Chinese Characters

忆

Yì—To recollect, to remember, memory

认识

Rèn shi—To know, to recognize, knowledge, awareness, cognition

觉得

Jué de—To think, to feel

要

Yào—Necessary, essencial, to want, must

正

Zhèng—Straight, upright, proper, to correct, main

主

Zhǔ—Main, owner, master, host

把

Bǎ—To hold, to take hold of, to contain

如果

Rú guǒ—If, in case, in the event that

自

Zì—Self, form, oneself, since, naturally, surely

时

Shì—Affair, matter, business, work, thing, item

无

Wú—None, no, not to have, to lack, un-, -less

又

Yòu—Again, also, both…and…, (for emphasis) anyway

着

Zhe—(Aspect particle indicating action in progress), to touch, to come in contact with, to feet, to catch fire, to burn

如

Rú—As, as if, such as

当

Dāng—When, to be, to act as, manage, withstand, during, ought, equal

真

Zhēn—really, truly, real

比

Bǐ—To compare, than

就

Jiù—At once, only, as early as, already, to approach

现

Xiàn—Appear, now, present, existing, current

分

Fēn—Point, minute, to distribute, to separate, fraction, 0.01 yuan

民

Mín—People, citizen, nationality

此

Cǐ—This, these

外

Wài—out, outside, in addition, foreign, external

重

Zhòng—Heavy, serious, to attach importance to

田

tián—field

力

lì—strength

男

nán—male

艺

yì—skill, art

亿

yì—100 million

门

mén—gate, door, entrance

找

zhǎo—to look for, to visit, to give change

土

tǔ—earth, soil

士

shì—knight, soldier, scholar

累

lèi—tired, lěi—to pile up, to be repeated

马

mǎ—horse

笑

xiào—to laugh, to smile

儿

ér—child, son

您

nín—you (formal)

元

yuán—first, yuan

住

Zhù—to live, to stay, to stop

阿

ā—(prefix for people’s names)

啊

ā—(particle for questions, exclamations, commands, warnings, reminders, emphatic pauses, enumerations, direct address, impatient statements)

毛

Máo—hair, fur, feathers, wool, mildew, semi-finished, a measure for dimes

山

shān—mountain

远

yuǎn—To be far away

云

yún—to say, cloud

玩

wán—to play, to amuse oneself

目

mù—eye

刀

dāo—Knife

份

fèn—Share, portion, a measure for portions

钟

zhōng—Clock

羊

yáng—Sheep, goat

美

měi—Beautiful

西

xī—West

搞

gǎo—To do, to make, to get, to purge

敲

qiāo—To rap on, to blackmail, to swindle, to cheat

盆

pén—Pot, basin, container

贵

guì—Expensive, precious

更

gèng—Still more, gēng—To change

便

biàn—Urine or excrement, to be convenient

买

mǎi—To buy

卖

mài—To sell

猪

zhū—pig

钱

qián—Money

爱好

ài hào—Hobby

白天

bái tiān—Day

百

bǎi—Hundred

班

bān—Class

半

bàn—Half

帮

bāng—to help

帮忙

bāng máng—to help

包

bāo—Package

杯

bēi—Cup

杯子

bēi zi—Cup

北

běi—North

北边

běi biān—North side

北京

běijīng—Beijing

本

běn—(measure word for books or volumes)

本子

běn zi—Notebook

别

bié—Don’t

别的

bié de—Other

别人

bié rén—Other people

病

bìng—Disease

病人

bìng rén—Patient

不对

bú dui—Wrong

不客气

bú kè qì—You’re welcome

不用

bú yòng—No need to

菜

cài—Dish

差

chà—To differ from, bad, short of

常（常）

cháng (cháng)—Often

唱

chàng—To sing

唱歌

chàng gē—To sing (a song)

车

chē—Car

车票

chē piào—Ticket

车上

chē shàng—In the car

吃饭

chī fàn—To have a meal

出来

chū lái—To come

出去

chū qù—To go out

床

chuáng—Bed

车站

chē zhàn—Station