōng gòng qì chē | bus |
| 88 | 电脑 | diàn nǎo | computer |
| 89 | 电影 | diàn yǐng | movie; film |
| 90 | 玫瑰花 | méi guī huā | rose |
| 91 | 礼物 | lǐ wù | gift; present |
| 92 | 雨伞 | yǔ sǎn | umbrella |
| 93 | 药 | yào | medicine; drug |
| 94 | 自行车 | zì xíng chē | bicycle; bike |
| 95 | 汉语 | Hàn yǔ | Chinese language |
| 96 | 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 97 | 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 98 | 颜色 | yán sè | color; countenance |
| 99 | 钱 | qián | coin; money |
| 100 | 东西 | dōng xī | east and west |
| 101 | 课 | kè | subject; course |
| 102 | 问题 | wèn tí | question; problem |
| 103 | 意思 | yì si | idea; opinion |
| 104 | 年级 | nián jí | grade; year (in school, college etc) |
| 105 | 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business |
| 106 | 太阳 | tài yang | sun; abbr. for 太阳穴 |
| 107 | 月亮 | yuè liang | the moon |
| 108 | 里面 | lǐ miàn | inside; interior |
| 109 | 上边 | shàng bian | the top; above |
| 110 | 前 | qián | front; forward |
| 111 | 后 | hòu | back; behind |
| 112 | 左 | zuǒ | left; the Left (politics) |
| 113 | 右 | yòu | (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center |
| 114 | 下 | xià | down; downwards |
| 115 | 旁边 | páng biān | side; adjacent place |
| 116 | 外面 | wài miàn | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface |
| 117 | 谢谢 | xiè xie | to thank; thanks |
| 118 | 再见 | zài jiàn | goodbye; see you again later |
| 119 | 请 | qǐng | to ask; to invite |
| 120 | 不客气 | bù kè qi | you're welcome; don't mention it |
| 121 | 对不起 | duì bu qǐ | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint |
| 122 | 没关系 | méi guān xi | it doesn't matter |
| 123 | 欢迎 | huān yíng | to welcome; welcome |
| 124 | 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true |
| 125 | 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 意 intentional) |
| 126 | 看 | kàn | to see;to watch |
| 127 | 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc) |
| 128 | 喝 | hē | to drink; variant of 嗬 |
| 129 | 去 | qù | to go; to go to (a place) |
| 130 | 叫 | jiào | to shout; to call |
| 131 | 来 | lái | to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) |
| 132 | 做 | zuò | to make; to produce; to write; to compose |
| 133 | 坐 | zuò | to sit; to take a seat |
| 134 | 买 | mǎi | to buy; to purchase |
| 135 | 画 | huà | to draw; to paint; picture; painting |
| 136 | 说话 | shuō huà | to speak; to say |
| 137 | 玩 | wán | to play; to have fun |
| 138 | 学习 | xué xí | to learn; to study |
| 139 | 睡觉 | shuì jiào | to go to bed; to sleep |
| 140 | 起床 | qǐ chuáng | to get out of bed; to get up |
| 141 | 打电话 | dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call |
| 142 | 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey |
| 143 | 读 | dú | to read out; to read aloud; to read |
| 144 | 写 | xiě | to write |
| 145 | 开 | kāi | to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start |
| 146 | 关 | guān | mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off |
| 147 | 回 | huí | to circle; to go back |
| 148 | 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 149 | 走 | zǒu | to walk; to go |
| 150 | 穿 | chuān | to wear; to put on |
| 151 | 洗澡 | xǐ zǎo | to bathe; to take a shower |
| 152 | 给 | gěi | to; for |
| 153 | 找 | zhǎo | to try to find; to look for |
| 154 | 懂 | dǒng | to understand; to comprehend |
| 155 | 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile; to laugh at |
| 156 | 哭 | kū | to cry; to weep |
| 157 | 帮助 | bāng zhù | assistance; aid; to help; to assist |
| 158 | 让 | ràng | to yield; to permit |
| 159 | 休息 | xiū xi | rest; to rest |
| 160 | 运动 | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 161 | 跑步 | pǎo bù | to run; to jog |
| 162 | 游泳 | yóu yǒng | swimming; to swim |
| 163 | 踢足球 | tī zú qiú | play soccer |
| 164 | 打篮球 | dǎ lán qiú | to play basketball |
| 165 | 唱歌 | chàng gē | to sing a song |
| 166 | 跳舞 | tiào wǔ | to dance |
| 167 | 完 | wán | to finish; to be over |
| 168 | 生病 | shēng bìng | to fall ill |
| 169 | 迟到 | chí dào | to arrive late |
| 170 | 感冒 | gǎn mào | to catch cold; (common) cold |
| 171 | 卖 | mài | to sell; to betray |
| 172 | 进 | jìn | to go forward; to advance |
| 173 | 出 | chū | to go out; to come out |
| 174 | 丢 | diū | to lose; to put aside |
| 175 | 上网 | shàng wǎng | to go online; to connect to the Internet |
| 176 | 拿 | ná | to hold; to seize |
| 177 | 刮风 | guā fēng | to be windy |
| 178 | 下雪 | xià xuě | to snow |
| 179 | 送 | sòng | to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present) |
| 180 | 爱 | ài | to love; to be fond of; to like; affection |
| 181 | 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 182 | 认识 | rèn shi | to know; to recognize |
| 183 | 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc) |
| 184 | 想 | xiǎng | to think (about); to think of; to devise |
| 185 | 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhī dao] |
| 186 | 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 187 | 要 | yào | have;need |
| 188 | 可以 | kě yǐ | can; may |
| 189 | 能 | néng | can; to be able to |
| 190 | 好 | hǎo | good; appropriate; proper |
| 191 | 多 | duō | many; much; too many; in excess |
| 192 | 大 | dà | big; large; great; older (than another person) |
| 193 | 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny |
| 194 | 长 | zhǎng | chief; head |
| 195 | 高 | gāo | high; tall |
| 196 | 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy; glad |
| 197 | 冷 | lěng | cold |
| 198 | 热 | rè | to warm up; to heat up |
| 199 | 漂亮 | piào liang | pretty; beautiful |
| 200 | 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious |
| 201 | 红 | hóng | red; popular |
| 202 | 黄 | huáng | yellow; pornographic |
| 203 | 绿 | lǜ | green; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend) |
| 204 | 蓝 | lán | blue; indigo plant |
| 205 | 少 | shǎo | few; less |
| 206 | 白 | bái | white; snowy |
| 207 | 黑 | hēi | black; dark |
| 208 | 忙 | máng | busy; hurriedly |
| 209 | 快 | kuài | rapid; quick |
| 210 | 慢 | màn | slow |
| 211 | 远 | yuǎn | far; distant |
| 212 | 近 | jìn | near; close to |
| 213 | 累 | lèi | tired |
| 214 | 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 215 | 对 | duì | right; correct; towards; at; for |
| 216 | 可爱 | kě ài | adorable; cute |
| 217 | 饱 | bǎo | to eat till full; satisfied |
| 218 | 饿 | è | to be hungry; hungry |
| 219 | 坏 | huài | bad; spoiled |
| 220 | 舒服 | shū fu | comfortable; feeling well |
| 221 | 着急 | zháo jí | to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry |
| 222 | 快乐 | kuài lè | happy; joyful |
| 223 | 难 | nán | difficult (to...); problem |
| 224 | 胖 | pàng | fat; plump |
| 225 | 瘦 | shòu | thin; to lose weight |
| 226 | 男 | nán | male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 位 |
| 227 | 女 | nǚ | female; woman |
| 228 | 疼 | téng | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly |
| 229 | 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 230 | 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) |
| 231 | 他 | tā | he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis) |
| 232 | 她 | tā | she |
| 233 | 我们 | wǒ men | we; us |
| 234 | 这 | zhè | (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) |
| 235 | 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 236 | 哪 | nǎ | how; which |
| 237 | 谁 | shuí | who;whom |
| 238 | 什么 | shén me | what?; something |
| 239 | 几 | jǐ | many;much |
| 240 | 怎么 | zěn me | how?; what? |
| 241 | 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how?; how about? |
| 242 | 多少 | duō shǎo | number; amount |
| 243 | 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你) |
| 244 | 它 | tā | it |
| 245 | 每 | měi | each; every |
| 246 | 为什么 | wèi shén me | why?; for what reason? |
| 247 | 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; one's own |
| 248 | 一 | yī | one; single |
| 249 | 二 | èr | two; 2 |
| 250 | 三 | sān | three; 3 |
| 251 | 四 | sì | four; 4 |
| 252 | 五 | wǔ | five; 5 |
| 253 | 六 | liù | six; 6 |
| 254 | 七 | qī | seven; 7 |
| 255 | 八 | bā | eight; 8 |
| 256 | 九 | jiǔ | nine; 9 |
| 257 | 十 | shí | ten; 10 |
| 258 | 两 | liǎng | two; both |
| 259 | 零 | líng | zero; nought |
| 260 | 半 | bàn | half; semi- |
| 261 | 百 | bǎi | hundred; numerous |
| 262 | 千 | qiān | thousand |
| 263 | 第一 | dì yī | first; number one |
| 264 | 个 | gè | used before nouns without special measure words of their own |
| 265 | 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age); year |
| 266 | 块 | kuài | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc |
| 267 | 只 | zhǐ | only; merely |
| 268 | 本 | běn | root; stem |
| 269 | 次 | cì | next in sequence; second |
| 270 | 件 | jiàn | item; component |
| 271 | 些 | xiē | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several |
| 272 | 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- |
| 273 | 很 | hěn | (adverb of degree); quite |
| 274 | 也 | yě | (adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 |
| 275 | 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't |
| 276 | 真 | zhēn | really; truly |
| 277 | 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even |
| 278 | 别 | bié | to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish |
| 279 | 一起 | yī qǐ | in the same place; together |
| 280 | 太 | tài | highest; greatest |
| 281 | 再 | zài | again; once more; re-; second; another |
| 282 | 就 | jiù | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after |
| 283 | 最 | zuì | most; the most |
| 284 | 还 | hái | still; still in progress |
| 285 | 当然 | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
| 286 | 和 | hé | (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn]); (math.) sum |
| 287 | 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to |
| 288 | 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore; as a result |
| 289 | 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 290 | 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 291 | 比 | bǐ | than |
| 292 | 把 | bǎ | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate |
| 293 | 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute) |
| 294 | 吗 | ma | for question |
| 295 | 了 | le | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 296 | 呢 | ne | particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") |
| 297 | 得 | dé | to obtain; to get |
| 298 | 过 | guò | to cross; to go over |
| 299 | 吧 | ba | for mood |
| 300 | 喂 | wèi | for greeting |