Introduction

This file contains the words list of Duolingo Chinese Mandarin. The word list was taken on 7 Jan 2018. The word definition is picked from https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary. Please note there might be mistakes. Please email anishcr@gmail.com for any corrections/updates.

Update on 14 Nov 2018. I am no longer maintaining this list. Please checkout https://github.com/anki-decks/anki-deck-for-duolingo-chinese/blob/master/words.tsv which is maintained by Nicholas and Leon

Update on 24 July 2023. Yassine has created a useful tool to memorize the words. Checkout https://chinese-1000-frequent-words.sktch.site/

Contents

Greeting 1

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)
hǎo

hào
good / well / proper / good to / easy to / very / so / (suffix indicating completion or readiness) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms

to be fond of / to have a tendency to / to be prone to

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
再见 再見 zài jiàn goodbye / see you again later
zài again / once more / re- / second / another / then (after sth, and not until then)
jiàn

xiàn
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview

to appear / also written 現|现

Numbers

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Sān

sān
surname San

three / 3
one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
seven / 7
eight / 8

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
shí ten / 10
líng zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither
Yuán

yuán
surname Yuan / the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)

currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / first / original / primary / fundamental / constituent / part / era (of a reign) / meta- (prefix) / (math.) argument / variable / (Tw) (geology) eon

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
five / 5
jiǔ nine / 9
Bǎi

bǎi
surname Bai

hundred / numerous / all kinds of

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
èr two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
four / 4
liù six / 6

Name

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
jiào to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
I / me / my
Zhāng

zhāng
surname Zhang

to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes


surname Li

plum
Huá

Huà

huá
abbr. for China

Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi / surname Hua

magnificent / splendid / flowery
Míng

míng
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God

bright / opposite: dark 暗 / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing) / CL: 個|个
什么 什麼 shén me what? / something / anything
míng name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people
letter / symbol / character / word / CL: 個|个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
shén

shí
what

ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous


ma

me
exclamatory final particle

interrogative final particle

suffix, used to form interrogative 甚麼|什么, what?, indefinite 這麼|这么 thus, etc

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
xìng family name / surname / CL: 個|个 / to be surnamed
Wáng

wáng

wàng
surname Wang

king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great

to rule / to reign over
ne

particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation

woolen material


surname Li

plum

Greeting 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
hěn (adverb of degree) / quite / very / awfully
高兴 高興 gāo xìng happy / glad / willing (to do sth) / in a cheerful mood
Gāo

gāo
surname Gao

high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific)
Xīng

xīng

xìng
surname Xing

to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)

feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
认识 認識 rèn shi to know / to recognize / to be familiar with / to get acquainted with sb / knowledge / understanding / awareness / cognition


surname Ye

also / too / (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
rèn to recognize / to know / to admit
shí

zhì
to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4]

to record / to write a footnote

Food 1

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
chī to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])
fàn food / cuisine / cooked rice / meal / CL: 碗, 頓|顿


surname Yu

fish / CL: 條|条, 尾
miàn

miàn
face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition


to drink / My goodness!

to shout loudly
Shuǐ

shuǐ
surname Shui

water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes
chá tea / tea plant / CL: 杯, 壺|壶
(negative prefix) / not / no

Occupation

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
shì is / are / am / yes / to be
he or him / (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) / (used before sb's name for emphasis) / (used as a meaningless mock object) / other / another
学生 學生 xué sheng student / schoolchild
xué to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology
shēng to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition


ma
see 嗎啡|吗啡, morphine

(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
she
你们 你們 nǐ men you (plural)
我们 我們 wǒ men we / us / ourselves / our
他们 他們 tā men they
men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
老师 老師 lǎo shī teacher / CL: 個|个, 位
医生 醫生 yī shēng doctor / CL: 個|个, 位, 名
她们 她們 tā men they / them (for females)
lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough
Shī

shī
surname Shi

teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops
medical / medicine / doctor / to cure / to treat

Contact

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
de





of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)

see 的士

really and truly

aim / clear
电话 電話 diàn huà telephone / CL: 部 / phone call / CL: 通 / phone number
diàn electric / electricity / electrical
huà dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種|种, 席, 句, 口, 番

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
号码 號碼 hào mǎ number / CL: 堆, 個|个
多少 duō shǎo

duō shao
number / amount / somewhat

how much / how many / which (number) / as much as
duō many / much / often / a lot of / numerous / more / in excess / how (to what extent) / multi- / Taiwan pr. [duo2] when it means "how"
shǎo

shào
few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom

young
háo

hào
roar / cry / CL: 個|个

ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people
weight / number / code / to pile / to stack / classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc

Nation

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
中国 中國 Zhōng guó China
rén man / person / people / CL: 個|个, 位
Zhōng

zhōng

zhòng
China / Chinese / surname Zhong

within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right

to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)
Guó

guó
surname Guo

country / nation / state / national / CL: 個|个

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition


na

něi
how / which

(particle equivalent to 啊 after noun ending in -n)

which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
英国 英國 Yīng guó United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国 / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / abbr. for England 英格蘭|英格兰
美国 美國 Měi guó United States / USA / US
Guó

guó
surname Guo

country / nation / state / national / CL: 個|个
Yīng

yīng
United Kingdom / British / England / English / abbr. for 英國|英国

hero / outstanding / excellent / (literary) flower / blossom
Měi

měi
the Americas / abbr. for 美洲 / USA / abbr. for 美國|美国

beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition


dōu

surname Du

all / both / entirely / (used for emphasis) even / already / (not) at all

capital city / metropolis
duì right / correct / couple / pair / towards / at / for / to face / opposite / to treat (sb a certain way) / to match together / to adjust / to fit / to suit / to answer / to reply / classifier: couple
加拿大 Jiā ná dà Canada / Canadian
Jiā

jiā
abbr. for Canada 加拿大 / surname Jia

to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object)


dài
big / huge / large / major / great / wide / deep / older (than) / oldest / eldest / greatly / very much / (dialect) father / father's elder or younger brother

see 大夫

Greeting 3

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
máng busy / hurriedly / to hurry / to rush
早上 zǎo shang early morning / CL: 個|个
zǎo early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely
shǎng

shàng
see 上聲|上声

on top / upon / above / upper / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university)

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
怎么样 怎麼樣 zěn me yàng how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things?
今天 jīn tiān today / at the present / now
zěn how
yàng manner / pattern / way / appearance / shape / classifier: kind, type
jīn today / modern / present / current / this / now
tiān day / sky / heaven

Location 1

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
jiā

Jiā

jiā
see 傢伙|家伙

surname Jia

home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL: 個|个
北京 Běi jīng Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China / Peking / PRC government
zài (located) at / (to be) in / to exist / in the middle of doing sth / (indicating an action in progress)
běi north / to be defeated (classical)
Jīng

jīng
abbr. for Beijing / surname Jing / Jing ethnic minority

capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old)

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
哪儿 哪兒 nǎr where? / wherever / anywhere
纽约 紐約 Niǔ yuē New York
香港 Xiāng gǎng Hong Kong
ér

r
child / son

non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final
niǔ to turn / to wrench / button / nu (Greek letter Νν)
yāo

yuē
to weigh in a balance or on a scale

to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise
xiāng fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL: 根
Gǎng

gǎng
Hong Kong, abbr. for 香港 / surname Gang

harbor / port / CL: 個|个

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
zhù to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
伦敦 倫敦 Lún dūn London, capital of United Kingdom
台湾 臺灣 Tái wān Taiwan
lún human relationship / order / coherence
dūn kindhearted / place name
Tái

tái

tái

Tái

tái

tái
Taiwan (abbr.) / surname Tai

(classical) you (in letters) / variant of 臺|台

desk / table / counter

Taiwan (abbr.)

platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines

typhoon
wān bay / gulf / to cast anchor / to moor (a boat)

Phrases 1

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
谢谢 謝謝 xiè xie to thank / thanks / thank you
不客气 不客氣 bù kè qi you're welcome / don't mention it / impolite / rude / blunt
Xiè

xiè
surname Xie

to thank / to apologize / to wither (of flowers, leaves etc) / to decline
customer / visitor / guest
gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
对不起 對不起 duì bu qǐ unworthy / to let down / I'm sorry / excuse me / pardon me / if you please / sorry? (please repeat)
没关系 沒關係 méi guān xi it doesn't matter
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
méi

(negative prefix for verbs) / have not / not

drowned / to end / to die / to inundate
Guān

guān
surname Guan

mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to concern / to involve






to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary)

system / department / faculty

to tie / to fasten / to button up

to connect / to arrest / to worry

Family 1

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
爸爸 bà ba (informal) father / CL: 個|个, 位
妈妈 媽媽 mā ma mama / mommy / mother / CL: 個|个, 位
ài to love / to be fond of / to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth) / to tend to (happen)
家人 jiā rén household / (one's) family
father / dad / pa / papa
ma / mom / mother

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
shéi who / also pr. [shui2]


Nuó



nuó
surname Na

surname Nuo

that / those / then (in that case) / commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing

(archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪
individual / this / that / size / classifier for people or objects in general
zhè this / these / (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
哥哥 gē ge older brother / CL: 個|个, 位
姐姐 jiě jie older sister / CL: 個|个
yǒu to have / there is / there are / to exist / to be
elder brother
jiě older sister

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
弟弟 dì di younger brother / CL: 個|个, 位








huó

huò
surname He / Japanese (food, clothes etc)

and / together with / with / sum / union / peace / harmony / Taiwan pr. [han4] when it means "and" or "with"

to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence / to join in the singing / to chime in with others

to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards

to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4]

to mix (ingredients) together / to blend / classifier for rinses of clothes / classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
妹妹 mèi mei younger sister / young woman / CL: 個|个
méi

(negative prefix for verbs) / have not / not

drowned / to end / to die / to inundate
younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter)
mèi younger sister

Phrases 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
请问 請問 qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...?
知道 zhī dào to know / to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1 dao5]
wèn to ask
qǐng to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request
zhī to know / to be aware
dào road / path / CL: 條|条, 股 / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) administrative division (similar to province in Tang times)

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
shuì

shuō
to persuade

to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)
英语 英語 Yīng yǔ English (language)
汉语 漢語 Hàn yǔ Chinese language / CL: 門|门
Hàn

hàn
Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

man


dialect / language / speech

to tell to

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
帮助 幫助 bāng zhù assistance / aid / to help / to assist
zài again / once more / re- / second / another / then (after sth, and not until then)
qǐng to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request
next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time
bāng to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society
zhù to help / to assist

Greeting 4

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
早安 zǎo ān Good morning!
晚安 wǎn ān Good night! / Good evening!
一会儿 一會兒 yī huìr a moment / a while / in a moment / now...now... / also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5]
jiàn

xiàn
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview

to appear / also written 現|现
huì

kuài
can / to be possible / to be able to / will / to be likely to / to be sure to / to assemble / to meet / to gather / to see / union / group / association / CL: 個|个 / a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3])

to balance an account / accountancy / accounting
Ān

ān
surname An

content / calm / still / quiet / safe / secure / in good health / to find a place for / to install / to fix / to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to pacify / to harbor (good intentions) / security / safety / peace / ampere

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
最近 zuì jìn recent / recently / these days / latest / soon / nearest (of locations) / shortest (of routes)
好久不见 好久不見 hǎo jiǔ bu jiàn long time no see
不错 不錯 bù cuò correct / right / not bad / pretty good
zuì most / the most / -est (superlative suffix)
jìn near / close to / approximately
jiǔ (long) time / (long) duration of time
Cuò

cuò
surname Cuo

mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver

Drink

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
yāo

yào
to demand / to request / to coerce

important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if
to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent
bīng ice / CL: 塊|块 / to chill sth / (of an object or substance) to feel cold / (of a person) cold / unfriendly / (slang) methamphetamine

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
牛奶 niú nǎi cow's milk / CL: 瓶, 杯
咖啡 kā fēi coffee (loanword) / CL: 杯
Niú

niú
surname Niu

ox / cow / bull / CL: 條|条, 頭|头 / (slang) awesome
nǎi

nǎi
breast / milk / to breastfeed

mother / variant of 奶
coffee / class / grade
fēi (phonetic component)

Location 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
洗手间 洗手間 xǐ shǒu jiān toilet / lavatory / washroom
医院 醫院 yī yuàn hospital / CL: 所, 家, 座
to wash / to bathe / to develop (photo)
shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
jiān

jiàn
between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms

gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent
yuàn courtyard / institution / CL: 個|个

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
这儿 這兒 zhèr here
那儿 那兒 nàr there
饭馆 飯館 fàn guǎn restaurant / CL: 家
guǎn building / shop / term for certain service establishments / embassy or consulate / schoolroom (old) / CL: 家

Time 1

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Nián

nián

nián
surname Nian

year / CL: 個|个

grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年
yuè moon / month / monthly / CL: 個|个, 輪|轮
háo

hào
roar / cry / CL: 個|个

ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people




small table

almost

how much / how many / several / a few
líng zero

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
星期 xīng qī week / CL: 個|个 / day of the week / Sunday
明天 míng tiān tomorrow
tiān day / sky / heaven


abbr. for 日本, Japan

sun / day / date, day of the month
xīng star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount
a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2]
Míng

míng
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God

bright / opposite: dark 暗 / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更 / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items
现在 現在 xiàn zài now / at present / at the moment / modern / current / nowadays
bàn half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half
xiàn to appear / present / now / existing / current

Family 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
孩子 hái zi child
liǎng two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old)
hái child


zi
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)

(noun suffix)

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
女儿 女兒 nǚ ér daughter
儿子 兒子 ér zi son
suì classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests)
female / woman / daughter
ér

r
child / son

non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
妻子 qī zǐ

qī zi
wife and children

wife / CL: 個|个
丈夫 zhàng fu husband / CL: 個|个


wife

to marry off (a daughter)
zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male


husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
māo cat / CL: 隻|只 / (dialect) to hide oneself / (coll.) modem
it
gǒu dog / CL: 隻|只, 條|条

Telephone

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
wéi

wèi

wèi
hello (when answering the phone)

hey / to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)

to feed
màn slow
一点儿 yī diǎnr erhua variant of 一點|一点

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
kuài rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant


de

děi
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

to have to / must / ought to / to need to
明白 míng bai clear / obvious / unequivocal / to understand / to realize
Bái

bái
surname Bai

white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera

People 1

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
漂亮 piào liang pretty / beautiful
Gāo

gāo
surname Gao

high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific)
piāo

piǎo

piào
to float / to drift

to bleach

elegant / polished
liàng bright / clear / resonant / to shine / to show / to reveal

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
朋友 péng you friend / CL: 個|个, 位
nán male / Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / CL: 個|个
ǎi low / short (in length)
péng friend
yǒu friend

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
female / woman / daughter
可爱 可愛 kě ài adorable / cute / lovely
非常 fēi cháng very / very much / unusual / extraordinary


can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very

see 可汗
Fēi

fēi
abbr. for 非洲, Africa

to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / to reproach or blame / (colloquial) to insist on / simply must
Cháng

cháng
surname Chang

always / ever / often / frequently / common / general / constant

Time 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
上午 shàng wǔ morning / CL: 個|个
fēn

fèn
to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / part or subdivision / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

part / share / ingredient / component
下午 xià wǔ afternoon / CL: 個|个 / p.m.
晚上 wǎn shang evening / night / CL: 個|个 / in the evening
7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
wǎn evening / night / late
xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
měi each / every
中午 zhōng wǔ noon / midday / CL: 個|个
周末 週末 zhōu mò weekend
tiān day / sky / heaven
Zhōu

zhōu

zhōu
surname Zhou / Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)

to make a circuit / to circle / circle / circumference / lap / cycle / complete / all / all over / thorough / to help financially

week / weekly / variant of 周
tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
昨天 zuó tiān yesterday
shǎng

shàng
see 上聲|上声

on top / upon / above / upper / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university)
le

liǎo

liǎo
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause) / (completed action marker)

to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭|了 / to understand clearly

(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
zuò to do / to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to act as / to engage in / to hold (a party) / to be / to become / to function (in some capacity) / to serve as / to be used for / to form (a bond or relationship) / to pretend / to feign / to act a part / to put on appearance
zuó yesterday

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
今年 jīn nián this year
去年 qù nián last year
明年 míng nián next year
xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
huì

kuài
can / to be possible / to be able to / will / to be likely to / to be sure to / to assemble / to meet / to gather / to see / union / group / association / CL: 個|个 / a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3])

to balance an account / accountancy / accounting
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

Location 3

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
旁边 旁邊 páng biān lateral / side / to the side / beside
左边 左邊 zuǒ bian left / the left side / to the left of
右边 右邊 yòu bian right side / right, to the right
páng beside / one side / other / side / self / the right-hand side of split Chinese character, often the phonetic
Zuǒ

zuǒ
surname Zuo

left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐
yòu right (-hand) / the Right (politics) / west (old)
biān

bian
side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL: 個|个 / simultaneously

suffix of a noun of locality

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
前面 qián miàn ahead / in front / preceding / above / also pr. [qian2 mian5]
后面 後面 hòu miàn rear / back / behind / later / afterwards / also pr. [hou4 mian5]
学校 學校 xué xiào school / CL: 所
qián front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly
Hòu

hòu

hòu
surname Hou

empress / queen

back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later
jiào

xiào
to proofread / to check / to compare

school / military officer / CL: 所

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) / to change (shape, form, meaning)
dào to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive / (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)


surname Lu

road / CL: 條|条 / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind
怎么 怎麼 zěn me how? / what? / why?

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
哪里 哪裏 nǎ lǐ

nǎ lǐ
where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment / also written 哪裡|哪里

where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment
这里 這裡 zhè lǐ here
那里 那裏 nà li

nà li
there / that place / also written 那裡|那里

there / that place
wǎng to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous




lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里

Li (surname)

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇 and neighborhood 鄰|邻 levels

Hobbies 1

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
喜欢 喜歡 xǐ huan to like / to be fond of
kān

kàn
to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard

to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (an illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after verb) to give it a try / Watch out! (for a danger)
Shū

shū
abbr. for 書經|书经

book / letter / document / CL: 本, 冊|册, 部 / to write
zài (located) at / (to be) in / to exist / in the middle of doing sth / (indicating an action in progress)
to be fond of / to like / to enjoy / to be happy / to feel pleased / happiness / delight / glad
huān

huān

huān
joyous / happy / pleased

hubbub / clamor / variant of 歡|欢

a breed of horse / variant of 歡|欢

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
wán to play / to have fun / to trifle with / toy / sth used for amusement / curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]) / to keep sth for entertainment
电脑 電腦 diàn nǎo computer / CL: 臺|台
游戏 遊戲 yóu xì game / CL: 場|场 / to play
zuì most / the most / -est (superlative suffix)
nǎo brain / mind / head / essence
Yóu

yóu

yóu
surname You

to swim / variant of 遊|游

to walk / to tour / to roam / to travel
trick / drama / play / show / CL: 出, 場|场, 臺|台

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
yǐn

tīng

tìng
smile (archaic)

to listen / to hear / to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages

(literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow
音乐 音樂 yīn yuè music / CL: 張|张, 曲, 段
song / CL: 支, 首 / to sing
yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character)


Yuè



yuè
surname Le

surname Yue

happy / cheerful / to laugh

music

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
跳舞 tiào wǔ to dance
huì

kuài
can / to be possible / to be able to / will / to be likely to / to be sure to / to assemble / to meet / to gather / to see / union / group / association / CL: 個|个 / a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3])

to balance an account / accountancy / accounting
chàng to sing / to call loudly / to chant
tiào to jump / to hop / to skip over / to bounce / to palpitate
to dance / to wield / to brandish

Daily Routine 1

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
起床 qǐ chuáng to get out of bed / to get up
上学 上學 shàng xué to go to school / to attend school
上班 shàng bān to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office
早饭 早飯 zǎo fàn breakfast / CL: 份, 頓|顿, 次, 餐
zuò to do / to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to act as / to engage in / to hold (a party) / to be / to become / to function (in some capacity) / to serve as / to be used for / to form (a bond or relationship) / to pretend / to feign / to act a part / to put on appearance
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
chuáng bed / couch / classifier for beds / CL: 張|张
Bān

bān
surname Ban

team / class / squad / work shift / ranking / CL: 個|个 / classifier for groups

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Cóng

cóng

zòng
surname Cong

from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / accomplice / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

second cousin
睡觉 睡覺 shuì jiào to go to bed / to sleep
午饭 午飯 wǔ fàn lunch / CL: 份, 頓|顿, 次, 餐
shuì to sleep / to lie down
jiào

jué
a nap / a sleep / CL: 場|场

to feel / to find that / thinking / awake / aware

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
放学 放學 fàng xué to dismiss students at the end of the school day
下班 xià bān to finish work / to get off work
huí

huí
to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)

to curve / to return / to revolve
晚饭 晚飯 wǎn fàn evening meal / dinner / supper / CL: 份, 頓|顿, 次, 餐
fàng to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)

Payment

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Qián

qián
surname Qian

coin / money / CL: 筆|笔 / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两
kuài lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
zhǐ

zhǐ

zhī
only / merely / just / but

grain that has begun to ripen / variant of 衹|只

classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
mǎi to buy / to purchase

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
一共 yī gòng altogether
Máo

máo
surname Mao

hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分)
fēn

fèn
to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / part or subdivision / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

part / share / ingredient / component
gòng common / general / to share / together / total / altogether / abbr. for 共產黨|共产党, Communist party

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
信用卡 xìn yòng kǎ credit card
shōu to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)
qiān

qiān
thousand

see 鞦韆|秋千
xìn letter / mail / CL: 封 / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random
yòng to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore


qiǎ
to stop / to block / card / CL: 張|张, 片 / calorie / cassette / (computing) (coll.) slow

to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [ka3]

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
guì expensive / noble / precious / (honorific) your
便宜 biàn yí

pián yi
convenient

cheap / inexpensive / small advantages / to let sb off lightly
现金 現金 xiàn jīn cash
便 biàn

pián
plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to 就: then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards

see 便宜


surname Yi

proper / should / suitable / appropriate
Jīn

jīn
surname Jin / surname Kim (Korean) / Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)

gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音

Lesson - 5
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
tài highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely


Wàn

wàn
see 万俟

surname Wan

ten thousand / a great number
háng

xíng
row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column

to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense
le

liǎo

liǎo
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause) / (completed action marker)

to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭|了 / to understand clearly

(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly

Entertainment

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
xiǎng to think / to believe / to suppose / to wish / to want / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
Gān

gān

gān

gàn
surname Gan

dry / clean / in vain / dried food / foster / adoptive / to ignore

to concern / to interfere / shield / stem

tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar)
yǐng picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace
shì to look at / to regard / to inspect
电视 電視 diàn shì television / TV / CL: 臺|台, 個|个
电影 電影 diàn yǐng movie / film / CL: 部, 片, 幕, 場|场

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
报纸 報紙 bào zhǐ newspaper / newsprint / CL: 份, 期, 張|张
上网 上網 shàng wǎng to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net
bào to announce / to inform / report / newspaper / recompense / revenge / CL: 份, 張|张
zhǐ paper / CL: 張|张, 沓 / classifier for documents, letter etc
wǎng net / network

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
手机 手機 shǒu jī cell phone / mobile phone / CL: 部, 支
yòng to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore
新闻 新聞 xīn wén news / CL: 條|条, 個|个


surname Ji

machine / engine / opportunity / intention / aircraft / pivot / crucial point / flexible (quick-witted) / organic / CL: 臺|台
Xīn

xīn
abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 or Singapore 新加坡 / surname Xin

new / newly / meso- (chemistry)
Wén

wén
surname Wen

to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at
明星 míng xīng star / celebrity

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
体育 體育 tǐ yù sports / physical education
节目 節目 jié mù program / item (on a program) / CL: 臺|台, 個|个, 套
韩国 韓國 Hán guó South Korea (Republic of Korea) / Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897
body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics)
jiē

jié
see 節骨眼|节骨眼

festival / holiday / node / joint / section / segment / part / to economize / to save / to abridge / moral integrity / classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses / CL: 個|个
Hán Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国 / surname Han
to have children / to raise or bring up / to educate
eye / item / section / list / catalogue / table of contents / order (taxonomy) / goal / name / title

Location 4

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
zhuō table / desk / classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc
zhǎo to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change
桌子 zhuō zi table / desk / CL: 張|张, 套
shǎng

shàng
see 上聲|上声

on top / upon / above / upper / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university)

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
椅子 yǐ zi chair / CL: 把, 套
xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
jiàn

xiàn
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview

to appear / also written 現|现
chair

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
房间 房間 fáng jiān room / CL: 間|间, 個|个
冰箱 bīng xiāng icebox / freezer cabinet / refrigerator / CL: 臺|台, 個|个




lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里

Li (surname)

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇 and neighborhood 鄰|邻 levels
wài outside / in addition / foreign / external
Fáng

fáng
surname Fang

house / room / CL: 間|间 / branch of an extended family / classifier for family members (or concubines)
jiān

jiàn
between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms

gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent
xiāng box / trunk / chest

Restaurant

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
wèi position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential
děng class / rank / grade / equal to / same as / to wait for / to await / et cetera / and so on / et al. (and other authors) / after / as soon as / once
一下 yī xià (used after a verb) give it a go / to do (sth for a bit to give it a try) / one time / once / in a while / all of a sudden / all at once
jìn to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Zuò

zuò
surname Zuo

to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座
菜单 菜單 cài dān menu / CL: 份, 張|张
英文 Yīng wén English (language)
cài dish (type of food) / vegetable / cuisine / CL: 盤|盘, 道 / (coll.) (one's) type / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor
Shàn

dān
surname Shan

bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL: 個|个
Yīng

yīng
United Kingdom / British / England / English / abbr. for 英國|英国

hero / outstanding / excellent / (literary) flower / blossom
Wén

wén
surname Wen

language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
服务员 服務員 fú wù yuán waiter / waitress / attendant / customer service personnel / CL: 個|个, 位
点菜 點菜 diǎn cài to order dishes (in a restaurant)
买单 買單 mǎi dān to pay the restaurant bill
订位 訂位 dìng wèi to reserve a seat / to book a table / reservation


clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes

dose (measure word for medicine) / Taiwan pr. [fu2]
affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means
yuán person / employee / member
dìng to agree / to conclude / to draw up / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to order

Supermarket

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
xiē some / few / several / measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1)
西

the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙 / Spanish

west
Dōng

dōng
surname Dong

east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
东西 東西 dōng xī

dōng xi
east and west

thing / stuff / person / CL: 個|个, 件
bāng to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
超市 chāo shì supermarket / abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场 / CL: 家
水果 shuǐ guǒ fruit / CL: 個|个
chāo to exceed / to overtake / to surpass / to transcend / to pass / to cross / ultra- / super-
shì market / city / CL: 個|个
guǒ fruit / result / resolute / indeed / if really

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
gěi

to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of 被) / (grammatical equivalent of 把) / (sentence intensifier)

to supply / to provide
苹果 蘋果 píng guǒ apple / CL: 個|个, 顆|颗
西瓜 xī guā watermelon / CL: 顆|颗, 粒, 個|个
píng

pín

píng
(artemisia) / duckweed

marsiliaceae / clover fern

apple
guā melon / gourd / squash

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
鸡蛋 雞蛋 jī dàn (chicken) egg / hen's egg / CL: 個|个, 打
新鲜 新鮮 xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc) / freshness / novel / uncommon
fowl / chicken / CL: 隻|只 / (slang) prostitute
dàn egg / CL: 個|个, 打 / oval-shaped thing
xiān

xiǎn

xiān
fresh / bright (in color) / delicious / tasty / delicacy / aquatic foods

few / rare

fish / old variant of 鮮|鲜
蔬菜 shū cài vegetables / produce / CL: 種|种
shū vegetables

Lesson - 5
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Bāo

bāo
surname Bao

to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL: 個|个, 隻|只


surname Mi

rice / CL: 粒 / meter (classifier)
面包 麵包 miàn bāo bread / CL: 片, 袋, 塊|块
dài pouch / bag / sack / pocket
táng sugar / sweets / candy / CL: 顆|颗, 塊|块

Hobbies 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
wéi

wèi
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)

because of / for / to
Wén

wén
surname Wen

language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67


surname Xi

to practice / to study / habit
学习 學習 xué xí to learn / to study
中文 Zhōng wén Chinese language
为什么 為什麼 wèi shén me why? / for what reason?
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
因为 因為 yīn wèi because / owing to / on account of
所以 suǒ yǐ therefore / as a result / so / the reason why
西班牙 Xī bān yá Spain
yīn cause / reason / because
suǒ actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL: 個|个


abbr. for Israel 以色列

to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)
西

the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙 / Spanish

west
Bān

bān
surname Ban

team / class / squad / work shift / ranking / CL: 個|个 / classifier for groups
tooth / ivory / CL: 顆|颗

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
旅游 旅遊 lǚ yóu trip / journey / tourism / travel / tour / to travel
爱好 愛好 ài hào to like / to take pleasure in / keen on / fond of / interest / hobby / appetite for / CL: 個|个
Xīn

xīn
abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 or Singapore 新加坡 / surname Xin

new / newly / meso- (chemistry)
西班牙语 西班牙語 Xī bān yá yǔ Spanish language
轻松 輕鬆 qīng sōng light / gentle / relaxed / effortless / uncomplicated / to relax / to take things less seriously
trip / travel / to travel / brigade (army)
hǎo

hào
good / well / proper / good to / easy to / very / so / (suffix indicating completion or readiness) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms

to be fond of / to have a tendency to / to be prone to
qīng light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage
Sōng

sōng

sōng
surname Song

pine / CL: 棵

loose / to loosen / to relax

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
照相机 照相機 zhào xiàng jī camera / CL: 個|个, 架, 部, 台, 隻|只
印度 Yìn dù India
拍照 pāi zhào to take a picture
pāi to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music)
zhào according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) / photo / as requested / as before
Yìn

yìn
surname Yin / abbr. for 印度

to print / to mark / to engrave / a seal / a print / a stamp / a mark / a trace / image
Xiāng

xiāng

xiàng
surname Xiang

each other / one another / mutually

appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)


duó
to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences

to estimate / Taiwan pr. [duo4]

Dining 1

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Hǎi

hǎi
surname Hai

ocean / sea / CL: 個|个, 片 / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous
běn root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
Huán

hái

huán
surname Huan

still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else

to pay back / to return
上海 Shàng hǎi Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪
cài dish (type of food) / vegetable / cuisine / CL: 盤|盘, 道 / (coll.) (one's) type / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor
还是 還是 hái shi or / still / nevertheless / had better
日本 Rì běn Japan / Japanese

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
ròu meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute
米饭 米飯 mǐ fàn (cooked) rice
面条 麵條 miàn tiáo noodles
鸡肉 雞肉 jī ròu chicken meat

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
牛肉 niú ròu beef
猪肉 豬肉 zhū ròu pork
羊肉 yáng ròu mutton / goat meat
饮料 飲料 yǐn liào drink / beverage
zhū hog / pig / swine / CL: 口, 頭|头
Yáng

yáng
surname Yang

sheep / goat / CL: 頭|头, 隻|只
yǐn

yìn
to drink

to give (animals) water to drink
liào material / stuff / grain / feed / to expect / to anticipate / to guess

Health 1

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
zuō

zuò
worker / workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person)

to do / to grow / to write or compose / to pretend / to regard as / to feel / writings or works


de

děi
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

to have to / must / ought to / to need to
jiào

jué
a nap / a sleep / CL: 場|场

to feel / to find that / thinking / awake / aware
gōng work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor
lěi

lèi

Léi

léi
to accumulate / to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]) / continuous / repeated

tired / weary / to strain / to wear out / to work hard

surname Lei

rope / to bind together / to twist around
工作 gōng zuò to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL: 個|个, 份, 項|项
觉得 覺得 jué de to think / to feel
有点儿 有點兒 yǒu diǎnr slightly / a little / somewhat

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
pán

pàng
healthy / at ease

fat / plump
健康 jiàn kāng health / healthy
不要 bù yào don't! / must not
jiàn healthy / to invigorate / to strengthen / to be good at / to be strong in
Kāng

kāng
surname Kang

healthy / peaceful / abundant

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
身体 身體 shēn tǐ the body / one's health / CL: 具, 個|个 / in person
注意 zhù yì to take note of / to pay attention to
shēn body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158
zhù

zhù
to inject / to pour into / to concentrate / to pay attention / stake (gambling) / classifier for sums of money / variant of 註|注

to register / to annotate / note / comment


Italy / Italian / abbr. for 意大利

idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL: 個|个
锻炼 鍛鍊 duàn liàn to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself
kāi to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
duàn to forge / to discipline / wrought
shǐ to begin / to start / then / only then
liàn to refine / to smelt

Transportation

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Tiě

tiě
surname Tie

iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
diàn inn / shop / store / CL: 家
de

-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

earth / ground / field / place / land / CL: 片
jiǔ wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage / CL: 杯, 瓶, 罐, 桶, 缸
酒店 jiǔ diàn wine shop / pub (public house) / hotel / restaurant / (Tw) hostess club
地铁 地鐵 dì tiě subway / metro
Zuò

zuò
surname Zuo

to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座
不准 bù zhǔn not to allow / to forbid / to prohibit
zhǔn

zhǔn
to allow / to grant / in accordance with / in the light of

accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para-

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
出租车 出租車 chū zū chē taxi / (Taiwan) rental car
zhàn station / to stand / to halt / to stop / branch of a company or organization / website
xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
Chē

chē

surname Che

car / vehicle / CL: 輛|辆 / machine / to shape with a lathe

war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)
chū to go out / to come out / to occur / to produce / to go beyond / to rise / to put forth / to happen / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
to hire / to rent / to charter / to rent out / to lease out / rent / land tax

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
可以 kě yǐ can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good
汽车 汽車 qì chē car / automobile / bus / CL: 輛|辆
公共 gōng gòng public / common / communal
chuán boat / vessel / ship / CL: 條|条, 艘, 隻|只
gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
steam / vapor

Shopping 1

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
jiàn item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc


clothes / CL: 件

to dress / to wear / to put on (clothes)
Shāng

shāng
Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC) / surname Shang

commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商, intelligence quotient)
商店 shāng diàn store / shop / CL: 家, 個|个
衣服 yī fu clothes / CL: 件, 套

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
kāi to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
Guān

guān
surname Guan

mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to concern / to involve
Mén

mén
surname Men

gate / door / CL: 扇 / gateway / doorway / CL: 個|个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
欢迎 歡迎 huān yíng to welcome / welcome
yíng to welcome / to meet / to face / to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties)

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
nín you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)
帮忙 幫忙 bāng máng to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn
需要 xū yào to need / to want / to demand / to require / requirement / need
to require / to need / to want / necessity / need
随便 隨便 suí biàn as one wishes / as one pleases / at random / negligent / casual / wanton
Suí

suí
surname Sui

to follow / to comply with / varying according to... / to allow / subsequently
便 biàn

pián
plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to 就: then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards

see 便宜

Languages

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
letter / symbol / character / word / CL: 個|个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
dòu

comma / phrase marked by pause

to read / to study / reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音
一点儿 yī diǎnr erhua variant of 一點|一点

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
意思 yì si idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL: 個|个 / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
xiě to write
Cuò

cuò
surname Cuo

mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver
nán

nàn
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good

disaster / distress / to scold
to think / to consider

Time 3

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
miǎo second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit) / (coll.) instantly
quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals
chā

chà

chāi
difference / discrepancy / to differ / error / to err / to make a mistake

to differ from / to fall short of / lacking / wrong / inferior

to send / to commission / messenger / mission

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
小时 小時 xiǎo shí hour / CL: 個|个
分钟 分鐘 fēn zhōng minute
xiǎo small / tiny / few / young
Shí

shí
surname Shi

o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period
Zhōng

zhōng

zhōng
surname Zhong

handleless cup / goblet / to concentrate / variant of 鐘|钟

clock / o'clock / time as measured in hours and minutes / bell / CL: 架, 座

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Zhōng

zhōng

zhōng
surname Zhong

handleless cup / goblet / to concentrate / variant of 鐘|钟

clock / o'clock / time as measured in hours and minutes / bell / CL: 架, 座
zhěng exactly / in good order / whole / complete / entire / in order / orderly / to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb
zǎo early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely
wǎn evening / night / late

Dining 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
bēi cup / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
beer


Germany / German / abbr. for 德國|德国

virtue / goodness / morality / ethics / kindness / favor / character / kind
德国 德國 Dé guó Germany / German
啤酒 pí jiǔ beer (loanword) / CL: 杯, 瓶, 罐, 桶, 缸
果汁 guǒ zhī fruit juice
zhī juice

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
香蕉 xiāng jiāo banana / CL: 枝, 根, 個|个, 把
蛋糕 dàn gāo cake / CL: 塊|块, 個|个
kuài lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
xiāng fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL: 根
jiāo

qiáo
banana

see 蕉萃
gāo cake

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
wǎn bowl / cup / CL: 隻|只, 個|个
杯子 bēi zi cup / glass / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
盘子 盤子 pán zi tray / plate / dish / CL: 個|个
pán plate / dish / tray / board / hard drive (computing) / to build / to coil / to check / to examine / to transfer (property) / to make over / classifier for food: dish, helping / to coil / classifier for coils of wire / classifier for games of chess

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
筷子 kuài zi chopsticks / CL: 對|对, 根, 把, 雙|双
Dāo

dāo
surname Dao

knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL: 把 / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs
chā

chá

chǎ
fork / pitchfork / prong / pick / cross / intersect / "X"

to cross / be stuck

to diverge / to open (as legs)
kuài chopstick
勺子 sháo zi scoop / ladle / CL: 把
sháo spoon / ladle / CL: 把 / abbr. for 公勺, centiliter (unit of volume)

Existence

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Shì

shì
surname Shi

room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
bàn to do / to manage / to handle / to go about / to run / to set up / to deal with
liàng classifier for vehicles
办公室 辦公室 bàn gōng shì office / business premises / bureau / CL: 間|间
běn root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
瓶子 píng zi bottle / CL: 個|个
Zhāng

zhāng
surname Zhang

to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes
照片 zhào piàn photograph / picture / CL: 張|张, 套, 幅
píng bottle / vase / pitcher / CL: 個|个 / classifier for wine and liquids
piān

piàn
disk / sheet

thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
zhǐ

zhǐ

zhī
only / merely / just / but

grain that has begun to ripen / variant of 衹|只

classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
niǎo bird / CL: 隻|只, 群 / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddam
shù tree / CL: 棵 / to cultivate / to set up

Sports 1

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition


surname Bu

a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation
páo

pǎo
(of an animal) to paw (the ground)

to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off
yǒng swimming / to swim
Yóu

yóu

yóu
surname You

to swim / variant of 遊|游

to walk / to tour / to roam / to travel
游泳 yóu yǒng swimming / to swim
跑步 pǎo bù to run / to jog / (military) to march at the double

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
to kick / to play (e.g. soccer) / (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
足球 zú qiú soccer ball / a football / CL: 個|个 / soccer / football


dozen (loanword)

to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from
篮球 籃球 lán qiú basketball / CL: 個|个, 隻|只


excessive

foot / to be sufficient / ample
lán basket (receptacle) / basket (in basketball)
qiú ball / sphere / globe / CL: 個|个 / ball game / match / CL: 場|场

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
运动 運動 yùn dòng to move / to exercise / sports / exercise / motion / movement / campaign / CL: 場|场


surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚

horse / CL: 匹 / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess


(Taiwan) saddle horse / mounted soldier

to ride (an animal or bike) / to sit astride / classifier for saddle-horses
yùn to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate
dòng (of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 動詞|动词, verb

Invitiation 1

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition


ba
bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) / to puff (on a pipe etc) / (onom.) bang / abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧

(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume.
出去 chū qù to go out
时间 時間 shí jiān time / period / CL: 段

Lesson - 2
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时候 時候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period
kōng

kòng
empty / air / sky / in vain

to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
qǐng to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request
lái to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next
hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days

Lesson - 3
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Guò

guò

guo
surname Guo

to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-

(experienced action marker)
一起 yī qǐ in the same place / together / with / altogether (in total)
jiā

Jiā

jiā
see 傢伙|家伙

surname Jia

home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL: 個|个
不好意思 bù hǎo yì si to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
gěi

to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of 被) / (grammatical equivalent of 把) / (sentence intensifier)

to supply / to provide
告诉 告訴 gào sù

gào su
to press charges / to file a complaint

to tell / to inform / to let know
gào to say / to tell / to announce / to report / to denounce / to file a lawsuit / to sue
to complain / to sue / to tell
约会 約會 yuē huì appointment / engagement / date / CL: 次, 個|个 / to arrange to meet
浪漫 làng màn romantic
làng wave / breaker / unrestrained / dissipated
màn free / unrestrained / to inundate

Health 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
gāi should / ought to / probably / must be / to deserve / to owe / to be sb's turn to do sth / that / the above-mentioned
bìng illness / CL: 場|场 / disease / to fall ill / defect
Shū

shū
surname Shu

to stretch / to unfold / to relax / leisurely
Yìng

yīng

yìng
surname Ying

to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall

to answer / to respond / to comply with / to deal or cope with
生病 shēng bìng to fall ill
应该 應該 yīng gāi ought to / should / must
舒服 shū fu comfortable / feeling well
le

liǎo

liǎo
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause) / (completed action marker)

to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭|了 / to understand clearly

(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly

Lesson - 2
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téng (it) hurts / sore / to love dearly
tóu

tou
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL: 個|个

suffix for nouns
休息 xiū xi rest / to rest
Xiū

xiū
surname Xiu

to rest / to stop doing sth for a period of time / to cease / (imperative) don't
breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
肚子 dù zi belly / abdomen / stomach / CL: 個|个


tripe

belly

Lesson - 3
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yào

yào
leaf of the iris / variant of 藥|药

medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL: 種|种, 服, 味 / to poison
一定 yī dìng surely / certainly / necessarily / fixed / a certain (extent etc) / given / particular / must
感冒 gǎn mào to catch cold / (common) cold / CL: 場|场, 次 / (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) / (Tw) to detest / can't stand
gǎn to feel / to move / to touch / to affect / feeling / emotion / (suffix) sense of ~
dìng to set / to fix / to determine / to decide / to order
Mào

mào
surname Mao

to emit / to give off / to send out (or up, forth) / to brave / to face / reckless / to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc) / to feign / (literary) to cover
liú to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
请假 請假 qǐng jià to request leave of absence
发烧 發燒 fā shāo to have a high temperature (from illness) / to have a fever
Bié

bié

biè
surname Bie

to leave / to depart / to separate / to distinguish / to classify / other / another / don't ...! / to pin / to stick (sth) in

to make sb change their ways, opinions etc


to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)

hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3]
jiǎ

jià
fake / false / artificial / to borrow / if / suppose

vacation
shāo to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head

Invitation 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
pài clique / school / group / faction / to dispatch / to send / to assign / to appoint / pi (Greek letter Ππ) / the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926 / (loanword) pie
Néng

néng
surname Neng

can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy
生日 shēng rì birthday / CL: 個|个
派对 派對 pài duì party (loanword)
打扮 dǎ ban to decorate / to dress / to make up / to adorn / manner of dressing / style of dress
bàn to disguise oneself as / to dress up / to play (a role) / to put on (an expression)

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
希望 xī wàng to wish for / to desire / hope / CL: 個|个
gēn heel / to follow closely / to go with / (of a woman) to marry sb / with / compared with / to / towards / and (joining two nouns)
to hope / to admire / variant of 稀
wàng

wàng
full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards

15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望

Lesson - 3
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大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert
公司 gōng sī (business) company / company / firm / corporation / incorporated / CL: 家
正在 zhèng zài just at (that time) / right in (that place) / right in the middle of (doing sth)
zhēng

zhèng
first month of the lunar year

straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive


surname Si

to take charge of / to manage / department (under a ministry)

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
事情 shì qing affair / matter / thing / business / CL: 件, 樁|桩
cái

cái
ability / talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / only / only then / just now

a moment ago / just now / (indicating sth happening later than expected) / (preceded by a clause of condition or reason) not until / (followed by a numerical clause) only
duō many / much / often / a lot of / numerous / more / in excess / how (to what extent) / multi- / Taiwan pr. [duo2] when it means "how"
shì matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL: 件, 樁|桩, 回
qíng feeling / emotion / passion / situation

Dining 3

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Fèi

fèi
surname Fei

to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses
wán to finish / to be over / whole / complete / entire
Jīng

jīng
surname Jing

classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济
already / to stop / then / afterwards
已经 已經 yǐ jīng already
qǐng to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request
小费 小費 xiǎo fèi tip / gratuity

Lesson - 2
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bǎo to eat till full / satisfied
好吃 hǎo chī

hào chī
tasty / delicious

to be fond of eating / to be gluttonous
zhēn really / truly / indeed / real / true / genuine

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
饿 è to be hungry / hungry / to starve (sb)
shǎo

shào
few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom

young
好喝 hǎo hē tasty (drinks)
thirsty
jiǔ wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage / CL: 杯, 瓶, 罐, 桶, 缸

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
巧克力 qiǎo kè lì chocolate (loanword) / CL: 塊|块
味道 wèi dao flavor / smell / hint of
甜点 甜點 tián diǎn dessert
tián sweet
qiǎo opportunely / coincidentally / as it happens / skillful / timely




kēi
to be able to / to subdue / to restrain / to overcome / gram / Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares

Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God

to scold / to beat


surname Li

power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

Shopping 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
shì to test / to try / experiment / examination / test
Lán

lán
surname Lan

blue / indigo plant
tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
qún skirt / CL: 條|条
裙子 qún zi skirt / CL: 條|条

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Shuāng

shuāng
surname Shuang

two / double / pair / both / even (number)
Huán

hái

huán
surname Huan

still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else

to pay back / to return
鞋子 xié zi shoe
意大利 Yì dà lì Italy / Italian


shǎi
color / CL: 種|种 / look / appearance / sex

color / dice
xié shoe / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只


surname Li

sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit

Lesson - 3
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xiǎo small / tiny / few / young




Belgium / Belgian / abbr. for 比利時|比利时

(particle used for comparison and "-er than") / to compare / to contrast / to gesture (with hands) / ratio

to associate with / to be near
衬衫 襯衫 chèn shān shirt / blouse / CL: 件
chèn (of garments) against the skin / to line / lining / to contrast with / to assist financially
shān garment / jacket with open slits in place of sleeves

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition


dài
big / huge / large / major / great / wide / deep / older (than) / oldest / eldest / greatly / very much / (dialect) father / father's elder or younger brother

see 大夫
裤子 褲子 kù zi trousers / pants / CL: 條|条
好看 hǎo kàn good-looking / nice-looking / good (of a movie, book, TV show etc) / embarrassed / humiliated
underpants / trousers / pants
zhì character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
liáng

liàng
to measure

capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词, classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word
质量 質量 zhì liàng quality / (physics) mass / CL: 個|个

Body Parts

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
duǒ flower / earlobe / fig. item on both sides / classifier for flowers, clouds etc
jīng eye / eyeball
绿 green
ěr ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (classical Chinese)
yǎn eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL: 隻|只, 雙|双 / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
耳朵 ěr duo ear / CL: 隻|只, 個|个, 對|对 / handle (on a cup)
眼睛 yǎn jing eye / CL: 隻|只, 雙|双

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
头发 頭髮 tóu fa hair (on the head)
liǎn face / CL: 張|张, 個|个
yòu (once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway
Hēi

hēi
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江

black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)


to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)

hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3]

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
嘴巴 zuǐ ba mouth / CL: 張|张 / slap in the face / CL: 個|个
鼻子 bí zi nose / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
jiǎo foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只 / classifier for kicks
shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
zuǐ mouth / beak / nozzle / spout (of teapot etc) / CL: 張|张, 個|个
nose


Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) / abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing / surname Ba / abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian / abbr. for Pakistan

to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail

Travel

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
yuǎn

yuàn
far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)

to distance oneself from (classical)
chī



mythical beast (archaic)

surname Li

to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing fire / ☲


surname Lu

road / CL: 條|条 / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind
走路 zǒu lù to walk / to go on foot
jìn near / close to / approximately

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
开车 開車 kāi chē to drive a car
飞机 飛機 fēi jī airplane / CL: 架
机场 機場 jī chǎng airport / airfield / CL: 家, 處|处
fēi to fly
cháng

chǎng
threshing floor / classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout

large place used for a specific purpose / stage / scene (of a play) / classifier for sporting or recreational activities / classifier for number of exams
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)
tíng to stop / to halt / to park (a car)

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
火车 火車 huǒ chē train / CL: 列, 節|节, 班, 趟


de

děi
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

to have to / must / ought to / to need to
piào ticket / ballot / banknote / CL: 張|张 / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
机票 機票 jī piào air ticket / passenger ticket / CL: 張|张
Huǒ

huǒ
surname Huo

fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old)

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
迟到 遲到 chí dào to arrive late
ràng to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被)
shǎng

shàng
see 上聲|上声

on top / upon / above / upper / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university)
怎么办 怎麼辦 zěn me bàn what's to be done
Chí

chí
surname Chi

late / delayed / slow
bàn to do / to manage / to handle / to go about / to run / to set up / to deal with

Weather

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Lěng

lěng
surname Leng

cold
qíng clear / fine (weather)
天气 天氣 tiān qì weather

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition


rain / CL: 陣|阵, 場|场

to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet
Xuě

xuě
surname Xue

snow / snowfall / CL: 場|场 / to have the appearance of snow / to wipe away, off or out / to clean
Yīn

yīn
surname Yin

overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia
xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
zhāo

zháo

zhe

zhuó
(chess) move / trick / all right! / (dialect) to add

to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in

aspect particle indicating action in progress

to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply
sǎn

sǎn
umbrella / parasol / CL: 把

damask silk / variant of 傘|伞
dài band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL: 條|条 / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise
外面 wài miàn outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense) / surface / exterior / external appearance

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
可能 kě néng might (happen) / possible / probable / possibility / probability / maybe / perhaps / CL: 個|个
guā

guā
to scrape / to blow / to shave / to plunder / to extort

to blow (of the wind)
fēng wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL: 陣|阵, 絲|丝

Lesson - 5
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
如果 rú guǒ if / in case / in the event that
jiù at once / right away / only / just (emphasis) / as early as / already / as soon as / then / in that case / as many as / even if / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / to suffer / subjected to / to accomplish / to take advantage of / to go with (of foods) / with regard to / concerning
从来 從來 cóng lái always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence)
as / as if / such as
里面 裡面 lǐ miàn inside / interior / also pr. [li3 mian5]

Shopping 3

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
rán correct / right / so / thus / like this / -ly
dàn but / yet / however / only / merely / still
suī although / even though
duǎn short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault
cháng

zhǎng
length / long / forever / always / constantly

chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance
虽然 雖然 suī rán although / even though / even if
但是 dàn shì but / however

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Hóng

hóng
surname Hong

red / popular / revolutionary / bonus
颜色 顏色 yán sè color / countenance / appearance / facial expression / pigment / dyestuff
穿 chuān to wear / to put on / to dress / to bore through / to pierce / to perforate / to penetrate / to pass through / to thread
Yán

yán
surname Yan

color / face / countenance


shǎi
color / CL: 種|种 / look / appearance / sex

color / dice

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
to wash / to bathe / to develop (photo)
Huáng

huáng
surname Huang or Hwang

yellow / pornographic / to fall through
Bái

bái
surname Bai

white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
- -

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
手表 手錶 shǒu biǎo wrist watch / CL: 塊|块, 隻|只, 個|个
mài to sell / to betray / to spare no effort / to show off or flaunt
帽子 mào zi hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name / CL: 頂|顶
mào hat / cap
biǎo

biǎo
exterior surface / family relationship via females / to show (one's opinion) / a model / a table (listing information) / a form / a meter (measuring sth)

wrist or pocket watch
purple / violet / amethyst / Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye) / Japanese: murasaki

People 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Shào

shào
surname Shao

to continue / to carry on
jiè to introduce / to lie between / between / shell / armor
介绍 介紹 jiè shào to introduce (sb to sb) / to give a presentation / to present (sb for a job etc) / introduction
Shuài

shuài
surname Shuai

handsome / graceful / smart / commander in chief / (coll.) cool! / sweet!

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
xiào laugh / smile / CL: 個|个
说话 說話 shuō huà to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word
huà dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種|种, 席, 句, 口, 番

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
聪明 聰明 cōng ming intelligent / clever / bright / smart / acute (of sight and hearing)
别人 別人 bié ren other people / others / other person
不但 bù dàn not only (... but also...)
而且 ér qiě (not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore
cōng quick at hearing / wise / clever / sharp-witted / intelligent / acute
ér and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)
qiě and / moreover / yet / for the time being / to be about to / both (... and...)

Celebration

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Chūn

chūn
surname Chun

spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life


Yuè



yuè
surname Le

surname Yue

happy / cheerful / to laugh

music
快乐 快樂 kuài lè happy / merry
节日 節日 jié rì holiday / festival / CL: 個|个
春节 春節 Chūn jié Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
礼物 禮物 lǐ wù gift / present / CL: 件, 個|个, 份
sòng to deliver / to carry / to give (as a present) / to present (with) / to see off / to send
新年 xīn nián New Year / CL: 個|个
píng bottle / vase / pitcher / CL: 個|个 / classifier for wine and liquids
白酒 bái jiǔ baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum


surname Li / abbr. for 禮記|礼记, Classic of Rites

gift / rite / ceremony / CL: 份 / propriety / etiquette / courtesy
thing / object / matter / abbr. for physics 物理
Guò

guò

guo
surname Guo

to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-

(experienced action marker)

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
干杯 乾杯 gān bēi to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup
Zhù

zhù
surname Zhu

to wish / to express good wishes / to pray / (old) wizard
法国 法國 Fǎ guó France / French
红酒 hóng jiǔ Red wine
Gān

gān

gān

gàn
surname Gan

dry / clean / in vain / dried food / foster / adoptive / to ignore

to concern / to interfere / shield / stem

tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar)


France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国 / Taiwan pr. [Fa4]

law / method / way / Buddhist teaching / Legalist

Sports 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
sài to compete / competition / match / to surpass / better than / superior to / to excel
liàn to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise
练习 練習 liàn xí to practice / exercise / drill / practice / CL: 個|个
比赛 比賽 bǐ sài competition (sports etc) / match / CL: 場|场, 次 / to compete
好在 hǎo zài luckily / fortunately
乒乓球 pīng pāng qiú table tennis / ping-pong / table tennis ball / CL: 個|个
pīng (onom.) ping / bing
pāng (onom.) bang

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
参加 參加 cān jiā to participate / to take part / to join
(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc) / order / (old) rank in the imperial examinations / mansion / (literary) but / just
cān

shēn
to take part in / to participate / to join / to attend / to counsel / unequal / varied / irregular / uneven / not uniform / abbr. for 參議院|参议院 Senate, Upper House

ginseng / one of the 28 constellations
网球 網球 wǎng qiú tennis / tennis ball / CL: 個|个
排球 pái qiú volleyball / CL: 個|个
加油 jiā yóu to add oil / to top up with gas / to refuel / to accelerate / to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort / to cheer sb on
pái a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc
yóu oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
shū to lose / to transport / to donate / to enter (a password)
yíng to beat / to win / to profit
失望 shī wàng disappointed / to lose hope / to despair
信心 xìn xīn confidence / faith (in sb or sth) / CL: 個|个
shī to lose / to miss / to fail
xìn letter / mail / CL: 封 / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random
xīn heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL: 顆|颗, 個|个

School

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
tóng

tóng

tòng
(used in given names) / variant of 同

like / same / similar / together / alike / with

see 衚衕|胡同
subject / course / CL: 門|门 / class / lesson / CL: 堂, 節|节 / to levy / tax / form of divination
Shì

shì
surname Shi

room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
Jiào

jiāo

jiào
surname Jiao

to teach

religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell
教室 jiào shì classroom / CL: 間|间
同学 同學 tóng xué to study at the same school / fellow student / classmate / CL: 位, 個|个
地理 dì lǐ geography
texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
dǒng to understand / to comprehend
问题 問題 wèn tí question / problem / issue / topic / CL: 個|个
pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals / CL: 支, 枝


surname Ti

topic / problem for discussion / exam question / subject / to inscribe / to mention / CL: 個|个, 道
美术 美術 měi shù art / fine arts / painting / CL: 種|种
shù

zhú
method / technique

various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea
shǎng

shàng
see 上聲|上声

on top / upon / above / upper / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university)

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
考试 考試 kǎo shì to take an exam / exam / CL: 次


surname Ti

topic / problem for discussion / exam question / subject / to inscribe / to mention / CL: 個|个, 道
准备 準備 zhǔn bèi preparation / to prepare / to intend / to be about to / reserve (fund)
kǎo

kǎo
to beat / to hit / variant of 考 / to inspect / to test / to take an exam

to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father
zhǔn

zhǔn
to allow / to grant / in accordance with / in the light of

accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para-
bèi to prepare / get ready / to provide or equip
科学 科學 kē xué science / scientific knowledge / scientific / rational / CL: 門|门, 個|个, 種|种
branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL: 個|个
下课 下課 xià kè to finish class / to get out of class

Family 3

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
爷爷 爺爺 yé ye (coll.) father's father / paternal grandfather / CL: 個|个
奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) / (respectful) mistress of the house / CL: 位 / (coll.) boobies / breasts
阿姨 ā yí maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL: 個|个
grandpa / old gentleman
Ā

ā

ē
abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗

prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. [a4]

flatter
mother's sister / aunt

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
兄弟姐妹 xiōng dì jiě mèi Brothers and Sisters
关系 關係 guān xi relation / relationship / to concern / to affect / to have to do with / guanxi / CL: 個|个
叔叔 shū shu father's younger brother / uncle / Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5] / CL: 個|个
父母 fù mǔ father and mother / parents
xiōng elder brother
shū uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2]
father
mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
xiàng to resemble / to be like / to look as if / such as / appearance / image / portrait / image under a mapping (math.)
一样 一樣 yī yàng same / like / equal to / the same as / just like
亲戚 親戚 qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL: 門|门, 個|个, 位


surname Qi

relative / parent / grief / sorrow / battle-axe
qīn

qìng
parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear

parents-in-law of one's offspring

Gourmet 1

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
拉面 拉麵 lā miàn pulled noodles / ramen
点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dimsum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert
小笼包 小籠包 xiǎo lóng bāo steamed dumpling
to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat
lóng

lǒng
enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc / cage / basket / steamer basket / to cover / to cage / to embrace / to manipulate through trickery

to cover / to cage / covering / also pr. [long2]

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition


zhōu
see 葷粥|荤粥

congee / gruel / porridge / CL: 碗
油条 油條 yóu tiáo youtiao (deep-fried breadstick) / CL: 根 / slick and sly person
豆浆 豆漿 dòu jiāng soy milk
yóu oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning
dòu bean / pea / CL: 棵, 粒 / sacrificial vessel
漿 jiāng

jiàng
broth / serum / to starch

starch paste

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
火锅 火鍋 huǒ guō hotpot
包子 bāo zi steamed stuffed bun / CL: 個|个
炒饭 炒飯 chǎo fàn fried rice / (slang) (Tw) to have sex
guō pot / pan / boiler / CL: 口, 隻|只
chǎo to sauté / to stir-fry / to speculate / to hype / to fire (sb)

Time 4

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Xià

xià
the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC / Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432) / surname Xia

summer
dōng

Dōng

dōng
winter

surname Dong

(onom.) beating a drum / rat-a-tat
Qiū

qiū

qiū
surname Qiu

autumn / fall / harvest time

see 鞦韆|秋千
Chūn

chūn
surname Chun

spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life
Hòu

hòu

hòu
surname Hou

empress / queen

back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later
qián front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition


surname Ji

season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields
Ào

ào
abbr. for Macao 澳門|澳门 / abbr. for Australia 澳大利亞|澳大利亚

deep bay / cove / harbor
Asia / Asian / second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3]
季节 季節 jì jié time / season / period / CL: 個|个
澳大利亚 澳大利亞 Ào dà lì yà Australia
越来越 越來越 yuè lái yuè more and more
前天 qián tiān the day before yesterday
后天 後天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow / acquired (not innate) / a posteriori

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
堵车 堵車 dǔ chē traffic jam / choking
大概 dà gài roughly / probably / rough / approximate / about / general idea
准时 準時 zhǔn shí on time / punctual / on schedule
gāng hard / firm / strong / just / barely / exactly
to stop up / (to feel) stifled or suffocated / wall / classifier for walls
gài general / approximate

Location 5

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
chéng city walls / city / town / CL: 座, 道, 個|个
shì market / city / CL: 個|个
to add / to attach / to be close to / to be attached
Yuán

yuán
surname Yuan

land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation
城市 chéng shì city / town / CL: 座
附近 fù jìn (in the) vicinity / nearby / neighboring / next to
公园 公園 gōng yuán park (for public recreation) / CL: 個|个, 座

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
diagram / picture / drawing / chart / map / CL: 張|张 / to plan / to scheme / to attempt / to pursue / to seek
guǎn building / shop / term for certain service establishments / embassy or consulate / schoolroom (old) / CL: 家
Fāng

fāng
surname Fang

square / power or involution (mathematics) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter
中间 中間 zhōng jiān between / intermediate / mid / middle
图书馆 圖書館 tú shū guǎn library / CL: 家, 個|个
地方 dì fāng

dì fang
region / regional (away from the central administration) / local

area / place / space / room / territory / CL: 處|处, 個|个, 塊|块
上面 shàng miàn on top of / above-mentioned / also pr. [shang4 mian5]
下面 xià miàn

xià miàn
below / under / next / the following / also pr. [xia4 mian5]

to boil noodles
咖啡馆 咖啡館 kā fēi guǎn café / coffee shop / CL: 家

Shopping 4

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
shé

zhē

zhé
to break (e.g. stick or bone) / a loss

to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)

to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
Jué

jiǎo

jué
surname Jue

angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan / CL: 個|个

role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale
Huā

huā
surname Hua

flower / blossom / CL: 朵, 支, 束, 把, 盆, 簇 / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time)
打折 dǎ zhé to give a discount

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
jiù old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age)


surname Pi

leather / skin / fur / CL: 張|张 / pico- (one trillionth) / naughty
huàn to exchange / to change (clothes etc) / to substitute / to switch / to convert (currency)
Jīng

jīng
surname Jing

classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济
皮鞋 pí xié leather shoes
经过 經過 jīng guò to pass / to go through / process / course / CL: 個|个

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
退货 退貨 tuì huò to return merchandise / to withdraw a product
退款 tuì kuǎn to refund / refund
退 tuì to retreat / to decline / to move back / to withdraw
huò goods / money / commodity / CL: 個|个
kuǎn section / paragraph / funds / CL: 筆|笔, 個|个 / classifier for versions or models (of a product)
袋子 dài zi bag

Daily Routine 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
guàn accustomed to / used to / indulge / to spoil (a child)
shuā

shuà
to brush / to paint / to daub / to paste up / to skip class (of students) / to fire from a job

to select
tooth / ivory / CL: 顆|颗
习惯 習慣 xí guàn habit / custom / usual practice / to be used to / CL: 個|个
刷牙 shuā yá to brush one's teeth
马上 馬上 mǎ shàng at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force)
以后 以後 yǐ hòu after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
zǎo bath
zǒng always / to assemble / gather / total / overall / head / chief / general / in every case
洗澡 xǐ zǎo to bathe / to take a shower
一边 一邊 yī biān one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while
总是 總是 zǒng shì always

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
jiǎng to speak / to explain / to negotiate / to emphasise / to be particular about / as far as sth is concerned / speech / lecture
happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead
故事 gù shì

gù shi
old practice / CL: 個|个

narrative / story / tale
以前 yǐ qián before / formerly / previous / ago
做梦 做夢 zuò mèng to dream / to have a dream / fig. illusion / fantasy / pipe dream
mèng dream / CL: 場|场, 個|个

Food 3

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
chú to get rid of / to remove / to exclude / to eliminate / to wipe out / to divide / except / not including
his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it)
jiǎo dumplings with meat filling
北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River
除了 chú le besides / apart from (... also...) / in addition to / except (for)
其他 qí tā other / (sth or sb) else / the rest
饺子 餃子 jiǎo zi dumpling / pot-sticker / CL: 個|个, 隻|只

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
hot (spicy) / pungent
extremely / pole (geography, physics) / utmost / top
bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly
yán salt / CL: 粒

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Xián

xián

xián
surname Xian

all / everyone / each / widespread / harmonious

salted / salty / stingy / miserly
Nán

nán
surname Nan

south
tián sweet
南方 nán fāng south / the southern part of the country / the South
难吃 難吃 nán chī unpalatable

People 3

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
cháng

zhǎng
length / long / forever / always / constantly

chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance
level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL: 個|个 / classifier: step, level
个子 個子 gè zi height / stature / build / size
年级 年級 nián jí grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL: 個|个
小学 小學 xiǎo xué elementary school / primary school / CL: 個|个
初中 chū zhōng junior high school / abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学
chū at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
qīng light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage
jiào to compare / to dispute / compared to / (before adj.) relatively / comparatively / rather / also pr. [jiao3]
年轻 年輕 nián qīng young
lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough
比较 比較 bǐ jiào to compare / to contrast / comparatively / relatively / quite / comparison
眼镜 眼鏡 yǎn jìng spectacles / eyeglasses / CL: 副
Dài

dài
surname Dai

to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc) / to respect / to bear / to support
jìng mirror / lens

Location 6

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
xiān early / prior / former / in advance / first
然后 然後 rán hòu after / then (afterwards) / after that / afterwards
西边 西邊 xī biān west / west side / western part / to the west of
东边 東邊 dōng bian east / east side / eastern part / to the east of
qián front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly
Zuǒ

zuǒ
surname Zuo

left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
北边 北邊 běi biān north / north side / northern part / to the north of
一直 yī zhí straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / from the beginning of ... up to ... / all along
最后 最後 zuì hòu final / last / finally / ultimate
南边 南邊 nán bian south / south side / southern part / to the south of
Zhí

zhí
surname Zhi / Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God

straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
yòu right (-hand) / the Right (politics) / west (old)
Hòu

hòu

hòu
surname Hou

empress / queen

back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
迷路 mí lù to lose the way / lost / labyrinth / labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
地址 dì zhǐ address / CL: 個|个
周围 周圍 zhōu wéi surroundings / environment / to encompass
to bewilder / crazy about / fan / enthusiast / lost / confused
zhǐ location / site
Wéi

wéi
surname Wei

to encircle / to surround / all around / to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)

Daily Routine 3

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
bān

pán
sort / kind / class / way / manner

see 般樂|般乐
liáo to chat / to depend upon (literary) / temporarily / just / slightly
聊天 liáo tiān to chat / to gossip
一般 yī bān same / ordinary / so-so / common / general / generally / in general
见面 見面 jiàn miàn to meet / to see each other / CL: 次

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
自己 zì jǐ oneself / one's own
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance) / alone (without company)
self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely
self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / sixth in order / letter "F" or roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa

Travel 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
zhèng

zhèng
to admonish / variant of 證|证

certificate / proof / to prove / to demonstrate / to confirm / variant of 症
qiān

qiān
to sign one's name / visa / variant of 籤|签

inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag
zhào according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) / photo / as requested / as before
to protect
护照 護照 hù zhào passport / CL: 本, 個|个
签证 簽證 qiān zhèng visa / certificate / to certify / CL: 個|个

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
发现 發現 fā xiàn to find / to discover
起飞 起飛 qǐ fēi (of an aircraft) to take off
离开 離開 lí kāi to depart / to leave


to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)

hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3]

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
检查 檢查 jiǎn chá inspection / to examine / to inspect / CL: 次
行李 xíng li luggage / CL: 件
安全 ān quán safe / secure / safety / security
jiǎn to check / to examine / to inspect / to exercise restraint
Zhā

chá

zhā
surname Zha

to research / to check / to investigate / to examine / to refer to / to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

see 山查

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
几乎 幾乎 jī hū almost / nearly / practically
忘记 忘記 wàng jì to forget
海关 海關 hǎi guān customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL: 個|个
wàng to forget / to overlook / to neglect
to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots




small table

almost

how much / how many / several / a few
(classical particle similar to 於|于) in / at / from / because / than / (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗, 吧, 呢, expressing question, doubt or astonishment)

Languages 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
yán words / speech / to say / to talk


surname Yi / abbr. for 易經|易经, the Book of Changes

easy / amiable / to change / to exchange
Róng

róng
surname Rong

to hold / to contain / to allow / to tolerate / appearance / look / countenance
zhǒng

zhòng
seed / species / kind / type / classifier for types, kinds, sorts

to plant / to grow / to cultivate
容易 róng yì easy / likely / liable (to)
jiǔ (long) time / (long) duration of time
语言 語言 yǔ yán language / CL: 門|门, 種|种
xué to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
gēng

gèng
to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)

more / even more / further / still / still more
努力 nǔ lì great effort / to strive / to try hard
汉字 漢字 hàn zì Chinese character / CL: 個|个 / Japanese: kanji / Korean: hanja / Vietnamese: hán tự
to exert / to strive


surname Li

power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
提高 tí gāo to raise / to increase / to improve
水平 shuǐ píng level (of achievement etc) / standard / horizontal
后来 後來 hòu lái afterwards / later
kǎo

kǎo
to beat / to hit / variant of 考 / to inspect / to test / to take an exam

to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father
to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid
Píng

píng
surname Ping

flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / see also 平聲|平声

Personality and Feelings

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
看起来 看起來 kàn qǐ lai seemingly / apparently / looks as if / appear to be / gives the impression that / seems on the face of it to be
奇怪 qí guài strange / odd / to marvel / to be baffled
生气 生氣 shēng qì to get angry / to take offense / angry / vitality / liveliness
紧张 緊張 jǐn zhāng nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained / in short supply / scarce / CL: 陣|阵


odd (number)

strange / odd / weird / wonderful / surprisingly / unusually
guài bewildering / odd / strange / uncanny / devil / monster / to wonder at / to blame / quite / rather
jǐn tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult
de

-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

earth / ground / field / place / land / CL: 片
xiǎng to think / to believe / to suppose / to wish / to want / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to cry / to weep
可怕 kě pà awful / dreadful / fearful / formidable / frightful / scary / hideous / horrible / terrible / terribly

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
热情 熱情 rè qíng cordial / enthusiastic / passion / passionate / passionately
关心 關心 guān xīn to be concerned about / to care about
经常 經常 jīng cháng frequently / constantly / regularly / often / day-to-day / everyday / daily
遇到 yù dào to meet / to run into / to come across
好笑 hǎo xiào laughable / funny / ridiculous


surname Yu

to meet / to encounter / to treat / to receive / opportunity / chance

School 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
qiú to seek / to look for / to request / to demand / to beseech
Jiào

jiāo

jiào
surname Jiao

to teach

religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell
Bān

bān
surname Ban

team / class / squad / work shift / ranking / CL: 個|个 / classifier for groups
校长 校長 xiào zhǎng (college, university) president / headmaster / CL: 個|个, 位, 名
要求 yāo qiú to request / to require / requirement / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand / CL: 點|点
食堂 shí táng dining hall / CL: 個|个, 間|间
shí

to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse

to feed
táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL: 間|间 / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
必须 必須 bì xū to have to / must / compulsory / necessarily
完成 wán chéng to complete / to accomplish
作业 作業 zuò yè school assignment / homework / work / task / operation / CL: 個|个 / to operate
高中 gāo zhōng

gāo zhòng
senior high school / abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学

to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)
certainly / must / will / necessarily
Chéng

chéng
surname Cheng

to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth


must / to have to / to wait

beard / mustache / feeler (of an insect etc) / tassel


surname Ye

line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Xiàng

xiàng

xiàng
surname Xiang

towards / to face / to turn towards / direction / to support / to side with / shortly before / formerly / always / all along

to tend toward / to guide / variant of 向
jiè to lend / to borrow / by means of / to take (an opportunity)
笔记 筆記 bǐ jì to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL: 本
铅笔 鉛筆 qiān bǐ (lead) pencil / CL: 支, 枝, 桿|杆
qiān lead (chemistry)
zhǐ paper / CL: 張|张, 沓 / classifier for documents, letter etc

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
清楚 qīng chu clear / distinct / to understand thoroughly / to be clear about
黑板 hēi bǎn blackboard / CL: 塊|块, 個|个
笔记本 筆記本 bǐ jì běn notebook (stationery) / CL: 本 / notebook (computing)
Qīng

qīng
Qing or Ch'ing dynasty of Imperial China (1644-1911) / surname Qing

clear / distinct / quiet / just and honest / pure / to settle or clear up / to clean up or purge
Chǔ

chǔ
surname Chu / abbr. for Hubei 湖北省 and Hunan 湖南省 provinces together / Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC)

distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old)
bǎn

bǎn

pàn
board / plank / plate / shutter / table tennis bat / clappers (music) / CL: 塊|块 / accented beat in Chinese music / hard / stiff / to stop smiling or look serious

see 老闆|老板, boss

to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
体育馆 體育館 tǐ yù guǎn gym / gymnasium / stadium / CL: 個|个

Future

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
huà to make into / to change into / -ization / to ... -ize / to transform / abbr. for 化學|化学
suàn to regard as / to figure / to calculate / to compute
bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself) / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately
biàn to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion
打算 dǎ suàn to plan / to intend / to calculate / plan / intention / calculation / CL: 個|个
变化 變化 biàn huà change / variation / to change / to vary / CL: 個|个
机会 機會 jī huì opportunity / chance / occasion / CL: 個|个

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
留学 留學 liú xué to study abroad
国家 國家 guó jiā country / nation / state / CL: 個|个
选择 選擇 xuǎn zé to select / to pick / choice / option / alternative
xuǎn to choose / to pick / to select / to elect
to select / to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to differentiate / to eliminate / also pr. [zhai2]

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
结婚 結婚 jié hūn to marry / to get married / CL: 次
愿意 願意 yuàn yì to wish / to want / ready / willing (to do sth)
认真 認真 rèn zhēn conscientious / earnest / serious / to take seriously / to take to heart
jiē

jié
(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds) / Taiwan pr. [jie2]

knot / sturdy / bond / to tie / to bind / to check out (of a hotel)
yuàn

yuàn
honest / prudent / variant of 願|愿

to hope / to wish / to desire / hoped-for / ready / willing
hūn to marry / marriage / wedding / to take a wife

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
当然 當然 dāng rán only natural / as it should be / certainly / of course / without doubt
放心 fàng xīn to feel relieved / to feel reassured / to be at ease
害怕 hài pà to be afraid / to be scared
dāng

dāng

dàng
(onom.) dong / ding dong (bell)

to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at

at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student)
hài to do harm to / to cause trouble to / harm / evil / calamity


surname Pa

to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure / perhaps
分手 fēn shǒu to part company / to split up / to break up

Environment

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
jìng border / place / condition / boundary / circumstances / territory
Huán

huán
surname Huan

ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in
céng layer / stratum / laminated / floor (of a building) / storey / classifier for layers / repeated / sheaf (math.)
方便 fāng biàn convenient / suitable / to facilitate / to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself
环境 環境 huán jìng environment / circumstances / surroundings / CL: 個|个 / ambient

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Huā

huā
surname Hua

flower / blossom / CL: 朵, 支, 束, 把, 盆, 簇 / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time)
cǎo grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL: 棵, 撮, 株, 根
太阳 太陽 tài yang sun / CL: 個|个 / abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴
星星 xīng xing star in the sky
yáng positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴 ☯

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
安静 安靜 ān jìng quiet / peaceful / calm
Lóu

lóu
surname Lou

house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL: 層|层, 座, 棟|栋
shǎng

shàng
see 上聲|上声

on top / upon / above / upper / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university)
lái to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
jìng still / calm / quiet / not moving

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
声音 聲音 shēng yīn voice / sound / CL: 個|个
影响 影響 yǐng xiǎng influence / effect / to influence / to affect (usually adversely) / to disturb / CL: 股
邻居 鄰居 lín jū neighbor / next door / CL: 個|个
xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
shēng sound / voice / tone / noise / classifier for sounds
lín neighbor / adjacent / close to
xiǎng echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises




surname Ju

(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude

to reside / to be (in a certain position) / to store up / to be at a standstill / residence / house / restaurant / classifier for bedrooms

Lesson - 5
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
垃圾 lā jī trash / refuse / garbage / (coll.) of poor quality / Taiwan pr. [le4 se4]
tǒng bucket / (trash) can / barrel (of oil etc) / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
diū to lose / to put aside / to throw
zàng

zāng
viscera / (anatomy) organ

dirty / filthy
see 垃圾 / Taiwan pr. [le4]
see 垃圾 / Taiwan pr. [se4]

Work

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
先生 Xiān sheng

xiān sheng
Mister (Mr.)

teacher / husband / doctor (dialect) / CL: 位
小姐 xiǎo jie young lady / miss / (slang) prostitute / CL: 個|个, 位
经理 經理 jīng lǐ manager / director / CL: 個|个, 位, 名
同事 tóng shì colleague / co-worker / CL: 個|个, 位

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
突然 tū rán sudden / abrupt / unexpected
重要 zhòng yào important / significant / major
会议 會議 huì yì meeting / conference / CL: 場|场, 屆|届
to dash / to move forward quickly / to bulge / to protrude / to break through / to rush out / sudden / Taiwan pr. [tu2]
chóng

zhòng
to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer

heavy / serious / to attach importance to
to comment on / to discuss / to suggest
wàng to forget / to overlook / to neglect

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
解决 解決 jiě jué to settle (a dispute) / to resolve / to solve / to dispose of / to dispatch
办法 辦法 bàn fǎ means / method / way (of doing sth) / CL: 條|条, 個|个
相信 xiāng xìn to be convinced (that sth is true) / to believe / to accept sth as true
jué to decide / to determine / to execute (sb) / (of a dam etc) to breach or burst / definitely / certainly


France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国 / Taiwan pr. [Fa4]

law / method / way / Buddhist teaching / Legalist
Xiāng

xiāng

xiàng
surname Xiang

each other / one another / mutually

appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
Xiè

jiě

jiè

xiè
surname Xie

to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection

to transport under guard

acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈 and 邂 (old)

Culture

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
jiè boundary / scope / extent / circles / group / kingdom (taxonomy)
river / CL: 條|条, 道
Shì

shì
surname Shi

life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble
黄河 黃河 Huáng Hé Yellow River or Huang He
动物 動物 dòng wù animal / CL: 隻|只, 群, 個|个
有名 yǒu míng famous / well-known
世界 shì jiè world / CL: 個|个
长江 長江 Cháng Jiāng Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
Jiāng

jiāng
surname Jiang

river / CL: 條|条, 道

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
多么 多麼 duō me how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent
熊猫 熊貓 xióng māo panda / CL: 隻|只
西安 Xī ān Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省 in northwest China / see 西安區|西安区
ā

á

ǎ

à

a
interjection of surprise / Ah! / Oh!

interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer / Eh? / what?

interjection of surprise or doubt / Eh? / My! / what's up?

interjection or grunt of agreement / uhm / Ah, OK / expression of recognition / Oh, it's you!

modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
Xióng

xióng
surname Xiong

bear / to scold / to rebuke / brilliant light / to shine brightly
长城 長城 Cháng chéng the Great Wall
故宫 故宮 Gù gōng

gù gōng
the Forbidden City / abbr. for 故宮博物院|故宫博物院

former imperial palace
Gōng

gōng
surname Gong

palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale

Hobbies 3

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Shān

shān
surname Shan

mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL: 座 / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable
zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this
to crawl / to climb / to get up or sit up
huò maybe / perhaps / might / possibly / or
自行车 自行車 zì xíng chē bicycle / bike / CL: 輛|辆
或者 huò zhě or / possibly / maybe / perhaps
爬山 pá shān to climb a mountain / to mountaineer / hiking / mountaineering
功夫 gōng fu skill / art / kung fu / labor / effort
gōng meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
duì right / correct / couple / pair / towards / at / for / to face / opposite / to treat (sb a certain way) / to match together / to adjust / to fit / to suit / to answer / to reply / classifier: couple
文化 wén huà culture / civilization / cultural / CL: 個|个, 種|种
历史 歷史 lì shǐ history / CL: 門|门, 段
兴趣 興趣 xìng qù interest (desire to know about sth) / interest (thing in which one is interested) / hobby / CL: 個|个
感兴趣 感興趣 gǎn xìng qù to be interested


calendar

to experience / to undergo / to pass through / all / each / every / history
interesting / to interest
Shǐ

shǐ
surname Shi

history / annals / title of an official historian in ancient China

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
为了 為了 wèi le in order to / for the purpose of / so as to
特别 特別 tè bié especially / special / particular / unusual
了解 liǎo jiě

liǎo jiě
to understand / to realize / to find out

to understand / to realize / to find out
麻将 麻將 má jiàng mahjong / CL: 副
special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very


surname Ma

generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL: 縷|缕 / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb
jiāng

jiàng

qiāng
will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把)

general / commander-in-chief (military) / king (chess piece) / to command / to lead

to desire / to invite / to request
le

liǎo

liǎo
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause) / (completed action marker)

to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭|了 / to understand clearly

(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly

Health 3

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition


surname Gu

to look after / to take into consideration / to attend to
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned
mēn

mèn
stuffy / shut indoors / to smother / to cover tightly

bored / depressed / melancholy / sealed / airtight / tightly closed
tuǐ

tuǐ
leg / CL: 條|条

hip bone / old variant of 腿
zhào according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) / photo / as requested / as before
照顾 照顧 zhào gu to take care of / to show consideration / to attend to / to look after

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
公斤 gōng jīn kilogram (kg)
着急 著急 zháo jí to worry / to feel anxious / Taiwan pr. [zhao1 ji2]
shòu thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive
jīn catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
urgent / pressing / rapid / hurried / worried / to make (sb) anxious
zhāo

zháo

zhe

zhuó
(chess) move / trick / all right! / (dialect) to add

to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in

aspect particle indicating action in progress

to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
咳嗽 ké sou to cough / CL: 陣|阵
抽烟 抽煙 chōu yān to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
hāi

sound of sighing

cough
sòu cough
chōu to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash
yān cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL: 根 / smoke / mist / vapour / CL: 縷|缕 / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

Travel 3

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances)


guì
Salix multinervis

cupboard / cabinet / wardrobe
zhuǎi

zhuǎn

zhuàn
see 轉文|转文

to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail)

to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about / classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm / classifier for repeated actions
转机 轉機 zhuǎn jī (to take) a turn for the better / to change planes
柜台 櫃檯 guì tái sales counter / front desk / bar / (of markets, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter)
国际 國際 guó jì international

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
换钱 換錢 huàn qián to change money / to sell
银行 銀行 yín háng bank / CL: 家, 個|个
充电 充電 chōng diàn to recharge batteries / fig. to rest and recuperate
国内 國內 guó nèi domestic / internal (to a country) / civil
yín silver / silver-colored / relating to money or currency
chōng to fill / to satisfy / to fulfill / to act in place of / substitute / sufficient / full
nèi inside / inner / internal / within / interior
háng

xíng
row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column

to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
充值 chōng zhí to recharge (money onto a card)
漫游 漫遊 màn yóu to travel around / to roam / (mobile telephony) roaming
电话卡 電話卡 diàn huà kǎ telephone card
zhí value / (to be) worth / to happen to / to be on duty

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
订房 訂房 dìng fáng to reserve a room
退房 tuì fáng to check out of a hotel room
取消 qǔ xiāo to cancel / cancellation
导游 導遊 dǎo yóu tour guide / guidebook / to conduct a tour
dìng to agree / to conclude / to draw up / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to order
to take / to get / to choose / to fetch
dǎo to transmit / to lead / to guide / to conduct / to direct
xiāo to disappear / to vanish / to eliminate / to spend (time) / have to / need

Languages 3

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition


to answer / to agree

reply / answer / return / respond / echo
sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse
Shàn

dān
surname Shan

bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL: 個|个
jiǎn simple / uncomplicated / letter / to choose / to select / bamboo strips used for writing (old)
简单 簡單 jiǎn dān simple / not complicated
句子 jù zi sentence / CL: 個|个
回答 huí dá to reply / to answer / the answer / CL: 個|个

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
词典 詞典 cí diǎn dictionary (of Chinese compound words) / also written 辭典|辞典 / CL: 部, 本
应用 應用 yìng yòng to use / to apply / application / applicable
语法 語法 yǔ fǎ grammar
流利 liú lì fluent
word / statement / speech / lyrics / CL: 組|组, 個|个 / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 / CL: 首
liú to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade


surname Li

sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit
diǎn canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn
Yìng

yīng

yìng
surname Ying

to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall

to answer / to respond / to comply with / to deal or cope with

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
下载 下載 xià zǎi to download / also pr. [xia4 zai4]
多邻国 duō lín guó duolingo
翻译 翻譯 fān yì to translate / to interpret / translator / interpreter / translation / interpretation / CL: 個|个, 位, 名
fān to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross
zǎi

zài
to record in writing / to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc) / Taiwan pr. [zai4] / year

to carry / to convey / to load / to hold / to fill up / and / also / as well as / simultaneously
to translate / to interpret

House

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition


to hold / to contain / to grasp / to take hold of / handle / particle marking the following noun as a direct object / classifier for objects with handle / classifier for small objects: handful

handle
dēng lamp / light / lantern / CL: 盞|盏
空调 空調 kōng tiáo air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL: 臺|台
kōng

kòng
empty / air / sky / in vain

to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
fàng to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)
huà to draw / picture / painting / CL: 幅, 張|张 / classifier for paintings etc / variant of 劃|划
厨房 廚房 chú fáng kitchen / CL: 間|间
客厅 客廳 kè tīng drawing room (room for arriving guests) / living room / CL: 間|间
chú kitchen
tīng (reception) hall / living room / office / provincial government department

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
客人 kè rén visitor / guest / customer / client / CL: 位
打扫 打掃 dǎ sǎo to clean / to sweep
干净 乾淨 gān jìng clean / neat
sǎo

sào
to sweep

broom
jìng clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
电梯 電梯 diàn tī elevator / escalator / CL: 臺|台, 部
huài bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost
bèi quilt / by / (indicates passive-voice clauses) / (literary) to cover / to meet with
厕所 廁所 cè suǒ toilet / lavatory / CL: 間|间, 處|处


restroom / toilet / lavatory

see 茅廁|茅厕
ladder / stairs

Exam

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
hán cold / poor / to tremble
shǔ heat / hot weather / summer heat


to go and return / to return / to resume / to return to a normal or original state / to repeat / again / to recover / to restore / to turn over / to reply / to answer / to reply to a letter / to retaliate / to carry out

to repeat / to double / to overlap / complex (not simple) / compound / composite / double / diplo- / duplicate / overlapping / to duplicate
记得 記得 jì de to remember
复习 復習 fù xí to review / revision / CL: 次
数学 數學 shù xué mathematics / mathematical
放假 fàng jià to have a holiday or vacation
暑假 shǔ jià summer vacation / CL: 個|个
寒假 hán jià winter vacation

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
终于 終於 zhōng yú at last / in the end / finally / eventually
结束 結束 jié shù termination / to finish / to end / to conclude / to close
放松 放鬆 fàng sōng to loosen / to relax
大学 大學 Dà xué

dà xué
the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书 in Confucianism

university / college / CL: 所
zhōng end / finish
jiē

jié
(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds) / Taiwan pr. [jie2]

knot / sturdy / bond / to tie / to bind / to check out (of a hotel)
Sōng

sōng

sōng
surname Song

pine / CL: 棵

loose / to loosen / to relax




surname Yu

to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於|于

in / at / to / from / by / than / out of
Shù

shù
surname Shu

to bind / bunch / bundle / classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc / to control

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
成绩 成績 chéng jì achievement / performance records / grades / CL: 項|项, 個|个
担心 擔心 dān xīn anxious / worried / uneasy / to worry / to be anxious
wéi

wèi
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)

because of / for / to
专业 專業 zhuān yè specialty / specialized field / main field of study (at university) / major / CL: 門|门, 個|个 / professional
Chéng

chéng
surname Cheng

to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth
dān

dàn
to undertake / to carry / to shoulder / to take responsibility

picul (100 catties, 50 kg) / two buckets full / carrying pole and its load / classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole
zhuān for a particular person, occasion, purpose / focused on one thing / special / expert / particular (to sth) / concentrated / specialized
to spin (hemp etc) / merit / accomplishment / Taiwan pr. [ji1]

Travel 4

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Jǐng

jǐng
surname Jing

bright / circumstance / scenery
jiē street / CL: 條|条
地图 地圖 dì tú map / CL: 張|张, 本
to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
chū to go out / to come out / to occur / to produce / to go beyond / to rise / to put forth / to happen / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
街道 jiē dào street / CL: 條|条 / subdistrict / residential district
红绿灯 紅綠燈 hóng lǜ dēng traffic light / traffic signal
风景 風景 fēng jǐng scenery / landscape / CL: 個|个

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
司机 司機 sī jī chauffeur / driver / CL: 個|个
jiē to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb
免费 免費 miǎn fèi free (of charge)
打车 打車 dǎ chē to take a taxi (in town) / to hitch a lift
观光 觀光 guān guāng to tour / sightseeing / tourism
miǎn to excuse sb / to exempt / to remove or dismiss from office / to avoid / to avert / to escape / to be prohibited
Guàn

guān

guàn
surname Guan

to look at / to watch / to observe / to behold / to advise / concept / point of view / outlook

Taoist monastery / palace gate watchtower / platform
guāng light / ray / CL: 道 / bright / only / merely / to use up

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
小心 xiǎo xīn to be careful / to take care
Guò

guò

guo
surname Guo

to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-

(experienced action marker)
时差 時差 shí chā time difference / time lag / jet lag
马路 馬路 mǎ lù street / road / CL: 條|条
参观 參觀 cān guān to look around / to tour / to visit
博物馆 博物館 bó wù guǎn museum
extensive / ample / rich / obtain / aim / to win / to get / plentiful / to gamble
chā

chà

chāi
difference / discrepancy / to differ / error / to err / to make a mistake

to differ from / to fall short of / lacking / wrong / inferior

to send / to commission / messenger / mission

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
安排 ān pái to arrange / to plan / to set up / arrangements / plans
活动 活動 huó dòng to exercise / to move about / to operate / to use connections (personal influence) / loose / shaky / active / movable / activity / campaign / maneuver / behavior / CL: 項|项, 個|个
表演 biǎo yǎn play / show / performance / exhibition / to perform / to act / to demonstrate / CL: 場|场
海边 海邊 hǎi biān coast / seaside / seashore / beach
pái a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc
huó to live / alive / living / work / workmanship
yǎn to develop / to evolve / to practice / to perform / to play / to act

Communication 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
yóu post (office) / mail
刚才 剛才 gāng cái

gāng cái
just now / a moment ago

(just) a moment ago
电子邮件 電子郵件 diàn zǐ yóu jiàn email / CL: 封, 份
huí

huí
to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)

to curve / to return / to revolve


to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)

hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3]

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
主要 zhǔ yào main / principal / major / primary
短信 duǎn xìn text message / SMS
关于 關於 guān yú pertaining to / concerning / with regard to / about / a matter of
zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games)

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
登录 登錄 dēng lù to register / to log in
密码 密碼 mì mǎ secret code / ciphertext / password / PIN
信号 信號 xìn hào signal
dēng to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)


surname Mi / name of an ancient state

secret / confidential / close / thick / dense
weight / number / code / to pile / to stack / classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc


surname Lu

diary / record / to hit / to copy

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
Duàn

duàn
surname Duan

paragraph / section / segment / stage (of a process) / classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
其实 其實 qí shí actually / in fact / really
过去 過去 guò qù

guò qu
(in the) past / former / previous / to go over / to pass by

(verb suffix)
Tán

tán
surname Tan

to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss
shí real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely

Work 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
同意 tóng yì to agree / to consent / to approve
决定 決定 jué dìng to decide (to do something) / to resolve / decision / CL: 個|个, 項|项 / certainly
根据 根據 gēn jù according to / based on / basis / foundation / CL: 個|个
升职 升職 shēng zhí to get promoted (at work etc) / promotion
dìng to set / to fix / to determine / to decide / to order
gēn root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL: 條|条 / radical (chemistry)


see 拮据

according to / to act in accordance with / to depend on / to seize / to occupy
shēng to ascend / to rise to the rank of / to promote / to hoist / liter / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗
zhí office / duty

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
满意 滿意 mǎn yì satisfied / pleased / to one's satisfaction
认为 認為 rèn wéi to believe / to think / to consider / to feel
出差 chū chāi to go on an official or business trip
表现 表現 biǎo xiàn to show / to show off / to display / to manifest / expression / manifestation / show / display / performance (at work etc) / behavior
滿 Mǎn

mǎn
Manchu ethnic group

to fill / full / filled / packed / fully / completely / quite / to reach the limit / to satisfy / satisfied / contented
wéi

wèi
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)

because of / for / to
chā

chà

chāi
difference / discrepancy / to differ / error / to err / to make a mistake

to differ from / to fall short of / lacking / wrong / inferior

to send / to commission / messenger / mission

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
老板 老闆 Lǎo bǎn

lǎo bǎn
Robam (brand)

boss / business proprietor / CL: 個|个
麻烦 麻煩 má fan inconvenient / troublesome / annoying / to trouble or bother sb / to put sb to trouble
开会 開會 kāi huì to hold a meeting / to attend a meeting
面试 面試 miàn shì to be interviewed (as a candidate) / interview
bǎn

bǎn

pàn
board / plank / plate / shutter / table tennis bat / clappers (music) / CL: 塊|块 / accented beat in Chinese music / hard / stiff / to stop smiling or look serious

see 老闆|老板, boss

to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
fán to feel vexed / to bother / to trouble / superfluous and confusing / edgy

Festivals

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
bǐng round flat cake / cookie / cake / pastry / CL: 張|张
Yuán

yuán
surname Yuan

land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation
月亮 yuè liang the moon
月饼 月餅 yuè bǐng mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)
中秋节 中秋節 Zhōng qiū jié the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
yuán circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (Yuan) / tactful / to justify

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
恭喜 gōng xǐ congratulations / greetings
红包 紅包 hóng bāo money wrapped in red as a gift / bonus payment / kickback / bribe
汤圆 湯圓 tāng yuán boiled balls of glutinous rice flour, eaten during the Lantern Festival
聚会 聚會 jù huì party / gathering / to meet / to get together
发财 發財 fā cái to get rich
gōng respectful
to congregate / to assemble / to mass / to gather together / to amass / to polymerize
cái money / wealth / riches / property / valuables

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
端午节 端午節 Duān wǔ jié Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
粽子 zòng zi glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and boiled
huá

huá

huà
to row / to paddle / profitable / worth (the effort) / it pays (to do sth)

to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match)

to delimit / to transfer / to assign / to plan / to draw (a line) / stroke of a Chinese character
龙舟 龍舟 lóng zhōu dragon boat / imperial boat
duān end / extremity / item / port / to hold sth level with both hands / to carry / regular
zòng rice dumplings wrapped in leaves
Lóng

lóng
surname Long

dragon / CL: 條|条 / imperial
zhōu boat

Gourmet 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
zhū bead / pearl / CL: 粒, 顆|颗
Tāng

shāng

tāng
surname Tang

rushing current

soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled
suān sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical / an acid
zhēn precious thing / treasure / culinary delicacy / rare / valuable / to value highly
珍珠奶茶 zhēn zhū nǎi chá pearl milk tea / tapioca milk tea / bubble milk tea
酸辣汤 酸辣湯 suān là tāng hot and sour soup / sour and spicy soup

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
北京烤鸭 北京烤鴨 Běi jīng kǎo yā Peking Duck
春卷 春捲 chūn juǎn egg roll / spring roll
豆花 dòu huā jellied tofu / soft bean curd
kǎo to roast / to bake / to broil
duck / CL: 隻|只 / (slang) male prostitute
juǎn

juàn

juǎn
to roll up / roll / classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)

scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll

to roll (up) / to sweep up / to carry on / roll

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
宫保鸡丁 宮保雞丁 gōng bǎo jī dīng Kung Pao Chicken / spicy diced chicken
卤肉饭 lǔ ròu fàn Braised pork on rice
馒头 饅頭 mán tou steamed roll / steamed bun / steamed bread / CL: 個|个
Bǎo

bǎo
Bulgaria / Bulgarian / abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚

to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure


to stew in soy sauce and spices

alkaline soil / salt / brine / halogen (chemistry) / crass / stupid
mán steamed bread
Dīng

dīng
surname Ding

fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / fourth in order / letter "D" or roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / butyl / cubes (of food)

Internet Slang

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
háo grand / heroic
zhái residence / (coll.) to stay in at home / to hang around at home


Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音
土豪 tǔ háo local tyrant / local strong man / (slang) nouveau riche
吃货 吃貨 chī huò chowhound / foodie / a good-for-nothing
宅男 zhái nán a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku")

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
菜鸟 菜鳥 cài niǎo (coll.) sb new to a particular subject / rookie / beginner / newbie
美图 měi tú
méng to sprout / to bud / to have a strong affection for (slang) / adorable (loanword from Japanese 萌え moe, slang describing affection for a cute character)
自拍 zì pāi to take a picture or video of oneself

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
jiǒng variant of 冏 / used as emoticon ("smiley") meaning embarrassed, sad :-(, depressed or frustrated
美眉 měi méi (coll.) pretty girl
高富帅 高富帥 gāo fù shuài "Mr Perfect" (i.e. tall, rich and handsome) (Internet slang)
méi eyebrow / upper margin


surname Fu

rich / abundant / wealthy

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
shuā

shuà
to brush / to paint / to daub / to paste up / to skip class (of students) / to fire from a job

to select
微博 wēi bó micro-blogging / microblog
微信 Wēi xìn Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 騰訊|腾讯)
朋友圈 Péng you quān Moments (social networking function of smartphone app WeChat 微信)
Wēi

wēi
surname Wei / ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing / Taiwan pr. [Wei2]

tiny / miniature / slightly / profound / abtruse / to decline / one millionth part of / micro- / Taiwan pr. [wei2]
juān

juàn

quān
to confine / to lock up / to pen in

pen (pig) / a fold

circle / ring / loop / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / CL: 個|个 / to surround / to circle

Lesson - 5
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
关注 關注 guān zhù to pay attention to / to follow sth closely / concern / interest / attention
diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更 / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items
zàn to patronize / to support / to praise / (Internet slang) to like (an online post on Facebook etc)
转发 轉發 zhuǎn fā to transmit / to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data) / to pass on / to republish (an article from another publication)
好友 hǎo yǒu close friend / pal / (social networking website) friend / CL: 個|个
Jiā

jiā
abbr. for Canada 加拿大 / surname Jia

to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)

Lesson - 6
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
粉丝 粉絲 fěn sī bean vermicelli / mung bean starch noodles / Chinese vermicelli / cellophane noodles / CL: 把 / fan (loanword) / enthusiast for sb or sth
分享 fēn xiǎng to share (let others have some of sth good)
评论 評論 píng lùn to comment on / to discuss / comment / commentary / CL: 篇
fěn powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / whitewash / white / pink
silk / thread / trace / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / CL: 條|条 / classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc
xiǎng to enjoy / to benefit / to have the use of
píng to discuss / to comment / to criticize / to judge / to choose (by public appraisal)
Lún

lùn
abbr. for 論語|论语, The Analects (of Confucius)

opinion / view / theory / doctrine / to discuss / to talk about / to regard / to consider / per / by the (kilometer, hour etc)

Business 1

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
xiāo to melt (metal) / to cancel or annul / to sell / to spend / to fasten with a bolt / bolt or pin


see 拮据

according to / to act in accordance with / to depend on / to seize / to occupy
收据 收據 shōu jù receipt / CL: 張|张
报销 報銷 bào xiāo to submit an expense account / to apply for reimbursement / to write off / to wipe out
费用 費用 fèi yòng cost / expenditure / expense / CL: 筆|笔, 個|个

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
尽快 儘快 jǐn kuài

jìn kuài
as quickly as possible / as soon as possible / with all speed

see 儘快|尽快
回复 回復 huí fù to reply / to recover / to return (to a previous condition) / Re: in reply to (email)
报告 報告 bào gào to inform / to report / to make known / report / speech / talk / lecture / CL: 篇, 份, 個|个, 通
协议 協議 xié yì agreement / pact / protocol / CL: 項|项
jǐn

jìn
to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to

to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely
xié to cooperate / to harmonize / to help / to assist / to join
to comment on / to discuss / to suggest

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
合同 hé tong (business) contract / CL: 個|个
项目 項目 xiàng mù item / project / (sports) event / CL: 個|个
签名 簽名 qiān míng to sign (one's name with a pen etc) / to autograph / signature
汇报 匯報 huì bào

huì bào
to report / to give an account of / to collect information and report back

to report / to give an account of / report


100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗

to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale / old variant of 盒
Xiàng

xiàng
surname Xiang

back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc
huì

huì
to remit / to converge (of rivers) / to exchange

class / collection

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
广告 廣告 guǎng gào to advertise / a commercial / advertisement / CL: 項|项
预算 預算 yù suàn budget
资本 資本 zī běn capital (economics)
low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline
广 Guǎng

guǎng
surname Guang

wide / numerous / to spread
resources / capital / to provide / to supply / to support / money / expense

Business 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
xiǎn danger / dangerous / rugged
tóu to cast / to send / to throw oneself (into the river etc) / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of
保险 保險 bǎo xiǎn insurance / to insure / safe / secure / be sure / be bound to / CL: 份
风险 風險 fēng xiǎn risk / hazard
投资 投資 tóu zī investment / to invest

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
律师 律師 lǜ shī lawyer
版权 版權 bǎn quán copyright
咨询 咨詢 zī xún to consult / to seek advice / consultation / (sales) inquiry (formal)


surname Lü

law
bǎn a register / block of printing / edition / version / page
to consult
Quán

quán
surname Quan

authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary
xún to ask about / to inquire about

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
保持 bǎo chí to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve
联系 聯繫 lián xì connection / contact / relation / to get in touch with / to integrate / to link / to touch
guì expensive / noble / precious / (honorific) your
miǎn to excuse sb / to exempt / to remove or dismiss from office / to avoid / to avert / to escape / to be prohibited
lián to ally / to unite / to join / (poetry) antithetical couplet
chí to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control

Lesson - 4
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
合作 hé zuò to cooperate / to collaborate / to work together / cooperation / CL: 個|个
愉快 yú kuài cheerful / cheerily / delightful / pleasant / pleasantly / pleasing / happy / delighted
辛苦 xīn kǔ exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s)
感谢 感謝 gǎn xiè (express) thanks / gratitude / grateful / thankful / thanks
pleased
Xīn

xīn
surname Xin

(of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / letter "H" or roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa

Emergency

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
shāng to injure / injury / wound
shòu to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker)
to protect
jiù to save / to assist / to rescue
jǐng to alert / to warn / police
报警 報警 bào jǐng to sound an alarm / to report sth to the police
救护车 救護車 jiù hù chē ambulance / CL: 輛|辆
受伤 受傷 shòu shāng to sustain injuries / wounded (in an accident etc) / harmed

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
救命 jiù mìng to save sb's life / (interj.) Help! / Save me!
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen / to occur / to take place / to break out
意外 yì wài unexpected / accident / mishap / CL: 個|个
严重 嚴重 yán zhòng grave / serious / severe / critical
Yán

yán
surname Yan

tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father
mìng life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
tōu to steal / to pilfer / to snatch / thief / stealthily
shì matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL: 件, 樁|桩, 回
警察 jǐng chá police / police officer / CL: 個|个
Chá

chá
short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔

to examine / to inquire / to observe / to inspect / to look into / obvious / clearly evident

Work 3

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
jiǎng prize / award / encouragement / CL: 個|个
工资 工資 gōng zī wages / pay / CL: 個|个, 份, 月
加班 jiā bān to work overtime
奖金 獎金 jiǎng jīn premium / award money / bonus
生意 shēng yì

shēng yi
life force / vitality

business / CL: 筆|笔

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
压力 壓力 yā lì pressure
责任 責任 zé rèn responsibility / blame / duty / CL: 個|个
商量 shāng liang to consult / to talk over / to discuss
意见 意見 yì jiàn idea / opinion / suggestion / objection / complaint / CL: 點|点, 條|条


to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure

see 壓根兒|压根儿
duty / responsibility / to reproach / to blame
Rén

rèn
surname Ren / Ren County 任縣|任县 in Hebei

to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)

Lesson - 3
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
误会 誤會 wù huì to misunderstand / to mistake / misunderstanding / CL: 個|个
抱歉 bào qiàn to be sorry / to feel apologetic / sorry!
原谅 原諒 yuán liàng to excuse / to forgive / to pardon
mistake / error / to miss / to harm / to delay / to neglect / mistakenly
bào to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish
Yuán

yuán
Hara (Japanese surname)

former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source
qiàn to apologize / to regret / deficient
liàng to show understanding / to excuse / to presume / to expect

Weather 2

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
干燥 乾燥 gān zào to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc) / desiccation / dull / uninteresting / arid
暖和 nuǎn huo warm / nice and warm
凉快 涼快 liáng kuai nice and cold / pleasantly cool
zào dry / parched / impatient
nuǎn warm / to warm








huó

huò
surname He / Japanese (food, clothes etc)

and / together with / with / sum / union / peace / harmony / Taiwan pr. [han4] when it means "and" or "with"

to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence / to join in the singing / to chime in with others

to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards

to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4]

to mix (ingredients) together / to blend / classifier for rinses of clothes / classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
Liáng

liáng

liàng
the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)

cool / cold

to let sth cool down

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
温度 溫度 wēn dù temperature / CL: 個|个


duó
to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences

to estimate / Taiwan pr. [duo4]
大约 大約 dà yuē approximately / probably
Wēn

wēn
surname Wen

warm / lukewarm / temperature / to warm up / mild / soft / tender / to review (a lesson etc) / fever (TCM) / old variant of 瘟

Duo

Lesson - 1
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
yīng eagle / falcon / hawk
Máo

máo
surname Mao

hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分)
feather / 5th note in pentatonic scale
chéng orange tree / orange (color)
猫头鹰 貓頭鷹 māo tóu yīng owl
羽毛 yǔ máo feather / plumage / plume
多儿 duō er

Lesson - 2
Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Pinyin English Definition
鼓励 鼓勵 gǔ lì to encourage
提醒 tí xǐng to remind / to call attention to / to warn of
lǎn lazy
放弃 放棄 fàng qì to renounce / to abandon / to give up
drum / CL: 通, 面 / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell


surname Li

to encourage / to urge
xǐng to wake up / to be awake / to become aware / to sober up / to come to
to abandon / to relinquish / to discard / to throw away