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
shuō to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine HSK 1
rén person; people 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
(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
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual HSK 1
men we; us; ourselves; our 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
le (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) HSK 1
I; me; my HSK 1
a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 士) HSK 1
huán (used in names) Rare
zhè (old) aye aye! Rare
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Zhào surname Zhao Rare
yīn solicitous Rare
dawn; to dry in the sun Rare
dǒu square base for Chinese flagstaff Rare
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beam Rare
é variant of Interjection
Ā abbr. for country names that begin with: Algeria, Afghanistan etc Interjection
ěr you; that, those; final particle Interjection
think, consider, ponder; final particle Interjection
Wāng surname Wang Onomatopoeia
fēng shēng sound of the wind; rumor; talk; news; reputation Onomatopoeia
to stop; to cease; to dismiss; to suspend; to quit; to finish Interjection
fǒu not, no, negative; final particle Interjection
léi tíng sound of thunder Onomatopoeia
interrogative or exclamatory final particle Interjection
bài (bound form) to chant (from Sanskrit "pāṭhaka") Interjection
lei (Cant.) final particle used for polite refusal Interjection
shēng sound of weeping Onomatopoeia
Oh! (interjection indicating slight surprise); also pr. [yao1] Interjection
lóu (bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits Interjection
wāng wāng gleaming with tears; woof woof (sound of a dog barking); (literary) (of a body of water) broad and deep Onomatopoeia
variant of Onomatopoeia
(onom.) gentle laughter; chuckle Interjection
léi hōng sound of thunder Onomatopoeia