Chinese Characters

Learned in Dōng Lǎoshī's Intro Mandarin class

Categories: numbers, people, time, food

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

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

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wo3 wo3 I, me, mine, my
ji ji oneself
ni3 ni3 you
ni2n ni2n nín you (more respectful)
jia jia jiā family, home
qin qin qīn close relative
na3inaina3inai na3inaina3inai nǎinai paternal grandmother
yeyeyeye yeyeyeye yéye paternal grandfather
fu fu father
babababa babababa bàba dad
fuqinfuqin fuqinfuqin fúqīn father (formal)
mu3 mu3 mother
mamamama mamamama māma mom
muqinmuqin muqinmuqin mǔqīn mother (formal)
wa4ipo2wa4ipo2 wa4ipo2wa4ipo2 wàipó

maternal grandmother

waigongwaigong waigongwaigong wàigōng maternal grandfather
er er ér son
zi zi son
haizihaizi haizihaizi háizǐ child
sunnursunnursunnur sunnur sūnnür

granddaughter on son's side

sūn = grandchild 

jiejiejiejie jiějie older sister
meimeimeimei meimeimeimei měimei younger sister
gegegege gegegege gēge older brother
didididi didididi dìdi younger brother
re2n re2n rén person
shi shi shì person
sheng sheng shēng to be born; suffix denoting a person
xueshengxuesheng xueshengxuesheng xuésheng student
yishengyisheng yishengyisheng yīshēng doctor
shen shen shēn body
laoshilaoshi la3oshi1la3oshi1 lǎoshī teacher
donglaoshilaoshi dongla3oshi1la3oshi1 Dōng lǎoshī  
shifushifu la3oshi1shifu shīfu master
jiaoshoujiaoshou jiaoshoujiaoshou jiàoshòu professor
jizhejizhe jizhejizhe jìzhě reporter
zuojiazuojia zuojiazuojia zuòjiā writer
gui4xi4nggui4xi4ng gui4xi4nggui4xi4ng guìxìng

your surname (polite)

guì = expensive 

mingzimingzi mingzimingzi míngzi name
xia4nshengxia4nsheng xia4nshengxia4nsheng xiānsheng Mr., sir
xiaojiexiaojie xiaojiexiaojie xiǎojie Miss, young lady
guniangguniang guniangguniang gūniang girl
pe2ngyoupe2ngyou pe2ngyoupe2ngyou péngyou friend
zhu zhu zhǔ host
zi zi self
xie xie xiě blood
duziduzi duziduzi dùzi abdomen, stomach
ya ya tooth
zuzu foot