Chinese Literal Meaning Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards providing literal translations and character breakdowns for basic Chinese greetings, pronouns, common conversational phrases, and numbers zero through ten.

你好

你 = you + 好 = good → hello

再见

再 = again + 见 = see → goodbye

早上好

早上 = morning + 好 = good → good morning

下午好

下午 = afternoon + 好 = good → good afternoon

晚上好

晚上 = evening + 好 = good → good evening

晚安

晚 = evening + 安 = peaceful/safe → good night

男孩

男 = male + 孩 = child → boy

女孩

女 = female + 孩 = child → girl

朋友

朋 = friend + 友 = friend → friend

他

person/he → he

她

female/she → she

它

thing/it → it

吃了吗?

吃 = eat + 了 = completed + 吗 = question → Have you eaten?

去哪呢？

去 = go + 哪 = where + 呢 = particle → Where are you going?

最近忙吗？

最近 = recently + 忙 = busy + 吗 = question → Are you busy lately?

最近怎么样?

最近 = recently + 怎么样 = how → How are things lately?

上班呢？

上班 = go to work + 呢 = particle → Going to work?

你叫什么名字?

你 = you + 叫 = called + 什么 = what + 名字 = name → What is your name?

我叫…

我 = I + 叫 = called → My name is…

你姓什么?

你 = you + 姓 = family name + 什么 = what → What is your last name?

我姓…

我 = I + 姓 = family name → My last name is…

很骸兴认证你。

很 = very + 骸兴 = happy + 认证 = know/meet + 你 = you → Nice to meet you

我也是。

我 = I + 也 = also + 是 = am → Me too

你住在哪里？

你 = you + 住在 = live at + 哪里 = where → Where do you live?

我住在…

我 = I + 住在 = live at → I live at…

你从哪里来？

你 = you + 从 = from + 哪里 = where + 来 = come → Where are you from?

我从…来

我 = I + 从 = from + 来 = come → I am from…

你呢?

你 = you + 呢 = particle → What about you?

零 / 〇

zero

一

one

二

two

三

three

四

four

五

five

六

six

七

seven

八

eight

九

nine

十

ten

你的电话号码是多少？

你的 = your + 电话号码 = phone number + 是 = is + 多少 = how many → What’ s your phone number?

我的电话号码是…

我的 = my + 电话号码 = phone number + 是 = is → My phone number is…