Important Words - pronouns
English | Pinyin | Chinese Character |
I | wŏ | 我 |
you | nĭ | 你 |
he | tā | 他 |
she | tā | 她 |
it | tā | 它 |
we | wŏ men | 我 们 |
you (plural) | nĭ men | 你 们 |
They （he) | tā men | 他 们 |
They (she) | tā men | 她 们 |
They (it) | tā men | 它 们 |
Important Words
Numbers
English | Pinyin | Chinese Character |
One | yī | 一 |
Two | èr | 二 |
three | sān | 三 |
four | sì | 四 |
five | wǔ | 五 |
six | liù | 六 |
seven | qī | 七 |
eight | bā | 八 |
nine | jiŭ | 九 |
ten | shí | 十 |
Book 2 Lesson 1
English | Pinyin | Chinese Character |
park | yuán | 园 |
open | kāi | 开 |
capital city | jīng | 京 |
first character o Grandfather | yé | 爷 |
heart, mind, center | xīn | 心 |
time (like first time) | cì | 次 |
to go | dào | 到 |
North, north China, North Pole | bĕi | 北 |
Grandfather | yé ye | 爷爷 |
summer | shŭ | 暑 |
in (during) | li | 里 |
vacation | jià | 假 |
which, which one | nă | 哪 |
Child, son | er | 儿 |
Play | wán | 玩 |
Negating and experience | méi | 没 |
To have, to Posess, to exist | yŏu | 有 |
Have not | méi yŏu | 没 有 |
Before, preceeding | qián | 前 |
Book 2 Lesson 1
English | Pinyin | Chinese Character |
Take | yī | 以 |
Happy | lè | 乐 |
And | hé | 和 |
Borrow, lend | jiè | 借 |
Money | qián | 钱 |
Used to create ordinal numbers | dì | 第 |
Pleasure, joy | xĭ | 喜 |
Happy | huān | 欢 |
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Book 2 Lesson 14
| Pinyin | Chinese Character |
big | dà | 大 |
protector | wèi | 卫 |
center | zhōng | 中 |
country | guó | 国 |
Indicates superlative degree, used with 喜 欢 means to like the best | zuì | 最 |
Pleasure, joy | xĭ | 喜 |
happy | huan | 欢 |
Past indicator, spend, across | guò | 过 |
Used to indicate interrogation, meaning comes when combined with another character | shén | 什 |
suffix with 什 - what | me | 么 |
festival | jié | 节 |
small | xiǎo | 小 |
cloud | yún | 云 |
spring | chūn | 春 |
To be (is), yes | shì | 是 |
which | Nă | 那 |
one | yī | 一 |
Sky, heaven, day | tiān | 天 |
Book 2 Lesson 14
Every, each | mĕi | 每 |
year | nián | 年 |
farming, agriculture | nóng | 农 |
calendar, experience | lì | 历 |
First moon, first month of the lunar year | zhēng | 正 |
month | yuè | 月 |
beginning, first | chū | 初 |
man, person, people | rén | 人 |
how, why | zĕn | 怎 |
| de | 的 |
time | shí | 时 |
season, time | hòu | 候 |
home, family | jiā | 家 |
household, door | hù | 户 |
stick (stick or put up) | tiē | 贴 |
spring | chūn | 春 |
Used with 春 means a Spring Festival couplet | liān | 联 |
Release, set (off), put on | fàng | 放 |
Whip, an iron | biān | 鞭 |
Book 2 Lesson 14
Cannon, gun | pào | 炮 |
whole, entire | quán | 全 |
rise up, with a verb – indicates beginning of an action | qī | 起 |
to eat | chī | 吃 |
gather, group | tuán | 团 |
round, circle | yuán | 圆 |
See, meet | jiàn | 见 |
Particle indicating completed action | le | 了 |
Face, side, flour, noodle | miàn | 面 |
mutual | hù | 互 |
Each other | xiāng | 相 |
To make a courtesy call, to perform ceremoniously acknowledge | bài | 拜 |
child | hái | 孩 |
Son, child ? | zi | 子 |
Be able to, can | néng | 能 |
get, obtain | dé | 得 |
| dào | 到 |
rite, ritual, etiquette | lĭ | 礼 |
thing | wù | 物 |
Book 2 Lesson 14
Word at end of sentence indicating question | ma | 吗 |
big | dà | 大 |
Wants to, wants, desire | yào | 要 |
give | gĕi | 給 |
Son, child | er | 儿 |
Press, push, push down | yā | 压 |
Year, end of year | suì | 岁 |
money | qián | 钱 |
true | zhēn | 真 |
To have, exists | yŏu | 有 |
interest | qù | 趣 |
First Month of the lunar year | zhēng yuè | 正 月 |
Wish a happy New Year | bài nián | 拜 年 |
Truely, really | zhēn yŏu | 真 有 |
Interesting | yŏu qù | 有 趣 |
Truly interesting | zhēn yŏu qù | 真 有 趣 |
Chinese people | zhōng guó rén | 中 国 人 |
like | xĭ huān | 喜 欢 |
spring festival | chūn jié | 春 节 |
Meal | fàn | 饭 |
Book 2 Lesson 14
We like Spring Festival best. (Best like to spend (or pass the time) the spring festival) | zuì xĭ huān guò chūn jié | 最 喜 欢 过春 节 |
Reunion | tuán yuán | 团 圆 |
Spring festival couplets (scrolls) | chūn liān | 春 联 |
Each other | hù xiāng | 互 相 |
Saying the words twice, like 家 家 户 户 (jiā jiā hù hù) means plural in this case.