you

I/me

good

name

what

to ask

to call

please

to be

she

he/him

who/whom

to have

and

how many/how much (for a small number)

person/people

(measure for family member)

younger sister

family/home/house

older brother

paternal grandpa

younger brother

paternal grandma

Mrs/wife

spouse/partner

Mr/husband

son

one

daughter

four

two

three

five

seven

six

ten

eight

nine

dad

where

mum

restaurant/hotel

you (polite)

Beijing

school

which one

Shanghai

classroom

China

toilet

hostel

dining hall/canteen

stadium

this one

shop

to go

that one

sorry

not

(particle for responsive question)

to know

how much (price)

hundred

to want/need/going to

thousand

UK

eight kuai

class

(marker for the day)

ten thousand

how many/how much (number)

January

1/10 billion

Month

to be born

when?

May

(particle for yes-no question)

year

(possessive, descriptive particle)

to think/to miss someone

December

to be in/at

great

birthday

things

around lunch time

Miss

week

afternoon

(adverb indicating earliness, easiness, or for emphasis)

morning (after 9am)

seconds (in time)

next week

Seven o’clock

place

two o’clock

(marker for minute past the hour)

ok?

half

goodbye

does not have

teacher

question/problem/matter

(particle for responsive question)

free time

now

(suffix for ordinal number)

to need

hour

yesterday

time

today

sick

to study

because

(particle for completion of action, change of state, etc)

why

tomorrow

to answer

to come

to have lessons

to thank

the day after tomorrow

to let/allow

(particle for durative status)

the day before yesterday

to hold/take

objects/things

to look at/watch/read

Chinese-English dictionary

friends

to see

to spend

to buy

to give/(coverb meaning for/to)

(measure for books/book-like)

to understand

very

to tell

to do

to say

to make a phone call to

(measure word for actions)

to listen

number

again

to look for

cannot understand (through listening)

post office

how to

to post/send

there

to use

from

station/stop

Chinese

tube

to arrive/until/to

here

can

very long time

to sit

(particle for progressive aspect)

very/extraordinary

to help

to do (colloquial)

to get up

female

how

(resultative complement showing completion)

lately

breakfast

evening

everyday

after

to forget

to begin

(adverb indicating lateness or difficulty)

to write

to work/job

still

to travel

to sleep

to like

historic ruin

to retire

book

all/both

certainly

to think that

busy

first (adverb)

or (in a question)

sunny day

country

the most

the sun

scenery

(coverb for comparison)

often

summer

true

to change

autumn

weather

forecast

happy

to come out

to rain

today

four seasons

a little while ago

but

inside

young man

same as---

to have to

how old

winter

to graduate

(marker for age)

cold

beautiful

computer

umbrella

how long

to match

spring

small

daytime

many

male

the next year

few

each other/mutually

company

to marry

so (+adjectives)

to join

even---

only

world trade organisation

to introduce

wrong/(resultative complement)

foreign currency

to go to school

to send (somebody by a company/organisation)

bank

evening school

the more--- the more---

north

while---while---

will/be able to

to deposit (money, things, etc)

because

to change/exchange

to trouble/trouble

so

big

taxi

more

south

to pay attention

east

to collect/take

what a coincidence!

west

bus

8.5

far from

expensive

it does not matter

ten minutes

fast

near

RMB

clear

exchange rate

should

parents

to return

house chores

now

to play

this year

independent

life/to live

government

although---, ----

some---, some---

to carry out

anti-drug

Public Security Bureau

to make a speech

leader/leadership

minister

and (for sentences)

mass people

above ten thousand

immediately

to express

to make up one’s mind

criminal

to announce

to be responsible

more than

to arrest

to set up fire

to have holiday

all-day type/full-time

to destroy

originally

visa

library

to apply for

to collect/to get (from an authority, organisation, etc)

or (in a statement)

to take up employment

to establish

to point out clearly

to allow/to permit

to withdraw

therefore

history

in recent years

to stop

to strike

to cause

new

to harm

to publish

to understand/to know well

a large amount of

major

to appear

to explain/to set forth

structure

society

within and out of the country

activity

to damage

to break the law

to analyse

organisation

fact

experience

origin

to control + to deal with

to increase

characteristics

success and failure

foreign affair ministry

nature

knowledge

to realise

system

party’s officials

to adopt (a measure, etc)

to conclude

to support

to interfere

spokesman

serious

to negotiate/to communicate

US

domestic politics

right wing

action

press conference

situation

to stop/to restrict

fiercely

side

to propose (questions)

to protest

to matter (+ something)

channel

complicated

can or cannot

group

to show

human right

or/otherwise

to correct

some