Chinese Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering Chinese terms, pinyin pronunciations, and English meanings from the lecture notes.

你好 (nǐ hǎo)

hello

很 (hěn)

very

高兴 (gāo xìng)

happy

认识 (rèn shi)

to know, meet

请问 (qǐng wèn)

excuse me

贵 (guì)

honor, expensive

姓 (xìng)

surname

李

Li (Lǐ)

什么 (shén me)

what

您

you (polite) (nín)

张

Zhang (Zhāng)

叫 (jiào)

to be called

名字 (míng zi)

name

我 (wǒ)

I

喜欢 (xǐ huan)

to like

特别

special (tè bié)

比 (bǐ)

compared to

有意思

interesting (yǒu yì si)

爸爸 (bà ba)

father

妈妈 (mā ma)

mother

起

to give (name) (qǐ)

千金

daughter (honorific) (qiān jīn)

一诺千金

a promise is worth a thousand gold (yí nuò qiān jīn)

意思

meaning (yì si)

钱

money (qián)

可是 (kě shì)

but

中国 (Zhōng guó)

China

常常

often (cháng cháng)

把

(disposal marker) (bǎ)

女儿 (Nǚ’ér)

daughter

叫作

to be called, be known as (jiào zuò)