TOCFL Band B Level 4
Official TOCFL wordlist. It includes approximately 2500 commonly used Mandarin Chinese words that are essential for understanding and communicating in a variety of contexts at an advanced-intermediate level.
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| Selected | Simplified (Traditional) | Pinyin | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 爱好 (愛好) | ài hào | to like to take pleasure in | |
| 爱护 (愛護) | ài hù | to cherish to treasure | |
| 爱人 (愛人) | ài rén | spouse (PRC) lover (non-PRC) | |
| 哎呀 | āi yā | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration | |
| 哎哟 (哎喲) | āi yāo | hey ow | |
| 癌症 | ái zhèng | cancer | |
| 癌 | ái | cancer carcinoma | |
| 按 | àn | to press to push | |
| 暗 | àn | dark | |
| 案 | àn | (legal) case incident | |
| 案子 | àn zi | long table counter | |
| 肮脏 (骯髒) | āng zāng | dirty filthy | |
| 按时 (按時) | àn shí | on time before deadline | |
| 安慰 | ān wèi | to comfort to console | |
| 暗中 | àn zhōng | in the dark in secret | |
| 安装 (安裝) | ān zhuāng | to install to erect | |
| 熬 | áo | to cook on a slow fire to extract by heating | |
| 拔 | bá | to pull up to pull out | |
| 罢工 (罷工) | bà gōng | a strike to go on strike | |
| 败 (敗) | bài | to defeat to damage | |
| 拜 | bài | to pay respect worship | |
| 拜拜 | bài bài | (loanword) bye-bye (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) | |
| 拜访 (拜訪) | bài fǎng | to pay a visit to call on | |
| 拜年 | bài nián | to pay a New Year call to wish sb a Happy New Year | |
| 拜托 (拜託) | bài tuō | to request sb to do sth please! | |
| 摆脱 (擺脫) | bǎi tuō | to break away from to get rid of | |
| 罢了 (罷了) | bà le | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 拌 | bàn | to mix to mix in | |
| 般 | bān | sort kind | |
| 磅 | bàng | platform balance (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) | |
| 棒 | bàng | stick club | |
| 棒子 | bàng zi | stick club | |
| 办公 (辦公) | bàn gōng | to handle official business to work (esp. in an office) | |
| 傍晚 | bāng wǎn | in the evening when night falls | |
| 半路 | bàn lù | halfway midway | |
| 办事 (辦事) | bàn shì | to handle (affairs) to work | |
| 半数 (半數) | bàn shù | half the number half | |
| 扮演 | bàn yǎn | to play the role of to act | |
| 搬运 (搬運) | bān yùn | freight transport | |
| 班长 (班長) | bān zhǎng | class monitor squad leader | |
| 抱 | bào | to hold to carry (in one's arms) | |
| 报 (報) | bào | to announce to inform | |
| 保 | bǎo | Bulgaria Bulgarian | |
| 宝 (寶) | bǎo | precious | |
| 宝宝 (寶寶) | bǎo bao | darling baby | |
| 保持 | bǎo chí | to keep to maintain | |
| 报仇 (報仇) | bào chóu | to take revenge to avenge | |
| 保存 | bǎo cún | to conserve to preserve | |
| 报答 (報答) | bào dá | to repay to requite | |
| 报到 (報到) | bào dào | to report for duty to check in | |
| 报导 (報導) | bào dǎo | to report (in the media) (news) report | |
| 包裹 | bāo guǒ | to wrap up to bind up | |
| 报警 (報警) | bào jǐng | to sound an alarm to report sth to the police | |
| 暴力 | bào lì | violence force | |
| 保留 | bǎo liú | to keep to retain | |
| 抱歉 | bào qiàn | to be sorry to feel apologetic | |
| 报社 (報社) | bào shè | newspaper (i.e. a company) | |
| 保卫 (保衛) | bǎo wèi | to defend to safeguard | |
| 暴躁 | bào zào | irascible irritable | |
| 爆炸 | bào zhà | explosion to explode | |
| 保障 | bǎo zhàng | to ensure to guarantee | |
| 包装 (包裝) | bāo zhuāng | to pack to package | |
| 把握 | bǎ wò | to grasp (also fig.) to seize | |
| 备 (備) | bèi | preparation | |
| 被 | bèi | quilt by | |
| 被子 | bèi zi | quilt | |
| 悲剧 (悲劇) | bēi jù | tragedy | |
| 背面 | bèi miàn | the back the reverse side | |
| 悲痛 | bēi tòng | grieved sorrowful | |
| 背心 | bèi xīn | sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc) | |
| 奔 | bēn | to hurry to rush | |
| 本来 (本來) | běn lái | original originally | |
| 本领 (本領) | běn lǐng | skill ability | |
| 奔跑 | bēn pǎo | to run | |
| 本身 | běn shēn | itself in itself | |
| 本土 | běn tǔ | one's native country native | |
| 笨重 | bèn zhòng | heavy cumbersome | |
| 闭 (閉) | bì | to close to stop up | |
| 便 | biàn | plain informal | |
| 扁 | biǎn | flat | |
| 编 (編) | biān | to weave to plait | |
| 变动 (變動) | biàn dòng | to change to fluctuate | |
| 便利 | biàn lì | convenient easy | |
| 表格 | biǎo gé | form table | |
| 表情 | biǎo qíng | (facial) expression to express one's feelings | |
| 标题 (標題) | biāo tí | title heading | |
| 表扬 (表揚) | biǎo yáng | to praise to commend | |
| 标志 (標誌) | biāo zhì | sign mark | |
| 彼此 | bǐ cǐ | each other one another | |
| 笔记 (筆記) | bǐ jì | to take down (in writing) notes | |
| 比较 (比較) | bǐ jiào | to compare to contrast | |
| 比例 | bǐ lì | proportion scale | |
| 并 (並) | bìng | and furthermore | |
| 丙 | bǐng | third of the ten Heavenly Stems third in order | |
| 冰 | bīng | ice to chill sth | |
| 病毒 | bìng dú | virus | |
| 病房 | bìng fáng | ward (of a hospital) sickroom | |
| 并且 (並且) | bìng qiě | and besides | |
| 病情 | bìng qíng | state of an illness patient's condition | |
| 笔试 (筆試) | bǐ shì | written examination paper test (for an applicant) | |
| 鼻涕 | bí tì | nasal mucus snivel | |
| 必须 (必須) | bì xū | to have to must | |
| 必要 | bì yào | necessary essential | |
| 薄 | bó | thin | |
| 拨 (撥) | bō | to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc to dial | |
| 菠菜 | bō cài | spinach | |
| 波动 (波動) | bō dòng | to undulate to fluctuate | |
| 玻璃 | bō lí | glass (slang) male homosexual | |
| 薄弱 | bó ruò | weak frail | |
| 捕 | bǔ | to catch to seize | |
| 补 (補) | bǔ | to repair to patch | |
| 不安 | bù ān | unpeaceful unstable | |
| 补偿 (補償) | bǔ cháng | to compensate to make up | |
| 不成 | bù chéng | won't do unable to | |
| 补充 (補充) | bǔ chōng | to replenish to supplement | |
| 不大 | bù dà | not very not too | |
| 不当 (不當) | bù dàng | unsuitable improper | |
| 不到 | bù dào | not to arrive not reaching | |
| 不得已 | bù dé yǐ | to act against one's will to have no alternative but to | |
| 部队 (部隊) | bù duì | army armed forces | |
| 不敢当 (不敢當) | bù gǎn dāng | lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise you flatter me | |
| 布告 | bù gào | notice | |
| 布告栏 (布告欄) | bù gào lán | bulletin board | |
| 不顾 (不顧) | bù gù | in spite of regardless of | |
| 不见得 (不見得) | bù jiàn de | not necessarily not likely | |
| 不仅 (不僅) | bù jǐn | not only (this one) not just (...) but also | |
| 补课 (補課) | bǔ kè | to make up missed lesson to reschedule a class | |
| 不良 | bù liáng | bad harmful | |
| 不平 | bù píng | uneven injustice | |
| 不然 | bù rán | not so no | |
| 不如 | bù rú | not equal to not as good as | |
| 补习 (補習) | bǔ xí | to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor | |
| 补习班 (補習班) | bǔ xí bān | cram class cram school | |
| 不许 (不許) | bù xǔ | not to allow must not | |
| 不宜 | bù yí | not suitable inadvisable | |
| 不由得 | bù yóu de | can't help cannot but | |
| 部长 (部長) | bù zhǎng | head of a (government etc) department section chief | |
| 不止 | bù zhǐ | incessantly without end | |
| 补助 (補助) | bǔ zhù | to subsidize subsidy | |
| 踩 | cǎi | step on | |
| 采 (採) | cǎi | to pick to pluck | |
| 财产 (財產) | cái chǎn | property assets | |
| 财富 (財富) | cái fù | wealth riches | |
| 采购 (採購) | cǎi gòu | to procure (for an enterprise etc) to purchase | |
| 才能 | cái néng | talent ability | |
| 裁判 | cái pàn | judgment to referee | |
| 彩色 | cǎi sè | color multi-colored | |
| 裁员 (裁員) | cái yuán | to cut staff to lay off employees | |
| 蚕 (蠶) | cán | silkworm | |
| 惨 (慘) | cǎn | miserable wretched | |
| 藏 | cáng | to conceal to hide away | |
| 仓库 (倉庫) | cāng kù | depot storehouse | |
| 惭愧 (慚愧) | cán kuì | ashamed | |
| 参与 (參與) | cān yù | to participate (in sth) | |
| 操心 | cāo xīn | to worry about | |
| 操作 | cāo zuò | to work to operate | |
| 册 (冊) | cè | book booklet | |
| 测量 (測量) | cè liáng | survey to measure | |
| 策略 | cè lüè | strategy tactics | |
| 测试 (測試) | cè shì | to test (machinery etc) to test (students) | |
| 测验 (測驗) | cè yàn | test to test | |
| 差 | chā | difference discrepancy | |
| 插 | chā | to insert stick in | |
| 差错 (差錯) | chā cuò | mistake slip-up | |
| 插花 | chā huā | flower arranging ikebana | |
| 茶会 (茶會) | chá huì | tea party | |
| 拆 | chāi | to tear open to tear down | |
| 差距 | chā jù | disparity gap | |
| 产 (產) | chǎn | to give birth to reproduce | |
| 长处 (長處) | cháng chù | good aspects strong points | |
| 场地 (場地) | chǎng dì | space site | |
| 长度 (長度) | cháng dù | length | |
| 长方形 (長方形) | cháng fāng xíng | rectangle | |
| 场合 (場合) | chǎng hé | situation occasion | |
| 长久 (長久) | cháng jiǔ | (for a) long time | |
| 厂商 (廠商) | chǎng shāng | manufacturer producer | |
| 尝试 (嘗試) | cháng shì | to try to attempt | |
| 常识 (常識) | cháng shì | common sense general knowledge | |
| 场所 (場所) | chǎng suǒ | location place | |
| 长途 (長途) | cháng tú | long distance | |
| 产量 (產量) | chǎn liàng | output | |
| 产业 (產業) | chǎn yè | industry estate | |
| 朝 | cháo | towards | |
| 抄 | chāo | to make a copy to plagiarize | |
| 超出 | chāo chū | to exceed to overstep | |
| 潮流 | cháo liú | tide current | |
| 吵闹 (吵鬧) | chǎo nào | noisy raucous | |
| 钞票 (鈔票) | chāo piào | paper money a bill (e.g. 100 yuan) | |
| 超人 | chāo rén | Superman, comic book superhero | |
| 潮湿 (潮溼) | cháo shī | wet | |
| 超越 | chāo yuè | to surpass to exceed | |
| 超重 | chāo zhòng | overweight (baggage, freight) | |
| 插图 (插圖) | chā tú | illustration | |
| 茶叶 (茶葉) | chá yè | tea tea leaves | |
| 扯 | chě | to pull to tear | |
| 澈底 | chè dǐ | thoroughly | |
| 彻底 (徹底) | chè dǐ | thorough thoroughly | |
| 沉 | chén | to submerge to immerse | |
| 沈 | chén | shen | |
| 成 | chéng | become | |
| 称 (稱) | chēng | to weigh to state | |
| 撑 (撐) | chēng | to support to prop up | |
| 成本 | chéng běn | (manufacturing, production etc) costs | |
| 成分 | chéng fèn | composition make-up | |
| 成份 | chéng fèn | composition make-up | |
| 成交 | chéng jiāo | to complete a contract to reach a deal | |
| 乘客 | chéng kè | passenger | |
| 诚恳 (誠懇) | chéng kěn | sincere honest | |
| 成立 | chéng lì | to establish to set up | |
| 成人 | chéng rén | adult | |
| 成天 | chéng tiān | all the time | |
| 成为 (成為) | chéng wéi | to become to turn into | |
| 呈现 (呈現) | chéng xiàn | to appear to emerge | |
| 程序 | chéng xù | procedures sequence | |
| 诚意 (誠意) | chéng yì | sincerity good faith | |
| 成语 (成語) | chéng yǔ | Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation idiom | |
| 陈列 (陳列) | chén liè | to display to exhibit | |
| 车票 (車票) | chē piào | ticket (for a bus or train) | |
| 迟 (遲) | chí | late | |
| 翅膀 | chì bǎng | wing | |
| 翅 | chì | wing | |
| 尺寸 | chǐ cùn | size dimension | |
| 吃亏 (吃虧) | chī kuī | to suffer losses to come to grief | |
| 持续 (持續) | chí xù | to continue to persist | |
| 迟早 (遲早) | chí zǎo | sooner or later | |
| 重 | chóng | to repeat repetition | |
| 冲 (沖) | chōng | (of water) to dash against to mix with water | |
| 崇拜 | chóng bài | to worship adoration | |
| 充分 | chōng fèn | ample sufficient | |
| 充份 | chōng fèn | full | |
| 崇高 | chóng gāo | majestic sublime | |
| 充满 (充滿) | chōng mǎn | full of brimming with | |
| 冲突 (衝突) | chōng tú | conflict to conflict | |
| 充足 | chōng zú | adequate sufficient | |
| 愁 | chóu | to worry about | |
| 抽屉 (抽屜) | chōu tì | drawer | |
| 处 (處) | chù | place location | |
| 出 | chū | to go out to come out | |
| 初 | chū | at first (at the) beginning | |
| 传播 (傳播) | chuán bò | to disseminate to propagate | |
| 传达 (傳達) | chuán dá | to pass on to convey | |
| 传单 (傳單) | chuán dān | leaflet flier | |
| 床 | chuáng | bed couch | |
| 幢 | chuáng | banner | |
| 闯 (闖) | chuǎng | to rush to charge | |
| 床单 (床單) | chuáng dān | bed sheet | |
| 窗口 | chuāng kǒu | window opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) | |
| 创新 (創新) | chuàng xīn | innovation to bring forth new ideas | |
| 创作 (創作) | chuàng zuò | to create to produce | |
| 传染 (傳染) | chuán rǎn | to infect contagious | |
| 传说 (傳說) | chuán shuō | legend folklore | |
| 传送 (傳送) | chuán sòng | to convey to deliver | |
| 传统 (傳統) | chuán tǒng | tradition traditional | |
| 传真 (傳真) | chuán zhēn | fax facsimile | |
| 初步 | chū bù | initial preliminary | |
| 出产 (出產) | chū chǎn | to produce (by natural growth, or by manufacture, mining etc) to yield | |
| 处处 (處處) | chù chù | everywhere in all respects | |
| 储存 (儲存) | chú cún | stockpile to store | |
| 处罚 (處罰) | chǔ fá | to penalize to punish | |
| 除非 | chú fēi | only if (..., or otherwise, ...) only when | |
| 初级 (初級) | chū jí | junior primary | |
| 出境 | chū jìng | to leave a country or region outbound (tourism) | |
| 出口 | chū kǒu | an exit to speak | |
| 纯 (純) | chún | pure simple | |
| 出色 | chū sè | remarkable outstanding | |
| 出身 | chū shēn | to be born of to come from | |
| 出事 | chū shì | to have an accident to meet with a mishap | |
| 出售 | chū shòu | to sell to offer for sale | |
| 出席 | chū xí | to attend to participate | |
| 储蓄 (儲蓄) | chú xù | to deposit money to save | |
| 出院 | chū yuàn | to leave hospital to be discharged from hospital | |
| 刺 | cì | thorn sting | |
| 词典 (詞典) | cí diǎn | dictionary | |
| 辞典 (辭典) | cí diǎn | dictionary | |
| 词汇 (詞彙) | cí huì | vocabulary | |
| 刺激 | cì jī | to provoke to irritate | |
| 次数 (次數) | cì shù | number of times frequency | |
| 此外 | cǐ wài | besides in addition | |
| 辞职 (辭職) | cí zhí | to resign | |
| 从 (從) | cóng | from | |
| 从此 (從此) | cóng cǐ | from now on since then | |
| 从没 (從沒) | cóng méi | never (in the past) never did | |
| 从事 (從事) | cóng shì | to go for to engage in | |
| 凑 (湊) | còu | to gather together, pool or collect to happen by chance | |
| 粗 | cū | coarse rough | |
| 催 | cuī | to urge to press | |
| 促进 (促進) | cù jìn | to promote (an idea or cause) to advance | |
| 存款 | cún kuǎn | to deposit money (in a bank etc) bank savings | |
| 搓 | cuō | to rub or roll between the hands or fingers to twist | |
| 错过 (錯過) | cuò guò | to miss (train, opportunity etc) | |
| 措施 | cuò shī | measure step | |
| 错字 (錯字) | cuò zì | incorrect character typo (in Chinese text) | |
| 粗心 | cū xīn | careless thoughtless | |
| 打 | dǎ | to beat to strike | |
| 大半 | dà bàn | more than half greater part | |
| 打扮 | dǎ bàn | to decorate to dress | |
| 打包 | dǎ bāo | to wrap to pack | |
| 大便 | dà biàn | to defecate excrement | |
| 大胆 (大膽) | dà dǎn | brazen audacious | |
| 达到 (達到) | dá dào | to reach to achieve | |
| 大地 | dà dì | earth mother earth | |
| 大都 | dà dōu | for the most part on the whole | |
| 打断 (打斷) | dǎ duàn | to interrupt to break off | |
| 大哥 | dà gē | eldest brother big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) | |
| 待 | dài | to wait to treat | |
| 代 | dài | to substitute to act on behalf of others | |
| 带 (帶) | dài | band belt | |
| 带子 (帶子) | dài zi | belt band | |
| 代表 | dài biǎo | representative delegate | |
| 带动 (帶動) | dài dòng | to spur to provide impetus | |
| 大夫 | dài fū | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 代沟 (代溝) | dài gōu | generation gap | |
| 待会 (待會) | dāi huì | later | |
| 待会儿 (待會兒) | dāi huì r | in a moment later | |
| 代价 (代價) | dài jià | price cost | |
| 贷款 (貸款) | dài kuǎn | a loan to provide a loan (e.g. bank) | |
| 代理 | dài lǐ | to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position to act as an agent or proxy | |
| 带路 (帶路) | dài lù | to lead the way to guide | |
| 待遇 | dài yù | treatment pay | |
| 大街 | dà jiē | street main street | |
| 大力 | dà lì | energetically vigorously | |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount large quantity | |
| 单 (單) | dān | bill list | |
| 单子 (單子) | dān zi | list of items bill | |
| 大脑 (大腦) | dà nǎo | brain cerebrum | |
| 蛋白质 (蛋白質) | dàn bái zhí | protein | |
| 担保 (擔保) | dān bǎo | to guarantee to vouch for | |
| 单调 (單調) | dān diào | monotonous | |
| 当 (當) | dàng | when | |
| 挡 (擋) | dǎng | to resist to obstruct | |
| 档案 (檔案) | dǎng àn | file record | |
| 当初 (當初) | dāng chū | at that time originally | |
| 当选 (當選) | dāng xuǎn | to be elected to be selected | |
| 当中 (當中) | dāng zhōng | among in the middle | |
| 胆量 (膽量) | dǎn liàng | courage boldness | |
| 诞生 (誕生) | dàn shēng | to be born | |
| 单位 (單位) | dān wèi | unit (of measure) unit (group of people as a whole) | |
| 耽误 (耽誤) | dān wù | to delay to hold up | |
| 胆小 (膽小) | dǎn xiǎo | cowardice timid | |
| 到达 (到達) | dào dá | to reach to arrive | |
| 道路 | dào lù | road path | |
| 倒楣 | dǎo méi | unlucky | |
| 到期 | dào qí | to fall due (loan etc) to expire (visa etc) | |
| 导演 (導演) | dǎo yǎn | to direct director (film etc) | |
| 导游 (導遊) | dǎo yóu | tour guide guidebook | |
| 大清早 | dà qīng zǎo | early in the morning | |
| 打扰 (打擾) | dǎ rǎo | to disturb to bother | |
| 大嫂 | dà sǎo | older brother's wife sister-in-law | |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan to intend | |
| 大腿 | dà tuǐ | thigh | |
| 大型 | dà xíng | large large-scale | |
| 大意 | dà yì | general idea main idea | |
| 大有 | dà yǒu | there is much (literary) abundance | |
| 打招呼 | dǎ zhāo hū | to greet sb by word or action to give prior notice | |
| 打针 (打針) | dǎ zhēn | to give or have an injection | |
| 大致 | dà zhì | more or less roughly | |
| 大众 (大眾) | dà zhòng | Volkswagen (automobile manufacturer) | |
| 打字 | dǎ zì | to type | |
| 大自然 | dà zì rán | nature (the natural world) | |
| 得分 | dé fēn | to score | |
| 得奖 (得獎) | dé jiǎng | to win a prize | |
| 得了 | dé le | all right! that's enough! | |
| 登 | dēng | to scale (a height) to ascend | |
| 凳 | dèng | bench stool | |
| 凳子 | dèng zi | stool small seat | |
| 等不及 | děng bù jí | can't wait | |
| 等级 (等級) | děng jí | grade rank | |
| 登记 (登記) | dēng jì | to register (one's name) | |
| 登山 | dēng shān | to climb a mountain climbing | |
| 等于 (等於) | děng yú | to equal to be tantamount to | |
| 得罪 | dé zuì | to commit an offense to violate the law | |
| 抵 | dǐ | to press against to support | |
| 递 (遞) | dì | to hand over to pass on sth | |
| 滴 | dī | a drop to drip | |
| 垫 (墊) | diàn | pad cushion | |
| 电报 (電報) | diàn bào | telegram cable | |
| 电动 (電動) | diàn dòng | electric-powered (Tw) video game | |
| 典礼 (典禮) | diǎn lǐ | celebration ceremony | |
| 电器 (電器) | diàn qì | (electrical) appliance device | |
| 点燃 (點燃) | diǎn rán | to ignite to set on fire | |
| 电扇 (電扇) | diàn shàn | electric fan | |
| 电风扇 (電風扇) | diàn fēng shàn | electric fan | |
| 电视剧 (電視劇) | diàn shì jù | TV play soap opera | |
| 电视台 (電視台) | diàn shì tái | television | |
| 电台 (電台) | diàn tái | radio | |
| 点头 (點頭) | diǎn tóu | to nod | |
| 电线 (電線) | diàn xiàn | wire power cord | |
| 典型 | diǎn xíng | model typical case | |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic electron (particle physics) | |
| 吊 | diào | to suspend to hang up | |
| 钓 (釣) | diào | to fish with a hook and bait | |
| 雕刻 | diāo kè | to carve to engrave | |
| 钓鱼 (釣魚) | diào yú | to fish (with line and hook) to dupe | |
| 低潮 | dī cháo | low tide low ebb | |
| 跌 | dié | to fall to tumble | |
| 跌倒 | dié dǎo | to tumble to fall | |
| 抵抗 | dǐ kàng | to resist resistance | |
| 地面 | dì miàn | floor ground | |
| 顶 (頂) | dǐng | apex crown of the head | |
| 丁 | dīng | man | |
| 盯 | dīng | to watch attentively to fix one's attention on | |
| 订购 (訂購) | dìng gòu | to place an order to subscribe | |
| 订婚 (訂婚) | dìng hūn | to get engaged | |
| 定期 | dìng qí | at set dates at regular intervals | |
| 的确 (的確) | dí què | really indeed | |
| 地毯 | dì tǎn | carpet rug | |
| 丢脸 (丟臉) | diū liǎn | to lose face humiliation | |
| 丢人 (丟人) | diū rén | to lose face | |
| 地下 | dì xià | underground subterranean | |
| 地震 | dì zhèn | earthquake | |
| 洞 | dòng | cave hole | |
| 冻 (凍) | dòng | to freeze to feel very cold | |
| 栋 (棟) | dòng | classifier for houses or buildings | |
| 动不动 (動不動) | dòng bù dòng | (typically followed by ) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc) at the drop of a hat | |
| 动词 (動詞) | dòng cí | verb | |
| 懂得 | dǒng de | to understand to know | |
| 冬季 | dōng jì | winter | |
| 动人 (動人) | dòng rén | touching moving | |
| 动身 (動身) | dòng shēn | to go on a journey to leave | |
| 动手 (動手) | dòng shǒu | to set about (a task) to hit | |
| 动作 (動作) | dòng zuò | movement motion | |
| 斗争 (鬥爭) | dòu zhēng | a struggle fight | |
| 毒 | dú | poison to poison | |
| 度 | dù | to pass to spend (time) | |
| 赌 (賭) | dǔ | to bet to gamble | |
| 断 (斷) | duàn | to break to snap | |
| 端 | duān | end extremity | |
| 锻炼 (鍛鍊) | duàn liàn | to toughen to temper | |
| 度过 (度過) | dù guò | to pass to spend (time) | |
| 渡过 (渡過) | dù guò | to cross over to pass through | |
| 队 (隊) | duì | squadron team | |
| 堆 | duī | to pile up to heap up | |
| 对岸 (對岸) | duì àn | opposite bank (of a body of water) | |
| 对策 (對策) | duì cè | countermeasure for dealing with a situation | |
| 对待 (對待) | duì dài | to treat treatment | |
| 对付 (對付) | duì fù | to handle to deal with | |
| 对抗 (對抗) | duì kàng | to withstand to resist | |
| 对立 (對立) | duì lì | to oppose to set sth against | |
| 对于 (對於) | duì yú | regarding as far as sth is concerned | |
| 队员 (隊員) | duì yuán | team member | |
| 独立 (獨立) | dú lì | independent independence | |
| 顿 (頓) | dùn | to stop to pause | |
| 吨 (噸) | dùn | ton (loanword) | |
| 蹲 | dūn | to crouch to squat | |
| 躲 | duǒ | to hide to dodge | |
| 夺 (奪) | duó | to seize to take away forcibly | |
| 多半 | duō bàn | most mostly | |
| 多半儿 (多半兒) | duō bàn r | mostly | |
| 多多 | duō duō | many much | |
| 多少 | duō shǎo | number amount | |
| 多数 (多數) | duō shù | majority most | |
| 多谢 (多謝) | duō xiè | many thanks thanks a lot | |
| 独自 (獨自) | dú zì | alone | |
| 鹅 (鵝) | é | goose | |
| 恶劣 (惡劣) | è liè | vile nasty | |
| 而已 | ér yǐ | that's all nothing more | |
| 罚 (罰) | fá | to punish to penalize | |
| 发 (發) | fā | to send out to show (one's feeling) | |
| 发动 (發動) | fā dòng | to start to launch | |
| 发抖 (發抖) | fā dǒu | to tremble to shake | |
| 反 | fǎn | contrary in reverse | |
| 番 | fān | foreign (non-Chinese) barbarian | |
| 翻 | fān | to turn over to flip over | |
| 犯错 (犯錯) | fàn cuò | to err to make a mistake | |
| 反对 (反對) | fǎn duì | to fight against to oppose | |
| 犯法 | fàn fǎ | to break the law | |
| 反复 (反覆) | fǎn fù | repeated | |
| 防 | fáng | to protect to defend | |
| 方 | fāng | square | |
| 方案 | fāng àn | plan program (for action etc) | |
| 放大 | fàng dà | to enlarge to magnify | |
| 放弃 (放棄) | fàng qì | to renounce to abandon | |
| 防守 | fáng shǒu | to defend to protect (against) | |
| 放手 | fàng shǒu | to let go one's hold to give up | |
| 放松 (放鬆) | fàng sōng | to loosen to relax | |
| 放学 (放學) | fàng xué | to dismiss students at the end of the school day | |
| 防止 | fáng zhǐ | to prevent to guard against | |
| 返回 | fǎn huí | to return to to come (or go) back | |
| 反抗 | fǎn kàng | to resist to rebel | |
| 繁忙 | fán máng | busy bustling | |
| 反面 | fǎn miàn | reverse side backside | |
| 烦恼 (煩惱) | fán nǎo | to be worried to be distressed | |
| 犯人 | fàn rén | convict prisoner | |
| 繁荣 (繁榮) | fán róng | prosperous booming (economy) | |
| 反问 (反問) | fǎn wèn | to ask (a question) in reply to answer a question with a question | |
| 反映 | fǎn yìng | to mirror to reflect | |
| 反应 (反應) | fǎn yìng | to react to respond | |
| 反正 | fǎn zhèng | anyway in any case | |
| 繁殖 | fán zhí | to breed to reproduce | |
| 犯罪 | fàn zuì | to commit a crime crime | |
| 发起 (發起) | fā qǐ | to originate to initiate | |
| 发射 (發射) | fā shè | to shoot (a projectile) to fire (a rocket) | |
| 发型 (髮型) | fǎ xíng | hairstyle coiffure | |
| 发行 (發行) | fā xíng | to publish to issue (stocks, currency etc) | |
| 发言 (發言) | fā yán | to make a speech statement | |
| 发炎 (發炎) | fā yán | to become inflamed inflammation | |
| 发扬 (發揚) | fā yáng | to develop to make full use of | |
| 发音 (發音) | fā yīn | to pronounce pronunciation | |
| 法院 | fǎ yuàn | court of law court | |
| 发展 (發展) | fā zhǎn | development growth | |
| 法子 | fá zi | way method | |
| 肥 | féi | fat fertile | |
| 肺 | fèi | lung | |
| 费 (費) | fèi | fee | |
| 非法 | fēi fǎ | illegal | |
| 废话 (廢話) | fèi huà | nonsense rubbish | |
| 肥胖 | féi pàng | fat obese | |
| 废气 (廢氣) | fèi qì | exhaust gas industrial waste gas | |
| 废水 (廢水) | fèi shuǐ | waste water drain water | |
| 废物 (廢物) | fèi wù | rubbish waste material | |
| 份 | fèn | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc | |
| 份儿 (份兒) | fèn r | degree extent | |
| 粉笔 (粉筆) | fěn bǐ | chalk | |
| 分别 (分別) | fēn bié | to part or leave each other to distinguish | |
| 分布 | fēn bù | distributed | |
| 奋斗 (奮鬥) | fèn dòu | to strive to struggle | |
| 纷纷 (紛紛) | fēn fēn | one after another in succession | |
| 吩咐 | fēn fù | to tell to instruct | |
| 逢 | féng | to meet by chance to come across | |
| 缝 (縫) | féng | to sew to stitch | |
| 封 | fēng | seal up | |
| 疯 (瘋) | fēng | insane mad | |
| 讽刺 (諷刺) | fèng cì | to satirize to mock | |
| 封建 | fēng jiàn | system of enfeoffment feudalism | |
| 疯狂 (瘋狂) | fēng kuáng | crazy frantic | |
| 蜂蜜 | fēng mì | honey | |
| 分工 | fēn gōng | to divide up the work division of labor | |
| 风气 (風氣) | fēng qì | general mood atmosphere | |
| 风趣 (風趣) | fēng qù | charm humor | |
| 风险 (風險) | fēng xiǎn | risk hazard | |
| 疯子 (瘋子) | fēng zi | madman lunatic | |
| 粉红 (粉紅) | fěn hóng | pink | |
| 分明 | fēn míng | clear distinct | |
| 愤怒 (憤怒) | fèn nù | angry indignant | |
| 分配 | fēn pèi | to distribute to assign | |
| 分散 | fēn sàn | to scatter to disperse | |
| 分手 | fēn shǒu | to part company to split up | |
| 分数 (分數) | fēn shù | (exam) grade mark | |
| 分析 | fēn xī | to analyze analysis | |
| 分享 | fēn xiǎng | to share (let others have some of sth good) | |
| 否定 | fǒu dìng | to negate to deny | |
| 否认 (否認) | fǒu rèn | to declare to be untrue to deny | |
| 幅 | fú | width roll | |
| 扶 | fú | to support with the hand to help sb up | |
| 服 | fú | clothes dress | |
| 浮 | fú | to float superficial | |
| 付 | fù | pay | |
| 赴 | fù | to go to visit (e.g. another country) | |
| 副 | fù | secondary auxiliary | |
| 富 | fù | rich | |
| 辅导 (輔導) | fǔ dǎo | to give guidance to mentor | |
| 符号 (符號) | fú hào | symbol mark | |
| 附加 | fù jiā | additional annex | |
| 妇女 (婦女) | fù nǚ | woman | |
| 夫妻 | fū qī | husband and wife married couple | |
| 夫人 | fū rén | lady madam | |
| 富裕 | fù yù | Fuyu county in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang | |
| 复杂 (複雜) | fù zá | complicated complex | |
| 复制 (複製) | fù zhì | to duplicate to make a copy of | |
| 该 (該) | gāi | should ought to | |
| 盖 (蓋) | gài | lid top | |
| 盖子 (蓋子) | gài zi | cover lid | |
| 改革 | gǎi gé | reform to reform | |
| 改造 | gǎi zào | to transform to reform | |
| 改正 | gǎi zhèng | to correct to amend | |
| 干 (幹) | gàn | dry | |
| 赶 (趕) | gǎn | to overtake to catch up with | |
| 肝 | gān | liver | |
| 干杯 (乾杯) | gān bēi | to drink a toast Cheers! (proposing a toast) | |
| 干部 (幹部) | gàn bù | cadre official | |
| 干脆 (乾脆) | gān cuì | straightforward clear-cut | |
| 感到 | gǎn dào | to feel to sense | |
| 感恩 | gǎn ēn | to be grateful | |
| 钢 (鋼) | gāng | steel | |
| 钢笔 (鋼筆) | gāng bǐ | fountain pen | |
| 港币 (港幣) | gǎng bì | Hong Kong currency Hong Kong dollar | |
| 港口 | gǎng kǒu | port harbor | |
| 港 | gǎng | port | |
| 感激 | gǎn jī | to be grateful to appreciate | |
| 赶紧 (趕緊) | gǎn jǐn | hurriedly without delay | |
| 干嘛 (幹嘛) | gàn ma | what are you doing? whatever for? | |
| 感情 | gǎn qíng | emotion sentiment | |
| 感染 | gǎn rǎn | infection to infect | |
| 干什么 (幹什麼) | gàn shén me | what are you doing? what's he up to? | |
| 感受 | gǎn shòu | to sense perception | |
| 告 | gào | to say to tell | |
| 高潮 | gāo cháo | high tide high water | |
| 告辞 (告辭) | gào cí | to say goodbye to take one's leave | |
| 高大 | gāo dà | tall lofty | |
| 高度 | gāo dù | height altitude | |
| 高峰 | gāo fēng | peak summit | |
| 高贵 (高貴) | gāo guì | grandeur noble | |
| 高明 | gāo míng | Gaoming district of Foshan city, Guangdong | |
| 高手 | gāo shǒu | expert past master | |
| 高原 | gāo yuán | plateau | |
| 隔 | gé | to separate to partition | |
| 各 | gè | each every | |
| 割 | gē | to cut to cut apart | |
| 搁 (擱) | gē | to place to put aside | |
| 个别 (個別) | gè bié | individual specific | |
| 歌唱 | gē chàng | to sing | |
| 各行各业 (各行各業) | gè háng gè yè | every trade all professions | |
| 歌剧 (歌劇) | gē jù | Western opera | |
| 革命 | gé mìng | revolution revolutionary (politics) | |
| 根本 | gēn běn | fundamental basic | |
| 根据 (根據) | gēn jù | according to based on | |
| 歌手 | gē shǒu | singer | |
| 个性 (個性) | gè xìng | individuality personality | |
| 各自 | gè zì | each respective | |
| 供 | gōng | to provide to supply | |
| 公布 | gōng bù | announcement | |
| 工程 | gōng chéng | engineering an engineering project | |
| 工夫 | gōng fu | period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) spare time | |
| 公公 | gōng gōng | husband's father grandpa | |
| 工会 (工會) | gōng huì | labor union trade union | |
| 公开 (公開) | gōng kāi | public to publish | |
| 公立 | gōng lì | public (e.g. school, hospital) | |
| 公平 | gōng píng | fair impartial | |
| 工钱 (工錢) | gōng qián | salary wages | |
| 公式 | gōng shì | formula | |
| 共同 | gòng tóng | common joint | |
| 供应 (供應) | gōng yìng | to supply to provide | |
| 公用 | gōng yòng | public for public use | |
| 公元 | gōng yuán | CE (Common Era) Christian Era | |
| 工资 (工資) | gōng zī | wages pay | |
| 构成 (構成) | gòu chéng | to constitute to form | |
| 构造 (構造) | gòu zào | structure composition | |
| 鼓 | gǔ | drum | |
| 挂号信 (掛號信) | guà hào xìn | registered letter | |
| 怪 | guài | bewildering odd | |
| 怪不得 | guài bù de | no wonder! so that's why! | |
| 惯 (慣) | guàn | accustomed to used to | |
| 关 (關) | guān | close | |
| 罐 | guàn | can jar | |
| 罐子 | guàn zi | jar pitcher | |
| 管道 | guǎn dào | tubing pipeline | |
| 官方 | guān fāng | government official (approved or issued by an authority) | |
| 广 (廣) | guǎng | wide | |
| 光 | guāng | light ray | |
| 广大 (廣大) | guǎng dà | (of an area) vast or extensive large-scale | |
| 广泛 (廣泛) | guǎng fàn | extensive wide range | |
| 广告 (廣告) | guǎng gào | to advertise a commercial | |
| 广阔 (廣闊) | guǎng kuò | wide vast | |
| 光亮 | guāng liàng | bright | |
| 光临 (光臨) | guāng lín | (formal) to honor with one's presence to attend | |
| 光明 | guāng míng | light radiance | |
| 光荣 (光榮) | guāng róng | honor and glory glorious | |
| 光是 | guāng shì | solely just | |
| 观光 (觀光) | guān guāng | to tour sightseeing | |
| 光线 (光線) | guāng xiàn | light ray light | |
| 关键 (關鍵) | guān jiàn | crucial point crux | |
| 冠军 (冠軍) | guàn jūn | champion | |
| 惯例 (慣例) | guàn lì | convention usual practice | |
| 关上 (關上) | guān shàng | to close (a door) to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) | |
| 罐头 (罐頭) | guàn tou | tin can | |
| 关于 (關於) | guān yú | pertaining to concerning | |
| 官员 (官員) | guān yuán | official (in an organization or government) administrator | |
| 管制 | guǎn zhì | to control to restrict | |
| 瓜子 | guā zǐ | melon seed seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack | |
| 孤单 (孤單) | gū dān | lone lonely | |
| 古典 | gǔ diǎn | classical | |
| 固定 | gù dìng | to fix to fasten | |
| 跪 | guì | to kneel | |
| 规定 (規定) | guī dìng | provision to fix | |
| 规画 (規畫) | guī huà | planning | |
| 规划 (規劃) | guī huà | to plan (how to do sth) planning | |
| 规律 (規律) | guī lǜ | rule (e.g. of science) law of behavior | |
| 柜台 (櫃臺) | guì tái | counter | |
| 规则 (規則) | guī zé | rule regulation | |
| 贵族 (貴族) | guì zú | lord nobility | |
| 估计 (估計) | gū jì | to estimate to reckon | |
| 鼓励 (鼓勵) | gǔ lì | to encourage | |
| 滚 (滾) | gǔn | to boil to roll | |
| 裹 | guǒ | to bind to wrap | |
| 过 (過) | guò | pass | |
| 锅 (鍋) | guō | pot pan | |
| 锅子 (鍋子) | guō zi | bowl (of a smoking pipe etc) | |
| 过程 (過程) | guò chéng | course of events process | |
| 过度 (過度) | guò dù | excessive over- | |
| 过渡 (過渡) | guò dù | to cross over (by ferry) transition | |
| 国会 (國會) | guó huì | Parliament (UK) Congress (US) | |
| 国籍 (國籍) | guó jí | nationality | |
| 国际 (國際) | guó jì | international | |
| 国立 (國立) | guò jié | national state-run | |
| 过节 (過節) | guó lì | to celebrate a festival after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over) | |
| 过滤 (過濾) | guò lǜ | to filter filter | |
| 过敏 (過敏) | guò mǐn | oversensitive allergic | |
| 国旗 (國旗) | guó qí | flag (of a country) | |
| 过期 (過期) | guò qí | to be overdue to exceed the time limit | |
| 果然 | guǒ rán | really sure enough | |
| 过世 (過世) | guò shì | to die to pass away | |
| 国中 (國中) | guó zhōng | junior high school (Tw) | |
| 骨头 (骨頭) | gú tou | bone moral character | |
| 骨 | gǔ | bone | |
| 顾问 (顧問) | gù wèn | adviser consultant | |
| 鼓舞 | gǔ wǔ | heartening (news) to boost (morale) | |
| 故乡 (故鄉) | gù xiāng | home homeland | |
| 姑丈 | gū zhàng | husband of paternal aunt | |
| 鼓掌 | gǔ zhǎng | to applaud to clap | |
| 还不如 (還不如) | hái bù rú | to be better off ... might as well ... | |
| 害处 (害處) | hài chù | damage harm | |
| 海关 (海關) | hǎi guān | customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) | |
| 海军 (海軍) | hǎi jūn | navy | |
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas abroad | |
| 海峡 (海峽) | hǎi xiá | channel strait | |
| 还有 (還有) | hái yǒu | furthermore in addition | |
| 含 | hán | to keep to contain | |
| 喊 | hǎn | to yell to shout | |
| 行业 (行業) | háng yè | industry business | |
| 寒冷 | hán lěng | cold (climate) frigid | |
| 含量 | hán liàng | content quantity contained | |
| 耗 | hào | to waste to spend | |
| 好 | hǎo | good well | |
| 好客 | hào kè | hospitality to treat guests well | |
| 好奇 | hào qí | inquisitive curious | |
| 毫无 (毫無) | háo wú | not in the least to completely lack | |
| 好在 | hǎo zài | luckily fortunately | |
| 号召 (號召) | hào zhào | to call to appeal | |
| 合 | hé | to close to join | |
| 何必 | hé bì | there is no need why should | |
| 合不来 (合不來) | hé bù lái | unable to get along together incompatible | |
| 合成 | hé chéng | to compose to constitute | |
| 合得来 (合得來) | hé de lái | to get along well compatible | |
| 合法 | hé fǎ | lawful legitimate | |
| 合格 | hé gé | to meet the standard required qualified | |
| 和好 | hé hǎo | to become reconciled on good terms with each other | |
| 合乎 | hé hū | to accord with conforming to | |
| 嘿 | hēi | hey | |
| 黑暗 | hēi àn | dark darkly | |
| 黑夜 | hēi yè | night | |
| 何况 (何況) | hé kuàng | let alone to say nothing of | |
| 合理 | hé lǐ | rational reasonable | |
| 河流 | hé liú | river | |
| 恨 | hèn | to hate to regret | |
| 横 (橫) | héng | horizontal across | |
| 痕迹 (痕跡) | hén jī | vestige mark | |
| 和平 | hé píng | Heping district of Shenyang city, Liaoning Hoping township in Taichung county, Taiwan | |
| 和气 (和氣) | hé qì | friendly polite | |
| 合算 | hé suàn | worthwhile to be a good deal | |
| 合约 (合約) | hé yuē | treaty contract | |
| 猴 | hóu | monkey | |
| 猴子 | hóu zi | monkey | |
| 后代 (後代) | hòu dài | descendant progeny | |
| 后方 (後方) | hòu fāng | the rear far behind the front line | |
| 后果 (後果) | hòu guǒ | consequences aftermath | |
| 后悔 (後悔) | hòu huǐ | to regret to repent | |
| 喉咙 (喉嚨) | hóu lóng | throat larynx | |
| 喉 | hóu | throat larynx | |
| 后头 (後頭) | hòu tou | behind the back | |
| 后退 (後退) | hòu tuì | to recoil to draw back | |
| 后院 (後院) | hòu yuàn | rear court back garden | |
| 户 (戶) | hù | a household door | |
| 呼 | hū | to call to cry | |
| 胡 (鬍) | hú | hu | |
| 胡子 (鬍子) | hú zi | beard mustache or whiskers | |
| 划 | huá | to row to paddle | |
| 滑 | huá | slip | |
| 化 | huà | to make into to change into | |
| 花草 | huā cǎo | flowers and plants | |
| 花费 (花費) | huā fèi | expense cost | |
| 坏蛋 (壞蛋) | huài dàn | bad egg scoundrel | |
| 怀念 (懷念) | huái niàn | to cherish the memory of to think of | |
| 怀疑 (懷疑) | huái yí | to doubt (sth) to be skeptical of | |
| 怀孕 (懷孕) | huái yùn | pregnant to have conceived | |
| 画面 (畫面) | huà miàn | scene tableau | |
| 慌 | huāng | to get panicky to lose one's head | |
| 皇帝 | huáng dì | emperor | |
| 黄豆 (黃豆) | huáng dòu | soybean | |
| 黄昏 (黃昏) | huáng hūn | dusk evening | |
| 缓和 (緩和) | huǎn hé | to ease (tension) to alleviate | |
| 欢呼 (歡呼) | huān hū | to cheer for to acclaim | |
| 欢乐 (歡樂) | huān lè | gaiety gladness | |
| 缓慢 (緩慢) | huǎn màn | slow slow-moving | |
| 欢喜 (歡喜) | huān xǐ | happy joyous | |
| 幻想 | huàn xiǎng | delusion fantasy | |
| 花盆 | huā pén | flower pot | |
| 花瓶 | huā píng | flower vase fig. just a pretty face | |
| 华侨 (華僑) | huá qiáo | overseas Chinese (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality | |
| 华人 (華人) | huá rén | ethnic Chinese person or people | |
| 花色 | huā sè | variety design and color | |
| 花生 | huā shēng | peanut groundnut | |
| 化学 (化學) | huà xué | chemistry chemical | |
| 化妆 (化妝) | huà zhuāng | to put on makeup | |
| 化装 (化裝) | huà zhuāng | (of actors) to make up to disguise oneself | |
| 蝴蝶 | hú dié | butterfly | |
| 互动 (互動) | hù dòng | to interact interactive | |
| 灰 | huī | ash dust | |
| 挥 (揮) | huī | to wave to brandish | |
| 回电 (回電) | huí diàn | to reply to a telegram to wire back | |
| 回教 | Huí jiào | Islam | |
| 伊斯兰教 (伊斯蘭教) | Yī sī lán jiào | Islam | |
| 汇款 (匯款) | huì kuǎn | to remit money remittance | |
| 灰色 | huī sè | gray ash gray | |
| 回收 | huí shōu | to recycle to reclaim | |
| 回头 (回頭) | huí tóu | to turn round to turn one's head | |
| 灰心 | huī xīn | to lose heart to be discouraged | |
| 回忆 (回憶) | huí yì | to recall memories | |
| 会员 (會員) | huì yuán | member | |
| 忽略 | hū lüè | to neglect to overlook | |
| 混 | hùn | to mix to mingle | |
| 昏倒 | hūn dǎo | to faint | |
| 混合 | hùn hé | to mix to blend | |
| 昏迷 | hūn mí | to lose consciousness to be in a coma | |
| 获 (獲) | huò | to catch to obtain | |
| 祸 (禍) | huò | disaster | |
| 火柴 | huǒ chái | match (for lighting fire) | |
| 获得 (獲得) | huò dé | to obtain to receive | |
| 或多或少 | huò duō huò shǎo | more or less | |
| 活该 (活該) | huó gāi | deservedly ought | |
| 活力 | huó lì | energy vitality | |
| 活泼 (活潑) | huó pō | lively vivacious | |
| 货物 (貨物) | huò wù | goods commodity | |
| 活跃 (活躍) | huó yuè | active lively | |
| 火灾 (火災) | huǒ zāi | fire (that burns buildings etc) | |
| 忽视 (忽視) | hū shì | to neglect to ignore | |
| 户外 (戶外) | hù wài | outdoor | |
| 呼吸 | hū xī | to breathe | |
| 互助 | hù zhù | Huzhu Tuzu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture, Qinghai | |
| 级 (級) | jí | level grade | |
| 集 | jí | to gather to collect | |
| 夹 (夾) | jiá | double-layered lined (garment) | |
| 嫁 | jià | (of a woman) to marry to marry off a daughter | |
| 甲 | jiǎ | first of the ten Heavenly Stems (used for an unspecified person or thing) | |
| 家电 (家電) | jiā diàn | household electric appliance | |
| 加工 | jiā gōng | to process processing | |
| 建 | jiàn | to establish to found | |
| 箭 | jiàn | arrow | |
| 拣 (揀) | jiǎn | to choose to pick | |
| 捡 (撿) | jiǎn | to pick up to collect | |
| 尖 | jiān | point (of needle) sharp | |
| 兼 | jiān | double twice | |
| 煎 | jiān | to pan fry to saut | |
| 剪刀 | jiǎn dāo | scissors | |
| 坚定 (堅定) | jiān dìng | firm steady | |
| 降 | jiàng | to drop to fall | |
| 江 | jiāng | river | |
| 将 (將) | jiāng | will shall | |
| 降价 (降價) | jiàng jià | to cut the price to drive down the price | |
| 奖金 (獎金) | jiǎng jīn | premium award money | |
| 奖品 (獎品) | jiǎng pǐn | award prize | |
| 建国 (建國) | jiàn guó | to found a country nation-building | |
| 将要 (將要) | jiāng yào | will shall | |
| 渐渐 (漸漸) | jiàn jiàn | gradually | |
| 间接 (間接) | jiàn jiē | indirect | |
| 坚决 (堅決) | jiān jué | firm resolute | |
| 键盘 (鍵盤) | jiàn pán | keyboard | |
| 健全 | jiàn quán | robust sound | |
| 尖锐 (尖銳) | jiān ruì | sharp intense | |
| 监视 (監視) | jiān shì | to monitor to keep a close watch over | |
| 检验 (檢驗) | jiǎn yàn | to inspect to examine | |
| 监狱 (監獄) | jiān yù | prison | |
| 建筑 (建築) | jiàn zhú | to construct building | |
| 较 (較) | jiào | to compare to dispute | |
| 角 | jiǎo | angle corner | |
| 缴 (繳) | jiǎo | to hand in to hand over | |
| 浇 (澆) | jiāo | to pour liquid to irrigate (using waterwheel) | |
| 脚步 (腳步) | jiǎo bù | footstep step | |
| 交代 | jiāo dài | to hand over to explain | |
| 叫喊 | jiào hǎn | exclamation outcry | |
| 交换 (交換) | jiāo huàn | to exchange to swap | |
| 教会 (教會) | jiào huì | Christian church | |
| 交际 (交際) | jiāo jì | communication social intercourse | |
| 角落 | jiǎo luò | nook corner | |
| 教授 | jiào shòu | professor to instruct | |
| 郊外 | jiāo wài | outskirts | |
| 交往 | jiāo wǎng | to associate (with) to have contact (with) | |
| 教学 (教學) | jiào xué | to teach teaching and learning | |
| 教训 (教訓) | jiào xùn | lesson moral | |
| 交易 | jiāo yì | (business) transaction business deal | |
| 假期 | jià qí | vacation | |
| 加上 | jiā shàng | plus to put in | |
| 家事 | jiā shì | family matters domestic affairs | |
| 驾驶 (駕駛) | jià shǐ | to pilot (ship, airplane etc) to drive | |
| 驾 (駕) | jià | drive | |
| 加速 | jiā sù | to speed up to expedite | |
| 加以 | jiā yǐ | in addition moreover | |
| 价值 (價值) | jià zhí | value worth | |
| 基本上 | jī běn shàng | basically on the whole | |
| 疾病 | jí bìng | disease sickness | |
| 嫉妒 | jí dù | to be jealous to envy | |
| 忌妒 | jì dù | to be jealous of to envy | |
| 结 (結) | jié | knot sturdy | |
| 届 (屆) | jiè | to arrive at (place or time) period | |
| 解 | jiě | to divide to break up | |
| 接 | jiē | to receive to answer (the phone) | |
| 解除 | jiě chú | to remove to sack | |
| 解答 | jiě dá | answer explanation | |
| 接待 | jiē dài | to receive (a visitor) to admit (allow sb to enter) | |
| 接到 | jiē dào | to receive (letter etc) | |
| 街道 | jiē dào | street subdistrict | |
| 阶段 (階段) | jiē duàn | stage section | |
| 结构 (結構) | jié gòu | structure composition | |
| 结果 (結果) | jié guǒ | outcome result | |
| 结合 (結合) | jié hé | to combine to link | |
| 接见 (接見) | jiē jiàn | to receive sb to grant an interview | |
| 接近 | jiē jìn | to approach to get close to | |
| 结论 (結論) | jié lùn | conclusion verdict | |
| 节庆 (節慶) | jié qìng | festival | |
| 节省 (節省) | jié shěng | saving to save | |
| 结算 (結算) | jié suàn | to settle a bill to close an account | |
| 街头 (街頭) | jiē tóu | street | |
| 接下来 (接下來) | jiē xià lái | to accept to take | |
| 界线 (界線) | jiè xiàn | limits bounds | |
| 节约 (節約) | jié yuē | to economize to conserve (resources) | |
| 结帐 (結帳) | jié zhàng | to pay the bill to settle accounts | |
| 截止 | jié zhǐ | to close to stop | |
| 戒指 | jiè zhǐ | (finger) ring | |
| 及格 | jí gé | to pass an exam or a test to meet a minimum standard | |
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism structure | |
| 机关 (機關) | jī guān | mechanism gear | |
| 集合 | jí hé | to gather to assemble | |
| 几乎 (幾乎) | jī hū | almost nearly | |
| 即将 (即將) | jí jiāng | on the eve of to be about to | |
| 计较 (計較) | jì jiào | to bother about to haggle | |
| 基金 | jī jīn | fund | |
| 急忙 | jí máng | hastily | |
| 寂寞 | jí mò | lonely lonesome | |
| 近 | jìn | near close to | |
| 浸 | jìn | to immerse to soak | |
| 金额 (金額) | jīn é | sum of money monetary value | |
| 静 (靜) | jìng | still calm | |
| 竟 | jìng | unexpectedly actually | |
| 镜 (鏡) | jìng | mirror lens | |
| 镜子 (鏡子) | jìng zi | mirror | |
| 敬爱 (敬愛) | jìng ài | respect and love | |
| 精彩 | jīng cǎi | wonderful marvelous | |
| 精采 | jīng cǎi | brilliant | |
| 警告 | jǐng gào | to warn to admonish | |
| 净化 (淨化) | jìng huà | to purify | |
| 经济 (經濟) | jīng jì | economy economic | |
| 敬酒 | jìng jiǔ | to toast to propose a toast | |
| 京剧 (京劇) | jīng jù | Beijing opera | |
| 敬礼 (敬禮) | jìng lǐ | to salute salute | |
| 精力 | jīng lì | energy | |
| 经历 (經歷) | jīng lì | experience to experience | |
| 竟然 | jìng rán | unexpectedly to one's surprise | |
| 惊人 (驚人) | jīng rén | astonishing | |
| 景色 | jǐng sè | scenery scene | |
| 尽管 (儘管) | jǐn guǎn | despite although | |
| 精细 (精細) | jīng xì | fine meticulous | |
| 经营 (經營) | jīng yíng | to engage in (business etc) to run | |
| 竞争 (競爭) | jìng zhēng | to compete competition | |
| 今后 (今後) | jīn hòu | hereafter henceforth | |
| 紧急 (緊急) | jǐn jí | urgent emergency | |
| 进口 (進口) | jìn kǒu | to import imported | |
| 近来 (近來) | jìn lái | recently lately | |
| 尽力 (盡力) | jìn lì | to strive one's hardest to spare no effort | |
| 尽量 (盡量) | jìn liàng | try | |
| 金钱 (金錢) | jīn qián | money currency | |
| 金融 | jīn róng | banking finance | |
| 进入 (進入) | jìn rù | to enter to join | |
| 近视 (近視) | jìn shì | shortsighted nearsighted | |
| 金属 (金屬) | jīn shǔ | metal | |
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit to forbid | |
| 机票 (機票) | jī piào | air ticket passenger ticket | |
| 极其 (極其) | jí qí | extremely | |
| 既然 | jì rán | since as | |
| 肌肉 | jī ròu | muscle flesh | |
| 即使 | jí shǐ | even if even though | |
| 技术 (技術) | jì shù | technology technique | |
| 计算 (計算) | jì suàn | to count to calculate | |
| 酒会 (酒會) | jiǔ huì | drinking party wine reception | |
| 救火 | jiù huǒ | to put out a fire firefighting | |
| 究竟 | jiù jìng | to go to the bottom of a matter after all | |
| 就是 | jiù shì | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) precisely | |
| 就是说 (就是說) | jiù shì shuō | in other words that is | |
| 就业 (就業) | jiù yè | to get a job employment | |
| 纠正 (糾正) | jiū zhèng | to correct to make right | |
| 机械 (機械) | jī xiè | machine machinery | |
| 记性 (記性) | jì xìng | memory (ability to retain information) | |
| 记忆 (記憶) | jì yì | to remember to recall | |
| 集邮 (集郵) | jí yóu | stamp collecting philately | |
| 记载 (記載) | jì zài | to write down to record | |
| 急诊 (急診) | jí zhěn | emergency call emergency (medical) treatment | |
| 集中 | jí zhōng | to concentrate to centralize | |
| 记住 (記住) | jì zhù | to remember to bear in mind | |
| 局 | jú | bureau | |
| 具 | jù | tool device | |
| 卷 | juǎn | to roll up roll | |
| 捐 | juān | to contribute to donate | |
| 捐款 | juān kuǎn | to donate money to contribute funds | |
| 具备 (具備) | jù bèi | to possess to have | |
| 聚餐 | jù cān | communal meal formal dinner of club or group | |
| 剧场 (劇場) | jù chǎng | theater | |
| 巨大 | jù dà | huge immense | |
| 巨 | jù | very large huge | |
| 决 (決) | jué | to decide to determine | |
| 绝 (絕) | jué | to cut short extinct | |
| 绝不 (絕不) | jué bù | in no way not in the least | |
| 绝大部分 (絕大部分) | jué dà bù fèn | overwhelming majority | |
| 绝对 (絕對) | jué duì | absolute unconditional | |
| 觉悟 (覺悟) | jué wù | to come to understand to realize | |
| 决心 (決心) | jué xīn | determination resolution | |
| 鞠躬 | jú gōng | to bow (literary) to bend down | |
| 聚集 | jù jí | to assemble to gather | |
| 俱乐部 (俱樂部) | jù lè bù | club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword) | |
| 距离 (距離) | jù lí | distance to be apart from | |
| 举例 (舉例) | jǔ lì | to give an example | |
| 剧烈 (劇烈) | jù liè | violent acute | |
| 居民 | jū mín | resident inhabitant | |
| 军 (軍) | jūn | (bound form) army military | |
| 军事 (軍事) | jūn shì | military affairs military matters | |
| 居然 | jū rán | unexpectedly to one's surprise | |
| 据说 (據說) | jù shuō | it is said that reportedly | |
| 具体 (具體) | jù tǐ | concrete definite | |
| 剧院 (劇院) | jù yuàn | theater | |
| 卡 | kǎ | to stop to block | |
| 开 (開) | kāi | to open to start | |
| 开除 (開除) | kāi chú | to expel (a member of an organization) to fire (an employee) | |
| 开刀 (開刀) | kāi dāo | (of a surgeon) to perform an operation (of a patient) to have an operation | |
| 开动 (開動) | kāi dòng | to start to set in motion | |
| 开发 (開發) | kāi fā | to exploit (a resource) to open up (for development) | |
| 开户 (開戶) | kāi hù | to open an account (bank etc) | |
| 开课 (開課) | kāi kè | school begins give a course | |
| 开明 (開明) | kāi míng | enlightened open-minded | |
| 开设 (開設) | kāi shè | to offer (goods or services) to open (for business etc) | |
| 开拓 (開拓) | kāi tuò | to break new ground (for agriculture) to open up (a new seam) | |
| 开演 (開演) | kāi yǎn | (of a play, movie etc) to begin | |
| 看 | kàn | to see to look at | |
| 砍 | kǎn | to chop to cut down | |
| 看得起 | kàn de qǐ | to show respect for to think highly of | |
| 抗议 (抗議) | kàng yì | to protest protest | |
| 看家 | kān jiā | to look after the house (of skill, ability) special | |
| 看看 | kàn kan | to take a look at to examine | |
| 看来 (看來) | kàn lái | apparently it seems that | |
| 看样子 (看樣子) | kàn yàng zi | it seems it looks as if | |
| 靠 | kào | to lean against or on to stand by the side of | |
| 考察 | kǎo chá | to inspect to observe and study | |
| 靠近 | kào jìn | near to approach | |
| 考卷 | kǎo juàn | exam paper | |
| 考虑 (考慮) | kǎo lǜ | to think over to consider | |
| 考取 | kǎo qǔ | to pass an entrance exam to be admitted to | |
| 卡通 | kǎ tōng | cartoon (loanword) | |
| 客房 | kè fáng | guest room | |
| 客观 (客觀) | kè guān | objective impartial | |
| 客户 (客戶) | kè hù | client customer | |
| 科目 | kē mù | academic subject field of study | |
| 可是 | kě shì | but however | |
| 课外 (課外) | kè wài | extracurricular | |
| 可喜 | kě xǐ | making one happy gratifying | |
| 可笑 | kě xiào | funny ridiculous | |
| 空 | kōng | empty air | |
| 空儿 (空兒) | kòng r | spare time free time | |
| 恐怖 | kǒng bù | terrible frightful | |
| 空前 | kōng qián | unprecedented | |
| 控制 | kòng zhì | control to exercise control over | |
| 空中 | kōng zhōng | in the sky in the air | |
| 扣 | kòu | to fasten to button | |
| 口才 | kǒu cái | eloquence | |
| 口号 (口號) | kǒu hào | slogan catchphrase | |
| 口红 (口紅) | kǒu hóng | lipstick | |
| 口气 (口氣) | kǒu qì | tone of voice the way one speaks | |
| 口试 (口試) | kǒu shì | oral examination oral test | |
| 口水 | kǒu shuǐ | saliva | |
| 口音 | kǒu yīn | oral speech sounds (linguistics) | |
| 口语 (口語) | kǒu yǔ | colloquial speech spoken language | |
| 跨 | kuà | to step across to stride over | |
| 夸 (誇) | kuā | boast | |
| 会计 (會計) | kuài jì | accountant accountancy | |
| 快速 | kuài sù | fast high-speed | |
| 夸奖 (誇獎) | kuā jiǎng | to praise to applaud | |
| 宽度 (寬度) | kuān dù | width | |
| 款式 | kuǎn shì | pattern style | |
| 喇叭 | lǎ bā | horn (automobile etc) loudspeaker | |
| 来 (來) | lái | to come to arrive | |
| 来回 (來回) | lái huí | to make a round trip return journey | |
| 来临 (來臨) | lái lín | to approach to come closer | |
| 来往 (來往) | lái wǎng | to come and go to have dealings with | |
| 来信 (來信) | lái xìn | incoming letter send a letter here | |
| 来源 (來源) | lái yuán | source (of information etc) origin | |
| 来自 (來自) | lái zì | to come from (a place) From: (in email header) | |
| 辣椒 | là jiāo | hot pepper chili | |
| 烂 (爛) | làn | soft mushy | |
| 懒 (懶) | lǎn | lazy | |
| 懒得 (懶得) | lǎn de | not to feel like (doing sth) disinclined to | |
| 狼 | láng | wolf | |
| 浪 | làng | wave breaker | |
| 浪费 (浪費) | làng fèi | to waste to squander | |
| 滥用 (濫用) | làn yòng | to misuse to abuse | |
| 牢 | láo | firm sturdy | |
| 老 | lǎo | old (of people) venerable (person) | |
| 捞 (撈) | lāo | to fish up to dredge up | |
| 老百姓 | lǎo bǎi xìng | ordinary people the 'person in the street' | |
| 老大 | lǎo dà | old age very | |
| 唠叨 (嘮叨) | láo dāo | to prattle to chatter away | |
| 劳动 (勞動) | láo dòng | work toil | |
| 劳工 (勞工) | láo gōng | labor laborer | |
| 老家 | lǎo jiā | native place place of origin | |
| 劳力 (勞力) | láo lì | labor able-bodied worker | |
| 老年 | lǎo nián | elderly old age | |
| 牢骚 (牢騷) | láo sāo | discontent complaint | |
| 老实说 (老實說) | lǎo shí shuō | honestly speaking to be frank, ... | |
| 蜡烛 (蠟燭) | là zhú | candle | |
| 类似 (類似) | lèi sì | similar analogous | |
| 类型 (類型) | lèi xíng | type category | |
| 冷静 (冷靜) | lěng jìng | calm cool-headed | |
| 冷门 (冷門) | lěng mén | a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc) fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition | |
| 冷饮 (冷飲) | lěng yǐn | cold drink | |
| 乐意 (樂意) | lè yì | to be willing to do sth to be ready to do sth | |
| 理 | lǐ | texture grain (of wood) | |
| 礼 (禮) | lǐ | present | |
| 立 | lì | stand | |
| 利 | lì | profit | |
| 粒 | lì | grain granule | |
| 梨 | lí | pear | |
| 梨子 | lí zi | pear | |
| 连 (連) | lián | even | |
| 量 | liáng | to measure | |
| 亮 | liàng | bright clear | |
| 俩 (倆) | liǎng | two (colloquial equivalent of ) both | |
| 谅解 (諒解) | liàng jiě | to understand to make allowances for | |
| 粮食 (糧食) | liáng shí | foodstuff cereals | |
| 联合 (聯合) | lián hé | to combine to join | |
| 联合国 (聯合國) | lián hé guó | United Nations | |
| 连接 (連接) | lián jiē | to link to join | |
| 连忙 (連忙) | lián máng | promptly at once | |
| 连续 (連續) | lián xù | continuous in a row | |
| 了 | liǎo | to finish to achieve | |
| 立场 (立場) | lì chǎng | position standpoint | |
| 列 | liè | to arrange to line up | |
| 裂 | liè | to split to crack | |
| 立即 | lì jí | immediately | |
| 淋 | lín | to sprinkle to drip | |
| 临 (臨) | lín | to face to overlook | |
| 凌晨 | líng chén | very early in the morning in the wee hours | |
| 领带 (領帶) | lǐng dài | necktie | |
| 领导 (領導) | lǐng dǎo | lead leading | |
| 灵活 (靈活) | líng huó | flexible nimble | |
| 零件 | líng jiàn | part component | |
| 零售 | líng shòu | to retail to sell individually or in small quantities | |
| 领土 (領土) | lǐng tǔ | territory | |
| 零下 | líng xià | below zero | |
| 领先 (領先) | lǐng xiān | to lead to be in front | |
| 领袖 (領袖) | lǐng xiù | leader | |
| 临时 (臨時) | lín shí | as the time draws near at the last moment | |
| 礼品 (禮品) | lǐ pǐn | gift present | |
| 力气 (力氣) | lì qì | strength | |
| 利润 (利潤) | lì rùn | profits | |
| 里头 (裡頭) | lǐ tou | inside interior | |
| 溜 | liū | to slip away to escape in stealth | |
| 溜冰 | liū bīng | ice skating (slang) to do meth | |
| 流动 (流動) | liú dòng | to flow to circulate | |
| 流利 | liú lì | fluent | |
| 留念 | liú niàn | to keep as a souvenir to recall fondly | |
| 例外 | lì wài | exception to be an exception | |
| 利息 | lì xí | interest (on a loan) | |
| 理由 | lǐ yóu | reason grounds | |
| 喽 (嘍) | lóu | subordinates in gang of bandits | |
| 搂 (摟) | lǒu | to hug to embrace | |
| 露 | lù | dew | |
| 路灯 (路燈) | lù dēng | street lamp street light | |
| 绿豆 (綠豆) | lǜ dòu | mung bean | |
| 略 | lüè | plan strategy | |
| 陆军 (陸軍) | lù jūn | army ground forces | |
| 论 (論) | lùn | opinion view | |
| 轮 (輪) | lún | wheel disk | |
| 轮子 (輪子) | lún zi | wheel | |
| 轮船 (輪船) | lún chuán | steamship steamer | |
| 轮流 (輪流) | lún liú | to alternate to take turns | |
| 论文 (論文) | lùn wén | paper treatise | |
| 落 | luò | to fall or drop (of the sun) to set | |
| 落后 (落後) | luò hòu | to fall behind to lag (in technology etc) | |
| 落实 (落實) | luò shí | practical workable | |
| 落伍 | luò wǔ | to fall behind the ranks to be outdated | |
| 路线 (路線) | lù xiàn | itinerary route | |
| 旅行社 | lǚ xíng shè | travel agency | |
| 陆续 (陸續) | lù xù | in turn successively | |
| 录用 (錄用) | lù yòng | to hire (an employee) to accept (a manuscript) for publication | |
| 麻 | má | hemp | |
| 马虎 (馬虎) | mǎ hū | careless sloppy | |
| 埋 | mái | to bury | |
| 买单 (買單) | mǎi dān | to pay the restaurant bill | |
| 买卖 (買賣) | mǎi mài | buying and selling business | |
| 卖座 (賣座) | mài zuò | (of a movie, show etc) to attract large audiences | |
| 满 (滿) | mǎn | Manchu ethnic group | |
| 忙碌 | máng lù | busy bustling | |
| 盲目 | máng mù | blind blindly | |
| 漫画 (漫畫) | màn huà | caricature cartoon | |
| 冒 | mào | risk | |
| 矛盾 | máo dùn | contradiction conflicting views | |
| 麻雀 | má què | sparrow (dialect) mahjong | |
| 煤 | méi | coal | |
| 美观 (美觀) | měi guān | pleasing to the eye beautiful | |
| 梅花 | méi huā | plum blossom clubs (a suit in card games) | |
| 魅力 | mèi lì | charm fascination | |
| 美妙 | měi miào | beautiful wonderful | |
| 美容院 | měi róng yuàn | beauty salon lady's hair parlor | |
| 美食 | měi shí | culinary delicacy fine food | |
| 媒体 (媒體) | méi tǐ | media, esp. news media | |
| 猛 | měng | ferocious fierce | |
| 梦到 (夢到) | mèng dào | to dream of to dream about | |
| 梦想 (夢想) | mèng xiǎng | (fig.) to dream of dream | |
| 闷热 (悶熱) | mēn rè | sultry sultriness | |
| 门诊 (門診) | mén zhěn | outpatient service | |
| 迷 | mí | to bewilder crazy about | |
| 密 | mì | name of an ancient state | |
| 棉 | mián | generic term for cotton or kapok cotton | |
| 棉被 | mián bèi | comforter quilt | |
| 免得 | miǎn de | so as not to so as to avoid | |
| 面对 (面對) | miàn duì | to confront to face | |
| 面粉 (麵粉) | miàn fěn | flour | |
| 棉花 | mián huā | cotton | |
| 面临 (面臨) | miàn lín | to face sth to be confronted with | |
| 面貌 | miàn mào | appearance face | |
| 勉强 (勉強) | miǎn qiǎng | to do with difficulty to force sb to do sth | |
| 面谈 (面談) | miàn tán | face-to-face meeting an interview | |
| 面子 | miàn zi | outer surface outside | |
| 妙 | miào | clever wonderful | |
| 灭亡 (滅亡) | miè wáng | to be destroyed to become extinct | |
| 蜜蜂 | mì fēng | bee honeybee | |
| 蜂 | fēng | bee | |
| 迷糊 | mí hú | muddle-headed dazed | |
| 名 | míng | name noun (part of speech) | |
| 命 | mìng | life fate | |
| 明白 | míng bái | clear obvious | |
| 名称 (名稱) | míng chēng | name (of a thing) name (of an organization) | |
| 名单 (名單) | míng dān | list of names | |
| 明亮 | míng liàng | bright shining | |
| 命令 | mìng lìng | order command | |
| 明明 | míng míng | obviously plainly | |
| 名牌 | míng pái | famous brand nameplate | |
| 名片 | míng piàn | (business) card | |
| 明确 (明確) | míng què | clear-cut definite | |
| 命运 (命運) | mìng yùn | fate destiny | |
| 民间 (民間) | mín jiān | among the people popular | |
| 民谣 (民謠) | mín yáo | ballad folk song | |
| 民众 (民眾) | mín zhòng | populace masses | |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy | |
| 迷失 | mí shī | to lose (one's bearings) to get lost | |
| 秘书 (秘書) | mì shū | secretary | |
| 迷信 | mí xìn | superstition to have a superstitious belief (in sth) | |
| 抹 | mǒ | to smear to wipe | |
| 磨 | mó | to rub to grind | |
| 末 | mò | tip end | |
| 模仿 | mó fǎng | to imitate to copy | |
| 模糊 | mó hú | vague indistinct | |
| 模型 | mó xíng | model mold | |
| 模样 (模樣) | mó yàng | look style | |
| 目标 (目標) | mù biāo | target goal | |
| 目的地 | mù dì dì | destination (location) | |
| 目录 (目錄) | mù lù | catalog table of contents | |
| 奶粉 | nǎi fěn | powdered milk | |
| 耐心 | nài xīn | to be patient patience | |
| 耐用 | nài yòng | durable | |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ... could it be that...? | |
| 难得 (難得) | nán dé | seldom rare | |
| 难受 (難受) | nán shòu | to feel unwell to suffer pain | |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex a male | |
| 难以 (難以) | nán yǐ | hard to (predict, imagine etc) | |
| 闹 (鬧) | nào | noise | |
| 脑袋 (腦袋) | nǎo dài | head skull | |
| 脑筋 (腦筋) | nǎo jīn | brains mind | |
| 闹区 (鬧區) | nào qū | downtown | |
| 哪怕 | nǎ pà | even even if | |
| 内部 (內部) | nèi bù | interior inside (part, section) | |
| 内地 (內地) | nèi dì | mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan) Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization) | |
| 内行 (內行) | nèi háng | expert adept | |
| 内科 (內科) | nèi kē | internal medicine general medicine | |
| 能干 (能幹) | néng gàn | capable competent | |
| 能源 | néng yuán | energy power source | |
| 泥 | ní | mud clay | |
| 腻 (膩) | nì | greasy soft | |
| 黏 | nián | sticky glutinous | |
| 粘 | nián | stick | |
| 尿 | niào | to urinate urine | |
| 捏 | niē | to pinch (with one's fingers) to knead | |
| 宁可 (寧可) | níng kě | preferably one would prefer to...(or not to...) | |
| 宁愿 (寧願) | níng yuàn | would rather better | |
| 泥土 | ní tǔ | earth soil | |
| 钮扣 (鈕扣) | niǔ kòu | buttons | |
| 浓 (濃) | nóng | concentrated dense | |
| 农场 (農場) | nóng chǎng | farm | |
| 农产品 (農產品) | nóng chǎn pǐn | agricultural produce | |
| 农村 (農村) | nóng cūn | rural area village | |
| 弄错 (弄錯) | nòng cuò | to err to get sth wrong | |
| 浓厚 (濃厚) | nóng hòu | dense thick (fog, clouds etc) | |
| 农民 (農民) | nóng mín | peasant farmer | |
| 农夫 (農夫) | nóng fū | peasant farmer | |
| 农药 (農藥) | nóng yào | agricultural chemical farm chemical | |
| 暖 | nuǎn | warm | |
| 暖气 (暖氣) | nuǎn qì | central heating heater | |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman the female sex | |
| 偶而 | ǒu ér | occasionally once in a while | |
| 偶尔 (偶爾) | ǒu ér | occasionally once in a while | |
| 偶然 | ǒu rán | incidentally occasional | |
| 排 | pái | a row a line | |
| 派 | pài | clique school | |
| 排斥 | pái chì | to reject to exclude | |
| 排列 | pái liè | to arrange in order (math.) permutation | |
| 排球 | pái qiú | volleyball | |
| 攀 | pān | to climb (by pulling oneself up) to implicate | |
| 判断 (判斷) | pàn duàn | to judge to determine | |
| 炮 | pào | cannon firecracker | |
| 砲 | pào | gun | |
| 赔 (賠) | péi | to compensate for loss to indemnify | |
| 赔偿 (賠償) | péi cháng | to compensate | |
| 佩服 | pèi fú | to admire | |
| 陪同 | péi tóng | to accompany | |
| 盆 | pén | basin flower pot | |
| 喷 (噴) | pēn | to puff to spout | |
| 捧 | pěng | to clasp to cup the hands | |
| 碰见 (碰見) | pèng jiàn | to run into to meet (unexpectedly) | |
| 膨胀 (膨脹) | péng zhàng | to expand to inflate | |
| 皮 | pí | skin | |
| 匹 | pī | mate one of a pair | |
| 批 | pī | to ascertain to act on | |
| 披 | pī | to drape over one's shoulders to open | |
| 骗 (騙) | piàn | to cheat to swindle | |
| 偏 | piān | to lean to slant | |
| 偏偏 | piān piān | (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately as it happened | |
| 片面 | piàn miàn | unilateral one-sided | |
| 偏食 | piān shí | partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy) having likes and dislikes | |
| 偏向 | piān xiàng | partial towards sth to prefer | |
| 片子 | piàn zi | thin flake small piece | |
| 飘 (飄) | piāo | float | |
| 屁股 | pì gǔ | buttocks bottom | |
| 疲倦 | pí juàn | to tire tired | |
| 疲劳 (疲勞) | pí láo | fatigue wearily | |
| 品德 | pǐn dé | moral character | |
| 凭 (憑) | píng | by | |
| 平常 | píng cháng | ordinary common | |
| 平衡 | píng héng | balance equilibrium | |
| 平静 (平靜) | píng jìng | tranquil undisturbed | |
| 平均 | píng jūn | average on average | |
| 乒乓球 | pīng pāng qiú | table tennis ping-pong | |
| 桌球 | zhuō qiú | table tennis table tennis ball (Tw) | |
| 拼命 | pīn mìng | to do one's utmost with all one's might | |
| 聘请 (聘請) | pìn qǐng | to engage to hire (a lawyer etc) | |
| 贫穷 (貧窮) | pín qióng | poor impoverished | |
| 贫 (貧) | pín | poor inadequate | |
| 批判 | pī pàn | to criticize critique | |
| 脾气 (脾氣) | pí qì | character temperament | |
| 颇 (頗) | pǒ | quite | |
| 破烂 (破爛) | pò làn | worn-out rotten | |
| 破裂 | pò liè | to rupture to fracture | |
| 婆婆 | pó po | husband's mother mother-in-law | |
| 迫切 | pò qiè | urgent pressing | |
| 扑 (撲) | pū | to throw oneself at to pounce on | |
| 铺 (鋪) | pū | to spread to display | |
| 瀑布 | pù bù | waterfall | |
| 普及 | pǔ jí | to spread extensively to generalize | |
| 扑灭 (撲滅) | pū miè | to eradicate to extinguish | |
| 普通 | pǔ tōng | common ordinary | |
| 普通话 (普通話) | pǔ tōng huà | Mandarin (common language) Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) | |
| 期 | qí | period cycle | |
| 起 | qǐ | to rise to raise | |
| 其 | qí | his her | |
| 棋 | qí | chess chess-like game | |
| 齐 (齊) | qí | (name of states and dynasties at several different periods) | |
| 旗 | qí | flag | |
| 旗子 | qí zi | flag banner | |
| 妻 | qī | wife | |
| 妻子 | qī zǐ | wife and children | |
| 欠 | qiàn | deficient to owe | |
| 牵 (牽) | qiān | to lead along to pull (an animal on a tether) | |
| 迁 (遷) | qiān | to move to shift | |
| 签 (簽) | qiān | sign | |
| 签订 (簽訂) | qiān dìng | to agree to and sign (a treaty etc) | |
| 前方 | qián fāng | ahead the front | |
| 强 (強) | qiáng | powerful | |
| 枪 (槍) | qiāng | gun | |
| 墙 (牆) | qiáng | wall | |
| 墙壁 (牆壁) | qiáng bì | wall | |
| 强大 (強大) | qiáng dà | large formidable | |
| 强度 (強度) | qiáng dù | strength intensity | |
| 抢救 (搶救) | qiǎng jiù | to rescue | |
| 强烈 (強烈) | qiáng liè | intense (violently) strong | |
| 强迫 (強迫) | qiǎng pò | to compel to force | |
| 强人 (強人) | qiáng rén | (politics) strongman (in the workplace, esp. of a woman) a highly capable person | |
| 前进 (前進) | qián jìn | to go forward to forge ahead | |
| 前头 (前頭) | qián tou | in front at the head | |
| 前途 | qián tú | prospects future outlook | |
| 千万 (千萬) | qiān wàn | ten million countless | |
| 前往 | qián wǎng | to leave for to proceed towards | |
| 歉意 | qiàn yì | apology regret | |
| 前院 | qián yuàn | front courtyard front yard | |
| 签约 (簽約) | qiān yuē | to sign a contract or agreement | |
| 签字 (簽字) | qiān zì | to sign (one's name) signature | |
| 巧 | qiǎo | opportunely coincidentally | |
| 瞧 | qiáo | to look at to see | |
| 敲 | qiāo | to hit to strike | |
| 巧妙 | qiǎo miào | ingenious clever | |
| 悄悄 | qiǎo qiǎo | quietly secretly | |
| 悄 | qiǎo | quiet sad | |
| 器材 | qì cái | equipment material | |
| 起初 | qǐ chū | originally at first | |
| 期待 | qí dài | to look forward to to await | |
| 切 | qiē | to cut to slice | |
| 气愤 (氣憤) | qì fèn | indignant furious | |
| 气氛 (氣氛) | qì fēn | atmosphere mood | |
| 器官 | qì guān | organ (part of body tissue) apparatus | |
| 气候 (氣候) | qì hòu | climate atmosphere | |
| 起火 | qǐ huǒ | to catch fire to cook | |
| 亲爱 (親愛) | qīn ài | dear beloved | |
| 青 | qīng | green | |
| 清 | qīng | Qing or Ch'ing dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911) | |
| 清晨 | qīng chén | early morning | |
| 清除 | qīng chú | to clear away to eliminate | |
| 清淡 | qīng dàn | light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored) insipid | |
| 轻伤 (輕傷) | qīng shāng | lightly wounded minor injuries | |
| 轻视 (輕視) | qīng shì | contempt contemptuous | |
| 情书 (情書) | qíng shū | love letter | |
| 清晰 | qīng xī | clear distinct | |
| 倾向 (傾向) | qīng xiàng | trend tendency | |
| 清醒 | qīng xǐng | clear-headed sober | |
| 情绪 (情緒) | qíng xù | mood state of mind | |
| 侵害 | qīn hài | to encroach on to infringe on | |
| 亲口 (親口) | qīn kǒu | one's own mouth fig. in one's own words | |
| 勤劳 (勤勞) | qín láo | hardworking industrious | |
| 亲戚 (親戚) | qīn qī | a relative (i.e. family relation) | |
| 亲人 (親人) | qīn rén | one's close relatives | |
| 侵入 | qīn rù | to make (military) incursions to invade | |
| 寝室 (寢室) | qǐn shì | bedroom dormitory | |
| 旗袍 | qí páo | Chinese-style dress cheongsam | |
| 欺骗 (欺騙) | qī piàn | to deceive to cheat | |
| 齐全 (齊全) | qí quán | complete comprehensive | |
| 歧视 (歧視) | qí shì | to discriminate against discrimination | |
| 企图 (企圖) | qì tú | to attempt to try | |
| 球队 (球隊) | qiú duì | sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc) | |
| 求婚 | qiú hūn | to propose marriage | |
| 秋季 | qiū jì | autumn fall | |
| 球鞋 | qiú xié | athletic shoes | |
| 期望 | qí wàng | to have expectations to earnestly hope | |
| 气味 (氣味) | qì wèi | odor scent | |
| 气息 (氣息) | qì xí | breath smell | |
| 期限 | qí xiàn | time limit deadline | |
| 气象 (氣象) | qì xiàng | meteorological feature meteorology | |
| 汽油 | qì yóu | gasoline | |
| 其余 (其餘) | qí yú | the rest the others | |
| 取 | qǔ | to take to get | |
| 娶 | qǔ | to take a wife to marry (a woman) | |
| 劝 (勸) | quàn | to advise to urge | |
| 圈 | quān | circle ring | |
| 全家 | quán jiā | whole family | |
| 权利 (權利) | quán lì | right (i.e. an entitlement to sth) (classical) power and wealth | |
| 全面 | quán miàn | all-around comprehensive | |
| 全体 (全體) | quán tǐ | all entire | |
| 拳头 (拳頭) | quán tou | fist clenched fist | |
| 区别 (區別) | qū bié | difference to distinguish | |
| 取得 | qǔ dé | to acquire to get | |
| 缺 | quē | deficiency lack | |
| 缺乏 | quē fá | to lack to be short of | |
| 缺少 | quē shǎo | lack shortage of | |
| 确实 (確實) | què shí | indeed really | |
| 缺席 | quē xí | absence absent | |
| 群 | qún | group | |
| 群众 (群眾) | qún zhòng | mass multitude | |
| 取笑 | qǔ xiào | to tease to make fun of | |
| 取消 | qǔ xiāo | to cancel cancellation | |
| 区域 (區域) | qū yù | area region | |
| 曲折 | qū zhé | winding (fig.) complicated | |
| 染 | rǎn | to dye to catch (a disease) | |
| 然而 | rán ér | however yet | |
| 让步 (讓步) | ràng bù | to concede to give in | |
| 燃料 | rán liào | fuel | |
| 燃烧 (燃燒) | rán shāo | to ignite to combust | |
| 绕 (繞) | rào | to wind to coil (thread) | |
| 惹 | rě | to provoke to irritate | |
| 热爱 (熱愛) | rè ài | to love ardently to adore | |
| 热量 (熱量) | rè liàng | heat quantity of heat | |
| 热烈 (熱烈) | rè liè | enthusiastic ardent | |
| 热门 (熱門) | rè mén | popular hot | |
| 任 | rèn | to assign to appoint | |
| 忍不住 | rěn bù zhù | cannot help unable to bear | |
| 人才 | rén cái | talent talented person | |
| 人格 | rén gé | personality integrity | |
| 人工 | rén gōng | artificial manpower | |
| 人力 | rén lì | manpower labor power | |
| 人情味 | rén qíng wèi | human warmth friendliness | |
| 人情味儿 (人情味兒) | rén qíng wèi r | human touch | |
| 人权 (人權) | rén quán | human rights | |
| 人生 | rén shēng | life (one's time on earth) | |
| 人事 | rén shì | personnel human resources | |
| 忍受 | rěn shòu | to bear to endure | |
| 人体 (人體) | rén tǐ | human body | |
| 人心 | rén xīn | popular feeling the will of the people | |
| 忍心 | rěn xīn | to have the heart to do sth to steel oneself to a task | |
| 任性 | rèn xìng | willful headstrong | |
| 人行道 | rén xíng dào | sidewalk | |
| 人员 (人員) | rén yuán | staff crew | |
| 热情 (熱情) | rè qíng | cordial enthusiastic | |
| 热心 (熱心) | rè xīn | enthusiasm zeal | |
| 日常 | rì cháng | daily everyday | |
| 日后 (日後) | rì hòu | sometime someday (in the future) | |
| 日用品 | rì yòng pǐn | articles for daily use | |
| 容 | róng | allow | |
| 融化 | róng huà | to melt to thaw | |
| 荣幸 (榮幸) | róng xìng | honored (to have the privilege of ...) | |
| 如 | rú | as as if | |
| 入 | rù | to enter to go into | |
| 软 (軟) | ruǎn | soft flexible | |
| 如果说 (如果說) | rú guǒ shuō | if you say | |
| 如何 | rú hé | how what way | |
| 如今 | rú jīn | nowadays now | |
| 入境 | rù jìng | to enter a country | |
| 如同 | rú tóng | like as | |
| 入学 (入學) | rù xué | to enter a school or college to go to school for the first time as a child | |
| 塞 | sāi | Serbia Serbian | |
| 塞车 (塞車) | sāi chē | traffic jam | |
| 赛跑 (賽跑) | sài pǎo | race (running) to race (running) | |
| 散 | sàn | scatter | |
| 丧失 (喪失) | sàng shī | to lose to forfeit | |
| 三角形 | sān jiǎo xíng | triangle | |
| 扫 (掃) | sǎo | to sweep | |
| 艘 | sāo | classifier for ships | |
| 色彩 | sè cǎi | tint coloring | |
| 色情 | sè qíng | pornography sex | |
| 傻 | shǎ | foolish | |
| 沙 | shā | sand | |
| 杀价 (殺價) | shā jià | to beat down the price to haggle | |
| 沙漠 | shā mò | desert | |
| 闪 (閃) | shǎn | flash | |
| 山地 | shān dì | mountainous region hilly area | |
| 上 | shàng | on top upon | |
| 伤 (傷) | shāng | to injure injury | |
| 商标 (商標) | shāng biāo | trademark logo | |
| 商场 (商場) | shāng chǎng | shopping mall shopping center | |
| 上级 (上級) | shàng jí | higher authorities superiors | |
| 商量 | shāng liáng | to consult to talk over | |
| 伤脑筋 (傷腦筋) | shāng nǎo jīn | to be a real headache to find sth a real headache | |
| 上升 | shàng shēng | rise | |
| 上市 | shàng shì | to hit the market (of a new product) to float (a company on the stock market) | |
| 上述 | shàng shù | aforementioned above-mentioned | |
| 上台 | shàng tái | to rise to power (in politics) to go on stage (in the theater) | |
| 上头 (上頭) | shàng tou | above on top of | |
| 上下 | shàng xià | up and down top and bottom | |
| 上游 | shàng yóu | upper reaches (of a river) upper level | |
| 善于 (善於) | shàn yú | to be good at to be adept at | |
| 扇子 | shàn zi | fan | |
| 稍 | shāo | somewhat a little | |
| 少年 | shào nián | early youth youngster | |
| 少女 | shào nǚ | girl young lady | |
| 少数 (少數) | shǎo shù | small number few | |
| 稍微 | shāo wéi | a little bit | |
| 沙滩 (沙灘) | shā tān | beach sandy shore | |
| 沙子 | shā zi | sand grit | |
| 射 | shè | shoot | |
| 舍不得 (捨不得) | shě bù de | to hate to do sth to hate to part with | |
| 舍得 (捨得) | shě de | to be willing to part with sth | |
| 社交 | shè jiāo | interaction social contact | |
| 设立 (設立) | shè lì | to set up to establish | |
| 神 | shén | God | |
| 伸 | shēn | to stretch to extend | |
| 身材 | shēn cái | stature build (height and weight) | |
| 审查 (審查) | shěn chá | to examine to investigate | |
| 身分 | shēn fèn | identity status | |
| 身分证 (身分證) | shēn fèn zhèng | identity card | |
| 胜 (勝) | shèng | victory success | |
| 省 | shěng | to save to economize | |
| 升 | shēng | to ascend to rise to the rank of | |
| 生 | shēng | to be born to give birth | |
| 绳 (繩) | shéng | rope | |
| 绳子 (繩子) | shéng zi | cord string | |
| 生词 (生詞) | shēng cí | new word (in textbook) word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied | |
| 生存 | shēng cún | to exist to survive | |
| 省得 | shěng de | to avoid so as to save (money or time) | |
| 升高 | shēng gāo | elevated | |
| 升级 (升級) | shēng jí | to escalate (in intensity) to go up by one grade | |
| 胜利 (勝利) | shèng lì | victory | |
| 生肖 | shēng xiào | one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches animal from the Chinese zodiac | |
| 升学 (升學) | shēng xué | to enter the next grade school | |
| 生长 (生長) | shēng zhǎng | to grow | |
| 神话 (神話) | shén huà | legend fairy tale | |
| 神经 (神經) | shén jīng | nerve mental state | |
| 深刻 | shēn kè | profound deep | |
| 神秘 | shén mì | mysterious mystery | |
| 神奇 | shén qí | magical mystical | |
| 神气 (神氣) | shén qì | expression manner | |
| 深浅 (深淺) | shēn qiǎn | deep or shallow depth (of the sea) | |
| 申请 (申請) | shēn qǐng | to apply for sth application (form etc) | |
| 神圣 (神聖) | shén shèng | divine hallow | |
| 伸手 | shēn shǒu | to reach out with one's hand to hold out a hand | |
| 神仙 | shén xiān | Daoist immortal supernatural entity | |
| 深夜 | shēn yè | very late at night | |
| 慎重 | shèn zhòng | cautious careful | |
| 社区 (社區) | shè qū | community neighborhood | |
| 舌头 (舌頭) | shé tou | tongue enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information | |
| 舌 | shé | tongue | |
| 社团 (社團) | shè tuán | association society | |
| 摄影 (攝影) | shè yǐng | to take a photograph photography | |
| 设置 (設置) | shè zhì | to set up to install | |
| 使 | shǐ | to make to cause | |
| 世 | shì | world | |
| 视 (視) | shì | see | |
| 诗 (詩) | shī | abbr. for Shijing, the Book of Songs | |
| 失败 (失敗) | shī bài | to be defeated to lose | |
| 时常 (時常) | shí cháng | often frequently | |
| 适当 (適當) | shì dàng | suitable appropriate | |
| 失掉 | shī diào | to lose to miss | |
| 是非 | shì fēi | right and wrong quarrel | |
| 是否 | shì fǒu | whether (or not) if | |
| 师父 (師父) | shī fù | used for (in Taiwan) master | |
| 师傅 (師傅) | shī fù | master qualified worker | |
| 施工 | shī gōng | construction to carry out construction or large-scale repairs | |
| 时机 (時機) | shí jī | fortunate timing occasion | |
| 世纪 (世紀) | shì jì | century | |
| 事件 | shì jiàn | event happening | |
| 市立 | shì lì | municipal city | |
| 势力 (勢力) | shì lì | power (ability to) influence | |
| 失眠 | shī mián | to suffer from insomnia | |
| 市民 | shì mín | city resident | |
| 师母 (師母) | shī mǔ | term of respect for your teacher's wife | |
| 食品 | shí pǐn | foodstuff food | |
| 时期 (時期) | shí qí | period phase | |
| 诗人 (詩人) | shī rén | bard poet | |
| 时时 (時時) | shí shí | often constantly | |
| 实施 (實施) | shí shī | to implement to carry out | |
| 事实上 (事實上) | shì shí shàng | in fact in reality | |
| 失望 | shī wàng | disappointed to lose hope | |
| 示威 | shì wēi | to demonstrate (as a protest) a demonstration | |
| 事物 | shì wù | thing object | |
| 实现 (實現) | shí xiàn | to achieve to implement | |
| 事先 | shì xiān | in advance before the event | |
| 实验 (實驗) | shí yàn | experiment test | |
| 试验 (試驗) | shì yàn | experiment test | |
| 式样 (式樣) | shì yàng | style | |
| 视野 (視野) | shì yě | field of view horizon | |
| 失业 (失業) | shī yè | unemployment to lose one's job | |
| 实用 (實用) | shí yòng | practical functional | |
| 适用 (適用) | shì yòng | to be applicable | |
| 实在 (實在) | shí zài | really actually | |
| 始终 (始終) | shǐ zhōng | from beginning to end all along | |
| 受 | shòu | to receive to accept | |
| 售 | shòu | to sell to make or carry out (a plan or intrigue etc) | |
| 首 | shǒu | head chief | |
| 受不了 | shòu bù liǎo | unbearable unable to endure | |
| 受到 | shòu dào | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc) to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) | |
| 手电筒 (手電筒) | shǒu diàn tǒng | flashlight electric hand torch | |
| 首都 | shǒu dū | capital (city) | |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method means (of doing sth) | |
| 收费 (收費) | shōu fèi | to charge a fee | |
| 手工 | shǒu gōng | handwork manual | |
| 收集 | shōu jí | to gather to collect | |
| 收据 (收據) | shōu jù | receipt | |
| 收看 | shōu kàn | to watch (a TV program) | |
| 寿命 (壽命) | shòu mìng | life span life expectancy | |
| 收入 | shōu rù | to take in income | |
| 收拾 | shōu shí | to put in order to tidy up | |
| 手术 (手術) | shǒu shù | (surgical) operation surgery | |
| 首先 | shǒu xiān | first (of all) in the first place | |
| 束 | shù | bundle | |
| 数 (數) | shù | number figure | |
| 属 (屬) | shǔ | category genus (taxonomy) | |
| 鼠 | shǔ | rat mouse | |
| 老鼠 | lǎo shǔ | rat mouse | |
| 耍 | shuǎ | play | |
| 甩 | shuǎi | to throw to fling | |
| 摔 | shuāi | to throw down to fall | |
| 率领 (率領) | shuài lǐng | to lead to command | |
| 衰退 | shuāi tuì | to decline to fall | |
| 双胞胎 (雙胞胎) | shuāng bāo tāi | twin | |
| 双方 (雙方) | shuāng fāng | bilateral both sides | |
| 输出 (輸出) | shū chū | to export to output | |
| 疏忽 | shū hū | to neglect to overlook | |
| 税 (稅) | shuì | taxes duties | |
| 水分 | shuǐ fèn | moisture content (fig.) overstatement | |
| 水份 | shuǐ fèn | moisture | |
| 说服 (說服) | shuì fú | to persuade to convince | |
| 睡眠 | shuì mián | sleep to sleep | |
| 水灾 (水災) | shuǐ zāi | flood flood damage | |
| 书籍 (書籍) | shū jí | books works | |
| 熟练 (熟練) | shú liàn | practiced proficient | |
| 数量 (數量) | shù liàng | amount quantity | |
| 树林 (樹林) | shù lín | Shulin city in New Taipei City, Taiwan | |
| 数目 (數目) | shù mù | amount number | |
| 顺 (順) | shùn | to obey to follow | |
| 顺手 (順手) | shùn shǒu | easily without trouble | |
| 顺序 (順序) | shùn xù | sequence order | |
| 说不定 (說不定) | shuō bù dìng | can't say for sure maybe | |
| 硕士 (碩士) | shuò shì | master's degree person who has a master's degree | |
| 暑期 | shǔ qí | summer vacation time | |
| 熟人 | shú rén | acquaintance friend | |
| 输入 (輸入) | shū rù | to import to input | |
| 属于 (屬於) | shǔ yú | to be classified as to belong to | |
| 死 | sǐ | to die impassable | |
| 丝 (絲) | sī | silk thread | |
| 撕 | sī | to tear | |
| 四处 (四處) | sì chù | all over the place everywhere and all directions | |
| 四方 | sì fāng | four-way four-sided | |
| 四季 | sì jì | four seasons, namely: spring, summer, autumn and winter | |
| 私立 | sī lì | private (company, school etc) | |
| 私人 | sī rén | private personal | |
| 思索 | sī suǒ | to think deeply to ponder | |
| 死亡 | sǐ wáng | to die death | |
| 饲养 (飼養) | sì yǎng | to raise to rear | |
| 四周 | sì zhōu | all around | |
| 松 (鬆) | sōng | loose | |
| 送行 | sòng xíng | to see someone off to throw someone a send-off party | |
| 俗 | sú | custom convention | |
| 算起来 (算起來) | suàn qǐ lái | to calculate to estimate | |
| 算是 | suàn shì | considered to be at last | |
| 算帐 (算帳) | suàn zhàng | settle accounts | |
| 俗话 (俗話) | sú huà | common saying proverb | |
| 俗话说 (俗話說) | sú huà shuō | as the proverb says as they say... | |
| 随 (隨) | suí | follow | |
| 碎 | suì | to break down to break into pieces | |
| 随手 (隨手) | suí shǒu | conveniently without extra trouble | |
| 岁数 (歲數) | suì shù | age (number of years old) | |
| 随意 (隨意) | suí yì | as one wishes according to one's wishes | |
| 随着 (隨著) | suí zhe | along with in the wake of | |
| 塑胶 (塑膠) | sù jiāo | plastic synthetic resin | |
| 损失 (損失) | sǔn shī | loss damage | |
| 缩 (縮) | suō | to withdraw to pull back | |
| 缩短 (縮短) | suō duǎn | to curtail to cut down | |
| 缩水 (縮水) | suō shuǐ | to shrink (in the wash) fig. to shrink (of profits etc) | |
| 素食 | sù shí | vegetables vegetarian food | |
| 牠 | tā | it (used for animals) | |
| 踏 | tà | to tread to stamp | |
| 塌 | tā | to collapse to droop | |
| 太极拳 (太極拳) | tài jí quán | shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation | |
| 太空 | tài kōng | outer space | |
| 抬头 (抬頭) | tái tóu | to raise one's head to gain ground | |
| 弹 (彈) | tán | to pluck (a string) to play (a string instrument) | |
| 探 | tàn | to explore to search out | |
| 趟 | tàng | classifier for times, round trips or rows a time | |
| 烫 (燙) | tàng | to scald to burn (by scalding) | |
| 汤圆 (湯圓) | tāng yuán | boiled balls of glutinous rice flour, eaten during the Lantern Festival | |
| 谈判 (談判) | tán pàn | to negotiate negotiation | |
| 探亲 (探親) | tàn qīn | to go home to visit one's family | |
| 探讨 (探討) | tàn tǎo | to investigate to probe | |
| 摊位 (攤位) | tān wèi | vendor's booth | |
| 毯子 | tǎn zi | blanket | |
| 摊子 (攤子) | tān zi | booth vendor's stall | |
| 套 | tào | to cover to encase | |
| 逃 | táo | to escape to run away | |
| 讨 (討) | tǎo | to invite to provoke | |
| 掏 | tāo | to fish out (from pocket) to scoop | |
| 逃避 | táo bì | to escape to evade | |
| 陶瓷 | táo cí | pottery and porcelain ceramics | |
| 淘气 (淘氣) | táo qì | naughty mischievous | |
| 桃 | táo | peach | |
| 桃子 | táo zi | peach | |
| 逃走 | táo zǒu | to escape to flee | |
| 特别 (特別) | tè bié | especially special | |
| 特点 (特點) | tè diǎn | characteristic (feature) trait | |
| 提 | tí | to carry (hanging down from the hand) to lift | |
| 天才 | tiān cái | talent gift | |
| 天空 | tiān kōng | sky | |
| 天然 | tiān rán | natural | |
| 天文 | tiān wén | astronomy | |
| 田野 | tián yě | field open land | |
| 天真 | tiān zhēn | naive innocent | |
| 天主教 | tiān zhǔ jiào | Catholicism | |
| 调 (調) | tiáo | to harmonize to reconcile | |
| 挑 | tiāo | to carry on a shoulder pole to choose | |
| 跳高 | tiào gāo | high jump (athletics) | |
| 挑选 (挑選) | tiāo xuǎn | to choose to select | |
| 跳远 (跳遠) | tiào yuǎn | long jump (athletics) | |
| 条约 (條約) | tiáo yuē | treaty pact | |
| 调整 (調整) | tiáo zhěng | to adjust adjustment | |
| 贴心 (貼心) | tiē xīn | intimate close | |
| 挺 | tǐng | straight erect | |
| 停止 | tíng zhǐ | to stop to halt | |
| 提起 | tí qǐ | to mention to speak of | |
| 提前 | tí qián | to shift to an earlier date to do sth ahead of time | |
| 体温 (體溫) | tǐ wēn | (body) temperature | |
| 提醒 | tí xǐng | to remind to call attention to | |
| 体验 (體驗) | tǐ yàn | to experience for oneself | |
| 提早 | tí zǎo | ahead of schedule sooner than planned | |
| 通 | tōng | to go through to know well | |
| 同 | tóng | (used in given names) | |
| 铜 (銅) | tóng | copper (chemistry) see also | |
| 桶 | tǒng | bucket (trash) can | |
| 同胞 | tóng bāo | born of the same parents sibling | |
| 通常 | tōng cháng | regular usual | |
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | by means of through | |
| 统计 (統計) | tǒng jì | statistics to count | |
| 痛快 | tòng kuài | delighted to one's heart's content | |
| 通信 | tōng xìn | to correspond (by letter etc) to communicate | |
| 通讯 (通訊) | tōng xùn | communications news story | |
| 统一 (統一) | tǒng yī | to unify to unite | |
| 同志 | tóng zhì | comrade (slang) homosexual | |
| 统治 (統治) | tǒng zhì | to rule (a country) to govern | |
| 头 (頭) | tóu | head hair style | |
| 透 | tòu | to penetrate to pass through | |
| 偷 | tōu | to steal to pilfer | |
| 偷偷 | tōu tōu | stealthily secretly | |
| 透过 (透過) | tòu guò | to pass through to penetrate | |
| 头脑 (頭腦) | tóu nǎo | brains mind | |
| 投票 | tóu piào | to vote vote | |
| 投入 | tóu rù | to throw into to put into | |
| 投降 | tóu xiáng | to surrender surrender | |
| 投资 (投資) | tóu zī | investment to invest | |
| 吐 | tǔ | to spit to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) | |
| 秃 (禿) | tū | bald blunt | |
| 团 (團) | tuán | round lump | |
| 团结 (團結) | tuán jié | to unite unity | |
| 突出 | tú chū | prominent outstanding | |
| 图画 (圖畫) | tú huà | drawing picture | |
| 退 | tuì | to retreat to decline | |
| 退出 | tuì chū | to withdraw to abort | |
| 推动 (推動) | tuī dòng | to push (for acceptance of a plan) to push forward | |
| 推翻 | tuī fān | to overthrow | |
| 推广 (推廣) | tuī guǎng | to extend to spread | |
| 退回 | tuì huí | to return (an item) to send back | |
| 途径 (途徑) | tú jìng | way channel | |
| 吞 | tūn | to swallow to take | |
| 拖 | tuō | drag | |
| 妥当 (妥當) | tuǒ dàng | appropriate proper | |
| 托儿所 (托兒所) | tuō ér suǒ | nursery | |
| 脱离 (脫離) | tuō lí | to separate oneself from to break away from | |
| 妥善 | tuǒ shàn | appropriate proper | |
| 妥协 (妥協) | tuǒ xié | to compromise to reach terms | |
| 突破 | tú pò | to break through to make a breakthrough | |
| 图书 (圖書) | tú shū | books (in a library or bookstore) | |
| 图章 (圖章) | tú zhāng | stamp seal | |
| 挖 | wā | to dig to excavate | |
| 歪 | wāi | askew at a crooked angle | |
| 外表 | wài biǎo | external outside | |
| 外部 | wài bù | external part external | |
| 外出 | wài chū | to go out to go away (on a trip etc) | |
| 外地 | wài dì | parts of the country other than where one is | |
| 外观 (外觀) | wài guān | exterior appearance to view sth from the outside | |
| 外行 | wài háng | layman amateur | |
| 外汇 (外匯) | wài huì | foreign (currency) exchange | |
| 外交 | wài jiāo | diplomacy diplomatic | |
| 外界 | wài jiè | the outside world external | |
| 外科 | wài kē | surgery (branch of medicine) | |
| 弯 (彎) | wān | to bend bent | |
| 晚辈 (晚輩) | wǎn bèi | the younger generation those who come after | |
| 完毕 (完畢) | wán bì | to finish to end | |
| 望 | wàng | full moon to hope | |
| 往 | wǎng | to go (in a direction) to | |
| 完美 | wán měi | perfect perfection | |
| 完善 | wán shàn | (of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive well-developed | |
| 玩笑 | wán xiào | to joke joke | |
| 弯腰 (彎腰) | wān yāo | to stoop | |
| 完整 | wán zhěng | complete intact | |
| 瓦斯 | wǎ sī | gas (loanword) | |
| 围 (圍) | wéi | wai | |
| 未 | wèi | not yet did not | |
| 尾巴 | wěi bā | tail | |
| 尾 | wěi | tail remainder | |
| 违反 (違反) | wéi fǎn | to violate (a law) | |
| 为何 (為何) | wèi hé | why | |
| 维护 (維護) | wéi hù | to defend to safeguard | |
| 未婚 | wèi hūn | unmarried | |
| 危机 (危機) | wéi jī | crisis | |
| 味精 | wèi jīng | monosodium glutamate (MSG) | |
| 为难 (為難) | wéi nán | to feel embarrassed or awkward to make things difficult (for someone) | |
| 委屈 | wěi qū | to feel wronged to cause sb to feel wronged | |
| 卫生 (衛生) | wèi shēng | health hygiene | |
| 维生素 (維生素) | wéi shēng sù | vitamin | |
| 维他命 (維他命) | wéi tā mìng | vitamin (loanword) | |
| 委托 (委託) | wěi tuō | to entrust to trust | |
| 慰问 (慰問) | wèi wèn | to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc | |
| 威胁 (威脅) | wēi xié | to threaten to menace | |
| 卫星 (衛星) | wèi xīng | satellite moon | |
| 唯一 | wéi yī | only sole | |
| 位于 (位於) | wèi yú | to be located at to be situated at | |
| 委员 (委員) | wěi yuán | committee member committee | |
| 吻 | wěn | kiss to kiss | |
| 稳 (穩) | wěn | settled steady | |
| 温 (溫) | wēn | temperature | |
| 温和 (溫和) | wēn hé | mild gentle | |
| 文具 | wén jù | stationery item of stationery (pen, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener etc) | |
| 文凭 (文憑) | wén píng | diploma | |
| 文物 | wén wù | cultural relic historical relic | |
| 文艺 (文藝) | wén yì | literature and art | |
| 握 | wò | to hold to grasp | |
| 勿 | wù | do not | |
| 误 (誤) | wù | mistake error | |
| 雾 (霧) | wù | fog mist | |
| 舞蹈 | wǔ dào | dance (performance art) dancing | |
| 误点 (誤點) | wù diǎn | not on time late (public transport, airlines) | |
| 误会 (誤會) | wù huì | to misunderstand to mistake | |
| 无可奈何 (無可奈何) | wú kě nài hé | have no way out have no alternative | |
| 物理 | wù lǐ | physics physical | |
| 无论 (無論) | wú lùn | no matter what or how regardless of whether... | |
| 武器 | wǔ qì | weapon arms | |
| 无情 (無情) | wú qíng | pitiless ruthless | |
| 无数 (無數) | wú shù | countless numberless | |
| 武术 (武術) | wǔ shù | military skill or technique (in former times) all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) | |
| 舞台 | wǔ tái | stage | |
| 舞厅 (舞廳) | wǔ tīng | dance hall ballroom | |
| 无限 (無限) | wú xiàn | unlimited unbounded | |
| 无意 (無意) | wú yì | inadvertent accidental | |
| 物质 (物質) | wù zhí | matter substance | |
| 系 | xì | tie | |
| 吸 | xī | to breathe to suck in | |
| 瞎 | xiā | blind groundlessly | |
| 虾 (蝦) | xiā | shrimp prawn | |
| 虾子 (蝦子) | xiā zi | shrimp roe shrimp eggs | |
| 下巴 | xià bā | chin | |
| 下降 | xià jiàng | to decline to drop | |
| 下来 (下來) | xià lái | to come down (completed action marker) | |
| 虾米 (蝦米) | xiā mǐ | small shrimp dried, shelled shrimps | |
| 闲 (閒) | xián | idle | |
| 嫌 | xián | to dislike suspicion | |
| 现 (現) | xiàn | to appear present | |
| 鲜 (鮮) | xiān | fresh bright (in color) | |
| 现场 (現場) | xiàn chǎng | the scene (of a crime, accident etc) (on) the spot | |
| 现成 (現成) | xiàn chéng | ready-made readily available | |
| 显得 (顯得) | xiǎn de | to seem to look | |
| 相 | xiāng | mutually | |
| 巷 | xiàng | lane alley | |
| 巷子 | xiàng zi | alley | |
| 象 | xiàng | elephant shape | |
| 大象 | dà xiàng | elephant | |
| 想不到 | xiǎng bù dào | unexpected hard to imagine | |
| 香肠 (香腸) | xiāng cháng | sausage | |
| 相处 (相處) | xiāng chǔ | to be in contact (with sb) to associate | |
| 乡村 (鄉村) | xiāng cūn | rustic village | |
| 相当 (相當) | xiāng dāng | equivalent to appropriate | |
| 相互 | xiāng hù | each other mutual | |
| 向来 (向來) | xiàng lái | always (previously) | |
| 项目 (項目) | xiàng mù | item project | |
| 想念 | xiǎng niàn | to miss to remember with longing | |
| 相亲 (相親) | xiàng qīn | blind date to be deeply attached to each other | |
| 相亲相爱 (相親相愛) | xiāng qīn xiāng ài | to be kind and love one another (idiom); bound by deep emotions | |
| 享受 | xiǎng shòu | to enjoy to live it up | |
| 相似 | xiāng sì | to resemble similar | |
| 响应 (響應) | xiǎng yìng | to respond to answer | |
| 享有 | xiǎng yǒu | to enjoy (rights, privileges etc) | |
| 鲜花 (鮮花) | xiān huā | flower fresh flowers | |
| 现金 (現金) | xiàn jīn | cash | |
| 先进 (先進) | xiān jìn | advanced (technology) to advance | |
| 羡慕 (羨慕) | xiàn mù | to envy to admire | |
| 鲜奶 (鮮奶) | xiān nǎi | fresh milk | |
| 显然 (顯然) | xiǎn rán | clear evident | |
| 显示 (顯示) | xiǎn shì | to show to illustrate | |
| 鲜血 (鮮血) | xiān xiě | blood | |
| 限制 | xiàn zhì | to restrict to limit | |
| 显著 (顯著) | xiǎn zhù | outstanding notable | |
| 消 | xiāo | to disappear to vanish | |
| 小便 | xiǎo biàn | to urinate to pass water | |
| 校车 (校車) | xiào chē | school bus | |
| 消除 | xiāo chú | to eliminate to remove | |
| 晓得 (曉得) | xiǎo de | to know | |
| 小贩 (小販) | xiǎo fàn | peddler hawker | |
| 消费 (消費) | xiāo fèi | to consume to spend | |
| 消化 | xiāo huà | to digest digestion | |
| 消极 (消極) | xiāo jí | negative passive | |
| 效率 | xiào lǜ | efficiency | |
| 销路 (銷路) | xiāo lù | sale market | |
| 小麦 (小麥) | xiǎo mài | wheat | |
| 消灭 (消滅) | xiāo miè | to put an end to to annihilate | |
| 小气 (小氣) | xiǎo qì | stingy miserly | |
| 笑容 | xiào róng | smile smiling expression | |
| 消失 | xiāo shī | to disappear to fade away | |
| 销售 (銷售) | xiāo shòu | to sell to market | |
| 小腿 | xiǎo tuǐ | lower leg (from knee to ankle) shank | |
| 消夜 | xiāo yè | nighttime snack late-night supper | |
| 宵夜 | xiāo yè | midnight snack late-night snack | |
| 校友 | xiào yǒu | schoolmate alumnus | |
| 小子 | xiǎo zi | (derog.) joker guy | |
| 下棋 | xià qí | to play chess | |
| 下去 | xià qù | to go down to descend | |
| 下午茶 | xià wǔ chá | afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee) | |
| 下游 | xià yóu | lower reaches (of a river) lower level | |
| 细胞 (細胞) | xì bāo | cell (biology) | |
| 斜 | xié | inclined slanting | |
| 歇 | xiē | to rest to take a break | |
| 血管 | xiě guǎn | vein artery | |
| 血型 | xiě xíng | blood group blood type | |
| 血液 | xiě yè | blood | |
| 写作 (寫作) | xiě zuò | to write to compose | |
| 媳妇 (媳婦) | xí fù | daughter-in-law wife (of a younger man) | |
| 细节 (細節) | xì jié | details particulars | |
| 喜酒 | xǐ jiǔ | wedding feast liquor drunk at a wedding feast | |
| 喜剧 (喜劇) | xǐ jù | comedy | |
| 细菌 (細菌) | xì jùn | bacterium germ | |
| 系列 | xì liè | series set | |
| 行程 | xíng chéng | journey course of a journey | |
| 形成 | xíng chéng | to form to take shape | |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation action | |
| 星光 | xīng guāng | starlight | |
| 行人 | xíng rén | pedestrian traveler on foot | |
| 形式 | xíng shì | outer appearance form | |
| 形象 | xíng xiàng | image form | |
| 性质 (性質) | xìng zhí | nature characteristic | |
| 形状 (形狀) | xíng zhuàng | form shape | |
| 信号 (信號) | xìn hào | signal | |
| 新郎 | xīn láng | bridegroom groom | |
| 心灵 (心靈) | xīn líng | bright smart | |
| 心目中 | xīn mù zhōng | in one's eyes in one's estimation | |
| 新娘 | xīn niáng | bride | |
| 信任 | xìn rèn | to trust to have confidence in | |
| 心声 (心聲) | xīn shēng | thoughts feelings | |
| 新式 | xīn shì | new style latest type | |
| 薪水 | xīn shuǐ | salary wage | |
| 心跳 | xīn tiào | heartbeat pulse | |
| 新兴 (新興) | xīn xīng | Xinxing county in Yunfu, Guangdong Xinxing or Hsinhsing district of Kaohsiung city, south Taiwan | |
| 信仰 | xìn yǎng | to believe in (a religion) firm belief | |
| 信用 | xìn yòng | to trust credit (commerce) | |
| 心脏 (心臟) | xīn zàng | heart | |
| 雄伟 (雄偉) | xióng wěi | grand imposing | |
| 吸取 | xī qǔ | to absorb to draw (a lesson, insight etc) | |
| 吸食 | xī shí | to suck to take in | |
| 休假 | xiū jià | to take a vacation to go on holiday | |
| 休闲 (休閒) | xiū xián | leisure relaxation | |
| 修正 | xiū zhèng | to revise to amend | |
| 细小 (細小) | xì xiǎo | tiny fine | |
| 吸烟 (吸菸) | xī yān | smoking | |
| 西装 (西裝) | xī zhuāng | suit Western-style clothes | |
| 许 (許) | xǔ | may | |
| 悬 (懸) | xuán | to hang or suspend to worry | |
| 宣布 | xuān bù | to declare to announce | |
| 宣传 (宣傳) | xuān chuán | to disseminate to give publicity to | |
| 选手 (選手) | xuǎn shǒu | athlete contestant | |
| 靴 | xuē | boots | |
| 靴子 | xuē zi | boots | |
| 雪花 | xuě huā | snowflake | |
| 学会 (學會) | xué huì | to learn to master | |
| 削减 (削減) | xuè jiǎn | to cut down to reduce | |
| 学历 (學歷) | xué lì | educational background academic qualifications | |
| 学术 (學術) | xué shù | learning science | |
| 学位 (學位) | xué wèi | academic degree place in school | |
| 学业 (學業) | xué yè | studies schoolwork | |
| 学者 (學者) | xué zhě | scholar | |
| 寻 (尋) | xún | to search to look for | |
| 循环 (循環) | xún huán | to cycle to circulate | |
| 迅速 | xùn sù | rapid speedy | |
| 许愿 (許願) | xǔ yuàn | to make a wish to make a vow | |
| 须知 (須知) | xū zhī | key information instructions | |
| 压 (壓) | yā | to press to push down | |
| 压力 (壓力) | yā lì | pressure | |
| 烟 (煙) | yān | cigarette or pipe tobacco smoke | |
| 菸 | yān | cigarette tobacco | |
| 沿 | yán | along to follow (a line, tradition etc) | |
| 严 (嚴) | yán | strict | |
| 盐巴 (鹽巴) | yán bā | table salt | |
| 延长 (延長) | yán cháng | Yanchang county in Yan'an, Shaanxi | |
| 演唱 | yǎn chàng | sung performance to sing for an audience | |
| 痒 (癢) | yǎng | to itch to tickle | |
| 掩盖 (掩蓋) | yǎn gài | to conceal to hide behind | |
| 严格 (嚴格) | yán gé | strict stringent | |
| 样品 (樣品) | yàng pǐn | sample specimen | |
| 氧气 (氧氣) | yǎng qì | oxygen | |
| 宴会 (宴會) | yàn huì | banquet feast | |
| 研究所 | yán jiù suǒ | research institute graduate studies | |
| 严肃 (嚴肅) | yán sù | solemn grave | |
| 厌恶 (厭惡) | yàn wù | to loathe to hate | |
| 演奏 | yǎn zòu | to perform on a musical instrument | |
| 摇 (搖) | yáo | shake | |
| 哟 (喲) | yāo | Oh! (interjection indicating slight surprise) | |
| 腰 | yāo | waist lower back | |
| 摇摆 (搖擺) | yáo bǎi | to sway to wobble | |
| 要不 | yào bù | otherwise or else | |
| 药方 (藥方) | yào fāng | prescription | |
| 要好 | yào hǎo | to be on good terms to be close friends | |
| 要命 | yào mìng | to cause sb's death very | |
| 药水 (藥水) | yào shuǐ | Yaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province | |
| 摇头 (搖頭) | yáo tóu | to shake one's head | |
| 药物 (藥物) | yào wù | medicaments pharmaceuticals | |
| 压迫 (壓迫) | yā pò | to oppress to repress | |
| 野 | yě | wild | |
| 叶 (葉) | yè | leaf | |
| 叶子 (葉子) | yè zi | foliage leaf | |
| 夜景 | yè jǐng | nightscape | |
| 野兽 (野獸) | yě shòu | beast wild animal | |
| 业务 (業務) | yè wù | business professional work | |
| 野心 | yě xīn | ambition wild schemes | |
| 业余 (業餘) | yè yú | in one's spare time outside working hours | |
| 乙 | yǐ | second of the ten Heavenly Stems second in order | |
| 以 | yǐ | by | |
| 移 | yí | to move to shift | |
| 易 | yì | easy | |
| 亿 (億) | yì | 100 million | |
| 医 (醫) | yī | medical medicine | |
| 一般而言 | yī bān ér yán | generally speaking | |
| 以便 | yǐ biàn | so that so as to | |
| 一带 (一帶) | yī dài | region district | |
| 一旦 | yī dàn | in case (sth happens) if | |
| 一大早 | yī dà zǎo | at dawn at first light | |
| 移动 (移動) | yí dòng | to move movement | |
| 议会 (議會) | yì huì | parliament legislative assembly | |
| 已婚 | yǐ hūn | married | |
| 依据 (依據) | yī jù | according to basis | |
| 一口气 (一口氣) | yī kǒu qì | one breath in one breath | |
| 一面 | yī miàn | one side one aspect | |
| 移民 | yí mín | to immigrate to migrate | |
| 银 (銀) | yín | silver silver-colored | |
| 印 | yìn | ||
| 饮 (飲) | yǐn | drink | |
| 因而 | yīn ér | therefore as a result | |
| 引发 (引發) | yǐn fā | to lead to to trigger | |
| 硬 | yìng | hard stiff | |
| 影 | yǐng | picture image | |
| 影子 | yǐng zi | shadow reflection | |
| 影本 | yǐng běn | copy (of a document) book with model calligraphy for copying | |
| 应当 (應當) | yīng dāng | should ought to | |
| 赢得 (贏得) | yíng dé | to win to gain | |
| 婴儿 (嬰兒) | yīng ér | infant baby | |
| 应付 (應付) | yìng fù | to deal with to cope | |
| 迎接 | yíng jiē | to meet to welcome | |
| 英雄 | yīng xióng | hero | |
| 营养 (營養) | yíng yǎng | nutrition nourishment | |
| 应邀 (應邀) | yìng yāo | at sb's invitation on invitation | |
| 营业 (營業) | yíng yè | to do business to trade | |
| 影印 | yǐng yìn | photographic reproduction photocopying | |
| 应用 (應用) | yìng yòng | to put to use to apply | |
| 饮食 (飲食) | yǐn shí | food and drink diet | |
| 印刷 | yìn shuā | to print printing | |
| 因素 | yīn sù | element factor | |
| 印象 | yìn xiàng | impression | |
| 印章 | yìn zhāng | seal signet | |
| 一旁 | yī páng | aside to the side of | |
| 仪器 (儀器) | yí qì | instrument apparatus | |
| 一齐 (一齊) | yī qí | at the same time simultaneously | |
| 依然 | yī rán | still as before | |
| 衣裳 | yī shang | clothes | |
| 仪式 (儀式) | yí shì | ceremony | |
| 意识 (意識) | yì shì | consciousness awareness | |
| 一天到晚 | yī tiān dào wǎn | all day long the whole day | |
| 意外 | yì wài | unexpected accident | |
| 以往 | yǐ wǎng | in the past formerly | |
| 疑问 (疑問) | yí wèn | question interrogation | |
| 义务 (義務) | yì wù | duty obligation | |
| 医学 (醫學) | yī xué | medicine medical science | |
| 一一 | yī yī | one by one one after another | |
| 意愿 (意願) | yì yuàn | aspiration wish (for) | |
| 一再 | yī zài | repeatedly | |
| 意志 | yì zhì | will willpower | |
| 一致 | yī zhì | unanimous identical (views or opinions) | |
| 拥抱 (擁抱) | yǒng bào | to embrace to hug | |
| 用不着 (用不著) | yòng bù zháo | not need have no use for | |
| 用处 (用處) | yòng chù | usefulness | |
| 用得着 (用得著) | yòng de zháo | to be able to use useable | |
| 拥护 (擁護) | yǒng hù | to endorse to support | |
| 拥挤 (擁擠) | yǒng jǐ | crowded to throng | |
| 用具 | yòng jù | appliance utensil | |
| 用力 | yòng lì | to exert oneself physically | |
| 勇气 (勇氣) | yǒng qì | courage valor | |
| 用心 | yòng xīn | motive intention | |
| 由 | yóu | to follow from | |
| 油 | yóu | oil fat | |
| 邮差 (郵差) | yóu chāi | postman | |
| 有关 (有關) | yǒu guān | to have sth to do with to relate to | |
| 友好 | yǒu hǎo | Youhao district of Yichun city, Heilongjiang | |
| 优惠 (優惠) | yōu huì | privilege favorable (terms) | |
| 有力 | yǒu lì | powerful forceful | |
| 有利 | yǒu lì | advantageous to have advantages | |
| 优良 (優良) | yōu liáng | fine good | |
| 优美 (優美) | yōu měi | graceful fine | |
| 油腻 (油膩) | yóu nì | grease greasy food | |
| 有些 | yǒu xiē | some somewhat | |
| 游行 (遊行) | yóu xíng | march parade | |
| 犹豫 (猶豫) | yóu yù | to hesitate | |
| 忧郁 (憂鬱) | yōu yù | sullen depressed | |
| 优越 (優越) | yōu yuè | superior superiority | |
| 遇 | yù | encounter | |
| 愿 (願) | yuàn | honest prudent | |
| 原本 | yuán běn | originally original | |
| 远大 (遠大) | yuǎn dà | far-reaching broad | |
| 元旦 | yuán dàn | New Year's Day | |
| 缘故 (緣故) | yuán gù | reason cause | |
| 原来 (原來) | yuán lái | original former | |
| 原理 | yuán lǐ | principle theory | |
| 原料 | yuán liào | raw material | |
| 圆满 (圓滿) | yuán mǎn | satisfactory consummate | |
| 原始 | yuán shǐ | first original | |
| 冤枉 | yuān wǎng | to accuse wrongly to treat unjustly | |
| 原先 | yuán xiān | originally original | |
| 圆形 (圓形) | yuán xíng | round circular | |
| 原则 (原則) | yuán zé | principle doctrine | |
| 原则上 (原則上) | yuán zé shàng | in principle generally | |
| 原子笔 (原子筆) | yuán zǐ bǐ | ballpoint pen | |
| 预报 (預報) | yù bào | forecast | |
| 语调 (語調) | yǔ diào | intonation tone of voice | |
| 预定 (預定) | yù dìng | to schedule in advance | |
| 预订 (預訂) | yù dìng | to place an order to book ahead | |
| 月分 | yuè fèn | month | |
| 月光 | yuè guāng | moonlight | |
| 月球 | yuè qiú | the moon | |
| 预计 (預計) | yù jì | to forecast to predict | |
| 遇见 (遇見) | yù jiàn | to meet | |
| 娱乐 (娛樂) | yú lè | to entertain to amuse | |
| 晕 (暈) | yūn | confused dizzy | |
| 运输 (運輸) | yùn shū | to transport to carry | |
| 运送 (運送) | yùn sòng | to transport to carry | |
| 允许 (允許) | yǔn xǔ | to permit to allow | |
| 运用 (運用) | yùn yòng | to use to put to use | |
| 运转 (運轉) | yùn zhuǎn | to work to operate | |
| 与其 (與其) | yǔ qí | rather than... A B (rather than A, better to B) | |
| 语气 (語氣) | yǔ qì | tone manner of speaking | |
| 预算 (預算) | yù suàn | budget | |
| 预先 (預先) | yù xiān | beforehand in advance | |
| 预 (預) | yù | to advance in advance | |
| 语音 (語音) | yǔ yīn | speech sounds pronunciation | |
| 砸 | zá | to smash to pound | |
| 杂 (雜) | zá | miscellaneous | |
| 载 (載) | zài | to carry to convey | |
| 再度 | zài dù | once more once again | |
| 灾害 (災害) | zāi hài | calamity disaster | |
| 在乎 | zài hū | to care about equivalent of | |
| 灾难 (災難) | zāi nàn | disaster catastrophe | |
| 再三 | zài sān | over and over again again and again | |
| 再说 (再說) | zài shuō | to say again to put off a discussion until later | |
| 赞成 (贊成) | zàn chéng | to approve to endorse | |
| 葬礼 (葬禮) | zàng lǐ | burial funeral | |
| 赞美 (讚美) | zàn měi | to admire to praise | |
| 咱们 (咱們) | zán men | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) (dialect) I or me | |
| 赞同 (贊同) | zàn tóng | agree | |
| 造 | zào | to make to build | |
| 糟 | zāo | dregs draff | |
| 早晨 | zǎo chén | early morning | |
| 遭到 | zāo dào | to suffer to meet with (sth unfortunate) | |
| 糟糕 | zāo gāo | too bad how terrible | |
| 造句 | zào jù | sentence-making | |
| 遭受 | zāo shòu | to suffer to sustain (loss, misfortune) | |
| 早晚 | zǎo wǎn | morning and evening sooner or later | |
| 早已 | zǎo yǐ | long ago for a long time | |
| 遭遇 | zāo yù | to meet with to encounter | |
| 则 (則) | zé | (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but then | |
| 怎 | zěn | how | |
| 赠 (贈) | zèng | to give as a present to repel | |
| 赠品 (贈品) | zèng pǐn | gift complimentary item | |
| 赠送 (贈送) | zèng sòng | to present as a gift | |
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow to increase | |
| 窄 | zhǎi | narrow narrow-minded | |
| 占 | zhàn | occupy | |
| 战场 (戰場) | zhàn chǎng | battlefield | |
| 展出 | zhǎn chū | to put on display to be on show | |
| 涨 (漲) | zhǎng | to rise (of prices, rivers) | |
| 张 (張) | zhāng | open | |
| 章 | zhāng | chapter | |
| 长辈 (長輩) | zhǎng bèi | one's elders older generation | |
| 帐单 (帳單) | zhàng dān | bill check | |
| 丈夫 | zhàng fū | husband | |
| 涨价 (漲價) | zhǎng jià | to appreciate (in value) to increase in price | |
| 张开 (張開) | zhāng kāi | to open up to spread | |
| 掌声 (掌聲) | zhǎng shēng | applause | |
| 展开 (展開) | zhǎn kāi | to unfold to carry out | |
| 展览 (展覽) | zhǎn lǎn | to put on display to exhibit | |
| 展示 | zhǎn shì | to reveal to display | |
| 占有 | zhàn yǒu | possession | |
| 站住 | zhàn zhù | to stand | |
| 照 | zhào | to shine to illuminate | |
| 照常 | zhào cháng | as usual | |
| 招呼 | zhāo hū | to call out to to greet | |
| 召开 (召開) | zhào kāi | to convene (a conference or meeting) to convoke | |
| 招手 | zhāo shǒu | to wave to beckon | |
| 折 | zhé | to break to fracture | |
| 者 | zhě | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... (after a noun) person involved in ... | |
| 折合 | zhé hé | to convert into to amount to | |
| 折扣 | zhé kòu | discount | |
| 折磨 | zhé mó | to torment to torture | |
| 阵 (陣) | zhèn | disposition of troops wave | |
| 针 (針) | zhēn | needle pin | |
| 震动 (震動) | zhèn dòng | to shake to vibrate | |
| 针对 (針對) | zhēn duì | to target to focus on | |
| 正 | zhèng | straight upright | |
| 整 | zhěng | exactly in good order | |
| 争 (爭) | zhēng | to strive for to vie for | |
| 睁 (睜) | zhēng | to open (one's eyes) | |
| 政策 | zhèng cè | policy | |
| 政党 (政黨) | zhèng dǎng | political party | |
| 正方形 | zhèng fāng xíng | square | |
| 政府 | zhèng fǔ | government | |
| 正规 (正規) | zhèng guī | regular according to standards | |
| 证件 (證件) | zhèng jiàn | certificate papers | |
| 整洁 (整潔) | zhěng jié | neatly tidy | |
| 正经 (正經) | zhèng jīng | decent honorable | |
| 证据 (證據) | zhèng jù | evidence proof | |
| 争论 (爭論) | zhēng lùn | to argue to debate | |
| 正面 | zhèng miàn | front obverse side | |
| 证明 (證明) | zhèng míng | proof certificate | |
| 征求 (徵求) | zhēng qiú | to solicit to seek | |
| 争取 (爭取) | zhēng qǔ | to fight for to strive for | |
| 证实 (證實) | zhèng shí | to confirm (sth to be true) to verify | |
| 整数 (整數) | zhěng shù | whole number integer (math.) | |
| 整体 (整體) | zhěng tǐ | whole entity entire body | |
| 正月 | zhēng yuè | first month of the lunar year | |
| 症状 (症狀) | zhèng zhuàng | symptom (of an illness) | |
| 侦探 (偵探) | zhēn tàn | detective to do detective work | |
| 珍惜 | zhēn xí | to treasure to value | |
| 真心 | zhēn xīn | sincere heartfelt | |
| 珍珠 | zhēn zhū | pearl | |
| 阵子 (陣子) | zhèn zi | period of time | |
| 只 | zhǐ | only merely | |
| 止 | zhǐ | to stop to prohibit | |
| 直 | zhí | Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors descended from Shennong Farmer God | |
| 值 | zhí | value (to be) worth | |
| 掷 (擲) | zhí | to toss to throw dice | |
| 治 | zhì | to rule to govern | |
| 至 | zhì | to arrive most | |
| 之 | zhī | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of ) him | |
| 支持 | zhī chí | to be in favor of to support | |
| 指出 | zhǐ chū | to indicate to point out | |
| 支出 | zhī chū | to spend to pay out | |
| 指导 (指導) | zhǐ dǎo | to guide to give directions | |
| 制定 | zhì dìng | to draw up to formulate | |
| 制订 (制訂) | zhì dìng | to work out to formulate | |
| 指定 | zhǐ dìng | to appoint to assign | |
| 之间 (之間) | zhī jiān | between among | |
| 之类 (之類) | zhī lèi | and so on and such | |
| 支票 | zhī piào | check (bank) cheque | |
| 志气 (志氣) | zhì qì | ambition resolve | |
| 只是 | zhǐ shì | merely simply | |
| 指示 | zhǐ shì | to point out to indicate | |
| 职位 (職位) | zhí wèi | post office | |
| 直线 (直線) | zhí xiàn | straight line sharply (rise or fall) | |
| 执行 (執行) | zhí xíng | to implement to carry out | |
| 秩序 | zhì xù | order (orderly) order (sequence) | |
| 志愿 (志願) | zhì yuàn | aspiration ambition | |
| 支援 | zhī yuán | to provide assistance to support | |
| 制造 (製造) | zhì zào | to manufacture to make | |
| 制 (製) | zhì | system | |
| 指责 (指責) | zhǐ zé | to criticize to find fault with | |
| 纸张 (紙張) | zhǐ zhāng | paper | |
| 制止 | zhì zhǐ | to curb to put a stop to | |
| 制作 (製作) | zhì zuò | to make to manufacture | |
| 中 | zhòng | to hit (the mark) to be hit by | |
| 肿 (腫) | zhǒng | to swell swelling | |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great important | |
| 中毒 | zhòng dú | to be poisoned poisoning | |
| 中级 (中級) | zhōng jí | middle level (in a hierarchy) | |
| 种类 (種類) | zhǒng lèi | kind genus | |
| 重量 | zhòng liàng | weight | |
| 中年 | zhōng nián | middle age | |
| 重伤 (重傷) | zhòng shāng | seriously hurt serious injury | |
| 中途 | zhōng tú | midway | |
| 重心 | zhòng xīn | center of gravity central core | |
| 中央 | zhōng yāng | central middle | |
| 中药 (中藥) | zhōng yào | (traditional) Chinese medicine | |
| 种子 (種子) | zhǒng zǐ | seed | |
| 种族 (種族) | zhǒng zú | race ethnicity | |
| 州 | zhōu | prefecture state (e.g. of US) | |
| 周 | zhōu | Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC) | |
| 粥 | zhōu | congee gruel | |
| 周到 | zhōu dào | thoughtful considerate | |
| 竹 | zhú | bamboo Kangxi radical 118 | |
| 竹子 | zhú zi | bamboo | |
| 赚 (賺) | zhuàn | to earn to make a profit | |
| 转 (轉) | zhuǎn | to turn to change direction | |
| 转变 (轉變) | zhuǎn biàn | to change to transform | |
| 转播 (轉播) | zhuǎn bò | relay broadcast (on radio or TV) | |
| 转达 (轉達) | zhuǎn dá | to pass on to convey | |
| 壮 (壯) | zhuàng | Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group | |
| 撞 | zhuàng | to knock against to bump into | |
| 转告 (轉告) | zhuǎn gào | to pass on to communicate | |
| 状况 (狀況) | zhuàng kuàng | condition state | |
| 装饰 (裝飾) | zhuāng shì | to decorate decoration | |
| 转机 (轉機) | zhuǎn jī | (to take) a turn for the better to change planes | |
| 专家 (專家) | zhuān jiā | expert specialist | |
| 专利 (專利) | zhuān lì | patent sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people | |
| 专门 (專門) | zhuān mén | specialist specialized | |
| 专人 (專人) | zhuān rén | specialist person appointed for specific task | |
| 转身 (轉身) | zhuǎn shēn | (of a person) to turn round to face about | |
| 转向 (轉向) | zhuǎn xiàng | to change direction fig. to change one's stance | |
| 专业 (專業) | zhuān yè | specialty specialized field | |
| 主办 (主辦) | zhǔ bàn | to organize to host (a conference or sports event) | |
| 注册 (註冊) | zhù cè | to register to enroll | |
| 主持 | zhǔ chí | to take charge of to manage or direct | |
| 主观 (主觀) | zhǔ guān | subjective | |
| 祝贺 (祝賀) | zhù hè | to congratulate congratulations | |
| 住户 (住戶) | zhù hù | household inhabitant | |
| 追 | zhuī | to chase after to seek | |
| 逐渐 (逐漸) | zhú jiàn | gradually | |
| 主角 | zhǔ jué | leading role lead | |
| 准 | zhǔn | to allow to grant | |
| 准考证 (准考證) | zhǔn kǎo zhèng | (exam) admission ticket | |
| 准确 (準確) | zhǔn què | accurate exact | |
| 捉 | zhuō | to clutch to grab | |
| 桌 | zhuō | table desk | |
| 注射 | zhù shè | injection to inject | |
| 主席 | zhǔ xí | chairperson premier | |
| 住院 | zhù yuàn | to be in hospital to be hospitalized | |
| 住宅 | zhù zhái | residence tenement | |
| 主张 (主張) | zhǔ zhāng | to advocate to stand for | |
| 紫 | zǐ | purple violet | |
| 资本 (資本) | zī běn | capital (economics) | |
| 资格 (資格) | zī gé | qualifications seniority | |
| 资金 (資金) | zī jīn | funds funding | |
| 自来水 (自來水) | zì lái shuǐ | running water tap water | |
| 字幕 | zì mù | caption subtitle | |
| 字母 | zì mǔ | letter (of the alphabet) | |
| 子女 | zǐ nǚ | children sons and daughters | |
| 自然 | zì rán | nature natural | |
| 自私 | zì sī | selfish selfishness | |
| 自我 | zì wǒ | self- ego (psychology) | |
| 自信 | zì xìn | to have confidence in oneself self-confidence | |
| 资讯 (資訊) | zī xùn | information | |
| 自愿 (自願) | zì yuàn | voluntary | |
| 自主 | zì zhǔ | independent to act for oneself | |
| 总共 (總共) | zǒng gòng | altogether in sum | |
| 综合 (綜合) | zòng hé | comprehensive composite | |
| 总理 (總理) | zǒng lǐ | premier prime minister | |
| 走道 | zǒu dào | pavement sidewalk | |
| 走私 | zǒu sī | to smuggle to have an illicit affair | |
| 足 | zú | foot to be sufficient | |
| 组 (組) | zǔ | group | |
| 阻碍 (阻礙) | zǔ ài | to obstruct to hinder | |
| 钻 (鑽) | zuān | to drill to bore | |
| 钻石 (鑽石) | zuàn shí | diamond | |
| 足够 (足夠) | zú gòu | enough sufficient | |
| 祖国 (祖國) | zǔ guó | motherland | |
| 罪 | zuì | guilt crime | |
| 最少 | zuì shǎo | at least minimum | |
| 遵守 | zūn shǒu | to comply with to abide by | |
| 尊重 | zūn zhòng | to esteem to respect | |
| 作家 | zuò jiā | author | |
| 做客 | zuò kè | to be a guest or visitor | |
| 作客 | zuò kè | to live somewhere as a visitor to stay with sb as a guest | |
| 作为 (作為) | zuò wéi | one's conduct deed | |
| 作用 | zuò yòng | to act on to affect | |
| 足以 | zú yǐ | sufficient to... so much so that | |
| 阻止 | zǔ zhǐ | to prevent to block | |
| 组织 (組織) | zǔ zhī | to organize organization |