| 1 |
我 |
| 1. I, me | wǒ, ě |
| 認識 你 我 真 高興xìng。 - I am pleased to meet you. | |
| 2. (dialectal) we, us | |
| 2 |
你 |
| 1. (informal) you (the person spoken to or written to) | nǐ |
| 你好 - hello | |
| 你 今天 好 嗎？ - How are you today? | |
| 我 喜歡 你。 - I like you. | |
| 3 |
的 |
| 1. bright; clear; distinct | dì, dí |
| 2. white; white-coloured | |
| 3. white forehead of horses; white-foreheaded horse | |
| 4. centre of target for archery | |
| 5. aim; standard; criterion | |
| 6. target; objective | |
| 目的dì - purpose, aim, goal | |
| 4 |
是 |
| 1. (obsolete) this; this thing | shì |
| 2. (copulative) to be. | |
| 3. (indicating that the subject and object are the same.) | |
| 4. 泰晤士河 是 ^英國 第二 長 的 河流。 - The River Thames is the second longest river in the UK. | |
| 5. (indicating that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.) | |
| 6. 我 是 老師 - I am a teacher | |
| 7. 我 是 中國人 - I am Chinese. | |
| 5 |
了 |
| 1. adv. (obsolete) The appearance of something hanging. | liǎodiǎo |
| 2. (Used after a verb to indicate perfective aspect (action completion).) | le |
| 我 吃 了 一 個 蘋果。 - I ate an apple. | |
| 3. (Used at the end of a sentence to indicate a change of state.) | |
| 他 是 大學生 了。 - He has become a student / He is a student now. | |
| 4. to be finished; to be completed | liǎo |
| 5. to end; to finish | |
| 6 |
他 |
| 1. (Mandarin) he; him; she; her (originally gender-neutral; nowadays usually referring to males) | tā |
| 他 去 了。 - He went away. | |
| 我 認識shi 他。 - I know him. | |
| 2. other; another | |
| 別 無 他 求 - have no other request (formal) | |
| 7 |
们 |
| 1. (Suffix indicating plural for pronouns, some animated nouns and personifications.) | men, mén |
| 我們 - we | |
| 孩子zi們 - children | |
| 8 |
么 |
| 1. tiny; insignificant | mó, mǒ |
| 2. usage. one | yāo, āo |
| 幺麼麽mó - small; minute | |
| 3. usage. tiny, small | |
| 4. usage. 么 is used instead of 幺 in mahjong. | |
| 5. adj. tiny; minute | |
| 幺麼麽mó - small; minute | |
| 9 |
有 |
| 1. to have; to possess (when a subject is present) | yǒu |
| 我 有 兩 輛 車。 - I have two cars. | |
| 2. there is; to exist (when a subject is absent) | |
| 有 很 多 人。 - There are a lot of people. | |
| 這兒r 有 書 嗎？ - Are there any books here? | |
| 3. (euphemistic) to be pregnant with a child | |
| 4. abundant; affluent | |
| 10 |
在 |
| 1. (located) in, at | zài |
| 2. to exist, to be (located) | |
| 3. be ...-ing, in the middle of doing something (indicating an action in progress) | |
| 4. during; in | |
| 11 |
这 |
| 1. this; these | zhè, zhèi |
| 看 這 本 書。 - Read this book. | |
| 這 是 一 個 老 故事。 - This is an old story. | |
| 2. (zh-synonym, 這樣, like this; such) | |
| 這 可 不行！ - This is not okay! | |
| 3. at this moment; right away; at once | |
| 我 這 就 去。 - I'll go now. | |
| 12 |
什 |
| 1. file of ten soldiers | shén, shí |
| 2. 10 | |
| 3. num. ten (used in fractions) | |
| 4. adj. miscellaneous, assorted | |
| 13 |
不 |
| 1. not (preceding verbs and adjectives) | bù |
| 這個 不 好。 - This is not good. | |
| 他 不 愛 你。 - He does not love you. | |
| 2. no (answer to a yes-no question) | |
| 你 是 日本人 嗎？不，我 不是。 - Are you Japanese? No, I'm not. | |
| 3. (Used with就 to indicate the first of two alternatives.) | |
| 他 每天 不是 上班，就是 去 做 義工，一點兒r 休息 的 時間 都 沒有。 - Everyday, he either goes to work or volunteers, not leaving any time for rest. | |
| 14 |
那 |
| 1. that; those | nà, nèi |
| 那 人 是 誰？ - Who is that person? | |
| 那 是 什麼？ - What's that? | |
| 2. (Used after咋就.) so; that | |
| 3. then; in that case | |
| 那 我 呢？ - (Then) what about me? | |
| 4. (dated) (zh-alt-form, 哪, which; where) | nǎ, něi |
| 15 |
来 |
| 1. to come; to arrive | lái |
| 2. to happen; to occur | |
| 3. to do ((specific meaning depending on the context)) | |
| 4. since | |
| 5. next; coming; future | |
| 6. (after a number) about; approximately; around | |
| 7. (Used after a verb of motion to indicate movement toward the speaker.) | |
| 16 |
一 |
| 1. Shuōwén Jiězì radical №1 | 一 |
| 2. one | |
| 3. each; every | |
| 4. single; alone | |
| 5. whole; entire; all: throughout | |
| 6. same; identical | |
| 7. (With the verb modified reduplicated, expressing the transience of the verb.) | |
| 17 |
要 |
| 要yāo求 - to request | yāo |
| 要yāo挾 - to threaten, to blackmail | |
| 要yāo約 - to restrict, to agree to a contract/offer/bid | |
| 要yāo擊 - to intercept, to ambush | |
| 久要yāo - former contract | |
| 1. to want; to wish; to need | yào |
| 我 要 睡覺jiào。 - I want to sleep. | |
| 18 |
个 |
| 1. piece; item; individual | gè, ge |
| 個gè人 - an individual; personal | |
| 個gè體 - individuality | |
| 2. size; height | |
| 個gè子zi - height; stature | |
| 個gè兒r - size | |
| 3. separate; respective; separately; individually | |
| 19 |
就 |
| 1. to approach; to move towards | jiù |
| 2. to undertake; to engage in | |
| 3. to succeed; to complete | |
| 4. to comply; to follow; to accept | |
| 5. to suffer; to be subjected to | |
| 6. (of food) to go with | |
| 7. with regard to; concerning | |
| 20 |
里 |
| 1. li (a unit of distance equal to half a kilometre in modern China) | lǐ |
| 2. in, inside | lǐ |
| 公里 - kilometre | |
| 3. place | |
| 4. village (an administrative unit in the Republic of China) | |
| 5. inside, interior, within | |
| 6. lane (a type of road in Hong Kong) | |
