八bā

eight; 8

爸爸bà ba

(informal) f ather; CL:個|个[gè],位[w èi]

杯子bē i

cup; glass; CL:個|个[gè],支[zhī],枝[z hī]

北京Bě i jīng

Beijing, capital of People's

Republic of China; Peking; PRC

government

本roots or s tems of plants; origin;

source; this; the c urrent; root;

f oundation; basis; clas sif ier for

books, periodicals, f iles etc;

茶chá

tea; tea plant; CL:杯[hú]

大dà

big; huge; large; major; great;

w ide; deep; oldest; eldest

电视shì

telev ision; TV ; CL:臺个[gè]

读dú

to read; to s tudy ; reading of

w ord ( i.e. pronunciation),

s imilar to 拼音[pīn yīn]

对不起duì bu

unw orthy ; to let dow n; I'm

sorry; excuse me; pardon me;

if you please; sorry ? (pleas e

repeat)

多many; much; a lot of;

numerous; more; in excess;

how ( to w hat extent); multi-;

Taiw an pr. [duó] w hen it

多少number; amount; somew hat

儿子ér

son

分钟fē n zhōng

minute

狗dog; CL:隻|只[zhī],

和hé

and; together w ith; w ith; s um;

union; peace; harmony;

Japanese related; Taiw an pr.

[hàn]

会huì

c an; be possible; be able to;

w ill; be likely to; be sure to; to

as semble; to meet; to gather;

to see; union; group;

火车站chē

train station

几how much; how many;

sev eral; a few

家jiā

home; family; clas sif ier for

f amilies or businesses ; refers

to the philosophic al sc hools of

pre-Han China; noun suff ix f or

叫jiào

to s hout; to call; to order; to

ask; to be called; by (indic ates

agent in the passive mood)

看kān

to look af ter; to take care of; to

w atch; to guard

老师lǎo shī

teacher; CL:個|个[gè],

零líng

zero; nought; zero sign;

frac tional; fragmentary; odd

(of numbers); (placed

betw een tw o numbers to

买mǎi

to buy; to purchase

猫cat; CL:隻|只[zhī]

没(negative pref ix for verbs) ;

have not; not

没关系it does n't matter

米饭m ǐ fàn

(cooked) rice

哪儿nǎ

w here?; w herever; anyw here

能to be able to; to be capable of;

ability; capability ; able;

capable; can possibly; (usually

used in the negative) to have

朋友you

friend; CL:個|个[gè],

钱coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bǐ]

前面ahead; in front; preceding;

above

请to as k; to invite; please (do

s th); to tr eat ( to a meal etc ); to

request

去qù

to go; to go to (a place); to

c ause to go or send (sb); to

remove; to get rid of; (w hen

used either before or after a

热rè

to w arm up; to heat up; hot (of

w eather); heat; ferv ent

三sān

three; 3

少few ; litt le; lack

时候shí

time; length of time; moment;

period

水果f ruit; CL:個|个[gè]

睡觉jiào

to go to bed; to sleep

说话huà

to speak; to say ; to talk; to

gossip; to tell stories; talk;

w ord

四four; 4

岁suì

classif ier f or y ears (of age) ;

year ; year (of crop harvests)

天气tiān

w eather

我w ǒ

I; me; my

下xià

dow n; dow nw ards; below ;

low er; later; next (w eek etc );

second (of tw o par ts); to

decline; to go dow n

现在zài

now ; at present; at the

moment; modern; current;

now adays

想to think; to believ e; to suppose;

to w ish; to w ant; to miss

小small; tiny; f ew ; young

小姐jie

young lady; miss ; (slang)

prostitute; CL:個|个[gè],位[w èi]

些xiē

some; few ; several; meas ure

w ord indicating a small amount

or small number (greater than

1)

学生xué sheng

student; schoolc hild

衣服fu

c lothes; CL:件[jiàn],

有yǒu

to have; there is; there are; to

exist; to be

怎么zě n m e

how ?; w hat?; w hy ?

怎么样zě n m e

how ?; how about?; how w as

it?; how are things?

这zhè

this; thes e; (commonly pr.

[zhèi] before a clas sif ier, es p.

in Beijing)

这儿zhè

here

中国Zhōng

China; Middle Kingdom

字letter; symbol; character;

w ord; CL:個|个[gè]; courtes y

or style name tradit ionally

giv en to males aged 20 in