YCT · Level 1
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- 的 — de — of · ~'s (possessive particle)
- 我 — wǒ — I · me · my
- 你 — nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
- 是 — shì — to be (followed by substantives only)
- 不 — bù — no · not so
- 在 — zài — to exist · to be alive
- 他 — tā — (since the early 20th century, usually male) he · him · his
- 我们 / 我們 — wǒ men — we · us · ourselves · our
- 好 — hǎo — good
- 有 — yǒu — to have · there is
- 吗 / 嗎 — ma — question particle for "yes-no" questions
- 什么 / 什麼 — shén me — what?
- 她 — tā — she
- 一 — yī — one · single
- 很 — hěn — very · quite
- 个 / 個 — gè — classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier
- 去 — qù — to go · to go to (a place)
- 和 / 龢 — hé — and · together with · with (Taiwan pronunciation: hàn)
- 看 — kàn — to see · to look at
- 现在 / 現在 — xiàn zài — now · at present · currently
- 点 / 點 — diǎn — to touch briefly · to tap
- 多 — duō — many · much · more · a lot of
- 谢谢 / 謝謝 — xiè xie — to thank
- 喜欢 / 喜歡 — xǐ huan — to like · to be fond of
- 大 — dà — big · large · great
- 小 — xiǎo — small
- 叫 — jiào — to shout · to call
- 爱 / 愛 — ài — to love · to be fond of · to like
- 吃 — chī — to eat · to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria and so on)
- 家 — jiā — home · family
- 妈妈 / 媽媽 — mā ma — mama · mommy
- 今天 — jīn tiān — today · the present time · now
- 爸爸 — bà ba — father · dad
- 几 / 幾 — jǐ — how many · how much
- 三 — sān — three
- 高兴 / 高興 — gāo xìng — happy · glad
- 手 — shǒu — hand
- 认识 / 認識 — rèn shi — to know · to recognize
- 喝 — hē — to drink
- 月 — yuè — moon
- 狗 — gǒu — dog
- 号 / 號 — hào — bugle · trumpet · signal · bugle call (for example, 起床号 qǐ chuáng hào) · mark · sign
- 岁 / 嵗 / 歲 — suì — classifier for years (of age)
- 再见 / 再見 — zài jiàn — goodbye
- 明天 — míng tiān — tomorrow
- 水 — shuǐ — water
- 学校 / 學校 — xué xiào — school
- 高 — gāo — high
- 四 — sì — four
- 五 — wǔ — five