Chinese Vocab (First Year) Flashcards
啊
[a] sentence final particle
爸爸
[ba 4 ba] father
吧
[ba] sentence final particle/softener
白英爱
[bai 3 ying 1 ai 4] Bai YingAi
百
[bai 3] a hundred
半
[ban 4] half; half an hour
办公室
[ban 4 gong 1 shi 4] office
帮
[bang 1] to help
杯
[bei 1] cup
北京
[bei 3 jing 1] BeiJing
本子
[ben 3 zi] notebook
笔
[bi 3] pen
别
[bie 2] don’t
别人
[bie 2 ren 2] other people; another person
不
[bu 4] not; no
不错
[bu 2 cuo 4] pretty good
不过
[bu 2 guo 4] however; but
不好意思
[bu 4 hao 3 yi 4 si] to feel embarrassed
不用
[bu 2 yong 4] no need; need not
才
[cai 2] not until, only then
菜
[cai 4] dishes; cuisine
餐厅
[can 1 ting 1] dining room; cafeteria
茶
[cha 2 ] tea
常常
[chang 2 chang 2] often
长短
[chang 2 duan 3] length
唱歌(儿)
[chang 4 ge1(r)] to sing (a song)
衬衫
[chen 4 shan 1] shirt
城市
[cheng 2 shi 4] city
吃
[chi 1] to eat
除了。。。以外
[chu 2 le…yi 3 wai 4] in addition to; besides
出租汽车
[chu 1 zu 1 qi 4 che 1] taxi
穿
[chuan 1] to wear; to put on
打车
[da 3 che 1] to take a taxi
打电话
[da 3 dian 4 hua 4] to make a phone call
打球
[da 3 qiu 2] to play ball
大
[da 4] big; old
大哥
[da 4 ge 1] oldest brother
大家
[da 4 jia 1] everybody
大姐
[da 4 jie3] eldest sister
大小
[da 4 xiao 3] size
大学生
[da 4 xue 2 sheng 1] college student
大衣
[da 4 yi 1] overcoat
但是
[dan 4 shi 1] but
到
[dao 4] to go to; to arrive
德国
[de 2 guo 2] Germany
德文
[de 2 wen 2] German language
的
[de] a possessive or descriptive particle
得
[de] a structural particle
得
[dei 3] must; have to
等
[deng 3] to wait; to wait for
第
[di 4] prefix for ordinal numbers
弟弟
[di 4 di] little brother
地铁
[di 4 tie 3] subway
点
[dian 3] o’clock (lit. dot, point, thus “points on a clock”)
点(儿)
[dian(r)] a little; a bit; some
电脑
[dian 4 nao 3] computer
电视
[dian 4 shi 4] television
电影
[dian 4 ying 3] movie
电子邮件
[dian 4 zi 3 you 2 jian 4] email
东西
[dong 1 xi] things; objects
懂
[dong 3] to understand
都
[dou 1] both; all
对
[dui 4] right; correct
对不起
[dui 4 bu qi 4] sorry
多
[duo 1] how many/much; to what extent
多少
[duo 1 shao] how much/many
儿子
[er 2 zi] son
二姐
[er 4 jie 3] second sister
发短信
[fa 1 duan 3 xin 4] to send a text; lit. “to send a short message.”
发音
[fa 1 yin 1] pronunciation
法国
[fa 3 guo 2] France
饭
[fan 4] meal; (cooked) rice
方便
[fang 1 bian 4] convenient
飞机
[fei 1 ji 1] airplane
机场
[ji 1 chang 3] airport
分
[fen 1] measure word for 1/100 of a kuai, cent.
粉红色
[fen 3 hong 2 se 4] pink
封
[feng 1] measure word for letters
付钱
[fu 4 qian 2] to pay money
父亲节
[fu 4 qin 1 jie 2] Father’s Day
复习
[fu 4 xi 2] to review
感恩节
[Gan 3’ en 1 jie 2] Thanksgiving
钢笔
[gang 1 bi 3] fountain pen
高速公路
[gao 1 su 2 gong 1 lu 4] highway
高文中
[gao 1 wen 2 zhong 1] Gao WenZhong
高小音
[gao 1 xiao 3 yin 1] Gao XiaoYin
高兴
[gao 1 xing 4] happy; pleased
告诉
[gao 4 su] to tell
哥哥
[ge 1 ge] older brother
个
[ge 4/ge] measure word for many common everyday objects
给
[gei 3] to give
给
[gei 3] to; for
跟
[gen 1] with
公共汽车
[gong 1 gong 4 qi 4 che 1] public bus
工程师
[gong 1 cheng 2 shi 1] engineer
工人
[gong 1 ren 2] worker
工商管理
[gong 1 shang 1 guan 3 li 3] business management
工作
[gong 1 zuo 4] to work; job
功课
[gong 1 ke 4] homework; schoolwork
逛街
[guang 4 jie 1] to windowshop
贵
[gui 4] honorable; expensive
果汁
[guo 3 zhi 1] fruit juice
还
[hai 2] also; too; as well
还是
[hai 2 shi] or
孩子
[hai 2 zi] child
韩国
[han 2 guo 2] South Korea
寒假
[han 2 jia 4] winter vacation
汉字
[Han 4 zi] Chinese characters
好
[hao 3] find; good; nice; ok; it’s settled
好久
[hao 3 jiu 3] a long time
号
[hao 4] a measure word for a number in a series; day of the month; size
喝
[he 1] to drink
和
[he 2] and
合适
[he 2 shi 4] suitable
黑
[hei 1] black
很
[hen 3] very
红
[hong 2] red
后来
[hou 4 lai 2] later
护士
[hu 4 shi] nurse
花
[hua 1] to spend
画画儿
[hua 4 hua(r) 4] to draw; to paint
化学
[hua 4 xue 2] chemistry
换
[huan 4] to exchange
黄
[huang 2] yellow
灰色
[hui 1 se 4] gray
回家
[hui 2 jia 1] to go home
回来
[hui 2 lai] to come back
会
[hui 4] can; know how to (through learning)
或者
[huo 4 zhe 3] or
几
[ji 3] how many; some; a few
家
[jia 1] family; home
加拿大
[jia 1 na 2 da 4] Canada
加州
[jia 1 zhou 1] California
夹克
[jia 2 ke 4] jacket
件
[jian 4] measure word for shirts, dresses, jackets, coats, etc.)
见
[jian 4] to see
见面
[jian 4 mian 4] to meet up; to meet with
教
[jiao 1] to teach
教室
[jiao 4 shi 4] classroom
教授
[jiao 4 shou 4] professor
叫
[jiao 4] to be called; to call
节
[jie 2] measure word for class periods
姐姐
[jie 3 jie] older sister
介绍
[jie 4 shao 4] to introduce
今年
[jin 1 nian 2] this year
今天
[jin 1 tian 1] today
紧张
[jin 3 zhang 1] nervous; anxious
进
[jin 4] to enter
进来
[jin 4 lai] to come in
经济
[jing 1 li 4] economics
经理
[jing 1 li 3] manager
九月
[jiu 3 yue 4] September
就
[jiu 4] precisely; exactly
橘红色
[ju 2 hong 2 se 4] orange (color)
觉得
[jue 2 de] to feel; to think
军人
[jun 1 ren 2] soldier; military officer
咖啡
[ka 1 fei 1] coffee
咖啡色
[fa 1 fei 1 se 4] brown; coffee color
开车
[kai 1 che 1] to drive a car
开会
[kai 1 hui 4] to have a meeting
开始
[kai 1 shi 3] to begin; to start; beginning
看
[kan 4] to watch; to look; to read
考试
[kao 3 shi 4] to give or take a test; test
可口可乐
[ke 3 kou 3 ke 3 le 4] coca-cola
可乐
[ke 3 le 4] cola
可是
[ke 3 shi 4] but
可以
[ke 3 yi 3] can; yi
刻
[ke 4] quarter (of an hour)
课
[ke 4] class; course; lesson
课本
[ke 4 ben 3] textbook
课文
[ke 4 wen 2] text of a lesson
客气
[ke 4 qi] polite
空(儿)
[kong4(r)] free time
口
[kou 3] measure word for number of family members
酷
[ku 4] cool
裤子
[ku 4 zi] pants
块
[kuai 4] quickly; fast; quick
快乐
[kuai 4 le 4] happy