the 336 words you’ll say

336 words

• day 1 · a rainy morning

• 样子yàngzilook, appearance
• 年轻niánqīngyoung
• 头发tóufahair (on the head)
• 短duǎnshort (in length or time)
• 雨衣yǔyīraincoat
• 伞sǎnumbrella
• 着急zháojíworried, anxious; in a hurry
• 迟到chídàoto be late
• 好像hǎoxiàngto seem, look like
• 黄色huángsèyellow

• day 2 · new clothes

• 衬衫chènshānshirt
• 裙子qúnziskirt, dress
• 试shìto try, try on
• 合适héshìsuitable, the right fit
• 选择xuǎnzéto choose; choice
• 注意zhùyìto pay attention, be careful
• 流行liúxíngbe popular, in fashion
• 镜子jìngzimirror
• 大小dàxiǎosize
• 蓝lánblue

• day 3 · old friends

• 好久hǎojiǔa long time
• 遇见yùjiànto meet (by chance)
• 聊liáoto chat
• 开心kāixīnhappy, cheerful
• 性格xìnggépersonality, character
• 热情rèqíngwarm, enthusiastic
• 相信xiāngxìnto believe, trust
• 互相hùxiāngeach other
• 关系guānxìrelationship; connection
• 见面jiànmiànto meet (up)

• day 4 · neighbours

• 邻居línjūneighbour
• 小区xiǎoqūhousing estate
• 老人lǎorénold person, the elderly
• 照顾zhàogùto look after
• 帮助bāngzhùto help; help
• 提títo carry (in the hand); to raise
• 打招呼dǎzhāohusay hello, greet
• 应该yīnggāishould, ought to
• 叔叔shūshuuncle
• 关心guānxīnto care about, look out for

• day 5 · mission: Anna’s birthday

• 蛋糕dàngāocake
• 礼物lǐwùgift, present
• 客人kèrénguest
• 聚会jùhuìparty, get-together
• 庆祝qìngzhùto celebrate
• 欢迎huānyíngto welcome; welcome!
• 可爱kě'àicute, lovely
• 活泼huópōlively, outgoing

• day 6 · cooking together

• 厨房chúfángkitchen
• 尝chángto taste, try (food)
• 味道wèidàotaste, flavour
• 咸xiánsalty
• 碗wǎnbowl
• 新鲜xīnxiānfresh
• 勺子sháozispoon
• 盘子pánziplate, dish
• 筷子kuàizichopsticks
• 一边yībiānwhile, at the same time

• day 7 · moving day

• 搬bānto move (something heavy)
• 箱子xiāngzisuitcase, box
• 房子fángzihouse, flat
• 沙发shāfāsofa
• 家具jiājùfurniture
• 租zūto rent
• 城市chéngshìcity
• 电梯diàntīlift, elevator
• 楼梯lóutīstairs
• 抬táito lift, carry (together)

• day 8 · a messy room

• 收拾shōushito tidy up; to pack
• 乱luànmessy; at random
• 干净gānjìngclean
• 脏zāngdirty
• 打扫dǎsǎoto clean (a room)
• 生气shēngqìangry; to get angry
• 放fàngto put, place
• 袜子wàzisocks
• 中间zhōngjiānmiddle, between
• 屋子wūziroom

• day 9 · Sunday in the park

• 公园gōngyuánpark
• 草地cǎodìlawn, grass
• 散步sànbùto go for a walk
• 放松fàngsōngto relax
• 周末zhōumòweekend
• 拍照pāizhàoto take photos
• 一块儿yīkuàirtogether
• 春天chūntiānspring
• 花园huāyuángarden
• 有的yǒudesome (of them)

• day 10 · mission: Anna’s new home

• 客厅kètīngliving room
• 窗户chuānghuwindow
• 灯dēnglamp, light
• 安静ānjìngquiet
• 方便fāngbiànconvenient, handy
• 附近fùjìnnearby; the area around
• 做客zuòkèto visit (as a guest)
• 请客qǐngkèto treat (pay for others)

• day 11 · the night before the exam

• 复习fùxíto revise, review
• 笔记bǐjìnotes
• 课本kèběntextbook
• 紧张jǐnzhāngnervous; tense, tight
• 困kùnsleepy; stuck
• 努力nǔlìto work hard; hard-working
• 成绩chéngjìresults, grades
• 认真rènzhēnserious, careful, conscientious
• 重要zhòngyàoimportant
• 恐怕kǒngpàI’m afraid; probably

• day 12 · the meeting

• 办公室bàngōngshìoffice
• 开会kāihuìto have a meeting
• 同事tóngshìcolleague
• 经理jīnglǐmanager
• 讨论tǎolùnto discuss
• 意见yìjiànopinion, view; complaint
• 同意tóngyìto agree
• 解决jiějuéto solve, settle
• 参加cānjiāto take part in, attend
• 首先shǒuxiānfirst (of all)

• day 13 · the interview

• 面试miànshì(job) interview; to interview
• 经验jīngyànexperience
• 能力nénglìability
• 了解liǎojiěto know about, understand (well)
• 工资gōngzīpay, wages
• 机会jīhuìchance, opportunity
• 回答huídáto answer
• 害怕hàipàto be afraid, scared
• 打算dǎsuànto plan; plan
• 认为rènwéito think, be of the view

• day 14 · at the library

• 图书馆túshūguǎnlibrary
• 排队páiduìqueue, line up
• 借jièto borrow; to lend
• 报纸bàozhǐnewspaper
• 故事gùshistory
• 词典cídiǎndictionary (of words)
• 大约dàyuēabout, roughly
• 左右zuǒyòuabout, or so (after a number)
• 学期xuéqīterm, semester
• 一般yībānordinary, so-so; usually

• day 15 · mission: Xiaoming’s first job

• 毕业bìyèto graduate
• 决定juédìngto decide; decision
• 顺利shùnlìsmooth, without a hitch
• 成功chénggōngsucceed; successful
• 终于zhōngyúfinally, at last
• 结束jiéshùto end, finish
• 加油jiāyóucome on! (cheer); refuel
• 放心fàngxīnto be at ease, stop worrying

• day 16 · a morning run

• 早晨zǎochenearly morning
• 锻炼duànliànto exercise, work out
• 坚持jiānchíto keep at it, persist
• 健康jiànkānghealthy; health
• 汗hànsweat
• 河hériver
• 习惯xíguànhabit; to be used to
• 一直yīzhíall along; straight on
• 越yuèthe more… (越……越……)
• 太阳tàiyángthe sun

• day 17 · at the doctor’s

• 护士hùshinurse
• 发烧fāshāoto have a fever
• 感冒gǎnmàoa cold; to catch a cold
• 咳嗽késouto cough; a cough
• 难受nánshòuto feel unwell, awful
• 检查jiǎncháto check, examine
• 病人bìngrénpatient (in hospital)
• 住院zhùyuànto be in hospital
• 脸liǎnface
• 打针dǎzhēnto give or get an injection

• day 18 · the gym class

• 教练jiàoliàncoach, trainer
• 动作dòngzuòmovement, action
• 跳tiàoto jump
• 毛巾máojīntowel
• 体育tǐyùsport, PE
• 胖pàngfat, chubby
• 瘦shòuthin, slim
• 兴趣xìngqùinterest
• 简单jiǎndānsimple, easy
• 既jìboth … (and); since

• day 19 · two plates

• 快餐kuàicānfast food
• 油yóuoil
• 甜tiánsweet
• 糖tángsugar; sweets
• 饮料yǐnliàodrink, beverage
• 鸡jīchicken
• 西红柿xīhóngshìtomato
• 更gèngeven more
• 需要xūyàoto need; need
• 一样yīyàngthe same

• day 20 · mission: sports day

• 运动会yùndònghuìsports day, sports meeting
• 比赛bǐsàimatch, competition; to compete
• 赢yíngto win
• 输shūto lose (a game)
• 运动员yùndòngyuánathlete
• 正常zhèngchángnormal
• 担心dānxīnto worry
• 年级niánjíyear, grade (at school)

• day 21 · the checkout queue

• 顾客gùkècustomer
• 付fùpay
• 现金xiànjīncash
• 卡kǎcard
• 斤jīnjin (half a kilo)
• 一共yīgòngaltogether, in total
• 价格jiàgéprice
• 质量zhìliàngquality
• 西瓜xīguāwatermelon
• 香蕉xiāngjiāobanana

• day 22 · a parcel

• 快递kuàidìexpress delivery, parcel
• 寄jìpost, send by mail
• 收到shōudàoto receive
• 换huànto change, swap
• 失望shīwàngdisappointed
• 吃惊chījīngsurprised, shocked
• 原来yuánláioriginally; so that’s why
• 上衣shàngyītop, jacket
• 发现fāxiànto discover, notice
• 满意mǎnyìsatisfied, pleased

• day 23 · who pays?

• 餐厅cāntīngrestaurant, dining room
• 结账jiézhàngto pay the bill
• 菜单càidānmenu
• 剩shèngto be left over
• 浪费làngfèito waste
• 饱bǎofull (after eating)
• 别人biérénother people, others
• 当然dāngránof course
• 顿dùn(measure word for meals)
• 平时píngshíusually, normally

• day 24 · the sale

• 打折dǎzhébe on sale, give a discount
• 鞋xiéshoe
• 双shuāngpair
• 逛guàngstroll, browse (the shops)
• 值得zhídébe worth (doing)
• 后悔hòuhuǐto regret
• 带dàito bring, take along
• 最后zuìhòufinally, in the end; last
• 好多hǎoduōlots of, a great many
• 大衣dàyīovercoat, winter coat

• day 25 · mission: saving for Shanghai

• 存cúndeposit, save, store
• 银行yínhángbank
• 收入shōurùincome
• 节约jiéyuēto save, economise
• 计划jìhuàplan; to plan
• 赚zhuànearn, make (money)
• 办法bànfǎway, method, solution
• 用yòngto use

• day 26 · at the station

• 出发chūfāto set off
• 高铁gāotiěhigh-speed rail, bullet train
• 广播guǎngbōbroadcast; announcement
• 站zhànstop, station
• 乘客chéngkèpassenger
• 马上mǎshàngright away, at once
• 来不及láibujítoo late, no time
• 赶gǎnrush to catch, hurry
• 行李xíngliluggage
• 刻kèquarter (of an hour)

• day 27 · the hotel

• 宾馆bīnguǎnhotel, guesthouse
• 订dìngbook, order
• 护照hùzhàopassport
• 钥匙yàoshikey
• 办bànto do, handle, deal with
• 填写tiánxiěfill in (a form)
• 服务fúwùto serve; service
• 提前tíqiándo earlier, in advance
• 外地wàidìother places (not your home town)
• 号码hàomǎnumber (phone, room, seat)

• day 28 · asking the way

• 地图dìtúmap
• 路口lùkǒucrossing, junction
• 对面duìmiànopposite, across from
• 向xiàngtowards; to (someone)
• 方向fāngxiàngdirection
• 经过jīngguòto pass by, through
• 马路mǎlùroad, street
• 指zhǐpoint (at), point to
• 红绿灯hónglǜdēngtraffic lights
• 街jiēstreet

• day 29 · a sudden storm

• 忽然hūránsuddenly
• 突然tūránsuddenly; sudden
• 本来běnláioriginally, at first
• 刮guāto blow (wind); to scrape
• 风fēngwind
• 云yúncloud
• 季节jìjiéseason
• 凉快liángkuaipleasantly cool
• 树shùtree
• 夏天xiàtiānsummer

• day 30 · mission: a trip to Shanghai

• 旅行lǚxíngtravel, trip
• 航班hángbānflight
• 起飞qǐfēito take off
• 船chuánboat, ship
• 景色jǐngsèscenery, view
• 有名yǒumíngfamous
• 照相zhàoxiàngto take photos
• 游客yóukètourist, visitor

• day 31 · sorting rubbish

• 垃圾lājīrubbish, trash
• 环境huánjìngenvironment, surroundings
• 保护bǎohùto protect
• 污染wūrǎnpollution; to pollute
• 塑料sùliàoplastic
• 瓶子píngzibottle
• 分开fēnkāito separate, part
• 责任zérènresponsibility
• 生活shēnghuólife; to live
• 一定yīdìngdefinitely; must

• day 32 · phones at the table

• 信息xìnxīinformation; message
• 新闻xīnwénnews
• 联系liánxìcontact, get in touch
• 交流jiāoliúto communicate, exchange
• 无聊wúliáoboring; bored
• 影响yǐngxiǎngto affect; influence
• 游戏yóuxìgame
• 其实qíshíactually, in fact
• 比如bǐrúfor example
• 却quèbut, yet

• day 33 · New Year’s Eve

• 新年xīnniánNew Year
• 节日jiérìfestival, holiday
• 热闹rènaolively, bustling
• 红包hóngbāored envelope (with money)
• 亲戚qīnqirelative, relation
• 表演biǎoyǎnto perform; performance
• 孙子sūnzigrandson
• 幸福xìngfúhappiness; happy (in life)
• 大人dàrenadult, grown-up
• 节目jiémùprogramme, show, act

• day 34 · then and now

• 变化biànhuàchange; to change
• 以前yǐqiánbefore; in the past
• 过去guòqùthe past; in the past
• 发展fāzhǎnto develop, grow
• 农村nóngcūnthe countryside, rural area
• 童年tóngniánchildhood
• 照片zhàopiànphoto
• 随着suízhealong with, as
• 变成biànchéngto turn into
• 后来hòuláiafterwards, later on

• day 35 · mission: the speaking test

• 口语kǒuyǔspeaking, spoken language
• 普通话pǔtōnghuàMandarin, standard Chinese
• 流利liúlìfluent
• 水平shuǐpínglevel, standard
• 提高tígāoto improve, raise
• 信心xìnxīnconfidence
• 练习liànxíto practise; exercise
• 语言yǔyánlanguage