I/me

that

to need

post office

you

(Chinese currency unit)

time

there

name

not

hour

from

to ask

(measure word for the general)

(particle)

here

to call

how much money

(prefix for ordinal number)

to sit; to take transport

good/well

U.K.

today

tube, underground

please; to request politely; to invite

China

to study

station; to stand

what

hundred

why

to arrive at/in

he/him

thousand

because

can + verb

she/her

ten thousand

yesterday

to help

to be

million

to come

female

who/whom

class

to be sick

friend

they/them

year

tomorrow

(measure word for written letter)

people/person

month

the day after tomorrow

written letter

family/house/home

(day marker)

the day before yesterday

envelope

mum

birthday

to have a lesson

to walk

dad

when

to answer

two (followed by nouns)

to have; there be

to be born

to let; to allow

meal

how many; (question word for date)

(possessive, attributive particle)

to look at; to watch; to read

if---, then---

measure word for number of family member)

to know (a fact, information, etc)

to see

(particle indicating an on-going action)

older brother

things/matters

to hold; to take

long time

younger sister

place

(particle indicating continuous state)

how long time

one

week

things, objects

to do (colloquial)

two

to think; would like to

Chinese-English dictionary

to listen

three

to invite; to request politely

to give

to hear

four

to eat

very

to look at, to read, to watch

five

meal

to spend

to see

six

(adverb for emphasis, etc)

friend

(a function word showing the result of finishing an action)

seven

to be in/on/at

to buy

to finish reading, watching, looking at

eight

Mr

(measure word for books or book-like objects)

to finish listening to

nine

Miss

to speak

cannot finish reading, watching, looking at

ten

Mrs

to listen to

cannot finish listening to

you (polite form)

very good

to answer

to eat

hostel

o'clock

to tell

to drink

restaurant/hotel

(minute marker)

to understand

to finish eating

China

goodbye

to do

to finish drinking

to know (a fact, information, etc)

half

to make a phone

cannot finish eating

to go

(negation for completed action and 有)

1 to give

cannot finish drinking

where

next week

2 (+somebody) for somebody, to somebody

which

evening

to look for

sorry/excuse me

morning

how

Beijing

afternoon

number

Shanghai

around noon

(measure word for actions)

school

thank

cannot understand (what one says through listening)

shop

teacher

cannot understand (through reading or looking at)

toilet

time (in fixed expression)

again

classroom

question, matter

to tell

money

ok (permitted or agreed)

to use

to want (something, to do, etc)

(negation word)

Chinese language

this

now

to post