How to Pronounce Chinese — Sound by Sound
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我们wǒ menI; me什么shén mewhat (in 什么)现在xiàn zàipresent; to appear时候shí houtime; hour工作gōng zuòwork; worker怎么zěn mehow (in 怎么)喜欢xǐ huanto like; joy今天jīn tiānnow; this (day/year)东西dōng xīsurname Dong朋友péng youfriend学校xué xiàoto study; to learn认识rèn shito recognize分钟fēn zhōngto divide; to separate明天míng tiānbright; next (day/year)多少duō shǎomany; much电影diàn yǐngelectricity昨天zuó tiānyesterday先生xiān shengearly; prior医院yī yuànmedicine; doctor学生xué shengto study; to learn儿子ér zison / child电视diàn shìelectricity下午xià wǔdown; downwards学习xué xíto study; to learn老师lǎo shīprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old医生yī shēngmedicine; doctor名字míng ziname; famous看见kàn jiànto look after; to take care of女儿nǚ érwoman; female说话shuō huàto speak; to say漂亮piào liangto float; to drift高兴gāo xìngsurname Gao睡觉shuì jiàoto sleep电脑diàn nǎoelectricity飞机fēi jīto fly打电话dǎ diàn huàto hit; to play (sports)后面hòu mianafter; behind怎么样zěn me yànghow (in 怎么)衣服yī fuclothes小姐xiǎo jiesmall; tiny天气tiān qìday; sky前面qián miànfront; before同学tóng xuésame; together星期xīng qīstar上午shàng wǔused in 上声苹果píng guǒapple (in 苹果)中午zhōng wǔmiddle / central出租车chū zū chēto go out; to come out水果shuǐ guǒsurname Shui商店shāng diàncommerce; business没关系méi guān xihave not; not桌子zhuō zitable; desk椅子yǐ zichair下雨xià yǔdown; downwards杯子bēi zicup; glass火车站huǒ chē zhànsurname Huo米饭mǐ fànsurname Mi饭馆fàn guǎnrice; meal不客气bù kè qino; not so可以kě yǐcan; may已经yǐ jīngalready因为yīn wèicause; because知道zhī dàoto know问题wèn títo ask; to inquire但是dàn shìbut; however可能kě néngcan; may时间shí jiāntime; hour开始kāi shǐto open; to start所以suǒ yǐactually; place觉得jué desleep (jiào); to feel (jué)一起yī qǐone; single希望xī wàngto hope (in 希望)大家dà jiābig; large非常fēi chángabbr. for 洲, Africa孩子hái zichild公司gōng sīpublic; male (animal)第一dì yīordinal prefix (第一 = first)告诉gào sùto say; to tell事情shì qingmatter; affair准备zhǔn bèiaccurate; to allow女人nǚ rénwoman; female小时xiǎo shísmall; tiny男人nán rénman; male正在zhèng zàifirst month of the lunar year帮助bāng zhùto help晚上wǎn shangevening; late快乐kuài lèrapid; quick身体shēn tǐbody; oneself介绍jiè shàoto introduce (in 介绍)欢迎huān yíngjoyful; happy眼睛yǎn jingeye手机shǒu jīhand去年qù niánto go; to go to意思yì siidea; meaning早上zǎo shangearly; morning回答huí dáto circle; to go back运动yùn dòngto transport; luck妻子qī zǐwife休息xiū xito rest房间fáng jiānhouse; room丈夫zhàng fuhusband (in 丈夫)上班shàng bānused in 上声生日shēng rìto be born; life; raw姐姐jiě jieolder sister哥哥gē geolder brother咖啡kā fēicoffee (in 咖啡)考试kǎo shìto test; exam旁边páng biānside; beside颜色yán sècolor; face妹妹mèi meiyounger sister报纸bào zhǐto report; newspaper机场jī chǎngmachine; opportunity弟弟dì diyounger brother好吃hǎo chīgood; appropriate旅游lǚ yóuto travel起床qǐ chuángto rise便宜biàn yíplain; informal唱歌chàng gēto sing右边yòu bianright (side)牛奶niú nǎicow; ox自行车zì xíng chēself; from鸡蛋jī dànchicken游泳yóu yǒngto travel; to swim跳舞tiào wǔto jump生病shēng bìngto be born; life; raw左边zuǒ bianleft (side)公斤gōng jīnpublic; male (animal)教室jiào shìsurname Jiao服务员fú wù yuánclothes; to serve手表shǒu biǎohand跑步pǎo bùto run西瓜xī guāthe West; Spanish羊肉yáng ròusheep; goat公共汽车gōng gòng qì chēpublic; male (animal)打篮球dǎ lán qiúto hit; to play (sports)自己zì jǐself; from如果rú guǒlike; as; if需要xū yàoto require; to need还是hái shisurname Huan认为rèn wéito recognize应该yīng gāishould; to respond发现fā xiànto send out; to show一定yī dìngone; single一直yī zhíone; single为了wèi leas; to take sth as一样yī yàngone; single世界shì jièworld; generation而且ér qiěand; as well as重要zhòng yàoto repeat; repetition必须bì xūmust; surely地方dì fāng-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct其他qí tāits; that; such比赛bǐ sàiBelgium; Belgian然后rán hòuso; thus (in 然后, 突然)担心dān xīnto undertake; to carry为什么wèi shén meas; to take sth as关系guān xisurname Guan出现chū xiànto go out; to come out了解liǎo jiě(completed action marker)过去guò qùsurname Guo参加cān jiāto participate (in 参加)国家guó jiācountry决定jué dìngto decide选择xuǎn zéto choose或者huò zhěor; perhaps机会jī huìmachine; opportunity别人bié rensurname Bie其实qí shíits; that; such以后yǐ hòuold variant of 以要求yāo qiúto demand; to coerce当然dāng rándong; ding dong相信xiāng xìnmutual; appearance虽然suī ránalthough (in 虽然)解决jiě juéto untie; to explain关于guān yúsurname Guan完成wán chéngto finish; to be over结束jié shùto tie; to conclude努力nǔ lìto exert (in 努力)以前yǐ qiánold variant of 以办法bàn fǎto handle; to manage特别tè biéspecial; particular注意zhù yìto inject; to pour into离开lí kāimythical beast以为yǐ wéiold variant of 以城市chéng shìcity; city wall影响yǐng xiǎngshadow; film游戏yóu xìto travel; to swim比较bǐ jiàoBelgium; Belgian最近zuì jìnvariant of 最终于zhōng yúend; finally除了chú leto get rid of; to remove总是zǒng shìalways; general; total突然tū ránsudden (in 突然)检查jiǎn cháto examine (in 检查)容易róng yìto contain; appearance (in 容易 easy)明白míng baibright; next (day/year)根据gēn jùroot; basis记得jì deto remember / record简单jiǎn dānsimple; brief愿意yuàn yìto wish; willing