Mandarin Chinese Pronouns, Numbers, and Quantifiers

• This is a set of Mandarin Chinese vocabulary words with pinyin and English translations.

Personal Pronouns

• 我 (wǒ): I, me
• 我们 (wǒmen): we, us (plural)
• 你 (nǐ): you
• 他 (tā): he, him
• 她 (tā): she, her

Demonstrative Pronouns

• 这 (这儿) (zhè / zhèr): this, here
• 那 (那儿) (nà / nàr): that, there

Interrogative Pronouns

• 哪 (nǎ): which
• 哪儿 (nǎr): where
• 谁 (shéi): who
• 什么 (shénme): what, why
• 多少 (duōshǎo): how many, how much
• 几 (jǐ): a few, how many
• 怎么 (zěnme): how
• 怎么样 (zěnmeyàng): how about

Numeral

• 一 (yī): one
• 二 (èr): two
• 三 (sān): three
• 四 (sì): four
• 五 (wǔ): five
• 六 (liù): six
• 七 (qī): seven
• 八 (bā): eight
• 九 (jiǔ): nine
• 十 (shí): ten

Quantifiers

• 个 (gè): general measure word for many objects
• 岁 (suì): measure word for age
• 本 (běn): measure word for books
• 些 (xiē): some
• 块 (kuài): measure word for piece, chunk

Adverbs

• 不 (bù): no, not
• 没 (méi): not (for 有 yǒu)
• 很 (hěn): quite, very
• 太 (tài): too
• 都 (dōu): all
• 一点儿 (yīdiǎnr): a little bit

Conjunction

• 和 (hé): and

Preposition

• 在 (zài): in, at

Auxiliary

• 的 (de): possessive particle
• 了 (le): completed action marker
• 吗 (ma): question particle
• 呢 (ne): question particle

Interjection

• 喂 (wèi): hello (when answering the phone)

Nouns

• 家 (jiā): home
• 学校 (xuéxiào): school
• 饭店 (fàndiàn): restaurant
• 商店 (shāngdiàn): store
• 医院 (yīyuàn): hospital
• 中国 (Zhōngguó): China
• 北京 (Běijīng): Beijing
• 上 (shàng): up
• 下 (xià): down
• 前面 (qiánmiàn): front
• 后面 (hòumiàn): behind
• 里 (lǐmiàn): inside
• 今天 (jīntiān): today
• 明天 (míngtiān): tomorrow
• 昨天 (zuótiān): yesterday
• 上午 (shàngwǔ): morning
• 中午 (zhōngwǔ): noon
• 下午 (xiàwǔ): afternoon
• 年 (nián): year
• 月 (yuè): month
• 号 (hào): date, number
• 星期 (xīngqī): week
• 点 (diǎn): o’clock
• 分钟 (fēnzhōng): minute
• 现在 (xiànzài): now
• 时候 (shíhou): time
• 爸爸 (bàba): father
• 妈妈 (māma): mother
• 儿子 (érzi): son
• 女儿 (nǚér): daughter
• 老师 (lǎoshī): teacher
• 学生 (xuéshēng): student
• 同学 (tóngxué): classmate
• 朋友 (péngyǒu): friend
• 医生 (yīshēng): doctor
• 先生 (xiānsheng): sir, Mr.
• 小姐 (xiǎojiě): Miss
• 衣服 (yīfu): cloth, clothes
• 水 (shuǐ): water
• 菜 (cài): dish, vegetable
• 米饭 (mǐfàn): rice
• 水果 (shuǐguǒ): fruit
• 苹果 (píngguǒ): apple
• 茶 (chá): tea
• 杯子 (bēizi): cup
• 钱 (qián): money
• 飞机 (fēijī): airplane
• 出租车 (chūzūchē): taxi
• 电视 (diànshì): television
• 电脑 (diànnǎo): computer
• 电影 (diànyǐng): movie
• 天气 (tiānqì): weather
• 猫 (māo): cat
• 狗 (gǒu): dog
• 东西 (dōngxi): thing, stuff
• 人 (rén): person
• 名字 (míngzi): name
• 书 (shū): book
• 汉语 (hànyǔ): Mandarin Chinese
• 字 (zì): character
• 桌子 (zhuōzi): desk
• 椅子 (yǐzi): chair

Verbs

• 谢谢 (xièxie): thank you
• 不客气 (búkèqì): you are welcome
• 再见 (zàijiàn): good-bye
• 请 (qǐng): please
• 对不起 (duìbùqǐ): sorry
• 没关系 (méiguānxì): it doesn’t matter
• 是 (shì): to be (am, is, are)
• 有 (yǒu): to have
• 看 (kàn): to look, to watch
• 听 (tīng): to listen
• 说 (shuō): to speak
• 读 (dú): to read
• 写 (xiě): to write
• 看见 (kànjiàn): to see
• 叫 (jiào): to call
• 来 (lái): to come
• 回 (huí): to return
• 去 (qù): to go
• 吃 (chī): to eat
• 喝 (hē): to drink
• 睡觉 (shuìjiào): to sleep
• 打电话 (dǎdiànhuà): to make a phone call
• 做 (zuò): to do
• 买 (mǎi): to buy
• 开 (kāi): to open
• 坐 (zuò): to sit
• 住 (zhù): to live
• 学习 (xuéxí): to study
• 工作 (gōngzuò): to work
• 下雨 (xiàyǔ): to rain
• 爱 (ài): to love
• 喜欢 (xǐhuān): to like
• 想 (xiǎng): to want, to think
• 认识 (rènshi): to know
• 会 (huì): can, to know how to
• 能 (néng): can, to be able to

Adjectives

• 好 (hǎo): good
• 大 (dà): big
• 小 (xiǎo): small
• 多 (duō): many, much
• 少 (shǎo): few, little
• 冷 (lěng): cold
• 热 (rè): hot
• 高兴 (gāoxìng): happy
• 漂亮 (piàoliang): beautiful