| Term | Definition |
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的 de |
possessive particle, of |
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一 yi1 |
one |
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是 shi4 |
to be |
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不 bu4 |
no, not |
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了 le/liao3 |
completed action marker; to know, to understand |
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在 zai4 |
in, at; to be (at a place) |
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人 ren2 |
person |
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有 you3 |
to have |
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我 wo3 |
I, me |
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他 ta1 |
he, him |
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这 zhe4/zhei4 |
this |
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个 ge4 |
(a measure word); individual |
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们 men |
plural marker |
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中 zhong1 |
within/among/in/middle/center/while/China |
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来 lai2 |
to come |
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上 shang4 |
on/upon/first (of two parts)/previous or last (week, etc.)/to go up |
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大 da4/dai4 |
big/eldest/ doctor |
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为 wei2 |
to act as, to be, to do; for, to; because of |
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和 he2/ huo2 |
and; with; peace; soft; warm |
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国 guo2 |
country |
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地 de/di4 |
(subor. part. adverbial)/-ly, earth/ground/field/place |
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到 dao4 |
to (a place)/until (a time)/to arrive |
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以 yi3 |
to use/according to/in order to/by/with |
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说 shuo1 |
to speak |
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时 shi2 |
o'clock/time/when/hour/season/period |
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要 yao4 |
to want/to be going to/must |
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就 jiu4 |
at once/then/right away/only |
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出 chu1 |
to go out/to come out/to occur/to produce |
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会 hui4/kuai4 |
can/be possible/be able to/to assemble/to meet/meeting/accounting |
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可 ke3 |
can/may/able to |
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也 ye3 |
also, too |
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你 ni3 |
you |
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对 dui4 |
couple/pair/to be opposite/to oppose/for/to/correct/right |
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生 sheng1 |
to be born/to give birth/life/to grow |
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能 neng2 |
can/may/capable |
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而 er2 |
and/as well as/but (not)/yet (not)/(shows causal relation)/(shows change of state)/(shows contrast) |
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子 zi |
child |
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那 na4/nei4 |
that, those |
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得 de2/dei3 |
to get, to obtain; to have to, must |
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于 yu2 |
in/at/to/from/by/than/out of |
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着 zhao1/zhe |
part. indicates the successful result of a verb/-ing part. (indicates an action in progress)/part. coverb-forming after some verbs |
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下 xia4 |
under; next; to go down |
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自 zi4 |
from/self/oneself/since |
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之 zhi1 |
(literary equivalent of 的)/(subor. part.)/him/her/it |
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年 nian2 |
year |
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过 guo4 |
(experienced action marker)/to cross/to go over/to pass |
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发 fa1 |
to send out/to show (one's feeling)/to issue/to develop/ hair |
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后 hou4 |
back, behind; after |
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作 zuo4 |
to do, to make |
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里 li3 |
inside/internal/interior, village/within/inside, Chinese mile/neighborhood/li, a Chinese unit of length = one-half kilometer/hometown |