HSK 1 vocabulary list: the official HSK1 word list
The HSK 1 test corresponds to the first level of the hanyu shuiping kaoshi, the official examination of oral and written proficiency in Mandarin Chinese. The HSK 1 vocabulary list is made of 150 chinese words. These HSK 1 words are listed below with their writing in Simplified Chinese, Pinyin (Mandarin), and translation. To learn them quicker, you can also use our HSK 1 Chinese flashcards to practice the simplified, traditional, and pinyin forms, and also access our HSK1 phrases, quizzes and practice test of the same exam level. All of theses resources are available on this page, just check the tabs above to access what you need. You can also purchase our HSK books with the official lists, a must have to get properly prepared, and download in addition the characters of the HSK vocabulary list PDF for free (from the first level to the fourth). Once you complete the level one, you will be able to understand and know how to use very simple words and phrases, meet specific communication needs, and have the ability to learn more. For your information, the oral andreading skills are assessed in two dedicated sections of the test. 120 points out of 200 in total are required to pass the HSK1 test. It lasts 35 minutes and the price (registration fee) is 15 euros. Hanban is the official Chinese entity that administers the exam and the registration is done on its official website. HSK Academy offers a content 100%% dedicated to the exam, offering all the resources to learn and master the Chinese vocabulary required to succeed, through this website, its HSK books, and social networks (links at the bottom of the page).
HSK 1 word list
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爱 ài |
to love; affection; to be fond of; to like |
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八 bā |
eight; 8 |
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爸爸 bà ba |
father (informal); CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
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杯子 bēi zi |
cup; glass; CL:个[ge4] ,支[zhi1] |
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北京 běi jīng |
Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government |
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本 běn |
origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally |
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不客气 bú kè qi |
you're welcome; it's my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks) |
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不 bù |
not (negative prefix); no |
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菜 cài |
dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盘[pan2] ,道[dao4] |
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茶 chá |
tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1] ,壶[hu2] |
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吃 chī |
to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust |
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出租车 chū zū chē |
taxi |
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打电话 dǎ diàn huà |
to make a phone call |
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大 dà |
big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest |
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的 de |
of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive |
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点 diǎn |
a little; a bit; drop (of liquid); stain; spot; speck; jot; dot stroke (in Chinese characters); decimal point; point; mark (of degree or level); a place (with certain characteristics); iron bell; o’clock; some; (point) unit of measurement for type; to touch on briefly; to make clear; to light; to ignite; to kindle; period of time at night (24 minutes) (old); a drip; to dibble; classifier for small indeterminate quantities |
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电脑 diàn nǎo |
computer; CL:台[tai2] |
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电视 diàn shì |
television; TV; CL:台[tai2] ,个[ge4] |
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电影 diàn yǐng |
movie; film; CL:部[bu4] ,幕[mu4] ,场[chang3] |
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东西 dōng xi |
thing; stuff; person; CL:个[ge4] ,件[jian4] |
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都 dōu |
all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already |
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读 dú |
to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1] |
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对不起 duì bu qǐ |
I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down; |
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多 duō |
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi- |
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多少 duō shǎo |
how much; how many |
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儿子 ér zi |
son |
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二 èr |
two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect) |
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饭店 fàn diàn |
restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]; |
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飞机 fēi jī |
airplane; CL: 架[jia4] |
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分钟 fēn zhōng |
minute |
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高兴 gāo xìng |
happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood |
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个 gè |
classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size |
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工作 gōng zuò |
job; work; construction; task; CL:个[ge4] ,份[fen4] ,项[xiang4] |
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狗 gǒu |
dog; CL:只[zhi1] ,条[tiao2] |
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汉语 hàn yǔ |
Chinese language |
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好 hǎo |
good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness) |
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号 hào |
day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number |
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喝 hē |
to drink; to shout (a command) |
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和 hé |
and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He |
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很 hěn |
very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully |
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后面 hòu miàn |
rear; back; behind; later; afterwards |
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回 huí |
to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to circle; to revolve; Hui ethnic group; time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book) |
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会 huì |
can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3) |
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几 jǐ |
how much; how many; several; a few |
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家 jiā |
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; CL:个[ge4] |
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叫 jiào |
to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood) |
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今天 jīn tiān |
today; at the present |
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九 jiǔ |
nine; 9 |
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开 kāi |
to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle) |
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看 kàn |
to look at |
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看见 kàn jiàn |
to see; to catch sight of |
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块 kuài |
unit of currency; 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 块钱 |
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来 lái |
to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next |
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老师 lǎo shī |
teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
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了 le |
(completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
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冷 lěng |
cold |
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里 lǐ |
inside; lining; interior; internal |
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六 liù |
six; 6 |
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吗 ma |
(question tag) |
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妈妈 mā ma |
mum; mama; mommy; mother; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
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买 mǎi |
to buy; to purchase |
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猫 māo |
cat; CL:只[zhi1] |
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没关系 méi guān xi |
it doesn't matter |
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没有 méi yǒu |
haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be; |
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米饭 mǐ fàn |
(cooked) rice |
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名字 míng zi |
name (of a person or thing); CL:个[ge4] |
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明天 míng tiān |
tomorrow |
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哪 nǎ |
which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier); |
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哪儿 nǎ er |
where?; wherever; anywhere |
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那 nà |
that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing; |
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呢 ne |
(question particle for subjects already mentioned) |
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能 néng |
to be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability; able; capable; can possibly; (usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of |
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你 nǐ |
you (informal) |
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年 nián |
year; CL:个[ge4] |
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女儿 nǚ ér |
daughter |
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朋友 péng you |
friend; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
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漂亮 piào liang |
pretty; beautiful |
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苹果 píng guǒ |
apple; CL:个[ge4] ,颗[ke1] |
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七 qī |
seven; 7 |
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前面 qián miàn |
ahead; in front; preceding; above |
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钱 qián |
coin; money; CL:笔[bi3] |
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请 qǐng |
to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request |
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去 qù |
to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb); to remove; to get rid of; (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; to be apart from in space or time; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed |
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热 rè |
heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up |
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人 rén |
man; person; people; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
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认识 rèn shi |
to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition |
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三 sān |
three; 3 |
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商店 shāng diàn |
store; shop; CL:家[jia1] ,个[ge4] |
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上 shàng |
on |
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上午 shàng wǔ |
morning; CL:个[ge4] |
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少 shǎo |
few; little; lack |
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谁 shéi |
who; also pronounced shui2 |
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什么 shén me |
what?; who?; something; anything |
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十 shí |
ten; 10 |
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时候 shí hou |
time; length of time; moment; period |
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是 shì |
to be; yes |
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书 shū |
book; letter; CL:本[ben3] ,册[ce4] ,部[bu4]; see also Book of History |
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水 shuǐ |
water; river; liquid; beverage |
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水果 shuǐguǒ |
fruit |
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睡觉 shuì jiào |
to go to bed; to go to sleep |
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说 shuō |
to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory); |
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四 sì |
four; 4 |
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岁 suì |
classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) |
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他 tā |
he or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); other; another |
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她 tā |
she |
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太 tài |
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest |
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天气 tiān qì |
weather |
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听 tīng |
to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English 'tin'); classifier for canned beverages |
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同学 tóng xué |
(fellow) classmate; CL:位[wei4] ,个[ge4] |
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喂 wèi |
hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey |
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我 wǒ |
I; me; my |
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我们 wǒ men |
we; us; ourselves; our |
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五 wǔ |
five; 5 |
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喜欢 xǐ huan |
to like; to be fond of |
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下 xià |
down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down |
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下午 xià wǔ |
afternoon; p.m.; CL:个[ge4] |
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下雨 xià yǔ |
to rain; rainy |
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先生 xiān sheng |
Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
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现在 xiàn zài |
now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays |
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想 xiǎng |
to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss |
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小 xiǎo |
small; tiny; young |
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小姐 xiǎo jie |
young lady; Miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
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些 xiē |
some; few; several; (a measure word) |
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写 xiě |
to write |
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谢谢 xiè xie |
to thank; thanks |
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星期 xīng qī |
week; CL:个[ge4] |
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学生 xué sheng |
student; school child |
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学习 xué xí |
to learn; to study |
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学校 xué xiào |
school; CL:所[suo3] |
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一 yī |
one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; 'one' radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) |
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一点儿 yī diǎn er |
a little (bit) |
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医生 yī shēng |
doctor; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] ,名[ming2] |
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医院 yī yuàn |
hospital; CL:所[suo3] ,家[jia1] ,座[zuo4] |
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衣服 yī fu |
clothes; CL:件[jian4] ,套[tao4] |
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椅子 yǐ zi |
chair; CL:把[ba3] ,套[tao4] |
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有 yǒu |
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be |
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月 yuè |
month; moon; CL:个[ge4] ,轮[lun2] |
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再见 zài jiàn |
goodbye; see you again later |
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在 zài |
(located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress) |
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怎么 zěn me |
how?; what?; why? |
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怎么样 zěn me yàng |
how are things? how?; how about?; how was it? |
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这 zhè |
this; these; (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing); |
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中国 zhōng guó |
China; Middle Kingdom |
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中午 zhōng wǔ |
noon; midday; CL:个[ge4] |
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住 zhù |
to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop |
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桌子 zhuō zi |
table; desk; CL:张[zhang1] ,套[tao4] |
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字 zì |
letter; character; word; symbol; CL:个[ge4] |
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昨天 zuó tiān |
yesterday |
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做 zuò |
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 |
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坐 zuò |
to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit |