Vocabulary

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hǎo good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello HSK 1
yào to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 是); (bound form) important HSK 1
rén person; people HSK 1
shuō to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine HSK 1
men we; us; ourselves; our HSK 1
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual HSK 1
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese HSK 1
jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 着) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ... HSK 1
zhè (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhèi], esp. in Beijing) HSK 1
he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); (literary) other HSK 1
no; not so; (bound form) not; un- HSK 1
yǒu to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 意 intentional) HSK 1
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) HSK 1
zài to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) HSK 1
shì to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion) HSK 1
I; me; my HSK 1
le (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) HSK 1
a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 士) HSK 1
yuè pearl used in sacrifice Rare
(Daoism) Qi; vital force; life force (variant of) Rare
yáo high; steep; to tower Rare
liǎn trailing plant; liana; creeper; wild vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum or Vitis pentaphylla) Rare
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think, consider, ponder; final particle Interjection
lóu (bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits Interjection
bài (bound form) to chant (from Sanskrit "pāṭhaka") Interjection
ěr you; that, those; final particle Interjection
lei (Cant.) final particle used for polite refusal Interjection
to stop; to cease; to dismiss; to suspend; to quit; to finish Interjection
yōu Oh! (exclamation of dismay etc); used in Interjection
fǒu not, no, negative; final particle Interjection
interrogative or exclamatory final particle Interjection
shēng sound of a drum; drumbeat Onomatopoeia
Oh! (interjection indicating slight surprise); also pr. [yao1] Interjection
léi tíng sound of thunder Onomatopoeia
zhī (onom.) creaking or groaning Onomatopoeia
chán toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking); (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon; (metonym) the moon Onomatopoeia
sōu sōu sound of the wind blowing or rain falling Onomatopoeia