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106 words/phrases to learn
hài
hi
wǒ shì
I am; I was
kāi-xīn
happy
huān-yíng
welcome
láidào
come
zhōng-wén
Chinese (language)
two (of something)
fēi-cháng
very; unusual
róng-yì
easy; likely
mistake; wrong
bù-jǐn
not only
wén-xué
literature
xuéxí
to learn; to study
very; too (many/much)
to link
wǒmen
we
language; speech
also
jīng-cháng
often
tā-men
they; them
jīn-tiān
today
gào su
to tell
yí-ge
one of (something)
bàng
awesome; stick
fāng fǎ
method
to let (someone do something); to make (someone do something)
búhuì
will not; cannot
prior; first
left
side
zhè-ge
this one
biǎo-shì
to show, express
picture; plan; intention; seek
lǜ sè
green
bù-fèn
part
yì-sī
meaning; interest, fun
shù
tree
tǔ-dì
land
nàme...
in that case...
suó-yǐ ne?
so?
kàn dào
see
xiǎng-dào
think of, anticipate
dì-fāng
place
guānxì
connection
kā-fēi
coffee
hall
jiàn-miàn
to meet
...zài ná-lǐ?
where is ... ?
to listen
xuǎn-zé
choose
yí-xià
a bit
right (direction)
from; to follow
zhòng
(meausre word) kind, species
fish
to call
guò lái
come over
ké-yǐ
can; could
small
wèi-le
for...
back; behind
difficult
chū lái
to come out
zhè yàng
this way, like this
to be over; entire
míng-tiān
tomorrow
sān tiān
three days
xū-yào
to need
fā-xiàn
to discover
xiàn-zài
now
qí-shí
actually; in fact
chóngfù
to repeat
again (past action)
yícì
once
... time(s)
lí-kāi
leave
shí-hou
moment; period
朋友
friend
zài-jiàn
bye
shén-me?
what?
wóxiǎng
I want to...
néng-gòu
can; to be able to
hái-yǒu
still; in addition
dōng-xi
a thing; stuff
zhēn-de
really
hěn-hǎo
very well
hǎochī
delicious (for food)
wǎn
bowl
late
zěn-me ...
how ...
zěn-me-yàng
how; how about
bú shì
isn't; no
jiǎn dān
simple, ordinary
dì...
prefix indicating ordinal number
dì-yī
first
xué-xiào
school
to wait
dì-èr
second (ordinal number)
sentence; clause
to play
to thank
xī-wàng
hope; to hope
xǐ-huan
to like
jìdé
to remember
diǎn-zàn
to like (social media)
xià cì
next time

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