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你好hello / hi 我I / me 是to be (am / is / are) 早上好good morning 谢谢thank you 不客气you're welcome 请please 对不起sorry / excuse me 有to have / there is 你you (informal) 您you (polite) 再见goodbye / see you 好good / well 水water 吃to eat

一one 二two 三three 四four 五five 六six 七seven 八eight 九nine 十ten 百hundred 两two (before a measure word)

颜色color 红色red 蓝色blue 绿色green 黑色black 白色white 黄色yellow

的('s / of, possessive particle) 和and 个(general measure word) 本(measure word for books) 了(particle: completed action) 吗(yes/no question particle) 在at / in (location); to be at 里inside / in 杯(measure word for cups / glasses) 给for / to (someone) 不not / no 张(measure word for flat objects) 叫to be called / to call 吧(particle: let's / suggestion) 从from 们(plural suffix for people) 上on / on top of 呢(particle: and you? / what about)

这this 你们you (plural) 怎么how 但是but 什么what 如果if 要to want / to need; will 也also / too 那that 都all / both 他he / him 她she / her 我们we / us 他们they / them

饿hungry 做to do / to make 告诉to tell 去to go 能can / to be able to 想to want / would like 知道to know (a fact) 可以can / may (permission) 看to see / to watch

帮to help 坐to sit; to travel by (bus / train / plane) 来to come 找to look for / to find 说to speak / to say 听to listen / to hear 认识to know (a person) / to meet 问to ask 放to put 觉得to think / to feel 上班to go to work 拿to take / to hold

懂to understand 过to pass / to cross; (after a verb) to have done before 到to arrive / to reach 进to enter 走to walk / to leave 回to return / to go back 打电话to make a phone call 爱to love 喜欢to like 喝to drink 睡觉to sleep

玩to play 买to buy 等to wait 写to write 读to read 开to open 关to close 试to try 开始to start / to begin 完to finish / to be done 换to change 学to learn / to study

记得to remember 忘记to forget 住to live / to stay 穿to wear / to put on 出生to be born 起床to get up / to get out of bed

漂亮beautiful / pretty 坏bad / broken 大big / large 小small / little 新new 旧old (of things) 年轻young 高兴happy / glad 难过sad 累tired 容易easy 难difficult / hard

重要important 真true / real; really 对right / correct 错wrong / mistaken 贵expensive 有空to be free / have time 准备to prepare / get ready 第一first 最后last / final 一样same / alike 不同different 会can (know how to); will 可爱cute / lovable 热情warm / enthusiastic

强strong 便宜cheap / inexpensive 热hot / warm 冷cold 长long 短short (in length or time) 高tall / high 矮short (in height) / low 快fast / quick 慢slow 忙busy 好吃tasty / delicious 开门to be open (for business) 渴thirsty 干净clean 脏dirty 确定sure / certain 可能possible / maybe 别don't (negative imperative)

很very 少few / little 非常very much / extremely 太too / too much 几how many / a few 多many / much / a lot

这里here 下午afternoon / p.m. 那里there 左边left / on the left 现在now 点o'clock 今天today 明天tomorrow 昨天yesterday 总是always 右边right / on the right 常常often 还still / yet 已经already 早early 晚late 马上right away / immediately 以后after / later 以前before / previously 前面in front / ahead 旁边next to / beside

哪里where 什么时候when 为什么why 谁who 多少how much / how many 哪个which

这样like this / so 只only (zhǐ); also read zhī as the measure word for animals 一起together 其实actually / in fact 真的really / truly 一点儿a little / a bit 当然of course / certainly 没关系it's okay / never mind 所以so / therefore 可是but / however 或者or 没not / did not (negates yǒu and past actions) 请问excuse me (may I ask) 东西thing / stuff 有人someone 没什么nothing / it's nothing 大家everyone

家home / family 时间time 年year 天day 晚安good night 星期week 月month 早上morning 晚上evening

人person 男人man 女人woman 孩子child 弟弟younger brother 先生Mr. / sir 朋友friend 同学classmate 家人family (members) 妈妈mother / mom 爸爸father / dad 儿子son 女儿daughter 哥哥older brother 姐姐older sister 丈夫husband 妻子wife 妹妹younger sister

中文Chinese (language) 医院hospital 国家country 城市city 路road / street 学校school 工作work / job 钱money 书book

菜dish / cuisine 面包bread 茶tea 咖啡coffee 饭rice / meal 餐厅restaurant

车car / vehicle 地铁subway / metro 飞机airplane 出租车taxi

门door 窗户window 桌子table 椅子chair 床bed 房间room 厨房kitchen 洗手间bathroom / restroom 办公室office 商店shop / store 银行bank 超市supermarket 公园park

海sea 山mountain 天气weather 太阳sun 月亮moon 雨rain 雪snow 风wind

眼睛eye 手hand 头head 心heart 身体body / health

字character / written word 名字name 主意idea 办法way / method 问题problem / question 故事story 一会儿a moment / a little while 次(measure word) time / occurrence 半half 结束to end / to finish 小时hour 号码number 分钟minute

电视television / TV 音乐music 电影movie / film 游戏game 运动sport / exercise; to exercise 旅行trip / to travel 夏天summer 冬天winter 春天spring 秋天autumn / fall

动物animal 狗dog 猫cat

鸟bird 鱼fish 马horse 牛cow / ox 猪pig 母鸡hen 兔子rabbit 鸡蛋egg 水果fruit 熊bear 树tree 花flower 叶子leaf 草grass 岩石rock

衣服clothes / dress 鞋shoe 帽子hat 包bag 衬衫shirt 裤子pants / trousers 外套jacket / coat 手表watch 钥匙key 电脑computer 手机mobile phone 牙刷toothbrush 毛巾towel 雨伞umbrella 行李箱suitcase 笔pen 钱包wallet / purse 纸paper

生气angry / to get angry 害怕scared / afraid 舒服comfortable / feeling well 公共汽车bus 骄傲proud 无聊bored / boring 担心worried / to worry 放松relaxed / to relax 地图map 医生doctor 老师teacher 学生student 服务员waiter / server 警察police officer 机场airport 火车站train station 票ticket 护照passport 假期vacation / holiday 宾馆hotel 海边beach / seaside 生病to fall ill / to get sick 桥bridge