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你好
Ni Hao (3rd tone + 3rd tone)
- Hello
叫
Jiao (4th tone)
- Verb
- To call
- To be called
什么
Shen me (2nd tone + neutral tone)
- Question word
- "What?"
名字
Mingzi (2nd tone + 4th tone)
- Noun
- "Name"
我
Wo (3rd tone)
- Pronoun
- "I; me"
姓
Xing (4th tone)
- Verb + Noun
- Surname
- To be surnamed
王
Wang (2nd tone)
- Noun
- A common Chinese surname
- "King"
是
Shi (4th tone)
- Verb
- To be
学生
Xuesheng (2nd tone + 1st tone)
- Noun
- Student
学
Xue (2nd tone)
- Verb
- To learn; To study
呢
Ne (neutral tone)
- Particle
- Tag question marker
不
Bu (4th tone)
- Adverb
- Not
老师
Laoshi (3rd tone + 1st tone)
- Noun
- Teacher
老
Lao (3rd tone)
- Adjective
- "Old"
也
Ye (3rd tone)
- Adverb
- Also; too
加拿大
Jianada (1st tone + 2nd tone + 4th tone)
- Noun
- Canada
人
Ren (2nd tone)
- Noun
- Person; people
吗
Ma (neutral tone)
- Particle
- Question marker
中国
Zhongguo (1st tone + 2 tone)
- Noun
- China
中
Zhong (1st tone)
- Adjective
- Middle; center
国
Guo (2nd tone)
- Noun
- Country; nation; state
第
Di (4th tone)
- Prefix
- Used to indicate ordinal numbers
一
Yi (1st tone)
- Noun
- one; 1
二
Er (4th tone)
- Noun
- two; 2
三
San (1st tone)
- Noun
- three; 3
四
Si (4th tone)
- Noun
- four; 4
五
Wu (3rd tone)
- Noun
- five; 5
六
Liu (4th tone)
- Noun
- six; 6
七
Qi (1st tone)
- Noun
- seven; 7
八
Ba (1st tone)
- Noun
- eight; 8
九
Jiu (3rd tone)
- Noun
- nine; 9
十
Shi (2nd tone)
- Noun
- ten; 10
零
Ling (2nd tone)
- Noun
- zero; 0
百
Bai (2nd tone)
- used in hundreds
千
Qian (1st tone)
- used in thousands
课
Ke (4th tone)
- Noun
- Lesson; class; course
做
Zuo (4th tone)
- Verb
- To do; work; job
工作
Gongzuo (1st tone + 4th tone)
- Verb/Noun
- To work; work; job
这
Zhe (4th tone)
- Pronoun
- This
你的
Nide (3rd tone + neutral tone)
- Pronoun
- Yours; your
的
De (neutral tone)
- Particle
- Possesive marker
我的
Wode (3rd tone + neutral tone)
- Pronoun
- Mine; my
对不起
Duibuqi (4th tone + 2nd tone + 3rd tone)
- Sorry
请
Qing (3rd tone)
- Please
坐
Zuo (4th tone)
- Verb
- to sit
谢谢
Xiexie (4th tone + 4th tone)
- Thanks; thank you
客气
Keqi (4th tone + 4th tone)
- Adjective
- Polite
英文
Yingwen (1st tone + 2nd tone)
- Noun
- English language
新
Xin (1st tone)
- Adjective
- New
张
Zhang (1st tone)
- a common Chinese surname
先生
Xiansheng (1st tone + 1st tone)
- Noun
- Mr; husband; gentleman; sir
电脑
Diannao (4th tone + 3rd tone)
- Noun
- Computer
电
Dian (4th tone)
- Noun
- Electricity
工程师
Gongchengshi (1st tone + 2nd tone + 1st tone)
- Engineer
小姐
Xiaojie (3rd tone + 3rd tone)
- Noun
- Miss; lady
小
Xiao (3rd tone)
- Adjective
- young; little; small
在
Zai (4th tone)
- Preposition/verb
- in; at; on; to be in; to be at
政府
Zhengfu (4th tone + 3rd tone)
- Noun
- Government
可是
Keshi (3rd tone + 4th tone)
- Conjunction
- "but"
和
He (2nd tone)
- Conjunction
- "and; with"
哥哥
Gege (1st tone + 1st tone)
- Noun
- Older brother
都
Dou (1st tone)
- Adverb
- All; both
他
Ta (1st tone)
- Pronoun
- he; him
她
Ta (1st tone)
- Pronoun
- She; her
谁
Shui (1st tone)
- Question word
- Who; whom
父亲
Fuqin (4th tone + 1st tone)
- Noun
- Father
对
Dui (4th tone)
- Adjective
- Right; correct
母亲
Muqin (3rd tone + 1st tone)
- Noun
- Mother
父母
Fumu (4th tone + 3rd tone)
- Noun
- Parents
他们
Tamen (1st tone + neutral tone)
- Pronoun
- They; them
们
Men (neutral tone)
- Suffix
- used after a personal pronoun or a noun to show plurality
医生
Yisheng (1st tone + 1st tone)
- Noun
- Doctor
医
Yi (1st tone)
- Noun
- Medical science
现在
Xianzai (4th tone + 4th tone)
- Tense word
- "Now"
护士
Hushi (4th tone + 4th tone)
- Noun
- Nurse
很
Hen (3rd tone)
- Adverb
- Very
忙
Mang (2nd tone)
- Adjective
- Busy
太太
Taitai (4th tone + 4th tone)
- Noun
- Wife; Mrs.
女
Nü (3rd tone)
- Adjective
- Female
朋友
Pengyou (2nd tone + 3rd tone)
- Noun
- Friend
法国
Faguo (3rd tone + 2nd tone)
- Noun
- France
有
You (3rd tone)
- Verb
- to have; there is; there are
姐姐
Jiejie (3rd tone + 3rd tone)
- Noun
- Older sister
大姐
Da Jie (4th tone + 3rd tone)
- noun
- eldest older sister
大
Da (4th tone)
- adjective
- big; eldest; large; old
弟弟
Didi (4th tone + 4th tone)
- Noun
- younger brother
妹妹
Meimei (4th tone + 4th tone)
- Noun
- younger sister
两
Liang (3rd tone)
- Noun
- two; a couple
个
Ge (neutral tone)
- Measure word
- used between a number, question word ji or demonstrative pronoun and a noun
没
Mei (2nd tone)
- Adverb
- not (have)
儿子
Erzi (2nd tone)
- noun
- son
女儿
Nüer (3rd tone + 2nd tone)
- noun
- daughter
家
Jia (1st tone)
- noun
- family; home
几
Ji (3rd tone)
- question word
- how many
去
Qu (4th tone)
- Verb
- To go
吃
Chi (1st tone)
- Verb
- To eat
饭
Fan (4th tone)
- Noun
- Meal; food; cooked rice
星期天
Xingqi tian (1st tone + 1st tone + 1st tone)
- Noun
- Sunday
天
Tian (1st tone)
- Noun
- Sky; heaven; day; god
星期一
Xingqi yi (1st tone + 1st tone + 1st tone)
- Noun
- Monday
星期二
Xingqi er (1st tone + 1st tone + 4th tone)
- Noun
- Tuesday
星期三
Xingqi san (1st tone + 1st tone + 1st tone)
- Noun
- Wednesday
星期四
Xingqi si (1st tone + 1st tone + 4th tone)
- Noun
- Thursday
新七五
Xingqi Wu (1st tone + 1st tone + 3rd tone)
- Noun
- Friday
星期六
Xingqi liu (1st tone + 1st tone + 4th tone)
- Noun
- Saturday
星期
Xingqi (1st tone + 1st tone)
- Noun
- Week
星期几
Xingqi ji (1st tone + 1st tone + 3rd tone)
- What day of the week is it?
事
Shi (4th tone)
- Noun
- Matter; affair; thing
生日
Shengri (1st tone + 4th tone)
- Noun
- Birthday
生
Sheng (1st tone)
- Verb
- to be born; to give birth
日
Ri (4th tone)
- Noun
- Day; the sun
太...(了)
Tai...(le) (4th tone + neutral tone)
- Adverb
- Too; extremely
喜欢
Xihuan (3rd tone + 1st tone)
- Verb
- To like
中文
Zhongwen (1st tone + 2nd tone)
- Noun
- Chinese language
哪里
Nali (3rd tone + 3rd tone)
- Used as a polite reply to a compliment: where
马马虎虎
Mamahuhu (3rd tone + 3rd tone + 1st tone + 1st tone)
- idiom
- so-so; not too good
马
Ma (3rd tone)
- Noun
- Horse
虎
Hu (3rd tone)
- Noun
- Tiger
饭馆儿
Fanguaner (4th tone + 3rd tone + neutral tone)
- noun
- restaurant
说
Shuo (1st tone)
- Verb
- To speak; to say
法文
Fawen (3rd tone + 1st tone)
- Noun
- French language
所以
Suoyi (3rd tone + 3rd tone)
- Conjunction
- therefore; so
可以
Keyi (3rd tone + 3rd tone)
- Measure verb
- May; can
练习
Lianxi (4th tone + 2nd tone)
- verb/noun
- to practice; exercise
号
Hao (4th tone)
- Noun
- number; date
几号?
Ji hao (3rd tone + 4th tone)
- What day (of the month)?
月
Yue (4th tone)
- Noun
- Month; the moon
几月
Ji yue (3rd tone + 4th tone)
- What month?
哎呀
Aiya (1st tone + 1st tone)
- Interjection
- my god; oh; ah; oh dear; goodness
我们
Women (3rd tone + neutral tone)
- Pronoun
- we; us
来
Lai (2nd tone)
- Verb
- to come
今天
Jintian (1st tone + 1st tone)
- Noun
- Today
Author
JChaps
ID
182622
Card Set
Chinese
Description
A basic set of Chinese characters
Updated
2012-11-09T17:29:29Z
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