Chinese Characters Unit 1 Flashcards
一
yī 1
二
èr 2
三
sān 3
四
sì 4
五
wǔ 5
六
liù 6
七
qī 7
八
bā 8
九
jiǔ 9
十
shí 10
零
líng 0
百
bǎi 100
你
nǐ You
我
wǒ Me, I
他
tā He
她
tā She
它
tā It
们
men Plural marker for pronouns
她们
tā men They, Them
我们
wǒmen We, Us
是
Shì is
什么
Shénme what
吗
ma Question particle; “ni hao ma”?
几
jǐ signals a question
在
Zai in, on, at
的
de possessive particle
学生
xué sheng student
学
xué study/learn
哪儿
nǎ r where?
里
lǐ inside
喝
hē drink
来
lái to come
高
Gāo High, tall, above average
看
kàn to see, to look, to watch, to read
忙
máng busy, to hurry
汤
Tāng soup
叫
Jiào Call
大
Dà big
小
Xiǎo small
出生
chū shēng be born, exit
美国
Měiguó USA
多
duō many
岁
suì year (of age)
多大
duō dà how old, how big
电
diàn electricity
家
jiā family/home
话
huà word, talk
钱
qián money
电视
diàn shì tv
脑
nǎo brain
电话
diàn huà telephone
少
shǎo few, little
多少
duōshao how many/much?
日
rì (jzih) Day, date
月
yuè Month, Moon
年
nián year
今
Jīn (jean) now (this year, this week, etc)
天
tiān day, Sunday
今天
Jīn tiān today
星期
xīng qī week
昨
zuó Yesterday
明
míng tomorrow
明年
míng nián next year
今年
Jīn nián This year
去年
qù nián (chew) last year
号
hào day of of month
去
qù to go
号码
hàomǎ number
星
xīng star
好
hǎo Good, Well
谢谢
xiè xie Thank You
谢
xiè To Thank
很
hěn very, quite
你好
nǐhǎo Hello!
再见
zàijiàn goodbye
找
zhǎo (pronounced joww) to look for
吃
chī Eat
饿
è hungry
不是
bù shì no
名字
míngzi Name
人
rén Person
哥哥
gē ge older brother
姐姐
jiě jie older sister
妹妹
mèimei younger sister
弟弟
dì di younger brother
之
zhī him
了
le past tense
会
hui future tense
有
yǒu to have/has
没有
méiyǒu haven’t/hasn’t
口
kǒu mouth/radical
谁
shéi
who?
个
gè measure word
这
zhè this
和
hé and
住
zhù to live
想要
xiǎng yào to like
中
zhōng in/middle
你 呢
ni ne, “how about you”? “and you?”
哪
nǎ which/how
正在
zhèngzài present tense, doing something just at that time
女
nǚ Daughter
子
zǐ Son
半
bàn half
工
gōng work
作
zuò to do, make
师
shī teacher, expert
老
lǎo Old
一家人
yījiārén household, the whole family
独
dú alone, single, only
密
mì secret, confidential
两
liǎng two
上个
shàngge last, previous
差
chà fall short of
过
guò past
三十分
sān shí fēn half hour
下个
xià gè next
后
hòu after/behind
下
xià down, next
上
shàng on top, above, previous
早
zǎo early, morning
晚
wǎn late, evening
早上
zǎo shàng early morning (5am-8am)
上午
shàngwǔ before noon (8am-11:59am)
中午
zhōngwǔ noon
下午
xià wǔ afternoon (12;01pm-6pm)
晚上
wǎn shàng evening, night (6pm-later)
午
wǔ noon
刻
kè quarter of an hour
分
fēn minute
点
diǎn o clock
周
zhōu week
每天
měitiān everyday
每周
měizhōu every week
每月
měiyuè every month
后天
hòu tiān day after tomorrow
分钟
fēn zhōng period of time (minutes)
小时
xiǎo shí period of time (hours)
怎么
zěn me how/why?
也
yě also
下班
xiàbān finish work
上班
shàngbān go to work