Words 1–100
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
是
to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
在
to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
了
(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
Particle
我
I; me; my
和
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和 (hé))
Conjunction
有
to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒuyì) intentional)
不
no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
人
person; people
你
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)); you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
也
also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 (a)
Particle
他
(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tārì) and 他人 (tārén))
这
(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
年
year; grain; harvest (old)
对
right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); …
都
all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all
上
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
说
to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
我们
we; us; ourselves
到
to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
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)
要
to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是 (yàoshi)); (bound form) important
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))
中国
China
月
moon; month; monthly
他们
they; them
没有
haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
还
still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; …
个
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
可以
can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
后
empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler; back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; …
什么
what?; something; anything
日
(bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本 (Rìběn)); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
这个
(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
能
can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
很
very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
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
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
大
big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐 (dàjiě)); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
她
she
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-
问题
question; problem; issue; topic
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)
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); …
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; …
下
down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); …
现在
now; at present; currently
新
new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
里
lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 里 (lǐ); li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 镇 (zhèn) and neighborhood 邻 (lín) levels
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)
怎么
how?; what?; why?
这些
these
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)
它
it; it (pronoun for an animal)
公司
company; firm; corporation
那
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)
工作
to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task
三
three; 3
知道
to know; to become aware of; also pr. zhi1dao
前
front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; …
时间
(concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
时候
time; length of time; moment; period
再
again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 (yě) or 都 (dōu) for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再则 (zàizé), 再就是 (zàijiùshì) etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
小
small; tiny; few; young
们
plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
爱
to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
第
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 (dìliù) "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
谁
who; also pr. shuí
你们
you (plural)
事
matter; thing; item; work; affair
请
to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
一些
some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
呢
(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
Particle
觉得
to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
喜欢
to like; to be fond of; to be happy; to be pleased; to tend to
学生
student; schoolchild
钱
coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 (liǎng)
电影
movie; film
点
to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; …
不要
don't!; must not
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)); …
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)
两
two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old)
这里
here
国
country; nation; state; (bound form) national
今天
today; the present time; now
吃
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
岁
years old; classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
太
highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
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
问
to ask; to inquire
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
东西
thing; stuff; person
学校
school
朋友
friend
大学
university; college
孩子
child
写
to write