Spoken Chinese Semester 1 Final Combined Vocab Set

nà

that

de

possessive/descriptive particle

zhàopian

photo

bàba

dad

māma

mommy

gè

measure word for common objects and people

nǚ

female

háizi

kid

shéi

who/whome

tā

he/she/they

jiějie

big sister

nán

male

dìdi

little brother

dàgē

oldest bro

érzì

son

nǚ'ér

daughter

yǒu

to have/to exist

méi

negating word

měi

beautiful

gāo

tall

hěn

very

jiā

family/home

jǐ

how many/some/a few

kǒu

measure word for number of family members

gēge

older brother

liǎng

two/a couple

mèimei

little sister

hé

and

dàjiě

eldest sister

èrjiě

second eldest sister

zuò

to do/work/make

wǒ yīnggāi zuò, wǒ de zuòyè

I should do my homework

yīnggāi

should

gōngzuò

work

lǚ'shī

lawyer

yīngwěn

english

wěn

language

dōu

both/all

dàxuéshēng

college student

dàxué

college/university

yīshēng

doctor

hùshì

nurse

yī

one

èr

two

sān

three

sì

four

shí

ten

qī

seven

wǔ

five

lìu

six

bā

eight

jiǔ

nine

shénme

what/huh

méiyǒu

not have

xiōngdìjǐemèi

siblings

hǎo

fine/good/nice/it's settled

qǐng

please/to invite

wèn

to ask

gùi

honorable/expensive

xìng

surname

ne

question particle

xìaojiě

miss

jiào

to be called/given name

míngzi

name

xiānshēng

mr, sir

wáng

king

lǐ

plum

laǒshī

teacher

ma

question particle

bù

no/not

yě

also

rén

person/people

Zhōngguó

China

Méiguó

America

niǔyuē

new york

qǐng wèn, nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?

one question, what is your full name?

nǐ guì xìng?

what is your surname?

tàitai

mrs/wife

nǐ ne?

how about you?

wǒ shì xuésheng

I am a student

wǒ bú shì lǎoshī

I am not a teacher

nǐ bú shì xuésheng

you are not a student

nǐ shì xuésheng ma?

are you a student?

nǎ

which

nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?

which country are you from?

nǎr

where

nǐ shì nǎr rén?

where are you from?

wǒ shì ___ rén.

I'm from ___.

Fèichéng

Philadelphia

Běijīng

Beijing

Niǔyuē

New York

Bīnzhōu

Pennsylvania

Niǔzéxī

New Jersey

wǒ jiào Hé Aìlì

my name is Hé Aìlì

wǒ shì xuéshēng

I'm a student

wǒ shì měiguó rén

I'm American

nǐ shì ___ ma?

are you ___?

wǒ bú shì ___.

I'm not ___.

wǒ yě shì xuésheng.

I'm also a student

zhè ge nán háizi

this boy