Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

(bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; to eliminate; to wipe out; start; origin

系xì

to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary); system; department; faculty; to arrest; to worry

总是zǒngshì

always

撞zhuàng

to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident

腿tuǐ

leg; hip bone

儿子érzi

son

一切yīqiè

everything; every; all

扛káng

to carry on one's shoulder; (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)

背bèi

the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing

容易róngyì

easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to

于是yúshì

thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence

试着shìzhe

(coll.) to try to

想到xiǎngdào

to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate

拥有yōngyǒu

to have; to possess; to own

刚才gāngcái

just now; a moment ago; just now (variant of 刚才 (gāngcái))

居然jūrán

unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to

比bǐ

to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. bì in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)

聪明cōngming

intelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)

差点chàdiǎn

almost; nearly

跳tiào

to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate

一气之下yīqìzhīxià

in a fit of pique; in a fury

竟jìng

unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed

落地luòdì

to fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground; (of a baby) to be born; (of a plane) to land; (fig.) to be implemented; to be put into practice

片piàn

thin piece; flake; a slice; film; TV play; to slice; to carve thin; partial; incomplete; one-sided; …

大家dàjiā

everyone; influential family; great expert

自由zìyóu

freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted

分享fēnxiǎng

to share (esp. sth enjoyable, useful or beneficial)

世上shìshàng

on earth

学会xuéhuì

to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association

如何rúhé

how; what way; what

打铁dǎtiě

to forge ironware

诺nuò

to consent; to promise; (literary) yes!

贝bèi

cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)

儿ér

child; son

根gēn

root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry)

她们tāmen

they; them (females)

外出wàichū

to go out; to go away (on a trip etc)

柴火cháihuo

plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc)

河hé

river (CL:条 (tiáo),道 (dào)); (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way; (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 (héfěn)

游yóu

to swim; to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel

泳yǒng

swimming; to swim

嬉戏xīxì

to frolic; to romp

溅jiàn

to splash

水花shuǐhuā

spray of water; splash; (dialect) chickenpox

意识到yìshídào

to be aware of; to realize

匆匆cōngcōng

hurriedly

赶gǎn

to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time)

回huí

to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or times; to curve; to return; to revolve

到家dàojiā

perfect; excellent; brought to the utmost degree

摸mō

to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract

脖子bózi

neck

项链xiàngliàn

necklace

落là

to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind

请求qǐngqiú

to request; to ask; request (CL:个 (gè))