Pinyora graded readers: 102 short texts, easiest first

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)

菜单càidān

menu

知道zhīdào

to know; to become aware of; also pr. zhi1dao

鱼yú

fish (CL:条 (tiáo),尾 (wěi))

青菜qīngcài

green vegetables; Chinese cabbage

还hái

still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; …

碗wǎn

bowl; cup

菜cài

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

快kuài

rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; …

就jiù

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是 (jiùshì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 着 (zhe)) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; …

得de

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

Particle

一共yīgòng

in total; altogether

八十bāshí

eighty; 80

四季sìjì

four seasons, namely: spring 春 (chūn), summer 夏 (xià), autumn 秋 (qiū) and winter 冬 (dōng)

年nián

year; grain; harvest (old)

季节jìjié

time; season; period

春天chūntiān

spring (season)

夏天xiàtiān

summer

游泳yóuyǒng

swimming; to swim

autumn

fruit

winter

sometimes

to snow

school

this year

twelve; 12

years old; classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)

走路zǒulù

to walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart; (informal) to clear off; to beat it; (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out

路上lùshang

on the road; on the way; en route

十五shíwǔ

fifteen; 15

上午shàngwǔ

morning

节jié

joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)

生日shēngrì

birthday

做zuò

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)

们men

plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

they; them

gift; present

cake

everyone; influential family; great expert

热闹rènao

lively; bustling; full of activity; to make things lively; to have a good time; a scene of bustling activity; excitement

颜色yánsè

color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff

不同bùtóng

different; distinct; not the same; not alike

蓝色lánsè

blue (color)

衣服yīfu

clothes

蓝lán

blue; indigo plant

红色hóngsè

red (color); revolutionary

好看hǎokàn

good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good; in an embarrassing situation

黑色hēisè

black

白色báisè

white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist

妹妹mèimei

younger sister; young woman

黄色huángsè

yellow; vulgar; lewd; pornographic

东西dōngxi

thing; stuff; person

问路wènlù

to ask for directions; to ask the way (to some place)

火车站huǒchēzhàn

train station

问wèn

to ask; to inquire

请问qǐngwèn

Excuse me, may I ask...?

哪儿nǎr

where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?

往前wǎngqián

(in) the past; ahead; forward; in the future

走zǒu

to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; …

那个nàge

that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. nèige

路口lùkǒu

crossing; intersection (of roads)

往wǎng

to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous

右yòu

(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence

拐guǎi

to turn (a corner etc); to kidnap; to swindle; to misappropriate; seven (used as a substitute for 七 (qī)); cane; walking stick; crutch; old man's staff

不客气bùkèqi

you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude; blunt

to find

weekend

Saturday

to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double

午饭wǔfàn

lunch

在家zàijiā

to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差 (chūchāi)); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家 (chūjiā))

星期天Xīngqītiān

Sunday

睡shuì

to sleep; to lie down

晚wǎn

evening; night; late

然后ránhòu

then; after that; afterwards

作业zuòyè

school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; to operate

下个月xiàgèyuè

next month