九月
September
月
month
十二
twelve
零
zero
星期
week
星期四
thursday
天
day
生日
birthday
生
to give birth
日
day;sun
今
(used with 年/天; to say this year/today)
明
(used with 年/天; to say next year/tomorrow)
今年
this year
年
year
昨天
yesterday
多
how many/how much
大
big;old
十八
eighteen
岁
year of age
吃
to eat
饭
meal
做饭
to cook
怎么样
its it ok? how is it?
太....了
too;extremely
谢谢
thanks, thank you
喜欢
to like
菜
cuisine;dishes
还是
or
可是
but
我们
we
点
o'clock (used to tell time)
半
half (half-hour)
刻
quarter (三刻, [45] 一刻 [15] used to tell time
见
to see
再见
good bye!
再
to see
天气
weather
早上
6am - 8am
上午
8am - 11am
中午
11am - 1pm
下午
1pm - 6pm
晚上
6pm - 12am [evening; night]
早饭
breakfast
中饭/午饭
lunch
晚饭
dinner
现在
now
事
event; matter; affair
很
very
忙
busy
为什么
why?
为
for
因为
because
还
also; too
同学
classmate
认识
to recognize
那
Nà | That
的
de | of
To indicate a possessive relationship, the particle (的) appears between the “possessor”
and the “possessed.” To that extent, it is equivalent to the “’s” structure in English. For
example 老师的名字 = teachers name. The particle (的) is often omitted in colloquial speech after a personal pronoun and before a kinship term.
Therefore, we say "王朋的妈妈" (Wang Peng's mother) but, 我妈妈 (my mother).
照片
Zhàopiàn | photograph
这
Zhè | This
爸爸
Bàba | Father
妈妈
Māmā | Mother
个
ge | (measure word for many common
everyday objects)
In Chinese, a numeral is usually not followed immediately by a noun. Rather, a measure
word is inserted between the number and the noun, as in (1), (2), and (3) below. Similarly, a
measure word is often inserted between a demonstrative pronoun and a noun, as in (4) and
(5) below. There are over one hundred measure words in Chinese, but you may hear only
two or three dozen in everyday speech. Many nouns are associated with special measure
words, which often bear a relationship to the meaning of the given noun. 个 is the single most common measure word in Chinese. It is also sometimes
used as a substitute for other measure words.
女
Nǚ | Female
孩子
Háizi | Child
谁
Shéi | Who
Question pronouns include 谁 (who), 什么 (what), 那 (which), 哪儿 (where), 几 (how many). In a question with a
question pronoun, the word order is exactly the same as that in a declarative sentence. Therefore,
when learning to form a question with a question pronoun, we can start with a declarative sentence
and then replace the part in question with the appropriate question pronoun.
他/她
Tā | he/she
姐姐
Jiějiě | Older sister
男
Nán | Male
弟弟
Dìdì | Younger Brother
大哥
dàgē | Eldest brother
哥哥
gēgē | Older brother
儿子
Érzi | Son
有
Yǒu | Have
有 is always negated with 没 instead of 不
女儿
Nǚ'ér | Daughter
没
Méi | no
高 (高文中)
Gāo | High (Gāo Wénzhōng | Personal Name)
家
jiā | family
几
jǐ | how many?
口
Kǒu | mouth
两
Liǎng | two; a couple of
二 and 两 both mean “two,” but they differ in usage. 两 is used in front of
common measure words to express a quantity. In counting, one uses 二.
妹妹
Mèimei | Little sister