all 502 words

502 words

• day 1 · long time no see

• 好久hǎojiǔa long time
• 不见bùjiànnot see; be gone
• 最近zuìjìnrecently, lately
• 平时píngshíusually, normally
• 挺tǐngquite, pretty
• 特别tèbiéespecially; special
• 比较bǐjiàofairly, rather; to compare
• 更gèngeven more
• 极jíextremely
• 一般yībānordinary, so-so; usually
• 一样yīyàngthe same
• 不同bùtóngdifferent
• 差不多chàbuduōabout the same; almost
• 咱们zánmenwe, us (you included)
• 别人biérénother people, others
• 别的biédeother, something else
• 其他qítāother, the rest
• 怎样zěnyànghow; in what way

• day 2 · my week

• 先xiānfirst, before
• 然后ránhòuthen, after that
• 才cáionly then, not until
• 刚gāngjust (a moment ago)
• 刚才gāngcáijust now, a moment ago
• 刚刚gānggāngjust, only just
• 马上mǎshàngright away, at once
• 一直yīzhíall along; straight on
• 总是zǒngshìalways
• 总zǒngalways (spoken)
• 又yòuagain (it already happened)
• 常常chángchángoften
• 常chángoften (short form)
• 以前yǐqiánbefore; in the past
• 以后yǐhòuafter; later, in future
• 后来hòuláiafterwards, later on
• 最后zuìhòufinally, in the end; last
• 周末zhōumòweekend

• day 3 · what should I do?

• 应该yīnggāishould, ought to
• 该gāishould; it’s time to
• 需要xūyàoto need; need
• 愿意yuànyìto be willing, be happy to
• 得děimust, have to (spoken)
• 必须bìxūmust
• 不用bùyòngno need to
• 不必bùbìneed not
• 只能zhǐnéngcan only, have no choice but
• 一定yīdìngdefinitely; must
• 当然dāngránof course
• 最好zuìhǎohad better; best
• 大概dàgàiprobably; about
• 好像hǎoxiàngto seem, look like
• 几乎jīhūalmost, nearly
• 其实qíshíactually, in fact
• 看来kànláiit seems, looks like
• 终于zhōngyúfinally, at last

• day 4 · four seasons

• 春天chūntiānspring
• 夏天xiàtiānsummer
• 秋天qiūtiānautumn
• 冬天dōngtiānwinter
• 季节jìjiéseason
• 季jìseason (in compounds)
• 四季sìjìthe four seasons
• 风fēngwind
• 刮guāto blow (wind); to scrape
• 太阳tàiyángthe sun
• 月亮yuèliangthe moon
• 凉快liángkuaipleasantly cool
• 冰bīngice; iced
• 越yuèthe more… (越……越……)
• 变biànto change, become
• 变化biànhuàchange; to change
• 变成biànchéngto turn into
• 伞sǎnumbrella

• day 5 · weekend plans

• 如果rúguǒif
• 的话dehuàif (at the end of a clause)
• 可是kěshìbut
• 可kěbut (spoken)
• 只要zhǐyàoas long as
• 只有zhǐyǒuonly if; only
• 只zhǐonly, just
• 只是zhǐshìjust, merely; it’s just that
• 或者huòzhěor
• 或huòor (short form)
• 打算dǎsuànto plan; plan
• 决定juédìngto decide; decision
• 一块儿yīkuàirtogether
• 出发chūfāto set off
• 公园gōngyuánpark
• 草地cǎodìlawn, grass
• 拍照pāizhàoto take photos
• 照片zhàopiànphoto

• day 6 · guess what happened

• 不但bùdànnot only
• 而且érqiěand also, what’s more
• 为了wèilein order to; for
• 为wèifor (someone)
• 除了chúleapart from, except
• 以外yǐwàibesides, other than
• 怎么办zěnmebànwhat can we do?
• 办法bànfǎway, method, solution
• 突然tūránsuddenly; sudden
• 发生fāshēngto happen
• 发现fāxiànto discover, notice
• 相信xiāngxìnto believe, trust
• 认为rènwéito think, be of the view
• 以为yǐwéito think (wrongly)
• 听说tīngshuōto hear (that)
• 半天bàntiānhalf a day; ages
• 不久bùjiǔsoon, not long after
• 久jiǔlong (time)

• day 7 · moving house

• 搬bānto move (something heavy)
• 搬家bānjiāto move house
• 房子fángzihouse, flat
• 屋子wūziroom
• 室shìroom (in compounds)
• 小区xiǎoqūhousing estate
• 邻居línjūneighbour
• 层céngfloor, storey; layer
• 电梯diàntīlift, elevator
• 楼梯lóutīstairs
• 沙发shāfāsofa
• 冰箱bīngxiāngfridge
• 洗衣机xǐyījīwashing machine
• 空调kōngtiáoair conditioner
• 灯dēnglamp, light
• 欢迎huānyíngto welcome; welcome!
• 把bǎ(brings the object before the verb)
• 放fàngto put, place

• day 8 · cleaning day

• 打扫dǎsǎoto clean (a room)
• 扫sǎoto sweep
• 干净gānjìngclean
• 脏zāngdirty
• 刷shuāto brush; to swipe
• 牙yátooth
• 牙刷yáshuātoothbrush
• 洗澡xǐzǎoto shower, bathe
• 卫生间wèishēngjiānbathroom, toilet
• 关guānto close; turn off
• 开机kāijīto switch on (a device)
• 关机guānjīto switch off (a device)
• 电diànelectricity, power
• 换huànto change, swap
• 完成wánchéngto complete, finish
• 丢diūto lose; to throw away
• 被bèi(passive) by
• 安静ānjìngquiet

• day 9 · which way is north?

• 东dōngeast
• 南nánsouth
• 西xīwest
• 北běinorth
• 东北dōngběinortheast; Northeast China
• 东南dōngnánsoutheast
• 西北xīběinorthwest
• 西南xīnánsouthwest
• 北方běifāngthe north; northern China
• 南方nánfāngthe south; southern China
• 东方dōngfāngthe east; the East
• 西方xīfāngthe west; the West
• 中间zhōngjiānmiddle, between
• 中zhōngmiddle; among, in
• 面前miànqiánin front of (someone)
• 身边shēnbiānby one’s side
• 附近fùjìnnearby; the area around
• 方向fāngxiàngdirection

• day 10 · around town

• 城市chéngshìcity
• 市shìcity; market
• 街jiēstreet
• 马路mǎlùroad, street
• 路边lùbiānroadside
• 路口lùkǒucrossing, junction
• 红绿灯hónglǜdēngtraffic lights
• 银行yínhángbank
• 宾馆bīnguǎnhotel, guesthouse
• 图书馆túshūguǎnlibrary
• 地方dìfangplace
• 地点dìdiǎnlocation, venue
• 地图dìtúmap
• 向xiàngtowards; to (someone)
• 经过jīngguòto pass by, through
• 离开líkāito leave
• 到处dàochùeverywhere
• 自行车zìxíngchēbicycle

• day 11 · the neighbours

• 阿姨āyíauntie
• 叔叔shūshuuncle
• 爱人àirenhusband or wife
• 夫妻fūqīhusband and wife, a couple
• 姐妹jiěmèisisters
• 大人dàrenadult, grown-up
• 老人lǎorénold person, the elderly
• 男人nánrénman
• 女人nǚrénwoman
• 年轻niánqīngyoung
• 老lǎoold; Old (before a surname)
• 结婚jiéhūnto marry, get married
• 出生chūshēngto be born
• 养yǎngto raise; to keep (a pet)
• 照顾zhàogùto look after
• 客人kèrénguest
• 做客zuòkèto visit (as a guest)
• 请客qǐngkèto treat (pay for others)

• day 13 · I’m starving!

• 饿èhungry
• 饱bǎofull (after eating)
• 渴kěthirsty
• 菜单càidānmenu
• 尝chángto taste, try (food)
• 甜tiánsweet
• 新鲜xīnxiānfresh
• 鸡jīchicken
• 牛niúcow, ox; awesome (slang)
• 羊yángsheep, goat
• 蛋糕dàngāocake
• 冰激凌bīngjīlíngice cream
• 方便面fāngbiànmiàninstant noodles
• 糖tángsugar; sweets
• 西瓜xīguāwatermelon
• 香蕉xiāngjiāobanana
• 外卖wàimàitakeaway, food delivery
• 饮料yǐnliàodrink, beverage

• day 14 · eating out

• 筷子kuàizichopsticks
• 勺子sháozispoon
• 盘子pánziplate, dish
• 碗wǎnbowl
• 瓶子píngzibottle
• 矿泉水kuàngquánshuǐmineral water
• 啤酒píjiǔbeer
• 酒jiǔalcohol, alcoholic drink
• 服务fúwùto serve; service
• 满意mǎnyìsatisfied, pleased
• 张zhāng(measure word for flat things)
• 种zhǒngkind, type
• 用yòngto use
• 要求yāoqiúto require; requirement
• 方便fāngbiànconvenient, handy
• 简单jiǎndānsimple, easy
• 好多hǎoduōlots of, a great many
• 收shōuto receive, accept; to collect

• day 15 · what to wear

• 衬衫chènshānshirt
• 大衣dàyīovercoat, winter coat
• 短裤duǎnkùshorts
• 裙子qúnziskirt, dress
• 上衣shàngyītop, jacket
• 鞋xiéshoe
• 雨衣yǔyīraincoat
• 黄色huángsèyellow
• 蓝lánblue
• 合适héshìsuitable, the right fit
• 大小dàxiǎosize
• 短duǎnshort (in length or time)
• 试shìto try, try on
• 选xuǎnto choose, pick
• 选择xuǎnzéto choose; choice
• 旧jiùold, worn (of things)
• 双shuāngpair
• 带dàito bring, take along

• day 16 · money & numbers

• 斤jīnjin (half a kilo)
• 公斤gōngjīnkilogram
• 角jiǎojiao (0.1 yuan)
• 毛máomao (0.1 yuan, spoken); hair, fur
• 米mǐmetre
• 加jiāto add; plus
• 借jièto borrow; to lend
• 还huánto give back, return
• 银行卡yínhángkǎbank card
• 信用卡xìnyòngkǎcredit card
• 卡kǎcard
• 号码hàomǎnumber (phone, room, seat)
• 一共yīgòngaltogether, in total
• 以上yǐshàngabove, more than
• 以下yǐxiàbelow, under
• 差chàto be short of; poor, bad
• 刻kèquarter (of an hour)
• 所suǒ(measure word for schools, hospitals)

• day 17 · music & stories

• 音乐yīnyuèmusic
• 游戏yóuxìgame
• 跳tiàoto jump
• 开心kāixīnhappy, cheerful
• 声音shēngyīnsound, voice
• 声shēngsound; (counts sounds)
• 可爱kě'àicute, lovely
• 热情rèqíngwarm, enthusiastic
• 有名yǒumíngfamous
• 名人míngréncelebrity, famous person
• 画家huàjiāpainter, artist
• 故事gùshistory
• 遍biàntime (start to finish)
• 一边yībiānwhile, at the same time

• day 19 · what do they look like?

• 耳朵ěrduoear
• 脸liǎnface
• 嘴zuǐmouth
• 脚jiǎofoot
• 腿tuǐleg
• 头发tóufahair (on the head)
• 身高shēngāoheight (of a person)
• 矮ǎishort (not tall)
• 胖pàngfat, chubby
• 瘦shòuthin, slim
• 像xiàngto look like, be like
• 长zhǎngto grow; to look (长得)
• 聪明cōngmíngclever, smart
• 认得rèndeto recognise, know (by sight)
• 男生nánshēngboy (student), guy
• 女生nǚshēnggirl (student)
• 难看nánkànugly, bad-looking
• 难听nántīngunpleasant to hear

• day 20 · at the doctor’s

• 发烧fāshāoto have a fever
• 感冒gǎnmàoa cold; to catch a cold
• 病人bìngrénpatient (in hospital)
• 住院zhùyuànto be in hospital
• 出院chūyuànto leave hospital
• 检查jiǎncháto check, examine
• 急jíurgent; anxious
• 着急zháojíworried, anxious; in a hurry
• 担心dānxīnto worry
• 放心fàngxīnto be at ease, stop worrying
• 注意zhùyìto pay attention, be careful
• 小心xiǎoxīnto be careful; careful!
• 害怕hàipàto be afraid, scared
• 怕pàto fear, be afraid of
• 得déto get, catch (an illness)
• 不行bùxíngno good, won’t do; no way
• 健康jiànkānghealthy; health
• 锻炼duànliànto exercise, work out

• day 21 · how I feel

• 生气shēngqìangry; to get angry
• 哭kūto cry
• 心里xīnlǐin one’s heart, inside
• 感到gǎndàoto feel
• 关心guānxīnto care about, look out for
• 同意tóngyìto agree
• 奇怪qíguàistrange, odd
• 难过nánguòsad, upset
• 坚持jiānchíto keep at it, persist
• 受shòuto receive; to bear, stand
• 受到shòudàoto receive, get
• 影响yǐngxiǎngto affect; influence
• 关系guānxìrelationship; connection
• 遇到yùdàoto run into, come across
• 遇见yùjiànto meet (by chance)
• 见面jiànmiànto meet (up)
• 分开fēnkāito separate, part
• 帮助bāngzhùto help; help

• day 22 · into the wild

• 动物dòngwùanimal
• 动物园dòngwùyuánzoo
• 大熊猫dàxióngmāogiant panda
• 马mǎhorse
• 草cǎograss
• 树shùtree
• 山shānmountain, hill
• 海hǎisea
• 河hériver
• 开花kāihuāto bloom, flower
• 花园huāyuángarden
• 环境huánjìngenvironment, surroundings
• 世界shìjièworld
• 国家guójiācountry, nation
• 爬páto climb; to crawl
• 骑qíto ride
• 园yuángarden, park
• 地dìground, floor; land

• day 23 · my free time

• 兴趣xìngqùinterest
• 感兴趣gǎnxìngqùto be interested (in)
• 喜爱xǐ'àito love, be fond of
• 聊liáoto chat
• 聊天儿liáotiānrto chat
• 耳机ěrjīearphones, headphones
• 电子书diànzǐshūe-book
• 新闻xīnwénnews
• 报纸bàozhǐnewspaper
• 关注guānzhùto follow (closely)
• 网站wǎngzhànwebsite
• 有关yǒuguānto be related (to), about
• 关于guānyúabout, on (a topic)
• 常见chángjiàncommon, often seen
• 常用chángyòngin common use
• 有用yǒuyònguseful
• 习惯xíguànhabit; to be used to
• 生活shēnghuólife; to live

• day 25 · back to school

• 班级bānjíclass (a group of students)
• 年级niánjíyear, grade (at school)
• 初中chūzhōngjunior high school
• 学期xuéqīterm, semester
• 校园xiàoyuáncampus, school grounds
• 校长xiàozhǎnghead teacher, principal
• 放学fàngxuéto finish school (for the day)
• 迟到chídàoto be late
• 黑板hēibǎnblackboard
• 铅笔qiānbǐpencil
• 笔记bǐjìnotes
• 笔记本bǐjìběnnotebook; laptop
• 课本kèběntextbook
• 课文kèwéntext (of a lesson)
• 字典zìdiǎncharacter dictionary
• 词典cídiǎndictionary (of words)
• 纸zhǐpaper
• 页yèpage (measure word)

• day 26 · in class

• 句jùmeasure word for sentences, lines
• 句子jùzisentence
• 段duànsection, passage (measure word)
• 讲jiǎngto explain, tell, talk about
• 回答huídáto answer
• 对话duìhuàconversation, dialogue
• 练liànto practise, train
• 练习liànxíto practise; exercise
• 复习fùxíto revise, review
• 作业zuòyèhomework
• 记jìto note down; to remember
• 忘记wàngjìto forget
• 明白míngbaito understand; clear
• 清楚qīngchuclear; to know clearly
• 懂得dǒngdeto understand, know (how to)
• 了解liǎojiěto know about, understand (well)
• 难nándifficult, hard
• 难题nántídifficult problem

• day 27 · learning languages

• 数学shùxuémaths
• 历史lìshǐhistory
• 外语wàiyǔforeign language
• 语言yǔyánlanguage
• 文化wénhuàculture
• 留学liúxuéto study abroad
• 留学生liúxuéshēnginternational student
• 来自láizìto come from
• 努力nǔlìto work hard; hard-working
• 认真rènzhēnserious, careful, conscientious
• 容易róngyìeasy
• 成绩chéngjìresults, grades
• 水平shuǐpínglevel, standard
• 提高tígāoto improve, raise
• 得到dédàoto get, receive, gain
• 比如bǐrúfor example
• 方法fāngfǎmethod, way
• 重要zhòngyàoimportant

• day 28 · at the office

• 办公室bàngōngshìoffice
• 同事tóngshìcolleague
• 经理jīnglǐmanager
• 会huìmeeting
• 会议huìyìmeeting, conference
• 开会kāihuìto have a meeting
• 工作日gōngzuòrìworking day, weekday
• 请假qǐngjiàto ask for time off
• 办bànto do, handle, deal with
• 干gànto do (casual)
• 员yuán-er, person (word ending)
• 子zinoun ending (no tone)
• 名单míngdānlist of names
• 参加cānjiāto take part in, attend
• 机会jīhuìchance, opportunity
• 解决jiějuéto solve, settle
• 结束jiéshùto end, finish
• 根据gēnjùaccording to; basis

• day 29 · mail & messages

• 邮件yóujiànemail; mail
• 邮箱yóuxiānginbox, email address; mailbox
• 信xìnletter; to believe
• 封fēngmeasure word for letters
• 发fāto send
• 收到shōudàoto receive
• 接jiēto answer (a call); to pick up
• 查cháto check, look up
• 主要zhǔyàomain, chief
• 发展fāzhǎnto develop, grow
• 行xíngOK, all right; capable
• 直到zhídàountil
• 安全ānquánsafe
• 起qǐto rise; from (with 从)

• day 31 · on the road

• 高铁gāotiěhigh-speed rail, bullet train
• 检票jiǎnpiàoto check tickets
• 晚点wǎndiǎnto be delayed (trains, planes)
• 起飞qǐfēito take off
• 护照hùzhàopassport
• 行李xíngliluggage
• 箱子xiāngzisuitcase, box
• 游客yóukètourist, visitor
• 外地wàidìother places (not your home town)
• 船chuánboat, ship
• 汽车qìchēcar, motor vehicle
• 司机sījīdriver
• 辆liàngmeasure word for vehicles
• 站zhànto stand
• 休假xiūjiàto take time off, be on leave
• 假期jiàqīholiday, vacation (the period)
• 放假fàngjiàto be off (school, work), have a holiday

• day 32 · sports day

• 比赛bǐsàimatch, competition; to compete
• 得分défēnto score; score
• 网球wǎngqiútennis
• 羽毛球yǔmáoqiúbadminton
• 运动会yùndònghuìsports day, sports meeting
• 运动员yùndòngyuánathlete
• 体育tǐyùsport, PE
• 体育馆tǐyùguǎnsports hall, gym
• 球场qiúchǎngcourt, pitch (for ball games)
• 相机xiàngjīcamera
• 照相zhàoxiàngto take photos
• 照zhàoto take (a photo); to shine on

• day 33 · festivals

• 节日jiérìfestival, holiday
• 过节guòjiéto celebrate a festival
• 新年xīnniánNew Year
• 节jiéfestival; measure word for classes
• 礼物lǐwùgift, present
• 晚会wǎnhuìevening party, gala
• 表演biǎoyǎnto perform; performance
• 节目jiémùprogramme, show, act
• 前天qiántiānthe day before yesterday
• 前年qiánniánthe year before last
• 后天hòutiānthe day after tomorrow
• 后年hòuniánthe year after next
• 过去guòqùthe past; in the past