Hanzi Flashcards
吧
ba
modal particle indicating polite suggestion;…right?;…OK?
白
Bái
white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera; surname Bai
百
bǎi
hundred; numerous; all kinds of; surname Bai
爱
ài
to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
爸爸
bà ba
father (informal); CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
杯子
bēi zi
cup; glass
北京
běi jīng
本
běn
origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier (mw) for books, periodicals, files etc; originally
不客气
bú kè qi
you’re welcome; it’s my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks)
不
bù
not (negative prefix); no
菜
cài
dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine;
茶
chá
tea; tea plant
吃
chī
to eat; to have one’s meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust
出租车
chū zū chē
taxi
打电话
dǎ diàn huà
to make a phone call
大
dà
big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest
的
de
of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive
点
diǎn
a little; a bit; drop (of liquid); stain; spot; speck; jot; dot stroke (in Chinese characters); decimal point; point; mark (of degree or level); a place (with certain characteristics); iron bell; o’clock; some; (point) unit of measurement for type; to touch on briefly; to make clear; to light; to ignite; to kindle; period of time at night (24 minutes) (old); a drip; to dibble; classifier for small indeterminate quantities
电脑
diàn nǎo
computer
电视
diàn shì
television; TV
电影
diàn yǐng
movie; film
东西
dōng xi
thing; stuff; person;
多
duō
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
都
dōu
all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already
读
dú
to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation),
对不起
duì bu qǐ
I’m sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down;
多少
duō shǎo
how much; how many
儿子
ér zi
son
二
èr
two; 2; stupid
饭店
fàn diàn
restaurant; hotel;
飞机
fēi jī
airplane
分钟
fēn zhōng
minute
高兴
gāo xìng
happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
个
gè
classifier (mw) for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size
工作
gōng zuò
job; work; construction; task;
狗
gǒu
dog; CL
汉语
hàn yǔ
Chinese language
好
hǎo
good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
号
hào
day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number
喝
hē
to drink; to shout (a command)
和
hé
and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He
很
hěn
very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully
后面
hòu miàn
rear; back; behind; later; afterwards
回
huí
to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to circle; to revolve; Hui ethnic group; time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)
会
huì
can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3)
几
jǐ
how much; how many; several; a few
家
jiā
home; family; classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; surname Jia;
叫
jiào
to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
今天
jīn tiān
today; at the present
九
jiǔ
nine; 9
开
kāi
to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle)
看
kàn
to look at
看见
kàn jiàn
to see; to catch sight of
块
kuài
unit of currency; lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 块钱
来
lái
to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next
老师
lǎo shī
teacher
了
le
(completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
冷
lěng
cold
里
lǐ
inside; lining; interior; internal
六
liù
six; 6
吗
ma
(question tag)
妈妈
māma
mum; mama; mommy; mother
买
mǎi
to buy; to purchase
猫
māo
cat
没关系
méi guān xi
it doesn’t matter
没有
méi yǒu
haven’t; hasn’t; doesn’t exist; to not have; to not be;
米饭
mǐfàn
(cooked) rice
名字
míng zi
name (of a person or thing);
明天
míng tiān
tomorrow
哪
nǎ
which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier);
哪儿
nǎ er
where?; wherever; anywhere
那
nà
that; those; then (in that case);
呢
ne
(question particle for subjects already mentioned)
能
néng
to be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability; able; capable; can possibly; (usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of
你
nǐ
you (informal)
年
nián
year
女儿
nǚ ér
daughter
朋友
péng you
friend
漂亮
piào liang
pretty; beautiful
苹果
píng guǒ
apple
七
qī
seven
前面
qián miàn
ahead; in front; preceding; above
钱
qián
coin; money;
请
qǐng
to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
去
qù
to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb); to remove; to get rid of; (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; to be apart from in space or time; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
热
rè
heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up
人
rén
man; person; people;
认识
rèn shi
to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
三
sān
three; 3
商店
shāng diàn
store; shop
上
shàng
on (above)
上午
shàng wǔ
morning (around 9am-11:59am)
少
shǎo
few; little; lack
谁
shéi
who
什么
shén me
what?; ; something; anything
十
shí
ten; 10
时候
shí hou
time; length of time; moment; period
是
shì
to be; yes
书
shū
book; letter
水
shuǐ
water; river; liquid; beverage
睡觉
shuì jiào
to go to bed; to go to sleep
说
shuō
to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off;
四
sì
four; 4
岁
suì
classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
他
tā
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
她
tā
she
太
tài
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
天气
tiān qì
weather
听
tīng
to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English ‘tin’)
同学
tóng xué
(fellow) classmate
喂
wèi
hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey
我
wǒ
I; me;
我们
wǒ men
we; us; ourselves; our
五
wǔ
five; 5
喜欢
xǐ huan
to like; to be fond of
下
xià
down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down
下午
xià wǔ
afternoon (around 12:01 pm or 1-6pm)
下雨
xià yǔ
to rain; rainy
先生
xiān sheng
Mister (Mr.);
现在
xiàn zài
now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
想
xiǎng
to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
小
xiǎo
small; tiny; young
小姐
xiǎo jie
young lady; Miss; (slang)
些
xiē
some; few; several; (a measure word)
写
xiě
to write
谢谢
xiè xiè
to thank; thanks
星期
xīng qī
week
学生
xué sheng
student; school child
学习
xué xí
to learn; to study
学校
xué xiào
school
一
yī
one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; ‘one’ radical in Chinese characters （Kangxi radical 1)
一点儿
yī diǎn er
a little (bit)
医生
yī shēng
doctor
医院
yī yuàn
hospital
衣服
yī fu
clothes
椅子
yǐ zi
chair
有
yǒu
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
月
yuè
month; moon
再见
zài jiàn
goodbye; see you again later
在
zài
(located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)
怎么
zěn me
how?; what?; why?
怎么样
zěn me yàng
how are things? how?; how about?; how was it?
这
zhè
this; these; (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing);
中国
zhōng guó
China; Middle Kingdom
中午
zhōng wǔ
noon; midday; (around 12nn or exactly 12nn)
住
zhù
to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop
桌子
zhuō zi
table; desk
字
zì
letter; character; word;
昨天
zuó tiān
yesterday
做
zuò
to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in; to hold (a party); to be; to become; to function (in some capacity); to serve as; to be used for; to form (a bond or relationship); to pretend; to feign; to act a part; to put on appearance
坐
zuò
to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit
水果
shuǐguǒ
fruit
