| 啊 | ā | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! |
| 啊 | a | modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent |
| 矮 | ǎi | low; short (in length) |
| 爱 | ài | to love; affection; to be fond of; to like |
| 八 | bā | eight; 8 |
| 把 | bǎ | 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 |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume. |
| 白 | bái | 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 |
| 摆 | bǎi | to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum |
| 百 | bǎi | hundred; numerous; all kinds of; surname Bai |
| 搬 | bān | to move; to shift; to remove; to transport; to apply indiscriminately; to copy mechanically |
| 班 | bān | team; class; squad; work shift; ranking; CL:个; classifier for groups; surname Ban |
| 办 | bàn | to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with |
| 半 | bàn | half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half |
| 饱 | bǎo | to eat till full; satisfied |
| 报 | bào | to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge; CL:份,张 |
| 抱 | bào | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace; surround; cherish |
| 杯 | bēi | cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup |
| 北 | běi | north; to be defeated (classical) |
| 倍 | bèi | (two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply |
| 被 | bèi | quilt; by; (indicates passive-voice clauses); (literary) to cover; to meet with |
| 本 | běn | roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally |
| 比 | bǐ | (particle used for comparison and "-er than"); to compare; to contrast; to gesture (with hands); ratio; Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利时 |
| 笔 | bǐ | pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals; CL:支,枝 |
| 边 | biān | side; edge; margin; border; boundary; CL:个; simultaneously |
| 变 | biàn | to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion |
| 遍 | biàn | everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time |
| 表 | biǎo | wrist 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) |
| 别 | bié | to leave; to depart; to separate; to distinguish; to classify; other; another; do not; must not; to pin; surname Bie |
| 病 | bìng | ailment; sickness; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect; CL:场 |
| 不 | bù | (negative prefix); not; no |
| 布 | bù | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known |
| 擦 | cā | to wipe; to erase; rubbing (brush stroke in painting); to clean; to polish |
| 才 | cái | a moment ago; just now; (preceded by a clause of condition or reason) not until; (followed by a numerical clause) only; ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; only; only then |
| 菜 | cài | dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盘,道 |
| 草 | cǎo | grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵,撮,株,根 |
| 层 | céng | layer; stratum; laminated; floor (of a building); storey; classifier for layers; repeated; sheaf (math.) |
| 查 | chá | to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to search |
| 茶 | chá | tea; tea plant; CL:杯,壶 |
| 差 | chà | to differ from; to fall short of; lacking; wrong; inferior |
| 常 | cháng | always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant; surname Chang |
| 长 | cháng | length; long; forever; always; constantly |
| 场 | chǎng | large place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play); classifier for sporting or recreational activities; classifier for number of exams |
| 唱 | chàng | sing; to call loudly; to chant |
| 朝 | cháo | imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towards; abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea |
| 车 | chē | car; vehicle; CL:辆; machine; to shape with a lathe; surname Che |
| 城 | chéng | city walls; city; town; CL:座,道,个 |
| 成 | chéng | to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth; surname Cheng |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust |
| 抽 | chōu | to draw out; to pull out from inbetween sth; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash |
| 出 | chū | to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 穿 | chuān | to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread |
| 船 | chuán | a boat; vessel; ship; CL:条,艘,只 |
| 窗 | chuāng | shutter; window; CL:扇 |
| 床 | chuáng | bed; couch; classifier for beds; CL:张 |
| 吹 | chuī | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through |
| 春 | chūn | spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life |
| 词 | cí | word; statement; speech; lyrics; CL:组,个; classical Chinese poem; CL:首 |
| 次 | cì | next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 从 | cóng | from; via; passing through; through (a gap); past; ever (followed by negative, meaning never); (formerly pr. and related to 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 |
| 错 | cuò | mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver; surname Cuo |
| 打 | dǎ | 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; to play (a game); since; from |
| 大 | dà | big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest |
| 带 | dài | band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:条; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise |
| 戴 | dài | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support; surname Dai |
| 当 | dāng | 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 |
| 刀 | dāo | knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; CL:把; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); surname Dao |
| 倒 | dǎo | 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 捣); profiteer |
| 到 | dào | to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive |
| 道 | dào | direction; way; 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 도, and formerly Japan dō); CL:条,股 |
| 得 | dé | to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished |
| 地 | de | -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 的 | de | of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive |
| 得 | děi | to have to; must; ought to; to need to |
| 灯 | dēng | lamp; light; lantern; CL:盏 |
| 等 | děng | 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 |
| 低 | dī | low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline |
| 地 | dì | earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片 |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc) |
| 点 | diǎn | 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; a little; a bit; 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 |
| 电 | diàn | electric; electricity; electrical |
| 掉 | diào | 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; to shed (hair) |
| 丢 | diū | to lose; to put aside; to throw |
| 东 | dōng | east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord; surname Dong |
| 冬 | dōng | sound of beating a drum; onomatopoeic for rat-a-tat etc; surname Dong; winter |
| 懂 | dǒng | to understand; to know |
| 动 | dòng | to use; to act; to move; to change; abbr. for verb 动词 |
| 都 | dōu | all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already |
| 读 | dú | to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音 |
| 短 | duǎn | short or brief; to lack; weak point; fault |
| 段 | duàn | paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc; surname Duan |
| 对 | duì | couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; versus; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right |
| 顿 | dùn | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal |
| 多 | duō | many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-; far more; in excess; how (to what extent) |
| 饿 | è | to be hungry; hungry |
| 二 | èr | two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect) |
| 发 | fā | to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; classifier for gunshots (rounds) |
| 翻 | fān | to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross |
| 饭 | fàn | food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal; CL:碗,顿 |
| 放 | fàng | to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out; to set off (fireworks) |
| 飞 | fēi | to fly |
| 分 | fēn | 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); 0.01 yuan (unit of money) |
| 封 | fēng | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters; surname Feng |
| 风 | fēng | wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:阵,丝 |
| 该 | gāi | should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned |
| 改 | gǎi | to change; to alter; to transform; to correct |
| 敢 | gǎn | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture |
| 干 | gàn | tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar) |
| 刚 | gāng | hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly |
| 高 | gāo | high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific); surname Gao |
| 搞 | gǎo | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of |
| 歌 | gē | song; CL:支,首; to sing |
| 个 | gè | individual; this; that; size; classifier for people or objects in general |
| 各 | gè | each; every |
| 给 | gěi | to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (passive particle) |
| 根 | gēn | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:条; radical (chemistry) |
| 跟 | gēn | heel; to follow closely; to go with; to marry sb (of woman); with; towards; as (compared to); from (different from); and (in addition to) |
| 更 | gèng | more; even more; further; still; still more |
| 够 | gòu | to reach; to be enough |
| 刮 | guā | to blow (of the wind); to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort |
| 挂 | guà | to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); (of a telephone call) to hang up; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (topolect); to register or record; to hitch; classifier for sets or clusters of objects |
| 关 | guān | mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; surname Guan |
| 馆 | guǎn | building; shop; term for certain service establishments; embassy or consulate; schoolroom (old); CL:家 |
| 贵 | guì | expensive; noble; your (name); precious |
| 国 | guó | country; nation; state; national; CL:个; surname Guo |
| 过 | guò | (experienced action marker); to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-; surname Guo |
| 还 | hái | still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else |
| 海 | hǎi | ocean; sea; CL:个,片 |
| 喊 | hǎn | to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) |
| 好 | hǎo | good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness) |
| 号 | hào | ordinal number; day of a month; mark; sign; business establishment; size; ship suffix; horn (wind instrument); bugle call; assumed name; to take a pulse; classifier used to indicate number of people |
| 喝 | hē | to drink; to shout (a command); My goodness! |
| 和 | hé | and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; Japanese related; Taiwan pr. [han4]; surname He |
| 河 | hé | river; CL:条,道 |
| 黑 | hēi | black; dark; abbr. for Heilongjiang 黑龙江 province in northeast China |
| 很 | hěn | (adverb of degree); quite; very; awfully |
| 红 | hóng | bonus; popular; red; revolutionary |
| 后 | hòu | back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; empress; queen; surname Hou |
| 湖 | hú | lake; CL:个,片 |
| 花 | huā | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; CL:朵,支,束,把,盆,簇; to spend (money, time); surname Hua |
| 画 | huà | to draw; picture; painting; CL:幅,张 |
| 话 | huà | dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:种,席,句,口,番 |
| 坏 | huài | bad; spoiled; broken; to break down |
| 还 | huán | to pay back; to return; surname Huan |
| 换 | huàn | to change; to exchange |
| 黄 | huáng | yellow; pornographic; to fall through; surname Huang or Hwang |
| 回 | huí | to curve; to return; to revolve; to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book) |
| 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; CL:个; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is ) |
| 活 | huó | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship |
| 鸡 | jī | fowl; chicken; CL:只 |
| 急 | jí | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried |
| 几 | jǐ | how much; how many; several; a few |
| 挤 | jǐ | crowded; to squeeze |
| 寄 | jì | to live (in a house); to lodge; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend |
| 记 | jì | to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record |
| 加 | jiā | to add; plus; abbr. for Canada 加拿大 |
| 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; CL:个; surname Jia |
| 间 | jiān | between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms |
| 件 | jiàn | item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc |
| 见 | jiàn | to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview |
| 江 | jiāng | river; CL:条,道; surname Jiang |
| 讲 | jiǎng | to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasise; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture |
| 交 | jiāo | to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines) |
| 教 | jiāo | to teach |
| 脚 | jiǎo | foot; leg; base; kick; CL:双,只 |
| 角 | jiǎo | angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan; CL:个 |
| 叫 | jiào | to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood) |
| 接 | jiē | 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; to take over for sb |
| 街 | jiē | street; CL:条 |
| 节 | jié | festival; holiday; node; joint; section; segment; part; to economize; to save; to abridge; moral integrity; classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses; CL:个 |
| 借 | jiè | to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of; to seize (an opportunity); to take (an opportunity) |
| 斤 | jīn | catty; weight equal to 0.5 kg |
| 紧 | jǐn | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten |
| 近 | jìn | near; close to; approximately |
| 进 | jìn | to advance; to enter; to come (or go) into; to receive or admit; to eat or drink; to submit or present; (used after a verb) into, in; to score a goal |
| 久 | jiǔ | (long) time; (long) duration of time |
| 九 | jiǔ | nine; 9 |
| 酒 | jiǔ | wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage; CL:杯,瓶,罐,桶,缸 |
| 就 | jiù | at once; right away; only; just (emphasis); as early as; already; as soon as; 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 |
| 旧 | jiù | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) |
| 举 | jǔ | to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect |
| 句 | jù | sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse |
| 开 | kāi | to open; to start; to turn on; to boil; to write out (a medical prescription); to operate (vehicle); abbr. for 开尔文 degrees Kelvin |
| 看 | kàn | 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) |
| 棵 | kē | classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc |
| 渴 | kě | thirsty |
| 克 | kè | to subdue; to overthrow; Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神农 Farmer God; to be able to; to restrain; to overcome; gram |
| 刻 | kè | quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals |
| 课 | kè | subject; course; class; lesson; CL:堂,節,门 |
| 口 | kǒu | mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
| 哭 | kū | to cry; to weep |
| 苦 | kǔ | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly |
| 块 | kuài | 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 |
| 快 | kuài | rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plain-spoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant |
| 拉 | lā | to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw |
| 啦 | la | sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples |
| 来 | lái | to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next |
| 蓝 | lán | blue; indigo plant; surname Lan |
| 老 | lǎo | 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 |
| 了 | le | (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker) |
| 累 | lèi | tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard |
| 冷 | lěng | cold |
| 离 | lí | to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing fire; ☲; surname Li; mythical beast (archaic) |
| 里 | lǐ | li (Chinese mile); 500 meters (modern); home; hometown; village; neighborhood; administrative unit; Li (surname); lining; interior; inside; internal |
| 俩 | liǎ | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some |
| 脸 | liǎn | face; CL:张,个 |
| 两 | liǎng | both; two; ounce; some; a few; tael; weight equal to 50 grams |
| 亮 | liàng | bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal |
| 辆 | liàng | classifier for vehicles |
| 了 | liǎo | (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly; to finish; to achieve; to understand |
| 零 | líng | zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither |
| 流 | liú | to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade |
| 留 | liú | to leave (eg a message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve |
| 六 | liù | six; 6 |
| 楼 | lóu | house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor; CL:层,座,栋 |
| 路 | lù | road; path; way; CL:条; surname Lu |
| 绿 | lǜ | green |
| 乱 | luàn | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary |
| 马 | mǎ | horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess; surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 马来西亚 |
| 吗 | ma | (question tag) |
| 嘛 | ma | modal particle indicating that sth is obvious; particle indicating a pause for emphasis |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy; to purchase |
| 卖 | mài | to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt |
| 满 | mǎn | full; filled; packed; fully; completely; quite; to reach the limit; to satisfy; satisfied; contented; to fill; abbr. for Manchurian |
| 慢 | màn | slow |
| 忙 | máng | busy; hurriedly |
| 毛 | máo | hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = 1; 10 yuan or 10 fen 分); surname Mao |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs); have not; not |
| 每 | měi | each; every |
| 门 | mén | gate; door; CL:扇; gateway; doorway; CL:个; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 米 | mǐ | rice; CL:粒; meter (classifier); surname Mi |
| 拿 | ná | to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take |
| 哪 | nǎ | how; which |
| 那 | nà | that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing |
| 呐 | na | sentence-final particle (abbr. for 呢啊 or variant of 哪) |
| 哪 | na | (particle equivalent to 啊 after noun ending in -n) |
| 南 | nán | south; surname Nan |
| 男 | nán | male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位; CL:个 |
| 难 | nán | difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good |
| 呢 | ne | particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about...?", "And...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is...?"); particle serving as a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) a particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation |
| 内 | nèi | inside; inner; internal; within; interior |
| 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; surname Neng |
| 嗯 | ǹg | (a groaning sound) |
| 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) |
| 年 | nián | year; CL:个 |
| 念 | niàn | to read; to study (a degree course); to read aloud; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿, 20) |
| 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你) |
| 牛 | niú | ox; cow; bull; CL:条,头 |
| 女 | nǚ | female; woman; daughter |
| 爬 | pá | to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up |
| 怕 | pà | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps; surname Pa |
| 拍 | pāi | to pat; to clap; to slap; fly-swatter; racket; to take (a photograph) |
| 派 | pài | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie |
| 跑 | pǎo | to run; to escape; race |
| 碰 | pèng | to touch; to meet with; to bump |
| 篇 | piān | sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article |
| 片 | piàn | 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: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc |
| 票 | piào | ticket; ballot; bank note; CL:张; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for shipments and business transactions (topolect) |
| 瓶 | píng | bottle; vase; pitcher; CL:个; classifier for wine and liquids |
| 破 | pò | broken; damaged; worn out; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of |
| 七 | qī | seven; 7 |
| 骑 | qí | to ride (an animal or bike); to sit astride |
| 起 | qǐ | 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 |
| 千 | qiān | a swing; thousand |
| 前 | qián | front; forward; ahead; ago; before; first; former; formerly; future; BC (e.g. 前293年) |
| 钱 | qián | coin; money; CL:笔; surname Qian |
| 浅 | qiǎn | shallow; light (color) |
| 墙 | qiáng | wall; CL:面,堵 |
| 桥 | qiáo | bridge; CL:座 |
| 轻 | qīng | light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral |
| 晴 | qíng | clear; fine (weather) |
| 请 | qǐng | to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request |
| 秋 | qiū | a swing; autumn; fall; harvest time; surname Qiu |
| 球 | qiú | ball; sphere; globe; CL:个; ball game; match; CL:场 |
| 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 |
| 全 | quán | all; whole; entire; every; complete; surname Quan |
| 让 | ràng | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth |
| 热 | rè | to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent |
| 人 | rén | man; person; people; CL:个,位 |
| 日 | rì | sun; day; date, day of the month; abbr. for 日本 Japan |
| 肉 | ròu | meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit) |
| 三 | sān | three; 3 |
| 山 | shān | mountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain; CL:座; bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons; gable; surname Shan |
| 上 | shàng | on top; upon; above; upper; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university) |
| 少 | shǎo | few; little; lack |
| 深 | shēn | close; deep; late; profound; dark (of color, water etc) |
| 声 | shēng | sound; voice; tone; noise; classifier for sounds |
| 省 | shěng | to save; to economize; to do without; to omit; to leave out; province; CL:个 |
| 剩 | shèng | to remain; to be left; to have as remainder |
| 十 | shí | ten; 10 |
| 事 | shì | matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件,桩 |
| 市 | shì | market; city; CL:个 |
| 是 | shì | is; are; am; yes; to be |
| 试 | shì | to test; to try; experiment; examination; test |
| 收 | shōu | to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name) |
| 手 | shǒu | hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; CL:双,只 |
| 书 | shū | book; letter; CL:本,册,部; see also 书经 Book of History |
| 输 | shū | to lose; to transport; to donate; to enter (a password) |
| 熟 | shú | cooked (of food); ripe (of fruit); mature (of seeds); familiar; skilled; done |
| 数 | shǔ | to count; to enumerate; to criticize (i.e. enumerate shortcomings) |
| 树 | shù | tree; CL:棵 |
| 双 | shuāng | two; double; pair; both; surname Shuang |
| 谁 | shuí | who |
| 水 | shuǐ | water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes; surname Shui |
| 睡 | shuì | to sleep |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to say; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory) |
| 死 | sǐ | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely |
| 四 | sì | four; 4 |
| 送 | sòng | to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present); to present (with); to see off; to send |
| 酸 | suān | sour; sore; ache; acid |
| 算 | suàn | regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) |
| 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 |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 抬 | tái | to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry |
| 太 | tài | highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely |
| 谈 | tán | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname Tan |
| 汤 | tāng | soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled; surname Tang |
| 糖 | táng | sugar; sweets; candy; CL:颗,块 |
| 躺 | tǎng | to recline; to lie down |
| 疼 | téng | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly |
| 踢 | tī | to kick; to play (e.g. soccer) |
| 提 | tí | 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 |
| 天 | tiān | day; sky; heaven |
| 条 | tiáo | strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) |
| 跳 | tiào | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate |
| 听 | tīng | to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages |
| 停 | tíng | to stop; to halt; to park (a car) |
| 挺 | tǐng | to stick out; to (physically) straighten up; to endure or hold out; straight; stiff; outstanding; extraordinary; rather; quite; very; classifier for machine guns |
| 通 | tōng | to go through; to know well; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 头 | tóu | head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:个 |
| 推 | tuī | 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 |
| 腿 | tuǐ | leg; CL:条 |
| 退 | tuì | to retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw |
| 脱 | tuō | to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from |
| 外 | wài | outside; in addition; foreign; external |
| 完 | wán | to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire |
| 晚 | wǎn | evening; night; late |
| 碗 | wǎn | bowl; cup; CL:只,个 |
| 万 | wàn | ten thousand; a great number; surname Wan |
| 往 | wǎng | to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous |
| 忘 | wàng | to forget; to overlook; to neglect |
| 为 | wéi | s (i.e. in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; as (in the capacity of) |
| 为 | wèi | or; to; because of; for |
| 位 | wèi | position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) |
| 喂 | wèi | to feed; hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey; to feed (sb or some animal) |
| 问 | wèn | to ask |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 五 | wǔ | five; 5 |
| 西 | xī | west; the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙; Spanish |
| 洗 | xǐ | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photo) |
| 系 | xì | to connect; to arrest; to worry; system; department; faculty; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary) |
| 细 | xì | thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal |
| 下 | xià | down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down |
| 夏 | xià | summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432); surname Xia |
| 先 | xiān | early; prior; former; in advance; first |
| 香 | xiāng | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick; CL:根 |
| 响 | xiǎng | echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss |
| 像 | xiàng | to resemble; to appear; to seem; appearance; image; portrait |
| 向 | xiàng | towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; surname Xiang |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young |
| 笑 | xiào | laugh; smile; CL:个 |
| 些 | xiē | some; few; several; measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1) |
| 鞋 | xié | shoe; CL:双,只 |
| 写 | xiě | to write |
| 心 | xīn | heart; mind; intention; centre; core; CL:颗,个 |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly; meso- (chemistry); abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 or Singapore 新加坡 |
| 信 | xìn | letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random |
| 行 | xíng | 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 |
| 姓 | xìng | family name; surname; name; CL:个 |
| 学 | xué | learn; study; science; -ology |
| 雪 | xuě | snow; snowfall; CL:场; to have the appearance of snow; to wipe away, off or out; to clean; surname Xue |
| 呀 | yā | (sound of surprise) ah, oh; grate, creak |
| 呀 | ya | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) |
| 羊 | yáng | sheep; CL:头,只; surname Yang |
| 药 | yào | medicine; drug; cure; CL:种,服; dru |
| 要 | yào | important; vital; to want; will; going to (as future auxiliary); may; must |
| 也 | yě | also; too; (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation; surname Ye |
| 夜 | yè | night |
| 页 | yè | page; leaf |
| 一 | yī | one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) |
| 亿 | yì | 100 million |
| 阴 | yīn | overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia; surname Yin |
| 赢 | yíng | to beat; to win; to profit |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to employ; to have to; to eat or drink; expense or outlay; usefulness; hence; therefore |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again; also; both... and...; again |
| 右 | yòu | right (-hand); the Right (politics); west (old) |
| 鱼 | yú | fish; CL:条,尾 |
| 雨 | yǔ | rain; CL:阵,场 |
| 元 | yuán | Chinese monetary unit; dollar; primary; first; surname Yuan; the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368) |
| 圆 | yuán | circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan); tactful; to justify |
| 远 | yuǎn | far; distant; remote |
| 月 | yuè | moon; month; CL:个,轮 |
| 云 | yún | cloud; CL:朵; surname Yun; abbr. for Yunnan Province 云南省; (classical) to say |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re-; second; another; then (after sth, and not until then) |
| 在 | zài | (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress) |
| 咱 | zán | I or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to) |
| 脏 | zāng | dirty; filthy |
| 早 | zǎo | early; morning; Good morning! |
| 占 | zhàn | to take possession of; to occupy; to take up |
| 站 | zhàn | station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website |
| 张 | zhāng | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes; surname Zhang |
| 长 | zhǎng | chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change |
| 这 | zhè | this; these; (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing) |
| 着 | zhe | particle attached after verb to indicate action in progress, like -ing ending |
| 真 | zhēn | really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine |
| 正 | zhèng | just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; positive; greater than zero; principle |
| 只 | zhī | classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc |
| 支 | zhī | to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions; surname Zhi |
| 只 | zhǐ | but; only; merely; just |
| 指 | zhǐ | finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end |
| 纸 | zhǐ | paper; CL:张,沓; classifier for documents, letter etc |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; surname Zhong |
| 钟 | zhōng | clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell; CL:架,座; handleless cup; goblet; to concentratesurname Zhong |
| 种 | zhǒng | 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 |
| 重 | zhòng | heavy; serious |
| 周 | zhōu | week; weeklyto make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially; surname Zhou; Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC) |
| 猪 | zhū | hog; pig; swine; CL:口,头 |
| 住 | zhù | to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop |
| 祝 | zhù | to wish; to express good wishes; to pray; (old) wizard; surname Zhu |
| 装 | zhuāng | 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 |
| 字 | zì | letter; symbol; character; word; CL:个; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China |
| 走 | zǒu | 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) |
| 嘴 | zuǐ | mouth; beak; spout (of teapot etc); CL:张,个 |
| 最 | zuì | most; the most; -est |
| 左 | zuǒ | left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite; variant of 佐; surname Zuo |
| 作 | zuò | to do; to grow; to write or compose; to pretend; to regard as; to feel; writings or works |
| 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 |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; surname Zuo |
| 座 | zuò | seat; base; stand; CL:个; classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects |
