Mandarin

First 500 characters in Mandarin

By popular demand - these are the first 500 character in the order as defined by Patrick Hassel Zein http://www.zein.se/patrick/3000char.html. This list does not include the building blocks for each character, so if you don't know the building blocks, but click on the "parents" of an item as you learn it and you will learn those as well.

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English Mandarin Pinyin Part Audio Mems  
  belonging 的 de5 particle
  one 一 yi1 noun; num
  to be 是 shi4 verb
  not 不 bu4 adjt; advb; cad
  past tense 了 le5 particle
  man 人 ren2 noun
  I (also: me) 我 wo3 pronoun
  located 在 zai4 verb; prep
  to have 有 you3 verb; adjt
  he 他 ta1 pronoun
  this 这 zhe4 noun; determiner; determiner plur
  middle 中 zhong1 country; adjt; directional
  big 大 da4 adjt; phonetic
  to come 来 lai2 verb
  upon 上 shang4 verb; directional; othr
  kingdom 国 guo2 noun
  measure word 个 ge4 mw
  to arrive 到 dao4 verb; prep
  to speak 说 shuo1 verb
  plural 们 men5 noun
  for the sake of 为 wei4 othr; prep
  child 子 zi3 noun; particle
  and 和 he2 conj; noun
  you 你 ni3 pronoun
  the earth 地 di4 noun
  to go out 出 chu1 verb
  the way 道 dao4 noun; verb; mw
  also 也 ye3 advb
  time 时 shi2 noun
  year 年 nian2 noun
  must 得 dei3 verb
  only then 就 jiu4 conj; othr; prep; advb
  that 那 na4 adjt; othr; determiner
  to want 要 yao4 verb; auxv
  below 下 xia4 verb; othr; directional
  using 以 yi3 verb; advb; conj; country
  to be born 生 sheng1 noun; verb
  to know how to 会 hui4 noun; verb; auxv
  self 自 zi4 othr; prep
  action (in progress) 着 zhe5 particle
  to go 去 qu4 verb
  belonging 之 zhi1 othr
  past tense 过 guo4 verb
  home 家 jia1 noun; mw
  to study 学 xue2 verb
  against, correct 对 dui4 noun; prep; prep; othr
  can 可 ke3 verb; auxv; othr interjection conj
  she 她 ta1 pronoun
  village (also: in, inside) 里 li3 noun; othr; directional; phonetic
  behind 后 hou4 temporal; othr; directional
  small 小 xiao3 adjt; name
  what 么 me5 noun
  heart 心 xin1 noun
  many 多 duo1 adjt; advb; verb
  heaven 天 tian1 noun
  beard 而 er2 noun; prep
  to be able 能 neng2 verb; auxv
  well (also: good) 好 hao3 adjt
  all 都 dou1 othr; adjt
  correct 然 ran2 adjt; advb
  negative 没 mei2 noun
  sun 日 ri4 noun; adjt; country
  at 于 yu2 othr; name
  to rise 起 qi3 verb
  still 还 hai2 advb; cad
  to dispatch 发 fa1 noun; verb
  to perfect 成 cheng2 verb; othr
  business 事 shi4 noun
  only 只 zhi3 advb; cad
  to do 作 zuo4 verb
  to work as 当 dang1 verb; prep; onomat
  to think 想 xiang3 verb; auxv
  to look 看 kan4 verb
  pattern 文 wen2 noun; phonetic
  to lack 无 wu2 verb
  to open 开 kai1 verb
  hand 手 shou3 noun
  ten 十 shi2 num
  to use 用 yong4 verb
  lord 主 zhu3 noun; verb; adjt
  okay 行 xing2 noun; verb
  square 方 fang1 noun; adjt
  right hand 又 you4 advb; radical
  if 如 ru2 othr; verb; conj
  front 前 qian2 othr temporal; othr; adjt; adv
  which 所 suo3 noun; pronoun
  root 本 ben3 adjt prem; person; mw; determiner
  to see 见 jian4 verb
  scripture 经 jing1 noun
  head 头 tou2 noun; mw
  face 面 mian4 noun; verb
  public 公 gong1 adjt
  the same 同 tong2 othr; prep
  three 三 san1 num
  already 已 yi3 advb; conj
  old 老 lao3 adjt
  following 从 cong2 othr; prep
  to move 动 dong4 verb
  a pair 两 liang3 noun; num
  long 长 chang2 noun; adjt
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的
的 de5 belonging

一
一 yi1 one

是
是 shi4 to be

不
不 bu4 not

了
了 le5 past tense

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