hsk1-learnchars-1 Flashcards
xiàn zài => now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
现在
yī fu => clothes; CL:件[jian4] ;套[tao4]
衣服
chū zū chē => taxi
出租车
běn => origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books; periodicals; files etc; originally
本
dú => to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation); similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]
读
fàn diàn => restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1];個|个[ge4];
饭店
shì => to be; yes
是
shuǐ => water; river; liquid; beverage
水
yǐ zi => chair; CL:把[ba3] ;套[tao4]
椅子
rén => man; person; people; CL:个[ge4] ;位[wei4]
人
ne => (question particle for subjects already mentioned)
呢
shàng wǔ => morning; CL:个[ge4]
上午
gāo xìng => happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
高兴
xiè xie => to thank; thanks
谢谢
xià => down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down
下
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]
家
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
能
yī yuàn => hospital; CL:所[suo3] ;家[jia1] ;座[zuo4]
医院
dōu => all; both; entirely (due to) each; even; already
都
nǐ => you (informal)
你
xià wǔ => afternoon; p.m.; CL:个[ge4]
下午
chī => to eat; to have one’s meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust
吃
zì => letter; character; word; symbol; CL:个[ge4]
字
cài => dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盘[pan2] ;道[dao4]
菜
bù => not (negative prefix); no
不
hàn yǔ => Chinese language
汉语
xiǎo => small; tiny; young
小
péng you => friend; CL:个[ge4] ;位[wei4]
朋友
xiē => some; few; several; (a measure word)
些
yī => one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; ‘one’ radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
一
lěng => cold
冷
zuó tiān => yesterday
昨天
xiǎo jie => young lady; Miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:个[ge4] ;位[wei4]
小姐
wèi => hello (interj.; esp. on telephone); hey
喂
gōng zuò => job; work; construction; task; CL:个[ge4] ;份[fen4] ;项[xiang4]
工作
rè => heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up
热
zài => (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)
在
zěn me yàng => how are things? how?; how about?; how was it?
怎么样
nǚ ér => daughter
女儿
chá => tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1] ;壶[hu2]
茶
èr => two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)
二
zhù => to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop
住
suì => classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
岁
liù => six; 6
六
shuì jiào => to go to bed; to go to sleep
睡觉
lái => to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next
来
mǎi => to buy; to purchase
买
běi jīng => Beijing; capital of People’s Republic of China; Peking; PRC government
北京
xiǎng => to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
想
xiě => to write
写
hòu miàn => rear; back; behind; later; afterwards
后面
nǎ er => where?; wherever; anywhere
哪儿
zhōng guó => China; Middle Kingdom
中国
bēi zi => cup; glass; CL:个[ge4] ;支[zhi1]
杯子
dǎ diàn huà => to make a phone call
打电话
qián => coin; money; CL:笔[bi3]
钱
le => (completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
了
hǎo => good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
好
dà => big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest
大
zuò => to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus; airplane etc); to bear fruit
坐
bà ba => father (informal); CL:个[ge4] ;位[wei4]
爸爸
hē => to drink; to shout (a command)
喝
shí hou => time; length of time; moment; period
时候
hào => day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number
号
jīn tiān => today; at the present
今天
lǎo shī => teacher; CL:个[ge4] ;位[wei4]
老师
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)
回
tā => she
她
tīng => to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English ‘tin’); classifier for canned beverages
听
xià yǔ => to rain; rainy
下雨
diàn yǐng => movie; film; CL:部[bu4] ;幕[mu4] ;场[chang3]
电影
shū => book; letter; CL:本[ben3] ;册[ce4] ;部[bu4]; see also Book of History
书
yī shēng => doctor; CL:个[ge4] ;位[wei4] ;名[ming2]
医生
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
点
fēi jī => airplane; CL: 架[jia4]
飞机
shí => ten; 10
十
shuō => to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory);
说
kāi => to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle)
开
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
做
sān => three; 3
三
zài jiàn => goodbye; see you again later
再见
tiān qì => weather
天气
xué sheng => student; school child
学生
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
他
nǎ => which? (interrogative; followed by classifier or numeral-classifier);
哪
lǐ => inside; lining; interior; internal
里
zěn me => how?; what?; why?
怎么
jiào => to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
叫
yī diǎn er => a little (bit)
一点儿
xiān sheng => Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); teacher; CL:个[ge4] ;位[wei4]
先生
shuǐguǒ => fruit
水果
tài => too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
太
zhè => this; these; (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier; esp. in Beijing);
这
shàng => on
上
ài => to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
爱
duì bu qǐ => I’m sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down;
对不起
yuè => month; moon; CL:个[ge4] ;轮[lun2]
月
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
去
wǒ men => we; us; ourselves; our
我们
xǐ huan => to like; to be fond of
喜欢
diàn shì => television; TV; CL:台[tai2] ;个[ge4]
电视
shéi => who; also pronounced shui2
谁
qián miàn => ahead; in front; preceding; above
前面
shén me => what?; who?; something; anything
什么
shāng diàn => store; shop; CL:家[jia1] ;个[ge4]
商店
jiǔ => nine; 9
九
bú kè qi => you’re welcome; it’s my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks)
不客气
māo => cat; CL:只[zhi1]
猫
nián => year; CL:个[ge4]
年
méi yǒu => haven’t; hasn’t; doesn’t exist; to not have; to not be;
没有
wǒ => I; me; my
我
shǎo => few; little; lack
少
xué xí => to learn; to study
学习
jǐ => how much; how many; several; a few
几
dōng xi => thing; stuff; person; CL:个[ge4] ;件[jian4]
东西
de => of; structural particle: used before a noun; linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive
的
píng guǒ => apple; CL:个[ge4] ;颗[ke1]
苹果
nà => that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier; esp. in Beijing;
那
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)
会
diàn nǎo => computer; CL:台[tai2]
电脑
xīng qī => week; CL:个[ge4]
星期
kàn jiàn => to see; to catch sight of
看见
gǒu => dog; CL:只[zhi1] ;条[tiao2]
狗
bā => eight; 8
八
xué xiào => school; CL:所[suo3]
学校
kàn => to look at
看
zhōng wǔ => noon; midday; CL:个[ge4]
中午
qī => seven; 7
七
míng tiān => tomorrow
明天
méi guān xi => it doesn’t matter
没关系
ér zi => son
儿子
mǐ fàn => (cooked) rice
米饭
yǒu => to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
有
wǔ => five; 5
五
ma => (question tag)
吗
duō shǎo => how much; how many
多少
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
块
rèn shi => to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
认识
duō => many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
多
hé => and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He
和
míng zi => name (of a person or thing); CL:个[ge4]
名字
fēn zhōng => minute
分钟
tóng xué => (fellow) classmate; CL:位[wei4] ;个[ge4]
同学
gè => classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size
个
mā ma => mum; mama; mommy; mother; CL:个[ge4] ;位[wei4]
妈妈
zhuō zi => table; desk; CL:张[zhang1] ;套[tao4]
桌子
hěn => very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully
很
qǐng => to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
请
piào liang => pretty; beautiful
漂亮
sì => four; 4
四
