Vocabulary词汇

ài

to love; to be fond of; to like; affection

bā

eight; 8

bà ba

(coll.) father; dad

bēi zi

cup; glass

běn

root; stem

bù

no; not so; (bound form) not; un-

bù kè qi

you're welcome; don't mention it

cài

dish (type of food); vegetable

chá

tea; tea plant

chī

to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)

chū zū chē

taxi; (Tw) rental car

dǎ diàn huà

to make a telephone call

dà

big; large; great; older (than another person)

de / dī / dí

of · a taxi · really and truly

diǎn

point; dot

diàn nǎo

computer

diàn shì

television; TV

diàn yǐng

movie; film

dōng xī / dōng xi

east and west · thing

dōu / dū

all · capital city

dòu / dú

comma · to read out

duì bu qǐ

I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint

duō

many; much; too many; in excess

duō shǎo / duō shao

number · how much?

ér zi

son

èr

two; 2

fēi jī

airplane

fēn zhōng

minute

gāo xìng

happy; glad

gè

(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual

gōng zuò

to work; (of a machine) to operate

gǒu

dog

Hàn yǔ

Chinese language

hǎo / hào

good · to be fond of

hē / hè

to drink · to shout

hé / hè / hú

(joining two nouns) and · to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence · to complete a set in

hěn

(adverb of degree); quite

huí

to circle; to go back

huì / kuài

can · to balance an account

jī / jǐ

small table · how much

jiā

home; family

jiào

to shout; to call

jīn tiān

today; at the present

jiǔ

nine; 9

kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start

kān / kàn

to look after · to see

kàn jiàn

to see; to catch sight of

kuài

lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc

lái

to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)

lǎo shī

teacher

le / liǎo

(completed action marker) · to finish

lěng

cold

lǐ / Lǐ

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m · Li (surname)

líng

zero; nought

liù

six; 6

mā ma

mama; mommy

má / ma

(coll.) what? · (question particle for "yes-no" questions)

mǎi

to buy; to purchase

māo

cat; (dialect) to hide oneself

méi guān xi

it doesn't matter