Chinese Characters: particles/suffixes/expressions/prepositions

Learned in Dōng Lǎoshī"s Intro Mandarin class

Categories: numbers, people, time, food

Parts of speech: verbs, adjectives/adverbs, interrogatives/demonstratives, particles/suffixes/expressions/prepositions

Additional pages: characters grouped containing similar radicals; HTML entities for pinyin

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men men men plural pronoun suffix
ne ne ne question particle/"how about..."
le le le particle for completed action (past tense)
de de de possessive particle
ma ma ma yes/no question particle
ba ba ba modal particle/suggesion/command
sheng sheng shēng to be born; suffix denoting a person
yixiayixia xia yíxià used after a verb to indicate a short, quick,
random, informal action
dangrandangran dangrandangran dāngrán of course
bu haoyisibu haoyisibu haoyisibu haoyisi bu haoyisibu haoyisibu haoyisibu haoyisi bu hǎoyìsi sorry, embarrassed
duibuqiduibuqiduibuqi duibuqiduibuqiduibuqi duìbuqǐ I'm sorry
mei guanximei guanximei guanxi mei guanximei guanximei guanxi méi guānxi never mind/that's ok/it doesn't matter
qing qing qǐng please
qingwenqingwen qingqingwen qǐngwèn May I ask...?
zaijianzaijian zaijianzaijian zàijiàn good-bye
buyongbuyong buyongbuyong búyòng need not (e.g.: búyòng xiè)
nalinali nalinali nǎli no (expression of mild denial)
a a à ah, oh
kou kou kǒu measure word used for number of people in a family
ge ge measure word for general use
ben ben běn measure word for books, notebooks
zhang zhang zhāng measure word for flat objects
zhi zhi zhī measure word for stick-like object, such as pens
bei bei bēi measure word for cups/glasses
jin jin jīn measure word of weight (approx. 500g)
jian jian jiàn measure word for piece of something
tao tao táo measure word for houses
keyshikeshi keshikeshi kěshì but
he and
yu yu and
haishihaishi haishihaishi háishi or
gen gen gēn with/to follow
zhi zhi zhì to
gei gei gěi to, for
ba ba suffix