Integrated Chinese: Level 1

你

nǐ you, second person pronoun 3

好

hǎo good, excellent, fine; well 3

请

qǐng ask, request; invite; please 3

问

wèn ask about, inquire after 3

贵

guì expensive, costly, valuable 3

姓

xìng one's family name; clan, people 3

我

wǒ our, us, i, me, my, we 3

呢

ne interrogative or emphatic final; (Cant.) this 2

小姐

xiǎojie young lady, miss, (slang) prostitute 2

叫

jiào cry, shout; hail, greet, call 2

什么

shénme what?, who?, something, anything 2

名字

míngzi name (of a person or thing) 2

先生

xiānsheng teacher, husband, doctor (dialect); Mister (Mr.) 3

李

lǐ plum; judge; surname

王

wáng king, ruler; royal; surname 1

是

shì indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that 3

老师

lǎoshī teacher 3

吗

ma final interrogative particle 2

不

bù no, not; un-; negative prefix 2

学生

xuésheng student, schoolchild 3

也

yě also; classical final particle of strong affirmation or identity 2

人

rén man; people; mankind; someone else 3

中国

zhōngguó China

北京

běijīng Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China, Peking, PRC government

美国

měiguó United States, USA, US 1

纽约

niǔyuē New York

哥哥

gēge older brother 3

两

liǎng two, both, pair, couple; ounce 2

妹妹

mèimei younger sister, young woman 3

和

hé and, together with; harmony, peace 2

大姐

dàjiě big sister, elder sister, older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)

做

zuò work, make; act 3

工作

gōngzuò to work, (of a machine) to operate, job, work, task 3

律师

lǜshī lawyer 1

英文

yīngwén English (language) (...wen)

都

dōu, dū metropolis, capital; all, the whole; elegant, refined 2

大学生

dàxuéshēng university student, college student

大学

dàxué university, college; the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism 3

医生

yīshēng doctor 3

那

nà that, that one, those 2

的

de possessive, adjectival suffix 2

照片

zhàopiàn photograph, picture 1

这

zhè this, the, here 2

爸爸

bàba (informal) father 3

妈妈

māma mama, mommy, mother 3

个

gè numerary adjunct, piece; single 2

女

nǚ woman, girl; feminine; rad. 38 2

孩子

háizi child (...zi) 3

谁

shéi who? whom? whose? anyone? 2

她

tā she, her 3

姐姐

jiějie older sister 3

男

nán male, man; son; baron; surname 2

弟弟

dìdi younger brother 3

他

tā other, another; he, she, it 3

大哥

dàgē eldest brother, big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself), gang leader, boss 1

儿子

érzi son 3

有

yǒu have, own, possess; exist 3

女儿

nǚ'ér daughter 3

没

méi not, have not, none; drown, sink 2

高

gāo high, tall; lofty, elevated 3

家

jiā house, home, residence; family 2

几

jǐ small table 2

口

kǒu mouth; open end; entrance, gate

九月

jiǔyuè September, ninth month (of the lunar year)

月

yuè moon; month; KangXi radical 74 2

十二

shí'èr twelve, 12

号

hào mark, sign; symbol; number 2

星期

xīngqī week, day of the week, Sunday 2

星期四

xīngqīsì Thursday 1

天

tiān sky, heaven; god, celestial 2

生日

shēngrì birthday 3

生

shēng life, living, lifetime; birth 1

日

rì sun; day; daytime 2

今年

jīnnián this year 2

年

nián year; new-years; person's age 2

多

duō much, many; more than, over 2

大

dà big, great, vast, large, high 3

十八

shíbā eighteen, 18

岁

suì year; age; harvest 2

吃

chī eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear 3

饭

fàn cooked rice; food, meal 3

怎么样

zěnmeyàng how?, how about?, how was it?, how are things? 2

谢谢

xièxie to thank, thanks, thank you 3

喜欢

xǐhuan to like, to be fond of 3

菜

cài vegetables; dish, order; food 2

还是

háishi or, still, nevertheless, had better 2

可是

kěshì but, however, (used for emphasis) indeed 2

我们

wǒmen we, us, ourselves, our 3

点

diǎn dot, speck, spot; point, degree 2

半

bàn half 2

晚上

wǎnshang evening, night, in the evening 3

见

jiàn see, observe, behold; perceive 2

再见

zàijiàn goodbye, see you again later 3

再

zài again, twice, re- 2

英国

yīngguó United Kingdom 联合王国, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, abbr. for England 英格兰

现在

xiànzài now, at present, at the moment, modern, current, nowadays 3

刻

kè carve, engrave; quarter hour 2

事

shì affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

今天

jīntiān today, at the present, now 3

很

hěn very, quite, much 2