| 1 |
我 |
| 1. I; me; my | wǒ, ě |
| 認識 你 我 真 高興xìng。 (Rènshí nǐ wǒ zhēn gāoxìng.) - I am pleased to meet you. | |
| 我 哥go1-4哥 每日 返工 都 遲到。 - My brother is late for work every day. | |
| 今朝 公司 有 事體，我 先 走 了。 - tr=1jin tsau&1kon sr&3hhieu+3zr thi&3ngu&1xi&2tseu leq, Today I have things to do in the company, (so) I'm leaving early (lit. ahead)., SH | |
| 2. (literary, formal or dialectal) we; us; our | |
| 我國 - wǒguó - our country | |
| 我市 - wǒshì - our city | |
| 2 |
你 |
| 1. you (the person spoken to or written to) | nǐ |
| 你.好 - hello | |
| 你 今天 晚上 有空kòng 嗎？ - Are you free this evening? | |
| 我 喜歡 你。 - I like you. | |
| 2. usage. In traditional Chinese, 你 may be used to specifically refer to a male person, while 妳 can be used for a female person. In simplified Chinese, only 你 is standard. | |
| 3 |
的 |
| 1. bright; clear; distinct | dì, dí |
| (Alternative form 旳 ancient, c=1) | |
| 2. white; white-coloured | |
| 3. white forehead of horses; white-foreheaded horse | |
| 4. centre of target for archery | |
| (Alternative form 㢩) | |
| 5. aim; standard; criterion | |
| 4 |
是 |
| 1. (literary) this; this thing | shì |
| 是日 - this day | |
| 2. (literary, archaic) a pronoun that refers the object of the verb, used in an inverted object/verb construction, usually paired with the particle (m, zh, 唯) in the form of m, zh, 唯 …… 是 + | |
| 3. 唯 馬 首 是 瞻 - to look at the horse's head | |
| 4. (copulative) to be | |
| 5. (indicating that the subject and object are the same.) | |
| 6. 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 |
了 |
| 1. Variant of 尞 | liǎo |
| 2. Variant of 潦 | |
| 6 |
他 |
| 1. (chiefly Mandarin Jin Xiang dialectal Wu originally gender-neutral; nowadays usually referring to males) he; him; she; her | tā, tuō |
| 他 去 了。 - He went away. | |
| 我 認識shi 他。 - I know him. | |
| 2. A dummy pronoun. Compare another pronoun, (m, zh, 之), that is also a topicalizer | |
| 睡 他 個 昏天黑地 | |
| (Alternative form 它) | |
| 3. other; another | |
| 7 |
们 |
| 1. Simplified form of 們 | |
| 8 |
么 |
| 1. Variant of 幺 | |
| 2. Simplified form of 麼 | |
| 3. usage. 麼 or 麽 is written as 么 and 麽 in simplified Chinese depending on the meaning. See 麼 to learn more. | |
| 9 |
有 |
| 1. to have; to possess (when a subject is present) | yǒu |
| 我 有 兩 輛 車。 - I have two cars. | |
| 大象 有-著着zhe 長-長 的 鼻子zi。 - Elephants have long trunks. | |
| 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? | |
| 這裡 有-著着zhe 清新 的 空氣。 - There is fresh air here. | |
| 10 |
在 |
| 1. to exist; to be alive | zài |
| 在 嗎？ - Are you here? | |
| 2. to be at; to be in; to be located | |
| 他 在 哪裡？ - Where is he? | |
| 旅館 在 新 購物.中心 附近。 - The hotel is located near the new shopping center. | |
| 我 在 只塊。 - tr=ua2 do6 zi2 go3., I am here., MN-T | |
| 3. be ...-ing; in the middle of doing something (indicating an action in progress) | |
| 11 |
这 |
| 1. Variant of 這 | |
| 12 |
什 |
| 1. Only used in 什麼 | shén, shé |
| 2. miscellaneous; assorted | shí |
| 3. Alternative form of 雜 | |
| 4. Only used in 通什 | zá |
| 5. (cln, zh, numeral symbols, numerals) | |
| 13 |
不 |
| 1. (preceding verbs and adjectives) not | 不 |
| 這個 不 好。 - This is not good. | |
| 他 不bú 愛 你。 - He does not love you. | |
| 2. (between a verb and a complement) can not | |
| Antonyms: 得 | |
| 我 看 不bú 見 你。 - I can't see you. | |
| 3. no (answer to a yes-no question) | |
| 14 |
那 |
| 1. that; those | nà, nè, nèi |
| 那 人 是 誰？ - Who is that person? | |
| 那 是 什麼？ - What's that? | |
| 你 為什麼 特別 挑tiāo 了 那 一 個 呢？ - Why did you choose that one in particular? | |
| 那 年 我 將近 十 歲，住 在 四川 成都 郊區 的 百花橋。 - That year, I was about ten years old, living in Sichuan Province in a suburb of Chengdu city called Hundred Flowers., ref= | |
| Antonyms: 這 | |
| 2. then; in that case | |
| 15 |
来 |
| 1. Variant of 來 | |
| 16 |
一 |
| 1. one | 一 |
| 一 長 一 短 - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long | |
| 一 死 一 傷 - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured | |
| 一 高 一 低 - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low | |
| 一 天 一 夜 - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night | |
| 一 日 一 夜 - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C | |
| 一 左 一 右 - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right | |
| 17 |
要 |
| 1. to demand; to ask; to request | yāo |
| 要yāo求 - to request | |
| 2. to force; to coerce | |
| 要yāo脅 - to threaten, to blackmail | |
| 3. to promise | |
| 要yāo約 - to restrict, to agree to a contract/offer/bid | |
| 4. to block; to intercept | |
| 18 |
个 |
| 1. Variant of 個 | |
| 19 |
就 |
| 1. to approach; to move towards | jiù |
| 2. to reach; to arrive at | |
| 3. to undertake; to engage in | |
| 就業 - to get a job; employment | |
| 4. to succeed; to complete | |
| 5. to comply; to follow; to accept | |
| 6. to suffer; to be subjected to | |
| 20 |
里 |
| 1. li (a unit of distance equal to half a kilometre in modern Mainland China) | lǐ |
| 公里 - kilometre | |
| 2. neighbourhood (formal or informal grouping of adjacent dwellings; the size vary according to different historical sources) | |
| 鄰里 - neighbours | |
| 3. urban village (an administrative unit in the Republic of China) | |
| 4. village (an administrative unit in South Korea and North Korea) | |
| 5. lane (a type of road in Hong Kong) | |
