Chinese (Mandarin)/English-Chinese Dictionary

Please add all vocab words that are used in the lessons of this book, or any more that you think should be included in the first year's worth of Chinese lessons. This is not meant to be a full dictionary with thousands of entries (see Wiktionary for that), but a reference for users of this textbook.

A

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced

B

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced
bad	坏 (壞)	huài	adj.
busy	忙	máng	(adj)	2
bus [辆]	公共汽车 (公共汽車)	gōnggòngqìchē	(n)

C

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced
car	汽车 (汽車)	qìchē	noun
city	城市	chéngshì	noun
computer	电脑 / 计算机 (電腦)	dìannǎo / jisuanji	noun
country	国家 (國家)	guójīa	noun

D

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced
dangerous	危险 (危險)	wēixǐan	adj.
dog	狗	gǒu	noun

E

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced

F

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced
Frog	青蛙	qingwa	noun
Fish	魚	yu	noun
French	法國	faguo	noun

G

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced
good	好	hǎo	adj.

H

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced

I

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced

J

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced

K

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced
knife	刀	dāo	noun

L

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced
land	地	di	noun
love	爱 (愛)	ài	verb

M

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced
meter (metric unit)	米	mǐ	noun, also see rice
money	钱	qián	noun
mountain	山	shān	noun

N

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced
now	现在 (現在)	xìanzaì	noun

O

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced

P

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced
please	请 (請)	Qǐng	verb

Q

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced

R

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced
rice	米	mǐ	noun
person	人	rén	noun

S

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced

T

sunny day 今天是主要多云的。 晴朗日间。 东北风。 气温是大约20 - 24度。 明天是主要多云的与少许雨。 东部对东北风。 气温是大约20 - 23 度。 后天是晴朗的。 向东风。 气温是大约20 - 23度。qing tian

U

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced
up	上	shàng	noun

V

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced
volcano	火山	huǒshān	noun

W

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced
water	水	shuǐ	(noun)
we, us	我们 (我們)	wǒmen	(pro)	1
week	星期, 周	xingqi, zhou	(noun)
what	什么 (什麼)	shénme	(pro)	1
which, what	哪	nǎ; něi	(pro)	1
who, whom	谁 (誰)	shéi; shuí	(pro)	1
winter	冬天	dongtian	(n)

X

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced

Y

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced

Z

English [m.]	Simplified (traditional in parentheses)	Pīnyīn	Part of speech	Lesson Introduced
zebra	斑马 (斑馬)	bānmǎ	noun