Level 1 Vocabulary List

early; prior; former; in advance; first

teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor

now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays

to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)

small; tiny; few; young

erhua variant of 小孩; child

young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute

child

hour

elementary school; primary school

primary school student; schoolchild; (fig.) beginner

(xiào) old variant of 笑 | (xiào) to laugh; to smile; to laugh at

to write

to thank; thanks; thank you

(Xīn) abbr. for Xinjiang 疆 or Singapore 坡; surname Xin | (xīn) new; newly; meso- (chemistry)

New Year

week; day of the week; Sunday

Sunday

Sunday

(háng) row; line; commercial firm; line of business; profession; to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column | (xíng) to walk; to go; to travel; a visit; temporary; makeshift; current; in circulation; to do; to perform; capable; competent; effective; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct; Taiwan pr. [xìng] for the behavior-conduct sense

rest; to rest

to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology

student; schoolchild

to learn; to study

school

college; educational institute; school; faculty

(yāo) (bound form) to demand; to coerce | (yào) to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 是); (bound form) important

(Yě) surname Ye | (yě) (adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊

(xié) head | (yè) page; leaf

(coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather

one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

half

one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while

erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more

a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r]

erhua variant of 一块; a piece; a chunk; (coll.) one yuan; one dollar

in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total)

erhua variant of 一下; one time; once; all of sudden

some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er

same; like; equal to; the same as; just like

clothes

doctor

hospital

to use; to employ; to have to; to eat or drink; expense or outlay; usefulness; hence; therefore

to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 意 intentional)

(there are) some (who are...); some (exist)

famous; well-known

sometimes; now and then

sometimes

some; somewhat