Chapter 1

Question 1

nǐ

Answer 1

你 you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)

Question 2

men

Answer 2

们 plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

Question 3

hǎo,hào

Answer 3

好 good / well / proper / good to / easy to / very / so / (suffix indicating completion or readiness) / (of an unmarried couple) to be close / to be keen on each other // to be fond of / to have a tendency to / to be prone to

Question 4

xìng

Answer 4

姓 family name / surname / CL: 個｜个 / to be surnamed

Question 5

jiào

Answer 5

叫 to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

Question 6

běi

Answer 6

北 north / to be defeated (classical)

Question 7

jīng

Answer 7

京 capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old)

Question 8

jiā

Answer 8

家 home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL: 個｜个

Question 9

zài

Answer 9

在 (located) at / (to be) in / to exist / in the middle of doing sth / (indicating an action in progress)

Question 10

shuō

Answer 10

说 to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)

Question 11

Hàn

Answer 11

汉 Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

Question 12

yǔ

Answer 12

语 dialect / language / speech

Question 13

huì

Answer 13

会 can / to be possible / to be able to / will / to be likely to / to be sure to / to assemble / to meet / to gather / to see / union / group / association / CL: 個｜个

Question 14

fǎ

Answer 14

法 law / method / way / Buddhist teaching / Legalist

Question 15

xué

Answer 15

学 to learn / to study / science / -ology

Question 16

bà

Answer 16

爸 father / dad / pa / papa

Question 17

shī

Answer 17

师 teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops

Question 18

mā

Answer 18

妈 ma / mom / mother

Question 19

rèn

Answer 19

认 to recognize / to know / to admit

Question 20

shí

Answer 20

识 to know / knowledge

Question 21

tā

Answer 21

她 she

Question 22

tā

Answer 22

他 he or him / (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) / (used before sb’s name for emphasis) / (used as a meaningless mock object) / other / another

Question 23

de

Answer 23

的 of / ~’s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)

Question 24

péng

Answer 24

朋 friend

Question 25

yǒu

Answer 25

友 friend

Question 26

zhù

Answer 26

住 to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

Question 27

dōu

Answer 27

都 all / both / entirely / (used for emphasis) even / already / (not) at all

Question 28

shén

Answer 28

什 what

Question 29

me

Answer 29

么 suffix, used to form interrogative 甚麼｜什么, what?, indefinite 這麼｜这么 thus, etc

Question 30

nǎ

Answer 30

哪 how / which

Question 31

ma

Answer 31

吗 (question tag)

Question 32

ne

Answer 32

呢 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 …?”) / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board (“ok?”, “are you with me?”) / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation

Question 33

shéi

Answer 33

谁 who