Words 101–200
有趣
interesting; fascinating; amusing
爸爸
(coll.) father; dad
没有
haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
钱
coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 (liǎng)
难过
to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult
妈妈
mama; mommy; mother
拥抱
to embrace; to hug
亲情
affection; family love; love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children
做菜
to cook; cooking
把
to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb})
土豆
potato; (Tw) peanut (CL:颗 (kē))
削
to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
皮
skin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering; (of food) no longer crisp; soggy; (coll.) naughty; mischievous; pico- (10⁻¹²)
卷心菜
cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:棵 (kē))
切
to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangential
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
胡萝卜
carrot
磨碎
to grind up
豆子
bean; pea
洗
to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording)
干净
clean; neat
冬
winter; (onom.) beating a drum; rat-a-tat
南瓜
pumpkin
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
菠菜
spinach (CL:棵 (kē)); (slang) gambling; gambler (alternative term for 博彩 (bócǎi))
剁碎
to mince
洋葱
onion (Allium cepa); bulb onion
总
(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 (zǒngjīnglǐ) or 总编 (zǒngbiān) etc
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)
流
to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade
眼泪
tear; teardrop
喜欢
to like; to be fond of; to be happy; to be pleased; to tend to
看书
to read; to study
可以
can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
念
to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:顿 (dùn)); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿 (niàn))
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)
谁
who; also pr. shuí
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)
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
小妹妹
little sister; little girl; (coll.) vulva
正在
to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
熟睡
asleep; sleeping soundly
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
忙
busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush
爷爷
(coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
自己
oneself; (attributive) one's own
身体
the body; one's health
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))
跑步
to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double
跳跃
to jump; to leap; to bound; to skip
跳舞
to dance
游泳
swimming; to swim
跳绳
to jump rope; to skip; a skipping rope; a jump rope
踢
to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
球
ball used for playing games (variant of 球 (qiú)); ball; sphere; globe; ball game; match
逃走
to escape; to flee; to run away
不能
cannot; must not; should not
飞
to fly
头发
hair (on the head)
图
diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek
丽
beautiful
有
to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒuyì) intentional)
一头
one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously
短发
short hair
安娜
Anna (name)
长发
long hair
凯
(bound form) triumphal music; (Tw) (coll.) generous with money; lavish in spending; chi (Greek letter Χχ)
茜
(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia); (bound form) madder red; dark red; alizarin crimson
最
(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之 (zhī)) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 (shìjièzhīzuì) "the greatest in the world")
编成
to organize; to put together; to edit
辫子
plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle
巴巴
(suffix) very; extremely
留
to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
胡子
beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; (coll.) bandit
内
inside; inner; internal; within; interior
蕾
bud
梳
to comb; (bound form) a comb
塔
pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎpó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座 (zuò)); (loanword) (pastry) tart
波
wave; ripple; storm; surge
剪
(bound form) scissors or similar tool; to cut as with scissors; (bound form) to wipe out; to exterminate; to edit (video, audio etc)
腾
(bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room; to clear out; to vacate; (verb suffix indicating repeated action)
巴
to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; sth that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士 (bāshì); bar (unit of pressure); …
剃
to shave; shave; to weed
光
light; ray (CL:道 (dào)); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
贪玩
to only want to have a good time; to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline
弟弟
younger brother
起床
to get out of bed; to get up
生火
to make a fire; to light a fire
烧开
to boil
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
劈柴
to chop firewood; to split logs
搅
to disturb; to annoy; to mix; to stir
锅子
pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; hotpot
打扫
to clean; to sweep
地板
floor
清洗
to wash; to rinse; to clean; (fig.) to purge; to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc)
碗
bowl; cup
盘
tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc); to check; to examine; to investigate; to transfer; to sell (property); to shift; to move (sth big and heavy); classifier for things resembling a plate or dish; classifier for coils; classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
怎么
how?; what?; why?