Level 1 Vocabulary List

to request leave of absence

"please come in"

Excuse me, may I ask...?

please, have a seat

ball; sphere; globe; ball game; match

to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

last year

to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent

person; people

to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition

conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart

(Rì) abbr. for 本, Japan | (rì) sun; day; date, day of the month

date

meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130

(Sān) surname San | (sān) three; 3

(Shān) surname Shan | (shān) mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

shopping mall; shopping center; department store; emporium; the business world

store; shop

(shǎng) used in 上声 | (shàng) (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above

to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office

the top; above; overhead; upwards; the top margin; above-mentioned; those higher up

to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)

last time

to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class

to go online; to connect to the Internet; (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet; (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net

morning

to go to school; to attend school

(shǎo) few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom | (shào) young

on the body; at hand; among

the body; one's health; in person

what?; something; anything

to fall ill

to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness

birthday

ten; 10

time; length of time; moment; period

time; period

matter; thing; item; work; affair

to test; to try; experiment; examination; test

(shì) to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion) | (shì) variant of 是

is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not

hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill

cell phone; mobile phone

(Shū) abbr. for 书经 | (shū) book; letter; document; to write

schoolbag; satchel; bookbag

bookstore

tree; to cultivate; to set up

who; also pr. [shuí]

(Shuǐ) surname Shui | (shuǐ) water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

fruit