爱 ài Verb: to love 八 bā Number: 8 爸爸 bà ba Noun: dad 北京 Běi jīng Noun: Beijing 杯子 bēi zi Noun: cup, glass 本 běn Noun: root, basis, foundation, origin, capital 本 běn Measure Word: for books, files, etc. 不 bù Adverb: no, not 不客气 bú kè qi Saying: you are welcome 菜 cài Noun: dish, vegetable 茶 chá Noun: tea 吃 chī Verb: to eat 出租车 chū zū chē Noun: taxi 大 dà Adjective: big, great 打电话 dǎ diàn huà Verb: to make a phone call 的 de Particle: to form an attribute 点 diǎn Noun: point, dot 点 diǎn Verb: to nod, to click 点 diǎn Measure Word: a little, a bit 电脑 diàn nǎo Noun: computer 电视 diàn shì Noun: TV(-set) 电影 diàn yǐng Noun: movie, film 东西 dōng xi Noun: thing 都 dōu Adverb: all, both 都 dōu Pronoun: all, both 读 dú Verb: to read aloud 对不起 duì bu qǐ Saying: sorry, I'm sorry 多 duō Adjective: much, many 多少 duō shao Adverb: how many, how much 二 èr Number: 2 儿子 ér zi Noun: son 饭馆 fàn guǎn Noun: restaurant 飞机 fēi jī Noun: airplane 分钟 fēn zhōng Noun: minute 高兴 gāo xìng Adjective: happy, glad, cheerful 个 gè Measure Word: for almost everything 工作 gōng zuò Noun: job V工作 gōng zuò erb: to work 狗 gǒu Noun: dog 汉语 hàn yǔ Noun: Chinese language 好 hǎo Adjective: good, nice 和 hé Preposition: with 和 hé Conjunction: and 喝 hē Verb: to drink 很 hěn Adverb: very, quite 后面 hòu miàn Place: rear, back, behind 回 huí Verb: to return, to answer, to reply 回 huí Measure Word: for events of action 会 huì Noun: meeting, conference 会 huì Auxiliary Verb: can, to be able to 火车站 huǒ chē zhàn Noun: train station 几 jǐ Adverb: how many 几 jǐ Pronoun: several 家 jiā Noun: family, home, houshold 家 jiā Measure Word: for businesses, families 叫 jiào Verb: to be called, to call, to shout 今天 jīn tiān Time: today 九 jiǔ Number: 9 开 kāi Verb: to open, to start, to drive (car, etc.) 看 kàn Verb: to see, to watch, to look at 看见 kàn jiàn Verb: to see, to catch sight of 块 kuài Measure Word: for a piece 来 lái Verb: to come, to arrive 来 lái Particle: ever since 老师 lǎo shī Noun: teacher 了 le Particle: indicating past or change 冷 lěng Adjective: cold 里 lǐ Place: in, inside 里 lǐ Measure Word: for 0.5 km 零 líng Number: 0 六 liù Number: 6 吗 ma Particle: to form a question 妈妈 mā ma Noun: mother 买 mǎi Verb: to buy 猫 māo Noun: cat 没 méi Adverb: not 没关系 méi guān xi Saying: it doesn't matter 米饭 mǐ fàn Noun: (cooked) rice 明天 míng tiān Time: tomorrow 名字 míng zi Noun: name 那 nà Pronoun: that 哪 nǎ Pronoun: which 呢 ne Particle: to build a question based on already mentioned subjects 能 néng Auxiliary Verb: to be able to 你 nǐ Pronoun: you (singular) 年 nián Noun: year 女儿 nǚ ér Noun: daughter 朋友 péng you Noun: friend 漂亮 piào liang Adjective: pretty, beautiful 苹果 píng guǒ Noun: apple 七 qī Number: 7 钱 qián Noun: money 前面 qián miàn Place: ahead, in front 请 qǐng Verb: to ask, to invite 请 qǐng Saying: please 去 qù Verb: to go 热 rè Adjective: hot, warm 人 rén Noun: person, people 认识 rèn shi Noun: understanding, knowledge, awareness 认识 rèn shi Verb: to know, to recognize, to understand, to be familiar with 日 rì Noun: day, sun 三 sān Number: 3 上 shàng Verb: to go up, to attend, to climb 上 shàng Place: on, upon, previous, upper 商店 shāng diàn Noun: shop, store 上午 shàng wǔ Noun: morning 少 shǎo Adjective: few, little 谁 shéi Pronoun: who 什么 shén me Pronoun: what 十 shí Number: 10 是 shì Verb: is, to be 时候 shí hou Noun: time, moment, period 书 shū Noun: book 水 shuǐ Noun: Water 水果 shuǐ guǒ Noun: fruit 睡觉 shuì jiào Verb: to sleep, to go to bed 说话 shuō huà Verb: to speak, to talk, to gossip 四 sì Number: 4 岁 suì Measure Word: "years old" 他 tā Pronoun: he 她 tā Pronoun: she 太 tài Adverb: too, extremely 天气 tiān qì Noun: weather 听 tīng Verb: to listen, to hear, to obey 听 tīng Measure Word: for canned beverages 同学 tóng xué Noun: classmate 喂 wèi Verb: to feed, to breed 喂 wèi Saying: hello 我 wǒ Pronoun: I 我们 wǒ men Pronoun: we 五 wǔ Number: 5 喜欢 xǐ huan Verb: to like 下 xià Verb: descend, fall 下 xià Measure Word: for times of action 下 xià Place: below, down, under 下午 xià wǔ Noun: afternoon 下雨 xià yǔ Verb: to rain 先生 xiān sheng Noun: Mister (Mr.), teacher 现在 xiàn zài Time: now 想 xiǎng Verb: to think, to miss 想 xiǎng Auxiliary Verb: to want 小 xiǎo Adjective: small 小姐 xiǎo jiě Noun: Miss, young lady 写 xiě Verb: to write 些 xiē Measure Word: some, few, several 谢谢 xiè xie Saying: thanks! 星期 xīng qī Noun: week 学生 xué sheng Noun: student, pupil 学习 xué xí Verb: to study, to learn 学校 xué xiào Noun: school 一 yī Number: 1 衣服 yī fu Noun: clothes 医生 yī shēng Noun: doctor 医院 yī yuàn Noun: hospital 椅子 yǐ zi Noun: chair 有 yǒu Verb: to have, to exist, to be 月 yuè Noun: month, moon 在 zài Preposition: at, on, in 在 zài Particle: for action in progress 再见 zài jiàn Saying: goodbye, see you 怎么 zěn me Adverb: how 怎么样 zěn me yàng Adverb: how is/are 怎么样 zěn me yàng Saying: how about that? 这 zhè Pronoun: this 中国 Zhōng guó Noun: China 中午 zhōng wǔ Noun: noon, midday 住 zhù Verb: to live, to stay, to reside 桌子 zhuō zi Noun: table 字 zì Noun: word, character 做 zuò Verb: to do, to make 坐 zuò Verb: to sit, to take (bus, train, etc.) 昨天 zuó tiān Time: yesterday