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VOCABULARY CHINESE II
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Characters-Pinyin-Translation
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爱
ài to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
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⼋八
bā eight; 8
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爸爸
bàba father (informal)
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杯⼦子
bēizi cup; glass
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北京
Běijīng Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China
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本
běn origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation;
basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally
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不客⽓气
búkèqi you're welcome; it's my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks)
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不
bù not (negative prefix); no
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菜
cài dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine
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茶
chá tea; tea plant
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吃
chī to eat; to have one's meal
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出租车
chūzūchē taxi
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打电话
dǎdiànhuà to make a phone call
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⼤大
dà big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest
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的
de of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive
or descriptive attributive
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点
diǎn a little; a bit; drop (of liquid); stain; spot; speck; jot; dot stroke (in Chinese
characters); decimal point; point; mark (of degree or level); a place (with
certain characteristics); iron bell; o’clock; some; (point) unit of measurement
for type; to touch on briefly; to make clear; to light; to ignite; to kindle; period
of time at night (24 minutes) (old); a drip; to dibble; classifier for small
indeterminate quantities
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电脑
diànnǎo computer
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电视
diànshì television; TV
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电影
diànyǐng movie; film
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东西
dōngxi thing; stuff; person
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dōu all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already
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读
dú to read; to study; reading of word
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对不起
duìbuqǐ I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat);
unworthy; to let down
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多
duō many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
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多少
duōshǎo how much; how many
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⼉儿⼦子
érzi son
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⼆二
èr two; 2
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饭店
fàndiàn restaurant; hotel
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飞机
fēijī airplane
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分钟
fēnzhōng minute
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⾼高兴
gāoxìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
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个
gè classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size
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⼯工作
gōngzuò job; work; construction; task
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狗
gǒu dog
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汉语
hànyǔ Chinese language
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好
hǎo good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
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号
hào day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number
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喝
hē to drink; to shout (a command)
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和
hé and; together with; with; sum
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很
hěn very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully
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后⾯面
hòumiàn rear; back; behind; later; afterwards
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回
huí to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to circle; to revolve
会
huì can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble;
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⼏几
jǐ how much; how many; several; a few
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家
jiā home; family; classifier for families or businesses
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叫
jiào to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
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今天
jīntiān today; at the present
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九
jiǔ nine; 9
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开
kāi to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle)
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看
kàn to look at
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看见
kànjiàn to see; to catch sight of
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块
kuài unit of currency; lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc;
colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc),
usually as 块钱
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来
lái to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next
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⽼老师
lǎoshī teacher
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了
le (completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
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冷
lěng cold
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⾥里
lǐ inside; lining; interior; internal
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六
liù six; 6
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吗
ma (question tag)
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妈妈
māma mum; mama; mommy; mother
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买
mǎi to buy; to purchase
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猫
māo cat;
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没关系
méiguānxi it doesn't matter
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没有
méiyǒu haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be;
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⽶米饭
mǐfàn (cooked) rice
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名字
míngzi name (of a person or thing)
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明天
míngtiān tomorrow、
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哪
nǎ which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
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哪⼉儿
nǎr where?; wherever; anywhere
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那
nà that; those
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呢
ne (question particle for subjects already mentioned)
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能
néng to be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability; able; capable; can possibly; (usually used
in the negative) to have the possibility of
你
nǐ you (informal)
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年
nián year
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⼥女⼉儿
nǚér daughter
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朋友
péngyou friend
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漂亮
piàoliang pretty; beautiful
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苹果
píngguǒ apple
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七
qī seven;
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前⾯面
qiánmiàn ahead; in front; preceding; above
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钱
qián coin; money
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请
qǐng to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
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去
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qù to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb); to remove; to get rid of; (when used
either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; to be apart from in space or time; (after
a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to
indicate detachment or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
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热
rè heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up
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⼈人
rén man; person; people
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认识
rènshi to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding;
awareness; cognition
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三
sān three; 3
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商店
shāngdiàn store; shop
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上
shàng on
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上午
shàngwǔ morning
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少
shǎo few; little; lack
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谁
shéi who
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什么
shénme what?; who?; something; anything
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⼗十
shí ten; 10
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时候
shíhou time; length of time; moment; period
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是
shì to be; yes
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书
shū book; letter
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⽔水
shuǐ water; river; liquid; beverage
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⽔水果
shuǐguǒ fruit
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睡觉
shuìjiào to go to bed; to go to sleep
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说
shuō to speak; to say; to explain
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四
sì four; 4
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岁
suì classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
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他
tā he or him
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她
tā she or her
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太
tài too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
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天⽓气
tiānqì weather
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听
tīng to listen; to hear; to obey
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同学
tóngxué (fellow) classmate;
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喂
wéi hello; hey
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我
wǒ I; me; my
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我们
wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
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五
wǔ five; 5
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喜欢
xǐhuan to like; to be fond of
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下
xià down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to
go down
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下午
xiàwǔ afternoon; p.m.
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下⾬雨
xiàyǔ to rain; rainy
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先⽣生
xiānsheng Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); teacher
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现在
xiànzài now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
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想
xiǎng to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
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⼩小
xiǎo small; tiny; young
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⼩小姐
xiǎojie young lady; miss
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些
xiē some; few; several; (a measure word)
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写
xiě to write
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谢谢
xièxie to thank; thanks
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星期
xīngqī week
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学⽣生
xuésheng student; school child
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学习
xuéxí to learn; to study
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学校
xuéxiào school
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⼀一
yī one; 1; single
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⼀一点⼉儿
yīdiǎn－r a little (bit)
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医⽣生
yīshēng doctor
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医院
yīyuàn hospital
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⾐衣服
yīfu clothes
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椅⼦子
yǐzi chair
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有
yǒu to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
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⽉月
yuè month; moon
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再见
zàijiàn goodbye; see you again later
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在
zài (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)
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怎么
zěnme how?; what?; why?
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怎么样
zěnmeyàng how are things? how?; how about?; how was it?
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这
zhè this; these
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中国
Zhōngguó China; Middle Kingdom
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中午
zhōngwǔ noon; midday
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住
zhù to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop
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桌⼦子
zhuōzi table; desk
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字
zì letter; character; word; symbol
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昨天
zuótiān yesterday
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做
zuò to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as
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坐
zuò to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc)
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