Mandarin A Core Vocabulary Review

I, me (wǒ)

我

you (nǐ)

你

she, her (tā)

她

he, him (tā)

他

makes a pronoun plural (men)

们

makes a pronoun possessive (de)

的

this (zhè)

这

that (nà)

那

indicates a yes or no question (ma)

吗

indicates a tag question (ne)

呢

indicates a yes or no question where the person asking is expecting "yes" (ba)

吧

who, whom (shéi)

谁

which (nǎ)

哪

what (shénme)

什么

why (wèishénme)

为什么

where (nǎr)

哪儿

what kind (shénmeyàng)

什么样

how is it, how are you (zěnmeyàng)

怎么样

how (zěnme)

怎么

how many for

几

how many for \>10 (duōshǎo)

多少

one (yī)

一

two (èr)

二

three (sān)

三

four (sì)

四

five (wǔ)

五

six (liù)

六

seven (qī)

七

eight (bā)

八

nine (jiǔ)

九

ten (shí)

十

hundred (bái)

百

thousand (qiān)

千

dad (bàba)

爸爸

mom (māma)

妈妈

siblings (xiōngdìjiěmèi)

兄弟姐妹

older brother (gēge)

哥哥

is, am, are, to be (shì)

是

to know something (zhīdào)

知道

to know someone (rènshí)

认识

to study (xuéxí)

学习

to have, there is, there are (yǒu)

有

to work, work (gōngzuò)

工作

to like (xǐhuān)

喜欢

to do, to make (zuò)

做

attend class (shàngkè)

上课

get out of class (xiàkè)

下课

to play (games)(wán)

玩

to watch, see (kàn)

看

to go to (qù)

去

to ask (wèn)

问

to hit, to play a sport with your hands (dǎ)

打

go home, return home (huíjiā)

回家

to eat food (chīfàn)

吃饭

teacher (lǎoshī)

老师

friend (péngyou)

朋友

student (xuéshēng)

学生

Chinese language (hànyǔ)

汉语

telephone (diànhuà)

电话

person, people (rén)

人

sport (yùndòng)

运动

computer (diànnǎo)

电脑

place (dìfāng)

地方

road (lù)

路

country (guó)

国

movie (diànyǐng)

电影

homework (zuòyè)

作业

school (xuéxiào)

学校

game (yóuxì)

游戏

happy, glad (gāoxìng)

高兴

good (hǎo)

好

big (dà)

大

little (xiǎo)

小

busy (máng)

忙

correct (duì)

对

very (hěn)

很

also (yě)

也

no, not, don't (bù)

不

at, in (zài)

在

both, all (dōu)

都

don't have, didn't do (méi)

没

"and" when listing like terms (hé)

和

with (gēn)

跟

measure word for people, things (gè)

个

still, also (hái)

还

prefix for ordinal numbers (dì)

第

only (zhǐ)

只

particle indicating completion or change (le)

了

but (kěshì)

可是

because (yīnwèi)

因为

therefore (suǒyǐ)

所以

sometimes (yǒushíhòu)

有时候

after (yǐhòu)

以后

before (yǐqián)

以前

today (jīntiān)

今天

tomorrow (míngtiān)

明天

every day (měitiān)

每天

week (xīngqī)

星期

this year (jīnnián)

今年

yesterday (zuótiān)

昨天