Words 1–100
爸爸
(coll.) father; dad
妈妈
mama; mommy; mother
奶奶
(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts
抱
to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
爷爷
(coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
再见
goodbye
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
阿姨
maternal aunt; term of address for a woman of one's mother's generation; childcare worker; nanny; domestic worker
姐姐
older sister
打
to hit; to strike; to fight; (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打伞 (dǎsǎn) "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 (dǎdiànhuà) "to make a phone call", 打针 (dǎzhēn) "to get an injection"; (coll.) from; since
车
car; vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159
球
ball used for playing games (variant of 球 (qiú)); ball; sphere; globe; ball game; match
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)
哥哥
older brother
伯伯
father's elder brother; uncle
灯
lamp; light; lantern
要
to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是 (yàoshi)); (bound form) important
帽子
hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name
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
没
(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
了
(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
Particle
蛋
egg; oval-shaped thing
猫
cat (CL:只 (zhī)); (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword) (coll.) modem
鱼
fish (CL:条 (tiáo),尾 (wěi))
鞋
shoe
妹妹
younger sister; young woman
谢谢
to thank; thanks; thank you
脚
foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks
脚丫
(coll.) foot
丫
fork; branch; bifurcation; girl
吃
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
牛奶
cow's milk
姥
grandma (maternal)
饭
cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee
花
flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful; also pr. wěi
家
home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
走
to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; …
肉
meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130
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
大
big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐 (dàjiě)); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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)
书
book; letter; document; to write
弟弟
younger brother
撒尿
to pass water; to piss; to urinate; to wee wee
尿尿
to pee
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))
尿
to urinate; urine
袜子
socks; stockings
开
to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 (Kāi'ěrwén); abbr. for 开本 (kāiběn), book format
包
to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; …
手
hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill
宝宝
darling; baby
头
head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; …
喝
to drink
狗
dog
好
good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a form of address) hello
叔叔
father's younger brother; paternal uncle; form of address used by children for a male one generation older
糖
sugar; sweets; candy
姑姑
paternal aunt
勺
spoon; ladle; abbr. for 公勺 (gōngsháo), centiliter (unit of volume)
二
two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
坐
to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit
自己
oneself; (attributive) one's own
的
of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pígéde) "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 (pǎotángrde) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīnde) "new one"); also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
Particle
名字
name (of a person or thing)
是
to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
鸟
bird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn
飞
to fly
洗
to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording)
小鸡
chick
被子
blanket; quilt
背
the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing
笔
writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支 (zhī),枝 (zhī)); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
拍
to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music)
屁股
buttocks; bottom; butt; back part
马
horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
不要
don't!; must not
给
to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
饱
to eat till full; satisfied
臭
sense of smell; smell bad
烫
to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot
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; …
玩
to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. wàn); to keep sth for entertainment; Taiwan pr. wàn
小白兔
small white rabbit; (fig.) innocent and naive person; (fig.) (slang) breast
兔子
hare; rabbit
有
to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒuyì) intentional)
掉
to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; …
小娃娃
baby
鸭子
duck (CL:只 (zhī)); (slang) male prostitute
穿
to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street); to thread; to string together; to wear; to put on (clothes, shoes etc.); verb complement indicating thoroughness or completion
碗
bowl; cup
戴
to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support
树
tree; to cultivate; to set up
肚子
belly; abdomen; stomach
班
team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
儿
child; son
单位
unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)
粥
congee; gruel; porridge
牙
tooth; ivory
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