chinese.txt

(experienced action marker)

(a particle showing affirmation, approval, or consent)

huh?

(expressing sudden realization)

(interjection for surprise)

ah

to love

(interjection) hey / (sigh) / oh

damn / christ

(particle indicating polite suggestion)

eight

father

hundred

means / method / way (to do sth.)

to help

office

baby

glass / cup

Beijing

cup / glass

(measure word for book)

pen

don’t

not

Your welcome

to not know

not bad

sorry

not able to / have not learned to / No Way / its not possible

cannot / must not / should not

is not

not so much

do not / mustn’t / do not want

don’t need

Don't mention it

food / dish / cuisine

tea

to sing

to sing

car / vehicle

(surname)

to eat

to arrive late

to eat a meal

bad-smelling

to go out

taxi

time / occurrence

from

wrong / wrongly

big / old / loud

to dial / to play

to make a phone call

everybody

as it should be / certainly / of course / without doubt

but

to / to arrive

university

(following adv. modifies preceding verb)

of / used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive

to wait

light

to wait a moment

(prefix for ordinal numbers)

electricity

o’clock / a bit, some

telephone

telephone number

computer

a little

television

movie

younger brother

a place

subway

subway station

first

to understand

thing

all

correct / right / pair / to be opposite / for / to reply / to direct (towards sth)

excuse me / I’m sorry

many / much / a lot of / numerous

how long

how much / how many / which (number) / as much as

how much does it cost?

hungry

interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement

two

son

room

house

minute (time)

waiter

to do

tall

to tell

happy / glad / cheerful

[generic measure word]

elder brother

to give / for / for the benefit of

and (in addition to) / with / as (compared to) / to follow

company / workplace

work

to turn off / to close

expensive

come here / to come over

to go over / to pass by

yet / still / also

all right / not bad, fine / so so

OK, passable

or / still

child

hamburger

Chinese language

Chinese character

date / number

good / well / OK / very / to be finished

alright

all right

OK

all right / finished

Is that OK?

delicious / tasty

OK / fine

long time no see

number

and / together with

to drink

hey

very

very many / very much

red

broken / bad / spoiled

to return, go back

be able to / be likely to / will

to return home / homeward

to return / to come back

how much / how many / several / a few

how old?

home / family / measure word for hostels, hotels

at home

to see / to meet

(measure word for clothes and for shì?)

is called / is named

airport

what time?

to get married

older sister

what’s the date?

today

nine

alcohol

a bar

to think, feel, believe

card

coffee

to open / to turn on / to drive / to run (event) / to print (a receipt)

to drive a car

to attend a meeting / a meeting

to open the door / to open for business

to look

to see

to read

class

cute

cola

polite

can / may / possible / able to

free time / leisure

to cry

quick / quickly / soon / almost

yuan / dollar

happy

chopsticks

hot (spicy)

to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next

old (term of respect) / usual

boss

teacher

(particle intensifying preceding clause) / (completed action marker)

tired

cold

[surname]

in / inside

two (before a measure word)

zero

six

present / gift

floor/ a storied building

road / route

yes/no question particle

to buy

mother / mum

slow(ly)

busy / a favour

cat

have not

every

nothing can be done

it doesn’t matter

USA

American person

younger sister

It’s nothing / no problem / to have nothing to do

every day

no problem

don’t have / there are none / have not

door

noodles / face (surface)

bread

next year

tomorrow

name

to hold / to take

that / then, in that case

which

that (one)

which one?

there / that place

where?

difficult

male

Nanjing

boyfriend

there / that place

where?

(question particle for subjects already mentioned)

to be able to / to be capable of / to be possible

you

hello

year

your / yours

you (plural)

you [polite]

(cow’s) milk

beef

female

daughter

girl

girlfriend

Oh / OK

to be afraid / to fear

fat

to run

friend

cheap

ticket

pretty / beautiful

beer

apple

seven

money

in front / ahead

get up (from bed)

please / to invite / to treat

excuse me, may I ask ...

to go to

hot

person / people

to know (someone)

meat

three

on/first(of multiple parts)/previous/above/to climb/to attend(class or uni)/to start

to go to work / to start work

Shanghai

to go to class

to go on the internet

(late) morning

to wait a moment

who?

whose?

birthday

what? / something / anything

when?

ten

matter / affair

to be (is/am/are)

You are right / yeah

Is that so? / Is that right?

yes

master / form of address / sir

time

hand

mobile phone

book

handsome

vegetables

water

fruit

to speak

to speak

four

to deliver / present (with)

forget it

years old

as one pleases / randomly / as you like

he / him

she / her

her / hers

his

too / extremely / very

wife / Mrs.

they

they (female)

their

soup

sweet

day / sky / (weather)

weather

to dance

to stop

to listen

to stop the car / to park

wow / whoa

late

to play

[surname]

to forget

evening

hello

why?

I / me

my / mine

we / us

our / ours

five

boring

down/below/later/next(week etc)/second(of two parts)/to get off or out of/after/to finish

next time

first / firstly

would like (to) / to miss (someone)

Mr. / husband / Sir

now

little / small

Miss

afternoon

to rain

to write

thankyou

to like

new

to have the surname of ...

week

washroom

to rest

to study

student

to study

school

(shows affirmation, approval, or consent)

to want / will / to be going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must

one (alternate)

also

one

a little

clothes

a

by oneself / alone

England

English person

English language

English language

because

together

doctor

meaning

a bit / a little / a while

continuously

to use

to have / to exist

do you have? / Are there?

to be a little ...

to be a little ...

to have free time

there is someone

fish

far

month

again / another

to be (located) at / to be in the process of

good bye

early / good morning

morning

how? / what? / why?

how do I get there?

what’s wrong

how about

(surname) / (measure for for tables, tickets)

to search for

photograph

this

this (one)

here / this place

so

real / really

really

here / this place

these

only

(MW for certain animals, an ear)

to know / to be aware of

China

Chinese person

Chinese language

weekend

to live, reside / to stay

Chinese character

to leave / to go

recently

to do / to act as / to serve as / to be

to sit / to ride (a car, bus, train, lift, etc)

yesterday

soccer