Spring 2026 Chinese II Lesson 8 Vocab

家

jiā , family, home

几

jǐ , how many, how much

口

kǒu , (a measure word mainly for the number of people in a family)

照片

zhàopiàn , picture, photo

和

hé , and

个

gè , (a measure word for general use)

姐姐

jiějie , elder sister

两

liǎng , two

弟弟

dìdi , younger brother

一共

yígòng , altogether

还

hái , in addition; still

妹妹

mèimei , younger sister

小

xiǎo , little, small

狗

gǒu , dog

当然

dāngrán , of course

张

zhāng , (a measure word for flat objects)

真

zhēn , real; really

可爱

kě‘ài , lovely, cute

爱

ài , to love

没

méi , not

男

nán , male

做

zuò , to do, to be, to make

工作

gōngzuò , to work; work, job

王小云

Wáng Xiǎoyún , (name of a Chinese student)

贝贝

Bèibei , (name of a dog)

我家的照片

wǒjiā de zhàopiàn , My family photo

我在家上课

wǒ zàijiā shàngkè , I take classes at home (I go to class at home)

几个苹果?

jǐ ge píngguǒ ? , How many apples?

四个苹果

Sì ge píngguǒ , Four Apples

我有两个哥哥和一个姐姐

wǒ yǒu liǎng ge gēge hé yīgejiě jie. , I have two brothers and one elder sister.

还

hái , in addition; still

我去游泳, 还去打球

wǒ qù yóuyǒng, hái qù dǎqiú , I went to go swimming and (in addition) went to go play ball

游泳

yóuyǒng , Swimming

去

qù , to go, (to go to)

打球

dǎqiú , To play ball

你家有几口人？

nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén? , How many people are in your family?

一共

yīgòng , total; altogether

你门家一共有几口人？

nǐmén jiā yīgòng yǒu jī kǒu ren , How many people in your family (in total)?

狗

gǒu , dog

我家有一只狗

wǒjiā yǒuyī zhī gǒu , I have one (family?) dog

狗是人的朋友

gǒu shì rén de pèngyǒu , Dog is man‘s best friend

小狗

xiǎo gǒu , small dog

当然

dāngrán , of course

我是中国人，当然说中文

wǒ shì zhōngguó rén, dāngrán shuō zhōngwén , I am Chinese (nationality), of course I speak Chinese (language).

这个小狗真可爱!

zhège xiǎo gǒu zhēn kě‘ài! , This (one) puppy (small dog) is really cute!

男

nán , male

做

zuò , to make, to do

我没有男朋友

wǒ méiyǒu nán péngyou , I don‘t have a boyfriend.

我今天做面条

wǒ jīntiān zuò miàntiáo , I will make noodles today

工作

gōngzuò , to work

你妈妈作什么工作？

nǐ māma zuò shénme góngzuò , what does your mom do for work?

宝贝

bàobèi , baby; treasure; darling

孩子是妈妈的宝贝

háizi shì māma de bǎobèi , Children are mother‘s treasures

贝壳

bèiké , shell

我行王叫王小云

wǒ xìng wáng, jiào wángxiǎoyún , My surname is wáng, I‘m called wángxiǎoyún

王小云是女生

wángxiǎoyún shì nǚshēng , wángxiǎoyún is female

王小云 没有男朋友

wángxiǎoyún méiyǒu nán péngyou , wángxiǎoyún does not have a boyfriend

王小云没工作

wángxiǎoyún méi gōngzuò , wángxiàoyún doesn’t have a job