Chinese 101
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- 先生
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xia1nsheng
Mr.; husband; teacher - 你好
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ni3 ha3o
How do you do?; Hello! - 你
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ni3
you - 好
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ha3o
good; nice; okay; fine - 小姐
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xia3ojie
Miss; young lady - è«‹å•
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qi3ng we4n
May I ask.... - è«‹
- to treat, invite
- å•
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we4n
to ask - 您
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ni2n
you (singular, polite) - 貴姓
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gui4 xi4ng
what is your honorable surname? - 貴
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gui4
honorable - 姓
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xi4ng
one's surname, to be surnamed - 我
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wo3
I, me - å‘¢
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ne
qp- interrogative particle - 叫
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jia3o
to be called, to call - 们麼
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she2n me
what - åå—
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mi2ng zi
name - 不
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bu4
negation - 王
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wa2ng
king (also a name) - æŽ
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li3
plum - 朋å‹
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pe2ng yo3u
friend - 是
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shi4
to be - 謁
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la3o
old - 謁師
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la3o shi4
teacher - å—Ž
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ma
QP (question particle) - 學
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xue2
to study - 也
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ye3
too, also - 中
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zho4ng
middle, center - 國
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guo2
country - 人
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re2b
person, people - 美
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me3i
beautiful - é‚£
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na4
in that case, then - 張
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zha4ng
measure word for flat objects - 照片
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zha4o pia4n
picture, photo - çš„
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de
possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle - 這
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zhe4 / zhe4i
this - 爸爸
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ba4ba
father, dad - 媽媽
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ma1ma
mother, mom - 這個
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zhe4ge
this - 個
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ge4, ge
common measure word (~ê°œ) - ç”·å©å
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na2n ha2izi
boy - ç”·
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na2n
male - 孩子
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ha2izi
child - 誰
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she2i
who - ä»–
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ta1
he, him - 弟弟
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di4di
younger brother - 女孩子
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nu(e)3 ha2izi
girl - 妹妹
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me4imei
younger sister - 她
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ta1
she - 女兒
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nu(e)3' e2r
daughter - 有
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yo3u
to have, to exist - å…’å
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e2rzi
son - æ²’
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me2i
not - 高
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ga1o
tall (also used as a name) - 家
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jia2
family, home - 幾
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ji3-
some, a few (indefinite #, <10 usually) - 哥哥
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ge1ge
older brother - å…©
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lia3ng
two, a couple of - 姐姐
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jie3jie
older sister - 和
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he2
and - åš
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zuo4
to do - 英文
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yi1ngwe2n
English (language) - 律師
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lu(e)4 shi2
lawyer - 钽
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do1u
both, all - 大å¸ç”Ÿ
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da4 xue2 she1ng
college student - 大學
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da4 xue2
university, college - 醫生
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yi1 she1ng
doctor - 月
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yue4
month - 號
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ha4o
number in a series; day of the month - 星期
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xi1ng qi1
week - 天
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tia1n
day - 生日
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she1ng ri4
birthday - 今年
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ji1n nia2n
this year - 年
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nia2n
year - 多大
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duo1 da4
how old - 多
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duo1
how many / much - 歲
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sui4
year (of age) - 吒
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chi1
to eat - 晚
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wa3n
evening, night, late - 晚飯
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wa3n fa4n
dinner, supper - 飯
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fa4n
meal, rice - 吒飯
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chi1 fa4n
to eat (a meal) - 怎麼樣
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ze3n me ya4ng
is it okay? how does that sound? (what's up?) - 太...了
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ta4i...le
too, extremely - 謝謝
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xie4xie
thanks - å–œæ¡
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xi3huan
to like, prefer - 還是
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ha2ishi
or - å¯æ˜¯
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ke3shi4
but - -點é˜
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-dia3nzho1ng
-o'clock - åŠ
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ba4n
half (also for time) - 晚上
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wa3nshang
evening, night - 見
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jia4n
to see - å†è¦‹
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za4i jia4n
goodbye - å†
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za4i
again - 白
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ba2i
white - 今天
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ji1n tia1n
today - 明天
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mi2ng tia1n
tomorrow - ç¾åœ¨
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xia4n za4i
now - 刻
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-ke4
quarter (hour) - 事
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shi4
matter, business - å¿™
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ma2ng
busy - 很
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he3n
"very" (needed before adj.) - 為什麼
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we4i she2nme
why - 為
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we4i
for - å› ç‚º
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yi1n we4i
because - 還有
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ha2i yo3u
also there are - é‚„
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ha2i
also, too - åŒå¸
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to2ng xue2
classmate - èªè˜
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re4nshi
to know someone, to recognize - 分
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fe1n
minute - 早飯
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za3o fa4n
breakfast - 中飯
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zho1ng fa4n
lunch - 週末
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zho1u mo4
weekend - 打çƒ
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da3 qiu2
to play ball - 打
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da3
to hit, strike - 琒
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qiu2
ball - 看
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ka4n
to watch, look - 電視
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dia4n shi4
TV - é›»
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dia4n
electricity - 視
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shi4
vision - å”±æŒ
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cha4ng ge1
to sing (a song) - å”±
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cha4ng
to sing - æŒ
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ge1
song - 跳舞
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tia4o wu3
to dance - 跳
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tia4o
jump - 舞
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wu3
dance - 聽
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ti1ng
to listen - 音樂
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yi1n yue4
music - 對
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dui4
correct, right - 有時候
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yo3u shi2hou
sometimes - 時候
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shi2hou
a point in time - 看書
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ka4n shu1
to read books - 書
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shu1
book - 電影
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dia4n yi3ng
movie - 影
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yi3ng
shadow - 常常
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cha2ng cha2ng
often - 去
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qu4
to go - 外國
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wa4i guo2
foreign country - 請客
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qi3ng ke4
to invite s.o. to dinner;
to host - 昨天
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zuo2 tia1n
yesterday - 所以
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suo3 yi3
so - 好久
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ha3o jiu3
a long time - ä¸éŒ¯
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bu2 cuo4
not bad, pretty good - 撳
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xia3ng
to want to, to think - 覺得
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jue2de
to feel, think that - 有æ„æ€
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yo3u yi4si2
interesting - æ„æ€
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yi4si2
meaning - 只
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zhi3
only - 睡覺
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shui4 jia4o
to sleep - 睡
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shui4
to sleep - 算了
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sua4n le
Forget it. Nevermind. - 找
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zha3o
to look for - 別人
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bie2 re2n
other people - 別(的)
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bie2(de)
other - 足琒
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zu2qiu2
soccer - å‘€
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ya
interjectory particle to soften a question - 鬲
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ji4n
to enter - 快
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kua4i
fast, quickly - 進來
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ji4nlai
to come in - 來
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la2i
to come - 介紹
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jie4 sha4o
to introduce - 一下
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yi2 xia4
measure word (after verb) indication of a short duration - 高興
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ga1o xi4ng
happy, pleased - 坐
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zuo4
to sit - 在
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za4i
to be present, to be at (someplace) - 哪兒
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na3r
where - 工作
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go1ngzuo4
to work; job - 學校
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xue2 xia4o
school - å–
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he1
to drink - é›»(å…’)
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dia3n(r)
a little, some - 茶
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cha2
tea - å’–å•¡
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ka1 fe1i
coffee - 啤酒
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pi2 jiu3
beer - é…’
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jiu3
wine, alcoholic drink - 吧
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ba
"suggestion" particle - 要
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ya4o
will, to be going to - 杯
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be1i
cup, glass - å¯æ¨‚
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ke3le4
cola - 可以
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ke3yi3
can, may - 對不起
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dui4buqi3
I'm sorry - ç»™
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ge3i
to, for - 水
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shui3
water - 玩(兒)
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wa2n(r)
to have fun, play - 圖書館
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tu2shu1gua3n
library - 瓶
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pi2ng
bottle - 丬起
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yi4qi3
together - èŠå¤©(å…’)
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lia2o tia1n(r)
to chat - èŠ
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lia2o
to chat - æ‰
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ca2i
not until, only then - 回家
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hui2 jia1
to go home - 回
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hui2
to return - 打電話
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da3 dia4n hua4
to make a phone call - 電話
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dia4n hua4
telephone - 話
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hua4
speech, talk, words - å–‚
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we4i / we2i
Hello!, Hey! (on phone) - 就
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jiu4
*indicates s.t. takes place sooner than expected - 位
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we4i
honorable measure word for people - 下åˆ
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xia4wu3
afternoon - 時間
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shi2jia1n
time - å•é¡Œ
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we4n ti2
question, problem - 開會
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ka1i hui4
to have a meeting - é–‹
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ka1i
to hold (a meeting, party, etc.) - 上åˆ
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sha4ng wu3
morning - 篬
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jie2
measure word for class period - 課
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ke4
class, lesson - å¹´ç´š
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nia2n ji2
grade in school - 謒試
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ka3o shi4
to give or take a test; exam - 謒
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ka3o
to give or take a test - 以後
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yi3 ho4u
after - 有空(兒)
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yo3u ko4ng(r)
to have free time - è¦æ˜¯
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ya4o shi
if - 方便
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fa1ng bia4n
convenient - 到...去
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da4o...qu4
to go to (a place) - 辦公室
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ba4n go1ng shi4
office - 行
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xi2ng
alright, okay - æ²’å•é¡Œ
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me2i we4nti
no problem - ç‰
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de3ng
to wait, to wait for - 不客廳
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bu2 ke4qi
You're welcome (don't be so polite) - 客廳
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ke4qi
polite - 幫忙
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ba1ng ma2ng
to help, do someone a favor - 別客氣
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bie2 ke4qi
Don't be so polite! - 別
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bie2
don't - 下個星期
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xia4 ge xi1ng qi1
next week - 下
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xia4
below, next - 幫
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ba1ng
to help - ç·´ç¿’
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lia4n xi2
to practice - 說
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shuo1
to say, speak - å•Š
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a
sentence-final particle of exclamation, etc. - 但是
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da4n shi4
but - å¾—
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de
structural particle - 知é“
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zhi1 dao
to know - 回來
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hui2lai
to come back - è·Ÿ
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ge1n
and - 說話
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shuo1 hua4
to talk - 上個星期
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sha4ng ge xi1ng qi1
last week - 幫助
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ba1ng zhu4
to help - 復習
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fu4xi2
to review - å—
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zi4
character - 寫
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xie3
to write - æ…¢
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ma4n
slow - æ•™
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jia1o
to teach - 怎麼
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ze3nme
how