HSK 1 Vocabulary Flashcards

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ài - to love; affection; to be fond of; to like

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bā - eight

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爸爸

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bà ba - father (informal); CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

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杯子

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bēi zi - cup; glass; CL:个[ge4] ,支[zhi1]

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北京

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běi jīng - Beijing; capital of People’s Republic of China; Peking; PRC government

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běn - origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally

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不客气

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bú kè qi - you’re welcome; it’s my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks)

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bù - not (negative prefix); no

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cài - dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盘[pan2] ,道[dao4]

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chá - tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1] ,壶[hu2]

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chī - to eat; to have one’s meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust

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出租车

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chū zū chē - taxi

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打电话

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dǎ diàn huà - to make a phone call

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chū - to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

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chē - car; vehicle

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diàn - electricity; electric; first character for electric things (computer, phone, etc.)

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huà - talk; words

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qì - air; breath; life energy/force; gas; spirit

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běi - north

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jīng - capital; second half of Beijing

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出租

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chū zū - rent; hire; lease

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dà - big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest

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de - of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive

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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

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电脑

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diàn nǎo - computer; CL:台[tai2]

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电视

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diàn shì - television; TV; CL:台[tai2] ,个[ge4]

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电影

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diàn yǐng - movie; film; CL:部[bu4] ,幕[mu4] ,场[chang3]

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东西

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dōng xi - thing; stuff; person; CL:个[ge4] ,件[jian4]

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dōng - east

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西

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xī - west; western

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nán - south

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dōu - all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already

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dú - to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]

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对不起

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duì bu qǐ - I’m sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down;

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duì - right

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duō - many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-

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多少

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duō shǎo - how much; how many

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儿子

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ér zi - son

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èr - two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)

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饭店

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fàn diàn - restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4];

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fàn - meal; rice; food

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diàn - shope; store

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飞机

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fēi jī - airplane; CL: 架[jia4]

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fēi - to fly; swiftly; winged

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jī - machine

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分钟

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fēn zhōng - minute

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zhōng - bell

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fēn - minute; point; fraction; brach; to divide, separate, partition

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高兴

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gāo xìng - happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood

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gāo - high; tall;

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xìng - interest; eagerness

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gè - classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size

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工作

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gōng zuò - job; work; construction; task; CL:个[ge4] ,份[fen4] ,项[xiang4]

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gǒu - dog; CL:只[zhi1] ,条[tiao2]

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汉语

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hàn yǔ - Chinese language

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yǔ - language

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hǎo - good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)

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hào - day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number

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hē - to drink; to shout (a command)

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hé - and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He

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hěn - very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully

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后面

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hòu miàn - rear; back; behind; later; afterwards

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hòu - after; later; rear; back

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miàn - noodle; surface; side; face;

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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)

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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)

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jǐ - how much; how many; several; a few

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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; CL:个[ge4]

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jiào - to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

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今天

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jīn tiān - today; at the present

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tiān - day; sky / heavens

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72
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jiǔ - nine; 9

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73
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kāi - to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle)

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kàn - to look at

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看见

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kàn jiàn - to see; to catch sight of

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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

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lái - to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next

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老师

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lǎo shī - teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

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lǎo - old

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shī - division; master

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le - (completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

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lěng - cold

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lǐ - inside; lining; interior; internal

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liù - six; 6

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ma - (question tag)

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妈妈

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mā ma - mum; mama; mommy; mother; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

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mǎi - to buy; to purchase

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māo - cat; CL:只[zhi1]

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没关系

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méi guān xi - it doesn’t matter

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没有

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méi yǒu - haven’t; hasn’t; doesn’t exist; to not have; to not be;

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méi - not

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关系

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guān xì - relationship; relation

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米饭

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mǐ fàn - (cooked) rice

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名字

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míng zi - name (of a person or thing); CL:个[ge4]

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zì - letter; character; word; symbol; CL:个[ge4]

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明天

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míng tiān - tomorrow

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nǎ - which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier);

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哪儿

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nǎ er - where?; wherever; anywhere

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nà - that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing;

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ne - (question particle for subjects already mentioned)

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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

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nǐ - you (informal)

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nián - year; CL:个[ge4]

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女儿

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nǚ ér - daughter

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朋友

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péng you - friend; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

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漂亮

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piào liang - pretty; beautiful

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苹果

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píng guǒ - apple; CL:个[ge4] ,颗[ke1]

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qī - seven; 7

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guǒ - fruit

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前面

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qián miàn - ahead; in front; preceding; above

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qián - coin; money; CL:笔[bi3]

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qǐng - to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request

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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

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rè - heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up

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rén - man; person; people; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

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认识

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rèn shi - to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition

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sān - three; 3

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商店

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shāng diàn - store; shop; CL:家[jia1] ,个[ge4]

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shāng - business; commerce; trade; quotient

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shàng - on; above; on top; upper; last; previous

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上午

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shàng wǔ - morning; CL:个[ge4]

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shǎo - few; little; lack

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shéi - who

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什么

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shén me - what?; who?; something; anything

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shí - ten; 10

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时候

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shí hou

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shì - to be; yes

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shū - book; letter; CL:本[ben3] ,册[ce4] ,部[bu4]; see also Book of History

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shuǐ - water; river; liquid; beverage

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水果

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shuǐguǒ - fruit

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睡觉

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shuì jiào - to go to bed; to go to sleep

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shuō - to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory);

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sì - four; 4

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suì - classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)

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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

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tā - she

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tài - too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest

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天气

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tiān qì - weather

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tīng - to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English ‘tin’); classifier for canned beverages

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同学

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tóng xué - (fellow) classmate; CL:位[wei4] ,个[ge4]

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wèi - hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey

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wǒ - I; me; my

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我们

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wǒ men - we; us; ourselves; our

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wǔ - five; 5

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men - plural ending for nouns

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喜欢

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xǐ huan - to like; to be fond of

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xià - down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down

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下午

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xià wǔ - afternoon; p.m.; CL:个[ge4]

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下雨

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xià yǔ - to rain; rainy

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先生

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xiān sheng - Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

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现在

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xiàn zài - now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays

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xiǎng - to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss

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xiǎo - small; tiny; young

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小姐

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xiǎo jie - young lady; Miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

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xiē - some; few; several; (a measure word)

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xiě - to write

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谢谢

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xiè xie - to thank; thanks

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星期

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xīng qī - week; CL:个[ge4]

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学生

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xué sheng - student; school child

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学习

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xué xí - to learn; to study

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学校

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xué xiào - school

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yī - one; 1

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一点儿

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yī diǎn er - a little (bit)

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医生

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yī shēng - doctor; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] ,名[ming2]

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医院

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yī yuàn - hospital; CL:所[suo3] ,家[jia1] ,座[zuo4]

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衣服

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yī fu - clothes; CL:件[jian4] ,套[tao4]

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椅子

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yǐ zi - chair; CL:把[ba3] ,套[tao4]

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yǒu - to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be

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yuè - month; moon; CL:个[ge4] ,轮[lun2]

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再见

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zài jiàn - goodbye; see you again later

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zài - again; another

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zài - (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)

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怎么

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zěn me - how?; what?; why?

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怎么样

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zěn me yàng - how are things? how?; how about?; how was it?

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zhè - this; these; (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing);

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中国

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zhōng guó - China; Middle Kingdom

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zhōng - middle; in; during

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guó - country; state; nation

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中午

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zhōng wǔ - noon; midday; CL:个[ge4]

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zhù - to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop

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桌子

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zhuō zi - table; desk; CL:张[zhang1] ,套[tao4]

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昨天

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zuó tiān - yesterday

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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

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zuò - to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit