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106 words/phrases to learn
hài
hi
wǒ shì
I am; I was
kāi-xīn
happy
huān-yíng
welcome
láidào
to come
zhōng-wén
Chinese (language)
两
two; Chinese unit of weight
fēi-cháng
very; extremely
róng-yì
easy; likely
错
wrong; a mistake
bù-jǐn
not only
wén-xué
literature
xuéxí
to study
太
too; very
连
continuously; connect; even; in succession; including
wǒmen
we; us
语
language; speech
也
also
jīng-cháng
often
tā-men
they; them
jīn-tiān
today
gào su
to tell
yí-ge
one of (something)
bàng
excellent; awesome; wonderful; stick
fāng-fǎ
method
让
to allow; to make
búhuì
will not; cannot
先
first, before
左
left
边
side, edge; while
zhè-ge
this one
biǎo-shì
to show, express; indicate
tú
picture; plan; intention
lǜ sè
green
bù-fèn
part
yì-sī
meaning; interest; fun
shù
tree
tǔ-dì
land
nàme...
in that case...；such, so
suó-yǐ ne?
so?
kàn-dào
see
xiǎng-dào
to think of; to anticipate
dì-fāng
place; location
guān-xì
relation; connection; influence
kā-fēi
coffee
厅
hall
jiàn-miàn
to meet
...zài ná-lǐ?
where is...?
听
to listen; to hear
xuǎn-zé
to choose
yí-xià
a bit
右
right (direction)
从
from; to follow; to obey
zhòng
kind; type
鱼
fish
叫
call; ask; let
guò-lái
come over
ké-yǐ
can; could
小
small
wèi-le
for...
后
behind; after
难
difficult; disaster
chū lái
to come out
zhè yàng
this way; like this
完
to end; complete
míng-tiān
tomorrow
sān tiān
three days
xū-yào
to need
fā-xiàn
to discover
xiàn-zài
now
qí-shí
in fact; actually
chóngfù
to repeat
又
again (past action)
yícì
once
cì
... time(s)
lí-kāi
leave
shí-hou
a time; when
朋友
friend
zài-jiàn
goodbye
shén-me?
what?
wóxiǎng
I want to...
néng-gòu
can; to be able to
hái-yǒu
still; in addition
dōng-xi
a thing; stuff
zhēn-de
really
hěn-hǎo
very well
hǎochī
delicious (for food)
wǎn
bowl
晚
night; later
zěn-me ...
how ...
zěn-me-yàng
how; how about
bú shì
no; not
jiǎn-dān
simple; ordinary
dì...
...th; ...nd; ...rd (prefix indicating ordinal number)
dì-yī
first
xué-xiào
school
等
to wait
dì-èr
second (ordinal number)
句
sentence
玩
play
谢
to thank
xī-wàng
hope
xǐ-huan
like; to like
jìdé
to remember
diǎn-zàn
to like (social media)
xià-cì
next time
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