11 Chinese Words for Numbers
We'll start with the numbers.
Chinese Pinyin English
líng zero
one
èr two
sãn three
sÌ four
Wù five
liù six
t qT seven
+
< b eight
jio nine
shí ten
7Chinese Pronouns
Chinese Pinyin English
Wo Ior me
nÉ you
(singular)
tã he or him
tã she or her
women we or me
}/JL zhè/zhèr this/here
AB/BJL nà/nàr that/there
7 Chinese Question Words
Chinese Pinyin English
n/nr which/whe
re
shéi who
shénme what
duoshao how many
or hoW
much
how many
or how
much
znme how
znmeyàng how about
14 Chinese Words for Time
Chinese Pinyin English
xiànzài now
jintin today
míngtin tomorrow
Zuótin yesterday
shàngwç morning
zhõngwç noon
xiàwo afternoon
di£n o'clock
fnzhõng minute
nián year
yuè month
rì day
X+ngqi week
shíhou acertain
point in
time
36 Chinese Words for People &
Things
Chinese Pinyin English
zu to do
. shi
zài
to be
to be in
you to have
zhù to live or to stay
X lái to come
qu to go
huí to return
xing to think
chi to eat
h to drink
shuõhuà
to speak
kàn to look or to watch
kànjiàn to see
t+ng to listen
jiào to call
m£i
to buy
kâi to drive or to open
Zuò to sit
dú to read
xi½ to write
dã diànhuà to make a phone call
rènshi to knoW
Xuéxí to learn
Iff göngzuò to work
shuijiào to sleep
Xihuan to like
ài to love
hui can (to know how to)
néng can (to be able to)
xiàyç to rain
Chinese Pinyin English
Zuò to do
shì to be
X
zài to be in
yõu to have
zhù to live or to stay
lái to come
qù to go
huí to return
xing to think
chi to eat
h½ to drink
shuõhuà to speak
kàn to look or to watch
kànjiàn to see
DFT tÉng to listen
jlào to call
mái to buy
ki to drive or to open
Zuò to sit
dú to read
xi to write
d diànhuà to make a phone call
rènshi to know
Xuéxí to learn
göngzuò to work
shuijiào to sleep
xihuan to like
14 Chinese Adjectives and
Adverbs
Chinese Pinyin English
h¯o good
dà big
xi£o small
duõ many
sh¯o few
rè hot
lng cold
piàoliang pretty
gãoxing happy
hn very
tài too...
dõu both or all
bù not
méi not
4 Chinese Particles
Chinese Pinyin English
de possession
particle
le aspect
particle
ma question
particle
ne question
particle
1 Chinese Conjunction
A(hé) is the only conjunction you need
to know for HSK 1. However, be aware of
the pitfall! It is much less versatile than
the English "and", and should only be
used to connect nouns in Chinese.
Never attempt to connect adjectives,
verbs, phrases, or sentences with 1 (hé)!
(Find out what you shoulddo instead
with this article)
Chinese Pinyin English
hé and
7Chinese Expressions
Chinese Pinyin English
wèi hello (on
the phone)
xièxie thanks
F búkèqi you're
welcome
zàijiàn goodbye
qing please...
duibuqi sorry
méi gunxi it's allright
