Semester 1 of Chinese

Yipee

周末

Zhōumò

Weekend

打球

Dǎqiú

To play ball

打

Dǎ

To hit

球

Qiú

Ball

看

Kàn

To watch, to look, to read

电视

Diànshì

Television

电

Diàn

Electricity

视

Shì

Vision

唱歌儿

Chànggē(r)

To sing (a song)

唱

Chàng

To sing

歌

Gē

Song

跳舞

Tiàowǔ

To dance

跳

Tiào

To jump

舞

Wǔ

Dance

听

Tīng

To listen

音乐

Yīnyuè

Music

书

Shū

Book

对

Duì

Right, correct

时候

Shíhou

(a point in) time, moment, (a duration of) time

有时候

Yǒu Shíhou

sometimes

电影

Diànyǐng

Movie

影

Yǐng

Shadow

常常

Chángcháng

Often

那

Nà

In that case, then

去

Qù

To go

外国

Wàiguó

Foreign country

请客

Qǐngkè

To invite someone (to dinner, coffee, etc..)

To play host to

昨天

Zuótiān

Yesterday

所以

Suǒyǐ

So

想

Xiǎng

To want to, would like to, to think

觉得

Juéde

To think, to feel

有意思

Yǒu Yìsi

Interesting

意思

Yìsi

Meaning

只

Zhǐ

Only

睡觉

Shuìjiào

To sleep

睡

Shuì

To sleep

觉

Jiào

Sleep

算了

Suànle

Forget it, nevervmind

找

Zhǎo

Too look for

别人

Biéren

Other people, another person

别的

Bié(de)

other

好久

Hǎojiǔ

A long time

好

Hǎo

Very

久

Jiǔ

long (of time)

不错

Búcuò

Pretty good, not bad

错

Cuò

wrong

看书

kàn shū , to read books, to read

进

jìn

to enter

快

kuài

fast, quick; quickly

进来

jìnlai

to come in

*介绍

jièshào

to introduce

一下

yīxià

once; a bit

高兴

gāoxìng

happy, pleased

漂亮

piàoliang

pretty

坐

zuò

to sit

在

zài

at; in; on

哪儿

nǎr

where

学校

xuéxiào

school

喝

hē

to drink

点(儿)

diǎn(r)

a little, a bit; some

茶

chá

tea

*咖啡

kāfēi

coffee

吧

ba

(a sentence-final particle)

要

yào

to want

*瓶

píng

measure word: bottles; bottle

可乐

kělè

cola

可以

kěyǐ

can, may

对不起

duìbuqǐ

sorry

给

gěi

to give

杯

bēi

measure word: cup, glass

水

shuǐ

water

玩

wán

to have fun; to play

工作

gōng zuò

to work, work, job

图书馆

túshūguǎn

library

一起

yìqǐ

together

*聊天

liáotiān

to chat

才

cái

not until, only then

回家

huíjiā

to go home

回

huí

to return

玩儿

wán (r)

to have fun, to play

九月

Jiǔyuè

September

月

Yuè

Month

十二

Shí'èr

Twelve

号

Hào

(measure word for number in a series, day of the month)

星期

Xīngqī

Week

星期四

Xīngqīsì

Thursday

天

Tiān

Day

生日

Shēngri

Birthday

生

Shēng

To give birth to, to be born

日

Rì

Day, sun

今年

Jīnnián

This year

年

Nián

Year

多

Duō

How many/much, to what extent, many

大

Dà

Big, old

十八

Shíbā

Eighteen

岁

Suì

Year (of age)

吃

Chī

To eat

饭

Fàn

Meal, cooked rice

怎么样

Zěnmeyàng

Is it OK?, How is that?, How does that sound?

太...了

Tài...le

Too, extremely