Integrated Chinese: Level 1

nǐ you, second person pronoun 3

hǎo good, excellent, fine; well 3

qǐng ask, request; invite; please 3

wèn ask about, inquire after 3

guì expensive, costly, valuable 3

xìng one's family name; clan, people 3

wǒ our, us, i, me, my, we 3

ne interrogative or emphatic final; (Cant.) this 2

xiǎojie young lady, miss, (slang) prostitute 2

jiào cry, shout; hail, greet, call 2

shénme what?, who?, something, anything 2

míngzi name (of a person or thing) 2

xiānsheng teacher, husband, doctor (dialect); Mister (Mr.) 3

lǐ plum; judge; surname

wáng king, ruler; royal; surname 1

shì indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that 3

lǎoshī teacher 3

ma final interrogative particle 2

bù no, not; un-; negative prefix 2

xuésheng student, schoolchild 3

yě also; classical final particle of strong affirmation or identity 2

rén man; people; mankind; someone else 3

zhōngguó China

běijīng Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China, Peking, PRC government

měiguó United States, USA, US 1

niǔyuē New York

gēge older brother 3

liǎng two, both, pair, couple; ounce 2

mèimei younger sister, young woman 3

hé and, together with; harmony, peace 2

dàjiě big sister, elder sister, older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)

zuò work, make; act 3

gōngzuò to work, (of a machine) to operate, job, work, task 3

lǜshī lawyer 1

yīngwén English (language) (...wen)

dōu, dū metropolis, capital; all, the whole; elegant, refined 2

dàxuéshēng university student, college student

dàxué university, college; the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism 3

yīshēng doctor 3

nà that, that one, those 2

de possessive, adjectival suffix 2

zhàopiàn photograph, picture 1

zhè this, the, here 2

bàba (informal) father 3

māma mama, mommy, mother 3

gè numerary adjunct, piece; single 2

nǚ woman, girl; feminine; rad. 38 2

háizi child (...zi) 3

shéi who? whom? whose? anyone? 2

tā she, her 3

jiějie older sister 3

nán male, man; son; baron; surname 2

dìdi younger brother 3

tā other, another; he, she, it 3

dàgē eldest brother, big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself), gang leader, boss 1

érzi son 3

yǒu have, own, possess; exist 3

nǚ'ér daughter 3

méi not, have not, none; drown, sink 2

gāo high, tall; lofty, elevated 3

jiā house, home, residence; family 2

jǐ small table 2

kǒu mouth; open end; entrance, gate

jiǔyuè September, ninth month (of the lunar year)

yuè moon; month; KangXi radical 74 2

shí'èr twelve, 12

hào mark, sign; symbol; number 2

xīngqī week, day of the week, Sunday 2

xīngqīsì Thursday 1

tiān sky, heaven; god, celestial 2

shēngrì birthday 3

shēng life, living, lifetime; birth 1

rì sun; day; daytime 2

jīnnián this year 2

nián year; new-years; person's age 2

duō much, many; more than, over 2

dà big, great, vast, large, high 3

shíbā eighteen, 18

suì year; age; harvest 2

chī eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear 3

fàn cooked rice; food, meal 3

zěnmeyàng how?, how about?, how was it?, how are things? 2

xièxie to thank, thanks, thank you 3

xǐhuan to like, to be fond of 3

cài vegetables; dish, order; food 2

háishi or, still, nevertheless, had better 2

kěshì but, however, (used for emphasis) indeed 2

wǒmen we, us, ourselves, our 3

diǎn dot, speck, spot; point, degree 2

bàn half 2

wǎnshang evening, night, in the evening 3

jiàn see, observe, behold; perceive 2

zàijiàn goodbye, see you again later 3

zài again, twice, re- 2

yīngguó United Kingdom 联合王国, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, abbr. for England 英格兰

xiànzài now, at present, at the moment, modern, current, nowadays 3

kè carve, engrave; quarter hour 2

shì affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

jīntiān today, at the present, now 3

hěn very, quite, much 2