Level 1 Vocabulary List

next year

tomorrow

(ná) old variant of 拿 | (ná) variant of 拿 | (ná) to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object)

(nǎ) how; which | (na) (emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊 after a word ending in "n") | (né) used in 吒; Taiwan pr. [nuó] | (něi) which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)

where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?

(nǎ lǐ) where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 | (nǎ lǐ) where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment

which ones?; who?; what?

(Nā) surname Na | (Nuó) surname Nuo | (nǎ) variant of 哪 | (nà) (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | (nuó) (archaic) many; beautiful; how; old variant of 挪

over there; yonder

there

(nà li) there; that place | (nà li) there; that place

those

(nǎi) breast; milk; to breastfeed | (nǎi) variant of 奶 | (nǎi) mother; variant of 奶

(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts

male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 位

erhua variant of 男孩; boy

boyfriend

a man; a male; men

schoolboy; male student; boy; guy (young adult male)

(Nán) surname Nan | (nán) south

south; south side; southern part; to the south of

(nán) difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good | (nàn) disaster; distress; to scold

(ne) particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation | (ní) woolen material

(Néng) surname Neng | (néng) can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy

(nǐ) you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) | (nǐ) you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)

you (plural)

(Nián) surname Nian | (nián) year | (nián) grain; harvest (old); variant of 年

you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)

cow's milk

(nǚ) female; woman; daughter | (rǔ) archaic variant of 汝

daughter

erhua variant of 女孩; girl

girlfriend

(nǚ rén) woman | (nǚ ren) wife

schoolgirl; female student; girl

side; adjacent place

(páo) (of an animal) to paw (the ground) | (pǎo) to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off

friend

ticket; ballot; banknote; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions

seven; 7

to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group

to get out of bed; to get up

(qǐ lai) to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái] | (qi lai) (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qǐ lai]

car; automobile; bus

front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly

front; the front side; in front of

the day before yesterday

(Qián) surname Qian | (qián) coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两

purse; wallet

to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request