FunMandarin L1 and L2

你

nǐ noun you

我

wǒ noun I,me

他

tā noun he, him

她

tā noun she,her

好

hǎo adjective good,nice, Okay

叫

jiào verb to be called, to call for

姓

xìng verb/noun one's surname is, family name, surname

呢

ne question particle What about...? And..?

什么

shén me question particle What?

名字

míng zì noun name

小

xiǎo adjective small, tiny, young

小姐

xiǎo jiě noun young lady, miss

先生

xiān sheng noun Mister (Mr.), husband

很

hěn adverb very

高兴

gāo xìng adjective happy, glad

认识

rèn shi verb to recognize

也

yě adverb also, too

嗨

hāi ---- hi

噢

ō ---- oh

吗

ma question particle Yes/No (question final interrogative particle)

嗯

en ---- Umm

不

bù ---- no

是

shì verb is, are, am, yes, to be

中国

zhōng guó proper noun China, Middle Kingdom

英国

yīng guó proper noun Britain, England

美国

měi guó proper noun United States, USA

人

rén noun person, people

北京

běi jīng proper noun Beijing, capital of Peoples Republic of China

西雅图

xī yǎ tú proper noun Seattle, Washington State

在

zài verb be at, be in, be on

嘿hēi ---- hey

这里

zhè lǐ proper noun here

要

yào modal verb will be, will do

去

qù verb to go

哪里

nǎ lǐ proper noun where

上海

shàng hǎi proper noun Shanghai

出差

chū chāi verb plus object to go on an official or business trip

太..了

tài ..le verb plus object extremely

巧

qiǎo adjective coincidental

的

de ---- possessive particle

工作

gōng zuò verb/noun work, job

工程师

gōng chéng shī noun engineer

中文

zhōng wén noun Chinese, Chinese written language

老

lǎo adjective old

老师

lǎo shī noun teacher

噢

ō ---- Oh, interjection for pain or sad

这

zhè proper noun this

名片

míng piàn noun business card

做

zuò verb make; to do

谢谢

xiè xie verb to thank, thanks

看

kàn verb to see, to watch, to look, read, to look after

哥哥

gē ge noun older brother

叫

jiào verb to call for

们

men ---- (plural marker for pronouns and a few animate nouns)

服务员

fú wù yuán noun waiter, waitress

来

lái verb to come

吧

ba ---- sentence final particle for suggestion

哦 ó ---- oh? really? is that so?

爸爸

bà ba noun dad, father

妈妈

mā ma noun mother, mummy, mom

姐姐

jiě jie noun older sister

妹妹

mèi mei noun younger sister

弟弟

dì di noun younger brother

有

yǒu verb to have/has, exist, there is, there are

和

hé conjunction and, with

家

jiā noun home, family

那

nà proper noun that

谁

shéi question particle who, whom

一

yī ---- one

两

liǎng ---- two

个

gè measure word measure word for general objects

三

sān ---- three

四

sì ---- four

大

dà adjective big

大哥

dà gē noun eldest brother

孩子

hái zi noun child

对

duì adjective correct

照片

zhào piàn noun photo, photograph

帅

shuài adjective handsome

美

měi adjective beautiful, pretty