CHI1120 Vocabulary

Includes lesson 1 and lesson 2 vocabulary words

你

(nǐ) you

好

(hǎo) fine, good, nice, OK, it’s settled

请

(qǐng) please [polite form of request], to treat or invite somebody

问

(wèn) to ask [a question]

贵

(guì) honorable, expensive

性

(xìng) [one’s] family name is … ; family name

我

(wǒ) I, me

呢

(ne) [question particle]

小姐

(xiǎojiě) Miss, young lady

叫

(jiào) to be called, to call

什么

(shénme) what

名字

(míngzi) name

先生

(xiānsheng) Mr.,husband, teacher

李友

(Lǐ Yǒu) [a personal name]

李

(Lǐ) [a family name]; plum

王朋

(Wáng Péng) [a personal name]

王

(Wáng) [a personal name]; king

是

shì） (to be)

老师

[lǎoshī] teacher

妈

[ma] (question particle)

不

[bù] not, no

学生

[xuésheng] student

也

[yě] too, aslo

人

[rén] people, person

中国

[Zhōngguó] China

北京

[Běijīng] Beijing

美国

[Měiguó] America

纽约

[Niǔyuē] New York

那

[nà] that

的

[de] (a possessive or descriptive particle)

照片

[zhàopiàn] picture, photo

这

[zhè] this

爸爸

[bàba] father, dad

妈妈

[māma] mother, mom

个

[gè/ge] (measure word for many common everyday objects)

女

[nǚ] female

孩子

[háizi] child

谁

[shéi] who, whom

她

[tā] she, her

姐姐

[jiějie] older sister

男

[nán] male

弟弟

[dìdi] younger brother

他

[tā] he, him

大哥

[dàgē] eldest/oldest brother

儿子

[érzi] son

有

[yǒu] to have, to exis

女儿

[nǚ ér] daughter

没

[méi] not

高文中

[Gāo Wénzhōng] (a personal name)

高

(gāo) [a family name]; tall, high

家

(jiā) family, home

几

(jǐ) how many, some, a few

口

(kǒu) [measure word for number of family members]

哥哥

(gēge) older brother

两

(liǎng) two, a couple of

妹妹

(mèimei) younger sister

和

(hé) and

大姐

(dàjiě) eldest/oldest sister

二姐

(èrjiě) second oldest sister

做

(zuò) to do

工作

(gōngzuò) job; to work

lu

(lushī) lawyer

英文

(Yīngwén) the English language

都

(dōu) both, all

大学生

(dàxuéshēng) college student

大学

(dàxué) university, college

医生

(yīshēng) doctor, physician

百英爱

(Bai Ying ai) [a personal name]