most common word Flashcards

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杯子

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bēizi > cup / glass

杯 > cup

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本子

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běnzi > book / notebook / edition

本 > source / root

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别的

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bié de > else / other

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chà - to differ from / to fall short of / lacking / wrong / inferior

chā - difference / discrepancy / to differ / error / to err / to make a mistake

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cháng > always / ever / often / frequently / common / general / constant / surname chang

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chàng > to sing / to call loudly / to chant

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唱歌

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chànggē > to sing a song

唱 > to sing; 歌 > song / to sing

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cuò > mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver / surname cuo

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爱好

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aihào > to like / to take pleasure in / keen on / fond of / interest / hobby / appetite for

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白天

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báitiān > daytime / during the day / day

白 > bright; 天 > day

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bǎi > hundred / numerous / all kinds of / surname bai

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半天

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bàntiān > half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair

半 > half; 天 > day

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běn > roots or stems of plants / origin / source / this / the current / root / foundation / basis / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc / originally

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bìng > illness / disease / to fall ill / defect

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cài > dish (type of food) / vegetable / cuisine / (coll.) (one’s) type

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车上

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chē shàng > in the car

车> car; 上 > to get onto

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车站

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chēzhàn > rail station / bus stop

车 > car; 站 > station

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bié - to leave / to depart / to separate / to distinguish / to classify / other / another / do not / must not / to pin / to stick (sth) in / surname bie

biè - to make sb change their ways, opinions etc

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cì > next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time

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打车

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dǎchē > to take a taxi (in town)/to hitch a lift

打 > to hit; 车 > car

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打电话

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dǎ diànhuà > to make a telephone call

打 > to hit; 电 > electric; 话 > speech

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打开

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dǎkāi > to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on

打 > to hit; 开 > open/start

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大学

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dàxué > the great learning, one of the four books 四書|四书[si4 shu1] in confucianism / university / college

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得到

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dédào > to get / to obtain / to receive

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de > -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
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dé - to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished de - structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
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de - of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) dì - aim / clear24 dí - really and truly
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dì > earth / ground / field / place / land
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地点
dìdiǎn > place / site / location / venue 地 > earth; 点 > point
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地方
dìfāng > area / place / space / room / territory
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地上
dìshàng > on the ground / on the floor
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地图
dìtú > map
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第二
dì èr (di ar) >second / number two / next
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电视机
diànshì jī > television set 电 > electric; 视 > to look; 机 > machine
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动作
dòngzuò > movement / motion / action 动 > to move; 作 > to do
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dú - to read / to study / reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1] dòu - comma / phrase marked by pause
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饭店
fàndiàn > restaurant / hotel 饭 > food; 店 > shop
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房子
fángzi > house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room
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房价
fáng jià > house price / cost of housing 房 > house; 价 > price
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gān - dry / clean / in vain / dried food / foster / adoptive / to ignore / surname gan / to concern / to interfere / shield / stem gàn - tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar)
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干净
gānjìng > clean / neat 干 > dry/clean; 净 > neat
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干什么
gànshénme > what are you doing?/what's he up to?
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guān > mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to concern / to involve / surname guan
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guò > (experienced action marker) / to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- / surname guo
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还是
háishì > or / still / nevertheless
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孩子
háizi > child
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汉语
hànyǔ > Chinese language
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汉字
hànzì > chinese character / japanese: kanji / korean: hanja / vietnamese: hán tự
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好看
hǎokàn > good-looking / nice-looking / good (of a movie, book, tv show etc) / embarrassed / humiliated 好 > good; 看 > to look at
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好听
hǎotīng > pleasant to hear 好 > good; 听 > to hear
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hào - ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people háo - roar / cry
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hòu - back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later hòu - empress / queen / surname hou
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huà > dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said
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huài > bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost
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hái - still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else huán - to pay back / to return / surname huan
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回答
huídá > to reply / to answer / the answer 回 > go back; 答 > reply/answer
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jǐ - how much / how many / several / a few jī - almost / small table
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jì > to record / to note / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots
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记住
jì zhù > to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart
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见面
jiànmiàn > to meet / to see each other
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教学楼
jiàoxué lóu > teaching block/school building 教 > teaching; 学 > to study; 楼 > storied building
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jìn > to advance / to enter / to come (or go) into / to receive or admit / to eat or drink / to submit or present / (used after a verb) into, in / to score a goal
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jīn > jurchen jin dynasty (1115-1234) / gold / chemical element au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] / surname kim (korean)surname jin
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jìn > near / close to / approximately
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jǐn - to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to jìn - to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth)
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jìn > barely / only / merely
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开会
kāihuì > to hold a meeting / to attend a meeting 开 > to start; 会 > to meet
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开玩笑
kāiwánxiào > to play a joke/to make fun of/to joke 开 > to start; 玩 > to have fun; 笑 > laugh
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看病
kànbìng > to visit a doctor / to see a patient 看 > to see; 病 > illness
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kǎo > to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father
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kě thirsty
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kè to be able to / to subdue / to restrain / to overcome / gram / Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares / ke (c. 2000 bc), seventh of the legendary flame emperors, 炎帝[yan2 di4] descended from shennong 神農|神农[shen2 nong2] farmer god / variant of 克[ke4] / to subdue / to overthrow / to restrain
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kē branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb
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kè customer / visitor / guest
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kè quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals
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kè subject / course / class / lesson / to levy / tax / form of divination
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课本
kèběn textbook
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课文
kèwén text
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kuài to balance an account / accountancy / accounting
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lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
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kuài chopstick
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lóu house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / surname lou
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楼上
lóu shàng upstairs
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楼下
lóu xià downstairs
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lù road / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind / surname lu
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路口
lùkǒu crossing / intersection (of roads)
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路上
lùshàng on the road / on a journey / road surface
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马路
mǎlù street / road
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màn slow
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máng busy / hurriedly / to hurry / to rush
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máo hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) / surname mao
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没关系
méiguānxì it doesn't matter
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没什么
méishénme nothing/it doesn't matter/it's nothing/never mind
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没事儿
méishì er (mei shir) free / it's not important / it's nothing / nevermind
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门票
mén piào ticket (for theater, cinema etc)
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哪里 / 哪儿
nǎlǐ / nǎ'er where
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那些
nàxiē those
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那边
nà biān over there / yonder
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nǎi breast / milk / to breastfeed
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男孩儿
nánhái ér boy
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男朋友
nán péngyǒu male friend/boyfriend
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男生
nánshēng schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male)
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nán - difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good nán - disaster / distress / to scold
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女儿 / 女孩儿
nǚ'ér / nǚhái ér daughter
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女朋友
nǚ péngyǒu female friend / girlfriend
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旁边
pángbiān lateral / side / to the side / beside
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起床
qǐchuáng to get out of bed / to get up
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起来
qǐlái to stand up / to get up / (after a verb) with an upward movement
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汽车
qìchē car / automobile / bus
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qián front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former /
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前边
qiánbian front/the front side/in front of
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钱包
qiánbāo purse / wallet
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请假
qǐngjià to request leave of absence
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请进
qǐng jìn "please come in"
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请问
qǐngwèn Excuse me, may I ask...?
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去年
qùnián last year
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认真
rènzhēn conscientious / earnest / serious / to take seriously / to take to heart
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日期
rìqí date
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rì abbr. for 日本[ri4 ben3], japan / sun / day / date, day of the month
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上班
shàngbān to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office
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上边
shàngbian the top/above/overhead/upwards/the top margin/above-mentioned/those higher up
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上车
shàng chē to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
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上次
shàng cì last time
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上网
shàngwǎng to be on the internet / to stretch a net (in a sports game or for covering sth) / to be netted (of fish)
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上午
shàngwǔ morning
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身上
shēnshang on the body
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生病
shēngbìng to fall ill / to sicken
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shì type / form / pattern / style
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手机
shǒujī cell phone / mobile phone
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书店
shūdiàn bookstore
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sòng to deliver / to carry / to give (as a present) / to present (with) / to see off / to send
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听见
tīngjiàn to hear
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听写
tīngxiě dictate / dictation
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同学
tóngxué to study at the same school / fellow student / classmate
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图书馆
túshū guǎn library
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外边
wàibian outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home
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外国
wàiguó foreign (country)
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外语
wàiyǔ foreign language
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wǎn evening / night / late
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晚上
wǎnshàng evening / night / in the evening
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网上
wǎngshàng online
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网友
wǎngyǒu online friend / Internet user
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午饭
wǔfàn lunch
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洗手间
xǐshǒujiān toilet/lavatory/washroom
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下班
xiàbān to finish work / to get off work
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下车
xià chē to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
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下课
xiàkè to finish class / to get out of class
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下午
xiàwǔ afternoon / p.m.
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现在
xiànzài now / at present / at the moment / modern / current / nowadays
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小姐
xiǎojiě young lady / miss / (slang) prostitute
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小学
xiǎoxué elementary school / primary school
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小学生
xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student / schoolchild
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xiào laugh / smile
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xíng to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / ok! / will do / behavior / conduct / taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense
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学生
xuéshēng student / schoolchild
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学校
xuéxiào school
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学院
xuéyuàn college / educational institute / school / faculty
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yè page / leaf
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一块儿
yīkuài er together
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一下儿
yīxià er a while
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一点儿
yīdiǎn er a little
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有时候
yǒu shíhòu sometimes
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yòu right (-hand) / the Right (politics) / west (old)
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yuán the yuan or mongol dynasty (1279-1368) / unit of money (in prc: chinese yuan, in usa: dollar, etc) / primary / first / surname yuan
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yuǎn far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)
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这些
zhèxiē these
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zhèng - just (right) / main / upright / straight / correct / positive / greater than zero / principle / to correct / to rectify zhēng - first month of the lunar year
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知识
zhīshì intellectual / knowledge-related / knowledge
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中间
zhōngjiān between / intermediate / mid / middle
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中学生
zhōngxuéshēng middle-school student/high school student
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zhòng heavy / serious / to attach importance to
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桌子
zhuōzi table / desk
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最后
zuìhòu final / last / finally / ultimate
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zuǒ left / the left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3] / surname zuo
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椅子
yǐzi chair
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现在
xiànzài now / at present / at the moment / modern / current / nowadays
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火车站
huǒchē zhàn train station
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出租车
chūzū chē taxi
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前面
qiánmiàn ahead / in front / preceding / above
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líng zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither
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电脑
diànnǎo computer
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wèi hello (when answering the phone)
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sòng to deliver / to carry / to give (as a present) / to present (with) / to see off / to send
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zhāng to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes / surname zhang
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cì next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time
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唱歌
chànggē to sing a song
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yīn overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / yin (the negative principle of yin and yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia / surname yin
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xìng family name / to be surnamed / surname
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hóng red / popular / revolutionary / bonus / surname hong
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chuán a boat / vessel / ship
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yuán circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (Yuan) / tactful / to justify
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鸡蛋
jīdàn (chicken) egg / hen's egg
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正在
zhèngzài in the process of (doing something or happening) / while (doing)
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jiàn item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc
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qiān - thousand | qiān - a swing
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希望
xīwàng to wish for / to desire / hope
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一起
yīqǐ in the same place / together / with / altogether (in total)
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公斤
gōngjīn kilogram (kg)
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lí to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲ / surname li
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报纸
bàozhǐ newspaper / newsprint
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jiù at once / right away / only / just (emphasis) / as early as / already / as soon as / then / in that case / as many as / even if / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / to suffer / subjected to / to accomplish / to take advantage of / to go with (of foods) / with regard to / concerning
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便宜
piányí small advantages / to let sb off lightly / cheap / inexpensive
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公司
gōngsī (business) company / company / firm / corporation / incorporated
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xuě snow / snowfall / to have the appearance of snow / to wipe away, off or out / to clean / surname xue
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羊肉
yángròu mutton / goat meat / lamb
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hào ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people
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去年
qùnián last year
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机票
jīpiào air ticket / passenger ticket
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nán mumble in repetition