Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

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

靠kào

to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)

近jìn

near; close to; approximately

清楚qīngchu

clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about

生孩子shēngháizi

to give birth to a baby

害羞hàixiū

shy; embarrassed; bashful

上前shàngqián

to advance; to step forward

随行suíxíng

to accompany

保护bǎohù

to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection

降生jiàngshēng

to be born; arrival of newborn; birth (of a savior or religious leader)

毯子tǎnzi

blanket

点diǎn

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; …

力lì

power; force; strength; ability; strenuously

所有人suǒyǒurén

everyone; owner

七嘴八舌qīzuǐbāshé

lively discussion with everybody talking at once

吵chǎo

noisy; loud; to quarrel; to argue

母亲mǔqīn

mother

反驳fǎnbó

to retort; to refute

厄运èyùn

bad luck; misfortune; adversity

孤零零gūlínglíng

lone; isolated and without help; all alone; solitary

一人yīrén

one person; a single person; (literary) the emperor

怎么办zěnmebàn

what's to be done

接受jiēshòu

to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce

一直yīzhí

straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through

这般zhèbān

like this; this way

大小dàxiǎo

large and small; size; adults and children; consideration of seniority; at any rate

一样yīyàng

same; like; equal to; the same as; just like

趴pā

to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent (from Japanese "pā", short for "pāsento")

始终shǐzhōng

from beginning to end; all along

像xiàng

to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)

人类rénlèi

humanity; human race; mankind

有时候yǒushíhou

sometimes

迷茫mímáng

vast and indistinct; perplexed; bewildered; at a loss

踹chuài

to kick; to trample; to tread on

羞愧xiūkuì

ashamed

逃跑táopǎo

to flee from sth; to run away; to escape

停下来tíngxiàlái

to stop

黑暗hēi'àn

dark; darkly; darkness

咴huī

neigh; whinny (sound made by a horse)

传来chuánlái

(of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive

回声huíshēng

echo

卷juǎn

to roll up; (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation); (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive; a roll; classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc); to sweep up; to carry along; classifier for rolls, spools etc

团tuán

round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke); dumpling

心中xīnzhōng

central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart

充满chōngmǎn

full of; brimming with; very full; permeated

烦恼fánnǎo

to be worried; to be distressed; worries

沉沉chénchén

deeply; heavily

醒xǐng

to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to

老人lǎorén

old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents