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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.
| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
| bad |
坏 (壞) |
huài |
adj. |
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| busy |
忙 |
máng |
(adj) |
2 |
| bus [辆] |
公共汽车
(公共汽車) |
gōnggòngqìchē |
(n) |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
| car |
汽车 (汽車) |
qìchē |
noun |
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| city |
城市 |
chéngshì |
noun |
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| computer |
电脑 / 计算机 (電腦) |
dìannǎo / jisuanji |
noun |
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| country |
国家 (國家) |
guójīa |
noun |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
| dangerous |
危险 (危險) |
wēixǐan |
adj. |
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| dog |
狗 |
gǒu |
noun |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
| Frog |
青蛙 |
qingwa |
noun |
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| Fish |
魚 |
yu |
noun |
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| French |
法國 |
faguo |
noun |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
| good |
好 |
hǎo |
adj. |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
| knife |
刀 |
dāo |
noun |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
| land |
地 |
di |
noun |
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| love |
爱 (愛) |
ài |
verb |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
| meter (metric unit) |
米 |
mǐ |
noun, also see rice |
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| money |
钱 |
qián |
noun |
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| mountain |
山 |
shān |
noun |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
| now |
现在 (現在) |
xìanzaì |
noun |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
| please |
请 (請) |
Qǐng |
verb |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
| rice |
米 |
mǐ |
noun |
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| person |
人 |
rén |
noun |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
| up |
上 |
shàng |
noun |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
| volcano |
火山 |
huǒshān |
noun |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
| water |
水 |
shuǐ |
(noun) |
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| we, us |
我们 (我們) |
wǒmen |
(pro) |
1 |
| week |
星期, 周 |
xingqi, zhou |
(noun) |
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| 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) |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
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| English [m.] |
Simplified (traditional in parentheses) |
Pīnyīn |
Part of speech |
Lesson Introduced |
| zebra |
斑马 (斑馬) |
bānmǎ |
noun |
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