Chinese 1 Flashcards
big
small
dà 大
xiǎo 小
teacher
Coach
student
lǎoshī 老师
jiào liàn 教练
xuéshēng 学生
beautiful
good looking
cute
ugly
piàoliang 漂亮
hǎokàn 好看
kěài 可爱
chǒu lòu 丑陋
hot
cold
rè 热
lěng 冷
happy
sad
angry
anxious
gāoxìng 高兴
shāng xīn 伤心
shēng qì 生气
dānxīn 担心
many, much
few, little
duō 多
shǎo 少
good
pretty good/decent/not bad
bad
hǎo 好
búcuò 不错
huà 坏
can, to be able to x2
can, have learned to
néng 能 // kě yǐ 可以
huì 会
to know/be familiar with
to know conceptually
rènshi 认识
zhīdào 知道
to want - order food, demand
to want - would like, polite
yào 要
xiǎng 想
to like
to love
xǐhuān 喜欢
ài 爱
to work
to go to work
gōngzuò 工作
shàngbān 上班
to live
zhù
住
to sit
//
ride in a taxi/car/metro/plane/train/boat
zuò
坐
to open/drive (a car)
to close
kāi 开
guān bì 关闭
to buy
to pay
to sell
mǎi 买
mǎidān 买单
mài 卖
to do
zuò
做
to make phone call
dǎdiànhuà
打电话
to sleep
to rest
to get up
to get up early
shuìjiào 睡觉
xiūxí 休息
qǐchuáng 起床
zǎoqǐ 早起
to eat
to drink
to cook
chī 吃
hē 喝
zuòfàn 做饭
to go x 2
to come
to return
qù 去 // wǎng 往
lái 来
huí 回
to call
jiào
叫
to see
“look”/”have a look”
kànjiàn 看见
kànyíkàn 看一看
to write
to read/to read aloud
xiě 写
dú 读
to speak
to talk to
to listen
shuō 说
shuōhuà 说话
tīng 听
to have
to be (am, is, are)
yǒu 有
shì 是
Excuse me/Pardon me
no worries
sorry
may I
bù hǎo yìsi 不 好 意思
méiguānxì 没关系
duìbùqǐ 对不起
qǐngwèn 请问
please
qǐng
请
good-bye
zàijiàn
再见
thank you
you’re welcome
xièxie 谢谢
búkèqì 不客气
chair
desk/table
yǐzi 椅子
zhuōzi 桌子
Chinese language
character
hànyǔ 汉语/zhōngwén 中文
zì 字
book
pen
shū 书
bǐ 筆
person
name
rén 人
míngzi 名字
thing
dōngxi
东西
dog
cat
gǒu 狗
māo 猫
weather
sunny day
cloudy day
rain
snow
tiānqì 天气
qíngtiān 晴天
yīntiān 阴天
xiàyǔ 下雨
xiàxuě 下雪
movie
computer
television
diànyǐng 电影
diànnǎo 电脑
diànshì 电视
taxi x2
chūzūchē 出租车
jì chéng chē 计程车
money
qián
钱
fruit
apple
shuǐguǒ 水果
píngguǒ 苹果
rice
mǐfàn 米饭
dish
cài
菜
water
juice
milk
coffee
tea
shuǐ 水
guǒzhī 果汁
niúnǎi 牛奶
kāfēi 咖啡
chá 茶
cloth
yīfu
衣服
miss
sir
xiǎojiě 小姐
xiānsheng 先生
doctor
yīshēng
医生
friend
péngyǒu
朋友
classmate
coworker
roommate
tóngxué 同学
tóng shì 同事
shì yǒu 室友
daughter
son
nǚér 女儿
érzi 儿子
mother
father
māma 妈妈
bàba 爸爸
now
time (specific)
time (quantity/abstract)
o’clock
minute (for telling time)
xiànzài 现在
shíhou 时候
shíjiān 时间
diǎn 点
fēn 分
minute
hour
number/day
week
weekend
month
year
fēnzhōng 分钟
xiǎoshí 小时
hào 号/rì 日
xīngqī 星期
zhōumò 周末
yuè 月
nián 年
early morning (12-9am)
morning (9-11am)
mid-day (11am-1pm)
afternoon (1-5pm)
evening (5pm-12am)
zǎoshàng 早上
shàngwǔ 上午
zhōng wǔ 中午
xiàwǔ 下午
wǎnshàng 晚上
The day before yesterday
yesterday
today
tomorrow
The day after tomorrow
qián tiān 前天
zuótiān 昨天
jīntiān 今天
míngtiān 明天
hòu tiān 后天
behind
inside
in front of
outside
hòumiàn 后面
lǐmiàn 里
qiánmiàn 前面
wàimiàn 外面
up
down
shàng 上
xià 下
China
France
Europe
Zhōngguò 中国
Fà guó 法國
Ōu zhōu 欧洲
hospital
store
mall
grocery store
bookstore
shoe store
cinema
yīyuàn 医院
shāngdiàn 商店
shāngchǎng 商场
chāoshì 超市
shūdiàn 书店
xiédiàn 鞋店
diànyǐngyuàn 电影院
home/family
house
apartment/multistory building
jiā 家
fángzi 房子
dà lóu 大楼
auxiliary to indicate a question
auxiliary to express change/the present
auxiliary to indicate possesion (mine)
auxiliary to express “what about”
ex: what about you?
auxillary to express surprise
auxillary to express suggestion
ma 吗
le 了
de 的
ne 呢
a 啊
ba 吧
in, at
zài
在
and
or
hé 和
hái shì 还是
a little bit
some
half
all
only
yī diǎnr 一点儿
yī xiē 一些
bàn 半
dōu 都
zhǐ 只
too
very/quite
really
tài 太
hěn 很
zhēn 真
no (with verbs like to have)
// never
no (with verbs like to be)
// don’t
méi 没
bù 不
piece, chunk,cash
kuài
块
measure word (for books)
measure word (for normal objects/people)
measure word (for age)
measure word (for family members)
measure word (for pictures/photos)
measure word (for bottles)
measure word (for type, genre)
measure word (for transport stops)
measure word (for events, things, clothes)
běn 本
gè 个
suì 岁
kǒu 口
zhāng 张
jiàn 件
píng 瓶
zhǒng 种
zhàn 站
jiàn 件
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
liù 六
qī 七
bā 八
jiǔ 九
shí 十
one
two
three
four
five
yī 一
èr 二
sān 三
sì 四
wǔ 五
how
how about
zěnme 怎么
zěnmeyàng 怎么样
a few, how many >10
how many, how much <10
how long
jǐ 几
duōshǎo 多少
duōjiǔ 多久
who
where
what, why
which
When
shéi 谁
nǎr 哪儿
shénme 什么
nǎ 哪
shénme shíhou 什么时候
morning! (greeting)
Zǎo
早
I’m busy/doing something
I’m free/not busy x2
wǒ yǒu shì 我沒事
wǒ méi shì 我没事 / wǒ yǒu kòng 我有空
to be busy (single verb)
máng
忙
I am busy (2 ways)
wǒ yǒu hěn duō shì
我有很多事
wǒ hěn máng
我很忙
to teach
to study
to practice
jiāo 教
xuéxi 学习
liànxí 练习
but/however
also
kě shì 可是
yě 也
to understand
dǒng
懂
to look/watch/read
kàn
看
enough
gòu
够
(I’m/it’s) ok
(I’m) quite good
hái kěyǐ 还可以
tǐng hǎo de 挺好的
expensive
cheap
guì 贵
piányi 便宜
yes
no
shì de 是的
bù 不
ok (state of being)
ok (affirmation)
ok (slightly less positive affirmation)
hǎo de 好的
xíng 行
kě yǐ 可以
Soup
Spoon
tāng 湯
tāng chí 湯匙
To use
yòng
用
Bowl
Plate
Cup
Chopsticks
wǎn 碗
pán 盤
bēizi 杯子
kuài zi 筷子