all 197 words

197 words

• day 1 · nice to meet you, again

• 介绍jièshàointroduce
• 姓xìngsurname; be surnamed
• 姓名xìngmíngfull name
• 名míngname; place (in a ranking)
• 位wèi(polite measure word for people)
• 自己zìjǐoneself (myself, yourself…)
• 啊aah; (particle of feeling)
• 不好意思bùhǎoyìsisorry; excuse me
• 为什么wèishénmewhy
• 因为yīnwèibecause
• 所以suǒyǐso, therefore
• 外国wàiguóforeign country; foreign
• 告诉gàosutell

• day 2 · taller than me

• 爷爷yéyegrandpa (dad’s father)
• 奶奶nǎinaigrandma (dad’s mother)
• 丈夫zhàngfuhusband
• 妻子qīziwife
• 男孩儿nánháirboy
• 女孩儿nǚháirgirl
• 小孩儿xiǎoháirchild, kid
• 个子gèziheight, build (of a person)
• 高gāotall, high
• 眼睛yǎnjingeye(s)
• 比bǐthan; compare
• 最zuìmost, -est

• day 3 · coffee or tea?

• 咖啡kāfēicoffee
• 奶茶nǎichámilk tea
• 红茶hóngcháblack tea
• 绿茶lǜchágreen tea
• 肉ròumeat
• 鱼yúfish
• 点diǎnorder (food)
• 还是háishior (in questions); had better
• 一起yīqǐtogether
• 跟gēnwith; and
• 但是dànshìbut
• 不错bùcuòpretty good, not bad

• day 4 · game on!

• 爱好àihàohobby; be fond of
• 运动yùndòngsport, exercise
• 跑步pǎobùrun, go jogging
• 跑pǎorun
• 游泳yóuyǒngswim
• 篮球lánqiúbasketball
• 足球zúqiúfootball (soccer)
• 踢tīkick
• 打dǎhit; play (ball games)
• 跳舞tiàowǔdance
• 得de(after a verb: how well, how fast)
• 快kuàifast, quick; soon
• 慢mànslow

• day 5 · have you ever…?

• 过guo(after a verb: have ever done)
• 次cìtime (how many times)
• 画huàdraw, paint; picture
• 从小cóngxiǎosince childhood
• 经常jīngchángoften
• 有时yǒushísometimes
• 有意思yǒuyìsiinteresting, fun
• 没意思méiyìsiboring
• 意思yìsimeaning
• 球qiúball; ball game
• 每měievery, each

• day 6 · left, right, inside

• 左zuǒleft
• 右yòuright (side)
• 左边zuǒbianthe left, on the left
• 右边yòubianthe right, on the right
• 旁边pángbiānnext to, beside
• 上面shàngmiànon top, above
• 下面xiàmiànunder, below
• 里面lǐmiàninside
• 外面wàimiànoutside
• 面miànside; face
• 门méndoor, gate
• 洗手间xǐshǒujiāntoilet, restroom
• 着zhe(after a verb: a lasting state)

• day 7 · is it far?

• 离lí(distance) from
• 远yuǎnfar
• 近jìnnear, close
• 路lùroad, way
• 走zǒuwalk; go, leave
• 走路zǒulùwalk, go on foot
• 往wǎngtowards
• 从cóngfrom
• 车站chēzhànstation, stop
• 站zhànstop, station
• 地铁dìtiěsubway, metro
• 公交车gōngjiāochēbus
• 就jiùjust, right (there); then

• day 8 · in and out

• 出chūgo out, come out
• 进jìnenter, go in
• 出来chūláicome out
• 出去chūqùgo out
• 进来jìnláicome in
• 进去jìnqùgo in
• 回来huíláicome back
• 回去huíqùgo back
• 出门chūméngo out, leave the house
• 上来shàngláicome up
• 上去shàngqùgo up
• 下来xiàláicome down
• 下去xiàqùgo down

• day 9 · come and help!

• 帮bānghelp
• 帮忙bāngmánghelp (out), do a favour
• 拿nátake, carry, hold
• 过guòpass, cross, go past
• 过来guòláicome over
• 过去guòqùgo over
• 起来qǐláiget up, stand up
• 打开dǎkāiopen; turn on
• 动dòngmove
• 让rànglet; make (someone do)
• 别biédon’t
• 等děngwait (for)
• 门口ménkǒudoorway, entrance

• day 11 · back to school

• 开学kāixuéschool starts; term begins
• 高中gāozhōngsenior high school
• 班bānclass (a group of students)
• 教室jiàoshìclassroom
• 教jiāoto teach
• 本子běnzinotebook
• 笔bǐpen, pencil
• 书包shūbāoschoolbag
• 词cíword
• 题tíquestion, exercise (on a test)
• 懂dǒngto understand
• 错cuòwrong; a mistake
• 完wánto finish; to be over

• day 12 · the exam is coming

• 考kǎoto take a test; to test
• 考试kǎoshìexam; to take an exam
• 准备zhǔnbèito prepare; to get ready
• 开始kāishǐto start, to begin
• 记得jìdeto remember
• 忘wàngto forget
• 快要kuàiyàoabout to; soon
• 已经yǐjīngalready
• 时shítime; when (in …时)

• day 13 · i don’t feel well

• 身体shēntǐbody; health
• 手shǒuhand
• 头tóuhead
• 疼téngto hurt; sore
• 舒服shūfucomfortable; to feel well
• 药yàomedicine
• 药店yàodiànpharmacy, chemist’s
• 累lèitired
• 可能kěnéngmaybe; possible
• 一会儿yīhuìra moment; a little while
• 游yóuto swim; to travel around

• day 14 · sunny, then cloudy

• 晴qíngsunny, clear
• 阴yīncloudy, overcast
• 虽然suīránalthough
• 但dànbut
• 周zhōuweek
• 长chánglong
• 这么zhèmeso, this (much)
• 那么nàmeso, that (much); then
• 这样zhèyànglike this, this way
• 那样nàyànglike that, that way

• day 16 · at the mall

• 商场shāngchǎngshopping mall
• 颜色yánsècolour
• 白色báisèwhite
• 黑色hēisèblack
• 红色hóngsèred
• 绿色lǜsègreen
• 裤子kùzitrousers, pants
• 条tiáomeasure word: long, thin things
• 包bāobag; to wrap; a pack of
• 手表shǒubiǎowatch (on your wrist)
• 花huāto spend (money, time)
• 万wànten thousand

• day 17 · happy birthday!

• 生日shēngrìbirthday
• 快乐kuàilèhappy, joyful
• 送sòngto give (as a present); to see off
• 花huāflower
• 希望xīwàngto hope; a hope
• 笑xiàoto laugh; to smile
• 过年guòniáncelebrate the (Chinese) New Year
• 小时候xiǎoshíhouchildhood; as a child

• day 18 · off we go

• 旅游lǚyóuto travel (for fun); tourism
• 机场jīchǎngairport
• 机票jīpiàoplane ticket
• 飞fēito fly
• 酒店jiǔdiànhotel
• 门票ménpiàoentrance ticket
• 票piàoticket
• 出国chūguóto go abroad
• 打车dǎchēto take a taxi
• 路上lùshangon the way; on the road
• 楼lóubuilding; floor (storey)
• 间jiānmeasure word for rooms

• day 19 · what are you doing?

• 正zhèngright now (in the middle of)
• 上网shàngwǎngto go online
• 网上wǎngshangonline; on the internet
• 坏huàibad; broken
• 事情shìqingthing, matter, business
• 鸟niǎobird
• 床chuángbed
• 洗xǐto wash
• 地de(links a describing word to a verb)