Mandarin Vocabulary

• These notes cover new words, their parts of speech, Pinyin, and English translations.

Nouns

• 书 (shū): book
• 词典 (cídiǎn): dictionary
• 地图 (dìtú): map
• 本子 (běnzi): exercise book
• 笔 (bǐ): pen
• 家 (jiā): home, family
• 照片 (zhàopiàn): photograph
• 哥哥 (gēge): elder brother
• 爸爸 (bàba): father
• 妈妈 (māma): mother
• 姐姐 (jiějie): elder sister
• 妹妹 (mèimei): younger sister
• 大夫 (dàifu): doctor (used in spoken Chinese)
• 弟弟 (dìdi): younger brother
• 人 (rén): person
• 日本 (Rìběn): Japan
• 法国 (Făguó): France
• 加拿大 (Jiānádà): Canada
• 老师 (lǎoshī): teacher
• 学生 (xuésheng): student
• 中国 (Zhōngguó): China

Pronouns

• 这 (zhè): this
• 什么 (shénme): what
• 谁 (shéi/shuí): who, whom
• 你 (nǐ): you (singular)
• 我 (wǒ): I, me
• 他 (tā): he, him
• 我们 (wǒmen): we, us
• 你们 (nǐmen): you (plural)
• 他们 (tāmen): they, them
• 她们 (tāmen): they, them (female)
• 您 (nín): you (polite form)
• 她 (tā): she, her

Verbs

• 有 (yǒu): to have
• 做 (zuò): to do, to make
• 叫 (jiào): to call, to be called
• 是 (shì): to be
• 学习 (xué xí): to study, to learn
• 学 (xué): to study, to learn

Measure Words

• 支 (zhī): a measure word
• 个 (gè): a measure word
• 本 (běn): a measure word
• 张 (zhāng): a measure word
• 口 (kǒu): a measure word

Numbers

• 两 (liǎng): two
• 几 (jǐ): how many
• 多少 (duō shǎo): how much, how many

Adjectives

• 好 (hǎo): good, fine, nice
• 全 (quán): whole
• 难 (nán): difficult

Adverbs

• 不 (bù): not
• 也 (yě): also, too

Conjunctions

• 和 (hé): and

Auxiliary Words/Particles

• 的 (de): a particle indicating possession
• 吗 (ma): an interrogative particle
• 们 (men): a suffix indicating plurality

Other

• 没有 (méiyǒu): do not have
• 班 (bān): class
• 汉语 (hàn yǔ): Chinese
• 语 (yǔ): a language
• 英语 (yīng yǔ): English