NCEA Level 1 Chinese Full Vocabulary List

Vocabulary flashcards covering key English-to-Chinese terms from the notes across directions, numbers, questions, time, names, measurements, pronouns, demonstratives, fixed expressions, and general vocabulary.

to love

爱

hobby

爱好

dad, father

爸爸

white

白色

class

班

to help

帮助

steamed bun

包子

Beijing

北京

pen or pencil

笔

cuisine / dish / vegetable

菜

tea

茶

long

长

often, usually

常常

The Great Wall

长城

to sing

唱歌

to fry / stir-fry

炒

fried rice

炒饭

vehicle

车

bus stop

车站

to eat

吃

to wear / put on

穿

Spring Festival / Chinese New Year

春节

spring

春天

big

大

to call / to phone

打电话

everybody / everyone

大家

to open / to turn on

打开

to play ball games (except soccer)

打球

university

大学

university student

大学生

to take / to bring

带

cake

蛋糕

to wait

等

younger brother

弟弟

place / area

地方

electricity; power

电

to order dishes

点菜

telephone

电话

computer

电脑

television

电视

snacks, dim sum

点心

movie

电影

movie theatre

电影院

winter

冬天

animal

动物

zoo

动物园

stuff; things

东西

correct, right

对

more; many

多

hungry

饿

cooked rice / meal

饭

restaurant

饭馆

convenient

方便

to have a holiday

放假

to finish school

放学

extremely

非常

airplane

飞机

airport

机场

wind

风

rugby

橄榄球

high / tall

高

to tell

告诉

happy, pleased

高兴

older brother

哥哥

to give

给

Kungfu

功夫

bus

公共汽车/公车

to go online

上网

to go to work

上班

good looking

好看

to look at

看 (kàn) – to look at; to read; to watch

book

书 (shū) – book

bookstore

书店 (shū diàn) – bookstore

classroom

教室 (jiào shì) – classroom

dumpling

饺子 (jiǎo zi) – dumpling

easy

容易 (róng yì) – easy

egg

鸡蛋 (jī dàn) – egg

English (spoken)

英语 (yīng yǔ) – English (spoken)

English (written)

英文 (yīng wén) – English (written)

new

新 (xīn) – new

new year

新年 (xīn nián) – new year

New Zealand

新西兰 (xīn xī lán) – New Zealand

name

名字 (míng zì) – name

to be called

叫 (jiào) – to be called

family name

姓 (xìng) – family name

Li (family name)

李 (Lǐ) – a family name; plum

Wang (family name)

王 (Wáng) – a family name

I

我 (wǒ) – I

you (polite)

您 (nín) – you (polite)

you

你 (nǐ) – you

he

他 (tā) – he

she

她 (tā) – she

it

它 (tā) – it

plural pronoun suffix

们 (men) – plural suffix for pronouns

this

这 (zhè) – this

this one

这个 (zhè ge) – this one

these

这些 (zhè xiē) – these

here

这里 (zhè lǐ) – here

that

那 (nà) – that

that one

那个 (nà ge) – that one