New Practical Chinese Reader (2nd edition)
Volume 1 Vocabulary List 词汇表
The complete New Practical Chinese Reader Volume 1 vocabulary list — all 448 words and 426 characters it covers, with pinyin and English meanings. Open a word to hear it and see it in a sentence; open a character to watch it written stroke by stroke.
Word list
All 448 New Practical Chinese Reader Volume 1 words
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 林 | lín | — | surname Lin |
| 娜 | nà | — | (phonetic na) |
| 很 | hěn | adv. | very |
| 陆 | lù | — | surname Lu |
| 雨 | yǔ | — | rain |
| 平 | píng | — | surname Ping |
| 你 | nǐ | pron. | You |
| 力 | lì | — | surname Li |
| 波 | bō | — | (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波兰) |
| 我 | wǒ | pron. | I; me |
| 呢 | ne | part. | (a modal particle used for elliptical questions) |
| 好 | hǎo | adj. | good; well; fine; O.K. |
| 也 | yě | adv. | too; also |
| 吗 | ma | part. | (interrogative particle for question expecting yes-no answer) |
| 爸 | bà | — | father |
| 喝 | hē | v. | to drink |
| 他 | tā | pron. | he; him |
| 咖 | kā | — | used in 咖喱[ga1 li2] |
| 啡 | fēi | — | (used in loanwords for its phonetic value) |
| 忙 | máng | adj. | busy |
| 们 | men | suf. | (used after pronouns 我, 你, 他 or certain nouns to denote plural) |
| 朋 | péng | — | friend |
| 友 | yǒu | — | friend |
| 要 | yào | v. | to want |
| 都 | dōu | adv. | both; all |
| 不 | bù | adv. | not; no |
| 弟 | dì | — | younger brother |
| 男 | nán | adj. | male |
| 妈 | mā | — | ma |
| 哥 | gē | — | elder brother |
| 丁 | Dīng | pn. | (a surname) |
| 老 | lǎo | — | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity |
| 师 | shī | — | surname Shi |
| 外 | wài | prep. | outside |
| 语 | yǔ | n. | language |
| 中 | zhōng | — | (bound form) China |
| 国 | guó | n. | country, nation |
| 那 | nà | pron. | that |
| 人 | rén | n. | people, person |
| 陈 | Chén | pn. | (a surname) |
| 这 | zhè | pron. | this |
| 医 | yī | — | medical |
| 生 | shēng | v. | be born |
| 您 | nín | pron. | you (polite form) |
| 婆 | pó | — | (bound form) grandmother |
| 她 | tā | pron. | she; her |
| 哪 | nǎ | pron. | which |
| 是 | shì | v. | to be |
| 谁 | shéi | pron. | who; whom |
| 奶 | nǎi | — | breast |
| 学 | xué | v. | to learn; to study |
| 记 | jì | — | to record |
| 者 | zhě | — | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... |
| 可 | kě | — | (prefix) can |
| 以 | yǐ | — | old variant of 以[yi3] |
| 来 | lái | v. | to come |
| 请 | qǐng | v. | please |
| 问 | wèn | v. | to ask |
| 的 | de | part. | (a possessive or modifying particle) |
| 认 | rèn | — | to recognize |
| 识 | shí | — | to know |
| 进 | jìn | v. | to enter |
| 贵 | guì | adj. | expensive; precious |
| 姓 | xìng | v./n. | one's surname is.../surname |
| 院 | yuàn | — | courtyard |
| 叫 | jiào | v. | to be called |
| 言 | yán | — | words |
| 杨 | Yáng | pn. | (a surname) |
| 高 | gāo | adj. | high; tall |
| 兴 | xīng | — | surname Xing |
| 先 | xiān | — | beforehand |
| 加 | jiā | — | Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]) |
| 拿 | ná | — | old variant of 拿[na2] |
| 大 | dà | adj. | big, large |
| 什 | shén | — | what |
| 么 | me | — | exclamatory final particle |
| 汉 | hàn | — | Han ethnic group |
| 美 | měi | adj. | beautiful |
| 习 | xí | — | surname Xi |
| 英 | yīng | — | United Kingdom |
| 马 | mǎ | — | surname Ma |
| 为 | wèi | prep. | for |
| 用 | yòng | — | to use |
| 谢 | xiè | — | surname Xie |
| 知 | zhī | — | to know |
| 道 | dào | — | road |
| 餐 | cān | — | meal |
| 厅 | tīng | — | (reception) hall |
| 再 | zài | adv. | again |
| 见 | jiàn | — | to see |
| 晚 | wǎn | adj. | late |
| 对 | duì | adj. | right, correct |
| 起 | qǐ | v. | get up, rise |
| 女 | nǚ | adj. | female |
| 二 | èr | num. | two |
| 宋 | sòng | — | surname Song |
| 华 | huá | — | abbr. for China |
| 小 | xiǎo | adj. | little, small |
| 姐 | jiě | — | older sister |
| 了 | le | part. | (modal partical; aspect particle) |