Common Chinese Vocabulary and Their Meanings

的 (de)

of, possessive particle

是 (shì)

is/are

不 (bù)

not

我 (wǒ)

I/me

一 (yī)

one

有 (yǒu)

to have

大 (dà)

big

在 (zài)

at/in

人 (rén)

person

了 (le)

particle (completed action)

中 (zhōng)

middle

到 (dào)

to arrive

要 (yào)

want/must

以 (yǐ)

with/to use

可 (kě)

can/may

这 (zhè)

this

个 (gè)

general measure word

你 (nǐ)

you

会 (huì)

can/to meet

好 (hǎo)

good

为 (wèi)

for

上 (shàng)

up/above

来 (lái)

to come

时 (shí)

time

下 (xià)

down/next

用 (yòng)

to use

还 (hái)

still

天 (tiān)

sky/day

多 (duō)

many/much

小 (xiǎo)

small

之 (zhī)

literary 'of'

想 (xiǎng)

to think/want

得 (dé)

get/possess

出 (chū)

to go out

电 (diàn)

electricity

对 (duì)

correct/to face

都 (dōu)

all

机 (jī)

machine

自 (zì)

self

而 (ér)

and/but

子 (zi)

son/child

后 (hòu)

after

家 (jiā)

family/home

心 (xīn)

heart

只 (zhǐ)

only

去 (qù)

to go

国 (guó)

country

看 (kàn)

to see

过 (guò)

to pass

请 (qǐng)

please/to ask

们 (men)

plural (people)

所 (suǒ)

place/that which

说 (shuō)

to speak

他 (tā)

he/him

那 (nà)

that

问 (wèn)

to ask

生 (shēng)

life

提 (tí)

to raise

吧 (ba)

modal particle

能 (néng)

can

学 (xué)

to study

就 (jiù)

then/just

文 (wén)

language/culture

没 (méi)

not have

听 (tīng)

to listen

找 (zhǎo)

to look for

前 (qián)

front/before

口 (kǒu)

mouth

和 (hé)

and

工作 (gōngzuò)

work/job (phrase)

开 (kāi)

open/operate

期 (qī)

period

然 (rán)

thus/right

种 (zhǒng)

kind

情 (qíng)

feeling

等 (děng)

to wait

动 (dòng)

movement

面 (miàn)

face/noodle

样 (yàng)

kind/example

使 (shǐ)

to make/use

现 (xiàn)

appear

保 (bǎo)

protect

观 (guān)

view

形 (xíng)

form/shape

战 (zhàn)

war

第 (dì)

ordinal prefix

些 (xiē)

some

打 (dǎ)

to hit

气 (qì)

air/spirit

界 (jiè)

world/boundary

解 (jiě)

explain

还 (há)

still

比 (bǐ)

compare

常 (cháng)

often

让 (ràng)

to let

深 (shēn)

deep

商 (shāng)

commerce

数 (shù)

number

质 (zhì)

quality

团 (tuán)

group