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)