Level 1 Vocabulary List

the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 天); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori

(Huā) surname Hua | (huā) flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | (huā) old variant of 花 | (huā) variant of 花; flower; blossom; also pr. [wěi]

(huà) dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said | (huà) old variant of 话

bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost

(huí) to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book) | (huí) to curve; to return; to revolve | (huí) variant of 回

to reply; to answer; reply; answer

to return to

to return home

to return; to come back

to return; to go back

(huì) can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [huǐ]) | (kuài) to balance an account; accounting; accountant

train

airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship

air ticket; passenger ticket

(chicken) egg; hen's egg

(jī) small table | (jī) almost | (jǐ) how much; how many; several; a few

to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots

to remember

to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart

(jiā) used in 家伙 and 家俱 | (jiā) home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

home

family member; (old) servant

(jiān) between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms | (jiàn) gap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent

(jiàn) to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view | (xiàn) to appear; also written 现

to meet; to see each other

(jiào) to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood) | (jiào) variant of 叫

(Jiào) surname Jiao | (jiāo) to teach | (jiào) religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell

teaching block; school building

to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction

older sister

older sister

this year

today; at the present; now

to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound

to come in

to go in

nine; 9

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 着) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...

to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)

to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format

to drive a car

to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting

to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke

(kān) to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard | (kàn) to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for

to visit a doctor; to see a patient

to see

to see; to catch sight of

(kǎo) to beat; to hit; variant of 考; to inspect; to test; to take an exam | (kǎo) to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father

to take an exam; exam

thirsty