Comprehensive Chinese Vocabulary and Conversational Fundamentals

Core Family and Domestic Terminology

• Home: Corresponds to jia.

• Mom: Corresponds to ma ma.

• Dad: Corresponds to ba ba.

Personal Pronouns and Interrogatives

• I: Corresponds to yo.

• You: Corresponds to ni.

• What: Corresponds to shen me.

Fundamental Action Verbs

• Want or Need: Corresponds to Yao.

• Like: Corresponds to xi huan.

• Have: Corresponds to you.

• Go: Corresponds to qu.

• To eat: Corresponds to chi.

• To drink: Corresponds to he.

• To help: Corresponds to bang.

Descriptive Adjectives, Modifiers, and Quantities

• Big: Corresponds to da.

• Small: Corresponds to xiao.

• Good: Corresponds to hao.

• Bad: Corresponds to huai.

• Very: Corresponds to hen.

• Duo: Corresponds to many.

Greetings, Conversational Courtesies, and Responses

• Hello: Corresponds to ni hao.

• Thank you: Corresponds to xie xie.

• Goodbye: Corresponds to zai jian.

• Yes: Corresponds to shi.

• No: Corresponds to bu shi.

• Your welcome: Corresponds to bu ke qi.

• I'm sorry: Corresponds to dui bu qi.

Numerical Sequencing

• One two three: Corresponds to yi er San.

Entities, Sustenance, and Emotional States

• Water: Corresponds to shui.

• Friend: Corresponds to pengyou.

• Happy: Corresponds to kaixin.

• Sad: Corresponds to nanguo.