Words 201–300
学习
to learn; to study
工作
to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task
住
to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
去
to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); …
来
to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 (huílai)); ever since (as in 自古以来 (zìgǔyǐlái)); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 (láishì)); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 (tándelái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 (chībulái))
回
to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or times; to curve; to return; to revolve
看
to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; …
听
to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. tìng); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. tìng)
说话
to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
做
to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
拿
to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把 (bǎ): to mark the following noun as a direct object)
买
to buy; to purchase
读
to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
写
to write
坐
to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit
站
station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website
睡觉
to go to bed; to sleep
起床
to get out of bed; to get up
觉得
to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
需要
to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
能
can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
会
can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
可以
can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
应该
ought to; should; must
等
to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
用
to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
找
to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change
见
to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
进
to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
出
to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
房子
house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room
房间
room
厨房
kitchen
客厅
living room; sitting room
卧室
bedroom
厕所
toilet; lavatory
卫生间
bathroom; toilet; WC
门
gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇 (shàn)); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure; way to do sth; knack; method; approach; family; household; lineage; (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic); (bound form) class; category; division; phylum; classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc; (suffix) -gate (scandal)
窗户
window
桌子
table; desk
椅子
chair
床
bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:张 (zhāng)); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc); frame; chassis; classifier for blankets, quilts etc
沙发
(loanword) sofa (CL:条 (tiáo),张 (zhāng)); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
柜子
cupboard; cabinet
灯
lamp; light; lantern
钥匙
key
地板
floor
墙
wall (CL:面 (miàn),堵 (dǔ)); (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被墙 (bèiqiáng))
楼
house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
电梯
elevator; escalator
楼梯
stair; staircase
花园
garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants
冰箱
refrigerator; (old) icebox
杯子
cup; glass
碗
bowl; cup
盘子
tray; plate; dish
刀
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把 (bǎ)); (slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces); (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他 (xiǎngdāotā) "I could kill him!")
勺子
spoon; ladle
毛巾
towel
肥皂
soap
空调
air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
电视
television; TV
洗衣机
washing machine; washer
大
big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐 (dàjiě)); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
小
small; tiny; few; young
新
new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
旧
old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
漂亮
pretty; beautiful
美
beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself
长
long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. zhàng)
短
short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault
热
to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent
冷
cold
容易
easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to
难
difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
快
rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; …
慢
slow
贵
expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank; (prefix) (honorific) your
便宜
cheap; inexpensive; a petty advantage; to let sb off lightly
错
mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; …
重要
important; significant; major
有意思
interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun
无聊
bored; boring; senseless
强
strong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百强 (bǎiqiáng)
弱
weak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
干净
clean; neat
脏
dirty; filthy; to get (sth) dirty
满
to fill; full; filled; packed; fully; completely; quite; to reach the limit; to satisfy; satisfied; …
空
empty; air; sky; in vain
高
high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
矮
(of a person) short; (of a wall etc) low; (of rank) inferior (to); lower (than)
低
low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline
宽
wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient
窄
narrow; narrow-minded; badly off
富
rich; abundant; wealthy
穷
poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
一样
same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
不同
different; distinct; not the same; not alike
简单
simple; not complicated
特别
unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是 (shì)) in particular