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 | plural pronoun suffix |
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ne | question particle/"how about..." |
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le | particle for completed action (past tense) |
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de | possessive particle |
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ma | yes/no question particle |
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ba | modal particle/suggesion/command |
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shēng | to be born; suffix denoting a person |
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yíxià | used after a verb to indicate a short, quick, random, informal action |
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dāngrán | of course |
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bu hǎoyìsi | sorry, embarrassed |
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duìbuqǐ | I'm sorry |
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méi guānxi | never mind/that's ok/it doesn't matter |
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qǐng | please |
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qǐngwèn | May I ask...? |
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zàijiàn | good-bye |
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búyòng | need not (e.g.: búyòng xiè) |
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nǎli | no (expression of mild denial) |
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à | ah, oh |
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kǒu | measure word used for number of people in a family |
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gè | measure word for general use |
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běn | measure word for books, notebooks |
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zhāng | measure word for flat objects |
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zhī | measure word for stick-like object, such as pens |
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bēi | measure word for cups/glasses |
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jīn | measure word of weight (approx. 500g) |
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jiàn | measure word for piece of something |
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táo | measure word for houses |
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kěshì | but |
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hé | and |
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yǔ | and |
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háishi | or |
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gēn | with/to follow |
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zhì | to |
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gěi | to, for |
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bā | suffix |