HSK 5

吧

ba (modal particle indicating polite suggestion)/...right?/...OK?

遍

biàn a time/everywhere/turn/all over/one time

变化

biàn huà change/variation/to change/to vary/CL:個|个[gè]

辩论

biàn lùn debate/argue over/CL:場|场[chǎng],次[cì]

便

biàn ordinary/plain/convenient/as convenient/when the chance arises/handy/easy/informal/simple/so/thus/to relieve oneself/to urinate/to defecate/equivalent to 就: then/in that case/even if/soon afterwards

便宜

biàn yí convenient

别

biè see 彆扭|别扭, contrary/difficult/awkward

别

bié leave/depart/separate/distinguish/classify/other/another/do not/must not/to pin

别人

biérén other people/others/other person

编辑

biān jí to edit/to compile/(assistant) editor/compiler

鞭炮

biān pào firecrackers/a string of small firecrackers/CL:枚[méi]

标点

biāo diǎn punctuation/a punctuation mark/to punctuate/CL:個|个[gè]

标志

biāo zhì sign/mark/symbol/symbolize/to indicate/to mark

标准

biāo zhǔn (an official) standard/norm/criterion/CL:個|个[gè]

表达

biǎo dá to voice (an opinion)/to express/to convey

表格

biǎo gé form/table/CL:張|张[zhāng],份[fèn]

表面

biǎo miàn surface/face/outside/appearance

表明

biǎo míng to make clear/to make known/to state clearly/to indicate/known

表情

biǎo qíng (facial) expression/to express one's feelings/expression

表示

biǎo shì to express/to show/to say/to state/to indicate/to mean

表现

biǎo xiàn to show/to show off/to display/to manifest/expression/manifestation/show/display/performance (at work etc)

表扬

biǎo yáng to praise/to commend

表演

biǎo yǎn play/show/performance/exhibition/to perform/to act/to demonstrate/CL:場|场[chǎng]

爸爸

bà ba (informal) father/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]

把

bà handle

办法

bàn fǎ means/method/way (of doing sth)/CL:條|条[tiáo],個|个[gè]

办公室

bàn gōng shì office/CL:間|间[jiān]

半

bàn half/semi-/incomplete/(after a number) and a half

办理

bàn lǐ to handle/to transact/to conduct

棒

bàng a stick/club or cudgel/smart/capable/strong/wonderful

傍晚

bàng wǎn in the evening/when night falls/towards evening/at night fall/at dusk

报道

bào dào report/CL:篇[piān],份[fèn]

报告

bào gào to inform/report/make known/speech/talk/lecture/CL:篇[piān],份[fèn],個|个[gè],通[tòng]

报名

bào míng to sign up/to enter one's name/to apply/to register/to enroll/to enlist

抱歉

bào qiàn sorry/We apologize!/to feel apologetic/to regret

抱

bào to hold/to carry (in one's arms)/to hug or embrace/surround/cherish

报纸

bào zhǐ newspaper/newsprint/CL:份[fèn],期[qī],張|张[zhāng]

白

bái 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/surname Bai

登记

dēng jì to register (one's name)

登机牌

dēng jī pái boarding pass

灯

dēng lamp/light/lantern/CL:盞|盏[zhǎn]

得

děi to have to/must/ought to/to need to

等

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

等待

děng dài wait for/await

等候

děng hòu waiting

等于

děng yú to equal/to be tantamount to

滴

dī a drop/to drip

提

dī carry (suspended)

低

dī low/beneath/to lower (one's head)/to let droop/to hang down/to incline

丁

dīng fourth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干/fourth in order/letter "D" or roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/butyl/surname Ding/cubes (of food)

东

dōng east/host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)/landlord/surname Dong

冬

dōng winter

东西

dōng xi thing/stuff/person/CL:個|个[gè],件[jiàn]

东西

dōng xī east and west

都

dōu all/both (if two things are involved)/entirely (due to) each/even/already

都

dū capital city/metropolis/surname Du

蹲

dūn to crouch/to squat

吨

dūn ton/Taiwan pr. dùn

打扮

dǎ ban to decorate/to dress/to make up/to adorn/manner of dressing/style of dress

打电话

dǎ diàn huà to make a telephone call

打工

dǎ gōng to work (do manual labor for a living)/a part time job/to moonlight

打交道

dǎ jiāo dào come into contact with/have dealings with

打喷嚏

dǎ pēn tì to sneeze

打算

dǎ suàn to plan/to intend/to calculate/plan/intention/calculation/CL:個|个[gè]

打扫

dǎ sǎo to clean/to sweep

打听

dǎ ting ask about/inquire about

打印

dǎ yìn to print/to seal/to stamp

打折

dǎ zhé to give a discount

打招呼

dǎ zhāo hu to greet sb by word or action/to give prior notice

打针

dǎ zhēn to give or have an injection

胆小鬼

dǎn xiǎo guǐ coward

挡

dǎng to resist/to obstruct/to hinder/to keep off/to block (a blow)/to get in the way of/cover/gear

岛

dǎo island/CL:個|个[gè],座[zuò]

倒霉

dǎo méi have bad luck/be out of luck

倒

dǎo to fall/to collapse/to topple/to fail/to go bankrupt/to change (trains or buses)/to move around/to sell/to speculate (buying and selling, also 搗|捣)/profiteer

导游

dǎo yóu a tourist guide/to conduct a tour/a guidebook

导演

dǎo yǎn direct/director (film etc)

导致

dǎo zhì to lead to/to create/to cause/to bring about

打扰

dǎrǎo disturb

底

dǐ background/bottom/base/the end of a period of time/towards the end of (last month)

顶

dǐng go against/most/peak/top/to replace/to substitute/classifier for hats

懂

dǒng to understand/to know

堵车

dǔ chē traffic jam/choking

画

huà draw/picture/painting/CL:幅[fú],張|张[zhāng]

话题

huà tí subject (of a talk or conversation)/topic

发

fà hair/Taiwan pr. fǎ

饭馆

fàn guǎn restaurant/CL:家[jiā]

范围

fàn wéi range/scope/limit/extent/CL:個|个[gè]

放弃

fàng qì to renounce/to abandon/to give up

放松

fàng sōng to loosen/to relax

放

fàng to release/to free/to let go/to put/to place/to let out/to set off (fireworks)

服从

fú cóng to obey (an order)/to comply/to defer

符合

fú hé in keeping with/in accordance with/tallying with/in line with/to agree with/to accord with/to conform to/to correspond with/to manage/to handle

扶

fú to support with hand/to help sb up/to help

幅

fú width/roll/classifier for textiles or pictures

服务员

fú wù yuán waiter/waitress/attendant/customer service personnel/CL:個|个[gè]

服装

fú zhuāng dress/clothing/costume/clothes/CL:身[shēn]

发表

fā biǎo to issue (a statement)/to publish/to issue/to put out

发愁

fā chóu to worry/to fret/to be anxious/to become sad

发达

fā dá developed (country etc)/flourishing/to develop

发抖

fā dǒu shiver/shudder/tremble/tremulous

发挥

fā huī to display/to exhibit/to bring out implicit or innate qualities/to express (a thought or moral)/to develop (an idea)/to elaborate (on a theme)

发明

fā míng to invent/invention/CL:個|个[gè]

发票

fā piào invoice/receipt or bill for purchase

发烧

fā shāo have a high temperature (from illness)/have a fever

发生

fā shēng to happen/to occur/to take place/to break out

发

fā to send out/to show (one's feeling)/to issue/to develop/(classifier for gunshots, "rounds")

发现

fā xiàn to find/to discover

发言

fā yán statement/utterance/CL:個|个[gè]

发展

fā zhǎn development/growth/to develop/to grow/to expand

翻

fān to turn over/to flip over/to overturn/to translate/to decode

翻译

fān yì to translate/to interpret/translator/interpreter/translation/interpretation/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]

方便

fāng biàn convenient/to help out/to make things easy for people/convenience/suitable/having money to spare/(euphemism) to go to the toilet

方法

fāng fǎ method/way/means/CL:個|个[gè]

方面

fāng miàn respect/aspect/field/side/CL:個|个[gè]

方式

fāng shì way (of life)/pattern/style/mode/manner/CL:個|个[gè]

方

fāng square/quadrilateral/power (such as cube 立方)/classifier for square things/upright/honest/fair and square/surname Fang/direction/party (to a dispute)/one side/place/method/prescription/just/then/only then

方向

fāng xiàng direction/orientation/path to follow/CL:個|个[gè]

方案

fāng àn plan/program (for action etc)/proposal/proposed bill/CL:個|个[gè]

非常

fēi cháng unusual/extraordinary/extreme/very/exceptional

飞机

fēi jī airplane/CL: 架[jià]

非

fēi non-/not-/un-/abbr. for Africa 非洲/wrong/evil-doing/insist on/simply must

分别

fēn bié difference/distinction/apart/separate/separately/respectively

分布

fēn bù distributed/to distribute

纷纷

fēn fēn one after another/in succession/one by one/continuously/diverse/in profusion/numerous and confused/pell-mell

分配

fēn pèi to distribute/to assign/to allocate

分

fēn to divide/to separate/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/a point (in sports or games)

分析

fēn xī to analyze/analysis/CL:個|个[gè]

分钟

fēn zhōng minute

丰富

fēng fù rich/plentiful

风格

fēng gé style

风景

fēng jǐng scenery/landscape/CL:個|个[gè]

疯狂

fēng kuáng madness/extreme popularity

风俗

fēng sú social custom/CL:個|个[gè]

风险

fēng xiǎn risk/venture/hazard

讽刺

fěng cì to satirize/to mock/irony/satire/sarcasm

法律

fǎ lù law

法院

fǎ yuàn court of law/court

反对

fǎn duì to fight against/to oppose/to be opposed to/opposition

反复

fǎn fù repeatedly/over and over

反映

fǎn yìng to mirror/to reflect/mirror image/reflection/fig. to report/to make known/to render/used erroneously for 反應|反应, response or reaction

反应

fǎn yìng to react/to respond/reaction/response/reply/chemical reaction/CL:個|个[gè]

反正

fǎn zhèng to put things back in order/to return to the correct path/in any event/come what may/whatever happens (I'm still sure it's right)

反而

fǎn ér instead/on the contrary/contrary (to expectations)

仿佛

fǎng fú to seem/as if/alike/similar

访问

fǎng wèn to visit/to call on/to interview/CL:次[cì]

否定

fǒu dìng to negate/negative (answer)/CL:個|个[gè]

否则

fǒu zé if not/otherwise/else/or else

否认

fǒurèn to declare to be untrue/to deny

辅导

fǔ dǎo to coach/to tutor/to give advice (in study)

过

guò (experienced action marker)/to cross/to go over/to pass (time)/to celebrate (a holiday)/to live/to get along/excessively/too-/surname Guo

过程

guò chéng course of events/process/CL:個|个[gè]

过分

guò fèn excessive/undue/overly

过敏

guò mǐn to be allergic/allergy

过去

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

过期

guò qī to be overdue/to exceed the time limit/to expire (as in expiration date)

国家

guó jiā country/nation/state/CL:個|个[gè]

国际

guó jì international

国籍

guó jí nationality

国庆节

guó qìng jié National Day

刮风

guā fēng to be windy

乖

guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved/clever/shrewd/alert/perverse/contrary to reason/irregular/abnormal

关闭

guān bì to close/to shut

观察

guān chá to observe/to watch/to survey/to examine/observation/view/perspective/CL:個|个[gè]

观点

guān diǎn point of view/viewpoint/standpoint/CL:個|个[gè]

关怀

guān huái care/solicitude/to show care for/concerned about/attentive to

关键

guān jiàn crucial/key/pivotal/CL:個|个[gè]

关

guān mountain pass/to close/to shut/to turn off/to concern/to involve/surname Guan

观念

guān niàn notion/thought/concept/sense/views/ideology/general impressions

官

guān official/government/organ of body/CL:個|个[gè]

关系

guān xì relation/relationship/to concern/to affect/to have to do with/guanxi/CL:個|个[gè]

关心

guān xīn to care for sth/caring/concerned

关于

guān yú pertaining to/concerning/regarding/with regards to/about/a matter of

观众

guān zhòng spectator/audience/CL:個|个[gè]

光滑

guāng hua glossy/sleek/smooth

光

guāng light/ray/bright/only/merely/to use up/CL:道[dào]

光临

guāng lín (honorific) Welcome!/You honor us with your presence./It is an honor to have you.

光明

guāng míng light/illumination/radiance (esp. glory of Buddha etc)/fig. bright prospect

化学

huà xué chemistry/chemical

坏

huài bad/spoiled/broken/to break down

换

huàn change/exchange

幻想

huàn xiǎng delusion/fantasy

滑冰

huá bīng to skate/skating

划船

huá chuán to row a boat/a rowing boat

华裔

huá yì ethnic Chinese/non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry

怀念

huái niàn to cherish the memory of/to think of/reminisce

怀疑

huái yí to doubt/to suspect/doubt/suspicion/skeptical

环境

huán jìng environment/circumstances/surroundings/CL:個|个[gè]

还

huán to pay back/to return/surname Huan

皇帝

huáng dì emperor/CL:個|个[gè]

黄瓜

huáng guā cucumber/CL:條|条[tiáo]

皇后

huáng hòu an empress

黄金

huáng jīn gold

黄

huáng yellow/sulfur/surname Huang or Hwang

会

huì can/be possible/be able to/will/to assemble/to meet/to gather/to see/union/group/association/CL:個|个[gè]

汇率

huì lù exchange rate

会议

huì yì meeting/conference/CL:場|场[chǎng],屆|届[jiè]

回答

huí dá to reply/to answer/the answer/CL:個|个[gè]

回

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)

回忆

huí yì to recall/recollection/CL:個|个[gè]

获得

huò dé to obtain/to receive/to get

和

huò to mix together/to blend

或者

huò zhě or/possibly/maybe/perhaps

果实

guǒ shí fruit/gains

果汁

guǒ zhī fruit juice

果然

guǒrán really/sure enough/as expected

概括

gài kuò to summarize/to generalize/briefly/CL:個|个[gè]

盖

gài lid/top/cover/canopy/to build

概念

gài niàn concept/idea/CL:個|个[gè]

干活儿

gàn huó er to work/manual labor

干

gàn to work/to do/to manage

干

gàn tree trunk/main part of sth/to manage/to work/to do/capable/cadre (in communist party)/to kill (slang)/to **** (taboo word)

告别

gào bié to leave/to bid farewell to/to say good-bye to

告诉

gào su to tell/to inform/to let know

个别

gè bié individual/specific/respective/just one or two

各

gè each/every

个

gè individual/this/that/size/classifier for people or objects in general

个性

gè xìng individuality/personality

各自

gè zi each/respective/apiece

个子

gè zi height/stature/build/size

更加

gèng jiā more (than sth else)/even more

更

gèng more/even more/further/still/still more

个人

gèrén individual/personal/oneself

隔壁

gé bì next door

革命

gé mìng (political) revolution/CL:次[cì]

格外

gé wài especially/particularly

共同

gòng tóng common/joint/jointly/together/collaborative

贡献

gòng xiàn to contribute/to dedicate/to devote/contribution/CL:個|个[gè]

构成

gòu chéng to constitute/to form/to compose/to make up

够

gòu to reach/to be enough

购物

gòu wù shopping

固定

gù dìng fixed/set/regular

顾客

gù kè client/customer/CL:位[wèi]

故事

gù shi narrative/story/tale

故事

gù shì old practice/CL:個|个[gè]

固体

gù tǐ solid

故意

gù yì deliberately/on purpose

雇佣

gù yōng to employ/to hire

干杯

gān bēi to drink a toast/Cheers! (proposing a toast)/Here's to you!/Bottoms up!/lit. dry cup

干脆

gān cuì straightforward/clear-cut/blunt (e.g. statement)/you might as well/simply

干

gān dry/clean/surname Gan

干净

gān jìng clean/neat

干

gān to concern/to interfere/shield/stem

干燥

gān zào to dry (of paint, cement etc)/dessication/dull/uninteresting/arid

刚才

gāng cái (just) a moment ago

刚刚

gāng gang just recently/just a moment ago

钢铁

gāng tiě steel

高档

gāo dàng superior quality/high grade

高

gāo high/tall/fig. above average/height/(honorific) your

高级

gāo jí high level/high grade/advanced/high-ranking

高

gāo surname Gao

高速公路

gāo sù gōng lù highway

高兴

gāo xìng happy/glad/willing (to do sth)/in a cheerful mood

胳膊

gē bo arm/CL:隻|只[zhī],條|条[tiáo],雙|双[shuāng]

哥哥

gē ge older brother/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]

鸽子

gē zi pigeon/dove

根本

gēn běn fundamental/basic/root/simply/absolutely (not)/(not) at all/CL:個|个[gè]

跟

gēn heel/to follow closely/to go with/to marry sb (of woman)/with/towards/as (compared to)/from (different from)/and (in addition to)

根据

gēn jù according to/based on/basis/foundation/CL:個|个[gè]

根

gēn radical (chem.)/root/basis/classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings/CL:條|条[tiáo]

更

gēng to change

盖

gě surname Ge

给

gěi to/for/for the benefit of/to give/to allow/to do sth (for sb)/(passive particle)

公布

gōng bù to announce/to make public/to publish

工程师

gōng chéng shī engineer/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]

工厂

gōng chǎng factory/CL:家[jiā],座[zuò]

功夫

gōng fu skill/art/kung fu/labor/effort

公共汽车

gōng gòng qì chē bus/CL:輛|辆[liàng],班[bān]

工具

gōng jù tool/instrument/utensil/means/CL:個|个[gè]

公斤

gōng jīn kilogram (kg)

公开

gōng kāi public/to publish/to make public

公里

gōng lǐ kilometer

功能

gōng néng function/capability

公平

gōng píng fair/impartial

公司

gōng sī (business) company/company/firm/corporation/incorporated/CL:家[jiā]

公元

gōng yuán (year) AD/Christian era

公园

gōng yuán public park/CL:場|场[chǎng]

工业

gōng yè industry/CL:種|种[zhǒng]

公寓

gōng yù apartment/CL:套[tào]

公主

gōng zhǔ princess

工作

gōng zuò job/work/construction/task/CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]

工资

gōng zī wages/pay/CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],月[yuè]

工人

gōngrén worker/CL:個|个[gè],名[míng]

沟通

gōu tōng communicate

孤单

gū dān lone/lonely/loneliness

姑姑

gū gu paternal aunt/CL:個|个[gè]

估计

gū jì to estimate/to reckon/CL:個|个[gè]

姑娘

gū niang girl/young woman/young lady/daughter/CL:個|个[gè]

改变

gǎi biàn to change/to alter/to transform

改革

gǎi gé to reform/CL:個|个[gè]

改进

gǎi jìn to improve/to make better/CL:個|个[gè]

改善

gǎi shàn to make better/to improve/CL:個|个[gè]

改正

gǎi zhèng to correct/to amend/to put right/correction/CL:個|个[gè]

敢

gǎn dare

感动

gǎn dòng to move (sb)/to touch/moving

感觉

gǎn jué to feel/to become aware of/feeling/sense/perception/CL:個|个[gè]

感激

gǎn jī to express thanks/grateful/moved to gratitude

赶紧

gǎn jǐn hurriedly

赶快

gǎn kuài at once/immediately

感冒

gǎn mào to catch cold/(common) cold/CL:場|场[cháng],次[cì]

感情

gǎn qíng feeling/emotion/sensation/likes and dislikes/deep affection for sb or sth/relationship (i.e. love affair)/CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]

感受

gǎn shòu to sense/perception/to feel (through the senses)/a feeling/an impression/an experience

感谢

gǎn xiè (express) thanks/gratitude/grateful/thankful/thanks

感想

gǎn xiǎng impressions/reflections/thoughts/CL:通[tòng],個|个[gè]

搞

gǎo to do/to make/to go in for/to set up/to get hold of/to take care of

狗

gǒu dog/CL:隻|只[zhī],條|条[tiáo]

古典

gǔ diǎn classical

古代

gǔ dài ancient times/olden times

鼓励

gǔ lì to encourage

古老

gǔ lǎo ancient/old/age-old

股票

gǔ piào share/stock (market)

骨头

gǔ tou bone/strong character/CL:根[gēn],塊|块[kuài]

鼓舞

gǔ wǔ heartening (news)/boost (morale)/CL:個|个[gè]

鼓掌

gǔ zhǎng to applaud

滚

gǔn to boil/to roll

活动

huó dòng to exercise/to move about/to operate/activity/loose/shaky/active/movable/maneuver/to use connections/CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]

活泼

huó po lively/vivacious/brisk/active

和

huó soft/warm

活跃

huó yuè active/vigorous

花

huā flower/blossom/to spend (money, time)/fancy pattern/surname Hua/CL:朵[duǒ],支[zhī],束[shù],把[bǎ],盆[pén],簇[cù]

花生

huā shēng peanut/groundnut/CL:粒[lì]

花园

huā yuán garden/CL:座[zuò],個|个[gè]

欢迎

huān yíng to welcome/welcome

慌张

huāng zhāng confused/flustered

灰

huī ash/dust/lime/gray/discouraged/dejected

灰尘

huī chén dust

恢复

huī fù to reinstate/to resume/to restore/to recover/to regain/to rehabilitate

挥

huī to wave/to brandish/to wipe away/to command/to conduct/to scatter/to disperse

灰心

huī xīn lose heart/be discouraged

缓解

huǎn jiě to ease/to help relieve (a crisis)

伙伴

huǒ bàn partner (for an activity)

火柴

huǒ chái match (for lighting fire)/CL:根[gēn],盒[hé]

火车站

huǒ chē zhàn train station

火

huǒ fire/CL:把[bǎ]

害怕

hài pà to be afraid/to be scared

害羞

hài xiū blush/shy

汗

hàn perspiration/sweat/Khan (Persian or Mongol king or emperor)/Khan (name)/CL:滴[dī],頭|头[tóu],身[shēn]

汉语

hàn yǔ Chinese language/CL:門|门[mén]

号

hào day of a month/(suffix used after) name of a ship/(ordinal) number

号码

hào mǎ number/CL:堆[duī],個|个[gè]

好奇

hào qí inquisitive/curious

好

hào to be fond of

还是

hái shì or/still/nevertheless

还

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

孩子

hái zi child

寒假

hán jià winter vacation

行

háng a row/series/age order (of brothers)/profession/professional/relating to company

航班

háng bān scheduled flight/flight number/plane/scheduled sailing/sailing number/passenger ship

行业

háng yè industry/business

豪华

háo huá luxurious

号

háo roar/cry/CL:個|个[gè]

和

hè cap (a poem)/to respond in singing

喝

hè shout applause

恨

hèn to hate

横

hèng unruly

和

hé and/together with/with/sum/union/peace/harmony/surname He/Japanese related

何必

hé bì there is no need/why should

合法

hé fǎ lawful/legitimate/legal

合格

hé gé qualified/eligible (voter)

何况

hé kuàng much less/let alone

合理

hé lǐ rational/reasonable/fair

和平

hé píng Heping district of Shenyang city 沈陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning

和平

hé píng peace

河

hé river/CL:條|条[tiáo],道[dào]

合适

hé shì suitable/fitting/decent/to fit

合同

hé tong (business) contract/CL:個|个[gè]

核心

hé xīn core/nucleus

合影

hé yǐng joint photo/group photo

盒子

hé zi case

合作

hé zuò to cooperate/to collaborate/to work together/cooperation/CL:個|个[gè]

横

héng horizontal/across/(horizontal character stroke)

厚

hòu generous/thick (for flat things)

后果

hòu guǒ consequences/aftermath

后悔

hòu huǐ to regret/to repent

后来

hòu lái afterwards/later

后面

hòu mian rear/back/behind/later/afterwards

红

hóng bonus/popular/red/revolutionary

猴子

hóu zi monkey/CL:隻|只[zhī]

护士

hù shi nurse/CL:個|个[gè]

互相

hù xiāng each other/mutually/mutual

护照

hù zhào passport/CL:本[běn],個|个[gè]

蝴蝶

hú dié butterfly/CL:隻|只[zhī]

壶

hú pot/classifier for bottled liquid

胡说

hú shuō talk nonsense/drivel

和

hú to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards

糊涂

hú tu muddled/silly/confused

胡同

hú tòng lane/alley/CL:條|条[tiáo]

胡须

hú xū beard/CL:根[gēn],綹|绺[liǔ]

哈

hā laughter/yawn/abbr. for Kazakhstan

喝

hē to drink/(interj.) My goodness!

黑

hēi black/dark/abbr. for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江 province in northeast China

黑板

hēi bǎn blackboard/CL:塊|块[kuài],個|个[gè]

很

hěn (adverb of degree)/quite/very/awfully

忽视

hū shì to neglect/to ignore

呼吸

hū xī breathe

婚礼

hūn lǐ wedding ceremony/wedding

婚姻

hūn yīn matrimony/wedding/marriage/CL:次[cì]

忽然

hūrán suddenly/all of a sudden

哈

hǎ a Pekinese/a pug

海关

hǎi guān customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)/CL:個|个[gè]

海鲜

hǎi xiān seafood

海洋

hǎi yáng ocean/CL:個|个[gè]

喊

hǎn call/cry/to shout

好处

hǎo chu benefit/advantage/gain/profit/also pronounced hǎo chù/CL:個|个[gè]

好吃

hǎo chī tasty/delicious

好

hǎo good/well/proper/good to/easy to/very/so/(suffix indicating completion or readiness)

好像

hǎo xiàng as if/to seem like

薄

báo thin/cold in manner/indifferent/weak/light/infertile

倍

bèi (two, three etc) -fold/times (multiplier)/double/to increase or multiply

被

bèi by (indicates passive-voice sentences or clauses)/to cover/to wear

背景

bèi jǐng background/backdrop/CL:種|种[zhǒng]

背

bèi the back of a body or object/to turn one's back/to hide something from/to learn by heart/to recite from memory

被子

bèi zi quilt/CL:床[chuáng]

笨

bèn stupid/foolish/silly/slow-witted/clumsy

比

bì associate with/be near

毕竟

bì jìng after all/all in all/when all is said and done/in the final analysis

避免

bì miǎn to avert/to prevent/to avoid/to refrain from

必需

bì xū essential/indispensable

必须

bì xū to have to/must

必要

bì yào necessary/essential/indispensable/required

毕业

bì yè graduation/to graduate/to finish school

病毒

bìng dú virus

并且

bìng qiě and/besides/moreover/furthermore/in addition

必然

bìrán inevitable/certain/necessity

鼻子

bí zi nose/CL:個|个[gè],隻|只[zhī]

薄

bó meager/mean/weak/poor/frail/frivolous/to despise/to look down on/surname Bo

博士

bó shì doctor/court academician (in feudal China)/Ph.D.

博物馆

bó wù guǎn museum

脖子

bó zi neck/CL:個|个[gè]

不

bù (negative prefix)/not/no

不必

bù bì need not/does not have to

不断

bù duàn unceasing/uninterrupted/continuous/constant

不但

bù dàn not only (... but also...)

不得不

bù dé bù have no choice or option but to/cannot but/have to/can't help it/can't avoid

不得了

bù dé liǎo desperately serious/disastrous/extremely/exceedingly

部分

bù fèn part/share/section/piece/CL:個|个[gè]

不过

bù guò only/merely/no more than/but/however/anyway (to get back to a previous topic)

不管

bù guǎn no matter (what, how)/regardless of/no matter

不好意思

bù hǎo yì si to feel embarrassed/to be ill at ease/to find it embarrassing (to do sth)

不见得

bù jiàn de not necessarily/not likely

不仅

bù jǐn not only (this one)/not just (...) but also

不客气

bù kè qi you're welcome/impolite/rude/blunt/don't mention it

不免

bù miǎn unavoidable

部门

bù mén department/branch/section/division/CL:個|个[gè]

不耐烦

bù nài fán impatience/impatient

布

bù to declare/to announce/to spread/to make known/spread/(cotton) cloth

不要紧

bù yào jǐn unimportant/not serious/it doesn't matter/never mind/it looks all right/but

步骤

bù zhòu step/move/measure

不足

bù zú insufficient/lacking/deficiency/not enough/inadequate/not worth/cannot/should

不安

bù ān unpeaceful/unstable/uneasy/disturbed/restless/worried

不然

bùrán not so/no/or else/otherwise/if not

不如

bùrú not equal to/not as good as/inferior to/it would be better to

吧

bā (onomat.)/dumb

八

bā eight/8

班

bān team/class/squad/work shift/classifier for groups/ranking/surname Ban/CL:個|个[gè]

搬

bān to move/to shift/to remove/to transport/fig. to apply indiscriminately/to copy mechanically

班主任

bān zhǔrèn a teacher in charge of a class

帮忙

bāng máng to help/to lend a hand/to do a favor/to do a good turn

帮助

bāng zhù assistance/aid/to help/to assist

包裹

bāo guǒ wrap up/bind up/bundle/package/CL:個|个[gè]

包含

bāo hán to contain/to embody/to include

包括

bāo kuò to comprise/to include/to involve/to incorporate/to consist of

包

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

包子

bāo zi steamed stuffed bun/CL:個|个[gè]

背

bēi carry on one's back

悲观

bēi guān pessimistic

背

bēi to be burdened/to carry on the back or shoulder

杯子

bēi zi cup/glass/CL:個|个[gè],支[zhī],枝[zhī]

北方

běi fāng north/the northern part a country/China north of the Yellow River

北京

běi jīng Beijing/capital of People's Republic of China/one of the four municipalities 直轄市|直辖市/fig. PRC government

本科

běn kē undergraduate course/regular college course

本来

běn lái original/originally/at first/it goes without saying/of course

本领

běn lǐng skill/ability/capability/CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]

本

běn roots or stems of plants/origin/source/this/the current/root/foundation/basis/(classifier for books, periodicals, files etc)

本质

běn zhì essence/nature/innate character/intrinsic quality

宾馆

bīn guǎn guesthouse/CL:個|个[gè],家[jiā]

冰箱

bīng xiāng icebox/freezer cabinet/refrigerator/CL:臺|台[tái],個|个[gè]

玻璃

bō li glass/nylon/plastic/CL:張|张[zhāng],塊|块[kuài]

饼干

bǐng gān biscuit/cracker/cookie/CL:片[piàn],塊|块[kuài]

丙

bǐng third of 10 heavenly stems 十天干/third in order/letter "C" or roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/propyl

比如

bǐrú for example/for instance/such as

补充

bǔ chōng to replenish/to supplement/to complement/additional/supplementary/CL:個|个[gè]

创造

chuàng zào to create/to bring about/to produce/CL:個|个[gè]

船

chuán a boat/vessel/ship/CL:條|条[tiáo],艘[sōu],隻|只[zhī]

传播

chuán bō to disseminate/to propagate/to spread

传递

chuán dì to transmit/to pass on to sb else

传说

chuán shuō legend/folklore/tradition/it is said/they say that...

传统

chuán tǒng tradition/convention/CL:個|个[gè]

传真

chuán zhēn fax/facsimile

传染

chuánrǎn infect/contagious

穿

chuān to bore through/pierce/perforate/penetrate/pass through/to dress/to wear/to put on/to thread

窗户

chuāng hu window/CL:個|个[gè]

窗帘

chuāng lián window curtains

吹

chuī to blow/to play a wind instrument/to blast/to puff/to boast/to brag/to end in failure/to fall through

闯

chuǎng to rush/break through

差不多

chà bu duō almost/nearly/more or less

差

chà differ from/short of/to lack/poor

唱歌

chàng gē to sing a song

茶

chá tea/tea plant/CL:杯[bēi],壺|壶[hú]

长城

cháng chéng the Great Wall

长江

cháng jiāng Changjiang river/Yangtze river

长

cháng length/long/forever/always/constantly

常识

cháng shí common sense/general knowledge/CL:門|门[mén]

场

cháng threshing floor/classifier for events and happenings/classifier for number of some languages and actions (cannot be followed by a noun)

尝

cháng to taste

尝

cháng to taste/flavor/(past tense marker)/already/formerly/ever/once/test

长途

cháng tú long distance

朝代

cháo dài dynasty/reign (of a king)

朝

cháo to face/towards/facing/direct/a dynasty/the imperial court/(abbr.) Korea, esp. N. Korea

彻底

chè dǐ thorough/thoroughly/complete

称

chèn balanced/to fit/well-off/suitable

衬衫

chèn shān shirt/blouse/CL:件[jiàn]

趁

chèn to avail oneself of/to take advantage of

称

chèng steelyard/variant form of 秤

沉默

chén mò silence/uncommunicative

程度

chéng dù degree (level or extent)/level/CL:個|个[gè]

承担

chéng dān to undertake/to assume (responsibility etc)

成分

chéng fèn composition/make-up/ingredient/element/component/one's social status/CL:個|个[gè]

成果

chéng guǒ result/achievement/gain/profit/CL:個|个[gè]

成功

chéng gōng success/to succeed/CL:次[cì],個|个[gè]

成就

chéng jiù accomplishment/success/attain a result/achievement/CL:個|个[gè]

成绩

chéng jì achievement/performance records/grades/CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]

诚恳

chéng kěn sincere/honest/cordial

成立

chéng lì establish/set up

城市

chéng shì city/town/CL:座[zuò]

诚实

chéng shí honest/honesty/honorable/truthful

承受

chéng shòu to bear/to support/to inherit

成熟

chéng shú mature/ripe/Taiwan pr. chéng shóu

乘

chéng to ride/to mount/to make use of/to avail oneself of/to take advantage of/to multiply/Buddhist teaching

成为

chéng wéi to become/to turn into

程序

chéng xù procedures/sequence/order

成语

chéng yǔ saw: set expression of written Chinese, invariably made up of 4 characters (or two couplets of 4 characters), often alluding to a story or historical quotation, sometimes cliched, trite or old-fashioned (specialized Chinese saw dictionaries 成語辭典|成语辞典 list many thousands)/also translated as proverb, idiom, saying, adage, set expression etc/CL:條|条[tiáo],本[běn],句[jù]

成长

chéng zhǎng to mature/to grow/growth

乘坐

chéng zuò to ride (in a vehicle)

承认

chéngrèn to admit/to concede/to recognize/recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc)/to acknowledge

翅膀

chì bǎng wing/CL:個|个[gè],對|对[duì]

迟到

chí dào to arrive late

持续

chí xù to continue/to persist/sustainable/preservation

池子

chí zi pond/CL:個|个[gè]

冲

chòng of great force/towards

冲

chòng strong/powerful/forceful/dynamic/to punch

臭

chòu stench/stink/smelly/to smell (bad)

重点

chóng diǎn to recount (e.g. results of election)

重复

chóng fù to repeat/to duplicate/CL:個|个[gè]

重

chóng to double/to repeat/repetition/iteration/again/a layer

重新

chóng xīn again/once more/re-

厨房

chú fáng kitchen/CL:間|间[jiān]

除非

chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...)/only when/only in the case that/unless

除了

chú le besides/apart from (... also...)/in addition to/except (for)

除

chú to get rid of/to remove/to exclude/to eliminate/to wipe out/to divide/except/not including

除夕

chú xī (New Year's) Eve

差别

chā bié difference/disparity

差

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

插

chā insert/stick in/pierce/to take part in/to interfere/to interpose

叉子

chā zi fork/CL:把[bǎ]

差

chāi to send/to commission/messenger/mission

拆

chāi to tear open/to tear down/to tear apart/to open

超过

chāo guò to surpass/to exceed/to outstrip

超市

chāo shì supermarket (abbr.)/CL:家[jiā]

抄

chāo to copy/to plagiarize/to search and seize/to go/to transcribe/to take a shortcut/to search and confiscate

车库

chē kù garage

车厢

chē xiāng carriage/CL:節|节[jié]

称呼

chēng hu to call/to address as/appellation

称

chēng to call/to praise/to weigh/to estimate/to consider/to address/to name/to say/commend

称赞

chēng zàn to praise/to acclaim/to commend/to compliment

吃惊

chī jīng to be startled/to be shocked/to be amazed

吃亏

chī kuī to suffer losses/to come to grief/to lose out/to get the worst of it/to be at a disadvantage/unfortunately

吃

chī to eat/to have one's meal/to eradicate/to destroy/to absorb/to suffer/to exhaust

冲

chōng dash against

充电器

chōng diàn qì battery charger

充分

chōng fèn full/abundant

充满

chōng mǎn full of/brimming with/very full/permeated

冲

chōng to rinse/to collide/to water/to rush/to dash (against)/to wash out/to charge/highway/public road

抽屉

chōu ti drawer

抽象

chōu xiàng abstract

抽烟

chōu yān to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)

出版

chū bǎn to publish/to come off the press/to put out

出差

chū chāi to go on a business trip

出发

chū fā to start out/to set off

初级

chū jí junior/primary

出口

chū kǒu to speak/an exit/to export/CL:個|个[gè]

出生

chū shēng to be born

出色

chū sè remarkable/outstanding

出

chū to go out/to come out/to occur/to produce/to go beyond/to rise/to put forth/to happen/classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

出现

chū xiàn to appear/to arise/to emerge

出席

chū xí to attend/to participate/present

出租车

chū zū chē taxi

春

chūn spring (time)/gay/joyful/youthful/love/lust/life

产品

chǎn pǐn goods/merchandise/product/CL:個|个[gè]

产生

chǎn shēng to arise/to come into being/to come about/to give rise to/to bring into being/to bring about/to produce/to engender/to generate/to appear/appearance/emergence/generation/production/yield

场

chǎng a place/an open space/a field/a courtyard/classifier for events such as sports matches, concerts, or cultural events/classifier for number of exams

吵架

chǎo jià to quarrel/to have a row/CL:頓|顿[dùn]

炒

chǎo saute/pan-fry/to fry/fried

吵

chǎo to quarrel/to make a noise/noisy/to disturb by making a noise

尺子

chǐ zi rule/ruler (measuring instrument)/CL:把[bǎ]

宠物

chǒng wù house pet

丑

chǒu clown/surname Chou/2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox

丑

chǒu shameful/ugly/disgraceful

处理

chǔ lǐ to handle/to treat/to deal with/to process/CL:個|个[gè]

错

cuò mistake/error/blunder/fault/cross/uneven/wrong/CL:個|个[gè]

措施

cuò shī measure/step (to be taken)/CL:個|个[gè]

错误

cuò wù error/mistake/mistaken/CL:個|个[gè]

催

cuī to urge/to press/to prompt/to rush sb/to hasten sth/to expedite

菜

cài dish (type of food)/vegetables/vegetable/cuisine/CL:盤|盘[pán],道[dào]

菜单

cài dān menu/CL:份[fèn],張|张[zhāng]

才

cái ability/talent/endowment/gift/an expert/only (then)/only if/just

财产

cái chǎn property/CL:筆|笔[bǐ]

才

cái just/not until

材料

cái liào material/data/makings/stuff/CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]

残疾

cán jí disabled/handicapped/deformity on a person or animal

惭愧

cán kuì ashamed

册

cè book/booklet/classifier for books

厕所

cè suǒ toilet/lavatory/CL:間|间[jiān],處|处[chù]

测验

cè yàn test/to test/CL:次[cì],個|个[gè]

曾经

céng jīng once/already/former/previously/ever/(past tense marker used before verb or clause)

层

céng layer/stratum/laminated/floor (of a building)/storey/classifier for layers/repeated/sheaf (math.)

刺激

cì jī to provoke/to irritate/to upset/to stimulate/to excite/irritant

次

cì next in sequence/second/the second (day, time etc)/secondary/vice-/sub-/infra-/inferior quality/substandard/order/sequence/hypo- (chem., meaning extra oxygen atom)/classifier for enumerated events: time

次要

cì yào secondary

词典

cí diǎn dictionary (of Chinese compound words)/also written 辭典|辞典/CL:部[bù],本[běn]

磁带

cí dài magnetic tape/CL:盤|盘[pán],盒[hé]

词语

cí yǔ word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)/term (e.g. technical term)/expression

辞职

cí zhí to resign

从此

cóng cǐ from now on/since then/henceforth

从

cóng from/via/passing through/through (a gap)/past/ever (followed by negative, meaning never)/(formerly pr. zòng and related to 縱|纵) to follow/to comply with/to obey/to join/to engage in/adopting some mode of action or attitude/follower/retainer/accessory/accomplice/related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor/surname Cong

从来

cóng lái always/at all times/never (if used in negative sentence)

从前

cóng qián previously/formerly

从事

cóng shì to go for/to engage in/to undertake/to deal with/to handle/to do

从而

cóng ér thus/thereby

促进

cù jìn to promote (an idea or cause)/to advance/boost

促使

cù shǐ to induce/to promote/to urge/to impel/to bring about/to provoke/to drive (sb to do sth)/to catalyze/to actuate/to contribute to (some development)

醋

cù vinegar

存

cún exist/deposit/store/keep/survive

存在

cún zài to exist/to be

擦

cā to wipe/to erase/rubbing (brush stroke in painting)/to clean/to polish

猜

cāi to guess

参观

cān guān to look around/to inspect/visit and observe

参加

cān jiā to participate/to take part/to join

参考

cān kǎo consultation/reference/to consult/to refer

餐厅

cān tīng dining-hall/CL:間|间[jiān],家[jiā]

参与

cān yù to participate (in sth)

操场

cāo chǎng playground/sports field/drill ground/CL:個|个[gè]

操心

cāo xīn to worry about

差

cī uneven

从

cōng lax/yielding/unhurried

聪明

cōng ming acute (of sight and hearing)/clever/intelligent/bright/smart

匆忙

cōng máng hasty/hurried

粗心

cū xīn careless

采访

cǎi fǎng to interview/to gather news/to hunt for and collect/to cover

彩虹

cǎi hóng rainbow

采取

cǎi qǔ to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)/to take

踩

cǎi to step on/to tread/to stamp/to press a pedal/to pedal (a bike)

草

cǎo grass/straw/manuscript/draft (of a document)/careless/rough/CL:棵[kē],撮[zuǒ],株[zhū],根[gēn]

此外

cǐ wài besides/in addition/moreover/furthermore

底

de (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)

地

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

的

de of/structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive

得

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

电池

diàn chí battery/CL:節|节[jié],組|组[zǔ]

电脑

diàn nǎo computer/CL:臺|台[tái]

电视

diàn shì television/TV/CL:臺|台[tái],個|个[gè]

电台

diàn tái transmitter-receiver/broadcasting station/radio station/CL:個|个[gè]

电梯

diàn tī elevator/CL:臺|台[tái],部[bù]

电影

diàn yǐng movie/film/CL:片[piàn],幕[mù],場|场[chǎng]

电子邮件

diàn zǐ yóu jiàn electronic mail/email/CL:封[fēng]

调查

diào chá investigation/inquiry/to investigate/to survey/survey/(opinion) poll/CL:個|个[gè]

掉

diào to fall/to drop/to lag behind/to lose/to go missing/to reduce/fall (in prices)/to lose (value, weight etc)/to wag/to swing/to turn/to change/to exchange/to swap/to show off/to shed (hair)

钓

diào to fish with a hook and bait

丢

diū to lose/to put aside/to throw

多亏

duō kuī thanks to/luckily

多

duō many/much/a lot of/numerous/multi-

多么

duō me how (wonderful etc)/what (a great idea etc)/however (difficult it may be etc)

多少

duō shao how much/how many/which (number)/as much as

多少

duō shǎo number/amount/somewhat

多余

duō yú superfluous/unnecessary/surplus

短

duǎn lack/short

短信

duǎn xìn text message/SMS

躲藏

duǒ cáng to hide oneself

朵

duǒ flower/earlobe/fig. item on both sides/classifier for flowers, clouds etc

大

dà big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/oldest/eldest

大方

dà fang generous/magnanimous/poise/a great moral principle

大方

dà fāng expert/scholar/mother earth (cf 大地, because the earth is square 地方)/a type of green tea

大概

dà gài roughly/probably/rough/approximate/about

大家

dà jiā authority/everyone

大使馆

dà shǐ guǎn embassy/CL:座[zuò],個|个[gè]

大象

dà xiàng elephant/CL:隻|只[zhī]

大型

dà xíng large scale/wide scale/broad scale

大约

dà yuē approximately/about

带

dài band/belt/girdle/ribbon/tire/area/zone/region/to wear/to carry/to lead/to bring/to look after/to raise/CL:條|条[tiáo]

代表

dài biǎo representative/delegate/to represent/to stand for/CL:位[wèi],個|个[gè],名[míng]

大

dài doctor

大夫

dài fu doctor/minister of state (in pre-Han states)/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]

贷款

dài kuǎn a loan/to provide a loan (e.g. bank)/CL:筆|笔[bǐ]

戴

dài to put on/to respect/to bear/to support/wear (glasses, hat, gloves)/surname Dai

代替

dài tì instead/to replace/to substitute (X for Y, or a number in an algebraic expression)

待遇

dài yù treatment/pay/wages/status/salary

蛋糕

dàn gāo cake/CL:塊|块[kuài],個|个[gè]

淡

dàn insipid/diluted/weak/light in color/tasteless/fresh/indifferent/nitrogen

但是

dàn shì but/however

挡

dàng arrange/put in order

当

dàng at or in the very same.../to pawn/suitable/adequate/fitting/proper/replace/represent

到处

dào chù in all places/everywhere

到达

dào dá to reach/to arrive

道德

dào dé virtue/morality/ethics/moral/CL:種|种[zhǒng]

到底

dào dǐ finally/in the end/when all is said and done

道理

dào lǐ reason/argument/sense/principle/basis/justification/CL:個|个[gè]

道歉

dào qiàn to apologize/to make an apology

到

dào to (a place)/until (a time)/up to/to go/to arrive

倒

dào upset/turn over/to tip/to pour/to go home/to the contrary/inverted

达到

dá dào to reach/to achieve/to attain

答案

dá àn answer/solution/CL:個|个[gè]

得

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

得意

dé yì proud of oneself/pleased with oneself/complacent

的

dì aim/clear

地道

dì dao authentic/genuine/typical/from a place known for the product/thorough/conscientious

弟弟

dì di younger brother/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]

地道

dì dào tunnel/causeway

地

dì earth/ground/field/place/land/CL:片[piàn]

地方

dì fang area/place/space/room/territory/part/respect/CL:處|处[chù],個|个[gè],塊|块[kuài]

地方

dì fāng region/regional (away from the central administration)

地理

dì lǐ geography

地球

dì qiú the Earth/planet/CL:個|个[gè]

地区

dì qū local/regional/district (not necessarily formal administrative unit)/region/area/as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture level city or county level city)/CL:個|个[gè]

地铁

dì tiě subway/metro

递

dì to hand over/to pass (i.e. to give)/gradually (increase or decrease)/progressively

地图

dì tú map/CL:張|张[zhāng],本[běn]

地毯

dì tǎn carpet/rug

地位

dì wèi position/status/place/CL:個|个[gè]

第一

dì yī first/number one

地震

dì zhèn earthquake

地址

dì zhǐ address/CL:個|个[gè]

的确

dí què really/indeed

的

dí really and truly

敌人

dírén enemy/CL:個|个[gè]

洞

dòng cave/hole/zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)/CL:個|个[gè]

动画片

dòng huà piān cartoon/animation

冻

dòng to freeze

动物

dòng wù animal/CL:隻|只[zhī],群[qún],個|个[gè]

动作

dòng zuò movement/motion/action/CL:個|个[gè]

读

dòu comma/phrase marked by pause

豆腐

dòu fu tofu/bean curd

逗

dòu to stay/to stop/to pause (while reading)/to tease (play with)

度过

dù guò spend/pass

肚子

dù zi belly/abdomen/stomach/CL:個|个[gè]

顿

dùn stop/pause/to arrange/to lay out/to kowtow/to stamp/at once/classifier for meals, beating, tellings off etc: time, bout, spell, meal

独立

dú lì independent/independence/to stand alone

读

dú to read/to study/reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pīn yīn]

独特

dú tè unique/distinct/having special characteristics

答应

dā ying to reply/to respond/to promise/to agree

呆

dāi foolish/stupid/no expression/to stay

单纯

dān chún simple/pure/alone/merely

单调

dān diào monotonous

单独

dān dú alone/by oneself/on one's own

耽误

dān wu delay/hold-up/to waste time/to interfere with

单位

dān wèi a unit/unit (of measure)/work unit (one's workplace)/CL:個|个[gè]

担心

dān xīn anxious/worried/uneasy/to worry/to be anxious

单元

dān yuán unit/entrance number/staircase (for residential buildings)

当代

dāng dài the present age/the contemporary era

当地

dāng dì local

当时

dāng shí then/at that time/while

当

dāng 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

当然

dāngrán only natural/as it should be/certainly/of course/without doubt

担任

dānrèn to hold a governmental office or post/to assume office of/to take charge of/to serve as

刀

dāo knife/CL:把[bǎ]

课程

kè chéng course/class/CL:門|门[mén]

克服

kè fú (try to) overcome (hardships etc)/to conquer/to put up with/to endure

客观

kè guān objective

刻苦

kè kǔ hardworking/assiduous

刻

kè quarter (hour)/moment/to carve/to engrave/to cut/oppressive/(classifier for short time intervals)

课

kè subject/course/class/lesson/CL:堂[táng]

克

kè to be able to/to subdue/to restrain/to overcome/gram

克

kè to subdue/to overthrow

客厅

kè tīng drawing room (room for arriving guests)/living room/CL:間|间[jiān]

客人

kèrén guest/CL:位[wèi]

咳嗽

ké sou to cough/CL:陣|阵[zhèn]

空闲

kòng xián idle/free time/leisure

控制

kòng zhì control/to exercise control over/to contain

裤子

kù zi trousers/pants/CL:條|条[tiáo]

困难

kùn nan (financial etc) difficulty/problem/issue/CL:個|个[gè]

困

kùn sleepy/doze off

困

kùn to trap/distress/sleepy/doze off

咖啡

kā fēi coffee/CL:杯[bēi]

开放

kāi fàng to lift (restrictions)/to open/to make open to the public/to lift a ban/to unfurl/to bloom

开发

kāi fā exploit (a resource)/open up (for development)/to develop

开幕式

kāi mù shì opening ceremony

开始

kāi shǐ to begin/beginning/to start/initial/CL:個|个[gè]

开

kāi to open/to start/to turn on/to write out (a medical prescription)/to operate (vehicle)/abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin

开玩笑

kāi wán xiào to play a joke/to make fun of/to joke

开心

kāi xīn to feel happy/to rejoice/to have a great time/to make fun of sb

看

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

颗

kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc

棵

kē classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc

科学

kē xué science/scientific knowledge/scientific/CL:門|门[mén],個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]

可见

kě jiàn it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)/it is (thus) clear/clear/visible

可靠

kě kào reliable

可怜

kě lián pitiful/pathetic

可能

kě néng might (happen)/possible/probable/possibility/probability/maybe/perhaps/CL:個|个[gè]

可怕

kě pà awful/dreadful/fearful/formidable/frightful/scary/hideous/horrible/terrible/terribly

可是

kě shì but/however

渴

kě thirsty

可惜

kě xī it is a pity/what a pity/(it's) too bad

可以

kě yǐ can/may/possible/able to

可爱

kě ài amiable/cute/lovely

肯定

kěn dìng to be sure/to be certain/sure/certain/definite/to confirm/to affirm/affirmative

空间

kōng jiān space/CL:個|个[gè]

空气

kōng qì air/atmosphere

空调

kōng tiáo air conditioning

哭

kū to cry/to weep

卡车

kǎ chē truck/CL:輛|辆[liàng]

砍

kǎn to chop

考虑

kǎo lù to think over/to consider/consideration

考试

kǎo shì exam/CL:次[cì]

烤鸭

kǎo yā roast duck

恐怖

kǒng bù terrible/frightful/frightening/terror/terrorist

恐怕

kǒng pà fear/to dread/I'm afraid that.../perhaps/maybe

口

kǒu mouth/(classifier for things with mouths such as people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)

口味

kǒu wèi a person's preferences/tastes (in food)/flavor

苦

kǔ bitter/hardship/pain/to suffer/painstaking

困

kǔn a bunch/tie together

了

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

聊天

liáo tiān to chat/to gossip

六

liù six/6

流传

liú chuán to spread/to circulate/to hand down

留

liú leave (message)/to retain/to stay/to remain/to keep/to preserve

流泪

liú lèi to shed tears

流利

liú lì fluent

浏览

liú lǎn to skim over/to browse

乱

luàn in confusion/disorderly

落后

luò hòu to fall behind/to lag (in technology etc)/backward/to retrogress

逻辑

luó ji logic

辣

là hot (spicy)/pungent

辣椒

là jiāo hot pepper/chili

蜡烛

là zhú candle/CL:根[gēn],支[zhī]

烂

làn soft/mushy/well-cooked and soft/to rot/to decompose/rotten/worn out/chaotic/messy/utterly/thoroughly

浪费

làng fèi to waste/to squander

浪漫

làng màn romantic

来不及

lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth)/it's too late (to do sth)

来得及

lái de jí there's still time/able to do sth in time

来

lái to come/to arrive/to come round/ever since/next

来自

lái zì to come from (a place)/From: (in email header)

蓝

lán blue/cabbage/surname Lan

拦

lán cut off/hinder

狼

láng wolf/CL:匹[pǐ],隻|只[zhī],條|条[tiáo]

劳动

láo dòng work/toil/physical labor/CL:次[cì]

劳驾

láo jià excuse me

乐观

lè guān optimistic/hopeful

累

lèi implicate/tired

类

lèi kind/type/class/category/similar/like/to resemble

累

léi cumbersome

雷

léi surname Lei

雷

léi thunder/(internet slang) terrifying/terrific

粒

lì a grain/a granule/classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)

立方

lì fāng cube

厉害

lì hai difficult to deal with/difficult to endure/ferocious/radical/serious/terrible/violent/tremendous/awesome

立即

lì jí immediately

立刻

lì kè forthwith/immediate/prompt/promptly/straightway/thereupon/at once

力量

lì liang power/force/strength

力气

lì qi strength/CL:把[bǎ]

历史

lì shǐ history/CL:門|门[mén],段[duàn]

利息

lì xī interest (on a loan)/CL:筆|笔[bǐ]

利益

lì yì benefit/(in sb's) interest/CL:個|个[gè]

利用

lì yòng exploit/make use of/to use/to take advantage of/to utilize

另外

lìng wài additional/in addition/besides/separate/other/moreover/furthermore

利润

lìrùn profits

例如

lìrú for example/for instance/such as

离婚

lí hūn to divorce/divorced from (one's spouse)

离开

lí kāi to depart/to leave

厘米

lí mǐ centimeter

梨

lí pear/CL:個|个[gè]

离

lí to leave/to depart/to go away/from

邻居

lín jū neighbor/next door/CL:個|个[gè]

临时

lín shí at the instant sth happens/temporary/interim/ad hoc

铃

líng (small) bell/CL:隻|只[zhī]

灵活

líng huó flexible/nimble/agile

零件

líng jiàn spare parts/spares

懒

lǎn lazy

老百姓

lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people/the "person in the street"/CL:個|个[gè]

老板

lǎo bǎn boss/business proprietor/CL:個|个[gè]

老虎

lǎo hǔ tiger/CL:隻|只[zhī]

姥姥

lǎo lao (informal) mother's mother/maternal grandmother

老

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

老实

lǎo shí honest/sincere/open and guileless/naive

老师

lǎo shī teacher/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]

老鼠

lǎo shǔ rat/mouse/CL:隻|只[zhī]

里

lǐ Chinese mile (approx. 0.5 km)/neighborhood/hometown/surname Li

礼拜天

lǐ bài tiān Sunday

理发

lǐ fà a barber/hairdressing

里

lǐ inside/internal/interior/lining/village/basic unit of city administration

理解

lǐ jiě to comprehend/understanding/comprehension/to understand

理论

lǐ lùn theory/CL:個|个[gè]

礼貌

lǐ mào courtesy/manners

礼物

lǐ wù gift/present/CL:件[jiàn],個|个[gè],份[fèn]

理想

lǐ xiǎng ideal/CL:個|个[gè]

理由

lǐ yóu reason/grounds/justification/CL:個|个[gè]

领导

lǐng dǎo lead/leading/to lead/leadership/leader/CL:位[wèi],個|个[gè]

领域

lǐng yù domain/sphere/field/territory/area

旅游

lǚ yóu trip/journey/tourism/travel/tour

吗

ma (question tag)

面包

miàn bāo bread/CL:片[piàn],袋[dài],塊|块[kuài]

面对

miàn duì to confront/to face

面积

miàn jī surface area

面临

miàn lín be faced with (a problem)/to be confronted with

面条

miàn tiáo noodles

棉花

mián hua cotton

苗条

miáo tiáo slim, slender, graceful

描写

miáo xiě to describe/to depict/to portray/CL:個|个[gè]

免费

miǎn fèi free (of charge)

秒

miǎo second (of time)/unit of angle or arc equivalent to one sixtieth of a degree

骂

mà to scold/abuse/CL:通[tòng],頓|顿[dùn]

麦克风

mài kè fēng microphone (loan word)

卖

mài to sell

慢

màn slow

冒险

mào xiǎn to take risks/to take chances/foray/adventure

贸易

mào yì (commercial) trade/CL:個|个[gè]

帽子

mào zi hat/cap/CL:頂|顶[dǐng]

麻烦

má fan trouble/troublesome

馒头

mán tou steamed roll/steamed bun/steamed bread/CL:個|个[gè]

忙

máng busy

毛病

máo bìng fault/defect/shortcomings/CL:個|个[gè]

矛盾

máo dùn contradictory/contradiction/CL:個|个[gè]

毛

máo hair/fur/pore/dime (classifier for jiao 角, one-tenth of yuan)/surname Mao/CL:根[gēn]

毛巾

máo jīn towel/CL:條|条[tiáo]

魅力

mèi lì charm/fascination/glamor/charisma

妹妹

mèi mei younger sister/fig. younger woman (esp. girl friend or rival)/CL:個|个[gè]

梦

mèng to dream/CL:場|场[cháng],個|个[gè]

没

méi (negative prefix for verbs)/have not/not

没关系

méi guān xi it doesn't matter

眉毛

méi mao eyebrow/CL:根[gēn]

煤炭

méi tàn coal

门

mén gate/door/CL:扇[shàn]/gateway/doorway/CL:個|个[gè]/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

蜜蜂

mì fēng bee/honeybee/CL:隻|只[zhī],群[qún]

秘密

mì mì secret/CL:個|个[gè]

密码

mì mǎ code/secret code/password/pin number

密切

mì qiè close/familiar/intimate/closely (related)/to foster close ties/to pay close attention

秘书

mì shū secretary

命令

mìng lìng order/command/CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]

命运

mìng yùn fate/destiny/CL:個|个[gè]

迷路

mí lù to lose the way/lost/labyrinth/labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)

谜语

mí yǔ riddle/conundrum

民主

mín zhǔ democracy

民族

mín zú nationality/ethnic group/CL:個|个[gè]

明白

míng bai clear/obvious/unequivocal/to understand/to realize

名片

míng piàn (business) card

名牌

míng pái famous brand

明确

míng què clear-cut/definite/explicit/to clarify/to specify/to make definite

名胜古迹

míng shèng gǔ jì historical sites and scenic spots

明天

míng tiān tomorrow

明显

míng xiǎn clear/distinct/obvious

明信片

míng xìn piàn postcard

明星

míng xīng star/celebrity

名字

míng zi name (of a person or thing)/CL:個|个[gè]

没

mò drowned/to end/to die/to inundate

陌生

mò shēng strange/unfamiliar

模仿

mó fǎng to imitate/to copy/to emulate/model

模糊

mó hu vague/indistinct/fuzzy

摸

mó imitate/copy

摩托车

mó tuō chē motorbike/motorcycle/CL:輛|辆[liàng],部[bù]

目标

mù biāo target/goal/objective/CL:個|个[gè]

目的

mù dì purpose/aim/goal/target/objective/CL:個|个[gè]

目录

mù lù catalog/table of contents/directory (on computer hard drive)/list/contents

目前

mù qián at the present time/currently

木头

mù tou wood/timber/log/fig. slow-witted/wooden (headed)/CL:塊|块[kuài],根[gēn]

妈妈

mā ma mama/mommy/mother/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]

猫

māo cat/CL:隻|只[zhī]

每

měi each/every

美丽

měi lì beautiful

美术

měi shù art/fine arts/painting/CL:種|种[zhǒng]

摸

mō to feel with the hand/to touch/to stroke/to grope/to feel (one's pulse)

马

mǎ horse/horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess/knight in Western chess

马虎

mǎ hu careless/sloppy/negligent/skimpy

吗

mǎ see 嗎啡|吗啡, morphine

马上

mǎ shàng at once/right away/immediately/lit. on horseback/mounted

马

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

买

mǎi buy

满

mǎn full/filled/packed/fully/completely/quite/to reach the limit/to satisfy/satisfied/contented/to fill/abbr. for Manchurian

满意

mǎn yì satisfied/pleased/to one's satisfaction

满足

mǎn zú to satisfy/to meet (the needs of)

米饭

mǐ fàn (cooked) rice

米

mǐ meter (classifier)/rice/surname Mi/CL:粒[lì]

某

mǒu some/a certain/sb or sth indefinite/such-and-such

母亲

mǔ qīn mother/also pr. with light tone [mǔ qin]/CL:個|个[gè]

教训

jiào xun a lesson/a moral/(to teach sb or to learn a) lesson (i.e. obtain wisdom from an experience)

教育

jiào yù to educate/to teach/education

借口

jiè kǒu to use as an excuse/on the pretext

介绍

jiè shào to present/introduction/to introduce/CL:個|个[gè]

届

jiè to arrive at (place or time)/period/to become due/classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures etc

借

jiè to lend/to borrow/excuse/pretext/by means of/to seize (an opportunity)/to take (an opportunity)

戒烟

jiè yān to give up smoking

戒指

jiè zhi (finger) ring

节

jié festival/section/segment/point/part/to economize/to save/temperate/classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses/CL:個|个[gè]

结果

jié guǒ outcome/result/conclusion/in the end/as a result/to kill/to dispatch

结构

jié gòu structure/composition/makeup/architecture/CL:座[zuò],個|个[gè]

结合

jié hé to combine/to link/to integrate/binding/CL:次[cì]

结婚

jié hūn to marry/to get married/CL:次[cì]

结论

jié lùn (reach a) conclusion/verdict/CL:個|个[gè]

节目

jié mù program/item (on a program)/CL:臺|台[tái],個|个[gè],套[tào]

结束

jié shù termination/to finish/to end/to conclude/to close

节省

jié shěng saving/to save/to use sparingly/to cut down on

节约

jié yuē frugal/save

结账

jié zhàng to pay the bill/to settle accounts/also written 結帳|结帐

节日

jiérì holiday/festival/CL:個|个[gè]

就

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

甲

jiǎ armor/first of 10 heavenly stems 十天干/first in order/letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/first party (in legal contract, usually written 甲方, as opposed to second party 乙方)/methyl

假

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

假装

jiǎ zhuāng to feign/to pretend

检查

jiǎn chá inspection/to examine/to inspect/CL:次[cì]

简单

jiǎn dān simple/not complicated

剪刀

jiǎn dāo scissors/CL:把[bǎ]

减肥

jiǎn féi to lose weight

简历

jiǎn lì Curriculum Vitae (CV)/résumé (resume)/biographical notes

减少

jiǎn shǎo to lessen/to decrease/to reduce/to lower

捡

jiǎn to pick up/to collect/to gather

简直

jiǎn zhí simply/at all/practically

讲究

jiǎng jiu to pay particular attention to/exquisite/aesthetic

奖金

jiǎng jīn premium/award money/a bonus

讲

jiǎng to speak/to explain/a speech/a lecture

讲座

jiǎng zuò a course of lectures/CL:個|个[gè]

角

jiǎo angle/horn/horn-shaped/unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan/CL:個|个[gè]

角度

jiǎo dù angle/point of view

脚

jiǎo foot/leg/base/kick/CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]

狡猾

jiǎo huá crafty/cunning/sly

角色

jiǎo sè persona/character in a novel

饺子

jiǎo zi dumpling/pot-sticker/CL:個|个[gè],隻|只[zhī]

假如

jiǎrú if

久

jiǔ (long) time/(long) duration of time

酒吧

jiǔ bā bar/pub/saloon/CL:家[jiā]

九

jiǔ nine/9

卷

juàn chapter/examination paper

圈

juàn pen (pig)/a fold

觉得

jué de to think/to feel

绝对

jué duì absolute/unconditional

决定

jué dìng to decide (to do something)/to determine/to resolve/CL:個|个[gè],項|项[xiàng]

脚

jué role

角

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

决赛

jué sài finals (of a competition)

角色

jué sè role

决心

jué xīn determination/resolution/determined/firm and resolute/to make up one's mind/CL:個|个[gè]

圈

juān to confine/enclose

捐

juān to contribute/to donate/contribution/tax/to abandon

卷

juǎn to roll (up)/to sweep up/coil/to carry on/(classifier for small rolled things: wad of paper money, scroll, movie tape etc)

记得

jì de to remember

计划

jì huà plan/project/program/to plan/to map out/CL:個|个[gè],項|项[xiàng]

季节

jì jié time/season/period/CL:個|个[gè]

纪律

jì lù discipline

纪录

jì lù record

记录

jì lù record/CL:個|个[gè]

寂寞

jì mò lonely/lonesome

纪念

jì niàn to commemorate/to remember/CL:個|个[gè]

技术

jì shù technology/technique/skill/CL:門|门[mén],種|种[zhǒng],項|项[xiàng]

计算

jì suàn to count/to calculate/to compute/CL:個|个[gè]

寄

jì to live (in a house)/to lodge/to mail/to send/to entrust/to depend

继续

jì xù to continue/to proceed with/to go on with

记忆

jì yì memories/remember/memory/CL:個|个[gè]

记者

jì zhě reporter/journalist/CL:個|个[gè]

进步

jìn bù progress/improvement/to improve/to progress/CL:個|个[gè]

近代

jìn dài modern times

进口

jìn kǒu to import/imported

尽量

jìn liàng as much as possible/to the greatest extent

尽力

jìn lì to strive one's hardest/to spare no effort

近

jìn near/close to/approximately

进

jìn to advance/to enter/to come in

进行

jìn xíng to advance/to conduct/underway/in progress/to do/to carry out/to carry on/to execute

禁止

jìn zhǐ to prohibit

竞争

jìng zhēng to compete/competition

镜子

jìng zi mirror/CL:面[miàn],個|个[gè]

敬爱

jìng ài respect and love

竟然

jìngrán unexpectedly/to one's surprise/in spite of everything/in that crazy way/actually/to go as far as to

既然

jìrán since/as/this being the case

极

jí extremely/pole (geography, physics)/utmost/top

及格

jí gé to pass a test

集合

jí hé a congregation/to gather/a set

急忙

jí máng hastily

极其

jí qí extremely

及时

jí shí in time/promptly/without delay/timely

即使

jí shǐ even if/even though

吃

jí stammer

集体

jí tǐ collective/CL:個|个[gè]

集中

jí zhōng to concentrate/to centralize/to focus/centralized/concentrated/to put together

具备

jù bèi to possess/to have/equipped with/able to fulfill (conditions or requirements)

巨大

jù dà huge/immense/very large/tremendous/gigantic/enormous

聚会

jù huì to meet/gathering/to get together

拒绝

jù jué to refuse/to decline/to reject

俱乐部

jù lè bù club (i.e. a group or organization)/CL:個|个[gè]

距离

jù lí distance/to be apart/CL:個|个[gè]

据说

jù shuō it is said that/reportedly

具体

jù tǐ concrete/definite/specific

句子

jù zi sentence/CL:個|个[gè]

桔子

jú zi tangerine/CL:個|个[gè],瓣[bàn]

几

jī almost/small table

基本

jī běn basic/fundamental/main/elementary

机场

jī chǎng airport/airfield/CL:家[jiā],處|处[chù]

基础

jī chǔ base/foundation/basis/underlying/CL:個|个[gè]

鸡蛋

jī dàn (chicken) egg/hen's egg/CL:個|个[gè],打[dá]

激动

jī dòng to excite/to agitate/exciting

机会

jī huì opportunity/chance/occasion/CL:個|个[gè]

几乎

jī hū almost/nearly/practically

积极

jī jí active/energetic/vigorous/positive (outlook)/proactive

激烈

jī liè intense/acute/fierce

积累

jī lěi to accumulate/accumulation/cumulative/cumulatively

机器

jī qì machine/CL:臺|台[tái],部[bù],個|个[gè]

金属

jīn shǔ metal/CL:種|种[zhǒng]

今天

jīn tiān today/at the present/now

经常

jīng cháng day to day/everyday/daily/frequently/constantly/regularly/often

精彩

jīng cǎi brilliant/splendid

经典

jīng diǎn the classics/scriptures/classical

经过

jīng guò to pass/to go through/process/course/CL:個|个[gè]

经济

jīng jì economy/economic

京剧

jīng jù Beijing opera/CL:場|场[chǎng],出[chū]

精力

jīng lì energy

经历

jīng lì experience/go through/CL:個|个[gè],次[cì]

经理

jīng lǐ manager/director/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]

精神

jīng shen vigor/vitality/drive/spiritual

精神

jīng shén spirit/mind/consciousness/thought/mental/psychological/essence/gist/CL:個|个[gè]

经验

jīng yàn to experience/experience

经营

jīng yíng to engage in (business etc)/to run/to operate

肌肉

jīròu muscle/flesh

军事

jūn shì military affairs/military matters/military

均匀

jūn yún even/well-distributed/homogeneous

居然

jūrán unexpectedly/to one's surprise/go so far as to

几

jǐ how much/how many/several/a few

给

jǐ to supply/provide

尽管

jǐn guǎn despite/although/even though/in spite of/unhesitatingly/do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc)/(go ahead and do it) without hesitating

紧急

jǐn jí urgent

谨慎

jǐn shèn cautious/prudent

紧

jǐn tight/nervous/strict

紧张

jǐn zhāng nervous/keyed up/intense/tense/strained/in short supply/scarce/CL:陣|阵[zhèn]

警察

jǐng chá police/policeman/policewoman/CL:個|个[gè]

景色

jǐng sè scenery/scene/landscape/view

举办

jǔ bàn to conduct/to hold

举

jǔ to lift/to hold up/to cite/to enumerate/to act/to raise/to choose/to elect

举行

jǔ xíng to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)

会计

kuài jì accountant/accounting

块

kuài lump (of earth)/chunk/piece/classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc/colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 塊錢|块钱

快乐

kuài lè happy/merry

快

kuài rapid/quick/speed/rate/soon/shortly/quick-witted/clever/sharp (of knives or wits)/forthright/plain-spoken/gratified/pleased/pleasant/police runner (in former times, official to arrest criminals)

会

kuài to balance an account/accounting

筷子

kuài zi chopsticks/CL:對|对[duì],根[gēn],把[bǎ],雙|双[shuāng]

矿泉水

kuàng quán shuǐ mineral spring water/CL:瓶[píng],杯[bēi]

扩大

kuò dà to expand/to enlarge/to broaden one's scope

夸

kuā to boast

夸

kuā to boast/to exaggerate/to praise

宽

kuān lenient/wide/broad

看不起

kàn bu qǐ to look down upon/to despise

看法

kàn fǎ way of looking at a thing/view/opinion/CL:個|个[gè]

看见

kàn jiàn to see/to catch sight of

看来

kàn lai apparently/it seems that/it appears/it seems

看

kàn to see/to look at/to read/to watch/to consider/to regard as/to view as/to treat as/to judge/(after repeated verb) to give it a try/depending on (how you're judging)/to visit/to call on/to treat (an illness)/to look after/Watch out! (for a danger)

抗议

kàng yì protest

软件

ruǎn jiàn (computer) software

软

ruǎn soft/flexible

让

ràng to yield/to permit/to let sb do sth/to have sb do sth

绕

rào to wind/to coil (thread)/to rotate around/to spiral/to move around/to go round (an obstacle)/to by-pass/to make a detour/to confuse/to perplex

然后

rán hòu after/then (afterwards)/after that/afterwards

燃烧

rán shāo combustion/flaming/kindle

然而

rán ér however/yet/but

热

rè heat/to heat up/fervent/hot (of weather)/warm up

热烈

rè liè warm (welcome etc)

热闹

rè nao bustling with noise and excitement/lively

热情

rè qíng cordial/enthusiastic/passion/passionate/passionately

热心

rè xīn enthusiasm/zeal/zealous/zest/enthusiastic/ardent/warmhearted

热爱

rè ài to love ardently/to adore

任何

rèn hé any/whatever/whichever/whatsoever

认识

rèn shi to know/to recognize/to be familiar with/acquainted with sth/knowledge/understanding/awareness/cognition

任务

rèn wu mission/assignment/task/duty/role/CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]

认为

rèn wéi to believe/to think/to consider/to feel

认真

rèn zhēn earnest/serious/to take seriously/to take to heart

人才

rén cái a person's talent/talented person/distinguished person/a talent (worth head-hunting)/person's looks/an attractive woman/used interchangeably with 人材/CL:個|个[gè]

人口

rén kǒu population

人类

rén lèi humanity/human race/mankind

人

rén man/person/people/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]

人民币

rén mín bì Renminbi (RMB), PRC currency/The unit is RMB Yuan 人民幣元|人民币元 or simply 元.

人事

rén shì personnel

人生

rén shēng life

人物

rén wù a person/a character (in a play, novel etc)/a protagonist/CL:個|个[gè]

人员

rén yuán staff/crew/personnel/CL:個|个[gè]

仍然

réngrán still/yet

哪

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

呢

ne (question particle for subjects already mentioned)

念

niàn to read/to study (a degree course)/to read aloud/to miss (sb)/idea/remembrance/twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿, 20)

年代

nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)/age/era/period/CL:個|个[gè]

年纪

nián jì age/CL:把[bǎ],個|个[gè]

年级

nián jí grade/CL:個|个[gè]

年龄

nián líng (a person's) age/CL:把[bǎ],個|个[gè]

年轻

nián qīng young

粘贴

nián tiē to stick/to paste (as in 'cut, copy, and paste')

年

nián year/CL:個|个[gè]

牛奶

niú nǎi cow's milk/CL:瓶[píng],杯[bēi]

牛仔裤

niú zǎi kù jeans/CL:條|条[tiáo]/also written 牛崽褲|牛崽裤

鸟

niǎo bird/CL:隻|只[zhī],群[qún]

暖和

nuǎn huo warm/nice and warm

那

nà that/those/commonly pr. nèi before a classifier, esp. in Beijing

耐心

nài xīn patient (adjective)

难

nàn disaster/distress/to scold

那儿

nàr there

拿

ná to hold/to seize/to catch/to apprehend/to take

难

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

难道

nán dào don't tell me .../could it be that...?

难怪

nán guài (it's) no wonder (that...)/(it's) not surprising (that)

难过

nán guò feel sorry/be grieved

难看

nán kàn ugly/unsightly

难受

nán shòu to feel unwell/to suffer pain/to be difficult to bear

南

nán south

男人

nánrén a man/a male/men/CL:個|个[gè]

内

nèi inside/inner/internal/within/interior

内科

nèi kē medicine/"internal" medicine, i.e. treatment by administering drugs, as opposed to surgical intervention 外科[wài kē]/medical department

内容

nèiróng content/substance/details/CL:個|个[gè],項|项[xiàng]

嫩

nèn tender/soft

能

néng can/may/capable/energy/able/surname Neng

能干

néng gàn capable/competent

能力

néng lì capability/capable/able/ability/CL:個|个[gè]

能源

néng yuán energy/power source/CL:個|个[gè]

宁可

nìng kě preferably/one would prefer to...(or not to...)/would rather/(would) be better to/(to pick) the lesser of two evils

呢

ní woolen material

您

nín you (polite, as opposed to informal 你[nǐ])

弄

nòng to do/to manage/to handle/to play with/to fool with/to mess with/to fix/to toy with

浓

nóng concentrated/dense

农村

nóng cūn rural area/village/CL:個|个[gè]

农民

nóng mín peasant/CL:個|个[gè]

农业

nóng yè agriculture/farming

哪

něi which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)

哪

nǎ how/which

哪怕

nǎ pà even/even if/even though/no matter how

那

nǎ variant of 哪/how/which

奶奶

nǎi nai (informal) father's mother; paternal grandmother/CL:位[wèi]

脑袋

nǎo dài head/skull/brains/mental capability/CL:顆|颗[kē],個|个[gè]

哪儿

nǎr where?/wherever/anywhere

你

nǐ you (informal, as opposed to polite 您[nín])

努力

nǔ lì great effort/to strive/to try hard

女士

nǚ shì lady/madam

女儿

nǚ ér daughter

女人

nǚrén woman

片面

piàn miàn unilateral/one-sided

派

pài clique/school/group/faction/to dispatch/to send/to assign/to appoint/pi (Greek letter Ππ)/the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926

判断

pàn duàn to decide/to determine/CL:個|个[gè]

盼望

pàn wàng to hope for/look forward to

胖

pàng fat/plump

爬山

pá shān to climb a mountain/to mountaineer/hiking/mountaineering

排队

pái duì to line up

排列

pái liè array/arrangement/permutation (i.e. ordered choice of n elements out of m)

排球

pái qiú volleyball/CL:個|个[gè]

盘子

pán zi tray/plate/dish/CL:個|个[gè]

旁边

páng biān lateral/side/to the side/beside

佩服

pèi fú admire

配合

pèi hé matching/fitting in with/compatible with/to correspond/to fit/to conform to/rapport/to coordinate with/to act in concert with/to cooperate/to become man and wife/to combine parts of machine

碰见

pèng jiàn to run into/to meet (unexpectedly)/to bump into

赔偿

péi cháng compensate

陪

péi to accompany/to keep sb company

培养

péi yǎng to train/culture/to bring up/to groom (for a position)

盆

pén basin/flower pot/unit of volume equal to 12 斗 and 8 升, approx 128 liters/CL:個|个[gè]

朋友

péng you friend/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]

皮肤

pí fū skin/CL:種|种[zhǒng]

啤酒

pí jiǔ beer/CL:杯[bēi],瓶[píng],罐[guàn],桶[tǒng],缸[gāng]

疲劳

pí láo fatigue/wearily/weariness/weary

脾气

pí qì temperament/disposition/temper/CL:個|个[gè]

皮鞋

pí xié leather shoes

频道

pín dào frequency/(television) channel

平常

píng cháng ordinary/common/usually/ordinarily

平等

píng děng equal/equality

平

píng flat/level/equal/to tie (make the same score)/to draw (score)/calm/peaceful/level or even tone (i.e. first and second tones in classical Chinese)/surname Ping

平方

píng fāng square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)

苹果

píng guǒ apple/CL:個|个[gè],顆|颗[kē]

平衡

píng héng balance/equilibrium

评价

píng jià to evaluate/to assess

平静

píng jìng tranquil/undisturbed/serene

平均

píng jūn average

凭

píng lean against/proof/to rely on/to depend on/to be based on

平时

píng shí in normal times/in peacetime

瓶子

píng zi bottle/CL:個|个[gè]

破产

pò chǎn to go bankrupt/to become impoverished/bankruptcy

破坏

pò huài destruction/damage/to wreck/to break/to destroy

迫切

pò qiè urgent/pressing

破

pò to break/to split/broken/damaged/worn out

葡萄

pú tao grape

拍

pāi to pat/to clap/to slap/fly-swatter/racket 拍子/to take (picture)/to shoot

匹

pī mate/one of a pair

批评

pī píng to criticize/criticism/CL:個|个[gè]

披

pī scatter/separate/to open/to unroll/to spread out

批

pī to ascertain/to act on/to criticize/to pass on/classifier for batches, lots, military flights/tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)

批准

pī zhǔn to approve/to ratify

乒乓球

pīng pāng qiú table tennis/ping-pong/ping pong/table tennis ball/CL:個|个[gè]

跑步

pǎo bù to walk quickly/to march/to run

匹

pǐ ordinary person/classifier for horses, mules etc/classifier for cloth: bolt

品种

pǐn zhǒng breed/variety/CL:個|个[gè]

普遍

pǔ biàn universal/general/widespread/common

朴素

pǔ sù plain and simple/unadorned/simple living/not frivolous

普通话

pǔ tōng huà Mandarin (common language)/Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)/ordinary speech

欠

qiàn deficient/owe/to lack/yawn

钱

qián coin/money/surname Qian/CL:筆|笔[bǐ]

前面

qián miàn ahead/in front/preceding/above

前途

qián tú prospects/outlook (for the future)/future/CL:個|个[gè]

强调

qiáng diào to emphasize (a statement)/to stress

强烈

qiáng liè intense/(violently) strong

墙

qiáng wall/CL:面[miàn],堵[dǔ]

桥

qiáo bridge/CL:座[zuò]

瞧

qiáo look at

切

qiè close to

穷

qióng exhausted/poor

球迷

qiú mí soccer fan/crazy about ball sports/CL:個|个[gè]

千

qiān a swing

铅笔

qiān bǐ (lead) pencil/CL:支[zhī],枝[zhī],桿|杆[gǎn]

千

qiān thousand

牵

qiān to pull (an animal on a tether)/to lead along/to hold hands

千万

qiān wàn ten million/countless/many/one must by all means

谦虚

qiān xū modest

签证

qiān zhèng visa/certificate/to certify/CL:個|个[gè]

签字

qiān zì to sign (a signature)

枪

qiāng gun/firearm/rifle/spear/CL:支[zhī],把[bǎ]

抢

qiāng see 搶風|抢风 contrary wind

敲

qiāo extort/knock/to strike/to knock (at a door)/to hit

切

qiē to cut/to slice

秋

qiū a swing

秋

qiū autumn/fall/harvest time/a swing/surname Qiu

浅

qiǎn shallow

抢

qiǎng fight over/to rush/to scramble/to grab/to rob/to snatch

巧克力

qiǎo kè lì chocolate/CL:塊|块[kuài]

巧妙

qiǎo miào ingenious/clever

悄悄

qiǎo qiǎo quietly

劝

quàn to advise/to urge/to try to persuade/exhort

全部

quán bù whole/entire/complete

权力

quán lì (wield) power

权利

quán lì power/right/privilege

全面

quán miàn all-around/comprehensive/total/overall

却

què but/yet/however/while/to go back/to decline/to retreat/nevertheless/even though

确定

què dìng definite/certain/fixed/to fix (on sth)/to determine/to be sure/to ensure/to make certain/to ascertain/to clinch/to recognize/to confirm/OK (on computer dialog box)

确实

què shí indeed/really/reliable/real/true

确认

quèrèn to confirm/to verify

圈

quān circle/ring/loop/classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc/CL:個|个[gè]

缺点

quē diǎn weak point/fault/shortcoming/CL:個|个[gè]

缺乏

quē fá shortage/be lacking/to be short of/to lack/scarcity

缺少

quē shǎo lack/shortage of/shortfall/to be short (of)/to lack

气氛

qì fēn atmosphere/mood

气候

qì hòu climate/atmosphere/situation/CL:種|种[zhǒng]

汽油

qì yóu gas/gasoline/CL:升[shēng]

庆祝

qìng zhù celebrate

其次

qí cì next/secondly

奇怪

qí guài strange/odd

奇迹

qí jì miracle/miraculous/wonder/marvel

其实

qí shí actually/that is not the case/in fact/really

骑

qí to ride (an animal or bike)/to sit astride

其他

qí tā other/the others/else/other than (that person)/in addition to the person mentioned above

其余

qí yú the rest/the others/remaining/remainder/apart from them

其中

qí zhōng among/in/included among these

勤奋

qín fèn hardworking/diligent

勤劳

qín láo hardworking/industrious/diligent

晴

qíng clear/fine (weather)

情景

qíng jǐng scene/sight/circumstances/CL:個|个[gè]

情况

qíng kuàng circumstances/state of affairs/situation/CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]

情绪

qíng xù feeling/sentiment/CL:種|种[zhǒng]

去年

qù nián last year

去世

qù shì to pass away/to die

去

qù to go/to leave/to remove/fourth tone of putonghua

起床

qǐ chuáng to get up

启发

qǐ fā to enlighten/to explain and arouse interest/to inspire/inspiration/heuristic (attributively)/to teach/CL:個|个[gè]

起飞

qǐ fēi to take off (in an airplane)

起来

qǐ lai beginning or continuing an action/upward movement/stand up

企图

qǐ tú attempt/CL:種|种[zhǒng]

企业

qǐ yè company/firm/enterprise/CL:家[jiā]

请假

qǐng jià ask for time off

请客

qǐng kè give a dinner party/entertain guests/invite to dinner

请求

qǐng qiú request/CL:個|个[gè]

请

qǐng to ask/to invite/please (do sth)/to treat (to a meal etc)/to request

娶

qǔ take a wife/to marry (a woman)

取

qǔ to take/to get/to choose/to fetch

取消

qǔ xiāo to cancel/cancellation

弱

ruò weak/feeble/young/inferior

晒

shài to dry in the sunshine/to sunbathe/to share web files (loan from English share)

善良

shàn liáng good and honest/kind-hearted

善于

shàn yú be good at/be adept in

上班

shàng bān to go to work/to be on duty/to start work/to go to the office

上当

shàng dàng taken in (by sb's deceit)/to be fooled/duped

上

shàng on/on top/upon/first (of two parts)/previous or last (week etc)/upper/higher/above/previous/to climb/to go into/to go up/to attend (class or university)/third tone of putonghua

上网

shàng wǎng to be on the internet/to stretch a net (in a sports game or for covering sth)/to be netted (of fish)

上午

shàng wǔ morning/CL:個|个[gè]

少

shào young

勺子

sháo zi scoop/ladle/CL:把[bǎ]

设备

shè bèi equipment/facilities/installations/CL:個|个[gè]

社会

shè huì society/CL:個|个[gè]

设计

shè jì plan/design/to design/to plan/CL:個|个[gè]

射击

shè jī to shoot/to fire (a gun)

设施

shè shī facilities/installation

摄影

shè yǐng to take a photograph

甚至

shèn zhì even/so much so that

剩

shèng have as remainder

胜利

shèng lì victory/CL:個|个[gè]

蛇

shé snake/serpent/CL:條|条[tiáo]

舌头

shé tóu tongue/CL:個|个[gè]

谁

shéi who/also pronounced shuí

神话

shén huà fairy tale/mythology/myth

神经

shén jīng nerve

什么

shén me what/what?/who?/something/anything

神秘

shén mì mysterious/mystery

绳子

shéng zi cord/string/rope/CL:條|条[tiáo]

士兵

shì bīng soldier/CL:個|个[gè]

市场

shì chǎng market place/market (also in abstract)/abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场 supermarket/CL:個|个[gè]

是否

shì fǒu whether (or not)/if/is or isn't

适合

shì hé to fit/to suit

是

shì is/are/am/yes/to be

世界

shì jiè world/CL:個|个[gè]

试卷

shì juàn examination paper/test paper/CL:份[fèn],張|张[zhāng]

世纪

shì jì century/CL:個|个[gè]

事情

shì qíng affair/matter/thing/business/CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng]

事实

shì shí a fact/the fact that/CL:個|个[gè]

试

shì to test/to try/experiment/examination/test

事物

shì wù thing/object/CL:個|个[gè]

事先

shì xiān in advance/before the event/beforehand/prior

适应

shì yìng to suit/to fit/to be suitable/to adapt/to get used to sth

时代

shí dài age/era/epoch/period/CL:個|个[gè]

十分

shí fēn to divide into ten equal parts/very/hundred percent/completely/extremely/utterly/absolutely

时候

shí hou time/length of time/moment/period

实话

shí huà truth

实践

shí jiàn to practice/to put into practice/to fulfill

时间

shí jiān time/period/CL:段[duàn]

实际

shí jì actual/reality/practice

时刻

shí kè moment/CL:個|个[gè]

时髦

shí máo in vogue/fashionable

食品

shí pǐn foodstuff/food/provisions/CL:種|种[zhǒng]

时期

shí qī a period in time or history/period/time (interval)/phase/CL:個|个[gè]

时尚

shí shàng fashion

十

shí ten/10

石头

shí tou stone/CL:塊|块[kuài]

食物

shí wù food/CL:種|种[zhǒng]

实现

shí xiàn to achieve/to implement/to realize/to bring about

实习

shí xí to practice/field work

实行

shí xíng to implement/to carry out/to put into practice

实验

shí yàn to experiment/experiments/CL:個|个[gè],次[cì]

实用

shí yòng practical/functional/pragmatic/applied (science)

实在

shí zài in reality/honestly/really/verily/concrete

受不了

shòu bù liǎo unbearable/unable to endure/can't stand

受到

shòu dào to receive/to suffer/obtained/given

售货员

shòu huò yuán salesperson/CL:個|个[gè]

寿命

shòu mìng life span/life expectancy

受伤

shòu shāng to sustain injuries/wounded (in an accident etc)/harmed

瘦

shòu tight/thin/lean

数据

shù jù data/numbers/digital

数据

shù jù data/numbers/digital/also written 數據|数据

数量

shù liàng amount/quantity/CL:個|个[gè]

数码

shù mǎ number/numerals/figures/digital/amount/numerical code

树

shù tree/CL:

数学

shù xué mathematics/mathematical

数字

shù zì numeral/digit/number/figure/amount/digital (electronics etc)/CL:個|个[gè]

顺便

shùn biàn conveniently/in passing/without much extra effort

顺利

shùn lì smoothly/without a hitch

顺序

shùn xù sequence/order

熟练

shú liàn practiced/proficient/skilled/skillful

熟悉

shú xī to be familiar with/to know well

沙发

shā fā sofa/CL:條|条[tiáo],張|张[zhāng]

沙漠

shā mò desert/CL:個|个[gè]

杀

shā to kill/to murder/to slaughter/fight

沙滩

shā tān sand bar/beach/CL:片[piàn]

删除

shān chú to delete/to cancel

扇子

shān zi fan/CL:把[bǎ]

商店

shāng diàn store/shop/CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]

商量

shāng liang to consult/to talk over/to discuss

商品

shāng pǐn good/commodity/merchandise/CL:個|个[gè]

伤心

shāng xīn to grieve/broken-hearted

商业

shāng yè business/trade/commerce

稍微

shāo wēi a little bit

身材

shēn cái stature/build (height and weight)/figure

深

shēn deep/profound

身份

shēn fèn identity/status/capacity/dignity/position/rank

深刻

shēn kè profound/deep/deep-going

申请

shēn qǐng to apply for sth/application (form etc)/CL:份[fèn]

伸

shēn to stretch/to extend

身体

shēn tǐ (human) body/health/CL:個|个[gè]

升

shēng ascend/peaceful

生病

shēng bìng ill/sick

生产

shēng chǎn childbirth/parturition/to produce/manufacture

声调

shēng diào tone/note/a tone (on a Chinese syllable)/CL:個|个[gè]

生动

shēng dòng vivid

生活

shēng huó life/activity/to live/livelihood

生命

shēng mìng life/living/biological/CL:個|个[gè]

升

shēng promoted

生气

shēng qì angry/mad/offended/animated/to get angry/to be enraged/to take offense/animation

升

shēng to raise/to hoist/to promote/metric liter (also written 公升)/measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗

声音

shēng yīn voice/sound/CL:個|个[gè]

生日

shēngrì birthday/CL:個|个[gè]

舍不得

shě bu de to hate to do sth/to hate to part with/to begrudge

省

shěng frugal/save/to omit/to leave out/to save (money)/province/CL:個|个[gè]

省略

shěng lu:è to leave out/an omission

失败

shī bài to be defeated/to fail/to lose/CL:次[cì]

师傅

shī fu master/qualified worker/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]

失眠

shī mián (suffer from) insomnia

诗

shī poem/CL: 首[shǒu]/poetry/verse/abbr. for Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[shī jīng]

失去

shī qù to lose

失望

shī wàng disappointed/to lose hope/to despair

失业

shī yè unemployment

狮子

shī zi lion/CL:隻|只[zhī],頭|头[tóu]

湿润

shīrùn moist

收获

shōu huò benefit, reward

收获

shōu huò crop (in agriculture)/harvest/acquisition/profit/gain/bonus/success/reward

收据

shōu jù receipt/CL:張|张[zhāng]

收拾

shōu shi to put in order/to tidy up

收

shōu to receive/to accept/to collect/in care of (used on address line after name)

收入

shōurù to take in/income/revenue/CL:筆|笔[bǐ],個|个[gè]

书

shū book/letter/same as 書經|书经 Book of History/CL:本[běn],冊|册[cè],部[bù],叢|丛[cóng]

蔬菜

shū cài vegetables/produce/CL:種|种[zhǒng]

舒服

shū fu comfortable/feeling well

书架

shū jià bookshelf/CL:個|个[gè]

叔叔

shū shu father's younger brother/uncle/Taiwan pr. shú shu/CL:個|个[gè]

舒适

shū shì cozy/snug

输

shū to transport/to lose

梳子

shū zi comb/CL:把[bǎ]

输入

shūrù to import/to input

傻

shǎ foolish

闪电

shǎn diàn lightning/CL:道[dào]

少

shǎo few/little/lack

使

shǐ to make/to cause/to enable/to use/to employ/messenger

使用

shǐ yòng to use/to employ/to apply/to make use of

始终

shǐ zhōng from beginning to end/all along

手表

shǒu biǎo wrist watch/CL:塊|块[kuài],隻|只[zhī],個|个[gè]

首都

shǒu dū capital (city)/CL:個|个[gè]

手工

shǒu gōng handwork/manual

手机

shǒu jī cell phone/cellular phone/mobile phone/CL:部[bù]

手术

shǒu shù surgical operation/operation/surgery/CL:個|个[gè]

手套

shǒu tào glove/mitten/CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]

首先

shǒu xiān first (of all)/in the first place

手续

shǒu xù formalities/CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]

手指

shǒu zhǐ finger/CL:個|个[gè],隻|只[zhī]

鼠标

shǔ biāo mouse (computer)

属于

shǔ yú classified as/to belong to/to be part of

算

suàn regard as/to figure/to calculate/to compute

碎

suì to break down/to break into pieces/fragmentary

岁

suì year/years old/classifier for years old

随便

suí biàn as one wishes/as one pleases/willful/at random/casual

随时

suí shí at any time

随着

suí zhe along with/in the wake of/following

酸

suān sour/sore/ache/acid

虽然

suīrán although/even though/even if

缩短

suō duǎn to curtail/to cut down

缩小

suō xiǎo reduce/decrease

所

suǒ actually/place/classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc/that which/particle introducing a relative clause or passive/CL:個|个[gè]

锁

suǒ to lock up/to lock/CL:把[bǎ]

所谓

suǒ wèi so-called

所以

suǒ yǐ therefore/as a result/so

所有

suǒ yǒu all/to have/to possess/to own

散步

sàn bù to take a walk/to go for a walk

似的

sì de seems as if/rather like/also pr. (shì de) or (shi de)

四

sì four/4

似乎

sì hū apparently/to seem/to appear/as if/seemingly

寺庙

sì miào temple/monastery/shrine

送

sòng to deliver/to carry/to give (as a present)/to present (with)/to see off/to send

速度

sù dù speed/rate/velocity/CL:個|个[gè]

塑料袋

sù liào dài plastic bag

宿舍

sù shè dormitory/living quarters/hostel/CL:間|间[jiān]

三

sān three/3

森林

sēn lín forest/CL:片[piàn]

丝绸

sī chóu silk cloth/silk

丝毫

sī háo the slightest amount or degree/a bit

司机

sī jī chauffeur/driver/CL:個|个[gè]

思考

sī kǎo to reflect on/to ponder over

撕

sī to tear

思想

sī xiǎng thought/thinking/idea/CL:個|个[gè]

私人

sīrén private (citizen)/private

孙子

sūn zi grandson/son's son

孙子

sūn zǐ Sun Wu 孫武|孙武, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC), author of the Art of War 孫子兵法|孙武兵法

洒

sǎ to sprinkle/to spray/to spill/to shed

伞

sǎn umbrella/parasol/CL:把[bǎ]

嗓子

sǎng zi throat/voice/CL:把[bǎ]

死

sǐ to die/impassable/uncrossable/inflexible/rigid/extremely

损失

sǔn shī loss (e.g. financial)/to lose/CL:個|个[gè]

跳舞

tiào wǔ to dance

填空

tián kòng to fill a job vacancy/to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)

甜

tián sweet

田野

tián yě field/open land/CL:片[piàn]

条件

tiáo jiàn condition/prerequisite/factor/CL:個|个[gè]

调皮

tiáo pí naughty/mischievous/unruly

条

tiáo strip/item/article/clause (of law or treaty)/classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

调整

tiáo zhěng adjustment/revision/CL:個|个[gè]

天空

tiān kōng sky

天气

tiān qì weather

天真

tiān zhēn naive/innocent/artless

挑战

tiǎo zhàn challenge

提

tí 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

题

tí topic/problem for discussion/exam question/subject/to inscribe/to mention/surname Ti/CL:個|个[gè],道[dào]

通讯

tōng xùn communications/a news story (e.g. dispatched over the wire)/CL:個|个[gè]

通知

tōng zhī to notify/to inform/notice/notification/CL:個|个[gè]

突出

tū chū prominent/outstanding/to give prominence to/to protrude/to project

突然

tūrán sudden/abrupt/unexpected

塔

tǎ pagoda/tower/minaret/CL:座[zuò]

坦率

tǎn shuài frank (discussion)/blunt/open

躺

tǎng to recline/to lie down

讨论

tǎo lùn to discuss/to talk over/CL:個|个[gè]

讨厌

tǎo yàn disgusting/troublesome/nuisance/nasty/to hate doing sth

体会

tǐ huì know (through learning or by experience)/CL:個|个[gè]

体积

tǐ jī volume/bulk/CL:個|个[gè]

体贴

tǐ tiē considerate (of other people's needs)

体现

tǐ xiàn to embody/to reflect/to give expression to/to be reflected in/exemplify

体验

tǐ yàn to experience for oneself

体育

tǐ yù sports/physical education

挺

tǐng straight and stiff/rather (good)/quite/very/classifier for guns or machinery

统一

tǒng yī to unify/to unite/to integrate

统治

tǒng zhì to rule (a country)/to govern/rule/regime

土地

tǔ dì land/territory/soil/local god/Lar/genius loci/CL:片[piàn]

土豆

tǔ dòu potato/CL:個|个[gè]

吐

tǔ to spit/to put/to say

袜子

wà zi socks/stockings/CL:隻|只[zhī],對|对[duì],雙|双[shuāng]

外交

wài jiāo diplomacy/diplomatic/foreign affairs/CL:個|个[gè]

外

wài outside/in addition/foreign/external

万

wàn surname Wan/ten thousand/a great number

万一

wàn yī just in case/if by any chance/contingency

忘记

wàng jì to forget

完成

wán chéng complete/accomplish/perfect tense (grammar)

玩具

wán jù plaything/toy

完美

wán měi perfect/perfection/perfectly

完全

wán quán complete/whole/totally/entirely

完善

wán shàn perfect/complete

完

wán to finish/to be over/whole/complete/entire

玩

wán toy/sth used for amusement/curio or antique (Taiwan pr. wàn)/to play/to have fun/to trifle with/to keep sth for entertainment

完整

wán zhěng complete/intact

王子

wáng zǐ prince/son of a king

位

wèi position/location/classifier for people/place/seat/classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)

歪

wāi askew/at a crooked angle/devious/noxious

弯

wān bend/bent/CL:道[dào]

碗

wǎn bowl/cup/CL:隻|只[zhī],個|个[gè]

晚上

wǎn shang in the evening/CL:個|个[gè]

往返

wǎng fǎn to go back and forth/to go to and fro

网球

wǎng qiú tennis/CL:個|个[gè]

往

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

往往

wǎng wǎng often/frequently

网站

wǎng zhàn website/network station/node

啊

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

唉

ài alas/oh dear

爱好

ài hào to like/to take pleasure in/keen on/fond of/interest/hobby/appetite for/CL:個|个[gè]

爱护

ài hù to cherish/to treasure/to take care of/to love and protect

爱情

ài qíng romance/love (romantic)/CL:個|个[gè]

爱

ài to love/affection/to be fond of/to like

爱惜

ài xī to cherish/to treasure/to use sparingly

爱心

ài xīn compassion/CL:片[piàn]

岸

àn bank/shore/beach/coast/CL:個|个[gè]

暗

àn dark/gloomy/hidden/secret/muddled/obscure/in the dark

暗

àn dark/gloomy/muddled/obscure/in the dark/to close (a door)/night/eclipse/stupid/ignorant

按时

àn shí on time/before deadline/on schedule

按照

àn zhào according to/in accordance with/in the light of/on the basis of

啊

á interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer/Eh?/what?/to show realization/to stress

恶劣

è liè vile/nasty/of very poor quality

饿

è to be hungry/hungry

二

èr two/2

而

ér and/as well as/and so/but (not)/yet (not)/(indicates causal relation)/(indicates change of state)/(indicates contrast)

而且

ér qiě not only ... but also/as well as/moreover/in addition/furthermore

儿童

ér tóng child/CL:個|个[gè]

儿子

ér zi son

啊

ā interjection of surprise/Ah!/Oh!

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[gè]

唉

āi interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!)/to sigh

安静

ān jìng quiet/peaceful/calm

安排

ān pái to arrange/to plan/to set up

安全

ān quán safe/secure/safety/security

安慰

ān wèi to comfort/to console/CL:個|个[gè]

安装

ān zhuāng install/erect/fix/mount/installation

耳朵

ěr duo ear/CL:隻|只[zhī],個|个[gè],對|对[duì]

啊

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

矮

ǎi low/short (in length)

偶尔

ǒu ěr occasionally/once in a while/sometimes

偶然

ǒurán incidentally/occasional/occasionally/by chance/randomly

题目

tí mù subject/title/topic/CL:個|个[gè]

逛

guàng to stroll/to visit

贵

guì expensive/noble/your (name)/precious

柜台

guì tái sales counter/front desk/bar

教授

jiào shòu professor/to instruct/to lecture on/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]

叫

jiào to call/to yell/to order/to ask/to be called

解决

jiě jué to settle (a dispute)/to resolve/to solve

解说员

jiě shuō yuán commentator

解释

jiě shì explanation/to explain/to interpret/to resolve/CL:個|个[gè]

究竟

jiū jìng after all (when all is said and done)/actually/outcome/result

连续剧

lián xù jù serialized drama/dramatic series/show in parts

良好

liáng hǎo good/favorable/well/fine

凉快

liáng kuai nice and cold/pleasantly cool

粮食

liáng shi foodstuffs/cereals/CL:種|种[zhǒng]

提前

tí qián to shift to an earlier date/to bring forward/to advance

她

tā she

汤

tāng soup/surname Tang/CL:碗[wǎn]

堆

duī a pile/a mass/heap/stack

啊

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

对手

duì shǒu opponent/adversary/match

对象

duì xiàng target/object/partner/boyfriend/girlfriend/CL:個|个[gè]

把

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

把握

bǎ wò grasp/seize/hold/assurance/certainty

百

bǎi hundred/100

摆

bǎi to arrange/to exhibit/to move to and fro/a pendulum

宝贝

bǎo bèi treasured object/treasure/darling/baby/cowry/good-for-nothing or queer character

保持

bǎo chí to keep/to maintain/to hold/to preserve

保存

bǎo cún to conserve/to preserve/to keep/save (a file)

宝贵

bǎo guì valuable/precious/value/treasure/set store by

保护

bǎo hù to defend/to protect/to safeguard/CL:個|个[gè]

保留

bǎo liú to retain/to continue to have/to preserve/to maintain/to reserve/reservations/to hold back (approval or acceptance)

饱

bǎo to eat till full/satisfied

保险

bǎo xiǎn insurance/to insure/safe/secure/be sure/be bound to/CL:份[fèn]

保证

bǎo zhèng guarantee/to guarantee/to ensure/to safeguard/to pledge/CL:個|个[gè]

比

bǐ (particle used for comparison and "-er than")/to compare/to contrast/to gesture (with hands)/ratio/abbr. for Belgium 比利時|比利时

彼此

bǐ cǐ each other/one another

比较

bǐ jiào compare/contrast/fairly/comparatively/relatively/quite/rather

笔记本

bǐ jì běn notebook/CL:本[běn]

比例

bǐ lì proportion/scale

比赛

bǐ sài competition (sports etc)/match/CL:場|场[chǎng],次[cì]

对于

duì yú regarding/as far as sth is concerned/with regards to

点

diǎn point/dot/speck/drop/decimal point/point of a scale/point in a theory or argument/downwards-right convex character stroke/a little (usually 一點|一点)/a jot/beat (of percussion instrument)/to draw a dot/to touch slightly/to drip/classifier for items/classifier for small indeterminate quantities/to nod/to select item from a list/to order (food in a restaurant)/to count/o'clock/one fifth of a two hour watch (old)/hour/point of time/iron bell (used to mark time)/pastry/dimsum 點心|点心/CL:個|个[gè]

点头

diǎn tóu to nod

点心

diǎn xin light refreshments/pastry/dimsum (in Cantonese cooking)/dessert

断

duàn absolutely/decidedly (in negative constructions)/break/to judge

锻炼

duàn liàn to engage in physical exercise/to toughen/to temper

段

duàn surname Duan/paragraph/section/segment/stage (of a process)/classifier for stories

对不起

duì bu qǐ unworthy/to let down/I'm sorry/excuse me/pardon me/if you please/sorry? (please repeat)

对比

duì bǐ contrast/balance/CL:個|个[gè]

对

duì couple/pair/to be opposite/to oppose/to face/versus/for/to/correct (answer)/to answer/to reply/to direct (towards sth)/right

对待

duì dài to treat/treatment

对方

duì fāng counterpart/other person involved/opposite side/other side/receiving party

对话

duì huà dialog/CL:個|个[gè]

对面

duì miàn opposite

放心

fàng xīn to set one's mind at rest/to be at ease/to rest

罚款

fá kuǎn (impose a) fine/penalty/fine (monetary)

烦恼

fán nǎo agonize/agony/annoyance/upset/vexation/worries

凡是

fán shì every/all

房东

fáng dōng landlord

房间

fáng jiān room/CL:間|间[jiān]

妨碍

fáng ài hinder/obstruct

繁荣

fánróng prosperous/booming (economy)

废话

fèi huà Duh! (sarcastic interjection)/nonsense/rubbish/superfluous words

肺

fèi lung/CL:個|个[gè]

费用

fèi yòng cost/expenditure/expense/CL:筆|笔[bǐ],個|个[gè]

奋斗

fèn dòu to strive/to struggle

愤怒

fèn nù angry/indignant

分

fèn part

份

fèn part/share/portion/copy/classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc

肥皂

féi zào soap/CL:塊|块[kuài],條|条[tiáo]

附近

fù jìn (in the) vicinity/nearby/neighboring/next to

付款

fù kuǎn pay/payment

妇女

fù nǚ woman

父亲

fù qīn father/also pr. with light tone [fù qin]/CL:個|个[gè]

富

fù rich/surname Fu

复习

fù xí to revise/to review/CL:次[cì]

复印

fù yìn to photocopy/to duplicate a document

复制

fù zhì to duplicate/to reproduce/to make a copy of/to copy

复杂

fù zá complicated/complex

负责

fù zé to be in charge of/to take responsibility for/to be to blame/conscientious

挂号

guà hào to register (a letter etc)

挂

guà to hang/to put up/to suspend

怪不得

guài bu de lit. you can't blame it!/no wonder!/so that's why!

冠军

guàn jūn champion/CL:個|个[gè]

罐头

guàn tou tin/can/CL:個|个[gè]

光盘

guāng pán compact disc/CD or DVD/CD ROM/CL:片[piàn],張|张[zhāng]

光荣

guāngróng honor and glory/CL:個|个[gè]

规定

guī dìng provision/to fix/to set/to formulate/to stipulate/to provide/regulation/rule/CL:個|个[gè]

规矩

guī ju lit. compass and set square/fig. established standard/rule/customs/practices/fig. upright and honest/well-behaved

规律

guī lù rule (e.g. of science)/law of behavior/regular pattern/rhythm/discipline

规模

guī mó scale/scope/extent/CL:個|个[gè]

规则

guī zé rule/regulation/rules and regulations

锅

guō pot/pan/boiler/CL:口[kǒu],隻|只[zhī]

拐弯

guǎi wān to go round a curve/to turn a corner/fig. a new direction

管理

guǎn lǐ to supervise/to manage/to administer/management/administration/CL:個|个[gè]

管子

guǎn zi tube/pipe/drinking straw/CL:根[gēn]

管子

guǎn zǐ Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period/Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school

广播

guǎng bō broadcast/widely spread/CL:個|个[gè]

广场

guǎng chǎng a public square (e.g. Tiananmen Square)/plaza/CL:個|个[gè]

广大

guǎng dà vast/extensive

广泛

guǎng fàn extensive/wide range

广告

guǎng gào to advertise/a commercial/advertisement/CL:項|项[xiàng]

价格

jià gé price/CL:個|个[gè]

驾驶

jià shǐ to pilot (ship, airplane etc)/to drive

嫁

jià to marry (a husband)

假

jià vacation

价值

jià zhí value/worth/fig. values (ethical, cultural etc)/CL:個|个[gè]

件

jiàn item/component/classifier for events, things, clothes etc

健康

jiàn kāng health/healthy

建立

jiàn lì creation/set up/construction/build/establish

见面

jiàn miàn to meet/to see sb/CL:次[cì]

键盘

jiàn pán keyboard

建设

jiàn shè to build/to construct/construction/constructive

健身房

jiàn shēn fáng gym/gymnasium

建议

jiàn yì to propose/to suggest/to recommend/proposal/suggestion/recommendation/CL:個|个[gè],點|点[diǎn]

建筑

jiàn zhù building/to construct/Taiwan pr. jiàn zhú/CL:個|个[gè]

降低

jiàng dī to reduce/to lower/to bring down

降落

jiàng luò to descend/to land

酱油

jiàng yóu soy sauce

教材

jiào cái teaching material/CL:本[běn]

教练

jiào liàn instructor/sports coach/trainer/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]

教

jiào religion/teaching

教室

jiào shì classroom/CL:間|间[jiān]

救护车

jiù hù chē ambulance/CL:輛|辆[liàng]

舅舅

jiù jiu (informal) mother's brother; maternal uncle

旧

jiù old/opposite: new 新/former

救

jiù to save/to assist/to rescue

加班

jiā bān to work overtime

嘉宾

jiā bīn esteemed guest/honored guest

家

jiā home/family/classifier for families or businesses/refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China/noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian/surname Jia/CL:個|个[gè]

家具

jiā jù furniture/also written 家俱/CL:件[jiàn],堂[táng]

家庭

jiā tíng family/household/CL:戶|户[hù],個|个[gè]

家务

jiā wù household duties/housework

家乡

jiā xiāng hometown/native place/CL:個|个[gè]

加油站

jiā yóu zhàn gas station

夹子

jiā zi a clip/a clamp

肩膀

jiān bǎng shoulder

坚持

jiān chí to continue upholding/to remain committed to/persistence/to persist/to uphold/to insist on/persevere

坚决

jiān jué firm/resolute/determined

艰巨

jiān jù arduous/terrible (task)/very difficult/formidable

艰苦

jiān kǔ difficult/hard/arduous

坚强

jiān qiáng staunch/strong

浅

jiān sound of moving water

煎

jiān to pan fry/to sauté

将来

jiāng lái the future/future/CL:個|个[gè]

尖锐

jiānruì sharp/intense/penetrating/pointed/acute (illness)

交换

jiāo huàn to exchange/to swap/to switch (telecom)/commutative (math)/to commute

交际

jiāo jì communication/social intercourse

交流

jiāo liú exchange/give-and-take/to exchange/to alternate/communication/alternating current (elec.)/CL:個|个[gè]

郊区

jiāo qū suburban district/outskirts/suburbs/CL:個|个[gè]

胶水

jiāo shuǐ glue

教

jiāo teach

交

jiāo to deliver/to turn over/to make friends/to intersect (lines)/to pay (money)

浇

jiāo to pour liquid/to irrigate (using waterwheel)/to water/to cast (molten metal)/to mould

交通

jiāo tōng transport/traffic/communication

骄傲

jiāo ào arrogant/full of oneself/conceited/proud of sth/CL:個|个[gè]

接触

jiē chù to touch/to contact/access/in touch with

阶段

jiē duàn stage/section/phase/period/CL:個|个[gè]

接待

jiē dài to receive (a visitor)/to admit (allow sb to enter)/CL:個|个[gè]

街道

jiē dào street/CL:條|条[tiáo]

结果

jiē guǒ to bear fruit/CL:個|个[gè]

接近

jiē jìn near/close to

结实

jiē shi rugged/sturdy

结实

jiē shí to bear fruit

接受

jiē shòu to accept/to receive

接

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/take over for sb

接着

jiē zhe to catch and hold on/to continue/to go on to do sth/to follow/to carry on/then/after that/subsequently/to proceed/to ensue/in turn/in one's turn

解放

jiě fàng to liberate/to emancipate/liberation/refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949/CL:次[cì]

姐姐

jiě jie older sister/CL:個|个[gè]

练习

liàn xí exercise/drill/practice/CL:個|个[gè]

恋爱

liàn ài (romantic) love/in love/to have an affair/CL:個|个[gè]

辆

liàng classifier for vehicles

亮

liàng light/bright

了

liào to look afar from a high place

联合

lián hé to combine/to join/unite/alliance

连忙

lián máng promptly/at once

连

lián surname Lian/even/as/join/to link/successively

联系

lián xì connection/contact/relation/in touch with/to integrate/to link/to touch

留学

liú xué to study abroad

流行

liú xíng to spread/to rage (of contagious disease)/popular/fashionable/prevalent/(math.) manifold

俩

liǎ two (equivalent to 两个)/both (of us)/some

脸

liǎn face/CL:張|张[zhāng],個|个[gè]

两

liǎng both/two/ounce/some/a few/tael

俩

liǎng craft/cunning

了不起

liǎo bu qǐ amazing/terrific/extraordinary

了

liǎo clear

了解

liǎo jiě to understand/to realize/to find out

了

liǎo to know/to understand

零钱

líng qián change (of money)/small change/pocket money

零

líng remnant/zero

零食

líng shí between-meal nibbles/snacks

弄

lòng lane/alley

漏

lòu funnel/to leak/to let out/to divulge

露

lòu to show/to reveal/to betray/to expose

龙

lóng dragon/imperial/surname Long/CL:條|条[tiáo]

楼

lóu house with more than 1 story/storied building/floor/CL:層|层[céng],座[zuò],棟|栋[dòng]

露

lù dew/syrup/nectar/outdoors (not under cover)/to show/to reveal/to betray/to expose

陆地

lù dì dry land (as opposed to the sea)

绿

lù green

录取

lù qǔ to recruit/to enroll

路

lù road/path/way/surname Lu/CL:條|条[tiáo]

律师

lù shī lawyer

陆续

lù xù in turn/successively/one after the other/bit by bit

录音

lù yīn (sound) recording/CL:個|个[gè]

论文

lùn wén paper/treatise/thesis/CL:篇[piān]

轮流

lún liú alternate

垃圾桶

lā jī tǒng rubbish bin

拉

lā to pull/to play (string instruments)/to drag/to draw

累

lěi accumulate

冷

lěng cold

冷静

lěng jìng calm/cool-headed

片

piàn 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[yī]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc

骗

piàn to cheat/to swindle/to deceive/to fool/to hoodwink/to trick

票

piào bank note/ticket/a vote/CL:張|张[zhāng]

漂亮

piào liang pretty/beautiful

便

pián advantageous/cheap

便宜

pián yi small advantages/to let sb off lightly/cheap/inexpensive

片

piān disc/sheet

篇

piān sheet/piece of writing/classifier for written items: chapter, article

飘

piāo to float

群

qún crowd/flock/group

裙子

qún zi skirt/CL:條|条[tiáo]

期待

qī dài to look forward to/to await/expectation

期间

qī jiān period of time/time/time period/period/CL:個|个[gè]

七

qī seven/7

妻子

qī zi wife/CL:個|个[gè]

侵略

qīn lu:è invasion/encroachment

亲戚

qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation)/CL:門|门[mén],個|个[gè],位[wèi]

亲切

qīn qiè amiable/friendliness/gracious/hospitality/intimate/cordial/kind/close and dear/familiar

亲自

qīn zì personally

亲爱

qīn ài Dear or beloved (way of starting a letter)

清楚

qīng chu clear/clearly understood/distinct

青春

qīng chūn youth/youthfulness

清淡

qīng dàn light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored)/insipid/slack (sales)

轻

qīng light/easy/gentle/soft/reckless/unimportant/frivolous/small in number/unstressed/neutral

青

qīng nature's color/green or blue/greenish black/youth/young (of people)/abbr. for Qinghai province 青海

青少年

qīng shào nián an adolescent/a youth/young person/teenage/teenager

轻视

qīng shì contempt/contemptuous/to despise/to scorn/scornful

轻松

qīng sōng gentle/relaxed

区别

qū bié difference/to distinguish/to discriminate/to make a distinction/CL:個|个[gè]

趋势

qū shì trend/tendency

日常

rì cháng daily/everyday

日程

rì chéng schedule/itinerary/CL:個|个[gè]

日

rì day/sun/date/day of the month/abbr. for Japan/CL:個|个[gè]

日记

rì jì diary/CL:則|则[zé],本[běn],篇[piān]

日历

rì lì calendar/CL:張|张[zhāng],本[běn]

日期

rì qī date/CL:個|个[gè]

日用品

rì yòng pǐn articles for daily use/CL:件[jiàn],個|个[gè]

融化

róng huà to melt/to thaw/to dissolve/to blend into/to combine/to fuse

荣幸

róng xìng honored

容易

róng yì easy/likely/liable (to)

荣誉

róng yù honor/emeritus

入口

rù kǒu entrance

如果

rú guǒ if/in case/in the event that

如何

rú hé how/what way/what

如今

rú jīn nowadays/now

扔

rēng to throw/to throw away

忍不住

rěn bu zhù cannot help/unable to bear

嚷

rǎng blurt out/to shout

帅

shuài handsome/graceful/smart/commander in chief

睡觉

shuì jiào to go to bed/to go to sleep

税

shuì taxes/duties

硕士

shuò shì master's degree/learned person

刷牙

shuā yá to brush teeth

摔

shuāi to throw (in wrestling)/to fall

双方

shuāng fāng bilateral/both sides/both parties involved

双

shuāng two/double/pair/both/surname Shuang

说不定

shuō bu dìng can't say for sure/maybe

说服

shuō fú to persuade/to convince/to talk sb over

说话

shuō huà to speak/to say/to talk/to gossip/to tell stories/talk/word

说明

shuō míng to explain/to illustrate/explanation/directions/caption/CL:個|个[gè]

甩

shuǎi to throw/to fling/to swing/to leave behind/to throw off

水果

shuǐ guǒ fruit/CL:個|个[gè]

水平

shuǐ píng level (of achievement etc)/standard/horizontal

水

shuǐ water/river/surname Shui/CL:杯[bēi],筒[tǒng],瓶[píng]

团

tuán dumpling

听

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

通常

tōng cháng regular/usual/ordinary/normal

通过

tōng guò by means of/through/via/to pass through/to get through/to adopt/to pass (a bill)/to switch over

套

tào cover/sheath/to encase/a case/to overlap/to interleave/bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)/harness/classifier for sets, collections/tau (Greek letter Ττ)

提倡

tí chàng to promote/to advocate

提纲

tí gāng the key point/outline

提高

tí gāo to raise/to increase

提供

tí gōng to supply/to provide/to furnish

团

tuán regiment/round/circular/group/society

退步

tuì bù degenerate/regress

退

tuì retreat/to decline/to move back/to withdraw

退休

tuì xiū retirement (from work)

推迟

tuī chí to postpone/to put off/to defer

推辞

tuī cí to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)

推广

tuī guǎng to extend/to spread/to popularize/CL:個|个[gè]

推荐

tuī jiàn to recommend/recommendation

推

tuī to push/to cut/to refuse/to reject/to decline/to shirk (responsibility)/to put off/to delay/to push forward/to nominate/to elect

脱

tuō to shed/to take off/to escape/to get away from

腿

tuǐ leg/CL:條|条[tiáo]

态度

tài du manner/bearing/attitude/approach/CL:個|个[gè]

太

tài highest/greatest/too (much)/very/extremely

太极拳

tài jí quán shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan/traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation/a martial art

太太

tài tai married woman/Mrs./Madam/wife/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]

太阳

tài yáng sun/CL:個|个[gè]

趟

tàng classifier for times, round trips or rows/a time/a trip

烫

tàng to scald/to burn/to iron/hot

台

tái desk/platform

台阶

tái jiē flight of steps (leading up to a house)/step (over obstacle)/bench/fig. way out of an embarrassing situation

台

tái platform/stage/terrace/stand/support/desk/station/broadcasting station/classifier for vehicles or machines/Taiwan (abbr.)

台

tái surname Tai/(classical) you (in letters)/platform/Taiwan (abbr.)

抬

tái to lift/to raise/(of two or more persons) to carry

台

tái typhoon

谈判

tán pàn to negotiate/negotiation/talks/conference/CL:個|个[gè]

谈

tán to speak/to talk/to converse/to chat/to discuss/surname Tan

糖

táng sugar/sweets/candy/CL:顆|颗[kē],塊|块[kuài]

逃避

táo bì escape/evade/shirk

桃

táo peach

逃

táo to escape/to run away/to flee

特别

tè bié especially/special/particular/unusual

特点

tè diǎn characteristic (feature)/trait/feature/CL:個|个[gè]

特殊

tè shū special/particular/unusual/extraordinary

特意

tè yì specially/intentionally

特征

tè zhēng characteristic/diagnostic property/distinctive feature/trait

疼

téng (it) hurts/love fondly/ache/pain/sore

疼爱

téng ài to love dearly

听

tìng to let/to allow

提问

tí wèn put questions to/quiz

提醒

tí xǐng to remind/to call attention to/to warn of

停止

tíng zhǐ to stop/to halt/to cease

痛快

tòng kuai jolly

痛快

tòng kuài overjoyed/delighted/happily/heartily/enjoying/also pr. tòng kuai

痛苦

tòng kǔ pain/suffering/painful/CL:個|个[gè]

透明

tòu míng transparent/open (non-secretive)

铜

tóng copper Cu, transition metal, atomic number 29/see 紅銅|红铜 copper, and the alloys brass 黃銅|黄铜 and bronze 青銅|青铜/CL:塊|块[kuài]

同情

tóng qíng compassion/relent/sympathize/sympathy

同事

tóng shì colleague/co-worker/CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]

同时

tóng shí at the same time/simultaneously

同学

tóng xué (fellow) classmate/CL:位[wèi],個|个[gè]

同意

tóng yì to agree/to consent/to approve

头发

tóu fa hair (on the head)

投资

tóu zī investment/to invest

吐

tù to vomit/to throw up

兔子

tù zi hare/rabbit/CL:隻|只[zhī]

图书馆

tú shū guǎn library/CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]

他

tā he/him

它

tā it (used for things)