YCT (Youth Chinese Test)

YCT 1 Vocabulary List 词汇表

The complete YCT 1 vocabulary list — all 83 words and 99 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	Pinyin	POS	Definition
爱	ài	v./adj.	to love
八	bā	num./n.	eight
爸	bà	—	father
鼻	bí	—	nose
子	zǐ	—	son
不	bù	adv.	not; no
长	cháng	adj./v.	long
吃	chī	v.	to eat
大	dà	adj./adv./n.	big
的	de	part./n.	of
点	diǎn	n./v.	o’clock; spot; dot
多	duō	adj./num./adv./v.	much/many; how [+adjective]
耳	ěr	—	ear
朵	duǒ	—	flower
二	èr	num./n.	two
高	gāo	adj./v.	high; tall
兴	xīng	—	surname Xing
哥	gē	—	elder brother
个	gè	mw.	individual; [general measure word]
狗	gǒu	n.	dog
好	hǎo	adj./adv./v.	good
号	hào	mw./n./v.	date
喝	hē	v.	to drink
和	hé	prep./v./n.	and
很	hěn	adv.	very
几	jǐ	num./adv.	how much/many? [expecting a small number]
家	jiā	n./mw.	family; home
叫	jiào	v./prep./n.	to call; to be named
姐	jiě	—	older sister
今	jīn	—	now
天	tiān	—	day
九	jiǔ	num./n./adj.	nine
看	kàn	v./part.	to see; to read; to watch; to look at
口	kǒu	mw./n.	mouth; [measure word for family members]
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
六	liù	num./n.	six
妈	mā	—	ma
吗	ma	part.	[makes a yes/no question]
猫	māo	n./v.	cat
米	mǐ	—	surname Mi
饭	fàn	—	cooked rice
面	miàn	—	face
条	tiáo	—	strip
明	míng	—	Ming Dynasty (1368–1644)
哪	nǎ	pron./part.	which?
儿	ér	—	child
那	nà	pron./conj.	that
你	nǐ	pron.	you
鸟	niǎo	n.	bird
牛	niú	—	surname Niu
奶	nǎi	—	breast
苹	píng	—	(artemisia)
果	guǒ	—	fruit
七	qī	num./n.	seven
去	qù	v.	to go
认	rèn	—	to recognize
识	shí	—	to know
三	sān	num./n.	three
商	shāng	—	Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC)
店	diàn	—	inn
谁	shéi	pron.	who?
什	shén	—	what
么	me	—	exclamatory final particle
十	shí	num./n.	ten
是	shì	v.	to be
手	shǒu	n./mw.	hand
水	shuǐ	n.	water
四	sì	num./n.	four
岁	suì	mw.	year (of crop harvests)
他	tā	pron.	he; him
她	tā	pron.	she; her
头	tóu	—	head
发	fā	—	to send out
我	wǒ	pron.	I; me
们	men	—	plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
五	wǔ	num./n.	five
喜	xǐ	—	to be fond of
欢	huān	—	variant of 欢
现	xiàn	—	to appear
在	zài	prep./v./adv.	in; at; on
小	xiǎo	adj.	small
谢	xiè	—	surname Xie
星	xīng	—	star
期	qī	—	variant of 期[qi1]
学	xué	—	to learn
校	xiào	—	to check
眼	yǎn	—	eye (CL:只,双)
睛	jīng	—	eye
一	yī	num./adv./n.	one; once; first; structural word between two of the same verb; as soon as; throughout
有	yǒu	v.	to have
鱼	yú	n.	fish
月	yuè	n.	month; moon
再	zài	—	again
见	jiàn	—	to see
这	zhè	pron.	this
中	zhōng	—	(bound form) China
国	guó	—	surname Guo
人	rén	—	person

YCT 1 Vocabulary List 词汇表

All 83 YCT 1 words