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N
=Noun •
V
=Verb •
Vs
=Stative Verb •
Vst
=State Verb •
Vaux
=Auxiliary Verb •
Vi
=Intransitive Verb •
V-sep
=Separable Verb •
Adv
=Adverb •
Det
=Determiner •
M
=Measure Word •
Ptc
=Particle •
Conj
=Conjunction •
| Traditional | Pinyin | English Meaning | POS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 我 | wŏ | I, me | N |
| 你/妳 | nĭ | You | N |
| 他/她 | tā | He, she, it | N |
| 我們 | wŏmen | We, us | N |
| 你們/妳們 | nĭmen | You (plural) | N |
| 他們/她們 | tāmen | They, them | N |
| 您 | nín | You (polite) | N |
| 誰 | shéi | Who | N |
| 姓名 | xìngmíng | Full name | N |
| 人 | rén | Person, people | N |
| 國 | guó | Country, nation | N |
| 中國 | zhōngguó | China | N |
| 美國 | měiguó | USA | N |
| 日本 | rìběn | Japan | N |
| 台灣/臺灣 | táiwān | Taiwan | N |
| 名字(˙ㄗ) | míngzi | First name, name | N |
| 家 | jiā | Home, family | N |
| 電話 | diànhuà | Telephone / Phone number | N |
| 時間 | shíjiān | Time | N |
| 小時 | xiăoshí | Hour | N |
| 現在 | xiànzài | Now, currently | N |
| 今年 | jīnnián | This year | N |
| 今天 | jīntiān | Today | N |
| 明天 | míngtiān | Tomorrow | N |
| 昨天 | zuótiān | Yesterday | N |
| 早上 | zăoshàng | Early morning | N |
| 上午 | shàngwŭ | Morning | N |
| 中午 | zhōngwŭ | Noon, midday | N |
| 下午 | xiàwŭ | Afternoon | N |
| 晚上 | wănshàng | Evening, night | N |
| 一 | yī | One | N |
| 二 | èr | Two | N |
| 三 | sān | Three | N |
| 四 | sì | Four | N |
| 五 | wŭ | Five | N |
| 六 | liù | Six | N |
| 七 | qī | Seven | N |
| 八 | bā | Eight | N |
| 九 | jiŭ | Nine | N |
| 十 | shí | Ten | N |
| 兩 | liăng | Two (quantity) | N |
| 時候 | shíhòu | Time, moment | N |
| 百 | băi | Hundred | N |
| 半 | bàn | Half | N |
| 千 | qiān | Thousand | N |
| 爸爸/爸 | bàba/bà | Dad, father | N |
| 媽媽/媽 | māma/mā | Mom, mother | N |
| 哥哥/哥 | gēge/gē | Older brother | N |
| 弟弟/弟 | dìdi/dì | Younger brother | N |
| 姊姊/姐姐/姊/姐 | jiějie/jiě | Older sister | N |
| 妹妹/妹 | mèimei/mèi | Younger sister | N |
| 小孩(子) | xiăohái(zi) | Child | N |
| 的 | de | Possessive particle | Ptc |
| 第 | dì | Ordinal prefix | Det |
| 分 | fēn | Minute | M |
| 點 | diăn | O'clock / point | M |
| 個 | ge | General measure word | M |
| 歲 | suì | Year (age) | M |
| 年 | nián | Year | M |
| 住 | zhù | To live / reside | V |
| 來 | lái | To come | V |
| 學 | xué | To study / learn | V |
| 問 | wèn | To ask | V |
| 說 | shuō | To speak / say | V |
| 寫 | xiě | To write | V |
| 聽 | tīng | To listen | V |
| 走 | zŏu | To walk / leave | V |
| 等 | děng | To wait | V |
| 看 | kàn | To look / watch | V |
| 找 | zhăo | To search / find | V |
| 做 | zuò | To do / make | V |
| 到 | dào | To arrive / reach | V |
| 去 | qù | To go | V |
| 回 | huí | To return | V |
| 吃 | chī | To eat | V |
| 請 | qĭng | Please / invite | V |
| 是 | shì | To be (is/am/are) | Vst |
| 姓 | xìng | To be surnamed | Vst |
| 覺得 | juéde | To feel / think | Vst |
| 喜歡 | xĭhuān | To like | Vst |
| 知道 | zhīdào | To know | Vst |
| 叫 | jiào | To be called | Vst |
| 謝謝 | xièxie | Thank you | Vst |
| 打電話 | dădiànhuà | To make a phone call | Vi |
| 再見 | zàijiàn | Goodbye | Vi |
| 坐 | zuò | To sit / ride | Vi |
| 漂亮 | piàolìang | Beautiful | Vs |
| 高 | gāo | Tall / High | Vs |
| 老 | lăo | Old | Vs |
| 忙 | máng | Busy | Vs |
| 對 | duì | Correct / Right | Vs |
| 早 | zăo | Early / Morning | Vs |
| 怎麼樣 | zěnmeyàng | How is it? | Vs |
| 貴 | guì | Expensive | Vs |
| 便宜 | piányí | Cheap | Vs |
| 大 | dà | Big | Vs |
| 小 | xiăo | Small | Vs |
| 難 | nán | Difficult | Vs |
| 容易 | róngyì | Easy | Vs |
| 久 | jiŭ | Long time | Vs-pred |
| 能 | néng | Can / be able to | Vaux |
| 可以 | kěyĭ | Can / may | Vaux |
| 上課 | shàngkè | To attend class | V-sep |
| 開車 | kāichē | To drive a car | V-sep |
| 好 | hăo | Good / Well | Adv |
| 很 | hěn | Very | Adv |
| 真 | zhēn | Really / Truly | Adv |
| 再 | zài | Again | Adv |
| 就 | jiù | Then / precisely | Adv |
| 也 | yě | Also | Adv |
| 不 | bù | Not | Adv |
| 沒 | méi | Not (have) | Adv |
| 都 | dōu | All / both | Adv |
| 只 | zhĭ | Only | Adv |
| 可是 | kěshì | But | Conj |
| 還是 | háishì | Or (questions) | Conj |
| 吧 | ba | Suggestion particle | Ptc |
| 呢 | ne | Query particle | Ptc |
| 嗎 | ma | Yes/No question particle | Ptc |
| 了 | le | Completion particle | Ptc |
| 得 | de | Degree particle | Ptc |
| 過 | guò | Experience particle | Ptc |
| 沒有 | méiyŏu | Do not have | Ptc |
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