Level 1 Vocabulary List

to go out

to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread

(chuáng) bed; couch; classifier for beds | (chuáng) variant of 床

next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time

(cóng) variant of 从 | (Cóng) surname Cong | (cóng) from; through; via; to follow; to obey; to engage in (an activity); never (in negative sentence); (Taiwan pr. [zòng]) retainer; assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

(Cuò) surname Cuo | (cuò) mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver

(dá) dozen (loanword) | (dǎ) to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from

to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift

to make a telephone call

to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on

to play ball; to play with a ball

(dà) big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 姐); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother) | (dài) see 夫

(Dà xué) the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism | (dà xué) university; college

university student; college student

to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough

(de) -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct | (dì) earth; ground; field; place; land

place; site; location; venue

(dì fāng) region; regional (away from the central administration); local | (dì fang) area; place; space; room; territory

on the ground; on the floor

map

(de) of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs | (dī) a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 士) | (dí) really and truly | (dì) (bound form) bull's-eye; target

to get; to obtain; to receive

class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; to wait for; to await; et cetera; and so on; et al. (and other authors); after; as soon as; once

(dì) younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter) | (tì) variant of 悌

younger brother

(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just

second; number two; next; secondary

point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order (food in a restaurant); to touch briefly; to hint; to light; to ignite; to pour a liquid drop by drop; (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更; dot stroke in Chinese characters; classifier for items

lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc

telephone; phone call; phone number

computer

television; TV

television set

movie; film

cinema; movie theater

(Dōng) surname Dong | (dōng) east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord

east; east side; eastern part; to the east of

(dōng xī) east and west | (dōng xi) thing; stuff; person

(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb

movement; motion; action; to act; to move

(Dū) surname Du | (dōu) all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all | (dū) capital city; metropolis

(dòu) comma; phrase marked by pause | (dú) to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce

to read a book; to study; to attend school

right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair

I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint

many; much; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]); (bound form) multi-; poly-

(duō shǎo) number; amount; somewhat | (duō shao) how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?

to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb)

son

two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid