A Course in Contemporary Chinese

當代中文課程 · 生詞

All 4,960 words from Books 1–6, read aloud and color-coded by tone.

1st ˉ2nd ˊ3rd ˇ4th ˋneutral

37 words

Practise for a 聽寫 dictation testStart practice

Section I

  • 張怡君简张怡君Zhāng Yíjūn
    a woman from Taiwan
  • 馬安同简马安同Mǎ Āntóng
    a man from the Republic of Honduras
  • 的de
    modification marker
  • 家人jiārén
    family (members)
  • 家jiā
    home, house
  • 漂亮piàoliàng
    pretty
  • 房子fángzi
    house
  • 坐zuò
    to sit
  • 好hǎo
    OK
  • 有yǒu
    to have
  • 多duō
    many
  • 照片zhàopiàn
    photo
  • 都dōu
    all, both
  • 照相zhàoxiàng
    to take a photo
  • 張简张zhāng
    measure word for flat objects (e.g., paper, tickets)
  • 好看hǎokàn
    good-looking
  • 誰简谁shéi
    who
  • 姐姐jiějie
    older sister
  • 妹妹mèimei
    younger sister
  • 爸爸bàba
    dad
  • 媽媽简妈妈māma
    mom
  • 請進简请进qǐng jìn
    Please come in!

Section II

  • 田中誠一简田中诚一Tiánzhōng Chéngyī
    a man from Japan
  • 伯母bómǔ
    aunt; here a polite term for a friend's mother regardless of age
  • 您nín
    you (honorific)
  • 名字míngzi
    name
  • 書简书shū
    book
  • 哥哥gēge
    older brother
  • 老師简老师lǎoshī
    teacher
  • 看書简看书kànshū
    to read
  • 幾简几jǐ
    how many
  • 個简个ge
    general measure word
  • 沒简没méi
    not
  • 兄弟xiōngdì
    brothers
  • 姐妹jiěmèi
    sisters
  • 五wǔ
    five
  • 兩简两liǎng
    two