1 1-1 ai4 to love; affection; to be fond of; to like2 1-2 ba1 eight; 83 1-3 ba4 ba5 (informal) father; CL:|[ge4],[wei4]9 1-4 bei1 zi5 cup; glass; CL:|[ge4],[zhi1],[zhi1]

10 1-5 Bei3 jing1Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government

11 1-6 ben3roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally

14 1-7 bu4 ke4 qi5 you're welcome; impolite; rude; blunt; don't mention it

15 1-8 bu4 (negative prefix); not; no

16 1-9 cai4dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:|[pan2],[dao4]

17 1-10 cha2 tea; tea plant; CL:[bei1],|[hu2]

20 1-11 chi1to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust

22 1-12 chu1 zu1 che1 taxi28 1-13 da3 dian4 hua4 to make a telephone call

30 1-14 da4 big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest

34 1-15 de5of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive

39 1-16 dian3

drop (of liquid); stain; spot; speck; jot; dot stroke (in Chinese characters); decimal point; point; mark (of degree or level); a place (with certain characteristics); iron bell; oclock; a little; a bit; some; (point) unit of measurement for type; to touch on briefly; to make clear; to light; to ignite; to kindle; period of time at night (24 minutes) (old); a drip; to dibble; classifier for small indeterminate quantities

40 1-17 dian4 nao3 computer; CL:|[tai2]41 1-18 dian4 shi4 television; TV; CL:|[tai2],|[ge4]42 1-19 dian4 ying3 movie; film; CL:[bu4],[pian4],[mu4],|[chang3]43 1-20 dong1 xi5 thing; stuff; person; CL:|[ge4],[jian4]45 1-21 dou1 all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already

46 1-22 du2to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to [pin1 yin1]

48 1-23 dui4 bu5 qi3unworthy; to let down; I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat)

49 1-24 duo1 many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-50 1-25 duo1 shao3 number; amount; somewhat51 1-26 er2 zi5 son52 1-27 er4 two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)53 1-28 fan4 guan3 restaurant; CL:[jia1]56 1-29 fei1 ji1 airplane; CL: [jia4]57 1-30 fen1 zhong1 minute60 1-31 gao1 xing4 happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood

63 1-32 ge4individual; this; that; size; classifier for people or objects in general

68 1-33 gong1 zuo4 job; work; construction; task; CL:|[ge4],[fen4],|[xiang4]

69 1-34 gou3 dog; CL:|[zhi1],|[tiao2]74 1-35 Han4 yu3 Chinese language; CL:|[men2]

75 1-36 hao3good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)

78 1-37 he1 to drink; to shout (a command); My goodness!

79 1-38 he2and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He; Japanese related; Taiwan pr. han4

81 1-39 hen3 (adverb of degree); quite; very; awfully83 1-40 hou4 mian5 rear; back; behind; later; afterwards

85 1-41 hui2to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)

87 1-42 hui4can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association; CL:|[ge4]; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3)

88 1-43 huo3 che1 zhan4 train station91 1-44 ji3 how much; how many; several; a few

92 1-45 jia1

home; family; classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; surname Jia; CL:|[ge4]

94 1-46 jiao4to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

98 1-47 jin1 tian1 today; at the present; now101 1-48 jiu3 nine; 9

105 1-49 kai1to open; to start; to turn on; to boil; to write out (a medical prescription); to operate (vehicle); abbr. for | degrees Kelvin

107 1-50 kan1 to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard108 1-51 kan4 jian4 to see; to catch sight of

113 1-52 kuai4lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as |

116 1-53 lai2 to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next117 1-54 lao3 shi1 teacher; CL:|[ge4],[wei4]

118 1-55 le5(modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)

120 1-56 leng3 cold

122 1-57 li3 lining; interior; inside; internal; also written | [li3]

124 1-58 ling2

zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither

125 1-59 liu4 six; 6128 1-60 ma1 ma5 mama; mommy; mother; CL:|[ge4],[wei4]129 1-61 ma5 (question tag)130 1-62 mai3 to buy; to purchase134 1-63 mao1 cat; CL:|[zhi1]135 1-64 mei2 (negative prefix for verbs); have not; not136 1-65 mei2 guan1 xi5 it doesn't matter

140 1-66 mi3 fan4 (cooked) rice141 1-67 ming2 tian1 tomorrow142 1-68 ming2 zi5 name (of a person or thing); CL:|[ge4]143 1-69 na3 how; which143 1-69 na3 r5 where?; wherever; anywhere

144 1-70 na4that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. nei4 before a classifier, esp. in Beijing

144 1-70 na4 r5 there146 1-71 ne5 (question particle for subjects already mentioned)

147 1-72 neng2to be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability; able; capable; can possibly; (usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of

148 1-73 ni3 you (informal, as opposed to polite [nin2])149 1-74 nian2 year; CL:|[ge4]152 1-75 nv3 er2 daughter156 1-76 peng2 you5 friend; CL:|[ge4],[wei4]159 1-77 piao4 liang5 pretty; beautiful160 1-78 ping2 guo3 apple; CL:|[ge4],|[ke1]161 1-79 qi1 seven; 7165 1-80 qian2 coin; money; CL:|[bi3]166 1-81 qian2 mian4 ahead; in front; preceding; above

168 1-82 qing3to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request

169 1-83 qu4

to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb); to remove; to get rid of; (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; to be apart from in space or time; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed

172 1-84 re4 heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up173 1-85 ren2 man; person; people; CL:|[ge4],[wei4]

174 1-86 ren4 shi5to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition

175 1-87 ri4 sun; day; date, day of the month; abbr. for | Japan

176 1-88 san1 three; 3177 1-89 shang1 dian4 store; shop; CL:[jia1],|[ge4]

178 1-90 shang4on; on top; upon; first (of multiple parts); previous; last; upper; higher; above; to climb; to go into; to go up; to attend (class or university)

180 1-91 shang4 wu3 morning; CL:|[ge4]181 1-92 shao3 few; little; lack182 1-93 shei2 who; also pronounced shui2184 1-94 shen2 me5 what?; who?; something; anything187 1-95 shi2 ten; 10188 1-96 shi2 hou5 time; length of time; moment; period190 1-97 shi4 is; are; am; yes; to be

194 1-98 shu1book; letter; CL:[ben3],|[ce4],[bu4]; see also | Book of History

195 1-99 shui3water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

196 1-100 shui3 guo3 fruit; CL:|[ge4]197 1-101 shui4 jiao4 to go to bed; to go to sleep

198 1-102 shuo1 hua4 to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word

199 1-103 si4 four; 4

201 1-104 sui4 classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)

203 1-105 ta1he or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); other; another

204 1-106 ta1 she206 1-107 tai4 highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely209 1-108 tian1 qi4 weather

211 1-109 ting1to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages

212 1-110 tong2 xue2 (fellow) classmate; CL:[wei4],|[ge4]

217 1-111 wei4 hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey; to feed (sb or some animal)

221 1-112 wo3 I; me; my222 1-113 wo3 men5 we; us; ourselves; our223 1-114 wu3 five; 5227 1-115 xi3 huan5 to like; to be fond of

228 1-116 xia4down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down

229 1-117 xia4 wu3 afternoon; p.m.; CL:|[ge4]230 1-118 xia4 yu3 to rain; rainy

231 1-119 xian1 sheng5teacher; Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); CL:|[ge4],[wei4]

232 1-120 xian4 zai4 now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays

233 1-121 xiang3 to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss

235 1-122 xiao3 small; tiny; few; young236 1-123 xiao3 jie5 young lady; miss; CL:|[ge4],[wei4]239 1-124 xie1 some; few; several; (a measure word)240 1-125 xie3 to write241 1-126 xie4 xie5 to thank; thanks243 1-127 xing1 qi1 week; CL:|[ge4]246 1-128 xue2 sheng5 student; school child247 1-129 xue2 xi2 to learn; to study248 1-130 xue2 xiao4 school; CL:[suo3]

256 1-131 yi1one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

257 1-132 yi1 fu5 clothes; CL:[jian4],[tao4]258 1-133 yi1 sheng1 doctor; CL:|[ge4],[wei4],[ming2]259 1-134 yi1 yuan4 hospital; CL:[suo3],[jia1],[zuo4]261 1-135 yi3 zi5 chair; CL:[ba3],[tao4]

264 1-138 zai4(located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)

267 1-136 you3 to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be272 1-137 yue4 moon; month; CL:|[ge4],|[lun2]276 1-139 zai4 jian4 goodbye; see you again later278 1-140 zen3 me5 how?; what?; why?

279 1-141 zen3 me5 yang4 how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?

283 1-142 zhe4this; these; (commonly pr. zhei4 before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)

283 1-142 zhe4 r5 here288 1-143 Zhong1 guo2 China; Middle Kingdom289 1-144 zhong1 wu3 noon; midday; CL:|[ge4]290 1-145 zhu4 to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop292 1-146 zhuo1 zi5 table; desk; CL:|[zhang1],[tao4]

293 1-147 zi4letter; symbol; character; word; CL:|[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

297 1-148 zuo2 tian1 yesterday

299 1-149 zuo4to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; surname Zuo

300 1-150 zuo4

to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in; to hold (a party); to be; to become; to function (in some capacity); to serve as; to be used for; to form (a bond or relationship); to pretend; to feign; to act a part; to put on appearance