Level 1 Flashcards
爱
ài to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
八
bā eight; 8
爸爸
bàba (informal) father;
杯子
bēizi cup; glass;
北京
Běijīng Beijing, capital of People’s Republic of China; Peking; PRC government
本
běn origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally
不客气
búkèqi 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
chūzūchē taxi
打电话
dǎdiànhuà to make a telephone 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
diànnǎo computer;
电视
diànshì television; TV;
电影
diànyǐng movie; film;
东西
dōngxi thing; stuff; person;
都
dōu all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already
读
dú to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]
对不起
duìbuqǐ I’m sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down;
多
duō many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
多少
duōshǎo how much; how many
儿子
érzi son
二
èr two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)
饭馆
fànguǎn restaurant;
飞机
fēijī airplane;
分钟
fēnzhōng minute
高兴
gāoxìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
个
gè classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size
工作
gōngzuò job; work; construction; task;
狗
gǒu dog;
汉语
hànyǔ Chinese language
好
hǎo good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
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
hòumiàn 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)
火车站
huǒchēzhàn train station
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
jīntiān 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
kànjiàn 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
lǎoshī teacher;
了
le (completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
冷
lěng cold
里
lǐ inside; lining; interior; internal
零
líng zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division)
六
liù six; 6
吗
ma (question tag)
妈妈
māma mama; mommy; mother;
买
mǎi to buy; to purchase
猫
māo cat;
没
méi (negative prefix for verbs); have not; not
没关系
méiguānxi it doesn’t matter
米饭
mǐfàn (cooked) rice
明天
míngtiān tomorrow
名字
míngzi name (of a person or thing);
哪儿
nǎr where?; wherever; anywhere
那儿
nàr there
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, as opposed to polite 您[nin2])
年
nián year;
女儿
nǚér daughter
朋友
péngyou friend;
漂亮
piàoliang pretty; beautiful
苹果
píngguǒ apple;
七
qī seven; 7
钱
qián coin; money;
前面
qiánmiàn ahead; in front; preceding; above
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
rènshi to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
日
rì sun; day; date, day of the month; abbr. for 日本 Japan
三
sān three; 3
商店
shāngdiàn store; shop;
上
shàng on
上午
shàngwǔ morning;
少
shǎo few; little; lack
谁
shéi who; also pronounced shui2
什么
shénme what?; who?; something; anything
十
shí ten; 10
时候
shíhou time; length of time; moment; period
是
shì to be; is; are; am; yes
书
shū book; letter;
水
shuǐ water; river; liquid; beverage
水果
shuǐguǒ fruit
睡觉
shuìjiào to go to bed; to go to sleep
说话
shuōhuà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
四
sì four; 4
岁
suì classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
她
tā she
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
太
tài too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
天气
tiānqì weather
听
tīng to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English ‘tin’); classifier for canned beverages
同学
tóngxué (fellow) classmate;
喂
wèi hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey; to feed (sb or some animal)
我
wǒ I; me; my
我们
wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
五
wǔ five; 5
喜欢
xǐhuan 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
xiàwǔ afternoon; p.m.;
下雨
xiàyǔ to rain; rainy
先生
xiānsheng teacher; Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect);
现在
xiànzài 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
xiǎojie young lady; miss;
些
xiē some; few; several; (a measure word)
写
xiě to write
谢谢
xièxie to thank; thanks
星期
xīngqī week;
学生
xuésheng student; school child
学习
xuéxí to learn; to study
学校
xuéxiào school;
一
yī one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; ‘one’ radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
衣服
yīfu clothes;
医生
yīshēng doctor;
医院
yīyuàn hospital;
椅子
yǐzi chair;
有
yǒu to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
月
yuè moon; month;
在
zài (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)
再见
zàijiàn goodbye; see you again later
怎么
zěnme how?; what?; why?
怎么样
zěnmeyàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?
这儿
zhèr here
中国
Zhōngguó China; Middle Kingdom
中午
zhōngwǔ noon; midday;
住
zhù to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop
桌子
zhuōzi table; desk;
字
zì letter; symbol; character; word;
昨天
zuótiān 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
