Major chinese vocabulary

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军 Jun-01army/military/arms
君 Jun-01monarch/lord/gentleman/ruler
郡 Jun-04canton/county/region
你 # #
啰 # #
阿门 a1 men2 amen
阿姨 a1 yi2
maternal aunt/step-mother/childcare worker/nursemaid/woman of
similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child)
啊 a1/a2/a3/a4/a5
interjection of surprise/Ah!/Oh!; interjection expressing doubt or
requiring answer/Eh?/what?/to show realization/to stress; interjection
of surprise or doubt/Eh?/My!/what's up?; interjection or grunt of
agreement/uhm/Ah, OK/expression of recognition/Oh, it's you!; modal
particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
呵 a1/a2/a3/a4/a5/he1/ke1(phonetic particle); expel breath/my goodness
阿 a1/a5/e1
initial particle/familiar prefix to name such as 阿扁 for Chen Shui-Bian
陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3] or Dad 阿爹[a1 die1]/used as phonetic A in
transliteration/abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗; (phonetic character); (final
particle expressing approval or doubt)/(interjection equivalent to
punctuating sentence with " flatterffather or
埃及 Ai1 ji2 Egypt
哎呀 ai1 ya1 interjection of wonder, shock or admiration
哎 ai1/ai3/ai4
interjection of surprise or disapprobation hey!/why?/look out!/How
dare you!
唉 ai1/ai4
interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!)/to
sigh; alas/oh dear
癌症 ai2 zheng4 cancer
呆 ai2/dai1 foolish/stupid/no expression/to stay
矮 ai3 low/short (in length)
爱 ai4 to love/affection/to be fond of/to like
爱尔兰 Ai4 er3 lan2 Ireland
爱好 ai4 hao4 to like/to take pleasure in/keen on/fond of/interest/hobby/appetite for
爱情 ai4 qing2 romance/love (between man and woman)
爱人 ai4 ren5 spouse/husband/wife/sweetheart
爱上 ai4 shang4 to fall in love with/to be in love with
艾 ai4/yi4 Chinese mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)/surname Ai
艾米 ai4/yi4 mi3 #
安 an1 content/calm/still/quiet/to pacify/peace/surname An
安迪 an1 di2 #
安静 an1 jing4 quiet/peaceful/calm
安娜 An1 na4 Anna (person's name)
安妮 An1 ni1 Annie (name)

安排 an1 pai2 to arrange/to plan/to set up
安全 an1 quan2 safe/secure/safety/security
安全带an1 quan2 dai4 seat belt
安慰 an1 wei4 to comfort/to console
安息 an1 xi1 rest/go to sleep/rest in peace/(hist.) Parthia
厂 an1/chang3 cliff/slope/factory/yard/depot/workhouse/works/(industrial) plant
按 an4
to press (with the hand)/to push/to control/to restrain/to
check/pressing down (brush movement in painting)/according to/in the
light of
案 an4 (legal) case/incident/record/file/table
暗 an4
dark/gloomy/hidden/secret/muddled/obscure/in the dark;
dark/gloomy/muddled/obscure/in the dark/to close (a
door)/night/eclipse/stupid/ignorant
案件 an4 jian4 law case/legal case/judicial case
按摩 an4 mo2 massage
按钮 an4 niu3 push button
暗示 an4 shi4 to hint/to suggest/suggestion/a hint
按照 an4 zhao4 according to/in accordance with/in the light of/on the basis of
案子 an4 zi5 long table/counter/case/law case/legal case/judicial case
肮脏 ang1 zang4 #
熬 ao1/ao2 to boil/stew/to simmer; endure/to boil
奥 ao4
obscure/mysterious/abbr. for Austria /abbr. for Olympic (games)
奥林匹克
奥斯卡 Ao4 si1 ka3
Oscar, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annual
award/CL:届[jie4]
巴 ba1
Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan)/abbr. for east
Sichuan or Chongqing/surname Ba/abbr. for Palestine or
Palestinian/abbr. for Pakistan; to long for/to wish/to cling to/to stick
to/sth that sticks/close to/next to/spread open/informal abbr. for bus
巴士/bar (unit of pressure)/nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as
尾巴, tail
八卦 ba1 gua4 the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经/to gossip
巴黎 Ba1 li2 Paris, capital of France
巴士 ba1 shi4 bus/motor coach
巴斯 Ba1 si1 Bath city in southwest England
巴西 Ba1 xi1 Brazil
八 ba1/ba2 eight/8
吧 ba1/ba5
(onomat.)/dumb; (modal particle indicating polite
suggestion)/...right?/...OK?
拔 ba2
to pull up/to pull out/to draw out by suction/to select/to pick/to stand
out (above level)/to surpass/to seize
把握 ba3 wo4 grasp/seize/hold/assurance/certainty
把戏 ba3 xi4 acrobatics/jugglery/cheap trick/game

把 ba3/ba4
to hold/to contain/to grasp/to take hold of/a handle/particle marking
the following noun as a direct object/classifier for objects with handle;
handle
爸 ba4 father/dad/pa/papa
爸爸 ba4 ba5 (informal) father
罢了 ba4 liao3
a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much); a modal
particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)
白 bai2
white/snowy/pure/bright/empty/blank/plain/clear/to make clear/in
vain/gratuitous/free of charge/reactionary/anti-communist/funeral/to
stare coldly/to write wrong character/to state/to
explain/vernacular/spoken lines in opera/surname Bai
白痴 bai2 chi1 idiocy/idiot
白宫 Bai2 gong1 White House
白人 bai2 ren2 white man and woman
白色 bai2 se4 white/fig. reactionary
白天 bai2 tian1 daytime/during the day/day
摆 bai3 to arrange/to exhibit/to move to and fro/a pendulum
百老汇Bai3 lao3 hui4 Broadway (New York City)
摆脱 bai3 tuo1
to break away from/to cast off (old ideas etc)/to get rid of/to break
away (from)/to break out (of)/to free oneself from/to extricate oneself
百万 bai3 wan4 million/millions
百 bai3/bo2 hundred/100
伯 bai3/bo2
father's elder brother/senior/paternal elder uncle/eldest of
brothers/respectful form of address/Count, third of five orders of
nobility 五等爵位 [wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
拜 bai4 to pay respect/worship/visit/salute
拜拜 bai4 bai4 bye-bye
拜访 bai4 fang3 pay a visit/call on
拜托 bai4 tuo1 request sb to do sth/please! (Taiwan slang)
搬 ban1
to move/to shift/to remove/to transport/fig. to apply
indiscriminately/to copy mechanically
班 ban1 team/class/squad/work shift/classifier for groups/ranking/surname Ban
搬家 ban1 jia1 to move house/removal
搬进 ban1 jin4 #
搬走 ban1 zou3 to carry
般 ban1/bo1/pan2 sort/kind/class/way/manner
板 ban3 board/plank/plate/slab/stiff/unnatural/pedal; see 老板, boss
版 ban3 a register/a block of printing/an edition/version/page
版本 ban3 ben3 version/edition/release
半 ban4 half/semi-/incomplete/(after a number) and a half
办 ban4 to do/to manage/to handle/to go about/to run/to set up/to deal with
伴 ban4 partner/companion/comrade/associate/to accompany

扮 ban4 to disguise oneself/to dress up/adorn
办法 ban4 fa3 means/method/way (of doing sth)
办公室 ban4 gong1 shi4 office
伴侣 ban4 lu:3 companion/mate/partner
扮演 ban4 yan3 play the part of/act
半夜 ban4 ye4 midnight/in the middle of the night
帮 bang1
to help/to assist/to support/for sb (i.e. as a help)/hired (as worker)/side
(of pail, boat etc)/outer layer/group/gang/clique/party/secret society
帮帮 bang1 bang1 #
帮忙 bang1 mang2 to help/to lend a hand/to do a favor/to do a good turn
帮派 bang1 pai4 faction
帮助 bang1 zhu4 assistance/aid/to help/to assist
绑 bang3 to tie/bind or fasten together/to kidnap
绑架 bang3 jia4 kidnap/staking
棒 bang4 a stick/club or cudgel/smart/capable/strong
棒球 bang4 qiu2 baseball
磅 bang4/pang2
see 磅秤 scale/platform balance/pound (unit of weight, about 454
grams)
包 bao1
to cover/to wrap/to hold/to include/to take charge
of/package/wrapper/container/bag/to hold or
embrace/bundle/packet/to contract (to or for)/surname Bao
包裹 bao1 guo3 wrap up/bind up/bundle/package
包括 bao1 kuo4 to comprise/to include/to involve/to incorporate/to consist of
包围 bao1 wei2 to surround/to encircle/to hem in
保 bao3
to defend/to protect/to insure or guarantee/to maintain/hold or
keep/to guard/abbr. for Bulgaria
宝 bao3 a jewel or gem/a treasure/precious
饱 bao3 to eat till full/satisfied
保安 bao3 an1
Baoan ethnic group; to ensure public security/to ensure safety (for
workers engaged in production)/public security
宝宝 bao3 bao3 darling/baby
宝贝 bao3 bei4
treasured object/treasure/darling/baby/cowry/good-for-nothing or
queer character
保镖 bao3 biao1 bodyguard
保持 bao3 chi2 to keep/to maintain/to hold/to preserve
保存 bao3 cun2 to conserve/to preserve/to keep/save (a file)
保护 bao3 hu4 to defend/to protect/to safeguard
保留 bao3 liu2
to retain/to continue to have/to preserve/to maintain/to
reserve/reservations/to hold back (approval or acceptance)
保罗 Bao3 luo2 Paul
保密 bao3 mi4 to keep sth confidential/to maintain secrecy
保姆 bao3 mu3 nanny/housekeeper
保释 bao3 shi4 release on bail/bail

保守 bao3 shou3 (politically) conservative/to guard/to keep
保卫 bao3 wei4 to defend/to safeguard
保险 bao3 xian3 insurance/to insure/safe/secure/be sure/be bound to
保险箱 bao3 xian3 xiang1 safe deposit box
保佑 bao3 you4 to bless and protect/blessing
保证 bao3 zheng4 guarantee/to guarantee/to ensure/to safeguard/to pledge
保重 bao3 zhong4 take care of oneself
保住 bao3 zhu4 to preserve/to save
抱 bao4 to hold/to carry (in one's arms)/to hug or embrace/surround/cherish
报 bao4 to announce/to inform/report/newspaper/recompense/revenge
爆 bao4 to crack/to explode or burst
鲍比 bao4 bi3 #
鲍勃 bao4 bo2 #
报仇 bao4 chou2 to revenge (oneself)/to avenge
报酬 bao4 chou2 reward/remuneration
报道 bao4 dao4 report
鲍尔 bao4 er3 #
爆发 bao4 fa1 to break out/to erupt/to explode/to burst out
报复 bao4 fu4 make reprisals/retaliate/revenge/retaliation
报告 bao4 gao4 to inform/report/make known/speech/talk/lecture
报警 bao4 jing3
to give a warning/to sound an alarm/to report sth to the
police/warning/omen
暴力 bao4 li4 violence/(use) force/violent
暴露 bao4 lu4 expose/reveal/lay bare
抱歉 bao4 qian4 sorry/We apologize!/to feel apologetic/to regret
报应 bao4 ying4 retribution/judgment
抱怨 bao4 yuan4 to complain/to grumble
爆炸 bao4 zha4 explosion/to explode/to blow up/to detonate
报纸 bao4 zhi3 newspaper/newsprint
暴 bao4/pu4 sudden/violent/cruel/to show or expose/to injure/surname Bao
杯 bei1 cup/classifier for drinks: glass, cup
卑鄙 bei1 bi3 base/mean/contemptible/despicable
悲惨 bei1 can3 miserable/tragic
悲剧 bei1 ju4 tragedy
悲伤 bei1 shang1 sad/sorrowful
杯子 bei1 zi5 cup/glass
背 bei1/bei4
carry on one's back; to be burdened/to carry on the back or shoulder;
the back of a body or object/to turn one's back/to hide something
from/to learn by heart/to recite from memory
北 bei3 north

被 bei4 by (indicates passive-voice sentences or clauses)/to cover/to wear
倍 bei4 (two, three etc) -fold/times (multiplier)/double/to increase or multiply
贝 bei4 cowries/shell/valuables/shellfish/surname Bei
备 bei4 to prepare/get ready/to provide or equip
被捕 bei4 bu3 to be arrested/under arrest
被告 bei4 gao4 defendant
被害人 bei4 hai4 ren2 victim
背后 bei4 hou4 behind/at the back/in the rear/behind sb's back
背景 bei4 jing3 background/backdrop
背叛 bei4 pan4 betray/forsake
被迫 bei4 po4 be compelled/be forced
辈子 bei4 zi5 all one's life/lifetime
本 ben3
roots or stems of plants/origin/source/this/the
current/root/foundation/basis/(classifier for books, periodicals, files etc)
本地 ben3 di4 local/this locality
本来 ben3 lai2 original/originally/at first/it goes without saying/of course
本人 ben3 ren2
the person himself/I (humble form used in speeches)/oneself/myself/in
person/personal
本身 ben3 shen1 itself/in itself/per se
本事 ben3 shi4 ability/skill/source material/original story
笨 ben4 stupid/foolish/silly/slow-witted/clumsy
笨蛋 ben4 dan4 fool/idiot
崩溃 beng1 kui4 collapse/crumble/fall apart
逼 bi1
force/compel/drive/press for/extort/press on towards/press up to/to
close (in on)/make (someone do something)
鼻 bi2 nose
鼻子 bi2 zi5 nose
比 bi3
(particle used for comparison and "-er than")/to compare/to contrast/to
gesture (with hands)/ratio/abbr. for Belgium 比利fB|比利时; associate
with/be near
笔 bi3
pen/pencil/writing brush/to write or compose/the strokes of Chinese
characters/classifier for sums of money, deals
彼此 bi3 ci3 each other/one another
彼得 Bi3 de2 Peter (name)
比尔 Bi3 er3 Bill (name)
笔记本 bi3 ji4 ben3 notebook
比较 bi3 jiao4 compare/contrast/fairly/comparatively/relatively/quite/rather
比利 Bi3 li4 Pelé (1940-), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star
比如 bi3 ru2 for example/for instance/such as
比如说bi3 ru2 shui4/shuo1/yue4#
比赛 bi3 sai4 competition (sports etc)/match

闭 bi4 to close/stop up/shut/obstruct
必 bi4 certainly/must/will/necessarily
毙 bi4 die violently
毕竟 bi4 jing4 after all/all in all/when all is said and done/in the final analysis/after all
避开 bi4 kai1 to avoid/to evade/to keep away from
避免 bi4 mian3 to avert/to prevent/to avoid/to refrain from
陛下 bi4 xia4 Your Majesty/His or Her Majesty
必须 bi4 xu1 to have to/must
必要 bi4 yao4 necessary/essential/indispensable/required
毕业 bi4 ye4 graduation/to graduate/to finish school
编 bian1
weave/plait/organize/group/arrange/edit/compile/write/compose/fabri
cate
蝙蝠 bian1 fu2 bat
编辑 bian1 ji2 to edit/to compile/(assistant) editor/compiler
边境 bian1 jing4 frontier/border
边缘 bian1 yuan2 edge/fringe/verge/brink/periphery/marginal/borderline
边 bian1/bian5 side/edge/margin/border/boundary; suffix of a noun of locality
边上 bian1/bian5 shang3/shang4#
扁 bian3/pian1
flat/(old form of character 匾, horizontal tablet with inscription);
Polygonum aviculare (knot weed); surname Pian/small boat
变 bian4 to change/to become different/to transform/to vary/rebellion
遍 bian4 a time/everywhere/turn/all over/one time
辩 bian4 dispute/debate/argue/discuss
变成 bian4 cheng2 to change into/to turn into/to become
辩护 bian4 hu4 to speak in defense of/to argue in favor of/to defend/to plead
变化 bian4 hua4 change/variation/to change/to vary
辩论 bian4 lun4 debate/argue over
变态 bian4 tai4 metamorphosis/abnormal/anomalous
便 bian4/pian2
ordinary/plain/convenient/as convenient/when the chance
arises/handy/easy/informal/simple/so/thus/to relieve oneself/to
urinate/to defecate/equivalent to 就: then/in that case/even if/soon
afterwards; advantageous/cheap
标 biao1
the topmost branches of a tree/surface/sign/to mark/(outward)
sign/indication/prize/award/bid
标记 biao1 ji4 sign/mark/symbol/to mark up
标志 biao1 zhi4 sign/mark/symbol/symbolize/to indicate/to mark
标准 biao1 zhun3 (an official) standard/norm/criterion
表 biao3
a wrist watch or pocket watch; exterior surface/family relationship via
females/to show (one's opinion)/a model/a table (listing information)/a
form/a meter (measuring sth)
表达 biao3 da2 to voice (an opinion)/to express/to convey
表面 biao3 mian4 surface/face/outside/appearance

表明 biao3 ming2 to make clear/to make known/to state clearly/to indicate/known
表情 biao3 qing2 (facial) expression/to express one's feelings/expression
表示 biao3 shi4 to express/to show/to say/to state/to indicate/to mean
表现 biao3 xian4
to show/to show off/to display/to
manifest/expression/manifestation/show/display/performance (at work
etc)
表演 biao3 yan3 play/show/performance/exhibition/to perform/to act/to demonstrate
婊子 biao3 zi5 prostitute/whore
别的 bie2 de5 else/other
别人 bie2 ren2 other people/others/other person
别 bie2/bie4
leave/depart/separate/distinguish/classify/other/another/do not/must
not/to pin; see 别扭, contrary/difficult/awkward
别提 bie2/bie4 di1/ti2 #
别无选择 bie2/bie4 mo2/wu2 xuan3 ze2/zhai2#
宾馆 bin1 guan3 guesthouse
冰 bing1 ice
兵 bing1 soldiers/a force/an army/weapons/arms/military/warlike
冰淇淋 bing1 qi2 lin2 ice cream
冰箱 bing1 xiang1 icebox/freezer cabinet/refrigerator
并 bing1/bing4
amalgamate/combine; and/also/together with; and/furthermore/(not)
at all/simultaneously/also/together with/to combine/to join/to merge
饼 bing3 round flat cake/cookie/cake/pastry
饼干 bing3 gan1 biscuit/cracker/cookie
病 bing4 ailment/sickness/illness/disease/fall ill/sick/defect
病毒 bing4 du2 virus
并非 bing4 fei1 really isn't
并且 bing4 qie3 and/besides/moreover/furthermore/in addition
病人 bing4 ren2 sick person/[medical] patient/invalid
波 bo1 wave/ripple/storm/surge/abbr. for 波兰 Poland
拨 bo1
to push aside/to appropriate (money)/to move/to set aside/to poke/to
stir/group (of people)/batch
播 bo1 sow/scatter/spread/broadcast/Taiwan pr. bo4
播出 bo1 chu1 to broadcast/to put out TV programs
播放 bo1 fang4 broadcast/transmit
玻璃 bo1 li5 glass/nylon/plastic
波士顿Bo1 shi4 dun4 Boston, capital of Massachusetts
博 bo2 extensive/ample/rich/obtain/aim/to win/to get/rich/plentiful/to gamble
伯爵 bo2 jue2 earl/count
柏林 Bo2 lin2 Berlin, capital of Germany
博士 bo2 shi4 doctor/court academician (in feudal China)/Ph.D.

博物馆bo2 wu4 guan3 museum
脖子 bo2 zi5 neck
不 bu2/bu4 (negative prefix)/not/no
不管怎样bu2/bu4 guan3 zen3 yang4#
不仅仅 bu2/bu4 jin3/jin4 jin3/jin4#
补 bu3
to repair/to patch/to mend/to make up for/to fill (a vacancy)/to
supplement
补偿 bu3 chang2 compensate/make up
部 bu4
ministry/department/section/part/division/troops/board/(classifier for
works of literature, films, machines etc)
步 bu4 a step/a pace/walk/march/stages in a process
布 bu4
to declare/to announce/to spread/to make known/spread/(cotton)
cloth; to declare/to announce/to spread/to make
known/spread/(cotton) cloth
不安 bu4 an1 unpeaceful/unstable/uneasy/disturbed/restless/worried
不必 bu4 bi4 need not/does not have to
不错 bu4 cuo4 correct/right/not bad/pretty good
不到 bu4 dao4 not to arrive/not reaching/insufficient/less than
不得不 bu4 de2 bu4
have no choice or option but to/cannot but/have to/can't help it/can't
avoid
不断 bu4 duan4 unceasing/uninterrupted/continuous/constant
不对 bu4 dui4 incorrect/wrong/amiss/abnormal/queer
部队 bu4 dui4 army/armed forces/troops/force/unit
部分 bu4 fen4 part/share/section/piece
不够 bu4 gou4 not enough/insufficient/inadequate
不管 bu4 guan3 no matter (what, how)/regardless of/no matter
不过 bu4 guo4
only/merely/no more than/but/however/anyway (to get back to a
previous topic)
不好 bu4 hao3 no good
不好意思 bu4 hao3 yi4 si5 to feel embarrassed/to be ill at ease/to find it embarrassing (to do sth)
不会 bu4 hui4
improbable/unlikely/will not (act, happen etc)/not able/not having
learned to do sth
不见 bu4 jian4 not see/not meet
不仅 bu4 jin3 not only (this one)/not just (...) but also
不久 bu4 jiu3 not long (after)/before too long/soon/soon after
不可 bu4 ke3 cannot/should not/must not
不可思议bu4 ke3 si1 yi4 inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable/unfathomable
不赖 bu4 lai4 not bad/good/fine
不利 bu4 li4 unfavorable/disadvantageous/harmful/detrimental
布鲁克林bu4 lu3 ke4 lin2
Brooklyn, borough of New York City; Brooklyn, one of the five boroughs
of New York City
不论 bu4 lun4 whatever/no matter what (who, how etc)/regardless of/not to discuss
部落 bu4 luo4 tribe

部门 bu4 men2 department/branch/section/division
不妙 bu4 miao4
(of a turn of events) not too encouraging/far from good/anything but
reassuring
不明 bu4 ming2 not clear/unknown/fail to understand
不能 bu4 neng2 cannot/must not/should not
不然 bu4 ran2 not so/no/or else/otherwise/if not
不如 bu4 ru2 not equal to/not as good as/inferior to/it would be better to
不少 bu4 shao3 not (just) a few
不是 bu4 shi5 no/is not/not; fault/blame
不同 bu4 tong2 different/distinct/not the same/not alike
不惜 bu4 xi1 not stint/not spare/not hesitate (to do sth)/not scruple (to do sth)
不行 bu4 xing2 won't do/be out of the question/be no good/not work/not be capable
不幸 bu4 xing4 misfortune/adversity/unfortunate/sad/unfortunately
不许 bu4 xu3 not allow/must not/can't
不要 bu4 yao4 don't!/must not
不要紧bu4 yao4 jin3
unimportant/not serious/it doesn't matter/never mind/it looks all
right/but
不用 bu4 yong4 need not
不再 bu4 zai4 no more/no longer
不在乎 bu4 zai4 hu5 not mind/not care; not to care
部长 bu4 zhang3
head of a (government etc) department/section chief/section
head/secretary/minister
不知 bu4 zhi1
not to know/unaware/unknowingly/fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships,
tiredness etc)
不止 bu4 zhi3 incessantly/without end/more than/not limited to
布置 bu4 zhi4 to put in order/to arrange/to decorate/to fix up/to deploy
不准 bu4 zhun3 not allow/forbid/prohibit
不足 bu4 zu2
insufficient/lacking/deficiency/not enough/inadequate/not
worth/cannot/should
擦 ca1 to wipe/to erase/rubbing (brush stroke in painting)/to clean/to polish
拆 ca1/chai1 to tear open/to tear down/to tear apart/to open
猜 cai1 to guess
猜猜 cai1 cai1 #
猜测 cai1 ce4 guess/conjecture/surmise
才 cai2
ability/talent/endowment/gift/an expert/only (then)/only if/just;
just/not until
财产 cai2 chan3 property
财富 cai2 fu4 wealth/riches
才华 cai2 hua2 literary or artistic talent
材料 cai2 liao4 material/data/makings/stuff
裁判 cai2 pan4 judgment/to referee/umpire/judge/referee
踩 cai3 to step on/to tread/to stamp/to press a pedal/to pedal (a bike)

彩 cai3 (bright) color/variety/applause/applaud/(lottery) prize
采访 cai3 fang3 to interview/to gather news/to hunt for and collect/to cover
采取 cai3 qu3 to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)/to take
菜 cai4 dish (type of food)/vegetables/vegetable
餐 can1 eat/meal
参观 can1 guan1 to look around/to inspect/visit and observe
餐馆 can1 guan3 restaurant
参加 can1 jia1 to participate/to take part/to join
参赛 can1 sai4 to compete/taking part in a competition
餐厅 can1 ting1 dining-hall
参议员 can1 yi4 yuan2 senator
参与 can1 yu4 to participate (in sth)
残酷 can2 ku4 cruel/cruelty
残忍 can2 ren3 bloody/merciless
惨 can3/can4 miserable/wretched/cruel/inhuman/seriously/badly/tragic
舱 cang1 cabin/the hold of a ship or airplane
仓库 cang1 ku4 depot/storehouse/warehouse
藏 cang2/zang4
to conceal/to hide away/to harbor/to store/to collect;
storehouse/depository/cache (computer)/Buddhist or Taoist scripture;
Tibet/Xizang 西藏
操 cao1
to grasp/to hold/to operate/to manage/to control/to steer/to
exercise/to drill (practice)/to play/to speak (a language); (taboo word)
used erroneously for to fuck
操心 cao1 xin1 to worry about
操纵 cao1 zong4 to operate/to control
操作 cao1 zuo4 to work/to operate/to manipulate
草 cao3 grass/straw/manuscript/draft (of a document)/careless/rough
测 ce4 side/to lean/to survey/to measure/conjecture
策划 ce4 hua4 plot/scheme/bring about/engineer
策略 ce4 lu:e4 plot/tactics
测试 ce4 shi4 measure and test/trial/beta (software)/test performance of
厕所 ce4 suo3 toilet/lavatory
侧 ce4/ze4/zhai1
the side/to incline towards/to lean/inclined/lateral/side; lean on one
side
层 ceng2
layer/stratum/laminated/floor (of a building)/storey/classifier for
layers/repeated/sheaf (math.)
曾经 ceng2 jing1
once/already/former/previously/ever/(past tense marker used before
verb or clause)
曾 ceng2/zeng1
once/already/former/previously/(past tense marker used before verb or
clause); surname Zeng/great-grand (father)
插 cha1 insert/stick in/pierce/to take part in/to interfere/to interpose
插手 cha1 shou3 to meddle/interference

差 cha1/cha4/chai1/ci1
difference/discrepancy/to differ/error/to err/to make a mistake; differ
from/short of/to lack/poor; send/a messenger/a mission/to commission;
uneven
茶 cha2 tea/tea plant
查出 cha2 chu1 to find out/to discover
查尔斯 Cha2 er3 si1 Charles
查看 cha2 kan4 to look over/to examine/check up/ferret out
查 cha2/zha1
to research/to check/to investigate/to examine/to refer to/to search;
surname Zha
查查 cha2/zha1 cha2/zha1 #
查理 cha2/zha1 li3 #
差不多 cha4 bu5 duo1 almost/nearly/more or less
差点 cha4 dian3
not quite/not good enough/almost/barely/a bit different/just about
to/nearly starting/on the verge of
差劲 cha4 jin4 bad/no good/below average/disappointing
缠 chan2
to wind around/to wrap round/to coil/tangle/to involve/to bother/to
annoy
单 chan2/dan1/shan4
see Chányú 单于, Han dynasty name for chieftain of Xiongnu Huns 匈奴;
bill/list/form/single/only/sole; surname Shan
产 chan3
to give birth/to reproduce/to
produce/product/resource/estate/property
产品 chan3 pin3 goods/merchandise/product
产生 chan3 sheng1
to arise/to come into being/to come about/to give rise to/to bring into
being/to bring about/to produce/to engender/to generate/to
appear/appearance/emergence/generation/production/yield
忏悔 chan4 hui3
confession (a Buddh. ceremony)/to confess/to
repent/remorse/repentance/penitent
常 chang2
always/ever/often/frequently/common/general/constant/surname
Chang
尝 chang2
to taste; to taste/flavor/(past tense
marker)/already/formerly/already/ever/once/test
尝尝 chang2 chang2 #
常常 chang2 chang2 frequently/usually/often
长期 chang2 qi1 long term/long time
尝试 chang2 shi4 to try/to attempt
场 chang2/chang3
threshing floor/classifier for events and happenings/classifier for
number of some languages and actions (cannot be followed by a noun);
a place/an open space/a field/a courtyard/classifier for events such as
sports matches, concerts, or cultural events/classifier for number of
exams
长 chang2/zhang3
length/long/forever/always/constantly; chief/head/elder/to grow/to
develop
场合 chang3 he2 situation/occasion
场景 chang3 jing3 scene/scenario/setting
敞开 chang3 kai1 wide open/to open up
场面 chang3 mian4 scene/occasion

唱 chang4 sing/to call loudly/to chant
唱歌 chang4 ge1 to sing a song
唱片 chang4 pian4 gramophone record/LP
超 chao1 to exceed/overtake/surpass/transcend/ultra-/super-/to pass/to cross
超过 chao1 guo4 to surpass/to exceed/to outstrip
超级 chao1 ji2 transcending/high grade/super-/ultra-
超人 chao1 ren2 Superman/superhuman/exceptional
超市 chao1 shi4 supermarket (abbr.)
超越 chao1 yue4 to surpass/to exceed/to transcend
吵 chao1/chao3 to quarrel/to make a noise/noisy/to disturb by making a noise
朝鲜 Chao2 xian3 Korea/North Korea/geographic term for Korea
嘲笑 chao2 xiao4 jeer/mockery/scoff/sneer/make fun of/laugh at (derogatory)
朝 chao2/zhao1
to face/towards/facing/direct/a dynasty/the imperial court/(abbr.)
Korea, esp. N. Korea; morning
炒 chao3 saute/pan-fry/to fry/fried
吵架 chao3 jia4 to quarrel/to have a row
车祸 che1 huo4 traffic accident/car crash
车库 che1 ku4 garage
车辆 che1 liang4 vehicle
车站 che1 zhan4 rail station/bus stop
车子 che1 zi5 car
车 che1/ju1
car/vehicle/CL:?|辆[liang4]/machine/to shape with a lathe/surname
Che; vehicle on land
车上 che1/ju1 shang3/shang4#
扯 che3 pull/tear/to talk casually
尺 che3/chi3
a Chinese foot/one-third of a meter/a ruler/a tape-measure/a musical
note on the traditional Chinese scale/one of the three acupoints for
measuring pulse in Chinese medicine
撤 che4 to remove/to take away/to withdraw
彻底 che4 di3 thorough/thoroughing/complete
撤离 che4 li2 withdraw from/evacuate
撤退 che4 tui4 retreat
撤销 che4 xiao1 to repeal
陈 chen2
surname Chen/Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589); to lay out/to
exhibit/to display/to narrate/to state/to explain/to tell/old/stale
沉 chen2 #
沉默 chen2 mo4 silence/uncommunicative
陈述 chen2 shu4 an assertion/to declare/to state
趁 chen4 to avail oneself of/to take advantage of
衬衫 chen4 shan1 shirt/blouse

称 chen4/cheng1/cheng4
balanced/to fit/well-off/suitable; to call/to praise/to weigh/to
estimate/to consider/to address/to name/to say/commend;
steelyard/variant form of 秤
撑 cheng1 support/prop-up/to pole a boat/to open/to overfill
称呼 cheng1 hu5 to call/to address as/appellation
称为 cheng1 wei2 called/to call sth (by a name)/to name
称之为cheng1 zhi1 wei2 to call it.../known as...
成 cheng2
finish/complete/accomplish/become/turn into/win/succeed/one
tenth/surname Cheng
城 cheng2 city walls/city/town
城堡 cheng2 bao3 castle/rook (chess piece)
承担 cheng2 dan1 to undertake/to assume (responsibility etc)
程度 cheng2 du4 degree (level or extent)/level
惩罚 cheng2 fa2 penalty/punishment/to punish
成功 cheng2 gong1 success/to succeed
成绩 cheng2 ji4 achievement/performance records/grades
成交 cheng2 jiao1 to complete a contract/to reach a deal
成就 cheng2 jiu4 accomplishment/success/attain a result/achievement
乘客 cheng2 ke4 passenger
城里 cheng2 li3 #
成立 cheng2 li4 establish/set up
成年人 cheng2 nian2 ren2 adult person
承诺 cheng2 nuo4 effort/undertaking/to promise/to undertake
成人 cheng2 ren2 adult
承认 cheng2 ren4
to admit/to concede/to recognize/recognition (diplomatic, artistic
etc)/to acknowledge
诚实 cheng2 shi2 honest/honesty/honorable/truthful
城市 cheng2 shi4 city/town/CL:座[zuo4]
承受 cheng2 shou4 to bear/to support/to inherit
成熟 cheng2 shu2 mature/ripe
成为 cheng2 wei2 to become/to turn into
程序 cheng2 xu4 procedures/sequence/order
成员 cheng2 yuan2 member
成长 cheng2 zhang3 to mature/to grow/growth
乘 cheng2/sheng4
to ride/to mount/to make use of/to avail oneself of/to take advantage
of/to multiply/Buddhist teaching
吃 chi1
to eat/to have one's meal/to eradicate/to destroy/to absorb/to
suffer/to exhaust; stammer
吃饭 chi1 fan4 to eat a meal
吃惊 chi1 jing1 to be startled/to be shocked/to be amazed
迟 chi2 late/delayed/slow
迟到 chi2 dao4 to arrive late
持续 chi2 xu4 to continue/to persist/sustainable/preservation

迟早 chi2 zao3 sooner or later
翅膀 chi4 bang3 wing
冲动 chong1 dong4 impetus/impulse/emotional impulse/impulsive
充分 chong1 fen4 full/abundant
冲浪 chong1 lang4 surf/surf-riding
充满 chong1 man3 full of/brimming with/very full/permeated
冲突 chong1 tu1
conflict/to conflict/clash of opposing forces/collision (of
interests)/contention
冲 chong1/chong4
dash against; to rinse/to collide/to water/to rush/to dash (against)/to
wash out/to charge/highway/public road; of great force/towards;
strong/powerful/forceful/dynamic/to punch
虫 chong2 an animal/an invertebrate/a worm/an insect; insect/worm
崇拜 chong2 bai4 to worship/adoration
重复 chong2 fu4 to repeat/to duplicate
重建 chong2 jian4 reconstruction/rebuilding
重新 chong2 xin1 again/once more/re-
虫子 chong2 zi5 worm/insect
种 chong2/zhong3/zhong4
abbr. for 物种, genus/race/seed/breed/species/strain/kind/type/has
guts (i.e. courage)/nerve/classifier for types: kind, sort/classifier for
languages; to plant/to grow/to cultivate
重 chong2/zhong4 #
宠物 chong3 wu4 house pet
抽 chou1 to draw out/to smoke (cigarettes)/to pump
抽屉 chou1 ti5 drawer
抽烟 chou1 yan1 to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
仇恨 chou2 hen4 hatred/enmity/hostility
丑 chou3
clown/surname Chou/2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month
(6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; shameful/ugly/disgraceful
丑陋 chou3 lou4 ugly
臭 chou4/xiu4 stench/stink/smelly/to smell (bad); sense of smell/smell bad
出 chu1
to go out/to come out/to occur/to produce/to go beyond/to rise/to put
forth/to occur/to happen/classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
初 chu1 at first/(at the) beginning/first/junior/basic
出版 chu1 ban3 to publish/to come off the press/to put out
出场 chu1 chang3
to appear (on stage, in a show, in a photo etc)/to play (for a team)/to
enter (arena or stage)/to send sb out (e.g. off the field for a foul)
出发 chu1 fa1 to start out/to set off
出价 chu1 jia4 bid

出局 chu1 ju2
to send off (player for a foul)/to knock out (i.e. to beat in a knock-out
tournament)/to eliminate/to call out/to kill off/to pull out of (a
competition)/to retire (a runner in baseball)/out (i.e. man out in
baseball)
出口 chu1 kou3 to speak/an exit/to export
出来 chu1 lai2 to come out/to emerge
出卖 chu1 mai4 to sell (off)/fig. to betray
出门 chu1 men2 to go on a journey/away from home/exit door/to go out of the door
出名 chu1 ming2 well-known for sth/to become well known/to make one's mark
出去 chu1 qu4 to go out
出色 chu1 se4 remarkable/outstanding
出生 chu1 sheng1 to be born
出事 chu1 shi4 have an accident/meet with a mishap
出售 chu1 shou4 to sell/to offer for sale/to put on the market
出庭 chu1 ting2 to appear in court
出席 chu1 xi2 to attend/to participate/present
出现 chu1 xian4 to appear/to arise/to emerge
出于 chu1 yu2 due to/to stem from
出租车chu1 zu1 che1 taxi
除 chu2
to get rid of/to remove/to exclude/to eliminate/to wipe out/to
divide/except/not including
厨 chu2 kitchen
除掉 chu2 diao4 to eliminate
厨房 chu2 fang2 kitchen
除非 chu2 fei1 only if (..., or otherwise, ...)/only when/only in the case that
除了 chu2 le5 besides/apart from (... also...)/in addition to/except (for)
厨师 chu2 shi1 cook
处境 chu3 jing4 plight
处理 chu3 li3 to handle/to treat/to deal with/to process
处女 chu3 nu:3 virgin/maiden/inaugural
处于 chu3 yu2 be (in some state, position, or condition)
处 chu3/chu4
to reside/to live/to dwell/to be in/to be situated at/to stay/to get along
with/to be in a position of/to deal with/to discipline/to punish;
place/location/spot/point/office/department/bureau/respect/classifier
for locations or items of damage: spot, point
处在 chu3/chu4 zai4 #
触 chu4 to knock against/to touch/to feel
穿 chuan1
to bore through/pierce/perforate/penetrate/pass through/to dress/to
wear/to put on/to thread
穿过 chuan1 guo4 to pass through
穿越 chuan1 yue4 to pass through/to cross/to overcome
穿着 chuan1 zhuo2 dress/to wear/clothes/attire

船 chuan2 a boat/vessel/ship
传播 chuan2 bo1 to disseminate/to propagate/to spread
传奇 chuan2 qi2
legendary/fantasy saga/romance/short stories of the Tang and Song
Dynasty
传染 chuan2 ran3 infect/contagious
船上 chuan2 shang4 aboard
传说 chuan2 shuo1 legend/folklore/tradition/it is said/they say that...
传送 chuan2 song4 to convey/to deliver
传统 chuan2 tong3 tradition/convention
船长 chuan2 zhang3 captain (of a boat)/skipper
传 chuan2/zhuan4
to pass on/to spread/to transmit/to infect/to transfer/to circulate/to
pass on/to conduct (electricity); biography
喘 chuan3 to gasp/to pant/asthma
串 chuan4
to string together/to mix up/to conspire/to connect/a string
(computing)/(classifier for rows or strings)
窗 chuang1 shutter/window
窗户 chuang1 hu5 window
创伤 chuang1 shang1 wound/injury/trauma
创 chuang1/chuang4
a wound/cut/injury/trauma; to begin/to initiate/to inaugurate/to
start/to create
床 chuang2 bed/couch/classifier for beds
幢 chuang2/zhuang4 tents/classifier for houses
闯 chuang3 to rush/break through
闯进 chuang3 jin4 #
闯入 chuang3 ru4 to intrude/to charge in/to gate-crash
创意 chuang4 yi4 creative/creativity
创造 chuang4 zao4 to create/to bring about/to produce
创作 chuang4 zuo4 to create/to produce/to write/creative work/creation
吹 chui1
to blow/to play a wind instrument/to blast/to puff/to boast/to brag/to
end in failure/to fall through
春天 chun1 tian1 spring (season)
唇 chun2 lip
纯 chun2 pure/simple/unmixed/genuine
纯粹 chun2 cui4 purely
蠢 chun3 blunt/stupid/to wiggle (of worms)/sluggish
蠢货 chun3 huo4 blockhead/idiot/dunce/moron/fool
戳 chuo1 to pierce/to puncture/to prod/to poke/wooden or rubber stamp or seal
刺 ci1/ci4 thorn/sting/thrust/to prick/to pierce/to stab/to assassinate/to murder
词 ci2 works/phrases/classical Chinese poem/word/diction
慈善 ci2 shan4 benevolent/charitable
辞职 ci2 zhi2 to resign
兹 ci2/zi1 herewith

此 ci3 this/these
此刻 ci3 ke4 this moment/now/at present
此事 ci3 shi4 #
次 ci4
next in sequence/second/the second (day, time etc)/secondary/vice-
/sub-/infra-/inferior quality/substandard/order/sequence/hypo- (chem.,
meaning extra oxygen atom)/classifier for enumerated events: time
赐 ci4 confer/bestow/grant
刺激 ci4 ji1 to provoke/to irritate/to upset/to stimulate/to excite/irritant
聪明 cong1 ming5 acute (of sight and hearing)/clever/intelligent/bright/smart
从 cong1/cong2
lax/yielding/unhurried; from/via/passing through/through (a
gap)/past/ever (followed by negative, meaning never)/(formerly pr.
zong4 and related to ~1|纵) to follow/to comply with/to obey/to join/to
engage in/adopting some mode of action or
attitude/follower/retainer/accessory/accomplice/related by common
paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor/surname Cong; second cousin
从不 cong2 bu4 never
从此 cong2 ci3 from now on/since then/henceforth
从来 cong2 lai2 always/at all times/never (if used in negative sentence)
丛林 cong2 lin2
jungle/thicket/forest/Buddhist monastery;
jungle/thicket/forest/Buddhist monastery
从没 cong2 mei2 never (in the past)/never did
从前 cong2 qian2 previously/formerly
从事 cong2 shi4 to go for/to engage in/to undertake/to deal with/to handle/to do
从未 cong2 wei4 never
粗 cu1 coarse/rough/thick/unfinished/vulgar/rude/crude
粗鲁 cu1 lu3 crude/coarse/rough
崔 cui1 high mountain/precipitous/surname Cui
摧毁 cui1 hui3 destroy/wreck
脆弱 cui4 ruo4 weak/frail
村 cun1 village
村子 cun1 zi5 village
存 cun2 exist/deposit/store/keep/survive
存在 cun2 zai4 to exist/to be
蹲 cun2/dun1 to crouch/to squat
寸 cun4 a unit of length/inch/thumb
错 cuo4 mistake/error/blunder/fault/cross/uneven/wrong
错过 cuo4 guo4 to miss (train, opportunity etc)
措施 cuo4 shi1 measure/step (to be taken)
错误 cuo4 wu4 error/mistake/mistaken

搭 da1
to put up/to build (scaffolding)/to hang (clothes on a pole)/to
connect/to join/to arrange in pairs/to match/to add/to throw in
(resources)/to take (boat, train)
搭档 da1 dang4 to cooperate/partner
答应 da1 ying5 to reply/to respond/to promise/to agree
答 da1/da2 to answer/agree; reply/answer/return/respond/echo
达 da2 attain/pass through/achieve/reach/realize/clear/inform/notify/dignity
答案 da2 an4 answer/solution
达成 da2 cheng2 to reach (an agreement)/to accomplish
达到 da2 dao4 to reach/to achieve/to attain
打 da2/da3
dozen; to beat/to strike/to hit/to break/to type/to mix up/to build/to
fight/to fetch/to make/to tie up/to issue/to shoot/to
calculate/since/from
打败 da3 bai4 to defeat/to overpower/to beat/to suffer a defeat/to be defeated
打扮 da3 ban5
to decorate/to dress/to make up/to adorn/manner of dressing/style of
dress
打包 da3 bao1 (H.K. term) doggie bag/take-home bag from a restaurant
打电话 da3 dian4 hua4 to make a telephone call
打动 da3 dong4 to move (to pity)/arousing (sympathy)/touching
打赌 da3 du3 to bet/to make a bet/a wager
打断 da3 duan4 to interrupt/to break off/to break (a bone)
打击 da3 ji1 to hit/to strike/to attack/to crackdown on sth/a setback/a blow
打架 da3 jia4 to fight/to scuffle/to come to blows
打交道 da3 jiao1 dao4 come into contact with/have dealing with
打搅 da3 jiao3 to disturb/to trouble
打开 da3 kai1 to open/to show (a ticket)/to turn on/to switch on
打破 da3 po4 to break/to smash
打球 da3 qiu2 to play (with a) ball
打扰 da3 rao3 disturb
打扫 da3 sao3 to clean/to sweep
打算 da3 suan4 to plan/to intend/to calculate/plan/intention/calculation
打仗 da3 zhang4 to fight a battle/to go to war
大部分 da4 bu4 fen5 in large part/the greater part/the majority
大不了 da4 bu4 liao3 at worst/if worst comes to worst/serious/alarming
大胆 da4 dan3 brazen/audacious/outrageous/bold/daring/fearless
大道 da4 dao4 main street
大多数 da4 duo1 shu4 (great) majority
大概 da4 gai4 roughly/probably/rough/approximate/about
大哥 da4 ge1 eldest brother
大海 da4 hai3 sea/ocean
大会 da4 hui4 general assembly/general meeting/convention
大家 da4 jia1 authority/everyone

大街 da4 jie1 street/main street
大量 da4 liang4 great amount/large quantity/bulk/numerous
大楼 da4 lou2 large building
大麻 da4 ma2 hemp (Cannabis sativa)/cannabis/marijuana
大门 da4 men2 entrance/door/gate
大脑 da4 nao3 brain/cerebrum
大人 da4 ren5 adult/grownup
大厦 da4 sha4 large building/edifice/mansion
大声 da4 sheng1 loudly/loud
大师 da4 shi1 great master/master
大使 da4 shi3 an ambassador/an envoy
大事 da4 shi4
major event/major political event (war or change of regime)/major
social event (wedding or funeral)/(do sth) in a big way
大厅 da4 ting1 hall/lounge
大卫 Da4 wei4
David (name)/Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), French neoclassical
painter
大象 da4 xiang4 elephant
大小 da4 xiao3 dimension/magnitude/size/measurement
大型 da4 xing2 large scale/wide scale/broad scale
大学 da4 xue2 university
大约 da4 yue1 approximately/about
大众 da4 zhong4 the masses/the great bulk of the population
大 da4/dai4 big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/oldest/eldest; doctor
大伙 da4/dai4 huo3 #
大人物 da4/dai4 ren2 wu4 #
大赛 da4/dai4 sai4 #
塔 da5/ta3 pagoda/tower/minaret
待 dai1/dai4
stay/delay; to wait/to treat/to deal with/to need/going to (do
sth)/about to/intending to
待会儿 dai1/dai4 hui4/kuai4 er2#
待命 dai1/dai4 ming4 #
逮 dai3/dai4 arrest/catch/seize/until; catch/seize/until
带 dai4
band/belt/girdle/ribbon/tire/area/zone/region/to wear/to carry/to
lead/to bring/to look after/to raise
戴 dai4
to put on/to respect/to bear/to support/wear (glasses, hat,
gloves)/surname Dai
代 dai4
to substitute/to act on behalf of others/to
replace/generation/dynasty/age/period/(historical) era/(geological) eon
袋 dai4 a pouch/bag/sack/pocket
代表 dai4 biao3 representative/delegate/to represent/to stand for
逮捕 dai4 bu3 to arrest/to apprehend/an arrest
戴夫 dai4 fu1/fu2 #

大夫 dai4 fu5 doctor/minister of state (in pre-Han states)
代价 dai4 jia4 price/cost/consideration (in share dealing)
贷款 dai4 kuan3 a loan/to provide a loan (e.g. bank)
带来 dai4 lai2 to bring/to bring about/to produce
代理 dai4 li3 acting (temporarily filling a position)/to act for/a surrogate
带领 dai4 ling3 to guide/to lead
代码 dai4 ma3 code (e.g. telephone area code)/computer code (e.g. virus)
代替 dai4 ti4
instead/to replace/to substitute (X for Y, or a number in an algebraic
expression)
袋子 dai4 zi5 bag
带子 dai4 zi5 belt/band/ribbon/strap/girdle/audio or video tape (informal); band/belt
带走 dai4 zou3 to carry/to take away/to carry out (esp. food)/take-out (esp. food)
丹 dan1 red/pellet/powder/cinnabar
单独 dan1 du2 alone/by oneself/on one's own
丹尼 dan1 ni2 #
丹尼尔dan1 ni2 er3 Daniel (name)
丹尼斯 dan1 ni2 si5 Dennis (a person's name)
单身 dan1 shen1 unmarried/single/bachelorhood
单位 dan1 wei4 a unit/unit (of measure)/work unit (one's workplace)
担心 dan1 xin1 anxious/worried/uneasy/to worry/to be anxious
单子 dan1 zi5 list of items
胆小鬼 dan3 xiao3 gui3 coward
但 dan4 but/yet/however/only/merely/still
蛋 dan4 egg/oval shaped
蛋糕 dan4 gao1 cake
但是 dan4 shi4 but/however
但愿 dan4 yuan4 if only (sth were possible...)/I wish...
石 dan4/shi2
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗/ten pecks/one hundred liters;
rock/stone/surname Shi
弹 dan4/tan2
crossball/bullet/shot/shell/ball; impeach/to pluck a string/to play (a
stringed musical instrument with fingers)/to snap
当初 dang1 chu1 at that time/originally
当地 dang1 di4 local
当年 dang1 nian2 in those days/then/in those years/during that time
当然 dang1 ran2 only natural/as it should be/certainly/of course/without doubt
当时 dang1 shi2 then/at that time/while
当事人 dang1 shi4 ren2 persons involved or implicated/party (to an affair)
当心 dang1 xin1 to take care/to look out
当中 dang1 zhong1 among/in the middle/in the center

当 dang1/dang4
to be/to act as/manage/withstand/when/during/ought/should/match
equally/equal/same/obstruct/just at (a time or place)/on the
spot/right/just at; at or in the very same.../to
pawn/suitable/adequate/fitting/proper/replace/represent
党 dang3 party/association/club/society/surname Dang
挡住 dang3 zhu4 to obstruct
挡 dang3/dang4
to resist/to obstruct/to hinder/to keep off/to block (a blow)/to get in
the way of/cover/gear; arrange/put in order
档 dang4
official records/grade (of goods)/file/records/shelves/cross-
piece/(classifier for cross-pieces)
档案 dang4 an4 file/record/archive
当成 dang4 cheng2 to consider as/take to be
荡妇 dang4 fu4 slut/floozy/prostitute
当晚 dang4 wan3 that evening/the same evening
当作 dang4 zuo4 treat as/regard as
刀 dao1 knife/CL:把[ba3]
岛 dao3 island
导弹 dao3 dan4 guided missile/cruise missile/missile
祷告 dao3 gao4 to pray/prayer
倒霉 dao3 mei2 have bad luck/be out of luck
倒下 dao3 xia4 to collapse/to topple over
导致 dao3 zhi4 to lead to/to create/to cause/to bring about
倒 dao3/dao4
to fall/to collapse/to topple/to fail/to go bankrupt/to change (trains or
buses)/to move around/to sell/to speculate (buying and selling, also
d|捣)/profiteer; upset/turn over/to tip/to pour/to go home/to the
contrary/inverted
到 dao4 to (a place)/until (a time)/up to/to go/to arrive
道 dao4
direction/way/method/road/path/principle/truth/morality/reason/skill/
method/Dao (of Daoism)/to say/to speak/to talk/classifier for long thin
stretches, rivers, roads etc/province (of Korea do 衬, and formerly Japan
dō)
到处 dao4 chu4 in all places/everywhere
到此为止dao4 ci3 wei2/wei4 zhi3#
到达 dao4 da2 to reach/to arrive
道德 dao4 de2 virtue/morality/ethics/moral
到底 dao4 di3 finally/in the end/when all is said and done
到来 dao4 lai2 arrival/advent
道理 dao4 li3 reason/argument/sense/principle/basis/justification
道路 dao4 lu4 road/path/way
道歉 dao4 qian4 to apologize/to make an apology
倒数 dao4 shu4
to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)/to count down/from the
bottom (lines on a page)/from the back (rows of seats); (math.)
reciprocal

德 de2
Germany/virtue/goodness/morality/ethics/kindness/favor/character/kin
d
得到 de2 dao4 to get/to obtain/to receive
得分 de2 fen1 to score
德国 De2 guo2 Germany/German
德克萨斯De2 ke4 sa4 si1 Texas
得了 de2 le5 be finished/be ready/all right/that's enough
得知 de2 zhi1 to find out/to know/to learn about
德州 De2 zhou1 Dezhou prefecture level city in Shandong/abbr. for 德克萨斯州, Texas
得 de2/de5/dei3
to obtain/to get/to gain/to catch (a
disease)/proper/suitable/proud/contented/to allow/to
permit/ready/finished; structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective
as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree,
possibility etc; to have to/must/ought to/to need to
的 de5/di2/di4
of/structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding
possessive or descriptive attributive; really and truly; aim/clear
的话 de5/di2/di4 hua4 #
底 de5/di3
(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle); background/bottom/base/the
end of a period of time/towards the end of (last month)
地 de5/di4
-ly/structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to
preceding modifying adverbial adjunct; earth/ground/field/place/land
灯 deng1 lamp/light/lantern/CL:v迀盏[zhan3]
登 deng1
scale/climb/ascend/mount/go up/register/note/to publish/to issue/to
record
灯光 deng1 guang1 (stage) lighting/light
登记 deng1 ji4 to register (one's name)
等 deng3
class/rank/grade/equal to/same as/to wait for/to await/et cetera/and
so on/et al. (and other authors)/after/as soon as/once
等待 deng3 dai4 wait for/await
等等 deng3 deng3 etcetera/and so on ../wait a minute!/hold on!
等于 deng3 yu2 to equal/to be tantamount to
低 di1
to lower (one's head)/to let droop/to hang down/low/to
incline/beneath/low
滴 di1 a drop/to drip
提 di1/ti2
carry (suspended); to carry (hanging down from the hand)/to lift/to put
forward/to mention/to raise (an issue)/upwards character stroke/lifting
brush stroke (in painting)/scoop for measuring liquid
迪 di2
direct/to enlighten/to follow/phonetic di as in Disney 迪斯尼 or disco
迪斯科
迪克 Di2 ke4 Dick (person name)

的确 di2 que4 really/indeed
敌人 di2 ren2 enemy
抵抗 di3 kang4 to resist/resistance
底下 di3 xia5 the location below sth/afterwards
第 di4 (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)
蒂 di4 stem (of fruit)
第八 di4 ba1 eighth
地板 di4 ban3 floor
地步 di4 bu4 condition/plight/extent
弟弟 di4 di5 younger brother
地点 di4 dian3 place/site/location/venue
第二 di4 er4 second/number two/next
地方 di4 fang5
region/regional (away from the central administration);
area/place/space/room/territory/part/respect
帝国 di4 guo2 empire/imperial
第六 di4 liu4 sixth
地面 di4 mian4 floor/ground/surface
地盘 di4 pan2
domain/territory under one's control/foundation of a building/base of
operations/crust of earth
第七 di4 qi1 seventh
地球 di4 qiu2 the Earth/planet
地区 di4 qu1
local/regional/district (not necessarily formal administrative
unit)/region/area/as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county
(area administered by a prefecture level city or county level city)
第三 di4 san1 third/number three
地上 di4 shang5 on the ground/on the floor
第四 di4 si4 fourth/number four
地毯 di4 tan3 carpet/rug
地铁 di4 tie3 subway/metro
地图 di4 tu2 map
地位 di4 wei4 position/status/place
第五 di4 wu3 fifth
地下 di4 xia4 underground/subterranean/covert
地下室 di4 xia4 shi4 basement/cellar
第一 di4 yi1 first/number one
地狱 di4 yu4 hell/infernal/underworld
地震 di4 zhen4 earthquake
地址 di4 zhi3 address

点 dian3
point/dot/speck/drop/decimal point/point of a scale/point in a theory
or argument/downwards-right convex character stroke/a little (usually
一点)/a jot/beat (of percussion instrument)/to draw a dot/to touch
slightly/to drip/classifier for items/classifier for small indeterminate
quantities/to nod/to select item from a list/to order (food in a
restaurant)/to count/o'clock/one fifth of a two hour watch
(old)/hour/point of time/iron bell (used to mark time)/pastry/dimsum
炥心|点心
典礼 dian3 li3 celebration/ceremony
点儿 dian3 r5 erhua variant of 点, point/dot/speck/drop/little bit
点心 dian3 xin5 light refreshments/pastry/dimsum (in Cantonese cooking)/dessert
典型 dian3 xing2 typical
点子 dian3 zi5
spot/point/dot/speck/drop (of liquid)/droplet/point (of
argument)/idea/crux/indication/pointer
店 dian4 inn/shop/store
电 dian4 electric/electricity/electrical
电池 dian4 chi2 battery
电话 dian4 hua4 telephone/phone call
电力 dian4 li4 electrical power/electricity
电脑 dian4 nao3 computer
电视 dian4 shi4 television/TV
电视剧 dian4 shi4 ju4 TV play/soap opera
电视台 dian4 shi4 tai2 television station
电台 dian4 tai2 transmitter-receiver/broadcasting station/radio station
电梯 dian4 ti1 elevator
殿下 dian4 xia4 #
电影 dian4 ying3 movie/film
电子 dian4 zi3 electronic/electron
鸟 diao3/niao3 bird
掉 diao4
to fall/to drop/to lag behind/to lose/to go missing/to reduce/fall (in
prices)/to lose (value, weight etc)/to wag/to swing/to turn/to change/to
exchange/to swap/to show off
钓 diao4 to fish with a hook and bait
吊 diao4
a string of 100 cash (arch.)/to lament/to condole with; to suspend/to
hang up/to hang a person
调查 diao4 cha2 investigation/inquiry/to investigate/to survey/survey/(opinion) poll
钓鱼 diao4 yu2 to fish (with line and hook); to fish (with line and hook)
调 diao4/tiao2
to transfer/to move (troops or cadres)/to investigate/to enquire
into/accent/view/argument/key (in music)/mode
(music)/tune/tone/melody; harmonize/reconcile/blend/suit
well/provoke/incite
调查局 diao4/tiao2 cha2/zha1 ju2#
碟 die2 dish/plate

盯 ding1
to watch attentively/to fix attention on/to stare/to gaze/to follow/to
shadow sb
钉 ding1/ding4 nail
丁 ding1/zheng1
surname Ding/cubes (of food)/fourth of 10 heavenly trunks
十天干/fourth in order/letter "or roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III"
etc/butylssu
顶 ding3 go against/most/peak/top/to replace/to substitute/classifier for hats
定 ding4 to set/to fix/to determine/to decide/to order
订 ding4
to agree/to conclude/to draw up/to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)/to
order
订婚 ding4 hun1 engagement
定位 ding4 wei4 position/location/localization
定义 ding4 yi4 definition
丢 diu1 to lose/to put aside/to throw
丢掉 diu1 diao4 throw
丢脸 diu1 lian3 loss of face/humiliation
丢人 diu1 ren2 to lose face
东 dong1 #
东京 dong1 jing1 #
冬天 dong1 tian1 winter
东西 dong1 xi5 east and west; thing/stuff/person
懂 dong3 to understand/to know
懂得 dong3 de5 to understand/to know/to comprehend
董事会 dong3 shi4 hui4 board of directors
动 dong4 to use/to act/to move/to change/abbr. for verb 动词[dong4 ci2]
洞 dong4 cave/hole/zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
栋 dong4 ridge-beam of a roof/classifier for houses or buildings
冻 dong4 to freeze
动机 dong4 ji1 motor/locomotive/motive/motivation/intention
动静 dong4 jing4 sound of activity or people talking/news of activity
动力 dong4 li4 power/motion/propulsion/force
动手 dong4 shou3 to hit with hands or fists/to start work/to touch
动物 dong4 wu4 animal
动作 dong4 zuo4 movement/motion/action
都 dou1/du1
all/both (if two things are involved)/entirely (due to) each/even/already;
capital city/metropolis/surname Du
斗 dou3/dou4
decaliter/peck/dry measure for grain equal to ten sheng 升 or one-tenth
dan 石; to fight/to struggle/to condemn/to censure/to contend/to put
together/coming together
逗 dou4 #
豆 dou4 bean/peas; bean/sacrificial vessel
斗争 dou4 zheng1 struggle (with)/fight/battle

读 dou4/du2
comma/phrase marked by pause; to read/to study/reading of word (i.e.
pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]
毒 du2 poison/narcotics
独 du2 alone/independent/single/sole/only
毒贩 du2 fan4 drugs trade
独立 du2 li4 independent/independence/to stand alone
毒品 du2 pin3 drugs/narcotics/poison
毒气 du2 qi4 poison gas/toxic gas/manifestation of passion, anger etc (Buddh.)
读书 du2 shu1 study/read
独特 du2 te4 unique/distinct/having special characteristics
独舞 du2 wu3 solo dance
独自 du2 zi4 alone
顿 du2/dun4
stop/pause/to arrange/to lay out/to kowtow/to stamp/at once/classifier
for meals, beating, tellings off etc: time, bout, spell, meal
赌 du3 to bet/to gamble
堵 du3 stop up/classifier for walls
赌博 du3 bo2 to gamble
赌场 du3 chang3 casino
杜 du4
birchleaf pear (tree)/to stop/to prevent/to restrict/fabricate/surname
Du
度过 du4 guo4 spend/pass
度假 du4 jia4 to go on vacation
肚子 du4 zi5 belly/abdomen/stomach
度 du4/duo2 capacity/degree/degrees (of temperature)/standard; estimate
端 duan1
end/extremity/item/port/to hold sth level with both hands/to
carry/regular
短 duan3 lack/short
段 duan4
surname Duan/paragraph/section/segment/stage (of a
process)/classifier for stories
断 duan4 absolutely/decidedly (in negative constructions)/break/to judge
锻炼 duan4 lian4 to engage in physical exercise/to toughen/to temper
堆 dui1/zui1 a pile/a mass/heap/stack
对 dui4
couple/pair/to be opposite/to oppose/to face/versus/for/to/correct
(answer)/to answer/to reply/to direct (towards sth)/right
队 dui4 squadron/team/group
对不起 dui4 bu5 qi3 I'm sorry/pardon me/forgive me
对待 dui4 dai4 to treat/treatment
对方 dui4 fang1
counterpart/other person involved/opposite side/other side/receiving
party
对付 dui4 fu5 to handle/to deal with/to cope/to get by with
对话 dui4 hua4 dialog

对劲 dui4 jin4/jing4 #
对抗 dui4 kang4 to withstand/to resist/to stand off/antagonism/confrontation
对了 dui4 le5 right/correct
对面 dui4 mian4 opposite
对手 dui4 shou3 opponent/adversary/match
队伍 dui4 wu3 ranks/troops
对象 dui4 xiang4 target/object/partner/boyfriend/girlfriend
对于 dui4 yu2 regarding/as far as sth is concerned/with regards to
队员 dui4 yuan2 team member
队长 dui4 zhang3 captain/team leader
多 duo1 many/much/a lot of/numerous/multi-
多久 duo1 jiu3 how long?
多亏 duo1 kui1 thanks to/luckily
多么 duo1 me5
how (wonderful etc)/what (a great idea etc)/however (difficult it may be
etc)
多少 duo1 shao5
number/amount/somewhat; how much/how many/which (number)/as
much as
多谢 duo1 xie4 many thanks/thanks a lot
夺 duo2 to rob/to snatch
躲 duo3 to hide/to dodge/to avoid
朵 duo3 flower/earlobe/fig. item on both sides/classifier for flowers, clouds etc
躲避 duo3 bi4 to hide/to evade/to dodge/to take shelter/to avoid (difficulties)
堕落 duo4 luo4
to morally degenerate/to become depraved/a fall from grace/a fall into
sin or depravity
额 e2 volume/amount/quantity/forehead/quota
俄国 E2 guo2 Russia
俄罗斯 E2 luo2 si1 Russia
额外 e2 wai4 extra/added/additional
哦 e2/o2/o4/wo2/wo4 to chant; oh is that so
恶 e3/e4/wu1/wu4
bad/queasy/nausea; nauseated;
evil/vice/wicked/malevolent/malignant/pernicious/fierce; to hate/to
loathe
饿 e4 to be hungry/hungry
厄 e4 distressed
噩梦 e4 meng4 nightmare
恶梦 e4 meng4 nightmare
恶魔 e4 mo2 demon/fiend
恶心 e4 xin1 nausea/to feel sick/disgust/nauseating; bad habit/vicious habit/vice
恶作剧 e4 zuo4 ju4 mischief/mischievous/practical joke
呃 e4/e5
(exclamation)/hiccough/hiccup/(Hong Kong colloquial) to cheat (i.e.
欺骗)

恩 en1 kind act (from above)
而 er2
and/as well as/and so/but (not)/yet (not)/(indicates causal
relation)/(indicates change of state)/(indicates contrast)
儿 er2 son; non-syllabic diminutive suffix/retroflex final
而且 er2 qie3 not only ... but also/as well as/moreover/in addition/furthermore
而是 er2 shi4 rather
儿童 er2 tong2 child
而言 er2 yan2 #
而已 er2 yi3 that's all/nothing more
儿子 er2 zi5 son
尔 er3 thus/so/like that/you/thou
耳 er3 ear/handle (archaeology)
耳朵 er3 duo3 #
二 er4 two/2
二十 er4 shi2 twenty/20
发表 fa1 biao3 to issue (a statement)/to publish/to issue/to put out
发布 fa1 bu4 to release/to issue/to distribute; to release/to issue/to distribute
发出 fa1 chu1
to issue (an order, decree etc)/to send out/to dispatch/to produce a
sound/to let out (a laugh)
发动 fa1 dong4 to start/to launch/to mobilize
发疯 fa1 feng1 go mad/go crazy/lose one's mind
发挥 fa1 hui1
to display/to exhibit/to bring out implicit or innate qualities/to express
(a thought or moral)/to develop (an idea)/to elaborate (on a theme)
发火 fa1 huo3 to catch fire/to ignite/to detonate/to get angry
发明 fa1 ming2 to invent/invention
发射 fa1 she4
to shoot (a projectile)/to fire (a rocket)/to launch/to emit (a particle)/to
discharge/emanation/emission
发生 fa1 sheng1 to happen/to occur/to take place/to break out
发誓 fa1 shi4 to vow/to pledge/to swear
发送 fa1 song4 to transmit/to dispatch
发现 fa1 xian4 to find/to discover
发泄 fa1 xie4 to give vent to (anger, lust etc)/to take it out on sb
发言 fa1 yan2 statement/utterance
发展 fa1 zhan3 development/growth/to develop/to grow/to expand
发作 fa1 zuo4 to flare-up/to break out
发 fa1/fa4
to send out/to show (one's feeling)/to issue/to develop/(classifier for
gunshots, "rounds"); hair/Taiwan pr. fa3
发给 fa1/fa4 gei3/ji3 #
罚 fa2 to punish/to penalize
法 fa3 law/method/way/Buddhist teaching/Legalist/abbr. for France
法官 fa3 guan1 a judge/judge/to judge

法国 Fa3 guo2 France/French
法律 fa3 lu:4 law
法庭 fa3 ting2 court (of law)
法医 fa3 yi1 forensic investigator/forensic detective
法语 Fa3 yu3 French (language)
法院 fa3 yuan4 court of law/court
发型 fa4 xing2 hairstyle/coiffure/hairdo
翻 fan1 to turn over/to flip over/to overturn/to translate/to decode
烦 fan2 to feel vexed/to bother/to trouble/superfluous and confusing/edgy
烦恼 fan2 nao3 agonize/agony/annoyance/upset/vexation/worries
烦人 fan2 ren2 #
反 fan3
contrary/in reverse/inside-out or upside-down/to reverse/to return/to
oppose/opposite/against/anti-/to rebel/to use analogy/instead/abbr.
for 反切 phonetic system
反对 fan3 dui4 to fight against/to oppose/to be opposed to/opposition
反而 fan3 er2 instead/on the contrary/contrary (to expectations)
返回 fan3 hui2 return to/come (or go) back
反抗 fan3 kang4 to resist/to rebel
反应 fan3 ying4 to react/to respond/reaction/response/reply/chemical reaction
反正 fan3 zheng4
to put things back in order/to return to the correct path/in any
event/come what may/whatever happens (I'm still sure it's right)
犯 fan4
to violate/to offend/to assault/criminal/crime/to make a
mistake/recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
饭 fan4 food/cuisine/cooked rice/meal
饭店 fan4 dian4 restaurant/hotel
犯人 fan4 ren2 convict/prisoner/criminal
范围 fan4 wei2 range/scope/limit/extent
犯罪 fan4 zui4 to commit a crime/crime/offense
方 fang1
square/quadrilateral/power (such as cube 立方)/classifier for square
things/upright/honest/fair and square/surname Fang/direction/party (to
a dispute)/one side/place/method/prescription/just/then/only then
方案 fang1 an4 plan/program (for action etc)/proposal/proposed bill
方便 fang1 bian4
convenient/to help out/to make things easy for
people/convenience/suitable/having money to spare/(euphemism) to
go to the toilet
方法 fang1 fa3 method/way/means
方面 fang1 mian4 respect/aspect/field/side
方式 fang1 shi4 way (of life)/pattern/style/mode/manner
方向 fang1 xiang4 direction/orientation/path to follow
房 fang2 house/room/surname Fang
防 fang2 to protect/to defend/to guard (against)
妨碍 fang2 ai4 hinder/obstruct

房间 fang2 jian1 room
防守 fang2 shou3 defend/protect (against)
防御 fang2 yu4 defense
防止 fang2 zhi3 to prevent/to guard against/to take precautions
房子 fang2 zi5 house/building (single- or two-story)/apartment/room
房租 fang2 zu1 rent for a room or house
访问 fang3 wen4 to visit/to call on/to interview
放 fang4
to release/to free/to let go/to put/to place/to let out/to set off
(fireworks)
放到 fang4 dao4 #
放开 fang4 kai1 unleash/release
放屁 fang4 pi4 to fart/to break wind/to talk nonsense/Utter rubbish!
放弃 fang4 qi4 to renounce/to abandon/to give up
放手 fang4 shou3 let go/have a free hand/let go one's hold
放松 fang4 song1 to loosen/to relax
放下 fang4 xia5 lay down/put down/let go/release
放心 fang4 xin1 to set one's mind at rest/to be at ease/to rest
放学 fang4 xue2 classes are over
放在 fang4 zai4 place in, on, at
飞 fei1 to fly
非 fei1
non-/not-/un-/abbr. for Africa 非洲/wrong/evil-doing/insist on/simply
must
非常 fei1 chang2 unusual/extraordinary/extreme/very/exceptional
飞船 fei1 chuan2 airship/spaceship
非得 fei1 de2/de5/dei3 #
非法 fei1 fa3 illegal
飞机 fei1 ji1 airplane/CL: 架[jia4]
飞行 fei1 xing2 aviation/flying
飞行员 fei1 xing2 yuan2 pilot/aviator
非洲 Fei1 zhou1 Africa
菲 fei1/fei3 rich/luxurious/(chem.) phenanthrene/abbr. for Philippines
肥 fei2 loose-fitting/fat/fertile
费 fei4 to cost/to spend/fee/wasteful/expenses/surname Fei
肺 fei4 lung
费城 Fei4 cheng2
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania/abbr. of 费拉德尔菲亚 [Fei4 la1 de2 er3 fei1
ya4]
废话 fei4 hua4 Duh! (sarcastic interjection)/nonsense/rubbish/superfluous words
废物 fei4 wu4 rubbish/waste material/useless person
费用 fei4 yong4 cost/expenditure/expense
芬 fen1 perfume/fragrance
分开 fen1 kai1 to separate/to part
分离 fen1 li2 to separate

分裂 fen1 lie4 split up/to split/to divide/to break up/fission
分散 fen1 san4 scatter/disperse/distribute
分手 fen1 shou3 to split up/to break up
分析 fen1 xi1 to analyze/analysis
分享 fen1 xiang3
to share (joys, benefits, privileges etc) with others/to get one's share/to
divide out/to partake
分钟 fen1 zhong1 minute
分 fen1/fen4
to divide/to separate/to allocate/to distinguish (good and bad)/part or
subdivision/fraction/one tenth (of certain units)/unit of length
equivalent to 0.33 cm/minute/a point (in sports or games); part
坟墓 fen2 mu4 sepulcher/tomb
粉 fen3
powder/cosmetic face powder/food prepared from starch/noodles or
pasta made from any kind of flour/whitewash/white/pink
粉丝 fen3 si1
bean vermicelli/mung bean starch noodles/Chinese
vermicelli/cellophane noodles/fans (loan)/enthusiast for sb or sth
份 fen4
part/share/portion/classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers,
reports, contracts etc/copy
愤怒 fen4 nu4 angry/indignant
分子 fen4 zi3
molecule/(math) numerator of a fraction; members of a class or
group/political elements (such as intellectuals or extremists)/part
疯 feng1 insane/mad/wild
封 feng1
to confer/to grant/to bestow a title/to seal/classifier for sealed objects,
esp. letters/surname Feng
风 feng1 wind/news/style/custom/manner
风暴 feng1 bao4
storm/violent commotion/fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial
crisis etc)
丰富 feng1 fu4 rich/plentiful
风格 feng1 ge2 style
风景 feng1 jing3 scenery/landscape
疯狂 feng1 kuang2 madness/extreme popularity
封面 feng1 mian4 cover (front cover of a magazine)
封锁 feng1 suo3 to blockade/to seal off
风险 feng1 xian3 risk/venture/hazard
疯子 feng1 zi5 madman/lunatic
缝 feng2/feng4 to sew/to stitch; seam/crack/narrow slit
讽刺 feng3 ci4 to satirize/to mock/irony/satire/sarcasm
佛 fo2/fu2 Buddha/Buddhism; seemingly
否认 fou3 ren4 to declare to be untrue/to deny
否则 fou3 ze2 if not/otherwise/else/or else
夫妇 fu1 fu4 a (married) couple/husband and wife
夫妻 fu1 qi1 man and wife

夫人 fu1 ren5 lady/madam/Mrs.
夫 fu1/fu2 husband/man; porter
幅 fu2 width/roll/classifier for textiles or pictures
福 fu2
good fortune/happiness/luck/abbr. for Fujian 福建 province/surname
Fu
扶 fu2 to support with hand/to help sb up/to help
弗 fu2 not
服从 fu2 cong2 to obey (an order)/to comply/to defer
福尔摩斯Fu2 er3 mo2 si1 Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福尔摩斯
符合 fu2 he2
in keeping with/in accordance with/tallying with/in line with/to agree
with/to accord with/to conform to/to correspond with/to manage/to
handle
弗兰克 Fu2 lan2 ke4 Frank (name)
佛罗里达fu2 luo2 li3 da2 Florida
辐射 fu2 she4 radiation
伏特 fu2 te4 volt
服务 fu2 wu4 to serve/service
服务员 fu2 wu4 yuan2 waiter/waitress/attendant/customer service personnel
服用 fu2 yong4 to take (medicine)
服装 fu2 zhuang1 dress/clothing/costume/clothes
服 fu2/fu4 clothes/dress/garment/submit/take (medicine)
服务生 fu2/fu4 wu4 sheng1 #
抚养 fu3 yang3 to foster/to bring up/to raise
父 fu3/fu4 father
付 fu4 to pay/to hand over to/surname Fu
副 fu4
secondary/auxiliary/deputy/assistant/vice-/abbr. for 副词
adverb/classifier for pairs
负 fu4 lose/negative (math. etc)/to bear/to carry (on one's back)
富 fu4 rich/surname Fu
附 fu4 to add/to attach/to be close to/to be attached
复仇 fu4 chou2 avenge/vengeance
付出 fu4 chu1 to pay
负担 fu4 dan1 burden/to bear a burden
复活 fu4 huo2 resurrection
附近 fu4 jin4 (in the) vicinity/nearby/neighboring/next to
父母 fu4 mu3 father and mother/parents
妇女 fu4 nu:3 woman
父亲 fu4 qin1 father/also pr. with light tone [fu4 qin5]
富有 fu4 you3 rich/full of
复杂 fu4 za2 complicated/complex
负责 fu4 ze2
to be in charge of/to take responsibility for/to be to
blame/conscientious
负责人 fu4 ze2 ren2 person in charge (of something)

复制 fu4 zhi4 to duplicate/to reproduce/to make a copy of/to copy
夹 ga1/jia1/jia2
to press from either side/to place in between/to sandwich/to carry sth
under armpit/wedged between/between/to intersperse/to mix/to
mingle/clip/folder; hold between/lined/narrow lane
该 gai1 that/the above-mentioned/most likely/to deserve/should/ought to/owe
该死 gai1 si3 expression of anger/Damn it!
改 gai3 to change/to alter/to transform/to correct
改变 gai3 bian4 to change/to alter/to transform
盖 gai4/ge3 lid/top/cover/canopy/to build; surname Ge
干杯 gan1 bei1
to drink a toast/Cheers! (proposing a toast)/Here's to you!/Bottoms
up!/lit. dry cup
干脆 gan1 cui4
straightforward/clear-cut/blunt (e.g. statement)/you might as
well/simply
尴尬 gan1 ga4 awkward/embarrassed
干净 gan1 jing4 clean/neat
干扰 gan1 rao3 interfere/obstruction
杆 gan1/gan3 pole; stick/pole/lever/classifier for long objects such as guns
干 gan1/gan4
dry/clean/surname Gan; to concern/to interfere/shield/stem; to
work/to do/to manage; tree trunk/main part of sth/to manage/to
work/to do/capable/cadre (in communist party)/to kill (slang)/to fuck
(taboo word)
敢 gan3 dare
感 gan3 to feel/to move/to touch/to affect
赶 gan3 to catch up/to overtake/to hurry/to rush/to drive away
感到 gan3 dao4 to feel/to sense/to have the feeling that/think that/to move/to affect
赶到 gan3 dao4 #
感动 gan3 dong4 to move (sb)/to touch/moving
感恩节Gan3 en1 jie2 Thanksgiving Day
感激 gan3 ji1 to express thanks/grateful/moved to gratitude
赶紧 gan3 jin3 hurriedly
感觉 gan3 jue2 to feel/to become aware of/feeling/sense/perception
赶快 gan3 kuai4 at once/immediately
赶来 gan3 lai2 hurry (here)
橄榄球 gan3 lan3 qiu2
football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football,
Australian rules etc)
感冒 gan3 mao4 to catch cold/(common) cold
感情 gan3 qing2
feeling/emotion/sensation/likes and dislikes/deep affection for sb or
sth/relationship (i.e. love affair)
感染 gan3 ran3 infection/to infect/to influence
赶上 gan3 shang4 to keep up with/to catch up with/to overtake
感受 gan3 shou4
to sense/perception/to feel (through the senses)/a feeling/an
impression/an experience

感谢 gan3 xie4 (express) thanks/gratitude/grateful/thankful/thanks
感应 gan3 ying4
response/reaction/interaction/irritability (biol.)/induction
(elec.)/inductance
赶走 gan3 zou3 to drive out/to turn back
干掉 gan4 diao4 to get rid of
干活 gan4 huo2 to work/to be employed/manual labor
干吗 gan4 ma2
to what end?/whatever for?/why on earth?/do what?; to what
end?/whatever for?/why on earth?/do what?
干什么 gan4 shen2 me5 what are you doing?/what's he up to?
刚 gang1 hard/firm/strong/just/barely/exactly
刚才 gang1 cai2 (just) a moment ago
刚刚 gang1 gang5 just recently/just a moment ago
刚好 gang1 hao3 just/exactly/happen to be
钢琴 gang1 qin2 piano
港 gang3 harbor/Hong Kong (abbr. for 香港)
高 gao1 high/tall/fig. above average/height/(honorific) your; surname Gao
高潮 gao1 chao2 high tide/high water/upsurge/climax/chorus (part of a song)
高度 gao1 du4 height/altitude/elevation/high degree/highly
高尔夫 gao1 er3 fu1 golf/golf ball
高级 gao1 ji2 high level/high grade/advanced/high-ranking
高手 gao1 shou3 expert/a past master/a dab hand
高速 gao1 su4 high speed
高兴 gao1 xing4 happy/glad/willing (to do sth)/in a cheerful mood
高中 gao1 zhong1 high school
搞 gao3 to do/to make/to go in for/to set up/to get hold of/to take care of
告 gao4 to tell/to inform/to say
告别 gao4 bie2 to leave/to bid farewell to/to say good-bye to
告诉 gao4 su5 to tell/to inform/to let know
告知 gao4 zhi1 to inform
歌 ge1 song
哥 ge1 elder brother
割 ge1 to cut/to cut apart
胳膊 ge1 bo5 arm
歌唱 ge1 chang4 sing
歌词 ge1 ci2 song lyric/lyrics
哥哥 ge1 ge5 older brother
哥们儿 ge1 men2 r5
erhua variant of 哥们, Brothers!/brethren/dude (colloq.)/brother
(diminutive form of address between males)
哥们 ge1 men5
Brothers!/brethren/friend (colloq.)/brother (diminutive form of address
between males)
歌曲 ge1 qu3 song
歌手 ge1 shou3 singer

鸽子 ge1 zi5 pigeon
格 ge1/ge2
square/frame/rule/(legal)
case/style/character/standard/pattern/(classical) to obstruct; to
hinder/(classical) to arrive; to come/(classical) to investigate; to study
exhaustively
咯 ge1/ka3/lo5/luo4
(phonetic); (final particle similar to 了, indicating that sth is obvious);
cough (blood)/to argue/debate
隔 ge2 to separate/to stand or lie between/to divide/to cut off
隔壁 ge2 bi4 next door
隔离 ge2 li2 to separate/to isolate
阁下 ge2 xia4 Your Majesty/Sire
个 ge3/ge4 individual/this/that/size/classifier for people or objects in general
各 ge3/ge4 each/every
合 ge3/he2
100 ml/one-tenth of a peck/measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of
sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗; Chinese musical note/fit/to
join
各地 ge4 di4 in all parts of (a country)/various regions
个人 ge4 ren2 individual/personal/oneself
各位 ge4 wei4 everybody (a term of address)
个性 ge4 xing4 individuality/personality
各种 ge4 zhong3 every kind of/all kinds of/various kinds
各自 ge4 zi5 each/respective/apiece
给 gei3/ji3
to/for/for the benefit of/to give/to allow/to do sth (for sb)/(passive
particle); to supply/provide
跟 gen1
heel/to follow closely/to go with/to marry sb (of
woman)/with/towards/as (compared to)/from (different from)/and (in
addition to)
根 gen1
radical (chem.)/root/basis/classifier for long slender objects, e.g.
cigarettes, guitar strings
根本 gen1 ben3 fundamental/basic/root/simply/absolutely (not)/(not) at all
根据 gen1 ju4 according to/based on/basis/foundation
跟着 gen1 zhe5 follow after
跟踪 gen1 zong1 to follow sb's tracks/to tail/to shadow
更 geng1/geng4 to change; more/even more/further/still/still more
颈 geng3/jing3 neck
更加 geng4 jia1 more (than sth else)/even more
工 gong1 work/worker/skill/profession/trade/craft/labor
宫 gong1 palace/surname Gong/castration (as corporal punishment)
公 gong1
public/collectively owned/common/international (e.g. high seas, metric
system, calendar)/make public/fair/just/Duke, highest of five orders of
nobility 五等爵位 [wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]/honorable (gentlemen)/father-
in-law/male (animal)
公布 gong1 bu4 to announce/to make public/to publish
工厂 gong1 chang3 factory

公车 gong1 che1 bus
工程 gong1 cheng2 engineering/an engineering project/project/undertaking
功夫 gong1 fu5 skill/art/kung fu/labor/effort
公共 gong1 gong4 public/common (use)
攻击 gong1 ji1 to attack/to accuse/to charge/an attack (terrorist or military)
工具 gong1 ju4 tool/instrument/utensil/means
公爵 gong1 jue2 duke
公开 gong1 kai1 public/to publish/to make public
公里 gong1 li3 kilometer
公路 gong1 lu4 public road
公民 gong1 min2 citizen
功能 gong1 neng2 function/capability
公平 gong1 ping2 fair/impartial
工人 gong1 ren2 worker
公司 gong1 si1 (business) company/company/firm/corporation/incorporated
恭喜 gong1 xi3 congratulations/greetings
公寓 gong1 yu4 apartment
公园 gong1 yuan2 public park
公正 gong1 zheng4 just/fair/equitable
公众 gong1 zhong4 public
公主 gong1 zhu3 princess
工资 gong1 zi1 wages/pay
工作 gong1 zuo4 job/work/construction/task
工作室 gong1 zuo4 shi4 studio/workshop
共 gong1/gong4
common/general/to share/together/total/altogether/abbr. for
共产党[gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
供 gong1/gong4
offer (information etc)/supply; offer/sacrificial offering/trial
statement/confession
共度 gong1/gong4 du4/duo2 #
共事 gong1/gong4 shi4 #
红 gong1/hong2 bonus/popular/red/revolutionary
共同 gong4 tong2 common/joint/jointly/together/collaborative
共同点 gong4 tong2 dian3 common ground
贡献 gong4 xian4 to contribute/to dedicate/to devote/contribution
沟通 gou1 tong1 communicate
勾引 gou1 yin3 to seduce/to tempt
句 gou1/ju4 sentence/clause/phrase/classifier for phrases or lines of verse
狗 gou3 dog
狗屁 gou3 pi4 bullshit/nonsense
够 gou4 to reach/to be enough
购物 gou4 wu4 shopping
孤单 gu1 dan1 lone/lonely/loneliness

孤独 gu1 du2 lonely/solitary
孤儿 gu1 er2 orphan
估计 gu1 ji4 estimate/reckon
姑娘 gu1 niang5 girl/young woman/young lady/daughter
骨 gu1/gu2/gu3 bone/Taiwan pr. gu1
古 gu3 ancient/old/palaeo-/surname Gu
股 gu3
share/portion/section/part/thigh/(classifier for smells, electric currents,
spirals etc)/whiff
鼓 gu3 convex/drum/to rouse/to beat
古巴 Gu3 ba1 Cuba
古怪 gu3 guai4 eccentric/grotesque/oddly/queer
古老 gu3 lao3 ancient/old/age-old
鼓励 gu3 li4 to encourage
股票 gu3 piao4 share/stock (market)
骨头 gu3 tou5 bone/strong character
鼓掌 gu3 zhang3 to applaud
骨折 gu3 zhe2 broken bones/fracture
谷 gu3/yu4 grain/corn; valley; surname Yu
雇 gu4 hire
固定 gu4 ding4 fixed/set/regular
顾客 gu4 ke4 client/customer
故事 gu4 shi5 old practice; narrative/story/tale
顾问 gu4 wen4 adviser/consultant
故意 gu4 yi4 deliberately/on purpose
雇佣 gu4 yong1 to employ/to hire
雇用 gu4 yong4 to employ/to hire/trad. also written 雇用
雇员 gu4 yuan2 employee
故障 gu4 zhang4
malfunction/breakdown/defect/shortcomingfault/failure/impediment/e
rror/bug (in software)
刮 gua1 to blow (of the wind); to scrape/to blow/to shave/to plunder/to extort
挂 gua4 to hang/to put up/to suspend
乖 guai1 (of a child) obedient, well-behaved/clever
乖乖 guai1 guai1 #
怪 guai4
bewildering/odd/queer/strange/uncanny/devil/monster/wonder at/to
blame/quite/rather
怪人 guai4 ren2 strange person/eccentric
怪兽 guai4 shou4 rare animal/mythical animal
怪物 guai4 wu5 monster/freak/eccentric person
怪异 guai4 yi4 weird
关 guan1
mountain pass/to close/to shut/to turn off/to concern/to
involve/surname Guan
官 guan1 official/government/organ of body

关闭 guan1 bi4 to close/to shut
棺材 guan1 cai2 coffin
观察 guan1 cha2
to observe/to watch/to survey/to
examine/observation/view/perspective
观点 guan1 dian3 point of view/viewpoint/standpoint
关掉 guan1 diao4 to switch off/shut off
官方 guan1 fang1 official/(by the) government
关键 guan1 jian4 crucial/key/pivotal
观看 guan1 kan4 to watch/to view
关联 guan1 lian2 related/linked/affiliated
关门 guan1 men2 close down/closed doors
关上 guan1 shang4 to close (door)/to turn off (light, electrical equipment)
官司 guan1 si5 lawsuit
关系 guan1 xi4 relation/relationship/to concern/to affect/to have to do with/guanxi
关心 guan1 xin1 to care for sth/caring/concerned
关于 guan1 yu2 pertaining to/concerning/regarding/with regards to/about/a matter of
官员 guan1 yuan2 official (in an organization or government)/administrator
观众 guan1 zhong4 spectator/audience
关注 guan1 zhu4 a concern/to pay attention to/to follow sth closely
管 guan3
to take care (of)/to control/to manage/to be in charge of/to look
after/to run/tube/pipe/surname Guan
管道 guan3 dao4 pipeline
管理 guan3 li3 to supervise/to manage/to administer/management/administration
管用 guan3 yong4 efficacious/useful
罐 guan4 can/jar/pot
冠军 guan4 jun1 champion
光 guang1 light/ray/bright/only/merely/to use up
光临 guang1 lin2
(honorific) Welcome!/You honor us with your presence./It is an honor to
have you.
光明 guang1 ming2 bright (future)/promising
广播 guang3 bo1 broadcast/widely spread
广场 guang3 chang3 a public square (e.g. Tiananmen Square)/plaza
广告 guang3 gao4 to advertise/a commercial/advertisement/CL:项[xiang4]
逛 guang4 to stroll/to visit
归 gui1 to go back/to return
规定 gui1 ding4
provision/to fix/to set/to formulate/to stipulate/to
provide/regulation/rule
规矩 gui1 ju5
lit. compass and set square/fig. established
standard/rule/customs/practices/fig. upright and honest/well-behaved
规则 gui1 ze2 rule/regulation/rules and regulations

鬼 gui3 ghost/sly/crafty
轨道 gui3 dao4 orbit/railway or tram line/fig. conventional way of thinking
鬼魂 gui3 hun2 ghost
诡异 gui3 yi4 strange/weird
贵 gui4 expensive/noble/your (name)/precious
跪下 gui4 xia5 to kneel down
贵族 gui4 zu2 lord/nobility/nobleman/noblewoman/aristocrat/aristocracy
柜 gui4/ju3 cupboard/cabinet/wardrobe; Salix multinervis
滚 gun3 to boil/to roll
滚蛋 gun3 dan4 get out of here!/beat it!
滚开 gun3 kai1 to boil (of liquid)/boiling hot/Get out!/Go away!
过 guo1/guo4
(experienced action marker)/to cross/to go over/to pass (time)/to
celebrate (a holiday)/to live/to get along/excessively/too-/surname Guo
国 guo2 country/nation/state/national/surname Guo
国会 guo2 hui4 parliament/Congress/diet
国际 guo2 ji4 international
国家 guo2 jia1 country/nation/state
国王 guo2 wang2 king
果 guo3 fruit/result
果然 guo3 ran2 really/sure enough/as expected
果汁 guo3 zhi1 fruit juice
过程 guo4 cheng2 course of events/process
过度 guo4 du4 excessive/over-/excess/going too far/extravagant/intemperate/overdue
过分 guo4 fen4 excessive/undue/overly
过来 guo4 lai2
to come over/to manage/to handle/to be able to take care of/also pr.
guo4lai5
过敏 guo4 min3 to be allergic/allergy
过去 guo4 qu5 (in the) past/former/previous/to go over/to pass by
过世 guo4 shi4 to die/to pass away
过夜 guo4 ye4 to spend the night/overnight
过于 guo4 yu2 too much/excessively
哈佛 ha1 fo2 Harvard (University)
哈哈 ha1 ha1 onomat. laughing sound
哈利 Ha1 li4 Harry
哈 ha1/ha3/ha4 laughter/yawn/abbr. for Kazakhstan; a Pekinese/a pug
哈哈哈 ha1/ha3/ha4 ha1/ha3/ha4 ha1/ha3/ha4#
哈里 ha1/ha3/ha4 li3 #
哈罗 ha1/ha3/ha4 luo1/luo2/luo5#
嗨 hai1/hei1 oh alas/hey!/hi! (loan)
嘿 hai1/hei1/mo4 hey
孩儿 hai2 er2 #

还是 hai2 shi4 or/still/nevertheless
还有 hai2 you3 furthermore/in addition/still/also
孩子 hai2 zi5 child
还 hai2/huan2
still/still in progress/still more/yet/even more/in addition/fairly/passably
(good)/as early as/even/also/else; to pay back/to return/surname Huan
还要 hai2/huan2 yao1/yao4 #
海 hai3 ocean/sea
海岸 hai3 an4 coastal/seacoast
海边 hai3 bian1 seaside
海盗 hai3 dao4 pirate
海军 hai3 jun1 navy
海伦 Hai3 lun2 Hailun county level city in Suihua 绥化, Heilongjiang
海洛因 hai3 luo4 yin1 heroin
海滩 hai3 tan1 beach
海洋 hai3 yang2 ocean
害 hai4 to do harm to/to cause trouble to/harm/evil/calamity
害怕 hai4 pa4 to be afraid/to be scared
害羞 hai4 xiu1 blush/shy
韩 han2 Korea, esp. Japan-annexed Korea and South Korea/Korean/surname Han
韩国 Han2 guo2 South Korea
汗 han2/han4
perspiration/sweat/Khan (Persian or Mongol king or emperor)/Khan
(name)
喊 han3 call/cry/to shout
汉 han4 Chinese/the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
汉堡 Han4 bao3 Hamburg (German city)/(loan.) hamburger
航班 hang2 ban1
scheduled flight/flight number/plane/scheduled sailing/sailing
number/passenger ship
航空 hang2 kong1 aviation
行业 hang2 ye4 industry/business
行 hang2/hang4/heng2/xing2
a row/series/age order (of brothers)/profession/professional/relating to
company; to walk/to go/to travel/a
visit/temporary/makeshift/current/in circulation/to do/to
perform/capable/competent/effective/all right/OK!/will do;
behavior/conduct
毫不 hao2 bu4 hardly/not in the least/not at all
豪华 hao2 hua2 luxurious
毫无 hao2 wu2 not in the least/none whatsoever/completely without
毫无疑问hao2 wu2 yi2 wen4 certainty/without a doubt
号 hao2/hao4
roar/cry; day of a month/(suffix used after) name of a ship/(ordinal)
number
好吃 hao3 chi1 tasty/delicious
好处 hao3 chu5 benefit/advantage

好多 hao3 duo1 many/quite a lot/much better
好好 hao3 hao3 good/nicely/properly
好几 hao3 ji3 several/quite a few
好久 hao3 jiu3 quite a while
好看 hao3 kan4 good-looking
好莱坞Hao3 lai2 wu4 Hollywood
好事 hao3 shi4
good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing
indeed")/charity/happy occasion/Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the
souls of the dead
好受 hao3 shou4 feeling better/to be more at ease
好听 hao3 ting1 pleasant to hear
好玩 hao3 wan2 fun (to do)
好像 hao3 xiang4 as if/to seem like
好笑 hao3 xiao4 laughable/funny/ridiculous
好运 hao3 yun4 good luck
好转 hao3 zhuan3 to improve/to take a turn for the better/improvement
好 hao3/hao4
good/well/proper/good to/easy to/very/so/(suffix indicating completion
or readiness); to be fond of
好人 hao3/hao4 ren2 #
好样 hao3/hao4 yang4 #
号码 hao4 ma3 number
好奇 hao4 qi2 inquisitive/curious
呵呵 he1 he1 onomat. to roar with laughter
喝酒 he1 jiu3 to drink (alcohol)
喝 he1/he4 to drink/(interj.) My goodness!; shout applause
河 he2 river
盒 he2 small box/case
合并 he2 bing4 to merge/to annex
何不 he2 bu4 why not?/why not do (sth)?
核弹 he2 dan4 nuclear warhead
合法 he2 fa3 lawful/legitimate/legal
合伙人 he2 huo3 ren2 partner/associate
合理 he2 li3 rational/reasonable/fair
和平 he2 ping2 Heping district of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning; peace
何时 he2 shi2 when
合适 he2 shi4 suitable/fitting/decent/to fit
合同 he2 tong5 (business) contract
合约 he2 yue1 treaty/contract
盒子 he2 zi5 case
合作 he2 zuo4 to cooperate/to collaborate/to work together/cooperation
何 he2/he4 surname He; what/how/why/which/carry

和 he2/he4/hu2/huo2/huo4
and/together with/with/sum/union/peace/harmony/surname He; cap (a
poem)/to respond in singing; to complete a set in mahjong or playing
cards; soft/warm; to mix together/to blend
核 he2/hu2 pit/stone/nucleus; to investigate thoroughly
吓 he4/xia4 to frighten/to scare/to intimidate/to threaten
吓人 he4/xia4 ren2 #
黑 hei1
black/dark/abbr. for Heilongjiang 黑煃江|黑龙江 province in northeast
China
黑暗 hei1 an4 dark/darkly/darkness
黑帮 hei1 bang1 bunch of gangsters/criminal gang/organized crime syndicate
黑人 hei1 ren2 black person
黑色 hei1 se4 black
痕 hen2 scar/traces
痕迹 hen2 ji4 vestige/mark/trace
很 hen3 (adverb of degree)/quite/very/awfully
狠 hen3 fierce/very
很多 hen3 duo1 very many/very much/great (quantity)
狠狠 hen3 hen3 resolutely/firmly/ferociously/ruthlessly
很快 hen3 kuai4 quickly
恨 hen4 to hate
亨利 Heng1 li4 Henry (name)
哼 heng1/hng5 hum/(interj. of contempt)
红色 hong2 se4 red (color)/revolutionary
喉咙 hou2 long2 throat/larynx
猴子 hou2 zi5 monkey
吼 hou3 roar (of a lion)
后 hou4 back/behind/rear/afterwards/after/later; empress/queen/surname Hou
後 hou4 #
厚 hou4 generous/thick (for flat things)
后备 hou4 bei4 #
后果 hou4 guo3 consequences/aftermath
后悔 hou4 hui3 regret/repent
后来 hou4 lai2 afterwards/later
后门 hou4 men2
the back door/fig. under the counter (indirect way for influence or
pressure)/anus
后面 hou4 mian5 rear/back/behind/later/afterwards
后台 hou4 tai2 backstage/the area behind a theatrical stage/backstage supporter
后退 hou4 tui4 recoil/draw back/fall back/retreat
候选人 hou4 xuan3 ren2 candidate
后院 hou4 yuan4 #
呼 hu1 to call/to cry/to shout/to breath out/to exhale

呼叫 hu1 jiao4 to shout/to yell
忽略 hu1 lu:e4 to forget about/to neglect/to omit by mistake
忽视 hu1 shi4 neglect/ignore
呼吸 hu1 xi1 breathe
戏 hu1/xi4 trick/drama/play/show
湖 hu2 lake
胡 hu2
beard/mustache/whiskers; what?, why?, how?/surname Hu/non-Han
people, esp. from central Asia, also called Persians or
Barbarians/reckless/outrageous
胡扯 hu2 che3 to chatter/nonsense/blather
蝴蝶 hu2 die2 butterfly
胡说 hu2 shuo1 talk nonsense/drivel
胡说八道hu2 shuo1 ba1 dao4 to talk rubbish
糊涂 hu2 tu5 muddled/silly/confused
胡子 hu2 zi5 beard/moustache or whiskers/facial hair
虎 hu3/hu4 tiger
护 hu4 protect
户 hu4 a household/door/family
护士 hu4 shi5 nurse
互相 hu4 xiang1 each other/mutually/mutual
护照 hu4 zhao4 passport
花 hua1 flower/blossom/to spend (money, time)/fancy pattern/surname Hua
花钱 hua1 qian2 to spend money
花样 hua1 yang4 pattern/type/trick
花园 hua1 yuan2 garden
华 hua1/hua2/hua4
abbr. for China/magnificent/splendid/flowery; Mt Hua 冿山|华山 in
Shaanxi/surname Hua
华生 hua1/hua2/hua4 sheng1 #
化 hua1/hua4
variant of 花; to make into/to change into/-ization/to ... -ize/to
transform/abbr. for chemistry 化学
滑 hua2 comical; comical/cunning/slippery/smooth/surname Hua
滑稽 hua2 ji5 comical/funny/amusing
华盛顿 Hua2 sheng4 dun4
Washington (name)/George Washington (1732-1799), first US
president/Washington, US State/Washington D.C. (US federal capital)
划 hua2/hua4/huai5
to row/to paddle/to scratch a surface/profitable/worth (the effort)/it
pays (to do sth); to scratch a surface; to delimit/to transfer/to assign/to
differentiate/to mark off/to draw (a line)/to delete/stroke of a Chinese
character
话 hua4
dialect/language/spoken words/speech/talk/words/conversation/what
sb said
画 hua4 draw/picture/painting
画面 hua4 mian4 (picture) frame
话题 hua4 ti2 subject (of a talk or conversation)/topic

化学 hua4 xue2 chemistry/chemical
化妆 hua4 zhuang1 to put on make-up
怀 huai2 to think of/to cherish/mind/heart/bosom/surname Huai
怀念 huai2 nian4 to cherish the memory of/to think of/reminisce
怀疑 huai2 yi2 to doubt/to suspect/doubt/suspicion/skeptical
怀孕 huai2 yun4 pregnant/to have conceived/gestation/pregnancy
坏蛋 huai4 dan4 bad egg/scoundrel/bastard
坏人 huai4 ren2 an evil-doer/a malefactor
坏事 huai4 shi4
to ruin sth/to spoil/to sour/to make things bad/evil deed/bad
action/dishonesty/criminality/corruption
坏 huai4/pi1 bad/spoiled/broken/to break down
欢呼 huan1 hu1 cheer for/acclaim
欢乐 huan1 le4 gaiety/gladness/glee/merriment/pleasure/happy/joyous/gay
欢迎 huan1 ying2 to welcome/welcome
环 huan2 bracelet/ring (not for finger)/to surround/to loop/loop
环节 huan2 jie2
round segment/segment (of annelid
worms)/connection/link/sector/annular ring
环境 huan2 jing4 environment/circumstances/surroundings
换 huan4 change/exchange
患 huan4
to suffer (from illness)/to contract (a
disease)/misfortune/trouble/danger/worry
幻觉 huan4 jue2 hallucinations
幻想 huan4 xiang3 delusion/fantasy
患者 huan4 zhe3 patient/sufferer
慌 huang1 to get panicky/to lose one's head
荒谬 huang1 miu4 ridiculous
荒唐 huang1 tang2 beyond belief/preposterous/absurd/intemperate/dissipated
黄 huang2 yellow/sulfur/surname Huang or Hwang
皇后 huang2 hou4 an empress
皇家 huang2 jia1 royal/imperial household
黄金 huang2 jin1 gold
黄色 huang2 se4 yellow/pornographic
谎 huang3 lies/to lie
谎话 huang3 hua4 lie
谎言 huang3 yan2 lie
晃 huang3/huang4 dazzle; sway/to shade
灰 hui1 ash/dust/lime/gray/discouraged/dejected
挥 hui1
to wave/to brandish/to wipe away/to command/to conduct/to
scatter/to disperse
恢复 hui1 fu4 to reinstate/to resume/to restore/to recover/to regain/to rehabilate

回 hui2
to circle/to go back/to turn around/to answer/to return/to revolve/Hui
religious minority (Chinese Muslims)/time/classifier for acts of a
play/section or chapter (of a classic book)
回报 hui2 bao4
(in) return/reciprocation/payback/retaliation/to report back/to
reciprocate
回答 hui2 da2 to reply/to answer/the answer
回到 hui2 dao4 return to
回复 hui2 fu4 Re:; in reply to (email)/return (to some condition)
回顾 hui2 gu4 to look back/to review
回归 hui2 gui1
to return (to previous condition)/Hong Kong's return to Chinese
sovereignty/to regress
回合 hui2 he2
round (of negotiations)/bout (of sporting competition, boxing match,
confrontation etc)/rally (in volley-ball, tennis etc)
回家 hui2 jia1 to return home
回见 hui2 jian4 See you later!
回来 hui2 lai5 return/come back
回去 hui2 qu5 return/go back
回头 hui2 tou2 to turn round/to turn one's head/later/by and by
回想 hui2 xiang3 recall/recollect/think back
回忆 hui2 yi4 to recall/recollection
回应 hui2 ying4 response/respond
毁 hui3 blaze/destroy by fire; defame/to slander; to destroy/to damage/to ruin
毁灭 hui3 mie4 perish/ruin/destroy
汇报 hui4 bao4
to report/to give an account of/report; to report/to give an account
of/report
会见 hui4 jian4 to meet with (sb who is paying a visit)
贿赂 hui4 lu4 to bribe/a bribe
会面 hui4 mian4 meet with/have a meeting
会议 hui4 yi4 meeting/conference
会议室 hui4 yi4 shi4 meeting/conference room
会员 hui4 yuan2 member
会 hui4/kuai4
can/be possible/be able to/will/to assemble/to meet/to gather/to
see/union/group/association; to balance an account/accounting
会儿 hui4/kuai4 er2 #
婚 hun1 to marry/marriage/wedding/to take a wife
昏 hun1 muddle-headed/twilight/to faint/to lose consciousness
婚礼 hun1 li3 wedding ceremony/wedding
昏迷 hun1 mi2 to lose consciousness/to be in a coma
婚姻 hun1 yin1 matrimony/wedding/marriage
混蛋 hun2 dan4 scoundrel (term of abuse for bad person)/bastard/hoodlum/wretch
浑身 hun2 shen1 all over/from head to foot

混 hun2/hun4
confused/dirty/to mix/muddy/also written 浑; to mix/to
mingle/muddled/to drift along/to muddle along/to pass for/to get along
with sb/thoughtless/reckless
混合 hun4 he2 to mix/to blend
混乱 hun4 luan4 confusion/chaos
活 huo2 to live/alive/living/work/workmanship
活动 huo2 dong4
to exercise/to move about/to
operate/activity/loose/shakey/active/movable/maneuver/to use
connections
活儿 huo2 er5 work (colloq.)/(lots of) things to do
活力 huo2 li4 energy/vitality/vigor/vital force
火 huo3 fire
伙 huo3 assistant/furniture/partner
伙伴 huo3 ban4 partner (for an activity)
火车 huo3 che1 train
火鸡 huo3 ji1 turkey
伙计 huo3 ji4 partner/fellow/mate/waiter/servant/shop assistant
火箭 huo3 jian4 rocket
火炬 huo3 ju4 torch
火焰 huo3 yan4 blaze/flame
火灾 huo3 zai1 fire (that burns buildings etc)
或 huo4 maybe/perhaps/might/possibly/or
货 huo4 goods/money/commodity
获 huo4 reap/harvest; to catch/to obtain/to capture
货车 huo4 che1 van
获得 huo4 de2 to obtain/to receive/to get
霍华德 Huo4 hua2 de2 Howard
豁免 huo4 mian3 to exempt/exemption/immunity
豁免权huo4 mian3 quan2 diplomatic immunity/immunity from prosecution
获胜 huo4 sheng4 victorious/to win/to triumph
或是 huo4 shi4 or/either one or the other
或许 huo4 xu3 perhaps/maybe
或者 huo4 zhe3 or/possibly/maybe/perhaps
鸡 ji1 fowl/chicken
机 ji1 machine/opportunity/secret
基 ji1 base/foundation/basic/radical (chem.)
击 ji1 to hit/to strike/to break/Taiwan pr. ji2
击败 ji1 bai4 defeat/beat
基本 ji1 ben3 basic/fundamental/main/elementary
基本上 ji1 ben3 shang5 basically/on the whole
机场 ji1 chang3 airport/airfield
基础 ji1 chu3 base/foundation/basis/underlying
鸡蛋 ji1 dan4 (chicken) egg/hen's egg

基地 ji1 di4
base (of operations)/industrial or military base/refers to Al Qaeda
基地组织
激动 ji1 dong4 to excite/to agitate/exciting
基督 Ji1 du1 Christ/the Messiah/often written Jesus Christ 耶稣基督
机构 ji1 gou4 organization/agency/institution
几乎 ji1 hu1 almost/nearly/practically
机会 ji1 hui4 opportunity/chance/occasion
积极 ji1 ji2 active/energetic/vigorous/positive (outlook)/proactive
基金 ji1 jin1 fund
激烈 ji1 lie4 intense/acute/fierce
机密 ji1 mi4 secret/classified (information)
机票 ji1 piao4 air ticket/passenger ticket
机器 ji1 qi4 machine
机器人 ji1 qi4 ren2 mechanical person/robot
激情 ji1 qing2 passion/fervor/enthusiasm/strong emotion
肌肉 ji1 rou4 muscle/flesh
鸡肉 ji1 rou4 chicken meat
鸡尾酒 ji1 wei3 jiu3 cocktail
机械 ji1 xie4 machine/machinery/mechanical
基因 ji1 yin1 gene
基于 ji1 yu2 because of/on the basis of/in view of/on account of
击中 ji1 zhong4 to hit (a target etc)/to strike
几 ji1/ji3 almost/small table; how much/how many/several/a few
期 ji1/qi1
a period of time/phase/stage/(used for issue of a periodical, courses of
study)/time/term/period/to hope/Taiwan pr. qi2
其 ji1/qi2 his/her/its/theirs/that/such/it (refers to sth preceding it)
奇 ji1/qi2 odd (number); strange/odd/weird/wonderful
其他人 ji1/qi2 ta1 ren2 #
集 ji2
to gather/to collect/collected works/classifier for sections of a TV series
etc: episode
及 ji2 and/to reach/up to/in time for
吉 ji2
lucky/abbr. for Jilin 吉林 province in northeast China/giga- (meaning
billion or 10^9)/surname Ji
急 ji2 urgent/pressing/rapid/hurried/worried
极 ji2 extremely/pole (geography, physics)/utmost/top
级 ji2 level/grade/rank/step
即 ji2
namely/that is/i.e./prompt/at once/at present/even if/prompted (by the
occasion)/to approach/to come into contact/to assume (office)/to draw
near
即便 ji2 bian4 even if/even though
疾病 ji2 bing4 disease/sickness/ailment
嫉妒 ji2 du4 jealous/envy
极度 ji2 du4 extremely

极端 ji2 duan1 extreme
集合 ji2 he2 a congregation/to gather/a set
即将 ji2 jiang1 on the eve of/to be about to/to be on the verge of
急救 ji2 jiu4 first aid/emergency treatment
极了 ji2 le5 extremely/exceedingly
吉姆 ji2 mu3 #
极其 ji2 qi2 extremely
及时 ji2 shi2 in time/promptly/without delay/timely
即使 ji2 shi3 even if/even though
吉他 ji2 ta1 guitar
集团 ji2 tuan2 group/bloc/corporation
集中 ji2 zhong1
to concentrate/to centralize/to focus/centralized/concentrated/to put
together
挤 ji3 crowded/to squeeze
几百 ji3 bai3 several hundred
给予 ji3 yu3 to accord/to give/to show (respect)
季 ji4 season/period/surname Ji
记 ji4 to remember/to note/mark/sign/to record
寄 ji4 to live (in a house)/to lodge/to mail/to send/to entrust/to depend
既 ji4 already/since/both... (and...)
剂 ji4 dose
计 ji4 to calculate/to compute/to count/reckon/ruse/to plan/surname Ji
继承 ji4 cheng2 to inherit/to carry on/to succeed
记得 ji4 de5 to remember
计划 ji4 hua4 plan/project/program/to plan/to map out
记录 ji4 lu4 record
纪录 ji4 lu4 record
寂寞 ji4 mo4 lonely/lonesome
纪念 ji4 nian4 to commemorate/to remember
妓女 ji4 nu:3 prostitute/hooker
技巧 ji4 qiao3 skill/technique
既然 ji4 ran2 since/as/this being the case
技术 ji4 shu4 technology/technique/skill
计算 ji4 suan4 to count/to calculate/to compute
计算机 ji4 suan4 ji1 computer/calculator
迹象 ji4 xiang4 mark/indication/sign/indicator
继续 ji4 xu4 to continue/to proceed with/to go on with
记忆 ji4 yi4 memories/remember/memory
记者 ji4 zhe3 reporter/journalist
记住 ji4 zhu5 to remember

齐 ji4/qi2/qi4
(name of states and dynasties at several different periods)/surname Qi;
neat/even/level with/identical/simultaneous/all together/to even sth
out
系 ji4/xi4
be/connection/relation/tie up/bind; be/system/to
tie/department/faculty; connect/to tie
加 jia1 to add/plus/abbr. for Canada 加拿大
佳 jia1 excellent
家伙 jia1 huo5
household dish, implement or furniture/domestic animal/(slang)
guy/chap
家具 jia1 ju4 furniture/also written 家俱
夹克 jia1 ke4 jacket (loan word)
家里 jia1 li3 home
加拿大 Jia1 na2 da4 Canada/Canadian
家人 jia1 ren2 household/(one's) family
加入 jia1 ru4 to become a member/to join/to mix into/to participate in/to add in
加上 jia1 shang4 plus/to put in/to add/to add on/to add into/in addition/on top of that
加速 jia1 su4 accelerate/expedite
家庭 jia1 ting2 family/household
家乡 jia1 xiang1 hometown/native place
加油 jia1 you2
to add oil/to top up with gas/to refuel/to accelerate/abbr. for
加大油门[jia1 da4 you2 men2]/to step on the gas/fig. to make an extra
effort/fig. to cheer sb on
家长 jia1 zhang3 parent or guardian of a child
加州 Jia1 zhou1 California
家族 jia1 zu2 household/clan
家 jia1/jia5/jie5
furniture/tool; home/family/classifier for families or businesses/refers to
the philosophical schools of pre-Han China/noun suffix for specialists in
some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -
ist, -er, -ary or -ian/surname Jia
甲 jia3
armor/first of 10 heavenly trunks 十天干/first in order/letter "or roman
"I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/first party (in legal contract, usually
written 甲方, as opposed to second party 乙方)/methylmme
假发 jia3 fa4 wig
假如 jia3 ru2 if
假设 jia3 she4 suppose that.../hypothesis/conjecture
假释 jia3 shi4 parole
假装 jia3 zhuang1 to feign/to pretend
假 jia3/jia4 fake/false/artificial/to borrow/if/suppose; vacation
脚 jia3/jiao3/jue2 foot/leg/base/kick; role
角 jia3/jiao3/jue2
angle/horn/horn-shaped/unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan; role
(theater)/to compete/ancient three legged wine vessel/third note of
pentatonic scale/surname Jue

架 jia4
to support/frame/rack/framework/classifier for planes, large vehicles,
radios etc
嫁 jia4 to marry (a husband)
驾 jia4 to drive/to draw/to harness/to mount
价格 jia4 ge2 price
假期 jia4 qi1 vacation
价钱 jia4 qian5 price
驾驶 jia4 shi3 to pilot (ship, airplane etc)/to drive
驾照 jia4 zhao4 driver's license
价值 jia4 zhi2 value/worth
价 jia4/jie4/jie5 price/value/valence (on an atom); great/good/middleman/servant
尖 jian1 point (of needle)/sharp/shrewd/pointed
肩膀 jian1 bang3/bang4/pang1/pang2#
坚持 jian1 chi2
to continue upholding/to remain committed to/persistence/to
persist/to uphold/to insist on/persevere
尖叫 jian1 jiao4 screech/shriek
监禁 jian1 jin4 to imprison/to jail/to take into custody
监控 jian1 kong4 to monitor
艰难 jian1 nan2 difficult
坚强 jian1 qiang2 staunch/strong
监视 jian1 shi4 to monitor/to oversee/to keep a close watch over/to spy on
坚信 jian1 xin4 to believe firmly/without any doubt
监狱 jian1 yu4 prison
间 jian1/jian4 between/among/space/classifier for time intervals; interstice/separate
剪 jian3 cut with scissors/scissors
捡 jian3 to pick up/to collect/to gather
检 jian3 to check/to examine/to inspect
简 jian3 simple
减 jian3 to lower/to decrease/to reduce/to subtract/to diminish
检测 jian3 ce4 to detect
检查 jian3 cha2 inspection/to examine/to inspect
检察官 jian3 cha2 guan1 the prosecution (in a court case)
简单 jian3 dan1 simple/not complicated
剪刀 jian3 dao1 scissors
减肥 jian3 fei2 to lose weight
减少 jian3 shao3 to lessen/to decrease/to reduce/to lower
检验 jian3 yan4 to inspect/to examine/to test
简直 jian3 zhi2 simply/at all
件 jian4 item/component/classifier for events, things, clothes etc
建 jian4 to establish/to found/to set up/to build/to construct
剑 jian4 (double-edged) sword

舰 jian4 warship
箭 jian4 arrow
贱 jian4 inexpensive/lowly
见到 jian4 dao4 to see
间谍 jian4 die2 spy
舰队 jian4 dui4 fleet
见鬼 jian4 gui3 curse it!/to hell with it!
健康 jian4 kang1 health/healthy
建立 jian4 li4 creation/set up/construction/build/establish/set up
见面 jian4 mian4 to meet/to see sb
贱人 jian4 ren2 #
健身 jian4 shen1 physical exercise/gymnastics for fitness
见识 jian4 shi5 knowledge and experience/to increase one's knowledge
建议 jian4 yi4
to propose/to suggest/to
recommend/proposal/suggestion/recommendation
鉴于 jian4 yu2 in light of/in view of/whereas
建造 jian4 zao4 construct/build
见证 jian4 zheng4 witness/testimony
建筑 jian4 zhu4 building/to construct
见 jian4/xian4 to see/to meet/to appear (to be sth)/to interview; appear
见见 jian4/xian4 jian4/xian4#
将军 jiang1 jun1 (army) general
将来 jiang1 lai2 the future/future
僵尸 jiang1 shi1 corpse/zombie
将要 jiang1 yao4 will/shall/be going to
将 jiang1/jiang4/qiang1 (will, shall, "future tense")/ready/prepared/to get/to use; a general
讲 jiang3 to speak/to explain/a speech/a lecture
奖 jiang3 prize/award/encouragement
讲话 jiang3 hua4 a speech/to speak/to talk/to address
讲讲 jiang3 jiang3 #
奖金 jiang3 jin1 premium/award money/a bonus
奖励 jiang3 li4 reward (as encouragement)
奖学金 jiang3 xue2 jin1 scholarship
酱 jiang4 thick paste of fermented soya bean/marinated in soya paste/paste/jam
降临 jiang4 lin4 to descend to; befall
降落 jiang4 luo4 to descend/to land
强 jiang4/qiang2/qiang3
stubborn/unyielding; strong/powerful/better/slightly more
than/vigorous/violent/surname Qiang; to strive/to make an effort
降 jiang4/xiang2 to drop/to fall/to come down/to descend; to surrender

交 jiao1
to deliver/to turn over/to make friends/to intersect (lines)/to pay
(money)
骄傲 jiao1 ao4 arrogant/conceited/full of oneself/proud
交给 jiao1 gei3 to give/to deliver/to hand over
交换 jiao1 huan4
to exchange/to swap/to switch (telecom)/commutative (math)/to
commute
交流 jiao1 liu2
exchange/give-and-take/to exchange/to
alternate/communication/alternating current (elec.)
焦虑 jiao1 lu:4 anxious/worried/apprehensive
交谈 jiao1 tan2 talk with each other/converse/chat
交通 jiao1 tong1 transport/traffic/communication
交往 jiao1 wang3 to associate/to contact/association/contact
交易 jiao1 yi4 (business) transaction/business deal
教 jiao1/jiao4 teach; religion/teaching
嚼 jiao2/jiao4/jue2 to chew; to chew
角度 jiao3 du4 angle/point of view
狡猾 jiao3 hua2 crafty/cunning/sly
角落 jiao3 luo4 nook/corner
叫 jiao4 to call/to yell/to order/to ask/to be called
轿车 jiao4 che1
enclosed carriage for carrying passengers/motor carriage/car or
bus/limousine
教会 jiao4 hui4 Christian church
教练 jiao4 lian4 instructor/sports coach/trainer
教师 jiao4 shi1 teacher
教室 jiao4 shi4 classroom
教授 jiao4 shou4 university professor/to instruct/to lecture on
教堂 jiao4 tang2 church/chapel
叫醒 jiao4 xing3 to awaken/to wake sb up/to rouse
教训 jiao4 xun5
a lesson/a moral/(to teach sb or to learn a) lesson (i.e. obtain wisdom
from an experience)
教育 jiao4 yu4 to educate/to teach/education
叫做 jiao4 zuo4 be called/be known as
觉 jiao4/jue2 a nap/a sleep; feel/find that/thinking/awake/aware
校 jiao4/xiao4 proofread/to check/to compare; school/military officer
接 jie1
to receive/to answer (the phone)/to meet or welcome sb/to connect/to
catch/to join/to extend/to take one's turn on duty/take over for sb
街 jie1 street
皆 jie1 all/each and every/in all cases
接触 jie1 chu4 to touch/to contact/access/in touch with
接到 jie1 dao4 to receive (letter etc)
街道 jie1 dao4 street
阶段 jie1 duan4 stage/section/phase/period
接管 jie1 guan3 take over/assume control

接近 jie1 jin4 near/close to
街区 jie1 ou1/qu1 #
街上 jie1 shang5 on the street
接手 jie1 shou3 #
接受 jie1 shou4 to accept/to receive
接通 jie1 tong1 to connect/to put through
街头 jie1 tou2 street
接吻 jie1 wen3 kiss
接下来 jie1 xia4 lai2 to accept/to take/next/following
揭晓 jie1 xiao3 to announce publicly/to publish/to make known/to disclose
接着 jie1 zhe5
to catch and hold on/to continue/to go on to do sth/to follow/to carry
on/then/after that/subsequently/to follow/to proceed/to ensue/in
turn/in one's turn
节 jie1/jie2
festival/section/segment/point/part/to economize/to
save/temperate/classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons,
biblical verses
结 jie1/jie2
to bear fruit/to produce/firm/solid; knot/sturdy/bond/to tie/to bind/to
check out (of a hotel)
杰 jie2 hero/heroic
劫 jie2 to rob/to plunder/to seize by force/to coerce/calamity
杰夫 jie2 fu1 Jeff or Geoff (name)
结构 jie2 gou4 structure/composition/makeup/architecture
结果 jie2 guo3
to bear fruit; outcome/result/conclusion/in the end/as a result/to kill/to
dispatch
结合 jie2 he2 to combine/to link/to integrate/binding
结婚 jie2 hun1 to marry/to get married
结局 jie2 ju2 conclusion/ending
杰克 jie2 ke4 #
结论 jie2 lun4 (reach a) conclusion/verdict
节目 jie2 mu4 program/item (on a program)
节日 jie2 ri4 holiday/festival
杰瑞 jie2 rui4 #
结束 jie2 shu4 termination/to finish/to end/to conclude/to close
结尾 jie2 wei3 ending/wind up/coda
杰西 jie2 xi1 #
节奏 jie2 zou4 rhythm/tempo/musical pulse/cadence/beat
解除 jie3 chu2
to remove/to sack/to get rid of/to relieve (sb of their duties)/to free/to
lift (an embargo)/to rescind (an agreement)
解放 jie3 fang4
to liberate/to emancipate/liberation/refers to the Communists' victory
over the Nationalists in 1949
解雇 jie3 gu4 to fire/to sack/to dismiss
姐姐 jie3 jie5 older sister
解决 jie3 jue2 to settle (a dispute)/to resolve/to solve
解开 jie3 kai1 to untie/to undo

姐妹 jie3 mei4 sisters
解释 jie3 shi4 explanation/to explain/to interpret/to resolve
解脱 jie3 tuo1
relief/to free oneself/to break away from/to extricate oneself/to
relieve/to liberate/to emancipate/free/relieved
解 jie3/jie4/xie4
to divide/to break up/to split/to separate/to dissolve/to solve/to
melt/to remove/to untie/to loosen/to open/to emancipate/to
explain/to understand/to know/a solution/a dissection; transport under
guard; surname Xie
借 jie4
to lend/to borrow/excuse/pretext/by means of/to seize (an
opportunity)/to take (an opportunity)
戒 jie4 swear off/warn against
界 jie4 boundary/scope/extent/circles/group/kingdom (taxonomy)
届 jie4
to arrive at (place or time)/period/to become due/classifier for events,
meetings, elections, sporting fixtures etc
借口 jie4 kou3 to use as an excuse/on the pretext
介绍 jie4 shao4 to present/introduction/to introduce
介意 jie4 yi4 to care about/to take offense/to mind
戒指 jie4 zhi5 (finger) ring
金 jin1
gold Au, transition metal, atomic number 79/metal/money/the Jurchen
Jin dynasty (1115-1234)/surname Jin or Kim
今 jin1 today/modern/present/current/this/now
金发 jin1 fa4 blond
今年 jin1 nian2 this year
金钱 jin1 qian2 money/currency
金属 jin1 shu3 metal
今天 jin1 tian1 today/at the present/now
今晚 jin1 wan3 tonight
金子 jin1 zi5 gold
禁 jin1/jin4 to endure; to prohibit/to forbid
紧 jin3 tight/nervous/strict
尽管 jin3 guan3
despite/although/even though/in spite of/unhesitatingly/do not
hesitate (to ask, complain etc)/(go ahead and do it) without hesitating
紧急 jin3 ji2 urgent
仅仅 jin3 jin3 barely/only/merely/only (this and nothing more)
尽可能 jin3 ke3 neng2 as far as possible
尽快 jin3 kuai4
as quickly as possible/as soon as possible/with all speed; as quickly as
possible/as soon as possible/with all speed/also written 尽快
谨慎 jin3 shen4 cautious/prudent
紧张 jin3 zhang1 nervous/keyed up/intense/tense/strained/in short supply/scarce
尽 jin3/jin4
to the utmost; to use up/to exhaust/to end/to finish/to the
utmost/exhausted/finished/to the limit (of sth)
仅 jin3/jin4 barely/only/merely

进 jin4 to advance/to enter/to come in
近 jin4 near/close to/approximately
进步 jin4 bu4 progress/improvement/to improve/to progress
进攻 jin4 gong1 attack (military, sports etc)
晋级 jin4 ji2 to advance in rank/promotion/advancement
进来 jin4 lai2 to come in
尽力 jin4 li4 to strive one's hardest/to spare no effort
尽量 jin4 liang4 as much as possible/to the greatest extent
尽情 jin4 qing2 as much as one likes
进去 jin4 qu4 to go in
进入 jin4 ru4 to enter/to join/to go into
尽头 jin4 tou2 the very end
进行 jin4 xing2
to advance/to conduct/underway/in progress/to do/to carry out/to
carry on/to conduct/to execute
进一步 jin4 yi1 bu4 (one step) further/to move forward a single step/further (onwards)
进展 jin4 zhan3 to make headway/to make progress
禁止 jin4 zhi3 to prohibit
劲 jin4/jing4 strength; stalwart/sturdy
惊 jing1 to start/to be frightened/to be scared/alarm
精 jing1
refined (rice)/the most
refined/spirit/soul/vitality/energy/semen/sperm/mythical goblin
spirit/highly perfected/elite/the pick of sth/proficient (refined
ability)/extremely (fine)
精彩 jing1 cai3 brilliant/splendid
经常 jing1 chang2 day to day/everyday/daily/frequently/constantly/regularly/often
经典 jing1 dian3 the classics/scriptures/classical
经过 jing1 guo4 to pass/to go through/process/course
经济 jing1 ji4 economy/economic
经纪人 jing1 ji4 ren2 broker/middleman/agent/manager
经理 jing1 li3 manager/director
经历 jing1 li4 experience/go through
精力 jing1 li4 energy
精灵 jing1 ling2 spirit/fairy
惊人 jing1 ren2 astonishing
精神病 jing1 shen2 bing4 mental disorder/psychosis
精神 jing1 shen5
spirit/mind/consciousness/thought/mental/psychological/essence/gist;
vigor/vitality/drive/spiritual
惊喜 jing1 xi3 be pleasantly surprised
惊讶 jing1 ya4 amazed/astonished/to surprise/amazing/astonishment/awe
经验 jing1 yan4 to experience/experience
经营 jing1 ying2 to engage in (business etc)/to run/to operate

经 jing1/jing4
classics/sacred book/scripture/to pass through/to
undergo/warp/longitude/abbr. for economics }搊辽经济/surname Jing
警 jing3 to alert/to warn/police
井 jing3 warn/well/surname Jing
警报 jing3 bao4 (fire) alarm/alert signal/alarm/alert/warning
警察 jing3 cha2 police/policeman/policewoman
警察局 jing3 cha2 ju2 police station/police department/police headquarters
警长 jing3 chang2/zhang3 #
警方 jing3 fang1 police
警告 jing3 gao4 to warn/to admonish
警官 jing3 guan1 constable/police officer
警卫 jing3 wei4 (security) guard
警员 jing3 yuan2/yun2/yun4 #
镜 jing4 mirror
敬 jing4 to respect/to venerate/to salute/to offer
静 jing4 still/calm/quiet/not moving
竟 jing4 unexpectedly/actually/to go so far as to/indeed
竟然 jing4 ran2
unexpectedly/to one's surprise/in spite of everything/in that crazy
way/actually/to go as far as to
镜头 jing4 tou2 camera shot (in a movie etc)/scene
竞选 jing4 xuan3 to take part in an election/to run for office
竞争 jing4 zheng1 to compete/competition
镜子 jing4 zi5 mirror
究竟 jiu1 jing4 after all (when all is said and done)/actually/outcome/result
久 jiu3 (long) time/(long) duration of time
酒 jiu3 wine/liquor/spirits/alcoholic beverage
九 jiu3 nine/9
酒吧 jiu3 ba1 bar/pub
酒店 jiu3 dian4 wine shop/pub (public house)/hotel/restaurant
酒精 jiu3 jing1 alcohol/ethanol/also written 乙醇
就 jiu4
at once/right away/only/just (emphasis)/as early as/already/as soon
as/right away/then/in that case/as many as/even if/to approach/to
move towards/to undertake/to engage in/to suffer/subjected to/to
accomplish/to take advantage of/to go with (of foods)/with regard
to/concerning
救 jiu4 to save/to assist/to rescue
旧 jiu4 old/opposite: new 新/former
救护车 jiu4 hu4 che1 ambulance
旧金山 Jiu4 jin1 shan1 San Francisco, California
救救 jiu4 jiu4 #
救命 jiu4 ming4 to save someone's life/(interjection) Help!/(interjection) Save me!

就是 jiu4 shi4
(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as
stated)/precisely/exactly/even/if/just like/in the same way as
就算 jiu4 suan4 granted that/even if
就要 jiu4 yao1/yao4 #
救援 jiu4 yuan2 to save/to support/to help/to assist
拘留 ju1 liu2 to detain (a prisoner)/to keep sb in custody
居民 ju1 min2 resident/inhabitant
居然 ju1 ran2 unexpectedly/to one's surprise/go so far as to
据 ju1/ju4 #
且 ju1/qie3 further/moreover
局 ju2 narrow; office/situation/classifier for games: match, set, round etc
局里 ju2 li3 #
局面 ju2 mian4 aspect/phase/situation
局长 ju2 zhang3 the chief of a bureau
举 ju3
to lift/to hold up/to cite/to enumerate/to act/to raise/to choose/to
elect
举办 ju3 ban4 to conduct/to hold
举动 ju3 dong4 act/action/activity/move/movement
沮丧 ju3 sang4 dispirited/dejected/be dismayed
举行 ju3 xing2 to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
具 ju4
tool/device/utensil/equipment/instrument/talent/ability/(classifier for
devices, coffins, dead bodies)/to possess/to have/to provide/to
furnish/to state
剧 ju4 drama/play/show/severe
聚 ju4 #
剧本 ju4 ben3 script for play, opera, movie etc/screenplay
巨大 ju4 da4 huge/immense/very large/tremendous/gigantic/enormous
聚会 ju4 hui4/kuai4 #
聚集 ju4 ji2 to assemble/to gather
拒绝 ju4 jue2 to refuse/to decline/to reject
俱乐部 ju4 le4 bu4 club (i.e. a group or organization)
距离 ju4 li2 distance/to be apart
巨人 ju4 ren2 giant
据说 ju4 shuo1 it is said that/reportedly
具体 ju4 ti3 concrete/definite/specific
具有 ju4 you3 to have/to possess
剧院 ju4 yuan4 theater
捐 juan1 to contribute/to donate/contribution/tax/to abandon
捐赠 juan1 zeng4 to donate/to give (away)
圈 juan1/juan4/quan1
to confine/enclose; pen (pig)/a fold; circle/ring/loop/classifier for loops,
orbits, laps of race etc
卷 juan3/juan4
coil/to roll; to roll (up)/to sweep up/to carry on; chapter/examination
paper

绝 jue2 to cut short/extinct/to disappear/to vanish/absolutely/by no means
决 jue2 breach (a dike)/to decide/to determine
绝不 jue2 bu4 in no way/not in the least/absolutely not
决不 jue2 bu4 not at all/simply (can) not
觉得 jue2 de5 to think/to feel
决定 jue2 ding4 to decide (to do something)/to determine/to resolve
绝对 jue2 dui4 absolute/unconditional
决赛 jue2 sai4 finals (of a competition)
角色 jue2 se4 persona/character in a novel; role
爵士 jue2 shi4 knight/Sir/Jazz
绝望 jue2 wang4 desperation/forlorn/hopeless
决心 jue2 xin1
determination/resolution/determined/firm and resolute/to make up
one's mind
军队 jun1 dui4 army troops
军官 jun1 guan1 (military) officer
军人 jun1 ren2 serviceman/soldier/military personnel
军事 jun1 shi4 military affairs/military matters/military
咖啡 ka1 fei1 coffee
卡车 ka3 che1 truck
卡尔 Ka3 er3 Karl (name)
卡拉 Ka3 la1 Kara (Togo)
卡片 ka3 pian4 card
卡住 ka3 zhu4 to jam
卡 ka3/qia3
to check/to stop/to block/card; customs station/to be choked/to
fasten/to clip/to wedge/checkpost
开 kai1
to open/to start/to turn on/to write out (a medical prescription)/to
operate (vehicle)/abbr. for 开尔文 degrees Kelvin
开场 kai1 chang3 begin/open/start
开车 kai1 che1 to drive a car
开除 kai1 chu2 to expel
开放 kai1 fang4
to lift (restrictions)/to open/to make open to the public/to lift a ban/to
unfurl/to bloom
开会 kai1 hui4 have a meeting/be at a meeting/to hold or attend a meeting
开火 kai1 huo3 to open fire
开口 kai1 kou3 open one's mouth/start to talk
开门 kai1 men2 open (the) door
开枪 kai1 qiang1 to open fire/to shoot a gun
开始 kai1 shi3 to begin/beginning/to start/initial
开头 kai1 tou2 beginning
开玩笑 kai1 wan2 xiao4 to play a joke/to make fun of/to joke
开心 kai1 xin1 to feel happy/to rejoice/to have a great time/to make fun of sb

凯 kai3 triumphant/victorious/chi (Greek letter Χχ)
凯蒂 kai3 di4 #
凯尔 kai3 er3 #
凯瑟琳 Kai3 se4 lin2 Catherine (name)/Katherine
凯特 kai3 te4 #
凯文 Kai3 wen2 Kevin (person name)
看 kan1/kan4
to look after/to take care of/to watch/to guard; to see/to look at/to
read/to watch/to consider/to regard as/to view as/to treat as/to
judge/(after repeated verb) to give it a try/depending on (how you're
judging)/to visit/to call on/to treat (an illness)/to look after/Watch out!
(for a danger)
看不到 kan1/kan4 bu2/bu4 dao4#
砍 kan3 to chop
看出 kan4 chu1 to make out/to see
看到 kan4 dao4 see (that)/note
看法 kan4 fa3 way of looking at a thing/view/opinion
看见 kan4 jian4 to see/to catch sight of
看看 kan4 kan5 to take a look at/to examine/to survey/(coll.) pretty soon
看来 kan4 lai5 apparently/it seems that/it appears/it seems
看起来 kan4 qi3 lai2
seemingly/apparently/looks as if/appear to be/gives the impression
that/seems on the face of it to be
看上去 kan4 shang5 qu5 it would appear/it seems (that)
康 kang1 healthy/peaceful/abundant/surname Kang/see also 糠
康复 kang1 fu4 to recuperate/to recover (health)/to convalesce
慷慨 kang1 kai3 vehement/fervent/generous/giving/liberal
抗 kang4 to resist/to fight/to defy/anti-
抗议 kang4 yi4 protest
烤 kao3 to roast/bake/to broil
考 kao3 to check/to verify/to test/to examine/to take an exam
考虑 kao3 lu:4 to think over/to consider/consideration
考试 kao3 shi4 exam
考验 kao3 yan4 to test/to put to the test
靠 kao4 depend upon/lean on/near/by/against/to support
靠近 kao4 jin4 near/approach
颗 ke1
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites
etc
科 ke1
branch of study/administrative section/division/field/branch/stage
directions/family (taxonomy)/rules/laws/to mete out (punishment)/to
levy (taxes etc)/to fine sb
棵 ke1 classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
科技 ke1 ji4 science and technology
科学 ke1 xue2 science/scientific knowledge/scientific
科学家 ke1 xue2 jia1 scientist

嗑 ke1/ke4 to crack (seeds) with front teeth
可爱 ke3 ai4 amiable/cute/lovely
可悲 ke3 bei1 lamentable
可卡因 ke3 ka3 yin1 cocaine
可靠 ke3 kao4 reliable
可乐 ke3 le4 cola
可怜 ke3 lian2 pitiful/pathetic
可能 ke3 neng2 might (happen)/possible/probable/possibility/probability
可能性 ke3 neng2 xing4 possibility/probability
可怕 ke3 pa4
awful/dreadful/fearful/formidable/frightful/scary/hideous/horrible/terri
ble/terribly
可是 ke3 shi4 but/however
渴望 ke3 wang4 desirous/wishful/desire
可恶 ke3 wu4 repulsive/vile/hateful/abominable
可惜 ke3 xi1 it is a pity/what a pity/(it's) too bad
可笑 ke3 xiao4 funny/ridiculous
可疑 ke3 yi2 suspicious/dubious
可以 ke3 yi3 can/may/possible/able to
可 ke3/ke4
can/may/able to/to approve/to permit/certain(ly)/to suit/(particle used
for emphasis)
可不 ke3/ke4 bu2/bu4 #
克 ke4
to be able to/to subdue/to restrain/to overcome/gram; to subdue/to
overthrow
课 ke4 subject/course/class/lesson/CL:堂[tang2]
客 ke4
customer/visitor/guest/guest web user (e.g. blogger 博客)/phonetic -ke,
-ge, -co, -key etc in loan words
刻 ke4
quarter (hour)/moment/to carve/to engrave/to
cut/oppressive/(classifier for short time intervals)
刻薄 ke4 bo2
unkind/harsh/cutting/mean/acrimony/to embezzle by making illegal
deductions
课程 ke4 cheng2 course/class
克服 ke4 fu2 (try to) overcome (hardships etc)/to conquer/to put up with/to endure
客户 ke4 hu4 client/customer
克莱尔ke4 lai2 er3 #
克里斯 ke4 li3 si1 #
克鲁 ke4 lu3 #
克罗伊 ke4 luo1/luo2/luo5 yi1#
客气 ke4 qi5 polite
客人 ke4 ren2 guest
客厅 ke4 ting1 drawing room (room for arriving guests)/living room
肯 ken3 #
肯定 ken3 ding4 #
空间 kong1 jian1 space

空军 kong1 jun1 air force
空气 kong1 qi4 air/atmosphere
空中 kong1 zhong1 in the sky/in the air
空 kong1/kong4 air/sky/empty/free time/in vain; emptied/leisure
恐怖 kong3 bu4 terrible/frightful/frightening/terror/terrorist
恐吓 kong3 he4 to threaten/to menace
恐慌 kong3 huang1 panic/panicky/panic-stricken
恐惧 kong3 ju4 fear/dread/phobia
恐怕 kong3 pa4 fear/to dread/I'm afraid that.../perhaps/maybe
控 kong4 to accuse/to charge/to control/to sue
控告 kong4 gao4 accuse/charge/sue
控制 kong4 zhi4 control/to exercise control over/to contain
口 kou3
mouth/(classifier for things with mouths such as people, domestic
animals, cannons, wells etc)
口袋 kou3 dai4 a bag/a pocket
口径 kou3 jing4 caliber/diameter of opening
口味 kou3 wei4 a person's preferences/tastes (in food)/flavor
口香糖 kou3 xiang1 tang2 chewing gum
口音 kou3 yin1 accent
扣 kou4 10 percent/button/detain; button
哭 ku1 to cry/to weep
哭泣 ku1 qi4 to weep
苦 ku3 bitter/hardship/pain/to suffer/painstaking
酷 ku4 ruthless/strong (as of wine)/(slang loan from English) cool, great
库 ku4 warehouse/storehouse
裤 ku4 drawers/trousers/pants
裤子 ku4 zi5 trousers/pants
夸张 kua1 zhang1 to exaggerate/vaunted/overstated/exaggerated
垮 kua3 collapse
快 kuai4
rapid/quick/speed/rate/soon/shortly/quick-witted/clever/sharp (of
knives or wits)/forthright/plain-
spoken/gratified/pleased/pleasant/police runner (in former times,
official to arrest criminals)
块 kuai4
lump (of earth)/chunk/piece/classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap
etc/colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong
Kong or US dollar etc), usually as XJ?|块钱
快乐 kuai4 le4 happy/merry
快速 kuai4 su4 fast/high-speed/rapid
快要 kuai4 yao4 almost; nearly; almost all
宽 kuan1 lenient/wide/broad
宽恕 kuan1 shu4 forgive/forgiveness
款 kuan3 section/paragraph/funds

狂 kuang2 conceited/mad
狂欢 kuang2 huan1 party/carousal/hilarity/merriment/whoopee/to carouse
狂热 kuang2 re4 craze
困 kun4 a bunch/tie together; sleepy/doze off; to trap/distress/sleepy/doze off
困惑 kun4 huo4 bewilder/perplexity/confused
困境 kun4 jing4 predicament/in difficulty
困难 kun4 nan5 (financial etc) difficulty/problem/issue
困扰 kun4 rao3 perplex/cause complications
拉丁 la1 ding1
Latin/(in former times) to press-gang/to kidnap and force people into
service
垃圾 la1 ji1 trash
啦啦队la1 la1 dui4 support team/cheering squad/cheerleader
拉斯维加斯La1 si1 Wei2 jia1 si1 Las Vegas, Nevada
拉 la1/la2/la3/la4 to pull/to play (string instruments)/to drag/to draw
拉拉 la1/la2/la3/la4 la1/la2/la3/la4#
啦 la1/la5
(onomat.)/(phonetic); (an auxiliary word performing the grammatical
functions of mood)/fusion of le + a/follows after 比如 listed examples
辣 la4 hot (spicy)/pungent
蜡烛 la4 zhu2 candle
落 la4/lao4/luo1/luo4 leave behind; alight/to fall/to drop (behind)
蓝 la5/lan2 blue/cabbage/surname Lan
来 lai2 to come/to arrive/to come round/ever since/next
莱 lai2
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc)/Chenopodium
album
来不及 lai2 bu5 ji2 there's not enough time (to do sth)/it's too late (to do sth)
来到 lai2 dao4 to come/to arrive
来得及 lai2 de5 ji2 there's still time/able to do sth in time
来电 lai2 dian4 #
来临 lai2 lin2 to approach/to come closer
来说 lai2 shuo1
to have one's say/to interpret a topic (from a certain point of view)/now
we come to talk about it, ...
来源 lai2 yuan2 source (of information etc)/origin
来着 lai2 zhe5 auxiliary showing sth happened in the past
来自 lai2 zi4 to come from (a place)/From: (in email header)
兰 lan2
orchid (兰花 Cymbidium goeringii)/fragrant thoroughwort (兰草
Eupatorium fortunei)/lily magnolia (木兰)/surname Lan
篮球 lan2 qiu2 basketball
蓝色 lan2 se4 blue
烂 lan4
soft/mushy/well-cooked and soft/to rot/to decompose/rotten/worn
out/chaotic/messy/utterly/thoroughly
狼 lang2 wolf

郎 lang2/lang4
(arch.) minister/official/noun prefix denoting function or status/a
youth/surname Lang
朗 lang3 clear/bright
浪 lang4 wave/breaker/unrestrained/dissipated
浪费 lang4 fei4 to waste/to squander
浪漫 lang4 man4 romantic
牢 lao2 firm/fast
牢房 lao2 fang2 jail cell/prison cell
老 lao3
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the
order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or
familiarity/old (of people)/venerable (person)/experienced/of long
standing/always/all the time/of the past/very/outdated/(of meat etc)
tough
佬 lao3 male/man (Cantonese)
老板 lao3 ban3 boss/business proprietor
老大 lao3 da4
old age/very/eldest child in a family/leader of a group/boss/captain of a
boat/leader of a criminal gang
老弟 lao3 di4 #
老爹 lao3 die1 #
老公 lao3 gong5 (informal) husband; (coll.) eunuch/see also 老公 lao3 gong1
老家伙 lao3 jia1/jia5/jie5 huo3#
老朋友 lao3 peng2 you5 old friend
老婆 lao3 po2 (informal) wife
老人 lao3 ren2 old people/the aged
老师 lao3 shi1 teacher
老实 lao3 shi2 honest/sincere/open and guileless/naive
老是 lao3 shi5 always
老鼠 lao3 shu3 rat/mouse
老天 lao3 tian1 God/Heavens
老天爷Lao3 tian1 ye2 God/Heavens
老头 lao3 tou2 old fellow (disrespectful)
老兄 lao3 xiong1 'old chap' (form of address between male friends)
乐观 le4 guan1 optimistic/hopeful
乐趣 le4 qu4 delight/pleasure/joy
勒索 le4 suo3 to blackmail/to extort
乐意 le4 yi4 happy to do sth/content/satisfied
勒 le4/lei1 rein in; to choke/to throttle/to strangle
乐 le4/yue4 #
了 le5/liao3/liao4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)/(completed action
marker); clear; to know/to understand; to look afar from a high place
雷 lei2 surname Lei/thunder
累 lei2/lei3/lei4 cumbersome; accumulate; implicate/tired
垒 lei3 rampart/base (in baseball)

蕾 lei3 bud
类 lei4 kind/type/class/category/similar/like/to resemble
类似 lei4 si4 similar/analogous
类型 lei4 xing2 type
冷 leng3 cold
冷静 leng3 jing4 calm/cool-headed
离 li2 to leave/to depart/to go away/from
离婚 li2 hun1 to divorce/divorced from (one's spouse)
离家 li2 jia1/jia5/jie5 #
离开 li2 kai1 to depart/to leave
丽 li2/li4 Korea; beautiful
里 li3
Chinese mile (approx. 0.5 km)/neighborhood/hometown/surname Li;
inside/internal/interior/lining/village/basic unit of city administration;
inside/internal/interior/lining/village/basic unit of city administration
理 li3
texture/grain (of wood)/inner essence/intrinsic
order/reason/logic/truth/science/natural science (esp. physics)/to
manage/to pay attention to/to run (affairs)/to handle/to put in order/to
tidy up
礼 li3 gift/propriety/rite
李 li3 plum/surname Li
礼拜 li3 bai4 week/religious service/worship
礼服 li3 fu2 full dress
理解 li3 jie3 to comprehend/understanding/comprehension/to understand
理论 li3 lun4 theory
礼貌 li3 mao4 courtesy/manners
里面 li3 mian4 #
礼物 li3 wu4 gift/present
理想 li3 xiang3 ideal
理由 li3 you2 reason/grounds/justification
理智 li3 zhi4 reason/intellect/rationality
力 li4 power/force/strength
利 li4 advantage/benefit/profit/sharp
立 li4 set up/to stand
立场 li4 chang3 position/standpoint
厉害 li4 hai5
difficult to deal with/difficult to
endure/ferocious/radical/serious/terrible/tremendous/violent
立即 li4 ji2 immediately
立刻 li4 ke4 forthwith/immediate/prompt/promptly/straightway/thereupon/at once
莉莉 li4 li4 #
力量 li4 liang5 power/force/strength
力气 li4 qi5 strength

例如 li4 ru2 for example/for instance/such as
历史 li4 shi3 history
例外 li4 wai4 (make an) exception
利益 li4 yi4 benefit/(in sb's) interest
利用 li4 yong4 exploit/make use of/to use/to take advantage of/to utilize
例子 li4 zi5 case/(for) instance/example
俩 lia3/liang3 two (equivalent to 两个)/both (of us)/some; craft/cunning
连 lian2 surname Lian/even/as/join/to link/successively
联邦 lian2 bang1 #
联合 lian2 he2 to combine/to join/unite/alliance
连环 lian2 huan2 #
连接 lian2 jie1 #
联络 lian2 luo4 communication/to get in touch with/to contact/connection (math.)
联盟 lian2 meng2 alliance/union/coalition
联系 lian2 xi4
connection/contact/relation/in touch with/to integrate/to link/to touch;
connection/contact/relation/in touch with/to integrate/to link/to touch
连续 lian2 xu4 continuous/in a row/consecutive
脸 lian3 face
脸上 lian3 shang3/shang4 #
练 lian4 to practice/to train/to drill/to perfect (one's skill)/exercise
恋 lian4 to feel attached to/long for/love
链 lian4 chain/lead or tin ore
恋爱 lian4 ai4 (romantic) love/in love/to have an affair
练习 lian4 xi2 exercise/drill/practice
良好 liang2 hao3 good/favorable/well/fine
良心 liang2 xin1 conscience
量 liang2/liang4 to measure; capacity/quantity/amount/to estimate
凉 liang2/liang4
cool/cold/the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang
前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-
439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421)
两 liang3 both/two/ounce/some/a few/tael
两者 liang3 zhe3 both sides
辆 liang4 classifier for vehicles
亮 liang4 light/bright
聊 liao2 to chat/to have a chat/to kill time
疗法 liao2 fa3 therapy/treatment
聊聊 liao2 liao2 #
聊天 liao2 tian1 to chat/to gossip
了不起 liao3 bu5 qi3 amazing/terrific/extraordinary
了结 liao3 jie2 to settle/to finish/to conclude/to wind up

了解 liao3 jie3 to understand/to realize/to find out
料 liao4 material/stuff/grain/feed/to expect/to anticipate/to guess
列 lie4 to arrange/to line up/row/file/series
列车 lie4 che1 train (railway term)
裂缝 lie4 feng4 crack/crevice
林 lin2 woods/forest/surname Lin
琳达 lin2 da2 #
邻居 lin2 ju1 neighbor/next door
临时 lin2 shi2 at the instant sth happens/temporary/interim/ad hoc
灵 ling2 alert/departed soul/efficacious/quick/effective/intelligence
零 ling2 remnant/zero
凌晨 ling2 chen2 early in the morning
灵感 ling2 gan3 inspiration/insight/a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor
灵魂 ling2 hun2 soul/spirit
令 ling2/ling3/ling4 make or cause to be/order/command/decree/honorable
领 ling3 neck/collar/to lead/to receive
领带 ling3 dai4 neck tie
领导 ling3 dao3 lead/leading/to lead/leadership/leader
领先 ling3 xian1 to lead/to be in front
领袖 ling3 xiu4 leader
领养 ling3 yang3 adoption/to adopt a child
领域 ling3 yu4 domain/sphere/field/territory/area
另 ling4 other/another/separate/separately
另外 ling4 wai4 additional/in addition/besides/separate/other/moreover/furthermore
溜 liu1/liu4 to slip away/to escape in stealth/to skate
留 liu2 leave (message)/to retain/to stay/to remain/to keep/to preserve
流 liu2 to flow/to spread/to circulate/to move
流放 liu2 fang4 banishment/exile
留给 liu2 gei3 to set aside for
流氓 liu2 mang2 rogue/hoodlum/gangster/immoral behavior
留下 liu2 xia4 to leave behind/to stay behind/to remain
留下来 liu2 xia4 lai2 #
流行 liu2 xing2
to spread/to rage (of contagious
disease)/popular/fashionable/prevalent/(math.) manifold
流血 liu2 xue4 to bleed/to shed blood
留言 liu2 yan2 to leave one's comments/to leave a message
留意 liu2 yi4 to take care/mindful
六 liu4/lu4 six/6
隆 long1/long2 sound of drums; grand/intense/prosperous/start (a fire)
龙 long2 dragon/imperial/surname Long

弄 long4/nong4
lane/alley; to do/to manage/to handle/to play with/to fool with/to mess
with/to fix/to toy with
楼 lou2 house with more than 1 story/storied building/floor
楼上 lou2 shang4 upstairs
楼梯 lou2 ti1 stair/staircase
楼下 lou2 xia4 downstairs
喽 lou2/lou5 subordinates in gang of bandits; (final particle equivalent to 了)
漏 lou4 funnel/to leak/to let out/to divulge
露 lou4/lu4
to show/to reveal/to betray/to expose; dew/syrup/nectar/outdoors (not
under cover)/to show/to reveal/to betray/to expose
旅 lu:3 trip/travel
旅程 lu:3 cheng2 journey/trip
旅馆 lu:3 guan3 hotel/CL:家[jia1]
旅途 lu:3 tu2 journey/trip
旅行 lu:3 xing2 travel
旅游 lu:3 you2 trip/journey/tourism/travel/tour
绿色 lu:4 se4 green
律师 lu:4 shi1 lawyer
率 lu:4/shuai4
rate/frequency; to lead/to
command/rash/hasty/frank/straightforward/generally/usually
卢 lu2 surname Lu/abbr. for Luxembourg 卢森堡
鲁 lu3
crass/place name/abbr. for Shandong 山gq|山东 province in east
China/surname Lu
路 lu4 road/path/way/surname Lu
录 lu4 diary/record/to hit/to copy/surname Lu
鹿 lu4 deer
路过 lu4 guo4 pass by or through
路上 lu4 shang5 on the road/on a journey/road surface
路线 lu4 xian4 itinerary/route/political line (e.g. right revisionist road)
录像 lu4 xiang4 video tape/video recording
录像带 lu4 xiang4 dai4 video cassette
录音 lu4 yin1 (sound) recording
绿 lu4/lu:4 green
乱 luan4 in confusion/disorderly
乱七八糟 luan4 qi1 ba1 zao1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess/at sixes and sevens
轮 lun2
wheel/disk/ring/steamship/to take turns/to rotate/by turn/classifier for
big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn
伦 lun2 human relationship/order/coherence
伦敦 Lun2 dun1 London, capital of United Kingdom
轮胎 lun2 tai1 tire/pneumatic tire
轮椅 lun2 yi3 wheelchair

论文 lun4 wen2 paper/treatise/thesis
罗 luo1/luo2/luo5
fussy/talkative; gauze/to collect/to gather/to catch/to shift/surname
Luo; subordinate in a gang of bandits
萝 luo2 radish
罗伯特 Luo2 bo2 te4 Robert (name)
罗杰 Luo2 jie2 Roger
罗马 Luo2 ma3 Rome, capital of Italy
裸 luo3 naked
裸体 luo3 ti3 naked
洛 luo4
surname Luo/old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and
Anhui)
落后 luo4 hou4 to fall behind/to lag (in technology etc)/backward/to retrogress
洛杉矶Luo4 shan1 ji1 Los Angeles, California
妈 ma1 ma/mamma
妈妈 ma1 ma5 mama/mommy/mother
摩 ma1/mo2 rub
抹 ma1/mo3/mo4
to smear/to wipe/to erase/(classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc);
girdle/brassiere/to plaster
麻烦 ma2 fan5 trouble/troublesome
吗 ma2/ma3/ma5 morphine; (question tag)
马 ma3
horse/horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess/knight in Western chess;
surname Ma/abbr. for Malaysia 马来西亚
码 ma3 a weight/number/yard (unit of length equal to 0.914 m.)/pile/stack
玛 ma3 agate/cornelian
马车 ma3 che1 cart/chariot/carriage/buggy
马丁 Ma3 ding1 Martin (name)
马克 Ma3 ke4 Mark (name)
玛丽 Ma3 li4 Mary/Mali (a person's name)
马上 ma3 shang4 at once/right away/immediately/lit. on horseback/mounted
马桶 ma3 tong3 chamber pot/wooden pan used as toilet
码头 ma3 tou2 dock/pier/wharf
马戏团 ma3 xi4 tuan2 circus
骂 ma4 to scold/abuse
嘛 ma5 (a modal particle)
么 ma5/me5
interrogative final particle; interrogative final particle; suffix, used to
form interrogative 什么, what?, indefinite 这么 thus etc
埋 mai2/man2 bury; to blame
买 mai3 buy
买卖 mai3 mai4 buying and selling/business dealings/transactions
卖 mai4 to sell
麦 mai4 wheat/barley/oats/surname Mai/transliteration of Mac-
迈阿密 Mai4 a1 mi4 Miami (Florida)

麦克 mai4 ke4 Mike (a person's name)
迈克 mai4 ke4 #
迈克尔 mai4 ke4 er3 #
麦克斯 mai4 ke4 si1 #
蛮 man2 barbarian/bullying/very/quite/rough/reckless
瞒 man2 conceal from
满 man3
full/filled/packed/fully/completely/quite/to reach the limit/to
satisfy/satisfied/contented/to fill/abbr. for Manchurian
满意 man3 yi4 satisfied/pleased/to one's satisfaction
满足 man3 zu2 to satisfy/to meet (the needs of)
慢 man4 slow
曼 man4 handsome/large/long
漫长 man4 chang2 very long/endless
曼哈顿Man4 ha1 dun4 Manhattan island/Manhattan borough of New York City
漫画 man4 hua4 caricature/cartoon/Japanese manga
慢慢 man4 man4 slowly
慢慢来 man4 man4 lai2 #
忙 mang2 busy
猫 mao1/mao2 cat
毛 mao2
hair/fur/pore/dime (classifier for jiao 角, one-tenth of yuan)/surname
Mao
毛病 mao2 bing4 fault/defect/shortcomings
矛盾 mao2 dun4 contradictory/contradiction
毛巾 mao2 jin1 towel
帽 mao4 hat/cap
冒犯 mao4 fan4 to offend
冒险 mao4 xian3 to take risks/to take chances/foray/adventure
帽子 mao4 zi5 hat/cap
冒 mao4/mo4 to emit/to give off/to send out (or up, forth)/brave/bold/to cover
枚 mei2
classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets,
satellites etc
没法 mei2 fa3 at a loss/unable to do anything about it/to have no choice
没关系 mei2 guan1 xi5 it doesn't matter
玫瑰 mei2 gui1 rose flower
没什么 mei2 shen2 me5 nothing/it doesn't matter/it's nothing/never mind
没事 mei2 shi4
it's not important/it's nothing/never mind/to have nothing to do/to be
free
没事儿 mei2 shi4 r5
to have spare time/free from work/it's not important/it's nothing/never
mind
媒体 mei2 ti3 (news) media
没用 mei2 yong4 useless
没有 mei2 you3 haven't/hasn't/doesn't exist/to not have/to not be

没 mei2/mo4
(negative prefix for verbs)/have not/not; drowned/to end/to die/to
inundate
没门 mei2/mo4 men2 #
没准 mei2/mo4 zhun3 #
每 mei3 each/every
美 mei3 America/beautiful
每次 mei3 ci4 every time
每当 mei3 dang1 whenever/every time
每个 mei3 ge3/ge4 #
美国 Mei3 guo2 America/American/United States of America/USA
美好 mei3 hao3 happy/fine/OK
美金 Mei3 jin1 US dollar
美丽 mei3 li4 beautiful
美妙 mei3 miao4 beautiful/wonderful/splendid
每年 mei3 nian2 every year/each year/yearly
美女 mei3 nu:3 beautiful woman
每天 mei3 tian1 every day/everyday
每晚 mei3 wan3 #
美味 mei3 wei4 delicious/relish
美元 Mei3 yuan2 American dollar/US dollar
每周 mei3 zhou1 every week
妹 mei4 younger sister
魅力 mei4 li4 charm/fascination/glamor/charisma
妹妹 mei4 mei5 younger sister/fig. younger woman (esp. girl friend or rival)
谜 mei4/mi2 riddle
门 men2 gate/door/CL:扇[shan4]/gateway/doorway
门口 men2 kou3 doorway/gate
们 men5 plural marker for pronouns and a small number of animate nouns
蒙 meng1/meng2/meng3
(knocked) unconscious/to deceive/to cheat/to hoodwink; dim
sighted/ignorant; surname Meng; Mongolia/cover
猛 meng3 ferocious/suddenly/fierce/violent/abrupt
梦 meng4 to dream
梦想 meng4 xiang3 to dream of/to hope in vain
咪 mi1 sound to call cat
迷 mi2 bewilder/crazy about/fan/enthusiast/lost/confused
弥补 mi2 bu3 to complement/to make up for a deficiency
迷路 mi2 lu4 to lose the way/lost/labyrinth/labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
迷人 mi2 ren2 fascinating/enchanting/charming/tempting
迷失 mi2 shi1 lost/not knowing one's location
米 mi3 meter (classifier)/rice/surname Mi
密 mi4 secret/confidential/close/thick/dense

蜜蜂 mi4 feng1 bee/honeybee
密码 mi4 ma3 code/secret code/password/pin number
秘密 mi4 mi4 secret
秘书 mi4 shu1 secretary
蜜月 mi4 yue4 honeymoon
免 mian3 to exempt/to remove/to avoid/to excuse
免费 mian3 fei4 free (of charge)
面 mian4
fade/side/surface/aspect/top/face/classifier for flat surfaces such as
drums, mirrors, flags etc; flour/noodles
面包 mian4 bao1 bread
面对 mian4 dui4 to confront/to face
面具 mian4 ju4 mask
面临 mian4 lin2 be faced with (a problem)/to be confronted with
面前 mian4 qian2 in front of/facing/presence
面试 mian4 shi4 to interview/to audition/interview/audition
描述 miao2 shu4 to describe
瞄准 miao2 zhun3 to aim (a weapon at a target)/fig. to aim (for a higher standard)
秒 miao3
second (of time)/unit of angle or arc equivalent to one sixtieth of a
degree
妙 miao4 clever/wonderful
灭 mie4 to extinguish/to overthrow (a former regime)
民 min2 the people/nationality/citizen
民主 min2 zhu3 democracy
敏感 min3 gan3 sensitive/susceptible/politically sensitive (pretext for censorship)
名 ming2
name/noun (part of speech)/place (e.g. among
winners)/famous/classifier for people
明 ming2
clear/bright/to understand/next/the Ming dynasty (1368-
1644)/surname Ming
明白 ming2 bai5 clear/obvious/unequivocal/to understand/to realize
名单 ming2 dan1 list (of names)
名叫 ming2 jiao4 called/named
明明 ming2 ming2 obviously/plainly/undoubtedly
明年 ming2 nian2 next year
名片 ming2 pian4 (business) card
明确 ming2 que4 clear-cut/definite/explicit/to clarify/to specify/to make definite
名人 ming2 ren2 personage/celebrity
名声 ming2 sheng1 reputation of a person or thing
明天 ming2 tian1 tomorrow
明晚 ming2 wan3 #
明显 ming2 xian3 clear/distinct/obvious
明星 ming2 xing1 star/celebrity
名义 ming2 yi4 titular/(do something) in sb's name

明早 ming2 zao3 #
明智 ming2 zhi4 sensible/wise/judicious/sagacious
名字 ming2 zi5 name (of a person or thing)
命 ming4 life/fate/order
命令 ming4 ling4 order/command
命名 ming4 ming2 to give a name to/to dub/to christen/to designate/named after/naming
命运 ming4 yun4 fate/destiny
摸 mo1/mo2
to feel with the hand/to touch/to stroke/to grope/to feel (one's pulse);
imitate/copy
魔 mo2 devil
魔法 mo2 fa3 enchantment/magic
模仿 mo2 fang3 to imitate/to copy/to emulate/model
魔鬼 mo2 gui3 devil
魔力 mo2 li4 magic/magic power
模式 mo2 shi4 mode/method
魔术 mo2 shu4 magic
模特 mo2 te4 (fashion) model
摩托车mo2 tuo1 che1 motorbike/motorcycle
模型 mo2 xing2 model/mould/matrix/pattern
磨 mo2/mo4 to sharpen/to delay/hardship/to grind/to rub; grindstone
模 mo2/mu2 imitate/model/norm/pattern
无 mo2/wu2 -less/not to have/no/none/not/to lack/un-
无论是 mo2/wu2 lun2/lun4 shi4#
莫 mo4 do not/there is none who; surname Mo
末日 Mo4 ri4 doomsday/Judgment day (in Christian mythology)
陌生 mo4 sheng1 strange/unfamiliar
陌生人 mo4 sheng1 ren2 a stranger
墨西哥 Mo4 xi1 ge1 Mexico
万 mo4/wan4 surname Wan/ten thousand/a great number
谋杀 mou2 sha1 murder/premeditated murder
谋杀案 mou2 sha1 an4 murder case
某 mou3 some/a certain/sb or sth indefinite/such-and-such
某个 mou3 ge3/ge4 #
某人 mou3 ren2
someone/a certain person/some people/I (self-address after one's
surname)
某些 mou3 xie1 some/certain (things)
某种 mou3 zhong3 some kind (of)
母 mu3 female/mother
母亲 mu3 qin1 mother/also pr. with light tone [mu3 qin5]
木 mu4 tree/wood
幕 mu4 stage curtain/tent/by extension, act of a play

目标 mu4 biao1 target/goal/objective
目的 mu4 di4 purpose/aim/goal/target/objective
幕后 mu4 hou4 behind the scenes
目击 mu4 ji1 to see with one's own eyes/to witness
目击者 mu4 ji1 zhe3 eyewitness
目前 mu4 qian2 at the present time/currently
牧师 mu4 shi1 chaplain/churchman/clergyman/parson/pastor/priest/rector
木头 mu4 tou5 wood/timber/log/fig. slow-witted/wooden (headed)
嗯 n2/n3/n4/ng2/ng3/ng4
(a groaning sound); (nonverbal grunt as interjection)/OK, yeah/what?;
interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement
唔 n2/n3/ng2/ng3/wu2 (cantonese) negation (of a verb)
那 na1/na3/na4/nei4
variant of 哪/how/which; that/those/commonly pr. nei4 before a
classifier, esp. in Beijing
南 na1/nan2 south
拿 na2 to hold/to seize/to catch/to apprehend/to take
拿走 na2 zou3 to take away
哪个 na3 ge5 which/who
哪里 na3 li3
where?/somewhere/anywhere/wherever/nowhere (negative answer to
question)/humble expression denying compliment;
where?/somewhere/anywhere/wherever/nowhere (negative answer to
question)/humble expression denying compliment/also written 哪里
哪怕 na3 pa4 even/even if/even though/no matter how
哪儿 na3 r5 where?/wherever/anywhere
哪些 na3 xie1 which/who/what
哪 na3/na5/nai3/ne2/nei3
how/which; (particle equivalent to 啊 after noun ending in -n); which?
(interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
纳 na4
surname Na; to receive/to accept/to enjoy/to bring into/to pay (tax
etc)/to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing
那边 na4 bian5 yonder
纳粹 na4 cui4 Nazi
那里 na4 li5 there/that place
那么 na4 me5 like that/in that way/or so/so/so very much/about/in that case
那儿 na4 r5 there
那时 na4 shi2 then/at that time/in those days
那天 na4 tian1 that day/the other day
那些 na4 xie1 those
那样 na4 yang4 that kind/that sort
那种 na4 zhong3 that/that kind of/that sort of/that type of
呐 na4/na5/ne4/ne5
battle cry; (final particle expressing question, affirmation or
continuation)
呢 na4/ne4/ne5/ni2 (question particle for subjects already mentioned); woolen material

奶 nai3 breast/lady/milk
奶酪 nai3 lao4 cheese
奶奶 nai3 nai5 (informal) father's mother; paternal grandmother
奶油 nai3 you2 cream
奈 nai4 how can one help
耐心 nai4 xin1 patient (adjective)
男 nan2
male/Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 [wu3 deng3 jue2
wei4]
难道 nan2 dao4 don't tell me .../could it be that...?
南方 nan2 fang1 south/the southern part of the country/the South
难怪 nan2 guai4 (it's) no wonder (that...)/(it's) not surprising (that)
难过 nan2 guo4 feel sorry/be grieved
男孩 nan2 hai2 boy
难堪 nan2 kan1 hard to take/embarrassing
男朋友 nan2 peng2 you5 male friend/boyfriend
男人 nan2 ren2 a man/a male/men
男生 nan2 sheng1 male student (usually primary school)/male schoolchild
难受 nan2 shou4 to feel unwell/to suffer pain/to be difficult to bear
男性 nan2 xing4 a male
难以 nan2 yi3 hard to (predict, imagine etc)
难以置信 nan2 yi3 zhi4 xin4 incredible
男友 nan2 you3 #
男子 nan2 zi3 a man/a male
难 nan2/nan4
difficult (to...)/problem/difficulty/difficult/not good; disaster/distress/to
scold
脑 nao3 brain
脑袋 nao3 dai4 head/skull/brains/mental capability
脑海 nao3 hai3 the mind/the brain
脑子 nao3 zi5 brains/mind
闹 nao4
noisy/cacophonous/to make noise/to disturb/to vent (feelings)/to fall
ill/to have an attack (of sickness)/to go in (for some activity)/to joke
内 nei4 inside/inner/internal/within/interior
内部 nei4 bu4 interior/inside (part, section)/internal
那个 nei4 ge4 that one; that one
内疚 nei4 jiu4 a guilty conscience/to feel a twinge of guilt
内裤 nei4 ku4 underpants/panties/briefs
内容 nei4 rong2 content/substance/details
内心 nei4 xin1 heart/innermost being
内衣 nei4 yi1 undergarment/underwear
能 neng2 can/may/capable/energy/able/surname Neng
能否 neng2 fou3 whether or not/can it or can't it/is it possible?
能够 neng2 gou4 be capable of/can/is able

能力 neng2 li4 capability/capable/able/ability
能量 neng2 liang4 energy/capabilities
能源 neng2 yuan2 energy/power source
妮 ni1 girl/phonetic "ni" (in girl's name)
尼 ni2 Buddhist nun/(often used in phonetic spellings)
尼克 Ni2 ke4 Nick (name)
泥 ni2/ni4 mud/paste/pulp; restrained
你 ni3 you (informal, as opposed to polite 您[nin2])
你好 ni3 hao3 hello
你家 ni3 jia1/jia5/jie5 #
你们 ni3 men5 you (plural)
尿 ni4/niao4/sui1 to urinate/urine; (less common reading) to urinate/urine
年 nian2 year
年代 nian2 dai4 a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)/age/era/period
年度 nian2 du4 year (e.g. school year, fiscal year)
年级 nian2 ji2 grade
年纪 nian2 ji4 age
年龄 nian2 ling2 (a person's) age
年轻 nian2 qing1 young
年轻人 nian2 qing1 ren2 young people
粘 nian2/zhan1 sticky; to stick/paste
念 nian4
to read/to study (a degree course)/to read aloud/twenty (banker's anti-
fraud numeral corresponding to 廿)
娘 niang2 mother/troubled; mother/young lady
您 nin2 you (polite, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])
宁愿 ning4 yuan4 would rather/better
妞 niu1 little girl
牛 niu2 ox/cow/bull
牛奶 niu2 nai3 cow's milk
牛排 niu2 pai2 steak
牛肉 niu2 rou4 beef
牛仔 niu2 zai3 cowboy
扭 niu3 to turn/to twist/to grab/to wring
纽约 Niu3 Yue1 New York
农场 nong2 chang3 farm
女 nu:3 female/woman/daughter
女儿 nu:3 er2 daughter
女孩 nu:3 hai2 girl/lass
女孩子 nu:3 hai2 zi3 girl
女郎 nu:3 lang2/lang4 #
女朋友 nu:3 peng2 you5 female friend/girlfriend
女人 nu:3 ren2 woman

女神 nu:3 shen2 goddess/nymph
女生 nu:3 sheng1 female students
女士 nu:3 shi4 lady/madam
女王 nu:3 wang2 queen
女巫 nu:3 wu1 witch
女性 nu:3 xing4 the female sex/a woman
女友 nu:3 you3 a girlfriend
女子 nu:3 zi3 woman/female
虐待 nu:e4 dai4 mistreatment; mistreatment
奴隶 nu2 li4 slave
努力 nu3 li4 great effort/to strive/to try hard
暖 nuan3 warm
挪 nuo2 to shift/to move
诺 nuo4 promise/consent
懦夫 nuo4 fu1 coward
噢 o1 Oh!
喔 o1/wo1 I see/oh; (particle) marker of surprise, sudden realization, reminder
欧 ou1 Europe
欧洲 Ou1 zhou1 Europe/European
区 ou1/qu1 surname Ou; area/region/district/small/distinguish
偶 ou3 accidental/image/pair/mate
偶尔 ou3 er3 occasionally/once in a while/sometimes
偶然 ou3 ran2 incidentally/occasional/occasionally/by chance/randomly
呕吐 ou3 tu4 to vomit
偶像 ou3 xiang4 idol
趴 pa1 to lie on one's stomach
趴下 pa1 xia4 #
派 pa1/pai4
clique/school/group/faction/to dispatch/to send/to assign/to appoint/pi
(Greek letter π)/the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926
爬 pa2 to crawl/to climb
怕 pa4 to be afraid/to fear
帕 pa4
to wrap/kerchief/handkerchief/headscarf/(used as phonetic, e.g.
帕米尔 Pamir)
拍 pai1 to pat/to clap/to slap/fly-swatter/racket 拍子/to take (picture)/to shoot
拍摄 pai1 she4 to film/to shoot (a picture)
拍照 pai1 zhao4 to take a picture
牌 pai2 mahjong tile/playing card/game pieces/signboard/plate/tablet/medal
排除 pai2 chu2 to eliminate/to get rid of/to remove
排队 pai2 dui4 to line up
排练 pai2 lian4 to rehearse/rehearsal

牌子 pai2 zi5 sign/trademark
排 pai2/pai3
to eliminate/to get rid of/to discharge/to drain/platoon/line up; row of
logs or boards
派对 pai4 dui4 party
盘 pan2
dish/tray/to build/to check/to examine/to transfer/classifier for food:
dish, helping/to coil/classifier for coils of wire/tectonic plate
盘子 pan2 zi5 tray/plate/dish
胖 pan2/pang4 fat/plump
判 pan4 to judge/to sentence/to discriminate/to discern
判断 pan4 duan4 to decide/to determine
判决 pan4 jue2 judgment (by a court of law)
叛徒 pan4 tu2 traitor/turncoat/rebel/renegade/insurgent
旁 pang2
beside/one side/other/side/self/the right-hand side of split Chinese
character, often the phonetic
旁边 pang2 bian1 lateral/side/to the side/beside
胖子 pang4 zi5 fat person/fatty
抛 pao1 to throw/to toss/to fling/to cast/to abandon
抛弃 pao1 qi4 discard/dump/abandon
泡 pao1/pao4
puffed/swollen/spongy/small lake (esp. in place names)/classifier for
urine or feces; bubble/foam/blister (i.e. skin bubble)/to soak/to steep/to
infuse/to dawdle/to shilly-shally/to hang about/to pick up (a girl)/to get
off with (a sexual partner)
跑 pao2/pao3 to run/to escape/race
陪 pei2 to accompany/to keep sb company
陪审团 pei2 shen3 tuan2 jury
配 pei4
to join/to fit/to mate/to mix/to match/to deserve/to make up (a
prescription)
配合 pei4 he2
matching/fitting in with/compatible with/to correspond/to fit/to
conform to/rapport/to coordinate with/to act in concert with/to
cooperate/to become man and wife/to combine parts of machine
喷 pen1/pen4 to puff/to spout/to spray/to spurt; fragrant/sneeze
朋友 peng2 you5 friend
碰 peng4 to touch/to meet with/to bump
碰到 peng4 dao4 to come across/to run into/to meet/to hit
碰巧 peng4 qiao3 by chance/by coincidence/to happen to
批 pi1
to ascertain/to act on/to criticize/to pass on/classifier for batches, lots,
military flights/tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)
披 pi1 scatter/separate/to open/to unroll/to spread out
批评 pi1 ping2 to criticize/criticism
批准 pi1 zhun3 to approve/to ratify
皮 pi2 leather/skin/fur/surname Pi

皮肤 pi2 fu1 skin
啤酒 pi2 jiu3 beer
脾气 pi2 qi4 temperament/disposition/temper
皮特 pi2 te4 #
匹配 pi3 pei4 to match
匹 pi3/ya3
mate/one of a pair; ordinary person/classifier for horses, mules
etc/classifier for cloth: bolt
屁 pi4 to break wind/to fart
屁股 pi4 gu5 buttocks/bottom/arse/end/butt
篇 pian1 sheet/piece of writing/classifier for written items: chapter, article
偏 pian1
one-sided/to lean/to slant/prejudiced/inclined to one side/the left-hand
side of split Chinese character, often the key or radical
片子 pian1 zi5 film/movie/film reel/gramophone record
片 pian1/pian4
disc/sheet; thin piece/flake/a slice/film/TV play/to slice/to carve
thin/partial/incomplete/one-sided/classifier for slices, tablets, tract of
land, area of water/classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc/used with
numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere,
sound, etc
便宜 pian2 yi5 convenient; small advantages/to let sb off lightly/cheap/inexpensive
骗 pian4 to cheat/to swindle/to deceive/to fool/to hoodwink/to trick
骗人 pian4 ren2 to cheat sb/a scam
骗子 pian4 zi5 swindler/a cheat
票 piao4 bank note/ticket/a vote
漂亮 piao4 liang5 pretty/beautiful
拼 pin1
to piece together/to join together/to stake all/adventurous/at the risk
of one's life/to spell
拼命 pin1 ming4
doing one's utmost/with all one's might/at all costs/(working or fighting)
as if one's life depends on it
频道 pin2 dao4 frequency/(television) channel
品 pin3
article/commodity/product/goods/kind/grade/rank/character/dispositio
n/nature/temperament/variety/to taste sth/to sample/to criticize/to
comment/to judge/to size up
品牌 pin3 pai2 brand name/trademark
瓶 ping2 bottle/(classifier for wine and liquids)/vase/pitcher
凭 ping2 lean against/proof/to rely on/to depend on/to be based on
平 ping2
flat/level/equal/to tie (make the same score)/to draw
(score)/calm/peaceful/level or even tone (i.e. first and second tones in
classical Chinese)/surname Ping
平安 ping2 an1 safe and sound/well/without mishap
平常 ping2 chang2 ordinary/common/usually/ordinarily
评估 ping2 gu1 to evaluate/to assess/to evaluate/assessment/evaluation
苹果 ping2 guo3 apple
平衡 ping2 heng2 balance/equilibrium

评价 ping2 jia4 to evaluate/to assess
平静 ping2 jing4 tranquil/undisturbed/serene
评论 ping2 lun4 to comment on/to discuss/comment/commentary/CL: 篇[pian1]
平民 ping2 min2 ordinary people/commoner/civilian
屏幕 ping2 mu4 (TV or movie) screen
评审 ping2 shen3 to appraise/to evaluate/to judge
平时 ping2 shi2 in normal times/in peacetime
评委 ping2 wei1/wei3 #
瓶子 ping2 zi5 bottle
Word Pinyin Eng.Tran.
婆 po2 grandmother/matron/mother-in-law
破 po4 to break/to split/broken/damaged/worn out
破产 po4 chan3 to go bankrupt/to become impoverished/bankruptcy
破坏 po4 huai4 destruction/damage/to wreck/to break/to destroy
铺 pu1/pu4 to spread; a bed/a store; a store
仆人 pu2 ren2 servant
普 pu3 general/popular/everywhere/universal
普通 pu3 tong1 common/ordinary/general/average
普通人 pu3 tong1 ren2 ordinary person/private citizen/people/the person in the street
七 qi1 seven/7
期待 qi1 dai4 to look forward to/to await/expectation
欺负 qi1 fu5 to bully
期间 qi1 jian1 period of time/time/time period/period
欺骗 qi1 pian4 to deceive/to cheat
期望 qi1 wang4 hope/expectation
妻子 qi1 zi5 wife
妻 qi1/qi4 wife; to marry off (a daughter)
骑 qi2 to ride (an animal or bike)/to sit astride
祈祷 qi2 dao3 to pray/to say one's prayers/prayer
奇怪 qi2 guai4 strange/odd
奇迹 qi2 ji4 miracle/miraculous/wonder/marvel
奇妙 qi2 miao4 fantastic/wonderful
其实 qi2 shi2 actually/that is not the case/in fact/really
骑士 qi2 shi4 horseman/cavalryman/knight (i.e. European nobility)
其他 qi2 ta1
other/the others/else/other than (that person)/in addition to the person
mentioned above
其它 qi2 ta1
other/the others/else/other than it/in addition to the thing mentioned
above
其余 qi2 yu2 the rest/the others/remaining/remainder/apart from them
其中 qi2 zhong1 among/in/included among these

起 qi3
to rise/to raise/to get up/to set out/to start/to appear/to launch/to
initiate (action)/to draft/to establish/to get (from a depot or
counter)/verb suffix, to start/(before place or time) starting
from/classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case,
instance/classifier for groups: batch, group
起床 qi3 chuang2 to get up
启动 qi3 dong4 to start
起飞 qi3 fei1 to take off (in an airplane)
起来 qi3 lai5 beginning or continuing an action/upward movement/stand up
起码 qi3 ma3 at the minimum/at the very least
起诉 qi3 su4 to sue/to bring a lawsuit against
企图 qi3 tu2 attempt
企业 qi3 ye4 company/firm/enterprise
气 qi4
air/anger/gas; gas/air/smell/weather/vital breath/to anger/to get
angry/to be enraged
器 qi4 device/tool/utensil
弃 qi4 to abandon/to relinquish/to discard/to throw away
汽车 qi4 che1 car/automobile/bus
气氛 qi4 fen1 atmosphere/mood
器官 qi4 guan1 organ (part of body tissue)/apparatus
气味 qi4 wei4 odor/scent
汽油 qi4 you2 gas/gasoline
掐 qia1 to pick (flowers)/to pinch/to clutch/(slang) to fight
签 qian1 a note/a stick/sign one's name; sign one's name
千 qian1 a swing; thousand
牵 qian1 to pull (an animal on a tether)/to lead along/to hold hands
签名 qian1 ming2 to sign (one's name with a pen etc)/to autograph
签署 qian1 shu3 to sign (an agreement)
千万 qian1 wan4 ten million/countless/many/one must by all means
签字 qian1 zi4 to sign (a signature)
钱 qian2 coin/money/surname Qian
前 qian2 before/in front/ago/former/previous/earlier/front
钱包 qian2 bao1 purse/wallet
前进 qian2 jin4 to go forward/to forge ahead/to advance/onward
前科 qian2 ke1 criminal record/previous convictions
潜力 qian2 li4 potential/capacity
前面 qian2 mian4 ahead/in front/preceding/above
前妻 qian2 qi1 ex-wife
前途 qian2 tu2 prospects/outlook (for the future)/future
前往 qian2 wang3 to leave for/to proceed towards/to go
欠 qian4 deficient/owe/to lack/yawn
枪 qiang1 gun/firearm/rifle/spear
枪击 qiang1 ji1 to shoot

抢劫 qiang1 jie2 to rob/looting
枪杀 qiang1 sha1 #
抢 qiang1/qiang3
see 抢风 contrary wind; fight over/to rush/to scramble/to grab/to
rob/to snatch
抢走 qiang1/qiang3 zou3 #
墙 qiang2 wall
强大 qiang2 da4 large/formidable/powerful/strong
强奸 qiang2 jian1 rape
强烈 qiang2 lie4 intense/(violently) strong
墙上 qiang2 shang3/shang4 #
强壮 qiang2 zhuang4 strong/sturdy/robust
强迫 qiang3 po4 to compel/to force
敲 qiao1 extort/knock/to strike/to knock (at a door)/to hit
敲门 qiao1 men2 knock on a door
乔 qiao2 surname Qiao; tall
桥 qiao2 bridge
乔伊 qiao2 yi1 #
乔治 Qiao2 zhi4 George (name)
翘 qiao2/qiao4 outstanding/to raise; to stick up/to rise on one end/to tilt
瞧 qiao2/ya3 look at
瞧瞧 qiao2/ya3 qiao2/ya3 #
巧 qiao3 opportunely/coincidentally/as it happens/skillful/timely
巧合 qiao3 he2 coincidence
巧克力 qiao3 ke4 li4 chocolate
切断 qie1 duan4 to cut off (a supply etc)
切 qie1/qie4 to cut/to slice; close to
亲爱 qin1 ai4 Dear or beloved (way of starting a letter)
亲爱的 qin1 ai4 de5 dear
侵犯 qin1 fan4 to infringe on/to encroach on/to violate
亲近 qin1 jin4 intimate/to get close to
亲密 qin1 mi4 intimate/close
亲戚 qin1 qi5 a relative (i.e. family relation)
亲人 qin1 ren2 one's close relatives
侵入 qin1 ru4 to make (military) incursions/to invade
亲生 qin1 sheng1
born to oneself (i.e. one's natural child)/having born oneself (i.e. one's
natural parent)
亲手 qin1 shou3 personally/with one's own hands
亲吻 qin1 wen3 kiss
亲眼 qin1 yan3 with one's own eyes/personally
亲自 qin1 zi4 personally

亲 qin1/qing4
parent/one's own (flesh and
blood)/relative/related/marriage/bride/close/intimate/in person/first-
hand/in favor of/pro-/to kiss; parents-in-law of one's offspring
清 qing1 clear/distinct/complete/pure/the Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
轻 qing1
light/easy/gentle/soft/reckless/unimportant/frivolous/small in
number/unstressed/neutral
青 qing1
nature's color/green or blue/greenish black/youth/young (of
people)/abbr. for Qinghai province 青海
清白 qing1 bai2 pure/innocent
清除 qing1 chu2 eliminate/get rid of
清楚 qing1 chu5 clear/clearly understood/distinct
清单 qing1 dan1 list of items
清洁 qing1 jie2 clean/purity
清理 qing1 li3 clear/to put in order/to check up
青少年 qing1 shao4 nian2 an adolescent/a youth/young person/teenage
轻松 qing1 song1 gentle/relaxed
倾向 qing1 xiang4 trend/tendency/orientation
清醒 qing1 xing3 clear-headed/sober/awake
轻易 qing1 yi4 easily/lightly/rashly
情 qing2 feeling/emotion/passion/situation
情报 qing2 bao4 (spy) intelligence/information-gathering
情感 qing2 gan3 feeling/emotion/to move (emotionally)
情节 qing2 jie2 plot/circumstances
情况 qing2 kuang4 circumstances/state of affairs/situation
情人 qing2 ren2 lover/sweatheart
情形 qing2 xing5 circumstances/situation
情绪 qing2 xu4 feeling/sentiment
请 qing3 to ask/to invite/please (do sth)/to treat (to a meal etc)/to request
请求 qing3 qiu2 request
请问 qing3 wen4 may I ask...
庆祝 qing4 zhu4 celebrate
穷 qiong2 exhausted/poor
琼斯 Qiong2 si1 Jones (name)
求 qiu2 to seek/to look for/to request/to demand/to beseech
球 qiu2 ball/sphere
球场 qiu2 chang3 stadium/sports ground/court/pitch/field/golf course
球队 qiu2 dui4 soccer team (or rugby, basketball etc)
囚犯 qiu2 fan4 a prisoner/a convict
求婚 qiu2 hun1 propose marriage
球员 qiu2 yuan2 sports club member/footballer, golfer etc
区别 qu1 bie2 difference/to distinguish/to discriminate/to make a distinction

区域 qu1 yu4 area/region/district
曲 qu1/qu3 bent/crooked/wrong; tune/song
取 qu3 to take/to get/to choose/to fetch
娶 qu3 take a wife/to marry (a woman)
取得 qu3 de2 to acquire/to get/to obtain
取决于 qu3 jue2 yu2 #
取消 qu3 xiao1 to cancel/cancellation
曲子 qu3 zi5 poem for singing/tune/music
去 qu4 to go/to leave/to remove/fourth tone of putonghua
趣 qu4 interesting/to interest
去年 qu4 nian2 last year
去世 qu4 shi4 to pass away/to die
全 quan2 all/whole/entire/every/complete/surname Quan
权 quan2 authority/power/right
拳 quan2 fist
全部 quan2 bu4 whole/entire/complete
全都 quan2 dou1 all/without exception
全国 quan2 guo2 entire country/nationwide
拳击 quan2 ji1 boxing
全家 quan2 jia1 whole family
权利 quan2 li4 power/right/privilege
权力 quan2 li4 (wield) power
全力 quan2 li4 with all one's strength/full strength/all-out (effort)/fully (support)
全美超 quan2 mei3 chao1 #
全面 quan2 mian4 all-around/comprehensive/total/overall
全球 quan2 qiu2 entire/total/global/the (whole) world/worldwide
全身 quan2 shen1
whole body/em-dash, a hyphen the length of an m in current typeface,
one half the Chinese dash 破折号 ──
全世界 quan2 shi4 jie4 worldwide/entire world
全体 quan2 ti3 all/entire
全新 quan2 xin1 all new/completely new
犬 quan3 dog
劝 quan4 to advise/to urge/to try to persuade/exhort
缺 que1 deficiency/lack/scarce/vacant post/to run short of
缺乏 que1 fa2 shortage/be lacking/to be short of/to lack/scarcity
缺少 que1 shao3 lack/shortage of/shortfall/to be short (of)/to lack
却 que4 but/yet/however/while/to go back/to decline/to retreat/nevertheless
确 que4 authenticated/solid/firm; authenticated/solid/firm/real/true
确保 que4 bao3 ensure/guarantee

确定 que4 ding4
definite/certain/fixed/to fix (on sth)/to determine/to be sure/to
ensure/to make certain/to ascertain/to clinch/to recognize/to
confirm/OK (on computer dialog box)
确切 que4 qie4 definite/exact/precise
确认 que4 ren4 to confirm/to verify
确实 que4 shi2 indeed/really/reliable/real/true
确信 que4 xin4
to be convinced/to be sure/to firmly believe/to be positive that/definite
news
群 qun2 crowd/flock/group
裙子 qun2 zi5 skirt
然 ran2 correct/right/so/thus/like this/-ly
然而 ran2 er2 however/yet/but
然后 ran2 hou4 after/then (afterwards)/after that/afterwards
燃烧 ran2 shao1 combustion/flaming/kindle
染 ran3 to catch (a disease)/dye
让 rang4 to yield/to permit/to let sb do sth/to have sb do sth
绕 rao3/rao4
to wind/to coil (thread)/to rotate around/to spiral/to move around/to
go round (an obstacle)/to by-pass/to make a detour/to confuse/to
perplex
惹 re3
to provoke/to irritate/to vex/to stir up/to anger/to attract (troubles)/to
cause (problems)
惹麻烦re3 ma1/ma2 fan2 #
若 re3/ruo4 to seem/like/as/if
热 re4 heat/to heat up/fervent/hot (of weather)/warm up
热爱 re4 ai4 to love ardently/to adore
热狗 re4 gou3 hot dog
热烈 re4 lie4 warm (welcome etc)
热情 re4 qing2 cordial/enthusiastic/passion/passionate/passionately
热线 re4 xian4 hotline (communications link)
人 ren2 man/person/people
人才 ren2 cai2
a person's talent/talented person/distinguished person/a talent (worth
head-hunting)/person's looks/an attractive woman/used
interchangeably with 人材
仁慈 ren2 ci2 benevolent/charitable/kind/kindly/kindness/merciful
人家 ren2 jia5
household/dwelling/family/sb else's house/household business/house
of woman's husband-to-be; other people/sb else/he, she or they/I, me,
myself (as "one" or "people")
人口 ren2 kou3 population
人类 ren2 lei4 humanity/human race/mankind
人们 ren2 men5 people
人民 ren2 min2 the people
人群 ren2 qun2 a crowd
人人 ren2 ren2 everyone/every person
人生 ren2 sheng1 life

人士 ren2 shi4 person/figure/public figure
人数 ren2 shu4 number of people
人体 ren2 ti3 human body
人物 ren2 wu4 a person/a character (in a play, novel etc)/a protagonist
人性 ren2 xing4 human nature/humanity/human/the totality of human attributes
人选 ren2 xuan3 person selected (for a job etc)
人员 ren2 yuan2 staff/crew/personnel
人质 ren2 zhi4 hostage
任 ren2/ren4
to assign/to appoint/to take up a post/office/responsibility/to let/to
allow/to give free rein to/no matter (how, what etc)/surname Ren
忍 ren3 to beat/to endure/to tolerate
忍不住 ren3 bu5 zhu4 cannot help/unable to bear
忍受 ren3 shou4 to bear/to endure
认 ren4 to recognize/to know/to admit
认出 ren4 chu1 recognition/to recognize
任何 ren4 he2 any/whatever/whichever/whatsoever
任何人 ren4 he2 ren2 anyone
认识 ren4 shi5
to know/to recognize/to be familiar with/acquainted with
sth/knowledge/understanding/awareness/cognition
认为 ren4 wei2 to believe/to think/to consider/to feel
任务 ren4 wu5 mission/assignment/task/duty/role
认真 ren4 zhen1 earnest/serious/to take seriously/to take to heart
认罪 ren4 zui4 to admit guilt/to plead guilty
扔 reng1 to throw/to throw away
扔掉 reng1 diao4 to throw away/to throw out
仍 reng2 still/yet/to remain
仍然 reng2 ran2 still/yet
日 ri4 day/sun/date/day of the month/abbr. for Japan
日本 Ri4 ben3 Japan/Japanese
日记 ri4 ji4 diary
日期 ri4 qi1 date
日子 ri4 zi5 day/a (calendar) date/days of one's life
容 rong2 to hold/to contain/to allow/appearance/look/countenance
荣 rong2
glory/honor/nutritive energy (in Chinese medicine)/blood/surname
Rong
容忍 rong2 ren3 to put up with/to tolerate
融入 rong2 ru4 to assimilate (a minority)
荣幸 rong2 xing4 honored
荣耀 rong2 yao4 honor/glory
容易 rong2 yi4 easy/likely/liable (to)
荣誉 rong2 yu4 honor/emeritus

肉 rou4 meat/flesh/pulp (of a fruit)
如 ru2 as/as if/such as
如此 ru2 ci3 in this way/so
如果 ru2 guo3 if/in case/in the event that
如何 ru2 he2 how/what way/what
如今 ru2 jin1 nowadays
如同 ru2 tong2 like/as
入 ru4 to enter/entering tone (classical Chinese)
入口 ru4 kou3 entrance
入侵 ru4 qin1 to invade
软 ruan3 soft/flexible
软弱 ruan3 ruo4 weak/feeble/flabby
瑞 rui4 lucky/auspicious/propitious/rayl (acoustical unit)
弱 ruo4 weak/feeble/young/inferior
弱点 ruo4 dian3 weak point/failing
撒旦 Sa1 dan4 Satan or Shaitan
撒谎 sa1 huang3 to tell lies
撒 sa1/sa3 let go; to scatter
洒 sa3 to sprinkle/to spray/to spill/to shed
萨 sa4 Bodhisattva/surname Sa
萨拉 sa4 la1/la2/la3/la4 #
塞 sai1/sai4/se4
stop up/to squeeze in/to stuff/Serb (abbr.)/Serbian; strategic pass;
piston/unenlightened
思 sai1/si1 to think/to consider
赛 sai4 to compete/competition/match
三 san1 three/3
三明治 san1 ming2 zhi4 sandwich
三十 san1 shi2 thirty/30
散 san3/san4
leisurely/loosen/powdered medicine/to scatter/to come loose;
adjourn/scatter
散步 san4 bu4 to take a walk/to go for a walk
丧失 sang4 shi1 to lose/to forfeit
骚扰 sao1 rao3 to disturb/to cause a commotion/to harass
扫描 sao3 miao2 scan/raster
扫 sao3/sao4 to sweep; broom
色情 se4 qing2 erotic/pornographic
色 se4/shai3 color/look/appearance/sex; color/dice
森 sen1 forest
森林 sen1 lin2 forest
杀 sha1 to kill/to murder/to slaughter
刹车 sha1 che1
to brake (when driving)/to stop/to switch off/to check (bad habits)/a
brake

沙发 sha1 fa1 sofa
杀害 sha1 hai4 murder
莎拉 Sha1 la1 Sara or Sarah (name)
沙拉 sha1 la1 salad
沙漠 sha1 mo4 desert
杀人 sha1 ren2 homicide/to murder/to kill (a person)
杀人犯 sha1 ren2 fan4 murderer/homicide
杀手 sha1 shou3 killer
杀死 sha1 si3 to kill
沙滩 sha1 tan1 sand bar/beach
鲨鱼 sha1 yu2 shark
沙 sha1/sha4
granule/hoarse/raspy/sand/powder/abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist
Russia/surname Sha
莎 sha1/suo1 (insect)/(phonetic); (grass)/Cyperus rotundus
傻 sha3 foolish
傻瓜 sha3 gua1 idiot/foolish
傻子 sha3 zi5 an idiot/a fool
啥 sha4 (dialect) what
晒 shai4
to dry in the sunshine/to sunbathe/to share web files (loan from English
share)
山 shan1 mountain/hill/CL:座[zuo4]/surname Shan
山姆 shan1 mu3 #
山上 shan1 shang3/shang4 #
扇 shan1/shan4
to fan; fan/panel of door or screen/wing of screen/classifier for panels,
fans, doors, windows etc
闪 shan3
to dodge/to duck out of the way/shaken (by a fall)/to sprain/to pull a
muscle/lightning/spark/a flash/to flash (across one's mind)/to leave
behind/surname Shan
闪电 shan3 dian4 lightning
善 shan4
to kill/to injure; good (virtuous)/benevolent/well-disposed/good at
sth/to improve or perfect
擅长 shan4 chang2 to be good at/to be expert in
善良 shan4 liang2 good and honest/kind-hearted
伤 shang1 injure/injury/wound
商 shang1
commerce/to consult/quotient; the Shang dynasty, 16th to 11th century
BC
商场 shang1 chang3 market/bazaar
商店 shang1 dian4 store/shop
伤害 shang1 hai4 injure/harm
伤口 shang1 kou3 wound/cut
商量 shang1 liang5 to consult/to talk over/to discuss
商人 shang1 ren2 merchant/businessman
伤心 shang1 xin1 to grieve/broken-hearted
商业 shang1 ye4 business/trade/commerce

汤 shang1/tang1 soup/surname Tang
汤米 shang1/tang1 mi3 #
上 shang3/shang4
on/on top/upon/first (of two parts)/previous or last (week
etc)/upper/higher/above/previous/to climb/to go into/above/to go
up/to attend (class or university)/third tone of putonghua
上班 shang4 ban1 to go to work/to be on duty/to start work/to go to the office
上场 shang4 chang3 on stage/to go on stage
上车 shang4 che1 to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
上次 shang4 ci4 last time
上帝 Shang4 di4 God
上课 shang4 ke4 to attend class
上来 shang4 lai2 to come up/to approach/(verb complement indicating success)
上门 shang4 men2 drop in/visit
上面 shang4 mian5 on top of/above-mentioned
上去 shang4 qu4 to go up
上升 shang4 sheng1 to rise/to go up/to ascend
上司 shang4 si5 boss/superior
上台 shang4 tai2 to rise to power (in politics)/to go on stage (in the theater)
上尉 shang4 wei4 captain (military rank)
上午 shang4 wu3 morning
上校 shang4 xiao4 high ranking officer in Chinese army/colonel
上学 shang4 xue2 to go to school/to attend school
上演 shang4 yan3 to screen (a movie)/to stage (a play)/a screening/a staging
上衣 shang4 yi1 jacket/upper outer garment
上周 shang4 zhou1 last week
烧 shao1 to burn/to cook/to stew/to bake/to roast/fever
稍微 shao1 wei1 a little bit
稍 shao1/shao4 somewhat/a little
稍后 shao1/shao4 hou4 #
少 shao3/shao4 few/little/lack; young
少年 shao4 nian2 juvenile/youngster
少女 shao4 nu:3 maiden
少校 shao4 xiao4 junior ranking officer in Chinese army/major/lieutenant commander
舌 she2 tongue
舌头 she2 tou2 tongue
蛇 she2/yi2 snake/serpent/CL:h潀条[tiao2]

折 she2/zhe1/zhe2
to break (e.g. stick or bone)/a loss; to turn sth over/to turn upside-
down/to tip sth out (of a container); to break/to fracture/to snap/to
suffer loss/to bend/to twist/to turn/to change direction/convinced/to
convert into (currency)/discount/rebate/tenth (in price)/classifier for
theatrical scenes/to fold/accounts book; to fold (a document)/to turn/to
bend
射 she4 radio- (chem.)/shoot
设 she4 to set up/to arrange/to establish/to found/to display
设备 she4 bei4 equipment/facilities/installations
设法 she4 fa3 to try/to make and attempt/to think of a way (to accomplish sth)
社会 she4 hui4 society
射击 she4 ji1 to shoot/to fire (a gun)
涉及 she4 ji2 to involve/to touch upon (a topic)
设计 she4 ji4 plan/design/to design/to plan
设计师 she4 ji4 shi1 designer/architect
社交 she4 jiao1 interaction/social contact
社区 she4 qu1 community
摄像机 she4 xiang4 ji1 camera/video camera
摄像头 she4 xiang4 tou2 webcam
摄影 she4 ying3 to take a photograph
摄影师 she4 ying3 shi1 photographer
设置 she4 zhi4 to set up/to install
谁 shei2/shui2
who/also pronounced shui2; variant pronunciation of shei2,
who/surname Shui
身 shen1 body/torso/person/life/status/pregnancy/classifier for clothes: suit
深 shen1 deep/profound
伸 shen1 to stretch/to extend
身边 shen1 bian1 at one's side
身材 shen1 cai2 stature/build (height and weight)/figure
深处 shen1 chu4 abyss/depths/deepest or most distant part
身份 shen1 fen4 identity/status/capacity/dignity/position/rank
身份证shen1 fen4 zheng4 ID card/proof of identity
身后 shen1 hou4 #
深呼吸 shen1 hu1 xi1 #
深刻 shen1 ke4 profound/deep/deep-going
申请 shen1 qing3 to apply for sth/application (form etc)
深入 shen1 ru4 to penetrate deeply/thorough
身上 shen1 shang4 on the body
深深 shen1 shen1 deep/profound
绅士 shen1 shi4 gentleman
身体 shen1 ti3 (human) body/health

神 shen2
God/unusual/mysterious/soul/spirit/divine essence/lively/spiritual
being/abbr. for 神舟[shen2 zhou1], "vine boat" PRC series of manned
spacecraftss
神父 shen2 fu4 padre (title of Catholic priest)/(spiritual) father
神经 shen2 jing1 nerve
神经病 shen2 jing1 bing4 mental disorder/neuropathy
什么 shen2 me5 what/what?/who?/something/anything
什么的 shen2 me5 de5 and so on/and what not
什么样shen2 me5 yang4 what kind?/what sort?
神秘 shen2 mi4 mysterious/mystery
神奇 shen2 qi2 magical/mystical/miraculous
神圣 shen2 sheng4 divine/hallow/holy/sacred
神像 shen2 xiang4 image of a God
什 shen2/shi2 what; tenth (used in fractions)
审判 shen3 pan4 a trial/to try sb
审问 shen3 wen4 interrogate/examine/question
审讯 shen3 xun4 a (judicial) trial (in a courtroom)
甚至 shen4 zhi4 even/so much so that
生 sheng1 to be born/to give birth/life/to grow
声 sheng1 sound/voice/tone/noise/classifier for sounds
升 sheng1
ascend/peaceful; promoted; to raise/to hoist/to promote/metric liter
(also written 公升)/measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗
生病 sheng1 bing4 ill/sick
生产 sheng1 chan3 childbirth/parturition/to produce/manufacture
声称 sheng1 cheng1 to claim/to state/to proclaim/to assert
生存 sheng1 cun2 to exist/to survive
生活 sheng1 huo2 life/activity/to live
声明 sheng1 ming2 statement/declaration
生命 sheng1 ming4 life/living/biological
生气 sheng1 qi4
angry/mad/offended/animated/to get angry/to be enraged/to take
offense/animation
生日 sheng1 ri4 birthday
生死 sheng1 si3 life or death
生物 sheng1 wu4 organism/living creature/life form/biological
生涯 sheng1 ya2 career
生意 sheng1 yi5 business
声音 sheng1 yin1 voice/sound
胜 sheng1/sheng4
victory/success/to beat/to defeat/to surpass/victorious/superior to/to
get the better of/better than/surpassing/superb (of vista)/beautiful
(scenery)/wonderful (view)/(arch. pronounciation shēng) able to
bear/equal to (a task)
绳子 sheng2 zi5 cord/string/rope

省 sheng3/xing3
frugal/save/to omit/to leave out/to save (money)/province;
introspection/to examine oneself critically/awareness/to visit (an elderly
relative)
圣 sheng4 holy/sacred/saint/sage
剩 sheng4 have as remainder
圣诞 Sheng4 dan4 Christmas/birthday of reigning Emperor/Confucius' birthday
圣诞节 Sheng4 dan4 jie2 Christmas time/Christmas season/Christmas
圣诞老人Sheng4 dan4 Lao3 ren2 Father Christmas/Santa Claus
圣经 Sheng4 jing1 Holy Bible/the Confucian classics
胜利 sheng4 li4 victory
剩下 sheng4 xia4 to remain/left over
师 shi1 a division (military)/teacher/master/expert/model
尸 shi1 corpse; corpse
湿 shi1 moist/wet
诗 shi1
poem/CL: 首[shou3]/poetry/verse/abbr. for Book of Songs 诗经[shi1
jing1]
失 shi1 to lose/to miss/to fail
施 shi1 to distribute (alms)/to do/to execute/to carry out/surname Shi
失败 shi1 bai4 to be defeated/to fail/to lose
失败者 shi1 bai4 zhe3 loser
师傅 shi1 fu5 master/qualified worker
失控 shi1 kong4 out of control
失陪 shi1 pei2 Excuse me, I really must go./(modest set phrase on taking leave)
失去 shi1 qu4 to lose
尸体 shi1 ti3 dead body/corpse/carcass
失望 shi1 wang4 disappointed/to lose hope/to despair
失业 shi1 ye4 unemployment
狮子 shi1 zi5 lion
失踪 shi1 zong1 missing/lost/unaccounted for
嘘 shi1/xu1 exhale/hiss
时 shi2 o'clock/time/when/hour/season/period/surname Shi
十 shi2 ten/10
时代 shi2 dai4 age/era/epoch/period
十二 shi2 er4 twelve/12
十分 shi2 fen1
to divide into ten equal parts/very/hundred
percent/completely/extremely/utterly/absolutely
时光 shi2 guang1 time/era/period of time
时候 shi2 hou5 time/length of time/moment/period
实话 shi2 hua4 truth
时机 shi2 ji1 fortunate timing/occasion/opportunity
实际 shi2 ji4 actual/reality/practice
实际上 shi2 ji4 shang4 in fact/in reality/as a matter of fact/in practice

时间 shi2 jian1 time/period
时刻 shi2 ke4 moment
时空 shi2 kong1 space-time (in relativity)
实力 shi2 li4 strength
食品 shi2 pin3 foodstuff/food/provisions
时期 shi2 qi1 a period in time or history/period/time (interval)/phase
时尚 shi2 shang4 fashion
实施 shi2 shi1 to implement/to carry out
石头 shi2 tou5 stone
食物 shi2 wu4 food
实习 shi2 xi2 to practice/field work
实习生 shi2 xi2 sheng5 intern (student)
实现 shi2 xian4 to achieve/to implement/to realize/to bring about
实验 shi2 yan4 to experiment/experiments
实验室 shi2 yan4 shi4 laboratory
石油 shi2 you2 oil/petroleum
实在 shi2 zai4 in reality/honestly/really/verily/concrete
时装 shi2 zhuang1 the latest fashion in clothes/fashionable
十字架 shi2 zi4 jia4 cross/crucifix/yoke one has to endure
十足 shi2 zu2 ample/complete/hundred percent/a pure shade (of some color)
食 shi2/si4 animal feed/eat/food; to feed
使 shi3 to make/to cause/to enable/to use/to employ/messenger
屎 shi3 stool/feces/ear wax/nasal mucus
史 shi3 history/surname Shi
使得 shi3 de5 usable/workable/feasible/doable/to make/to cause
史蒂夫 Shi3 di4 fu1 Steve (male name)
使命 shi3 ming4 a (diplomatic or other) mission
使用 shi3 yong4 to use/to employ/to apply/to make use of
始终 shi3 zhong1 from beginning to end/all along
是 shi4 is/are/am/yes/to be
事 shi4 matter/thing/item/work/affair
试 shi4 to test/to try/experiment/examination/test
室 shi4 room
式 shi4 type/form/pattern/style
市 shi4 market/city
士 shi4 scholar/warrior/knight
世 shi4 life/age/generation/era/world/lifetime
视 shi4 to look at/to regard/to inspect
士兵 shi4 bing1 soldier
是不是 shi4 bu4 shi4 is or isn't/yes or no/whether or not

市场 shi4 chang3 market place/market (also in abstract)/abbr. for 超级市场 supermarket
是的 shi4 de5 yes
释放 shi4 fang4 to release/to set free/to liberate (a prisoner)/to discharge
是否 shi4 fou3 whether (or not)/if/is or isn't
事故 shi4 gu4 accident
适合 shi4 he2 to fit/to suit
世纪 shi4 ji4 century
事件 shi4 jian4 event/happening/incident
世界 shi4 jie4 world
市民 shi4 min2 city resident
视频 shi4 pin2 video
事情 shi4 qing2 affair/matter/thing/business
事儿 shi4 r5
one's employment/business/matter that needs to be settled/erhua
variant of 事, thing, matter, affair etc
世上 shi4 shang4 on earth
事实 shi4 shi2 a fact/the fact that
事实上 shi4 shi2 shang4 in fact/in reality/actually/as a matter of fact/de facto/ipso facto
试试 shi4 shi4 #
试图 shi4 tu2 to attempt/to try
事物 shi4 wu4 thing/object
事务 shi4 wu4 (political, economic etc) affairs/work
事务所 shi4 wu4 suo3 business office
事先 shi4 xian1 in advance/before the event/beforehand/prior
视线 shi4 xian4 line of sight
试验 shi4 yan4 experiment/test/experimental
事业 shi4 ye4
undertaking/project/activity/(charitable, political or revolutionary)
cause/publicly funded institution, enterprise or
foundation/career/occupation
适应 shi4 ying4 to suit/to fit/to be suitable/to adapt/to get used to sth
室友 shi4 you3 roommate
市长 shi4 zhang3 mayor
收 shou1
to receive/to accept/to collect/in care of (used on address line after
name)
收藏 shou1 cang2 to keep/to collect
收到 shou1 dao4 receive
收回 shou1 hui2 to regain/to retake/to take back/to withdraw/to revoke
收获 shou1 huo4
benefit, reward; crop (in
agriculture)/harvest/acquisition/profit/gain/bonus/success/reward
收集 shou1 ji2 to gather/to collect
收看 shou1 kan4 to view/to watch TV/to receive TV channels
收入 shou1 ru4 to take in/income/revenue
收拾 shou1 shi5 to put in order/to tidy up

收养 shou1 yang3 adopt/adoption
收音机 shou1 yin1 ji1 radio
熟 shou2/shu2
cooked (of food)/ripe (of fruit)/mature (of
seeds)/familiar/skilled/done/colloquial pr. shou2
手 shou3
hand/(formal) to hold/person engaged in certain types of work/person
skilled in certain types of work/personal(ly)/convenient
首 shou3 head/chief/first (occasion, thing etc)/classifier for poems, songs etc
守 shou3
to guard/to defend/to keep watch/to abide by the law/to observe (rules
or ritual)/nearby/adjoining
手臂 shou3 bi4 arm/helper
手表 shou3 biao3 wrist watch
手段 shou3 duan4 method/means (of doing sth)/strategy/trick
手法 shou3 fa3 technique/trick/skill
守护 shou3 hu4 to stand guard/on watch
手机 shou3 ji1 cell phone/cellular phone/mobile phone
手铐 shou3 kao4 manacles/handcuffs
手里 shou3 li3 in hand/(a situation is) in sb's hands
手枪 shou3 qiang1 pistol
手上 shou3 shang3/shang4 #
手术 shou3 shu4 surgical operation/operation/surgery
手套 shou3 tao4 glove/mitten
手头 shou3 tou2 in hand (e.g. cash)
手腕 shou3 wan4 wrist/trickery/finesse/ability/skill
守卫 shou3 wei4 to guard/to defend
首席 shou3 xi2 chief (representative, correspondent etc)
手下 shou3 xia4
leadership/under one's control or administration/subordinates/to take
action/to run out of money
首先 shou3 xian1 first (of all)/in the first place
手指 shou3 zhi3 finger
手中 shou3 zhong1/zhong4 #
受 shou4
to receive/to accept/to suffer/subjected to/to bear/to
stand/pleasant/(passive marker)
瘦 shou4 tight/thin/lean
兽 shou4 beast/quadruped
受不了 shou4 bu4 liao3 unbearable/unable to endure/can't stand
受到 shou4 dao4 to receive/to suffer/obtained/given
受害人 shou4 hai4 ren2 victim (of accident or murder)
受害者 shou4 hai4 zhe3
person who suffers damage, injury etc/a casualty/a victim/those injured
and wounded
授权 shou4 quan2 to authorize
受伤 shou4 shang1 to sustain injuries/wounded (in an accident etc)/harmed

书 shu1 book/letter/same as 书经 Book of History
输 shu1 to transport/to lose
舒服 shu1 fu5 comfortable/feeling well
舒适 shu1 shi4 cozy/snug
叔叔 shu1 shu5 (informal) father's younger brother; uncle
熟悉 shu2 xi1 to be familiar with/to know well
鼠 shu3 rat/mouse
属于 shu3 yu2 classified as/to belong to/to be part of
数 shu3/shu4/shuo4
to count; number/figure/to count/to calculate/several;
frequently/repeatedly
树 shu4 tree
恕 shu4 forgive
数据 shu4 ju4 data/numbers/digital; data/numbers/digital/also written exd趞数据
数据库shu4 ju4 ku4 database
数量 shu4 liang4 amount/quantity
树林 shu4 lin2 woods/grove/forest
数学 shu4 xue2 mathematics/mathematical
数字 shu4 zi4 numeral/digit/number/figure/amount/digital (electronics etc)
术 shu4/zhu2 method/technique
刷 shua1/shua4
to brush/to paint/to daub/to paste up/to skip class (of students)/to fire
from a job; to select
耍 shua3 to play with/to juggle
摔 shuai1 to throw (in wrestling)/to fall
摔倒 shuai1 dao3 to fall down/to slip and fall/a throw (in wrestling)
甩 shuai3 to throw/to fling/to swing/to leave behind/to throw off
帅 shuai4 handsome/graceful/smart/commander in chief
双 shuang1 two/double/pair/both/surname Shuang
双胞胎 shuang1 bao1 tai1 twin
双方 shuang1 fang1 bilateral/both sides/both parties involved
双手 shuang1 shou3 pair of hands
爽 shuang3
bright/clear/crisp/open/frank/straightforward/to feel
well/fine/pleasurable/invigorating/to deviate
水 shui3 water/river/surname Shui
水果 shui3 guo3 fruit
水平 shui3 ping2 level (of achievement etc)/standard/horizontal
睡 shui4 to sleep
睡觉 shui4 jiao4 to go to bed/to go to sleep
睡眠 shui4 mian2 sleeping/slumber
睡着 shui4 zhao2 asleep
说 shui4/shuo1/yue4
to canvass/to persuade/see 游说[you2 shui4], to canvass and
说客[shui4 ke4], persuasive speaker; to speak/to say/a theory (usually in
compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)

说来 shui4/shuo1/yue4 lai2 #
说了算 shui4/shuo1/yue4 le5/liao3/liao4 suan4#
说实话 shui4/shuo1/yue4 shi2 hua4#
说是 shui4/shuo1/yue4 shi4 #
顺 shun4 to obey/to follow/to arrange/to make reasonable/along/favorable
顺便 shun4 bian4 conveniently/in passing/without much extra effort
顺利 shun4 li4 smoothly/without a hitch
说不定 shuo1 bu5 ding4 can't say for sure/maybe
说法 shuo1 fa5
way or style of speaking/statement/wording/to expound Buddhist
teaching; way of speaking/wording/formulation/one's version (of
events)/statement/theory/hypothesis/interpretation
说服 shuo1 fu2 to persuade/to convince/to talk sb over
说话 shuo1 hua4 to speak/to say/to talk/to gossip/to tell stories/talk/word
说谎 shuo1 huang3 to lie/to tell an untruth
说明 shuo1 ming2 to explain/to illustrate/explanation/directions/caption
说说 shuo1 shuo5 to say sth
斯 si1 (phonetic)/this
丝 si1 silk/thread/trace
司 si1 company/control/surname Si
撕 si1 to tear
私 si1 personal/private/selfish
司法 si1 fa3 judicial/(administration of) justice
司机 si1 ji1 chauffeur/driver
思考 si1 kao3 to reflect on/to ponder over
私人 si1 ren2 private (citizen)/private
斯坦 si1 tan3 #
私下 si1 xia4 in private
思想 si1 xiang3 thought/thinking/idea
死 si3 to die/impassable/uncrossable/inflexible/rigid/extremely
死去 si3 qu4 to die
死亡 si3 wang2 death/deadly
死刑 si3 xing2 death penalty
死因 si3 yin1 cause of death
死者 si3 zhe3 the dead/those who died
四 si4 four/4
四处 si4 chu4 all over the place/everywhere and all directions
似的 si4 de5 seems as if/rather like/also pr. (shi4 de5) or (shi5 de5)
似乎 si4 hu1 apparently/to seem/to appear/as if/seemingly
松 song1 loose/pine/surname Song; loose/to loosen/to relax
送 song4
to deliver/to carry/to give (as a present)/to present (with)/to see off/to
send

送给 song4 gei3 to send/to give as a present
艘 sou1 classifier for ships/Taiwan pr. sao1
搜 sou1 to search
搜查 sou1 cha2 to search
搜索 sou1 suo3
to search/to look for sth/to scour (search meticulously)/to look sth
up/internet search/database search
搜寻 sou1 xun2 to search/to look for
苏 su1
Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil)/place name/to
revive/used as phonetic in transliteration/abbr. for Soviet Union 苏维埃
or 苏联, Jiangsu province 江苏 and Suzhou city 苏州/surname Su; revive
苏格兰 Su1 ge2 lan2 Scotland
苏联 Su1 lian2
Soviet Union, 1922-1991/abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR) 苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟
素 su4 plain/element
速 su4 fast/rapid/quick
速度 su4 du4 speed/rate/velocity
塑料 su4 liao4 plastics
诉讼 su4 song4 lawsuit
宿 su4/xiu3/xiu4 lodge for the night/old/former/surname Su; (a) night; constellation
酸 suan1 sour/sore/ache/acid
算 suan4 regard as/to figure/to calculate/to compute
算是 suan4 shi4 considered to be/at last
虽然 sui1 ran2 although/even though/even if
随 sui2 to follow/to comply with/varying according to.../to allow/surname Sui
随便 sui2 bian4 as one wishes/as one pleases/willful/at random/casual
随时 sui2 shi2 at any time
随意 sui2 yi4 as one wishes/according to one's wishes/at will/voluntary/conscious
随着 sui2 zhe5 along with/in the wake of/following
岁 sui4 year/years old/classifier for years old
碎 sui4 to break down/to break into pieces/fragmentary
隧道 sui4 dao4 tunnel
碎片 sui4 pian4 chip/fragment/splinter/tatter
孙子 sun1 zi5
Sun Wu [k武|孙武, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher,
contemporary with Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC), author of the Art of
War 孙武兵法 ; grandson/son's son
损伤 sun3 shang1 to harm/to damage/to injure/impairment/loss/disability
损失 sun3 shi1 loss (e.g. financial)/to lose
所 suo3
actually/place/classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc/that
which/particle introducing a relative clause or passive
锁 suo3 to lock up/to lock

索 suo3 surname Suo; to search/to demand/to ask/to exact/large rope/isolated
锁定 suo3 ding4
to lock (a door)/to close with a latch/to lock into place/a lock/a latch/to
lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten)/to lock (denying
access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-
protection)/to focus attention on/to target
所谓 suo3 wei4 so-called
所以 suo3 yi3 therefore/as a result/so
所有 suo3 you3 all/to have/to possess/to own
所在 suo3 zai4
place/location/whereabouts/domicile/to be located/to belong to
(organization etc)
所作所为suo3 zuo4 suo3 wei2 one's conduct and deeds
他 ta1 he/him
她 ta1 she
它 ta1 it (used for things)
他妈的 ta1 ma1 de5/di2/di4 #
他们 ta1 men5 they
它们 ta1 men5 they (for inanimate objects)
她们 ta1 men5 they/them (for females)
他人 ta1 ren2 another/sb else/other people
踏 ta1/ta4 to tread/to stamp/to step on/to press a pedal/to investigate on the spot
台 tai1/tai2
desk/platform;
platform/stage/terrace/stand/support/desk/station/broadcasting
station/classifier for vehicles or machines/Taiwan (abbr.); surname
Tai/(classical) you (in letters)/platform/Taiwan (abbr.); typhoon
台步 tai1/tai2 bu4 #
抬 tai2 to lift/to raise/(of two or more persons) to carry
台词 tai2 ci2 an actor's lines/script; an actor's lines/script
台上 tai2 shang4 on stage
太 tai4 highest/greatest/too (much)/very/extremely
泰 tai4 safe/peaceful/most/Mt Thai 泰山 in Shandong/abbr. for Thailand/grand
泰德 tai4 de2 #
态度 tai4 du5 manner/bearing/attitude/approach
太空 tai4 kong1 outer space
泰勒 Tai4 le4 Taylor (name)
太太 tai4 tai5 married woman/Mrs./Madam/wife
太阳 tai4 yang2 sun
谈 tan2 to speak/to talk/to converse/to chat/to discuss/surname Tan
谈话 tan2 hua4 talk/conversation
谈论 tan2 lun4 to discuss/to talk about
谈判 tan2 pan4 to negotiate/negotiation/conference

谈谈 tan2 tan2 to discuss/to have a chat
坦白 tan3 bai2 honest/forthcoming/to confess
探 tan4 to explore/to search out/to scout/to visit/to stretch forward
探长 tan4 chang2/zhang3 #
探索者 tan4 suo3 zhe3 #
汤姆 Tang1 mu3 Tom (name)
趟 tang1/tang4 classifier for times, round trips or rows/a time/a trip
糖 tang2 sugar/sweets/candy
堂 tang2
(main) hall/large room for a specific purpose/relationship between
cousins etc on the paternal side of a family/of the same clan/classifier
for sets (or suites) of furniture, classes etc
糖果 tang2 guo3 candy
躺 tang3 to recline/to lie down
烫 tang4 to scald/to burn/to iron/hot
逃 tao2 to escape/to run away/to flee
逃避 tao2 bi4 escape/evade/shirk
逃离 tao2 li2 to run out/to escape
逃跑 tao2 pao3 to flee from sth/to run away/to escape
淘汰 tao2 tai4
to wash out/elimination (by selection)/natural selection/to knock out (in
a competition)/to die out/to phase out
逃脱 tao2 tuo1 to run away/to escape
逃走 tao2 zou3 escape/flee
讨 tao3
to demand/to ask for/to send punitive expedition against/to marry (of
man)/to provoke/to attract attention/to discuss
讨论 tao3 lun4 to discuss/to talk over
讨厌 tao3 yan4 disgusting/troublesome/nuisance/nasty/to hate doing sth
套 tao4
cover/sheath/to encase/a case/to overlap/to interleave/bend (of a river
or mountain range, in place names)/harness/classifier for sets,
collections/tau (Greek letter Ττ)
特 te4 special/unique/distinguished/especially/unusual/very
特别 te4 bie2 especially/special/particular/unusual
特工 te4 gong1 secret service/special service
特殊 te4 shu1 special/particular/unusual/extraordinary
特征 te4 zheng1 characteristic/diagnostic property/distinctive feature/trait
疼 teng2 (it) hurts/love fondly/ache/pain/sore
疼痛 teng2 tong4 pain/ache/sore
踢 ti1 kick/play (football or soccer)
体 ti1/ti3 body/form/style/system
题 ti2
topic/problem for discussion/exam question/subject/to inscribe/to
mention/surname Ti
提出 ti2 chu1
to raise (an issue)/to propose/to put forward/to suggest/to post (on a
website)/to withdraw (cash)
提到 ti2 dao4 to mention/to raise (a subject)/to refer to

提高 ti2 gao1 to raise/to increase
提供 ti2 gong1 to supply/to provide/to furnish
提名 ti2 ming2 nominate
提起 ti2 qi3
to mention/to speak of/to lift/to pick up/to arouse/to raise (a topic, a
heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc)
提前 ti2 qian2 to shift to an earlier date/to bring forward/to advance
提示 ti2 shi4 prompt/to present/to point out/to draw attention to sth
提醒 ti2 xing3 to remind/to call attention to/to warn of
提要 ti2 yao4 summary/abstract
提议 ti2 yi4 proposal/suggestion/to propose/to suggest
体会 ti3 hui4 know (through learning or by experience)
体内 ti3 nei4 within the body/in vivo (vs in vitro)/internal to
体验 ti3 yan4 to experience for oneself
体育 ti3 yu4 sports/physical education
体重 ti3 zhong4 body weight
替 ti4
to substitute for/to take the place of/to replace/for/on behalf of/to
stand in for
天 tian1 day/sky/heaven
天才 tian1 cai2 talent/gift/genius/talented/gifted
天赋 tian1 fu4 gift/innate skill
天空 tian1 kong1 sky
天气 tian1 qi4 weather
天上 tian1 shang4 celestial/heavenly
天生 tian1 sheng1 innate/natural
天使 tian1 shi3 angel
天堂 tian1 tang2 paradise/heaven
天真 tian1 zhen1 naive/innocent/artless
甜 tian2 sweet
填 tian2 to fill in
田 tian2 field/farm/surname Tian
甜蜜 tian2 mi4 sweet/honey
舔 tian3 to lick/to lap
挑选 tiao1 xuan3 choose/select
挑 tiao1/tiao3 carry on a pole/choose; incite
条 tiao2
strip/item/article/clause (of law or treaty)/classifier for long thin things
(ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
条件 tiao2 jian4 condition/prerequisite/factor
调情 tiao2 qing2 flirt
调整 tiao2 zheng3 adjustment/revision
条子 tiao2 zi5 a short note/a slip of paper
挑战 tiao3 zhan4 challenge
跳 tiao4 jump/hop/skip (a grade)/to leap/to bounce/to beat

跳舞 tiao4 wu3 to dance
跳跃 tiao4 yue4 to jump/to leap/to bound/to skip
贴 tie1
to stick/to paste/to keep close to/to fit snugly/to subsidize/allowance
(e.g. money for food or housing)/sticker/classifier for sticking plaster:
strip
铁 tie3 iron Fe, transition metal, atomic number 26
听 ting1
to listen/to hear/to obey/a can (loan from English tin)/classifier for
canned beverages; to let/to allow
厅 ting1 (reception) hall/office
听到 ting1 dao4 to hear
听话 ting1 hua4 to do what one is told/obedient
听见 ting1 jian4 hear
听说 ting1 shuo1 to hear told
听听 ting1 ting1 #
听证会 ting1 zheng4 hui4 (legislative) hearing
停 ting2 to stop/to halt/to park (a car)
庭 ting2 court/courtyard
停车 ting2 che1 to stop/to park
停车场 ting2 che1 chang3 parking lot/car park
停下 ting2 xia4 to stop
停止 ting2 zhi3 to stop/to halt/to cease
挺 ting3
straight and stiff/rather (good)/quite/very/classifier for guns or
machinery
通常 tong1 chang2 regular/usual/ordinary/normal
通道 tong1 dao4 (communications) channel/thoroughfare/passage
通过 tong1 guo4
by means of/through/via/to pass through/to get through/to adopt/to
pass (a bill)/to switch over
通话 tong1 hua4 talk over telephone/hold a conversation
通讯 tong1 xun4 communications/a news story (e.g. dispatched over the wire)
通知 tong1 zhi1 to notify/to inform/notice/notification
通 tong1/tong4 #
童 tong2 surname Tong/boy/child/children
同伴 tong2 ban4 companion/comrade/fellow
同伙 tong2 huo3 colleague/co-conspirator
童年 tong2 nian2 childhood
同情 tong2 qing2 compassion/relent/sympathize/sympathy
同时 tong2 shi2 at the same time/simultaneously
同事 tong2 shi4 colleague/co-worker
同性恋 tong2 xing4 lian4 homosexuality/gay person/gay love
同学 tong2 xue2 (fellow) classmate
同样 tong2 yang4 same/equal/equivalent
同意 tong2 yi4 to agree/to consent/to approve
同志 tong2 zhi4 comrade/homosexual (Taiwan)

童子军tong2 zi3 jun1 boy scout
同 tong2/tong4 like/same/similar/together/alike/with
同一个 tong2/tong4 yi1 ge3/ge4#
捅 tong3 poke through
桶 tong3 bucket/(trash) can/barrel (of oil etc)
统治 tong3 zhi4 to rule (a country)/to govern/rule/regime
痛 tong4 ache/pain/sorrow
痛苦 tong4 ku3 pain/suffering/painful
偷 tou1 to steal/to pilfer
偷偷 tou1 tou1 stealthily/secretly/covertly/furtively/on the sly
偷走 tou1 zou3 #
头 tou2
head/hair style/the top/end/beginning or end/a
stub/remnant/chief/boss/side/aspect/first/leading/classifier for pigs or
livestock; suff. for nouns
投 tou2 to throw/to send/to invest
头部 tou2 bu4 head
头发 tou2 fa5 hair (on the head)
头脑 tou2 nao3 brains/mind
投票 tou2 piao4 to vote/vote
头儿 tou2 r5 leader
投入 tou2 ru4 put into operation/throw into battle/to put into
投诉 tou2 su4 complaint/to file a complaint/to sue
头疼 tou2 teng2 headache
头痛 tou2 tong4 headache
投降 tou2 xiang2 surrender
头绪 tou2 xu4 outline/main threads
投资 tou2 zi1 investment/to invest
透 tou4
to penetrate/to pass through/thoroughly/completely/transparent/to
appear/to show
透露 tou4 lu4 to leak out/to divulge/to reveal
突破 tu1 po4 breakthrough
突然 tu1 ran2 sudden/abrupt/unexpected
图 tu2 diagram/to plan/picture/drawing/chart
涂 tu2 to smear/daub; to smear/daub/to apply (paint)/to spread/surname Tu
图片 tu2 pian4 image/picture/photograph
屠杀 tu2 sha1 massacre
图书馆 tu2 shu1 guan3 library
图像 tu2 xiang4 image/picture/graphic
土 tu3
earth/dust/clay/local/indigenous/crude opium/unsophisticated/Tuzu
ethnic minority/surname Tu
土地 tu3 di4 land/territory/soil

土豆 tu3 dou4 potato
吐 tu3/tu4 to spit/to put/to say; to vomit/to throw up
兔 tu4 rabbit
兔子 tu4 zi5 hare/rabbit
团 tuan2 dumpling; regiment/round/circular/group/society
团队 tuan2 dui4 team
团结 tuan2 jie2 a rally/to hold a rally/to join forces
团体 tuan2 ti3 group/organization/team
推 tui1
to push/to cut/to refuse/to reject/to decline/to shirk (responsibility)/to
put off/to delay/to push forward/to nominate/to elect
推测 tui1 ce4 speculation/to conjecture/to surmise/to speculate
推荐 tui1 jian4 to recommend/recommendation
腿 tui3 leg
退 tui4 retreat/to decline/to move back/to withdraw
退出 tui4 chu1 to withdraw/to abort/to quit
退后 tui4 hou4 #
退休 tui4 xiu1 retirement (from work)
吞 tun1 to swallow/to take
脱 tuo1 to shed/to take off/to escape/to get away from
拖 tuo1 dragging (brush stroke in painting)/to drag along
托 tuo1
prop/support (for weight)/rest (e.g. arm rest)/thanks to/to hold in one's
hand/to support in one's palm/to give/to base/to commit/to set; to
trust/to entrust/to be entrusted with/to act as trustee
拖车 tuo1 che1 trailer (pulled by tractor or other vehicle)
脱离 tuo1 li2 separate/break away
托尼 tuo1 ni2 #
脱衣舞 tuo1 yi1/yi3/yi4 wu3 #
挖 wa1 to dig/to excavate/to scoop out
哇 wa1/wa5 sound of child's crying
娃娃 wa2 wa5 baby/small child/doll
瓦 wa3/wa4 #
袜子 wa4 zi5 socks/stockings
歪 wai1 askew/at a crooked angle/devious/noxious
外 wai4 outside/in addition/foreign/external
外表 wai4 biao3 external/outside/outward appearance
外科 wai4 ke1
surgery/"external" medicine, i.e. surgical intervention, as opposed to
内科[nei4 ke1] "ternal" treatment by administering drugs/surgical
departmentss
外面 wai4 mian5 outside
外婆 wai4 po2 (informal) mother's mother; maternal grandmother
外套 wai4 tao4 coat

外星人 wai4 xing1 ren2 space alien/extra-terrestrial
外遇 wai4 yu4 an extramarital affair
弯 wan1 bend/bent
玩 wan2
toy/sth used for amusement/curio or antique (Taiwan pr. wan4)/to
play/to have fun/to trifle with/to keep sth for entertainment
完 wan2 to finish/to be over/whole/complete/entire
完毕 wan2 bi4 to finish/to end/to complete
完成 wan2 cheng2 complete/accomplish/perfect tense (grammar)
完蛋 wan2 dan4
fallen from power/destroyed/finished/all over for (him)/gone to the
dogs
玩具 wan2 ju4 plaything/toy
完美 wan2 mei3 perfect/perfection/perfectly
玩偶 wan2 ou3 doll
完全 wan2 quan2 complete/whole/totally/entirely
玩儿 wan2 r5 to play/to have fun
完事 wan2 shi4 #
玩玩 wan2 wan2 #
玩笑 wan2 xiao4 joke/jest
玩意 wan2 yi4 #
完整 wan2 zheng3 complete/intact
晚 wan3 evening/night/late
碗 wan3 bowl/cup
晚安 wan3 an1 Good night!/Good evening!
晚餐 wan3 can1 evening meal/dinner
晚点 wan3 dian3 late/delayed/a little later/behind schedule
晚饭 wan3 fan4 evening meal/dinner/supper
晚会 wan3 hui4 evening party
挽救 wan3 jiu4 to save/to remedy/to rescue
晚上 wan3 shang5 in the evening
晚宴 wan3 yan4 banquet/dinner party
万岁 wan4 sui4 live long/wish a long life
万一 wan4 yi1 just in case/if by any chance/contingency
王八 wang2 ba1
tortoise/cuckold/(insult with the flavor of bastard, son of a bitch)/cf
王八蛋
王子 wang2 zi3 prince/son of a king
忘 wang2/wang4 to forget/to overlook/to neglect
王 wang2/wang4 king/surname Wang
网 wang3 net/network
网络 wang3 luo4 network (computer, telecom etc)
网上 wang3 shang4 on-line
网站 wang3 zhan4 website/network station/node

往 wang3/wang4 to go (in a direction)/to/towards/(of a train) bound for/past/previous
望 wang4
full moon/to hope/to expect/to visit/to gaze (into the distance)/to look
towards/towards
忘掉 wang4 diao4 to forget
忘记 wang4 ji4 to forget
妄想 wang4 xiang3 to attempt vainly/a vain attempt
威 wei1 power/might/prestige
威尔 wei1 er3 #
危机 wei1 ji1 crisis
威利 Wei1 li4
Wylie (name)/Turrell Wylie, originator of the Wylie transcription of
Tibetan script
威廉 Wei1 lian2 William or Wilhelm (name)
威士忌 wei1 shi4 ji4 whisky
危险 wei1 xian3 danger/dangerous
微笑 wei1 xiao4 smile
威胁 wei1 xie2 to threaten/to menace
维 wei2
to preserve/to maintain/to hold together/dimension/abbr. for Uighur
维吾尔
围 wei2 to circle/to surround
维持 wei2 chi2 to keep/to maintain/to preserve
违法 wei2 fa3 illegal/to break the law
违反 wei2 fan3 to violate (a law)
维护 wei2 hu4 to defend/to safeguard/to protect/to uphold/to maintain
维加斯 wei2 jia1 si1 #
唯一 wei2 yi1 only/sole
为止 wei2 zhi3 until
唯 wei2/wei3 -ism/only/alone; yes
为 wei2/wei4
as (in the capacity of)/to take sth as/to act as/to serve as/to behave
as/to become/to be/to do; because of/for/to
尾巴 wei3 ba5 tail
伟大 wei3 da4 great/mighty/large
委托 wei3 tuo1 entrust/trust
委托人 wei3 tuo1 ren2 trustor
委员会 wei3 yuan2 hui4 committee
伪造 wei3 zao4 to forge/to fake/counterfeit
伪装 wei3 zhuang1
to fake/to feign/to pretend/living under a false identity/dressed up
as/under the guise of
尾 wei3/yi3 tail
位 wei4
position/location/classifier for people/place/seat/classifier for binary
bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
喂 wei4
hello (interj., esp. on telephone)/hey/to feed (sb or some animal); to
feed
未 wei4
not yet/did not/have not/not/8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar
month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep

味 wei4 taste
胃 wei4 stomach
为此 wei4 ci3
for this reason/with regards to this/in this respect/in order to do this/to
this end
味道 wei4 dao4 flavor
为何 wei4 he2 why
未婚夫 wei4 hun1 fu1 fiancé
未婚妻 wei4 hun1 qi1 fiancée
胃口 wei4 kou3 appetite
未来 wei4 lai2 future/tomorrow/approaching/coming/pending
为了 wei4 le5 in order to/for the purpose of/so as to
为什么 wei4 shen2 me5 why?/for what reason?
卫生 wei4 sheng1 health/hygiene/sanitation
卫星 wei4 xing1 (space) satellite
位于 wei4 yu2 to be located at/to be situated at/to lie
位置 wei4 zhi5 position/place/seat
位子 wei4 zi5 place/seat
温度 wen1 du4/duo2 #
温暖 wen1 nuan3 #
温柔 wen1 rou2 #
闻 wen2
to hear/news/well-known/famous/reputation/fame/to smell/to sniff
at/surname Wen
文 wen2 language/culture/writing/formal/literary/gentle/surname Wen
文化 wen2 hua4 culture/civilization/cultural
文件 wen2 jian4 document/file
文明 wen2 ming2 civilized/civilization/culture
文章 wen2 zhang1 article/essay
纹 wen2/wen4 line/trace/mark/decoration/decorated with
吻 wen3 kiss/mouth
稳 wen3 settled/steady/stable
稳定 wen3 ding4 steady/stable/stability/to stabilize/to pacify
吻合 wen3 he2 good fit/be identical
问 wen4 to ask
问好 wen4 hao3 to say hello to/to send one's regards to
问题 wen4 ti2 question/problem/issue/topic
问问 wen4 wen4 #
窝 wo1 nest
我 wo3 I/me/my
我会 wo3 hui4/kuai4 #
我家 wo3 jia1/jia5/jie5 #
我们 wo3 men5 we/us/ourselves/our
握 wo4 shake hands/to hold/to grasp

卧底 wo4 di3 to hide (as an undercover agent)/an insider (in a gang of thieves)/a mole
沃尔特 wo4 er3 te4 #
卧室 wo4 shi4 bedroom
屋 wu1 house/room
呜 wu1 (onomat. for humming)
屋顶 wu1 ding3 roof
屋里 wu1 li3 #
污染 wu1 ran3 pollution/contamination
巫师 wu1 shi1 wizard/magician
屋子 wu1 zi5 house/room
无比 wu2 bi3 matchless
无法 wu2 fa3 unable/incapable
无辜 wu2 gu1 not guilty (legal plea)/innocent/innocence
无关 wu2 guan1 unrelated/having nothing to do (with sth else)
无关紧要wu2 guan1 jin3 yao4 indifferent/insignificant
无聊 wu2 liao2 nonsense/bored
无论 wu2 lun4 no matter what or how/regardless of whether...
无论如何wu2 lun4 ru2 he2 anyhow/anyway/whatever
无能为力wu2 neng2 wei2 li4 impotent (idiom)/powerless/helpless
无视 wu2 shi4 ignore/disregard
无数 wu2 shu4 countless/numberless/innumerable
无所谓wu2 suo3 wei4 to be indifferent/not to matter
无线电 wu2 xian4 dian4 wireless
无效 wu2 xiao4 not valid/ineffective/in vain
无意 wu2 yi4 inadvertent/accidental
无罪 wu2 zui4 innocent/guileless/not guilty (of crime)
舞 wu3 to dance/to wield/to brandish
五 wu3 five/5
舞伴 wu3 ban4 #
舞步 wu3 bu4 dance steps
午餐 wu3 can1 lunch/luncheon
舞蹈 wu3 dao3 dance
午饭 wu3 fan4 lunch
舞会 wu3 hui4 dance/ball/party
武器 wu3 qi4 weapon/arms
侮辱 wu3 ru3 to insult/to humiliate/dishonor
武士 wu3 shi4 warrior/samurai
舞台 wu3 tai2 (theatrical or political) stage/arena
午夜 wu3 ye4 midnight
武装 wu3 zhuang1 arms/equipment/to arm/military/armed (forces)
物 wu4 thing/object/matter/abbr. for physics 物理

雾 wu4 fog/mist
误会 wu4 hui4 to misunderstand/to mistake/misunderstanding
误解 wu4 jie3 misunderstanding
物品 wu4 pin3 articles/goods/materials
物质 wu4 zhi4 matter/substance/material/materialistic
西 xi1 west/the West/Spain (abbr.)/Spanish
吸 xi1 to breathe/to suck in/to absorb/to inhale
嘻 xi1 laugh/giggle
兮 xi1 (particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)
希 xi1 rare/infrequent
西班牙 Xi1 ban1 ya2 Spain
西班牙语Xi1 ban1 ya2 yu3 Spanish language
西部 xi1 bu4 western part
西德 Xi1 de2
West Germany/German Federal Republic 德意志·联邦·共和国[De2 yi4
zhi4 · Lian2 bang1 · Gong4 he2 guo2]
吸毒 xi1 du2 to take drugs/addiction
膝盖 xi1 gai4 knee
希腊 Xi1 la4 Greece
西蒙 xi1 meng1/meng2/meng3 #
牺牲 xi1 sheng1 sacrifice (one's life etc)
希特勒 Xi1 te4 le4 Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)
希望 xi1 wang4 to wish for/to desire/to hope
吸血鬼 xi1 xue4 gui3
a leech/blood-sucking vermin/a vampire (translated European
notion)/fig. a cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
西雅图Xi1 ya3 tu2 Seattle, Washington State
吸烟 xi1 yan1 to smoke
吸引 xi1 yin3 to attract (interest, investment etc)
西装 xi1 zhuang1 (Western-style) clothes
习惯 xi2 guan4 habit/custom/usual practice/to be used to
袭击 xi2 ji1 an attack (esp. surprise attack)/raid/to attack
喜 xi3
to be fond of/to like/to enjoy/to be happy/to feel
pleased/happiness/delight/glad
喜爱 xi3 ai4 to like/to love/to be fond of/favorite
喜欢 xi3 huan5 to like/to be fond of
喜剧 xi3 ju4 comedy
洗手间xi3 shou3 jian1 toilet/lavatory/washroom
洗澡 xi3 zao3 to bathe
洗 xi3/xian3 to wash/to bathe
细胞 xi4 bao1 cell
细节 xi4 jie2 details/particulars
戏剧 xi4 ju4 drama/play/theater

系列 xi4 lie4 series
系统 xi4 tong3 system
瞎 xia1 blind
侠 xia2 knight-errant/brave and chivalrous/hero/heroic
下 xia4
down/downwards/below/lower/later/next (week etc)/second (of two
parts)/to decline/to go down
下巴 xia4 ba5 chin
下班 xia4 ban1 to finish work/to get off work
下次 xia4 ci4 next time
吓坏 xia4 huai4 to be really frightened
下降 xia4 jiang4 to decline/to drop/to fall/to go down/to decrease
下来 xia4 lai5
to come down/(after verb of motion, indicates motion down and
towards us, also fig.)/(indicates continuation from the past towards
us)/to be harvested (of crops)/to be over (of a period of time)/to go
among the masses (said of leaders)
下落 xia4 luo4 whereabouts
下面 xia4 mian5 below/next/the following/under/below
下去 xia4 qu5 to go down/to descend/to go on/to continue
下手 xia4 shou3 start/put one's hand to/set about/the seat to the right of the main guest
夏天 xia4 tian1 summer
夏威夷 Xia4 wei1 yi2 Hawaii, US state
下午 xia4 wu3 afternoon/p.m.
下载 xia4 zai3 to download/also pr. xia4 zai4
先 xian1 early/prior/former/in advance/first
仙 xian1 immortal
先生 xian1 sheng5 sir/mister/teacher/(title of respect)
嫌犯 xian2 fan4 a suspect
嫌疑犯 xian2 yi2 fan4 a suspect
嫌疑人 xian2 yi2 ren2 a suspect
险 xian3 danger/dangerous/rugged
显得 xian3 de5 to seem/to look/to appear
显然 xian3 ran2 clear/evident/obvious(ly)
显示 xian3 shi4 to show/to illustrate/to display/to demonstrate
线 xian4 thread/string/wire/line
现 xian4 appear/present/now/existing/current
献 xian4 to offer
陷 xian4
pitfall/trap/to get stuck/to sink/to cave in/to frame (false charge)/to
capture (a city in battle)/to fall (to the enemy)/defect
馅饼 xian4 bing3 Chinese meat pie/pasty
现场 xian4 chang3 lit. actual location/the scene (of the incident)/on-the-spot
现代 xian4 dai4
modern times/modern age/modern era/Hyundai, South Korean
company

献给 xian4 gei3 present to/offer to
陷害 xian4 hai4 to cast blame on/to frame
现金 xian4 jin1 cash
陷阱 xian4 jing3 lit. a pit for trapping animals/a trap/a snare/a boobytrap
线路 xian4 lu4 line/circuit/wire/railway track
陷入 xian4 ru4 to sink into/to get caught up in/to land in (a predicament)
现实 xian4 shi2 reality/actuality/real/actual
线索 xian4 suo3 trail/clues/thread (of a story)
现象 xian4 xiang4 appearance/phenomenon
现在 xian4 zai4 now/at present/modern/current/nowadays
限制 xian4 zhi4 (impose) restrictions/to limit/to bound/to restrict
箱 xiang1 box/trunk/chest
香 xiang1 fragrant/incense/(of food) savory/appetizing/sweet/scented/popular
相爱 xiang1 ai4 to love each other
相比 xiang1 bi3 compared to
香槟 xiang1 bin1 (loan) champagne
香肠 xiang1 chang2 sausage
相处 xiang1 chu3 get along with each other
乡村 xiang1 cun1 rustic/village/countryside
相当 xiang1 dang1 equivalent to/appropriate/considerably/to a certain extent/fairly
相反 xiang1 fan3 opposite/contrary
相关 xiang1 guan1 interrelated/correlation/dependence/relevance/mutuality
相互 xiang1 hu4 each other/mutual
香蕉 xiang1 jiao1 banana
香水 xiang1 shui3 perfume/cologne
相似 xiang1 si4 to resemble/similar/like/resemblance/similarity
相同 xiang1 tong2 identical/same
相信 xiang1 xin4 be convinced (that something is true)/believe/to accept sth as true
香烟 xiang1 yan1 cigarette/smoke from burning incense
箱子 xiang1 zi5 suitcase/chest/box/case/trunk
相 xiang1/xiang4 each other/one another/mutually; appearance/portrait/picture
详细 xiang2 xi4 detailed/in detail/minute
想 xiang3 to think/to believe/to suppose/to wish/to want/to miss
响 xiang3 to make a sound/to sound/to ring/loud/classifier for noises
想到 xiang3 dao4 to think of/to call to mind/to anticipate
想法 xiang3 fa3 idea/train of thought/what sb is thinking/to think of a way (to do sth)
想见 xiang3 jian4/xian4 #
想念 xiang3 nian4 miss/remember with longing/long to see again
想起 xiang3 qi3 to recall/to think of/to call to mind

享受 xiang3 shou4 to enjoy (rights, benefits etc)
想象 xiang3 xiang4 to imagine/to fancy
想像 xiang3 xiang4 imagine/visualize
想想 xiang3 xiang5 to have a think about it/recall...
像 xiang4
(look) like/similar (to)/appearance/to appear/to
seem/image/portrait/resemble/seem
向 xiang4
direction/orientation/to face/to turn toward/to/towards/shortly
before/formerly/to side with/to be partial to/all along
(previously)/surname Xiang
象 xiang4
elephant/shape/form/appearance/of that shape/comparable to/such
as.../image under a map (math.)
项 xiang4
back of neck/item/thing/term (in a mathematical formula)/sum (of
money)/classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects
etc; surname Xiang
相机 xiang4 ji1 a camera/variant of 照相机
项链 xiang4 lian4 necklace
项目 xiang4 mu4 item/project/sports event
向前 xiang4 qian2 forward/onward
象是 xiang4 shi4 #
象征 xiang4 zheng1 emblem/symbol/token/badge/to symbolize/to signify/to stand for
消除 xiao1 chu2 to eliminate/to remove
消防 xiao1 fang2 fire-fighting/fire control
消灭 xiao1 mie4
to put an end to/to annihilate/to cause to perish/to perish/annihilation
(in quantum field theory)
消失 xiao1 shi1 to disappear/to fade away
销售 xiao1 shou4 to sell/market/sales
消息 xiao1 xi5 news/information/CL:h潀条[tiao2]
肖恩 xiao1/xiao4 en1 #
小 xiao3 small/tiny/few/young
小丑 xiao3 chou3 clown
晓得 xiao3 de5 to know
小队 xiao3 dui4 #
小费 xiao3 fei4 tip
小姑娘 xiao3 gu1 niang2 #
小孩 xiao3 hai2 child
小孩子 xiao3 hai2 zi3 #
小伙子 xiao3 huo3 zi5 lad/young fellow/youngster
小家伙 xiao3 jia1/jia5/jie5 huo3#
小姐 xiao3 jie5 young lady/miss
小妞 xiao3 niu1 #
小朋友 xiao3 peng2 you3 children
小声 xiao3 sheng1 in a low voice/(speak) in whispers
小时 xiao3 shi2 hour

小时候 xiao3 shi2 hou5 in one's childhood
小事 xiao3 shi4 trifle/trivial matter/CL:点[dian3]
小说 xiao3 shuo1 novel/fiction
小偷 xiao3 tou1 thief
小屋 xiao3 wu1 cabin/lodge
小小 xiao3 xiao3 #
小小的 xiao3 xiao3 de5/di2/di4#
小心 xiao3 xin1 to be careful/to take care
小镇 xiao3 zhen4 #
小子 xiao3 zi5 boy/young fellow/(derog.) chap
小组 xiao3 zu3 a group
笑 xiao4 laugh/smile
效果 xiao4 guo3 result/effect/quality
笑话 xiao4 hua4 joke/jest
效劳 xiao4 lao2 to serve (in some capacity)/to work for
笑容 xiao4 rong2 smile/smiling expression
校园 xiao4 yuan2 campus
校长 xiao4 zhang3 (college, university) president/headmaster
些 xie1 some/few/several/(a measure word)
歇 xie1 to rest
鞋 xie2 shoe
携带 xie2 dai4 to carry/portable
邪恶 xie2 e4 sinister/vicious/wicked/evil
协会 xie2 hui4 an association/a society
协议 xie2 yi4 agreement/pact/protocol
协助 xie2 zhu4 provide assistance/aid
鞋子 xie2 zi5 shoe
叶 xie2/ye4 leaf/page/surname Ye
写信 xie3 xin4 to write a letter
写作 xie3 zuo4 writing/written works
写 xie3/xie4 to write
血 xie3/xue4 blood/informal colloquial and Taiwan pr. xie3/also pr. xue3
谢 xie4
to thank/to apologize/to wither (flowers, leaves etc)/to decline/surname
Xie
泄露 xie4 lou4 leak (information)/divulge
谢天谢地 xie4 tian1 xie4 di4 Thank heavens!/Thank goodness that's worked out so well!
谢谢 xie4 xie5 to thank/thanks
新 xin1 new/newly/abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆/meso- (chem.)
心 xin1 heart/mind
辛苦 xin1 ku3 hard/exhausting/with much toil
心理 xin1 li3 mental/psychological
心里 xin1 li5 in one's heart and mind; in ones heart and mind

心灵 xin1 ling2 bright/smart/quick-witted/heart/thoughts/spirit
新年 xin1 nian2 New Year
新娘 xin1 niang2 bride
芯片 xin1 pian4 chip
心情 xin1 qing2 mood/frame of mind
新人 xin1 ren2
new age person/new type of person/newly-wed, esp. new bride/bride
and groom
欣赏 xin1 shang3 to appreciate/to enjoy/to admire
薪水 xin1 shui3 salary/wage
心跳 xin1 tiao4 heartbeat/pulse
新闻 xin1 wen2 news
新鲜 xin1 xian1 fresh (experience, food etc)/freshness
心脏 xin1 zang4 heart
心脏病 xin1 zang4 bing4 heart disease
新泽西 Xin1 ze2 xi1 New Jersey, US state
心中 xin1 zhong1 central point/in one's thoughts/in one's heart
寻 xin2/xun2 to search/to look for/to seek
信 xin4 letter/CL:封[feng1]/true/to believe/sign/evidence
信号 xin4 hao4 signal
信念 xin4 nian4 faith/belief/conviction
信任 xin4 ren4 trust/have confidence in
信息 xin4 xi1 information/news/message
信心 xin4 xin1 confidence/faith (in sb or sth)
信仰 xin4 yang3 to believe in (a religion)/firm belief/conviction
信用卡 xin4 yong4 ka3 credit card
星 xing1 star/satellite/small amount
兴奋 xing1 fen4 excited/excitement
星期 xing1 qi1 week
星期六 xing1 qi1 liu4 Saturday
星期天 xing1 qi1 tian1 Sunday
星期五 xing1 qi1 wu3 Friday
星期一 xing1 qi1 yi1 Monday
星球 xing1 qiu2 celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc)/heavenly body
星星 xing1 xing5 star in the sky
型 xing2 model/type (e.g. blood type)
形 xing2 to appear/to look/form/shape
形成 xing2 cheng2 to form/to take shape
行动 xing2 dong4 operation/action/to move/mobile
行李 xing2 li5 luggage
形容 xing2 rong2 to describe/appearance/look
行事 xing2 shi4 to execute/to handle/behavior/action/conduct
形式 xing2 shi4 form/shape/situation/circumstance

行为 xing2 wei2 action/conduct/behavior/activity
形象 xing2 xiang4 image/form/figure
醒 xing3 to wake up/to awaken/to be awake
醒来 xing3 lai2 waken
性 xing4
nature/character/property/quality/attribute/sexuality/sex/gender/surn
ame/suffix forming adjective from verb/suffix forming noun from
adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity/essence
姓 xing4 family name/surname/name
幸 xing4 fortunate/lucky/surname Xing; lucky
性爱 xing4 ai4 sex/love-making
幸存者 xing4 cun2 zhe3 survivor
幸福 xing4 fu2 blessed/happiness/happy
性感 xing4 gan3 sex appeal/eroticism/sexuality
性格 xing4 ge2 nature/disposition/temperament/character
幸好 xing4 hao3 fortunately
姓名 xing4 ming2 name and surname
性命 xing4 ming4 life
兴趣 xing4 qu5 interest (directed towards, not inherent in something)
幸运 xing4 yun4 fortunate/lucky/fortune/luck
胸 xiong1 chest/bosom/heart/mind/thorax
凶 xiong1
ominous/inauspicious/famine/crop failure;
vicious/fierce/terrible/fearful/violence/murder/criminal/murderer
胸部 xiong1 bu4 chest/bosom
兄弟 xiong1 di4 brothers/brethren
凶器 xiong1 qi4 lethal weapon/murder weapon
凶手 xiong1 shou3 assailant/murderer/assassin; murderer
熊 xiong2 bear/to scold/to rebuke/brilliant light/to shine brightly/surname Xiong
修 xiu1
to decorate/to embellish/to repair/to build/to study/to write/to
cultivate
休 xiu1 to rest
羞耻 xiu1 chi3 (a feeling of) shame
修好 xiu1 hao3 to repair
休假 xiu1 jia4 take a vacation/go on holiday
修理 xiu1 li3 repair/perform maintenance/to overhaul/to fix
修女 xiu1 nu:3 nun
羞辱 xiu1 ru3 to baffle/to humiliate/shame/dishonor/humiliation
休息 xiu1 xi5 rest/to rest
秀 xiu4
handsome/refined/elegant/graceful/show (loan from
English)/Cl:场[chang2]/performance/ear of grain
需 xu1 to require/to need/to want/necessity/need
需要 xu1 yao4 to need/to want/to demand/needs/to require
许 xu3 surname Xu; to allow/to permit/to praise/somewhat/perhaps

许多 xu3 duo1 many/a lot of/much
许可 xu3 ke3 to allow/to permit
恤 xu4
anxiety/sympathy/to sympathize/to give relief/to compensate;
anxiety/sympathy/to sympathize/to give relief/to compensate/T-恤 is
commonly used for English T-shirt
酗酒 xu4 jiu3 heavy drinking/to get drunk/to drink to excess
宣布 xuan1 bu4 to declare/to announce/to proclaim
宣传 xuan1 chuan2 to disseminate/to give publicity to/propaganda
旋转 xuan2 zhuan3 to rotate/to revolve/to spin/to whirl
选 xuan3 to choose/to pick/to select/to elect
选举 xuan3 ju3 to elect/election
选手 xuan3 shou3 athlete/contestant
选择 xuan3 ze2 to select/to pick/choice/option/alternative
靴子 xue1 zi5 boots
学 xue2 learn/study/science/-ology
学会 xue2 hui4 to learn/to master/institute/learned society/(scholarly) association
学生 xue2 sheng5 student/school child
学习 xue2 xi2 to learn/to study
学校 xue2 xiao4 school/CL:所[suo3]
学院 xue2 yuan4 college/educational institute/school/faculty
雪 xue3 snow
雪茄 xue3 jia1 cigar
血迹 xue4 ji1 bloodstain
血压 xue4 ya1 blood pressure
血液 xue4 ye4 blood
寻常 xun2 chang2 usual/common/ordinary
巡逻 xun2 luo2 to patrol (police, army or navy)
寻求 xun2 qiu2 to seek/to look for
询问 xun2 wen4 to inquire
寻找 xun2 zhao3 to seek/to look for
逊 xun4 to abdicate/modest/yielding/unpretentious/inferior to
训练 xun4 lian4 to train/to drill/training
迅速 xun4 su4 rapid/speedy/fast
押 ya1 mortgage/to pawn/to detain in custody
压力 ya1 li4 pressure
鸭子 ya1 zi5 duck
雅 ya1/ya3 elegant
压 ya1/ya4
to press/to push down/to keep under (control)/pressure; in the first
place/to crush
呀 ya1/ya5 (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
牙 ya2 tooth/ivory

牙齿 ya2 chi3 dental/tooth
牙医 ya2 yi1 dentist
亚 ya4 Asia/Asian/second/next to/inferior/sub-/Taiwan pr. ya3
亚当 Ya4 dang1 Adam
亚历克斯 ya4 li4 ke4 si1 #
亚瑟 Ya4 se4 Arthur (name)
亚洲 Ya4 zhou1 Asia/Asian
烟 yan1/yin1 cigarette/tobacco/smoke
言 yan2 to speak/to say/talk/word
盐 yan2 salt
严格 yan2 ge2 strict/stringent/tight/rigorous
研究 yan2 jiu1 research/a study/CL:项[xiang4]
颜色 yan2 se4 color
严肃 yan2 su4 solemn/solemnity
沿着 yan2 zhe5 along
严重 yan2 zhong4 grave/serious/severe/critical
眼 yan3 eye
演 yan3 to develop/to evolve/to practice/to perform/to play/to act
演唱 yan3 chang4 sung performance/to sing for an audience
演唱会 yan3 chang4 hui4 vocal recital or concert
演出 yan3 chu1 to act (in a play)/to perform/to put on (a performance)
掩盖 yan3 gai4 to conceal/to hide behind/to cover up
掩护 yan3 hu4 screen/shield/cover
演讲 yan3 jiang3 lecture/to make a speech
眼镜 yan3 jing4 spectacles/eyeglasses/CL:副[fu4]
眼睛 yan3 jing5 eye
眼泪 yan3 lei4 tears/crying
眼里 yan3 li3 #
眼前 yan3 qian2 now/present
眼神 yan3 shen2 expression or emotion showing in one's eyes
掩饰 yan3 shi4 to conceal a fault/to gloss over
演戏 yan3 xi4 to put on a play/to perform/fig. to pretend/to feign
演员 yan3 yuan2 actor or actress/performer
演奏 yan3 zou4 to play a musical instrument/to perform music
艳 yan4 glamorous
宴会 yan4 hui4 banquet/feast/dinner party
厌倦 yan4 juan4 dreary/to tire of/weary of
验尸 yan4 shi1
an autopsy/a postmortem examination (to determine cause of death
etc)
厌恶 yan4 wu4 to loath/to hate/disgusted with sth
羊 yang2 sheep/surname Yang
阳光 yang2 guang1 sunshine

养 yang3
to raise (animals)/to bring up (children)/to keep (pets)/to support/to
give birth
氧气 yang3 qi4 oxygen
样 yang4 manner/pattern/way/appearance/shape
样本 yang4 ben3 sample/specimen
样子 yang4 zi5 manner/air/looks/aspect
腰 yao1 waist/lower back/pocket/middle
邀请 yao1 qing3 to invite
要求 yao1 qiu2 to request/to require/to stake a claim/to ask/to demand
要 yao1/yao4
demand/ask/request/coerce; important/vital/to want/will/going to (as
future auxiliary)/may/must
约 yao1/yue1 weigh; appointment/agreement/to arrange/to restrict/approximately
摇 yao2 shake/to rock
摇滚 yao2 gun3 to shake and boil/rock and roll (music)
谣言 yao2 yan2 rumor
咬 yao3 to bite/to nip
药 yao4 medicine/drug/cure
要不然 yao4 bu4 ran2 otherwise/or else/or
要么 yao4 me5 or/either one or the other
钥匙 yao4 shi5 key/CL:把[ba3]
要是 yao4 shi5 if
药物 yao4 wu4 medicaments/pharmaceuticals/medication/medicine/drug
耶 ye1/ye2 #
耶稣 ye1/ye2 su1 #
爷爷 ye2 ye5 (informal) father's father; paternal grandfather
也 ye3 also/too/(in classical Chinese) final particle serving as copula
野 ye3 field/plain/open space/limit/boundary/rude/wild
也就是说ye3 jiu4 shi4 shuo1 in other words/that is to say/so/thus
野蛮 ye3 man2 barbarous/uncivilized
野兽 ye3 shou4 beast/wild animal
也许 ye3 xu3 perhaps/maybe
夜 ye4 night
页 ye4 page/leaf
液 ye4 liquid/fluid
业 ye4 business/occupation/study
夜晚 ye4 wan3 night
业余 ye4 yu2 spare time/amateur/extra-curricular
夜总会 ye4 zong3 hui4 nightclub/nightspot
拽 ye4/zhuai1/zhuai4 drag; throw; drag
一 yi1 one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all/throughout
伊 yi1 he/she/surname Yi/abbr. for Iraq or Iran

依 yi1 according to/depend on/near to
一百 yi1 bai3/bo2 #
一百万 yi1 bai3/bo2 mo4/wan4 #
一般 yi1 ban1 same/ordinary/common/general/generally/in general
一半 yi1 ban4 half
一辈子 yi1 bei4 zi5 (for) a lifetime
一边 yi1 bian1 one side/either side/on the one hand/on the other hand/doing while
一旦 yi1 dan4
in case (sth happens)/if/once (sth happens, then...)/when/in a short
time/in one day
一点 yi1 dian3 a bit/a little/one dot/one point
一点儿 yi1 dian3 r5 erhua variant of 一点, a bit/a little
一定 yi1 ding4
surely/certainly/necessarily/fixed/a certain (extent
etc)/given/particular/must
一番 yi1 fan1/pan1 #
一分 yi1 fen1/fen4 #
衣服 yi1 fu5 clothes
一个 yi1 ge4 a/an
一共 yi1 gong4 altogether
一会 yi1 hui4 a moment, a while
一会儿 yi1 hui4 r5 a while
一家 yi1 jia1 the whole family
依靠 yi1 kao4 to rely on sth (for support etc)/to depend on
一刻 yi1 ke4 #
伊拉克 Yi1 la1 ke4 Iraq
伊丽莎白Yi1 li4 sha1 bai2 Elizabeth (person name)
一两 yi1 liang3 #
医疗 yi1 liao2 medical treatment
一路 yi1 lu4 #
一面 yi1 mian4 one side
一模一样yi1 mo2 yi1 yang4 exactly the same (idiom)/carbon copy
一起 yi1 qi3 together
一千 yi1 qian1 one thousand
一切 yi1 qie4 everything
依然 yi1 ran2 still/as before
医生 yi1 sheng1 doctor
一生 yi1 sheng1 all one's life/throughout one's life
医师 yi1 shi1 doctor
一时 yi1 shi2
a period of time/a while/for a short while/temporary/momentary/at the
same time
一团糟 yi1 tuan2 zao1 #
一万 yi1 wan4 ten thousand

一无所有 yi1 wu2 suo3 you3
not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking/without two sticks to
rub together
一无所知 yi1 wu2 suo3 zhi1
not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant/without an
inkling
一下 yi1 xia4
(used after a verb) give it a go/to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)/one
time/once/in a while/all of a sudden/all at once
一下子 yi1 xia4 zi5 in a short while/all at once/all of a sudden
一向 yi1 xiang4 all along/the whole time/constantly/earlier/lately
一些 yi1 xie1 some/a few/a little
医学 yi1 xue2 medicine/medical science/study of medicine
一样 yi1 yang4 same/like/equal to/the same as/just like
一一 yi1 yi1 one by one/one after another
医院 yi1 yuan4 hospital
一阵 yi1 zhen4 a burst/a fit/a peal
一阵子 yi1 zhen4 zi5 short period of time/while (time)/fit of anger
一整天 yi1 zheng3 tian1 #
一直 yi1 zhi2
straight (in a straight line)/continuously/always/from the beginning of ...
up to .../all along/always
一致 yi1 zhi4 unanimous/identical (views or opinions)
衣 yi1/yi3/yi4 clothes; to dress/to wear/to put on (clothes)
移 yi2 to move/to shift/to change/to alter/to remove
遗传 yi2 chuan2 heredity/inheritance/to transmit
移动 yi2 dong4 to move/movement/migration/mobile/portable
疑犯 yi2 fan4 a suspect
遗憾 yi2 han4 regret/pity/sorry
移民 yi2 min2 to immigrate/to migrate
仪式 yi2 shi4 ceremony
疑问 yi2 wen4 a question/sth not understood/to query/interrogative (gramm.)
移植 yi2 zhi2 to transplant
遗嘱 yi2 zhu3 testament/will
以 yi3
to use/according to/so as to/in order to/by/with/because/abbr. for
Israel
已 yi3 already/to stop/then/afterwards
以防万一 yi3 fang2 wan4 yi1
to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case/prepared for any
eventualities
以后 yi3 hou4 after/later/afterwards/following/later on/in the future
以及 yi3 ji2 as well as/too/and
已经 yi3 jing1 already
以来 yi3 lai2 since (a previous event)
以前 yi3 qian2 before/formerly/previous/ago
以上 yi3 shang4 more than/above/over/the above-mentioned
以外 yi3 wai4 apart from/other than/except for/external/outside of

以为 yi3 wei2 to believe/to think/to consider erroneously/to assume (wrongly)
以下 yi3 xia4 below/under/following
椅子 yi3 zi5 chair
意 yi4
idea/meaning/thought/to think/wish/desire/intention/to expect/to
anticipate/abbr. for Italy 意大利
亿 yi4 a hundred million/calculate
易 yi4 change/easy/simple/surname Yi
异 yi4
different/other/hetero-/unusual/strange/surprising/to distinguish/to
separate/to discriminate
异常 yi4 chang2 exceptional/abnormal/an anomaly
意大利 Yi4 da4 li4 Italy/Italian
意见 yi4 jian4 idea/opinion/suggestion/objection/complaint
意识 yi4 shi2 consciousness/awareness/consciously (i.e. deliberately)/to be aware
艺术 yi4 shu4 art
艺术家 yi4 shu4 jia1 artist
意思 yi4 si5 idea/opinion/meaning/wish/desire
意外 yi4 wai4 unexpected/accident/mishap
意味 yi4 wei4 significance/imply (that)
意味着 yi4 wei4 zhe5 signify/mean/imply
义务 yi4 wu4 duty/obligation/commitment/项[xiang4]/voluntary (unpaid)
意义 yi4 yi4 meaning/significance
议员 yi4 yuan2 member (of a legislative body)/representative
意志 yi4 zhi4 will/willpower/determination
因 yin1 cause/reason/because
音 yin1
sound/noise/note (of musical scale)/tone/news/syllable/reading
(phonetic value of a character)
因此 yin1 ci3 thus/consequently/as a result
阴谋 yin1 mou2 plot/conspiracy
因素 yin1 su4 element/factor
因为 yin1 wei4 because/owing to/on account of
阴影 yin1 ying3 shadow
音乐 yin1 yue4 music
音乐会 yin1 yue4 hui4 concert
银 yin2 silver Ag, transition metal, atomic number 47
银行 yin2 hang2 bank
引 yin3
to draw (a bow)/to pull/to stretch sth/to extend/to lengthen/to involve
in/to attract/to lead/to guide/to divert (water)/unit of distance equal to
10 丈[zhang1], now one-thirtieth km or 33.33 meters
引爆 yin3 bao4 to cause to burn/to ignite/to detonate

隐藏 yin3 cang2
to hide/to conceal/to mask/to lie low/to nestle/to shelter/to harbor (i.e.
keep sth hidden)/hidden/implicit/private/covert/recessed (lighting)/a
hideout
引发 yin3 fa1 lead to/trigger/initiate
瘾君子 yin3 jun1 zi3 opium eater/drug addict/chain smoker
饮料 yin3 liao4 drink/beverage
隐瞒 yin3 man2 to conceal/to hide (a taboo subject)/to cover up the truth
引起 yin3 qi3 to give rise to/to lead to/to cause/to arouse
引擎 yin3 qing2 engine (transliteration)
隐私 yin3 si1 privacy
印 yin4 stamp/seal/mark/print/abbr. for India/surname Yin
印第安 Yin4 di4 an1 (American) Indian/native American/indigenous peoples of the Americas
印度 Yin4 du4 India
印象 yin4 xiang4 impression
英 ying1 English/brave/surname Ying
鹰 ying1 eagle/falcon/hawk
英尺 ying1 chi3 foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m.)
英寸 ying1 cun4 inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
应得 ying1 de2 deserve
婴儿 ying1 er2 infant/baby
应该 ying1 gai1 ought to/should/must
英国 Ying1 guo2
United Kingdom 联合王国 [Lian2 he2 wang2 guo2]/United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland/abbr. for England 英格兰[Ying1 ge2
lan2]
英俊 ying1 jun4 handsome
英里 ying1 li3 mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km.)
英雄 ying1 xiong2 hero
英语 Ying1 yu3 English (language)
应 ying1/ying4 ought; surname Ying/to answer/to respond
赢 ying2 to beat/to win/to profit
营 ying2
army/to deal in/to trade/to operate/to run/camp/nourishment/to
manage
赢得 ying2 de2 to win/to gain
营地 ying2 di4 camp
迎接 ying2 jie1 to meet/to welcome/to greet
影 ying3 picture/image/reflection/shadow
影片 ying3 pian4 film/movie
影响 ying3 xiang3
an influence/an effect/to influence/to affect (usually adversely)/to
disturb
影像 ying3 xiang4 image
硬 ying4 hard/stiff/strong/firm
硬币 ying4 bi4 a coin

应付 ying4 fu5 to deal with/to cope
哟 yo1/yo5
(interj) Oh, sound made when expressing surprise/(idiom) used at end of
sentence as an exclamation
拥抱 yong1 bao4 to embrace/to hug
拥有 yong1 you3 to have/to possess
永不 yong3 bu2/bu4 #
勇敢 yong3 gan3 brave
永恒 yong3 heng2 eternal/everlasting/fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)
勇气 yong3 qi4 courage/valor
勇士 yong3 shi4 a warrior/a brave person
永远 yong3 yuan3 forever/eternal
用 yong4 to use
用不着 yong4 bu5 zhao2 not need/have no use for
用来 yong4 lai2 to be used for
用于 yong4 yu2 use in/use on/use for
呦 you1 bleating of the deer
幽灵 you1 ling2 specter/apparition/ghost
幽默 you1 mo4 humor/humorous
优势 you1 shi4 superior/dominant
优秀 you1 xiu4 outstanding/excellent
优雅 you1 ya3 grace/graceful
由 you2
to follow/from/it is for...to/reason/cause/because of/due to/to/to leave
it (to sb)/by (introduces passive verb)
油 you2 oil/sly
游 you2
to walk/to tour/to roam/to travel/surname You; to walk/to tour/to
roam/to travel/to swim/surname You
邮件 you2 jian4 mail/post
尤其 you2 qi2 especially/particularly
犹太 You2 tai4 Jew/Jewish/Judea (in Biblical Palestine)
犹太人 You2 tai4 ren2 Jew
游戏 you2 xi4 game/play
游行 you2 xing2 march/parade/demonstration
游泳 you2 yong3 swim
游泳池 you2 yong3 chi2 swimming pool
由于 you2 yu2 due to/as a result of/thanks to/owing to/since/because
犹豫 you2 yu4 to hesitate
友 you3 friend
有的 you3 de5 (there are) some (who are...)/some (exist)
有点 you3 dian3 a little
有关 you3 guan1 to have sth to do with/to relate to/related to/to concern/concerning
友好 you3 hao3 friendly (relations)
有空 you3 kong4 to have time (to do sth)

有利 you3 li4 advantageous/to have advantages/favorable
有名 you3 ming2 famous/well-known
有趣 you3 qu4 interesting/fascinating/amusing
有人 you3 ren2
someone/people/anyone/there is someone there/occupied (as in
restroom)
友善 you3 shan4 friendly
有时 you3 shi2 sometimes/now and then
有时候 you3 shi2 hou5 sometimes
有史以来 you3 shi3 yi3 lai2 since the beginning of history
有所 you3 suo3 somewhat/to some extent
有效 you3 xiao4 effective/in effect/valid
有些 you3 xie1 some/somewhat
友谊 you3 yi4 companionship/fellowship/friendship
有意 you3 yi4 to intend/intentionally/interested in
有意思 you3 yi4 si5 interesting/meaningful/enjoyable/fun
有用 you3 yong4 useful
有着 you3 zhe5 have/possess
有 you3/you4 to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be
又 you4 (once) again/also/both... and.../again
右 you4 right (-hand)
右边 you4 bian5 right/opposite: left 左边/the right side/to the right
诱惑 you4 huo4 to entice/to lure/to induce/to attract
右手 you4 shou3 right-hand
于 yu2 in/at/to/from/by/than/out of; surname Yu
鱼 yu2 fish
愚蠢 yu2 chun3 silly/stupid
愉快 yu2 kuai4
cheerful/cheerily/delightful/pleasant/pleasantly/pleasing/happy/delight
ed
娱乐 yu2 le4
to entertain/to
amuse/entertainment/recreation/amusement/hobby/fun/joy
余生 yu2 sheng1 #
于是 yu2 shi4 thereupon/as a result/consequently/thus/hence
与 yu2/yu3/yu4
(same as 欤, final particle expression doubt or surprise, similar to 吗 or
呢); and/to give/together with; take part in
语言 yu3 yan2 (spoken) language
与众不同 yu3 zhong4 bu4 tong2 to stand out from the masses (idiom)
宇宙 yu3 zhou4 universe/cosmos
语 yu3/yu4 dialect/language/speech; to tell to
雨 yu3/yu4 rain
遇 yu4 meet with/how one is treated/an opportunity/surname Yu
欲 yu4 desire/longing/appetite/wish; desire/wish
狱 yu4 prison
预备 yu4 bei4 to prepare/to make ready/preparation/preparatory

预测 yu4 ce4 forecast/predict
遇到 yu4 dao4 to meet/to run into/to come across
预定 yu4 ding4 schedule in advance
预感 yu4 gan3 premonition
浴缸 yu4 gang1 bathtub
遇见 yu4 jian4 meet
预料 yu4 liao4 to forecast/to anticipate/expectation
郁闷 yu4 men4 gloomy/depressed
玉米 yu4 mi3 corn/maize
浴室 yu4 shi4 bathroom (room used for bathing)
预算 yu4 suan4 budget
欲望 yu4 wang4 desire/longing/appetite/craving
预言 yu4 yan2 to predict/prophecy
预约 yu4 yue1 reservation/reserve
元 yuan2
Chinese monetary unit/dollar/primary/first/the Yuan or Mongol dynasty
(1279-1368)/surname Yuan
原 yuan2 former/original/primary/raw/level/cause/source
圆 yuan2
circle/round/circular/spherical/(of the moon) full/unit of Chinese
currency (Yuan)/tactful/to justify
原本 yuan2 ben3 originally/original/abbr. for Euclid's elements 几何原本
原地 yuan2 di4 former place/indigenous/local
员工 yuan2 gong1 staff; personnel/employee
原来 yuan2 lai2 original/former/originally/formerly/at first/so... actually
原谅 yuan2 liang4 to excuse/to forgive/to pardon
原始 yuan2 shi3 first/original/primitive/original (document etc)
原因 yuan2 yin1 cause/origin/root cause/reason
原则 yuan2 ze2 principle/doctrine
员 yuan2/yun2/yun4 person/employee/member
远 yuan3 far/distant/remote
远离 yuan3 li2 removed from
远远 yuan3 yuan3 distant
愿 yuan4 hope/wish/desire/ready/willing; sincere/willing
院 yuan4 courtyard/institution
愿望 yuan4 wang4 desire/wish
愿意 yuan4 yi4 to wish/to want/ready/willing (to do sth)
院子 yuan4 zi5 courtyard
约定 yue1 ding4
to agree on sth (after discussion)/to conclude a bargain/to arrange/to
promise/to stipulate/to make an appointment/stipulated (time, amount,
quality etc)/an arrangement/a
deal/appointment/undertaking/commitment/understanding/engageme
nt/stipulation
约翰 Yue1 han4 John (name)/Johan (name)/Johann (name)

约会 yue1 hui4 appointment/engagement/date
月 yue4 moon/month
越 yue4
generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at
different historical periods/abbr. for Vietnam 越南/to exceed/to climb
over/to surpass/the more... the more
乐队 yue4 dui4 band/pop group
越来越 yue4 lai2 yue4 more and more
月亮 yue4 liang5 moon
越南 Yue4 nan2 Vietnam/Vietnamese
晕 yun1/yun4
confused/dizzy/giddy/faint/swoon/lose consciousness/pass out;
dizzy/halo/ring around moon or sun
允许 yun3 xu3 to permit/to allow
运 yun4 to move/to transport/to use/to apply/fortune/luck/fate
运动 yun4 dong4 movement/CL: X4[chang3]/campaign/sports
运动员 yun4 dong4 yuan2 athlete
运气 yun4 qi5 luck (good or bad)
运用 yun4 yong4 to use/to put to use
运作 yun4 zuo4 thread (computing)/operation (e.g. business)/operating
扎 za1/zha1/zha2
tie with string or ribbon/bind with rope or cord/to stop; to tie/to bind;
to prick/to run or stick (a needle etc) into; penetrating (as of
cold)/struggle
砸 za2 smash/smashed/to fail/to get it wrong
杂种 za2 chong2/zhong3/zhong4#
杂志 za2 zhi4 magazine
咱 za2/zan2/zan5 we (inclusive); we (incl.)
咋 za3/ze2/zha1/zha4 gnaw; loud noise/shout/suddenly
灾难 zai1 nan4 disaster/catastrophe
宰 zai3 slaughter/butcher/govern/rule/official
载 zai3/zai4
year/to record in writing; to carry/to convey/to load/to
hold/and/also/as well as/simultaneously
仔 zai3/zi1/zi3 duty/responsibility; minutely/young
在 zai4
(located) at/(to be) in/to exist/in the middle of doing sth/(indicating an
action in progress)
再 zai4
again/once more/re-/second/another/then (after sth, and not until
then)
在场 zai4 chang3 to be present/to be on the scene
再次 zai4 ci4 one more time/again/one more/once again
在乎 zai4 hu5 determined by/to care about/to mind
在家 zai4 jia1/jia5/jie5 #
再见 zai4 jian4 good bye
再说 zai4 shuo1 let's talk about it later/what's more/besides
在意 zai4 yi4 to care about/to mind
在于 zai4 yu2 to be in/to lie in/to consist in/to depend on/to rest with
咱们 zan2 men5 we (including the person spoken to)

赞 zan4 to patronize/to support/to praise; to praise
赞成 zan4 cheng2 approve/endorse
赞美 zan4 mei3 admire/applause/praise/to eulogize
暂时 zan4 shi2 temporary/provisional
暂停 zan4 ting2 to suspend/time-out (e.g. in sports)/stoppage
赞同 zan4 tong2
to approve of/to endorse/(vote) in favor; to approve of/to
endorse/(vote) in favor
赞助 zan4 zhu4 to support/to assist/sponsor
脏 zang4 dirty/filthy; viscera/(anatomy) organ
葬礼 zang4 li3 burial/funeral
糟 zao1 dregs/to waste/spoil; to waste/spoil
遭 zao1
meet by chance (usually with misfortune)/classifier for events: time,
turn, incident
遭到 zao1 dao4 suffer/meet with (sth unfortunate)
糟糕 zao1 gao1 too bad/how terrible/what bad luck/terrible/bad
遭受 zao1 shou4 to suffer/to sustain (loss, misfortune)
遭遇 zao1 yu4 to befall/to encounter
早 zao3 early/morning
澡 zao3 bath
早安 zao3 an1 Good morning!
早餐 zao3 can1 breakfast
早晨 zao3 chen2 early morning
早点 zao3 dian3 light breakfast
早饭 zao3 fan4 breakfast
早就 zao3 jiu4 already at an earlier time
早上 zao3 shang5 early morning
造 zao4 to make/to build/to invent/to manufacture
造成 zao4 cheng2 to bring about/to create/to cause
造型 zao4 xing2 modeling/to mold
噪音 zao4 yin1 rumble/noise/static
则 ze2
(expresses contrast with a previous sentence or
clause)/standard/norm/rule/to imitate/to follow/then/principle
责怪 ze2 guai4 to blame/to rebuke
责任 ze2 ren4 responsibility/blame/duty
贼 zei2 thief
怎 zen3 how
怎么 zen3 me5 how?/what?/why?
怎么办zen3 me5 ban4 what's to be done
怎么样zen3 me5 yang4 how?/how about?/how was it?/how are things?
怎么着 zen3 me5 zhe5
(pron) what/(idiom) "whatever", used to replace some verbs in a
sentence to form a more general sentence
怎样 zen3 yang4 how/why

增加 zeng1 jia1 to raise/to increase
渣 zha1 slag (in mining or smelting)/dregs
炸 zha2/zha4 to deep fry; to explode
炸弹 zha4 dan4 bomb
炸药 zha4 yao4 explosive (substance)
摘 zhai1
to take/to borrow/to pick (flowers, fruit etc)/to pluck/to select/to
remove/to take off (glasses, hat etc)
沾 zhan1 infected by/moisten/receive favors; moisten
詹姆斯 Zhan1 mu3 si1 James (name)
占 zhan1/zhan4
to observe/to divine; to take possession of/to occupy/to constitute/to
make up/to account for/OT sometimes used as traditional character; to
take possession of/to occupy/to constitute/to make up/to account
for/占 sometimes used as traditional character
展 zhan3 to use/to spread out/to postpone/to unfold
展开 zhan3 kai1 to unfold/to carry out/to be in full swing/to launch
展示 zhan3 shi4 to open up/to reveal
展现 zhan3 xian4 to come out/to emerge
站 zhan4 station/to stand/to halt/to stop
战 zhan4 to fight/fight/war/battle
战场 zhan4 chang3 battlefield
战斗 zhan4 dou4 to fight/to battle
战胜 zhan4 sheng4 to prevail/to surmount
战士 zhan4 shi4 fighter/soldier/warrior
战术 zhan4 shu4 tactics
战争 zhan4 zheng1 war/conflict
站住 zhan4 zhu4 stand
张 zhang1
surname Zhang; to open up/to spread/sheet of paper/classifier for flat
objects, sheet/classifier for votes
章 zhang1
chapter/seal/section/movement (of symphony)/camphor laurel
tree/lumber/surname Zhang
掌 zhang3 in charge of/palm of hand
长大 zhang3 da4 to grow up
长官 zhang3 guan1 senior official
掌声 zhang3 sheng1 applause
掌握 zhang3 wo4
to grasp (often fig.)/to master/to know well/to understand sth well and
know how to use it/fluency/to control/to seize (initiative, opportunity,
destiny)
帐 zhang4 account/mosquito net/tent/curtain/debt/credit
障碍 zhang4 ai4 barrier/obstruction/hindrance/impediment/obstacle
丈夫 zhang4 fu5 husband
账户 zhang4 hu4 a bank account
帐篷 zhang4 peng5 tent/marquee
招 zhao1 to recruit/to provoke/to beckon/to infect

招呼 zhao1 hu5
to call out to sb/to greet sb/to inform sb/to instruct sb to do sth/to take
care of sb
着 zhao1/zhao2/zhe5/zhuo2
catch/receive/suffer; to touch/to come in contact with/to feel/to be
affected by/to catch fire/to fall asleep/to burn; particle attached after
verb to indicate action in progress, like -ing ending; to wear (clothes)/to
contact/to use/to apply
着呢 zhao1/zhao2/zhe5/zhuo2 na4/ne4/ne5/ni2#
着火 zhao2 huo3 to ignite/to burn
着急 zhao2 ji2 to worry/to feel anxious
着迷 zhao2 mi2 fascinated
找 zhao3
to try to find/to look for/to call on sb/to find/to seek/to return/to look
for/to give change
找到 zhao3 dao4 find (what one was searching for)/succeeded in finding
找回 zhao3 hui2 #
照 zhao4
according to/in accordance with/to shine/to illuminate/to
reflect/photograph
罩 zhao4 cover/fish trap (basket)/shade
照顾 zhao4 gu5 to take care of/to show consideration/to attend to/to look after
召唤 zhao4 huan4 beckon/call
照看 zhao4 kan4 to look after/to attend to/to have in care
照片 zhao4 pian4 photo/photograph/picture
折磨 zhe2 mo2 to persecute/to torment
者 zhe3 -ist, -er (person)/person (who does sth)
这边 zhe4 bian1 this side/here
这次 zhe4 ci4 present/now/current
这个 zhe4 ge5 this/this one
这里 zhe4 li3 here
这么 zhe4 me5 so much/this much/how much?/this way/like this
这儿 zhe4 r5 here
这些 zhe4 xie1 these
这样 zhe4 yang4 this (kind of, sort of)/this way/such/like this/such
这种 zhe4 zhong3 this/this kind of/this sort of/this type of
这 zhe4/zhei4
this/these/(commonly pronounced zhei4 before a classifier, esp. in
Beijing)
这部 zhe4/zhei4 bu4 #
这家 zhe4/zhei4 jia1/jia5/jie5#
真 zhen1 really/truly/indeed/real/true/genuine
针 zhen1 injection/needle/pin
真诚 zhen1 cheng2 true/sincere/genuine
真的 zhen1 de5/di2/di4 #
针对 zhen1 dui4
in connection with/directed towards/to direct at/to aim at/to point
against
真话 zhen1 hua4 #
珍妮 zhen1 ni1 #

真实 zhen1 shi2 true/real
真是 zhen1 shi4 (idiom) "it is truly..."
侦探 zhen1 tan4 detective
真相 zhen1 xiang4 the truth about sth/the actual facts
真心 zhen1 xin1 sincere/heartfelt
真正 zhen1 zheng4 genuine/real/true/genuinely
诊断 zhen3 duan4 diagnosis/to diagnose
诊所 zhen3 suo3 clinic
枕头 zhen3 tou5 pillow
镇 zhen4 composed/small town/to suppress/to press down/to post
阵 zhen4
disposition of troops/wave/spate/burst/spell/short period of
time/classifier for events or states of short duration
震撼 zhen4 han4 to shake/to vibrate/to shock/to stun/fig. mind-blowing
震惊 zhen4 jing1 to shock/to astonish
镇上 zhen4 shang3/shang4 #
镇子 zhen4 zi3 #
振作 zhen4 zuo4
encouraged/to summon up (courage)/to encourage/to uplift/to
stimulate
睁 zheng1 to open (eye)
争 zheng1 struggle/fight
争霸 zheng1 ba4 to contend for hegemony/a power struggle
争吵 zheng1 chao3 dispute/strife
征服 zheng1 fu2 conquer/subdue/vanquish
争论 zheng1 lun4
to argue/to debate/to
contend/argument/contention/controversy/debate
争取 zheng1 qu3 to fight for/to compete (for a prize)/to struggle
挣扎 zheng1 zha2 to struggle/struggling
正 zheng1/zheng4
Chinese 1st month of year; just
(right)/main/upright/straight/correct/positive/greater than
zero/principle
症 zheng1/zheng4 disease/illness
挣 zheng1/zheng4 struggle; to earn/to make (money)
正是 zheng1/zheng4 shi4 #
整 zheng3
exactly/in good order/whole/complete/entire/in order/orderly/to
repair/to mend/to renovate/to make sb suffer/to punish/to fix/to give
sb a hard time
整个 zheng3 ge4 whole/entire/total
拯救 zheng3 jiu4 to save/to rescue
整理 zheng3 li3
to arrange/to tidy up/to sort out/to straighten out/to list
systematically/to collate (data, files)/to pack (luggage)
整天 zheng3 tian1 all day long/all
整整 zheng3 zheng3 whole/full
证 zheng4 certificate/proof/to prove/to demonstrate/to confirm/certificate/proof

政策 zheng4 ce4 policy
正常 zheng4 chang2 regular/normal/ordinary
证词 zheng4 ci2 testimony
正当 zheng4 dang1 honest/reasonable/fair/sensible/timely/just (when needed)
政府 zheng4 fu3 government
正好 zheng4 hao3
just (in time)/just right/just enough/to happen to/to chance to/by
chance/it just so happens that
证件 zheng4 jian4 paperwork/credentials
证据 zheng4 ju4 evidence/proof/testimony
证明 zheng4 ming2 proof/testimony/to prove/to confirm the truth of
正确 zheng4 que4 correct/proper
证人 zheng4 ren2 witness
证实 zheng4 shi2 to confirm (sth to be true)/to verify
正式 zheng4 shi4 formal/official
正义 zheng4 yi4 justice/righteous/righteousness
正在 zheng4 zai4 in the process of (doing something or happening)/while (doing)
政治 zheng4 zhi4 politics/political
症状 zheng4 zhuang4 symptom (of an illness)
之 zhi1 (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)/him/her/it
支 zhi1
to support/to sustain/to erect/to raise/branch/division/to draw
money/surname Zhi/classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army
divisions and for songs or compositions/watt, classifier for power of light
bulbs
汁 zhi1 juice
支持 zhi1 chi2 to be in favor of/to support/to back/support/backing/to stand by
知道 zhi1 dao5 know/be aware of
支付 zhi1 fu4 to pay (money)
之后 zhi1 hou4 afterwards/following/later/after
芝加哥 Zhi1 jia1 ge1 Chicago, Illinois
指甲 zhi1 jia5 fingernail
之间 zhi1 jian1 between/among/inter-
之类 zhi1 lei4 and so on/and such
之内 zhi1 nei4 inside
支票 zhi1 piao4 (bank) check/check
之前 zhi1 qian2 before/prior to/ago
知识 zhi1 shi5 intellectual/knowledge-related/knowledge
之所以 zhi1 suo3 yi3 #
之外 zhi1 wai4 outside/excluding
之下 zhi1 xia4 under/beneath/less than
之一 zhi1 yi1 one of (sth)/one out of a multitude/one (third, quarter, percent etc)
支援 zhi1 yuan2 provide assistance or backing/to support/to back

之中 zhi1 zhong1 inside
蜘蛛 zhi1 zhu1 spider
指 zhi1/zhi2/zhi3
finger/to point/to direct/to indicate/to refer to/to rely on/to count
on/(hair) stands stiffly on end
只 zhi1/zhi3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils,
vessels etc; but/only; only/merely/just/but
知 zhi1/zhi4 to know/to be aware
直 zhi2 straight/vertical/frank/directly/straightly/upright
值 zhi2 value/(to be) worth/to happen
职 zhi2 office/duty
直播 zhi2 bo1 live broadcast (not recorded)/direct internet broadcasting
直到 zhi2 dao4 until
值得 zhi2 de5 to be worth/to deserve
执法 zhi2 fa3 law enforcement
直接 zhi2 jie1 direct/opposite: indirect 间接/immediate/directly/straightforward
直觉 zhi2 jue2 intuition
值钱 zhi2 qian2 valuable/costly/expensive
直升机 zhi2 sheng1 ji1 helicopter
直说 zhi2 shui4/shuo1/yue4 #
职位 zhi2 wei4 post/office/position
植物 zhi2 wu4 botanical/plant/vegetation
执行 zhi2 xing2 implement/carry out/to execute/to run
职业 zhi2 ye4 job occupation/profession
职责 zhi2 ze2 duty, responsibility, or obligation
执照 zhi2 zhao4 a license/a permit
侄子 zhi2 zi5 brother's son or daughter/nephew
纸 zhi3 paper
止 zhi3 to stop/to prohibit/untill
只不过zhi3 bu4 guo4 it's just that ...
指出 zhi3 chu1 to indicate/to point out
指导 zhi3 dao3 to guide/to give directions/to direct/to coach/guidance/tuition
只好 zhi3 hao3 without any better option/to have to/to be forced to
指挥 zhi3 hui1 to conduct/to command/to direct
指挥官 zhi3 hui1 guan1 commander
指控 zhi3 kong4 accusation/a (criminal) charge/to accuse
指令 zhi3 ling4 order/command/instruction
只能 zhi3 neng2 can only/obliged to do sth/to have no other choice
只是 zhi3 shi4 merely/simply/only/but
指示 zhi3 shi4 to point out/to indicate/(give) directives or instructions
纸条 zhi3 tiao2 slip of paper
指望 zhi3 wang4 to hope for sth/to count on/hope

指纹 zhi3 wen2 fingerprint/finger-print
只要 zhi3 yao4 if only/so long as
指引 zhi3 yin3 guide/show
只有 zhi3 you3 only
指责 zhi3 ze2 to criticize/to find fault with/to denounce
至 zhi4 arrive/most/to/until
治 zhi4
to rule/to govern/to manage/to control/to harness (a
river)/cure/treatment/to heal
制 zhi4 manufacture; system/to make/to manufacture/to control/to regulate
致 zhi4 fine and close; to send/to devote/to deliver/to cause/to convey
置 zhi4 to install/to place/to put
治安 zhi4 an1 law and order/public security
制服 zhi4 fu2
to subdue/to check/to bring under control/(in former times) what one is
allowed to wear depending on social status/uniform (army, party, school
etc)/livery (for company employees)
智慧 zhi4 hui4 wisdom/knowledge
至今 zhi4 jin1 until now
治疗 zhi4 liao2 to treat/to cure/(medical) treatment/cure
致命 zhi4 ming4 fatal/mortal/deadly/to sacrifice one's life
至少 zhi4 shao3 at least/(to say the) least
窒息 zhi4 xi1 to choke/to stifle/to suffocate
质疑 zhi4 yi2 to call into question/to question (truth or validity)
至于 zhi4 yu2 as for/as to/to go so far as to
治愈 zhi4 yu4 to cure
制造 zhi4 zao4 to manufacture/to make
制作 zhi4 zuo4 make/manufacture
钟 zhong1 #
终 zhong1 end/finish
忠诚 zhong1 cheng2 devoted/fidelity/loyal/loyalty
终点 zhong1 dian3 the end/end point/finishing line (in a race)/destination/terminus
中国 Zhong1 guo2 China/Middle Kingdom
中间 zhong1 jian1 between/intermediate/mid/middle
终结 zhong1 jie2 end
中尉 zhong1 wei4 lieutenant (navy)/first lieutenant (army)/subaltern
中午 zhong1 wu3 noon/midday
中心 zhong1 xin1 center/heart/core
中学 zhong1 xue2 middle school
中央 zhong1 yang1 central/middle/center
终于 zhong1 yu2 at last/in the end/finally/eventually

中 zhong1/zhong4
within/among/in/middle/center/while (doing
sth)/during/China/Chinese; hit (the mark)
中士 zhong1/zhong4 shi4 #
肿瘤 zhong3 liu2 tumor
种族 zhong3 zu2 race/ethnicity
众 zhong4 crowd/multitude/abbr. for 众议院 House of Representatives
重大 zhong4 da4 great/important/major/significant
重点 zhong4 dian3 to recount (e.g. results of election); emphasis/focal point
重要 zhong4 yao4 important/significant/major
周 zhou1
bestow alms;
complete/encircle/circuit/lap/week/cycle/all/every/attentive/thoughtful
/the Zhou dynasty from 1027 BC/surname Zhou; cycle/week
州 zhou1 (United States) state/province/sub-prefecture
周二 zhou1 er4 Tuesday
周六 zhou1 liu4 Saturday
周末 zhou1 mo4 weekend
周年 zhou1 nian2 anniversary/annual
周日 zhou1 ri4 Sunday
周围 zhou1 wei2 surroundings/environment/to encompass
周五 zhou1 wu3 Friday
州长 zhou1 zhang3 governor (of a province or colony)/US state governor
咒 zhou4 incantation/magic spell/curse/malediction/to revile/to put a curse on sb
猪 zhu1 hog/pig/swine
茱 zhu1 cornelian cherry
珠宝 zhu1 bao3 pearls/jewels/precious stones
主 zhu3 to own/to host/master/lord/primary
煮 zhu3 to cook/to boil
主持 zhu3 chi2 preside over/direct
主持人 zhu3 chi2 ren2 tv or radio presenter/host/anchor
主动 zhu3 dong4 (to take the) initiative
主管 zhu3 guan3 in charge (of a position etc)/the person in charge/responsible
主角 zhu3 jue2 leading role/lead
主人 zhu3 ren2 master/host
主任 zhu3 ren4 director/head
主题 zhu3 ti2 theme/subject
主席 zhu3 xi2 chairperson/premier/chairman
主要 zhu3 yao4 main/principal/major/primary
主义 zhu3 yi4 #NAME?
主意 zhu3 yi5 plan/idea/decision
住 zhu4 to live/to dwell/to stay/to reside/to stop
祝 zhu4 invoke/pray to/wish/to express good wishes/surname Zhu

注 zhu4
annotate; to inject/to pour into/to concentrate/to pay attention/to
note/to comment on/to record/to register/to annotate
助 zhu4 to help/to assist
注册 zhu4 ce4 to register
住处 zhu4 chu4 residence/dwelling/dwelling place
注定 zhu4 ding4 be doomed/be destined (to failure etc)
祝福 zhu4 fu2 blessings/wish well
祝贺 zhu4 he4 to congratulate/congratulations
助理 zhu4 li3 assistant
着名 zhu4 ming2 famous/noted/well-known/celebrated
注射 zhu4 she4 injection/to inject
住手 zhu4 shou3 to desist/to stop/to stay one's hand
助手 zhu4 shou3 assistant/helper
注意 zhu4 yi4 to take note of/to pay attention to
注意力 zhu4 yi4 li4 attention
住院 zhu4 yuan4 to be in hospital/to be hospitalized
住嘴 zhu4 zui3 to hold one's tongue/Shut up!
着 zhu4/zhuo2 to make known/to show/to prove/to write/book/outstanding
抓 zhua1 to grab/to catch/to arrest/to snatch
抓紧 zhua1 jin3 grasp
抓住 zhua1 zhu4 to grab/to capture
转 zhuai3/zhuan3/zhuan4
to convey/to forward (mail)/to transfer/to turn/to shift; to revolve/to
turn/to circle about/to walk about
专辑 zhuan1 ji2 album/record (music)/special collection of printed or broadcast material
专家 zhuan1 jia1 expert/specialist
专门 zhuan1 men2 specialist/specialized/customized
专心 zhuan1 xin1 to concentrate/absorption/concentration/engrossed
专业 zhuan1 ye4 specialized field/main field of study (at university)/major
转变 zhuan3 bian4 change/transform
转身 zhuan3 shen1 (of a person) to turn round/to face about
转移 zhuan3 yi2 to shift/to divert (investment, attention etc)/to migrate
赚钱 zhuan4 qian2 to earn money/money making
赚 zhuan4/zuan4 earn/make a profit; cheat/swindle
装 zhuang1
adornment/to adorn/dress/clothing/costume (of an actor in a play)/to
play a role/to pretend/to install/to fix/to wrap (sth in a bag)/to load/to
pack
桩 zhuang1 item/stump/stake/pile
装备 zhuang1 bei4 equipment
装饰 zhuang1 shi4 to decorate/decoration/decorative/ornamental
装置 zhuang1 zhi4 equipment/system/device
装作 zhuang1 zuo4 to pretend/to feign/to act a part

撞 zhuang4
to hit/to strike/to meet by accident/to run into/to bump against/to
bump into
状 zhuang4 accusation/suit/state/condition/strong/great/-shaped
壮 zhuang4 to strengthen/strong/robust
状况 zhuang4 kuang4 condition/state/situation
状态 zhuang4 tai4 state of affairs/state/mode
追 zhui1 to pursue (a problem)/to chase
追捕 zhui1 bu3 to hunt (a criminal)/to hunt and capture
追查 zhui1 cha2 to investigate/to track down (information)
追求 zhui1 qiu2 to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly/to seek after/to woo
追踪 zhui1 zong1 to follow a trail/to trace/to pursue
准 zhun3 accurate/standard; to allow/to grant/to permit/accurate/standard
准备 zhun3 bei4 preparation/prepare
准确 zhun3 que4 accurate/exact/precise
准时 zhun3 shi2 on time/punctual/on schedule
桌 zhuo1 table
捉 zhuo1 to clutch/to grab/to capture
桌上 zhuo1 shang3/shang4 #
桌子 zhuo1 zi5 table/desk
着想 zhuo2 xiang3 to gives thought (to others)/to consider (other people's needs)
资格 zi1 ge2 qualifications
资金 zi1 jin1 funds/funding
资料 zi1 liao4 material/resources/data/information
姿势 zi1 shi4 posture/position
滋味 zi1 wei4 taste
咨询 zi1 xun2 consultative/advisory
资源 zi1 yuan2
natural resource (such as water or minerals)/resource (such as
manpower or tourism)
子 zi3
son/child/seed/egg/small thing/1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m.,
midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the
Rat/Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 [wu3 deng3 jue2
wei4]; (noun suffix)
子弹 zi3 dan4 bullet
仔细 zi3 xi4 careful/attentive/cautious
自 zi4 from/self/oneself/since
字 zi4 letter/symbol/character/word
自从 zi4 cong2 since (a time)/ever since
自动 zi4 dong4 automatic
自豪 zi4 hao2 (feel a sense of) pride/to be proud of sth (in a good way)
自己 zi4 ji3 self/(reflexive pronoun)/own
字母 zi4 mu3 letter (of the alphabet)
自然 zi4 ran2 nature/natural/naturally

自杀 zi4 sha1 to kill oneself/to commit suicide
自私 zi4 si1 selfish/selfishness
自我 zi4 wo3 self-
自信 zi4 xin4 confidence/self-confidence
自行车zi4 xing2 che1 bicycle/bike
自由 zi4 you2 freedom/free/liberty
自愿 zi4 yuan4 voluntary
自在 zi4 zai5 free/unrestrained/comfortable/at ease
宗 zong1 school/sect/purpose/model/ancestor/family/surname Zong
宗教 zong1 jiao4 religion
棕色 zong1 se4 brown (the color)
总 zong3
always/to assemble/gather/total/overall/head/chief/general/in every
case
总部 zong3 bu4 general headquarters
总裁 zong3 cai2 chairman/director-general (of a company etc)
总是 zong3 shi4 always
总算 zong3 suan4 at long last/finally/on the whole
总统 zong3 tong3 president (of a country)
总之 zong3 zhi1 in a word/in short/in brief
走 zou3
to walk/to go/to run/to move (of vehicle)/to visit/to leave/to go
away/to die (euph.)/from/through/away (in compound verbs, such as
撤走)/to change (shape, form, meaning)
走开 zou3 kai1 to go somewhere else/Get out of the way!
走廊 zou3 lang2 corridor/aisle/hallway/colonnade/passageway/piazza/veranda
走路 zou3 lu4 to walk/to go on foot
走向 zou3 xiang4 trend/to move towards/to head for/strike (geol.)
走运 zou3 yun4 to have good luck/lucky/in luck
走走 zou3 zou3 #
揍 zou4 beat up/break to pieces
租 zu1 rent/taxes
族 zu2
race/nationality/ethnicity/clan/by extension, social group (e.g. office
workers 上班族)
足 zu2 foot/to be sufficient
足够 zu2 gou4 enough/sufficient
足球 zu2 qiu2 football/soccer
足以 zu2 yi3 sufficient to.../so much so that/so that
组 zu3 to form/compose/make up/group/to organize/cord
组成 zu3 cheng2 component/part/element/constitute/make up
祖父 zu3 fu4 father's father/paternal grandfather
组合 zu3 he2 to assemble/combination/combinatorial
祖母 zu3 mu3 father's mother/paternal grandmother
组织 zu3 zhi1 to organize/organization/organized system/nerve/tissue

阻止 zu3 zhi3 to prevent/to block
诅咒 zu3 zhou4 curse
钻 zuan1/zuan4
to drill/to bore/to get into/to make one's way into/to enter (a hole)/to
thread one's way through/to study intensively/to dig into/to curry favor
for personal gain; an auger/diamond
钻石 zuan4 shi2 diamond
嘴 zui3 mouth
嘴巴 zui3 ba1 mouth
嘴唇 zui3 chun2 lip
嘴里 zui3 li3 mouth/in the mouth/on one's lips/speech/words
最 zui4 most/the most/-est
罪 zui4 guilt/crime/fault/blame/sin
醉 zui4 intoxicated
最初 zui4 chu1 first/primary/initial
罪恶 zui4 e4 sin
罪犯 zui4 fan4 criminal
最高 zui4 gao1 highest/highest level
最好 zui4 hao3 best/(you) had better (do what we suggest)
最后 zui4 hou4 final/last/finally/ultimate
最佳 zui4 jia1 optimum/optimal/peak
最近 zui4 jin4
recent/recently/these days/latest/soon/nearest (of locations)/shortest
(of routes)
罪名 zui4 ming2 criminal charge/accusation
最新 zui4 xin1 latest/newest
罪行 zui4 xing2 crime/offense
最终 zui4 zhong1 final/ultimate
尊敬 zun1 jing4 respect/to revere
遵命 zun1 ming4 #
遵守 zun1 shou3 to comply with/to abide by/to respect (an agreement)
尊严 zun1 yan2 dignity/sanctity/honor
尊重 zun1 zhong4 esteem/respect/to honor/to value sth
作 zuo1/zuo2/zuo4 to do/to make/to regard as/to take sb for
昨天 zuo2 tian1 yesterday
昨晚 zuo2 wan3 yesterday evening/last night
左 zuo3 left/surname Zuo
左边 zuo3 bian1 left/the left side/to the left of
左右 zuo3 you4 about/approximately/left and right/around
做 zuo4
to do/to make/to produce/to write/to compose/to act as/to engage
in/to hold (a party)/to be/to become/to function (in some capacity)/to
serve as/to be used for/to form (a bond or relationship)/to pretend/to
feign/to act a part/to put on appearance
坐 zuo4 to sit/to take a seat/to take (a bus, airplane etc)

座 zuo4
seat/base/stand/(classifier for buildings, mountains, large solid things
etc)
做爱 zuo4 ai4 to make love/sexual intercourse
作案 zuo4 an4 to commit a crime
作弊 zuo4 bi4 fraud/to cheat/to plagiarize
做成 zuo4 cheng2 #
做出 zuo4 chu1 to put out/to issue
作出 zuo4 chu1
to put out/to come up with/to make (a choice, decision, proposal,
response, comment etc)/to issue (a permit, statement, explanation,
apology, reassurance to the public etc)/to draw (conclusion)/to deliver
(speech, judgment)/to devise (explanation)/to extract
做到 zuo4 dao4 #
做法 zuo4 fa3 way of handling sth/method for making/work method/practice
做饭 zuo4 fan4 to prepare a meal/to cook
做好 zuo4 hao3/hao4 #
作家 zuo4 jia1 author
坐牢 zuo4 lao2 imprisonment/imprisoned
做梦 zuo4 meng4 to dream/to have a dream/fig. illusion/fantasy/pipe dream
作品 zuo4 pin3 works (of art)
做事 zuo4 shi4 to work/to handle matters/to have a job
作为 zuo4 wei2
one's conduct/deed/activity/accomplishment/achievement/to act as/as
(in the capacity of)/qua/to view as/to look upon (sth as)/to take sth to
be
座位 zuo4 wei4 seat
坐下 zuo4 xia5 sit down
作业 zuo4 ye4 school assignment/homework/work/task/operation/to operate
作用 zuo4 yong4
to act on/to
affect/action/function/activity/impact/result/effect/purpose/intent/to
play a role/corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
作战 zuo4 zhan4 combat/to fight
作者 zuo4 zhe3 author/writer
作证 zuo4 zheng4 to bear witness/to testify
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