Vocabulary

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Shàng hǎi Shanghai municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Diǎn diǎn Diandian (Chinese microblogging and social networking website) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Lǎo Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
bāo bāo bag or purse etc; small bump or pimple; hillock ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
ge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
xiǎo (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
jiā lǎo (old) a senior in one's household ∼HSK 1
shǒu wàn zi wrist ∼HSK 1
hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
huí shì (old) to report to one's master ∼HSK 1
qián r before; day before yesterday ∼HSK 1
zěn me zhāo what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5] ∼HSK 1
first-year university student ∼HSK 1
zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
chà diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
mǎi cài to buy groceries ∼HSK 1
zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
zhè me zhe thus; in this way; like this ∼HSK 1
huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
zài le to be dead; to have passed away ∼HSK 1
lǎo xiǎo the old and the young; the youngest member of the family ∼HSK 1
kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
tiān several days ∼HSK 1
dian to bribe; to get (luggage) ready; to put in order; to organize things; (baseball) RBI (run batted in) ∼HSK 1
jīn now, today, modern era ∼HSK 1
shǎng wu noon ∼HSK 1
tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
sān fēn somewhat; to some degree ∼HSK 1
duō how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much ∼HSK 1
bái to be revealed; to come out (of the truth); chalk (for whitening walls); (old) wine cup; (neologism c. 2021) healthcare worker or volunteer in full-body PPE (esp. during the COVID-19 pandemic) (from the 2014 Disney version of the Marvel Com ∼HSK 1
zuó wǎn yesterday evening; last night ∼HSK 1
fàng chū to let off; to give out ∼HSK 1
unlike ∼HSK 1
èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1