Words 101–200
老人
old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
邻居
neighbor
先生
teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor
太太
married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife
小姐
young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute
同学
to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate
一
one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
二
two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
两
two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old)
三
three; 3
四
four; 4
五
five; 5
六
six; 6
七
seven; 7
八
eight
九
nine; 9
十
ten; 10
百
hundred; numerous; all kinds of
千
thousand
万
ten thousand; a great number
零
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); extra; …
号
(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床号 (qǐchuánghào)); (bound form) mark; sign; to mark; to label; to assign a number; (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 国号 (guóhào), 年号 (niánhào), 辽宁号 (LiáoníngHào)); (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237237号房间 (èrsānqīhàofángjiān) "Room 237"); day of the month (e.g. 七号 (qīhào) "the 7th"); (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五号电池 (wǔhàodiànchí)); (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 号脉 (hàomài)); …
第一
first; most important; primary; foremost
最后
final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
一半
half
一点
a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一点钟 (yīdiǎnzhōng))
少
few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
多
many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. duó); (bound form) multi-; poly-
都
all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all
几
how many; how much; several; a few
多少
number; amount; somewhat
还
still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; …
次
next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; …
个
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
本
(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
杯
cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
瓶
bottle; vase; pitcher; classifier for wine and liquids
件
item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
条
strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
张
to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
辆
classifier for vehicles
位
position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
只
grain that has begun to ripen; classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
块
lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
双
two; double; pair; both; even (number)
些
classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
吃
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
喝
to drink
水
water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水 (huìshuǐ) and 水性 (shuǐxìng)); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment
茶
tea; tea plant
咖啡
(loanword) coffee
牛奶
cow's milk
米饭
(cooked) rice
面条
noodles
面包
bread
鸡蛋
(chicken) egg; hen's egg
肉
meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130
牛肉
beef
猪肉
pork
鸡肉
chicken meat
鱼
fish (CL:条 (tiáo),尾 (wěi))
蔬菜
vegetables
水果
fruit
苹果
apple
香蕉
banana
橙子
orange
西红柿
tomato
饺子
dumpling; pot-sticker
包子
baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
汤
soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled
糖
sugar; sweets; candy
盐
salt
酱油
soy sauce
酒
wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage
啤酒
beer (loanword)
果汁
fruit juice
蛋糕
cake
早饭
breakfast
午饭
lunch
晚饭
evening meal; dinner; supper
饭
cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee
菜
vegetable; greens (CL:棵 (kē)); dish (of food) (CL:样 (yàng),道 (dào),盘 (pán)); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type
饭馆
restaurant
服务员
waiter; waitress; attendant; customer service personnel
菜单
menu
点菜
to order dishes (in a restaurant)
买单
to pay the bill; to pick up the tab
好吃
tasty; delicious
饿
hungry; to starve (sb)
渴
thirsty
筷子
chopsticks
辣
hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting; to burn
甜
sweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely
想
to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
要
to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是 (yàoshi)); (bound form) important
喜欢
to like; to be fond of; to be happy; to be pleased; to tend to
爱
to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
知道
to know; to become aware of; also pr. zhi1dao
懂
to understand; to comprehend
说
to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine