Words 101–200
买东西
to do one's shopping
今天
today; the present time; now
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); …
商店
store; shop
要
to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是 (yàoshi)); (bound form) important
买
to buy; to purchase
苹果
Apple (American tech company)
多少
how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
钱
coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 (liǎng)
五
five; 5
块
lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
斤
catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
两
two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old)
再见
goodbye
学
to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
中文
Chinese language
有意思
interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun
她
she
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
学习
to learn; to study
天气
weather
太阳
sun; sunlight; sunshine; temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太阳穴 (tàiyángxué))
大
big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐 (dàjiě)); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
不
no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
冷
cold
热
to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent
公园
park (for public recreation)
花
flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful; also pr. wěi
漂亮
pretty; beautiful
姓
family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
年轻
young
教
to teach; to instruct
我们
we; us; ourselves
英文
English (language)
课
subject; course; class; lesson; to levy; tax; form of divination
都
all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all
常常
frequently; often
笑
to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
喝茶
to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")
爷爷
(coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
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))
说
to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
茶
tea; tea plant
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); …
身体
the body; one's health
绿茶
green tea; (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative; a girl who has these qualities
让
to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被 (bèi))
觉得
to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
放松
to relax; to slacken; to loosen
音乐
music
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)
歌
song (CL:首 (shǒu),支 (zhī)); (bound form) to sing
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)
唱歌
to sing a song
开心
to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb
小狗
pup; puppy
豆
legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:颗 (kē),粒 (lì)) (variant of 豆 (dòu)); legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:颗 (kē),粒 (lì)); (old) stemmed cup or bowl
跑
to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off
带
band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; to wear; to carry; …
出去
to go out
最好
best; had better ...; it would be best to ...
朋友
friend
房间
room
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)
干净
clean; neat
张
to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
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
书桌
desk
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
书
book; letter; document; to write
这里
here
看书
to read; to study
窗户
window
可以
can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
看见
to see; to catch sight of
外面
outside (also pr. wàimian for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance
天
day; sky; heaven
七
seven; 7
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; …
起床
to get out of bed; to get up
以后
after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
早饭
breakfast
八
eight
上班
to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office
中午
noon; midday
公司
company; firm; corporation
忙
busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush
六
six; 6
回家
to return home
晚上
evening; night; in the evening
电视
television; TV
十
ten; 10
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))
坐
to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit
公共汽车
bus
离
to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 (bāguà), symbolizing fire; ☲
远
far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)
车站
rail station; bus stop
前面
ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. qiánmian
三
three; 3