FDTL 46/99

Chinese language skills for Britain: Disseminating Best Practice

Vocabulary for reading skills    Week 1

Tips   Vocabulary   Sentence patterns    Reading practice    Main text


The characters in the brackets are unabbreviated.

We recommend that you should learn 10 words a day on average.

Write down each character or word on one side of a small card, and the English meaning and Pinyin on the other. Check the characters regularly (be ruthless!) and make sure you can remember them.

Watch the animated characters 15 minutes a day.

If you place your mouse on a character, a screen tip will display the radical, the meaning of the radical, the position of the radical in characters and the number of strokes of the character. The characters in the brackets are in the full-form version.

Pinyin

Chinese

 

English

Used as

Single characters

wŏ

我

I, me

PN

 

nĭ

你

you

PN

 

tā

他

he, him

PN

 

men

…们 (們)

[plural]

PN

 

zhōgguó

中 国(國)

China

N

中middle

国 state/country

dà

大

big, large

SV /

ADJ

 

xiăo

小

small, little

SV /

ADJ

 

xué

学(學)

study learn

V

 

shì

是

be

V

 

dōu

都

all, both

ADV

 

lăoshī

老 师 (師)

teacher

N

老 old, senior;

师 master

xuéhshēng

学 生

 

students

N

学 study

生 person

yĭhòu

以 后(後)

later, after

TW

以

后behind

zài

在

to locate, be at

V,

Co-V

 

jiā

家

home / family

N

 

zhăng

长 (長)

head of …

N

 

zuò

作

to do

V

 

zuòye

作 业 (業)

assignment

N

作do

业course of study

huí

回

to come /go back, return

V

 

wán

玩

to enjoy oneself

V

 

xiànzài

现 (現) 在

now

TW

现 present

néng

能

can

MV

 

hĕn duō

很 多

very many

SV / ADJ

很very

多many, much

dōngxi

东 (東) 西

things, items

N

 

huíjiā  zuòyè

 

回 家

作 业 

homework

N

回return

家home

 

bù

不

no, not

ADV (Neg)

 

zhīdao

知 道

 

to know

V

知know

道way, method

yīnggāi

应 (應)

该 (該)

should

MV

 

shénme

什 么(麼)

what

QW

 

de

的

 

M

 (See Sentence patterns)

rènwéi

认 (認)

为 (為)

think, realise

V

认recognise

为 regard sth. as…

zhĭ

只(祗)

only

ADV

 

jiāwù

家 务 (務) 

housework

N

务business, occupation

zěnyàng

怎 样 (樣)

how

ADV (QW)

样type

tāmen

他 们 (們)

they

PN

 

dúlì

独 (獨) 立

independent

ADV / SV

独single

立stand

shēnghuó

生 活

to live

V

生grow, give birth to

活to live

yŏude…

yŏude…

有 的 …

有 的…

 

some… some…

CONST

 

suīrán…

kěshì…

虽(雖) 然 …

可 是…

Although…

CONST

可 是… but


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