ESTC Textbook 1

Chinese textbooks
Here are all the words you need to know in Easy Steps to Chinese 1.

yī bàn一半one half

shànghigh place; high grade or high quality

shàng wǔ上午morning

shàng xué上学go to school; begin primary school

shàng kè上课attend a class; conduct a class

xiàdown; under

xià wǔ下午afternoon

not; used to reply in the negative

liǎngtwo; both sides

used before nouns without fixed measure words of their own; used between a verb and its object

zhōng wǔ中午noon

zhōng xué shēng中学生high-school/middle-school student

also; as well

shūwrite; style of calligraphy

zuòget up; write

zuòdo; make

xiōngelder brother; elder male relative of the same generation

fēnseparate; distribute

engrave; a quarter

yī shēng医生doctor

noon; the seventh of the twelve Earthly Branches

bànhalf; halfway

depart; be apart from in space or time

sī jī司机driver

chīeat; eat

maparticle used at the end of an interrogative sentence; used within a sentence to mark a pause before introducing the theme of what one is going to say

ne

shāngShang Dynasty , founded by Tang; businessman

shāng rén商人merchant

guócountry; of the nation

nü in ancient Chinese astronomy); female

son and daughter; person

xuéstudy; imitate

xué shēng学生pupil; disciple

xiǎo xué shēng小学生primary pupil; small/little boy

gōngworker; work

gōng zuò工作work; job

shītutor; model

nián jí年级grade

chuángbed; bed-shaped implement

ancient Chinese standards of setting the pitch; law

wǒ men我们we; I

hù shi护士nurse

fàngset free; give way to

fàng xué放学classes are over

zǎomorning; good morning

zǎo shang早上morning

zǎo fàn早饭breakfast

wǎnevening; late

wǎn shang晚上night

méinot have; be without

méi yǒu没有be without; not so ...as

diǎnspot; dot stroke

single; old people without offspring

dú shēng nǚ独生女only daughter

dú shēng zǐ独生子only son

xiànshow; present

xiàn zài现在the moment

shuìsleep

shuì jiào睡觉fall asleep

mysterious; keep something secret

mì shū秘书secretary; duties of a secretary

level; grade

jīng lǐ经理manage; manager

lǎoold; old people

lǎo shī老师teacher

biǎosurface; the relationship between the children or grandchildren of a brother and a sister or of sisters

jiàosleep

examine; learn or give a lecture

rise; remove

qǐ chuáng起床get out of bed

zhèthis; this

that; that thing

língnought; zero

fàncooked cereals; meal

yī jiā rén一家人family

zhōng guó中国China

xiōng dì jiě mèi兄弟姐妹siblings

jiā ná dà加拿大Canada

dé guó德国Germany

rì běn日本Japan

fǎ guó法国France

ào dà lì yà澳大利亚Australia

měi guó美国the United States of America

yīng guó英国Britain

zhōng guó rén中国人Chinese

jiā ná dà rén加拿大人Canadian

dé guó rén德国人German

rì běn rén日本人Japanese

fǎ guó rén法国人French

ào dà lì yà rén澳大利亚人Aussie

měi guó rén美国人American

yīng guó rén英国人Briton

hán guó rén韩国人Korean

hán guó韩国South Korea

zhōngcentre; in

men

chàdiffer from; be less than

shí diǎn十点ten o'clock

wǔ fēn五分five points