qián
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
míng
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
wéi
variant of 為|为[wei2]
as (i.e. in the capacity of)
to take sth as
to act as
to serve as
to behave as
to become
to be
to do
gēng
to change or replace
to experience
one of the five two hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
wèi
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
jí
namely
that is
i.e.
prompt
at once
at present
even if
prompted (by the occasion)
to approach
to come into contact
to assume (office)
to draw near
dì
(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)
order
(old) rank in the imperial examinations
mansion
(lit.) but
just
dēng
to scale (a height)
to ascend
to mount
to publish or record
to enter (e.g. in a register)
to press down with the foot
to step or tread on
to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect)
to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
dài
band
belt
girdle
ribbon
tire
area
zone
region
CL:條|条[tiao2]
to wear
to carry
to take along
to bear (i.e. to have)
to lead
to bring
to look after
to raise
zhuǎn zài
to forward (a shipment)
to reproduce (e.g. a printed work)
qiáng
strong
powerful
better
slightly more than
vigorous
violent
best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]
dú
to read
to study
reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]
qi lai
(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4])
bringing things together (e.g. after 收拾[shou1 shi5])
(after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgement
zǎi
to record in writing
to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc)
Taiwan pr. [zai4]
year
nián dù
year (e.g. school year, fiscal year)
annual
tiē
to stick
to paste
to post (e.g. on a blog)
to keep close to
to fit snugly
to subsidize
allowance (e.g. money for food or housing)
sticker
classifier for sticking plaster: strip
yǐn
to draw (e.g. a bow)
to pull
to stretch sth
to extend
to lengthen
to involve or implicate in
to attract
to lead
to guide
to leave
to provide evidence or justification for
old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
chuāng kǒu
window
opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window)
computer operating system window
fig. medium
intermediary
showpiece
testing ground
chá
to research
to check
to investigate
to examine
to refer to
to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)
jié
festival
holiday
node
joint
section
segment
part
to economize
to save
to abridge
moral integrity
classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses
CL:個|个[ge4]
suǒ shǔ
one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with)
subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself)
belonging to
affiliated
under one's command
bāng
to help
to assist
to support
for sb (i.e. as a help)
hired (as worker)
side (of pail, boat etc)
outer layer
upper (of a shoe)
group
gang
clique
party
secret society
mén
gate
door
CL:扇[shan4]
gateway
doorway
CL:個|个[ge4]
opening
valve
switch
way to do something
knack
family
house
(religious) sect
school (of thought)
class
category
phylum or division (taxonomy)
classifier for large guns
classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
(suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
chóng diǎn
to recount (e.g. results of election)
to re-evaluate
zhì dù
system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)
institution
CL:個|个[ge4]
gōng
public
collectively owned
common
international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
make public
fair
just
Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
honorable (gentlemen)
father-in-law
male (animal)
lín
woods
forest
CL:片[pian4]
circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)
a collection (of similar things)
èr cì
second (i.e. number two)
second time
twice
(math.) quadratic (of degree two)
jiā dà
to increase (e.g. one's effort)
nián dài
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
age
era
period
CL:個|个[ge4]
dōng
east
host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
landlord
quàn
bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half)
contract
deed (i.e. title deeds)
ticket
voucher
certificate
mǎ shàng
at once
right away
immediately
on horseback (i.e. by military force)
tù nián
Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
pù guāng
exposure (e.g. of photosensitive material)
to expose (a scandal to the public)
dǎo dú
guide (e.g. book or other printed material)
jīng xiāo shāng
dealer
seller
distributor
broker
agency
franchise (i.e. company)
retail outlet
yào
medicine
drug
substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]
to poison
shí bào
"Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)
gēn
root
basis
classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
CL:條|条[tiao2]
radical (chemistry)
yǐn cáng
to hide
to conceal
to mask
to shelter
to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden)
to hide oneself
to lie low
to nestle
hidden
implicit
private
covert
recessed (lighting)
gǎn qíng
feeling
emotion
sensation
likes and dislikes
deep affection for sb or sth
relationship (i.e. love affair)
CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
fáng chǎn
real estate
the property market (e.g. houses)
zú
race
nationality
ethnicity
clan
by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
chí
to hold
to grasp
to support
to maintain
to persevere
to manage
to run (i.e. administer)
to control
shī bài
to be defeated
to lose
to fail (e.g. experiments)
failure
defeat
CL:次[ci4]
Ā lǐ bā bā
Alibaba, PRC e-commerce company
kù
ruthless
strong (e.g. of wine)
(loanword) cool
hip
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Chinese
English
Example Usage
Grammar notes