Chinese flashcards

èi

hey, hi

lǎo

to be old

xiǎo

to be small, little, young

zuìjìn

(movable adverb) recently

kěyǐ

(stative verb) to be O.K.

shì

(equative verb) to be

yàngzi

(noun) way, appearance

gōngzuò

(noun) work

bù

(adverb) not

tài

(adverb) too, excessively

xuéxí

(noun, verb) study, to study

tǐng

(adverb) quite, very

Zhōngwén

(noun) written Chinese, Chinese language

nán

(stative verb) to be difficult

róngyì

(stative verb) to be easy

kùn

(stative verb) to be sleepy

gāo

(stative verb) to be tall

ǎi

(stative verb) to be short

nǐ

(personal pronoun) you

dào

(coverb) to

nǎr

(question word) where

qù

(verb) go

a

(particle) soften the sentence

zǎo

good morning

nǐhǎo

hello

wǒ

(personal pronoun) I

ne

(particle) what about

huí

(verb) go back to

bàn

(verb) to take care of

yìdiǎnr

(number+measure) a little bit

shìr

(noun) matter, things (abstract things)

yě

(adverb) also

túshūguǎn

library

sùshè

dorm

shítáng

cafeteria

hǎo jiǔ bú jiàn le.

Long time so see.

zěnmeyàng

(question word) how, in what way

Zěnmeyàng a?

How have you been?

hái xíng

still OK.

àirén

(noun) spouse

háizi

(noun) child, children

dōu

(adverb) all, both

hǎo

(stative verb) to be good

ma

(particle) (indicating question)

tā

(personal pronoun) he, she, it

tāmen

(personal pronoun) they

hěn

(adverb) very

xièxie

thanks

yǒu

(verb) to have

xiān

(adverb) first, before someone else

zǒu

(verb) to leave

le

(particle) indicating changed status

zàijiàn

Goodbye

bàba

(noun) dad

māma

(noun) mom

máng

(stative verb) to be busy

lèi

(stative verb) to be tired

gěi

(coverb) for

jièshào

(verb) to introduce

yíxiàr

(number + measure word) for a short moment, soften the verb

zhè

(pronoun) this

de

(particle) (indicate possession)

xīn

(stative verb) to be new

tóngwū

(noun) roommate

lǎo

(stative verb) to be old

lái

(verb) to come

tīng

(verb) to listen

wèn

(verb) to ask

zuò

(verb) to sit

gāoxìng

(stative verb) to be glad

rènshì

(verb) to know (someone in person)

bié

(auxiliary verb) don't

zhème

(adverb) this way, like this

chēnghū

(verb) to address

jiào

(verb) to call

nà

(conjunction) in that case, so; (pronoun) that

shéi

(question word) who

búyào

(auxiliary verb) don't

yīnggāi

(auxiliary verb) should

zěmme

(question word) how

wèn:

(verb) to ask

qǐng wèn:

Excuse me, may I ask…

něi:

(question word) which

něiguó:

(question word) which country

něiguó rén:

(question word) a native of which country

shì:

(equative verb) to be

Měiguó rén

American

jiào:

(equative verb) to be called

shénme:

(question word) what

míngzi:

(noun) name

bù dōu:

not all

dōu bù:

all not

zhèi:

(specifier) this

nèi:

(specifier) that

wèi:

(measure word) polite measure word for people

tóngxué:

(noun) fellow student, classmate, schoolmate

Jiānádà rén:

(noun) Canadian

Xībānyá rén:

(noun) Spanish

Zhōngguó rén:

(noun) Chinese

Rìběn rén:

(noun) Japanese