Hanzi Master

to love; to be fond of; to like, affection, to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)

to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on, interest; hobby

eight; 8

father, dad, pa, papa

(coll.) father; dad

bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc), to puff (on a pipe etc), (onom.) bang, abbr. for 贴吧

surname Bai

daytime, during the day, day

surname Bai

surname Ban

half, semi-, incomplete, (after a number) and a half

half a year

half of the day, a long time, quite a while, midair

old variant of 帮

to help, to lend a hand, to do a favor, to do a good turn

surname Bao

bao (steamed stuffed bun)

cup, trophy cup, classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup

cup, glass

north, (classical) to be defeated

north, north side, northern part, to the north of

Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China

root, stem, origin, source, this, the current, original, inherent, originally, classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

book, notebook, Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi", edition

Belgium, Belgian, abbr. for 比利时

surname Bie

else, other

other people; others; other person

illness, disease, to fall ill, defect

sick person, patient, invalid

no; not so, (bound form) not; un-

not very, not too, not often

incorrect, wrong, amiss, abnormal, queer

you're welcome, don't mention it, impolite, rude, blunt

need not

dish (type of food), vegetable, cuisine, (coll.) (one's) type, (of one's skills etc) weak, poor

tea, tea plant

difference; discrepancy, (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction), (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly

surname Chang

frequently, often

to sing, to call loudly, to chant

to sing a song

surname Che

ticket (for a bus or train)

Car

rail station, bus stop

to eat; to consume, to eat at (a cafeteria etc), to eradicate; to destroy, to absorb, to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

to have a meal, to eat, to make a living

to go out, to come out, to occur, to produce, to go beyond, to rise, to put forth, to happen, (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result), classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

to come out, to appear, to arise

to go out

to wear, to put on, to dress, to bore through, to pierce, to perforate, to penetrate, to pass through, to thread

bed, couch, classifier for beds

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

variant of 从

surname Cuo

dozen (loanword)

to take a taxi (in town), to hitch a lift

to make a telephone call

to open, to show (a ticket), to turn on, to switch on

to play ball, to play with a ball

big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 姐), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism

university student, college student

to reach; to arrive, to leave for; to go to, to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point), (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point), considerate; thoughtful; thorough

-ly, structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

place, site, location, venue

region, regional (away from the central administration), local

on the ground, on the floor

map

of; ~'s (possessive particle), (used after an attribute), (used to form a nominal expression), (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis), also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs

to get, to obtain, to receive

class, rank, grade, equal to, same as, to wait for, to await, et cetera, and so on, et al. (and other authors), after, as soon as, once

younger brother, junior male, I (modest word in letter)

younger brother

(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"), (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed, (old) residence of a high official, (literary) but; however, (literary) only; just

second, number two, next, secondary

point, dot, drop, speck, o'clock, point (in space or time), to draw a dot, to check on a list, to choose, to order (food in a restaurant), to touch briefly, to hint, to light, to ignite, to pour a liquid drop by drop, (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更, dot stroke in Chinese characters, classifier for items

lightning, electricity, electric (bound form), to get (or give) an electric shock, phone call or telegram etc, to send via telephone or telegram etc

telephone, phone call, phone number

computer

television; TV

television set

movie; film

cinema; movie theater

surname Dong

east, east side, eastern part, to the east of

east and west

(of sth) to move, to set in movement, to displace, to touch, to make use of, to stir (emotions), to alter, abbr. for 动词, verb

movement; motion; action, to act; to move

surname Du

comma, phrase marked by pause

to read a book, to study, to attend school

right; correct, towards; at; for, concerning; regarding, to treat (sb a certain way), to face, (bound form) opposite; facing; matching, to match together; to adjust, to fit; to suit, to answer; to reply, to add; to pour in (a fluid), to check; to compare, classifier: couple; pair

I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon, to let (sb) down; to disappoint

many; much, too many; in excess, (after a numeral) ... odd, how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]), (bound form) multi-; poly-

number, amount, somewhat

to be hungry, hungry, to starve (sb)

son

two, 2, (Beijing dialect) stupid

cooked rice, meal, (loanword) fan, devotee

restaurant, hotel

room

house, building (single- or two-story), apartment, room

to put, to place, to release, to free, to let go, to let out, to set off (fireworks)

to have a holiday or vacation

to dismiss students at the end of the school day

to fly

airplane

very; really, unusual; extraordinary

to divide; to separate, to distribute; to allocate, to distinguish (good and bad), (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 局), fraction, one tenth (of certain units), unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm, minute (unit of time), minute (angular measurement unit), a point (in sports or games), 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

wind, news, style, custom, manner

old variant of 干

clean, neat

what are you doing?, what's he up to?

surname Gao

happy, glad, willing (to do sth), in a cheerful mood

to press charges; to file a complaint

elder brother

older brother

song, to sing

used in 自个儿

to, for, for the benefit of, to give, to allow, to do sth (for sb), (grammatical equivalent of 被), (grammatical equivalent of 把), (sentence intensifier)

heel, to follow closely, to go with, (of a woman) to marry sb, with, compared with, to, towards, and (joining two nouns)

worker

to work, (of a machine) to operate, job, work, task

surname Guan

to close (a door), to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)

expensive, noble, precious, (honorific) your

surname Guo

country; nation; state

abroad, external (affairs), overseas, foreign

surname Guo

surname Huan

still (as before), had better, unexpectedly, or

furthermore, in addition, still, also

child

Chinese language

Chinese character, Japanese: kanji, Korean: hanja, Vietnamese: hán tự

good, appropriate; proper, all right!, (before a verb) easy to, (before a verb) good to, (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so, (verb complement indicating completion), (of two people) close; on intimate terms, (after a personal pronoun) hello

tasty, delicious

good-looking, nice-looking, good (of a movie, book, TV show etc), embarrassed, humiliated

pleasant to hear

erhua variant of 好玩, amusing, fun, interesting

roar, cry

to drink, variant of 嗬

old variant of 和

(adverb of degree), quite, very, awfully

surname Hou

the back; the rear; the last bit, behind; near the end; at the back, later; afterwards

the day after tomorrow, life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 天), acquired (not innate or congenital), a posteriori

surname Hua

dialect, language, spoken words, speech, talk, words, conversation, what sb said

bad, spoiled, broken, to break down, (suffix) to the utmost

to circle, to go back, to turn around, to answer, to return, to revolve, Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims), time, classifier for acts of a play, section or chapter (of a classic book)

to reply; to answer, reply; answer

to return to

to return home

to return; to come back

to return, to go back

can; to have the skill; to know how to, to be likely to; to be sure to, to meet; to get together, meeting; gathering, (suffix) union; group; association, (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [huǐ])

train

airport; airfield, (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship

air ticket, passenger ticket

(chicken) egg, hen's egg

small table

to record, to note, to memorize, to remember, mark, sign, classifier for blows, kicks, shots

to remember

to remember, to bear in mind, to learn by heart

used in 家伙 and 家俱

home

family member, (old) servant

between, among, within a definite time or space, room, section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars, classifier for rooms

to see, to meet, to appear (to be sth), to interview, opinion, view

to meet; to see each other

to shout, to call, to order, to ask, to be called, by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

surname Jiao

teaching block, school building

to introduce (sb to sb), to give a presentation, to present (sb for a job etc), introduction

older sister

older sister

this year

today, at the present, now

to go forward, to advance, to go in, to enter, to put in, to submit, to take in, to admit, (math.) base of a number system, classifier for sections in a building or residential compound

to come in

to go in

nine, 9

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then, (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after, (same as 是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly, only; as little as, as much as; as many as, to approach; to move towards, to undertake; to engage in, (often followed by 着) taking advantage of, (of food) to go with, with regard to; concerning, (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ..., (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...

to think that ...; to feel that ..., to feel (uncomfortable etc)

to open (transitive or intransitive), (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start, to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run, to boil, to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc), (directional complement) away; off, carat (gold), abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文, abbr. for 开本, book format

to drive a car

to hold a meeting, to attend a meeting

to play a joke, to make fun of, to joke

to look after, to take care of, to watch, to guard

to visit a doctor, to see a patient

to see

to see, to catch sight of

to beat, to hit, variant of 考, to inspect, to test, to take an exam

to take an exam, exam

thirsty

subject, course, class, lesson, to levy, tax, form of divination

textbook

text

mouth, classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc), classifier for bites or mouthfuls

lump; chunk; piece, classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc, (coll.) classifier for money and currency units

rapid, quick, speed, rate, soon, almost, to make haste, clever, sharp (of knives or wits), forthright, plainspoken, gratified, pleased, pleasant

to come, (used as a substitute for a more specific verb), hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来), ever since (as in 自古以来), for the past (amount of time), (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世), (between two verbs) in order to, (after a round number) approximately, (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来)

to arrive; to come

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity, old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough

old man or woman, the elderly, one's aged parents or grandparents

teacher

(completed action marker), (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now), (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

to accumulate, to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]), continuous, repeated

surname Leng

variant of 里

inside

two, both, some, a few, tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old)

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

six, 6

surname Lou

upstairs, (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread

downstairs

surname Lu

crossing, intersection (of roads)

on the road, on a journey, road surface

ma, mom, mother

mama, mommy, mother

street, road

at once, right away, immediately, on horseback (i.e. by military force)

(coll.) what?

to buy, to purchase

slow

busy, hurriedly, to hurry, to rush

surname Mao

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

it doesn't matter

nothing, it doesn't matter, it's nothing, never mind

to have spare time, free from work, it's not important, it's nothing, never mind

haven't, hasn't, doesn't exist, to not have, to not be

younger sister

younger sister, young woman

surname Men

doorway, gate

ticket (for theater, cinema etc)

plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

(cooked) rice

bread

erhua variant of 面条, noodles

name (of a person or thing)

clear, obvious, unequivocal, to understand, to realize

next year

tomorrow

old variant of 拿

how, which

where?, wherever; anywhere; somewhere, (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?

where?, somewhere, anywhere, wherever, nowhere (negative answer to question), humble expression denying compliment, also written 哪里

which ones?, who?, what?

surname Na

over there, yonder

there

there; that place

those

breast, milk, to breastfeed

(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother), (respectful) mistress of the house, (coll.) boobies, breasts

male, Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 位

erhua variant of 男孩, boy

boyfriend

a man, a male, men

schoolboy, male student, boy, guy (young adult male)

surname Nan

south, south side, southern part, to the south of

difficult (to...), problem, difficulty, difficult, not good

particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"), particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"), particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"), (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action, particle indicating strong affirmation

surname Neng

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)

you (plural)

surname Nian

you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)

cow's milk

female, woman, daughter

daughter

erhua variant of 女孩, girl

girlfriend

woman

schoolgirl, female student, girl

side; adjacent place

(of an animal) to paw (the ground)

friend

ticket, ballot, banknote, person held for ransom, amateur performance of Chinese opera, classifier for groups, batches, business transactions

seven, 7

to rise, to raise, to get up, to set out, to start, to appear, to launch, to initiate (action), to draft, to establish, to get (from a depot or counter), verb suffix, to start, starting from (a time, place, price etc), classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance, classifier for groups: batch, group

to get out of bed, to get up

to stand up, to get up, also pr. [qǐ lái]

car, automobile, bus

front, forward, ahead, first, top (followed by a number), future, ago, before, BC (e.g. 前293年), former, formerly

front, the front side, in front of

the day before yesterday

surname Qian

purse, wallet

to ask, to invite, please (do sth), to treat (to a meal etc), to request

to request leave of absence

"please come in"

Excuse me, may I ask...?

please, have a seat

ball, sphere, globe, ball game, match

to go, to go to (a place), (of a time etc) last, just passed, to send, to remove, to get rid of, to reduce, to be apart from in space or time, to die (euphemism), to play (a part), (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth, (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker), (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

last year

to warm up, to heat up, hot (of weather), heat, fervent

person; people

to know, to recognize, to be familiar with, to get acquainted with sb, knowledge, understanding, awareness, cognition

conscientious, earnest, serious, to take seriously, to take to heart

abbr. for 本, Japan

date

meat, flesh, pulp (of a fruit), (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy, (of a person) flabby, irresolute, Kangxi radical 130

surname San

surname Shan

shopping mall, shopping center, department store, emporium, the business world

store; shop

used in 上声

to go to work, to be on duty, to start work, to go to the office

the top, above, overhead, upwards, the top margin, above-mentioned, those higher up

to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)

last time

to go to class, to attend class, to go to teach a class

to go online, to connect to the Internet, (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet, (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net

morning

to go to school, to attend school

few, less, to lack, to be missing, to stop (doing sth), seldom

on the body, at hand, among

the body, one's health, in person

what?, something, anything

to fall ill

to get angry, to take offense, angry, vitality, liveliness

birthday

ten, 10

time, length of time, moment, period

time, period

matter, thing, item, work, affair

to test, to try, experiment, examination, test

to be (followed by substantives only), correct; right; true, (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well, (adverb for emphatic assertion)

is or isn't, yes or no, whether or not

hand, (formal) to hold, person engaged in certain types of work, person skilled in certain types of work, personal(ly), convenient, classifier for skill

cell phone, mobile phone

abbr. for 书经

schoolbag, satchel, bookbag

bookstore

tree, to cultivate, to set up

who, also pr. [shuí]

surname Shui

fruit

to sleep, to lie down

to go to bed, to sleep

to persuade

to speak, to say, to talk, to gossip, to tell stories, talk, word

four, 4

to send; to deliver; to transmit, to give (as a present), to see (sb) off, to accompany; to go along with

variant of 岁, year, years old

he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant), (used before sb's name for emphasis), (used as a meaningless mock object), (literary) other

they

she

they, them (for females)

highest, greatest, too (much), very, extremely

day, sky, heaven

weather

smile (archaic)

to hear

to hear

(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise), dictation, (music) to transcribe by ear

to study at the same school, fellow student, classmate

library

outside, in addition, foreign, external

outside, outer surface, abroad, place other than one's home

foreign (country)

foreign language

to play, to have fun, to hang out

evening, night, late

evening meal, dinner, supper

evening, night, in the evening

online

online friend, Internet user

to forget, to overlook, to neglect

to forget

to ask; to inquire

I; me; my

we, us, ourselves, our

five, 5

lunch

to wash; to bathe, to develop (photographs), to shuffle (cards etc), to erase (a recording)

toilet, lavatory, washroom

to like; to be fond of

the West, abbr. for Spain 牙, Spanish

west, west side, western part, to the west of

down, downwards, below, lower, later, next (week etc), second (of two parts), to decline, to go down, to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc), measure word to show the frequency of an action

to finish work, to get off work

under, the underside, below

to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)

next time

to finish class, to get out of class, (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed, to be fired

afternoon, p.m.

to rain

early, prior, former, in advance, first

teacher, gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.), husband, (dialect) doctor

now, at present, at the moment, modern, current, nowadays

to think (about), to think of; to devise, to think (that); to believe (that), to desire; to want (to), to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)

small, tiny, few, young

erhua variant of 小孩, child

young lady, miss, (slang) prostitute

child

hour

elementary school; primary school

primary school student, schoolchild, (fig.) beginner

old variant of 笑

to write

to thank, thanks, thank you

abbr. for Xinjiang 疆 or Singapore 坡, surname Xin

New Year

week, day of the week, Sunday

Sunday

Sunday

row, line, commercial firm, line of business, profession, to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age), (in data tables) row, (Tw) column

rest, to rest

to learn, to study, to imitate, science, -ology

student, schoolchild

to learn, to study

school

college, educational institute, school, faculty

(bound form) to demand; to coerce

surname Ye

head

(coll.) father's father, paternal grandfather

one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

half

one side, either side, on the one hand, on the other hand, doing while

erhua variant of 一点, a bit; a little bit, (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit, (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more

a moment, a while, in a moment, now...now..., also pr. [yī huǐ r]

erhua variant of 一块, a piece; a chunk, (coll.) one yuan; one dollar

in the same place, together, with, altogether (in total)

erhua variant of 一下, one time; once, all of sudden

some, a few, a little, (following an adjective) slightly ...er

same, like, equal to, the same as, just like

clothes

doctor

hospital

to use, to employ, to have to, to eat or drink, expense or outlay, usefulness, hence, therefore

to have; there is, (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 意 intentional)

(there are) some (who are...), some (exist)

famous, well-known

sometimes, now and then

sometimes

some, somewhat

somewhat, rather, some

useful

(bound form) right; right-hand side, (bound form) (politics) right of center, (bound form) (old) west, (literary) the right side as the side of precedence

right side, right, to the right

rain

surname Yuan, the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)

far, distant, remote, (intensifier in a comparison) by far, much (lower etc)

moon, month, monthly

again; once more; re-, second; another, then (after sth, and not until then), no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis)

goodbye, see you again later

to exist; to be alive, (of sb or sth) to be (located) at, (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

to be at home, (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差), (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家)

early, morning, Good morning!, long ago, prematurely

breakfast

early morning

how?, what?, why?

station, to stand, to halt, to stop, branch of a company or organization, website

to try to find, to look for, to call on sb, to find, to seek, to return, to give change

to find

(pronoun) this; these, (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun), (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhèi], esp. in Beijing)

this side, here

here

variant of 这里

these

(chess) move, trick, all right!, (dialect) to add

really, truly, indeed, real, true, genuine

really, truly, indeed

first month of the lunar year

just at (that time), right in (that place), right in the middle of (doing sth)

to know; to become aware of, also pr. [zhī dao]

knowledge, intellectual

China, Chinese, surname Zhong

China

the middle; the inside, in the middle; within; between; among, during; in the meantime

Chinese language

noon, midday

middle school

middle-school student, high school student

to repeat, repetition, again, re-, classifier: layer

important, significant, major

to live, to dwell, to stay, to reside, to stop, (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

preparation, to prepare, to intend, to be about to, reserve (fund)

table, desk

letter, symbol, character, word, courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat, Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位, ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary, subordinate, sub-

to walk, to go, to run, to move (of vehicle), to visit, to leave, to go away, to die (euph.), from, through, away (in compound verbs, such as 走), to change (shape, form, meaning)

to walk, to go on foot

variant of 最

best, (you) had better (do what we suggest)

final, last, finally, ultimate

yesterday

surname Zuo

left, the left side, to the left of

surname Zuo

to sit down

to make; to produce, to write; to compose, to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc), (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc), (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for, to assume (an air or manner)