Chinese Vocabulary Practice

Vocabulary flashcards created from Chinese lecture notes covering pronouns, family members, numbers, and basic expressions.

忙 (máng)

Busy

吗 (ma)

Question particle

爸爸 (bàba)

Dad / Father

妈妈 (māma)

Mom / Mother

他们 (tamen)

They

他 (tā)

He

们 (men)

Plural suffix (for pronouns and forms of address)

都 (dōu)

All; both; whole

不 (bù)

No; not

男 (nán)

Man; male

朋友 (péngyou)

Friend

呢 (ne)

Question particle

哥哥 (gēge)

Older brother

要 (yào)

To want; need (going to do something)

咖啡 (kāfēi)

Coffee

弟弟 (didi)

Younger brother

我们 (women)

We

喝 (hē)

To drink

你 (nĭ)

You

好 (hǎo)

Good

我 (wŏ)

I / Me

很 (hěn)

Very

也 (yě)

Also; too

家 (jiā)

Family, home

口 (kǒu)

Mouth; measure word for family members

姐姐 (jiějie)

Older sister

她 (tā)

She

妹妹 (mèimei)

Younger sister

儿子 (érzi)

Son

女儿 (nǎ'ér)

Daughter

岁 (suì)

Year (of age)

今年 (jīnnián)

This year

大 (dà)

Big; adult

多 (duō)

Many, much; (question: 'how much?' - after numbers)

多大 (duō dà)

How old (age)

几 (jĭ)

How many (for small numbers)

老师 (lǎoshī)

Teacher, lecturer

零 (líng)

0 (Zero)

一 (yī)

1 (One)

二 (èr)

2 (Two)

三 (sān)

3 (Three)

四 (sì)

4 (Four)

五 (wŭ)

5 (Five)

六 (liù)

6 (Six)

七 (qī)

7 (Seven)

八 (bā)

8 (Eight)

九 (jiŭ)

9 (Nine)

十 (shí)

10 (Ten)

十一 (shíyī)

11 (Eleven)

十二 (shí'èr)

12 (Twelve)

二十 (èrshí)

20 (Twenty)

二十一 (èrshíyī)

21 (Twenty-one)

三十 (sānshí)

30 (Thirty)

一百 (yì bǎi)

100 (One hundred)

是 (shì)

To be

哪 (na)

Which

国 (guó)

Country, state

人 (rén)

Person, human

那 (nà)

That

谁 (shéi)

Who

中国 (Zhōngguó)

China

您 (nín)

You (polite)

这 (zhè)

This

外语 (wàiyŭ)

Foreign language

医生 (yīshēng)

Doctor, physician

奶奶 (nǎinai)

Paternal grandmother (father's mother)

外婆 (wàipó)

Maternal grandmother (mother's mother)