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.

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Section I

  • 一共yígòng
    altogether
  • 多少duōshǎo
    how much, how many
  • 錢简钱qián
    money
  • 老闆简老板lǎobǎn
    store-owner, boss
  • 買简买mǎi
    to buy
  • 杯bēi
    cup
  • 熱简热rè
    hot
  • 包子bāozi
    steamed buns with meat stuffing filling
  • 要yào
    to want, to need
  • 大dà
    large
  • 中zhōng
    medium
  • 小xiǎo
    small
  • 幫简帮bāng
    for
  • 微波wéibō
    to microwave
  • 百bǎi
    hundred
  • 塊简块kuài
    measure word for Chinese money
  • 好的hǎode
    OK
  • 外帶简外带wàidài
    take out, to go
  • 內用简内用nèiyòng
    for here

Section II

  • 支zhī
    measure word for cell phones
  • 新xīn
    new
  • 手機简手机shǒujī
    cell phone
  • 太tài
    too
  • 舊简旧jiù
    old
  • 了le
    sentence-final particle indicating the speaker's sense of certainty
  • 種简种zhǒng
    kind, type
  • 能néng
    can, to be able to
  • 上網简上网shàngwǎng
    to access the internet, to use the internet
  • 那nà / nèi
    that
  • 貴简贵guì
    expensive
  • 賣简卖mài
    to sell
  • 便宜piányí
    cheap, inexpensive
  • 要yào
    to take, to require
  • 萬简万wàn
    ten thousand
  • 千qiān
    thousand
  • 為什麼简为什么wèishénme
    why