Mandarin 1 Semester 2 ALL Vocabulary

乐器

musical instrument (yuè qì)

爱好

hobby (ài hào)

弹

tán - play (piano, guitar)

吉他

guitar (jí tā)

唱歌

chàng gē - to sing

跳舞

to dance (tiào wǔ)

画画

( huà huà ) to draw

店

shop; store (diàn)

卖

to sell (mài)

买

to buy (mǎi)

呢

how about? asks a question back to someone （ne)

啊

Ah! (a)

吧

polite suggestion, Let’s…, …OK? (ba)

听

(tīng) to listen

音乐

(yīn yuè) music

可以

(kě yǐ) may

教

(jiāo) to teach

谢谢

(xiè xie) thank you

星期天

Sunday (xīng qī tiān)

星期几？

what day of the week? (xīng qī jǐ)

昨天

yesterday (zuó tiān)

今天

today (jīn tiān)

明天

tomorrow (míng tiān)

后天

the day after tomorrow (hòu tiān)

有空

to have free time (yǒu kòng)

电影

movie (diàn yǐng)

上个

the previous one (shàng ge)

下个

next one (xià ge)

周末

weekend (zhōu mò)

年

year (nián)

月

month (yuè)

号

date; number (hào)

生日

birthday (shēng rì)

岁

years old (suì)

礼物

gift; present (lǐ wù)

那

in that case; then (nà)

问

to ask (wèn)

一定

definitely, certainly (yí dìng)

不一定

not necessarily (bù yí dìng)

送

to give as a gift (sòng)

几点

what time (jǐ diǎn)

点

o'clock (diǎn)

分

minute (fēn)

半

half; half an hour (bàn)

一刻

15 minutes (yí kè)

三刻

45 minutes (sān kè)

早上

(zǎo shàng) early morning (before 9am)

上午

(shàng wǔ) morning (9am — 12 pm)

中午

(zhōng wǔ) noon (around 12pm)

下午

(xià wǔ) afternoon (12pm — 6pm)

晚上

（wǎn shàng）evening, night (after 6pm)

事

thing, business; matter (shì)

见

to see (jiàn)

要

to want; to be going to (yào)

颜色

color (yán sè)

红色

red

橙色

orange

黄色

yellow

绿色

green

蓝色

blue

紫色

purple

粉色

pink

黑色

black

白色

white

咖啡色

brown

衣服

clothes (yī fu)

穿

to wear (chuān)

件

measure word for shirt, dresses, jackets, coats, etc. (jiàn)

T恤

T shirt (T xù)

卫衣

hoodie (wèi yī)

条

measure word for pants and long, thin objects (tiáo)

长裤

long pants (cháng kù)

短裤

Shorts (duǎn kù)

双

measure word for a shoes (shuāng)

鞋

shoes (xié)

好看

good-looking (hǎo kàn)

本

measure word for books (běn)

贵

expensive (guì)

便宜

cheap (pián yi)

难

difficult (nán)

简单

simple (jiǎn dān)

小

small (xiǎo)

大

big (dà)

而且

and also… (ér qiĕ)

打游戏

(dǎ yóu xì) play video games

图书馆

library (tú shū guǎn)

电影院

movie theater

(diàn yǐng yuàn)

饭馆

restaurant (fàn guǎn)

吃

to eat (chī)

吃饭

eat a meal (chī fàn)

早饭

breakfast (zǎo fàn)

午饭

lunch (wǔ fàn)

晚饭

dinner (wǎn fàn)

菜

dishes, cuisine (cài)

做菜

cook (zuò cài)

种

(zhǒng) measure word for kinds, sorts, types

好吃

delicious (hǎo chī)

饺子

dumplings (jiǎo zi)

包子

steamed stuffed bun (bāo zi)