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- 我 wǒ ㄨㄛˇ ngo5 I; me; my
- 你 nǐ ㄋㄧˇ nei5 you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])
- 他 tā ㄊㄚ taa1 (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
- 我们我們 wǒ men ㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄇㄣ ngo5 mun4 we; us; ourselves; our
- 你们你們 nǐ men ㄋㄧˇ ˙ㄇㄣ nei5 mun4 you (plural)
- 他们他們 tā men ㄊㄚ ˙ㄇㄣ taa1 mun4 they; them
- 您 nín ㄋㄧㄣˊ nei5 you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])
- 谁誰 shéi ㄕㄟˊ seoi4 who
- 人 rén ㄖㄣˊ jan4 person; people
- 中国中國 Zhōng guó ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ zung1 gwok3 China
- 美国美國 Měi guó ㄇㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ mei5 gwok3 United States; USA; US
- 日本 Rì běn ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ jat6 bun2 Japan
- 台湾台灣 Tái wān ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢ toi4 waan1 variant of 臺灣|台湾[Tai2 wan1]
- 名字 míng zi ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ ming4 zi6 name (of a person or thing)
- 家 jiā ㄐㄧㄚ gaa1 home
- 电话電話 diàn huà ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ din6 waa2 telephone
- 现在現在 xiàn zài ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄞˋ jin6 zoi6 now; at present; currently
- 今年 jīn nián ㄐㄧㄣ ㄋㄧㄢˊ gam1 nin4 this year
- 今天 jīn tiān ㄐㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄢ gam1 tin1 today
- 明天 míng tiān ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ming4 tin1 tomorrow
- 昨天 zuó tiān ㄗㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄢ zok6 tin1 yesterday
- 早上 zǎo shang ㄗㄠˇ ˙ㄕㄤ zou2 soeng6 early morning
- 上午 shàng wǔ ㄕㄤˋ ㄨˇ soeng6 ng5 morning
- 中午 zhōng wǔ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨˇ zung1 ng5 noon
- 下午 xià wǔ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˇ haa6 ng5 afternoon
- 晚上 wǎn shang ㄨㄢˇ ˙ㄕㄤ maan5 soeng6 evening
- 一 yī ㄧ jat1 one
- 二 èr ㄦˋ ji6 two
- 三 sān ㄙㄢ saam1 three
- 四 sì ㄙˋ sei3 four
- 五 wǔ ㄨˇ ng5 five
- 六 liù ㄌㄧㄡˋ luk6 six
- 七 qī ㄑㄧ cat1 seven
- 八 bā ㄅㄚ baat3 eight
- 九 jiǔ ㄐㄧㄡˇ gau2 nine
- 十 shí ㄕˊ sap6 ten
- 零 líng ㄌㄧㄥˊ ling4 zero
- 两兩 liǎng ㄌㄧㄤˇ loeng5 two
- 时候時候 shí hou ㄕˊ ˙ㄏㄡ si4 hau6 time
- 百 bǎi ㄅㄞˇ baak3 hundred
- 半 bàn ㄅㄢˋ bun3 half
- 爸爸 bà ba ㄅㄚˋ ˙ㄅㄚ baa1 baa1 (coll.) father; dad
- 妈妈媽媽 mā ma ㄇㄚ ˙ㄇㄚ maa1 maa1 mama
- 哥哥 gē ge ㄍㄜ ˙ㄍㄜ go1 go1 older brother
- 弟弟 dì di ㄉㄧˋ ˙ㄉㄧ dai6 dai6 younger brother
- 姊姊 zǐ zǐ ㄗˇ ㄗˇ zi2 zi2 older sister
- 妹妹 mèi mei ㄇㄟˋ ˙ㄇㄟ mui6 mui6 younger sister
- 的 de ˙ㄉㄜ dik1 of; ~'s (possessive particle)
- 第 dì ㄉㄧˋ dai6 (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth")
- 分 fēn ㄈㄣ fan1 to divide; to separate
- 点點 diǎn ㄉㄧㄢˇ dim2 to touch briefly; to tap
- 个個 gě ㄍㄜˇ go3 used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- 岁歲 suì ㄙㄨㄟˋ seoi3 classifier for years (of age)
- 年 nián ㄋㄧㄢˊ nin4 year
- 住 zhù ㄓㄨˋ zyu6 to live; to reside; to stay
- 来來 lái ㄌㄞˊ loi4 to come
- 是 shì ㄕˋ si6 to be (followed by substantives only)
- 姓 xìng ㄒㄧㄥˋ sing3 family name; surname
- 觉得覺得 jué de ㄐㄩㄝˊ ˙ㄉㄜ gok3 dak1 to think that ...; to feel that ...
- 喜欢喜歡 xǐ huan ㄒㄧˇ ˙ㄏㄨㄢ hei2 fun1 to like; to be fond of
- 打电话打電話 dǎ diàn huà ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ daa2 din6 waa2 to make a telephone call
- 高兴高興 gāo xìng ㄍㄠ ㄒㄧㄥˋ gou1 hing3 happy
- 漂亮 piào liang ㄆㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄌㄧㄤ piu3 loeng6 pretty; beautiful
- 高 gāo ㄍㄠ gou1 high
- 好 hǎo ㄏㄠˇ hou2 good
- 很 hěn ㄏㄣˇ han2 very; quite
- 真 zhēn ㄓㄣ zan1 really
- 电脑電腦 diàn nǎo ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄠˇ din6 nou5 computer
- 老师老師 lǎo shī ㄌㄠˇ ㄕ lou5 si1 teacher
- 买買 mǎi ㄇㄞˇ maai5 to buy
- 忙 máng ㄇㄤˊ mong4 busy
- 学生學生 xué sheng ㄒㄩㄝˊ ˙ㄕㄥ hok6 saang1 student
- 大学大學 dà xué ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ daai6 hok6 university
- 学校學校 xué xiào ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ hok6 haau6 school
- 字 zì ㄗˋ zi6 letter
- 笔筆 bǐ ㄅㄧˇ bat1 writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1])
- 学學 xué ㄒㄩㄝˊ hok6 to learn
- 问問 wèn ㄨㄣˋ man6 to ask; to inquire
- 说說 shuō ㄕㄨㄛ seoi3 to speak; to talk; to say
- 写寫 xiě ㄒㄧㄝˇ se2 to write
- 听聽 tīng ㄊㄧㄥ teng1 to listen to; to hear
- 练习練習 liàn xí ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧˊ lin6 zaap6 to practice
- 能 néng ㄋㄥˊ nang4 can
- 可以 kě yǐ ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ ho2 ji5 can
- 上课上課 shàng kè ㄕㄤˋ ㄎㄜˋ soeng5 fo3 to go to class
- 知道 zhī dào ㄓ ㄉㄠˋ zi1 dou3 to know; to become aware of
- 电视電視 diàn shì ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ din6 si6 television; TV
- 水 shuǐ ㄕㄨㄟˇ seoi2 water
- 再 zài ㄗㄞˋ zoi3 again; once more; re-
- 书書 shū ㄕㄨ syu1 book
- 电影電影 diàn yǐng ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄥˇ din6 jing2 movie; film
- 以前 yǐ qián ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ji5 cin4 before
- 以后以後 yǐ hòu ㄧˇ ㄏㄡˋ ji5 hau6 after
- 走 zǒu ㄗㄡˇ zau2 to walk
- 等 děng ㄉㄥˇ dang2 to wait for; to await
- 看 kàn ㄎㄢˋ hon3 to see; to look at
- 什么什麼 shén me ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ sam6 mo1 what?
- 朋友 péng you ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ pang4 jau5 friend
- 东西東西 dōng xi ㄉㄨㄥ ˙ㄒㄧ dung1 sai1 thing
- 吧 ba ˙ㄅㄚ baa6 (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
- 呢 ne ˙ㄋㄜ ne1 (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?")
- 吗嗎 ma ˙ㄇㄚ maa3 (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- 找 zhǎo ㄓㄠˇ zaau2 to try to find
- 做 zuò ㄗㄨㄛˋ zou6 to make; to produce
- 再见再見 zài jiàn ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ zoi3 gin3 goodbye
- 怎么样怎麼樣 zěn me yàng ㄗㄣˇ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄧㄤˋ zam2 mo1 joeng6 how?
- 叫 jiào ㄐㄧㄠˋ giu3 to shout
- 谢谢謝謝 xiè xie ㄒㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄝ ze6 ze6 to thank
- 对不起對不起 duì bu qǐ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄑㄧˇ deoi3 bat1 hei2 I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon
- 请问請問 qǐng wèn ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄣˋ cing2 man6 Excuse me, may I ask...?
- 这這 zhè ㄓㄜˋ ze2 (pronoun) this; these
- 那 nà ㄋㄚˋ naa5 (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4])
- 公共汽车公共汽車 gōng gòng qì chē ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄔㄜ gung1 gung6 hei3 ce1 bus
- 车車 chē ㄔㄜ ce1 car
- 到 dào ㄉㄠˋ dou3 to reach; to arrive
- 去 qù ㄑㄩˋ heoi3 to go
- 回 huí ㄏㄨㄟˊ wui4 to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around
- 坐 zuò ㄗㄨㄛˋ co5 to sit
- 开车開車 kāi chē ㄎㄞ ㄔㄜ hoi1 ce1 to drive a car (or train etc)
- 钱錢 qián ㄑㄧㄢˊ cin2 coin
- 多少 duō shǎo ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ do1 siu2 number; amount
- 给給 gěi ㄍㄟˇ kap1 to
- 贵貴 guì ㄍㄨㄟˋ gwai3 expensive
- 便宜 pián yi ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ pin4 ji4 cheap; inexpensive
- 大 dà ㄉㄚˋ daai6 big; large; great
- 小 xiǎo ㄒㄧㄠˇ siu2 small
- 难難 nán ㄋㄢˊ naan4 difficult (to...)
- 容易 róng yì ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄧˋ jung4 ji6 easy; straightforward
- 有 yǒu ㄧㄡˇ jau5 to have; there is
- 想 xiǎng ㄒㄧㄤˇ soeng2 to think (about)
- 几幾 jǐ ㄐㄧˇ gei2 how many; how much
- 块塊 kuài ㄎㄨㄞˋ faai3 lump; chunk; piece
- 饭飯 fàn ㄈㄢˋ faan6 cooked rice
- 吃 chī ㄔ hek3 to eat; to consume
- 请請 qǐng ㄑㄧㄥˇ cing2 to ask
- 也 yě ㄧㄝˇ jaa5 also; too; as well; (not ...) either
- 不 bù ㄅㄨˋ bat1 no; not so
- 没沒 méi ㄇㄟˊ mut6 (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
- 都 dōu ㄉㄡ dou1 all; both; entirely
- 只 zhǐ ㄓˇ zi2 only; merely; just
- 可是 kě shì ㄎㄜˇ ㄕˋ ho2 si6 but; however
- 还是還是 hái shi ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄕ waan4 si6 still (as before)
- 了 le ˙ㄌㄜ liu5 (completed action marker)
- 得 de ˙ㄉㄜ dak1 structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
- 过過 guò ㄍㄨㄛˋ gwo3 to cross