# Chinese (Mandarin)/English-Chinese Dictionary

Please add all vocabulary that is used in this book, and any more that should be included in the first year's worth of Chinese lessons. This is not meant to be a full dictionary with thousands of entries (see Wiktionary for that), but a reference for users of this textbook.

## A

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| actor | 演员 | yǎnyuán | noun | |

## B

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| bad | 坏 (壞) | huài | adj. | |
| bus | 公共汽车 (公共汽車) | gōnggòngqìchē | noun | |
| busy | 忙 | máng | adj. | 2 |

## C

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech |
| car | 轿车 (轎車) | jiàochē | noun |
| city | 城市 | chéngshì | noun |
| computer | 电脑 / 计算机 (電腦) | dìannǎo / jìsuànjī (diànnǎo) | noun |
| countryside | 乡下 (鄉下) | xiāngxià | noun |

## D

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| dangerous | 危险 (危險) | wēixǐan | adj. | |
| dog | 狗 | gǒu | noun | |

## E

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| ear | 耳朵 | ěrduo | noun | |

## F

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech |
| France | 法国 (法國) | Fǎguó | noun |
| fish | 鱼 (魚) | yú | noun |
| frog | 青蛙 | qīngwā | noun |

## G

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| good | 好 | hǎo | adj. | |

## H

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| ham | 火腿 | huǒtuǐ | noun | |

## I

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| iceberg | 冰山 | bīngshān | noun | |

## J

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| jaguar | 美洲豹 | měizhōubào | noun | |

## K

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| knife | 刀 | dāo | noun | |

## L

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech |
| land | 地 | dì | noun |
| look | 看 | kàn | verb |
| love | 爱 (愛) | ài | verb |

## M

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech |
| metre (metric unit) | 米 | mǐ | noun |
| money | 钱 | qián | noun |
| mountain | 山 | shān | noun |

## N

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| nation | 国家 (國家) | guójīa | noun | |
| now | 现在 (現在) | xìanzaì | adverb, noun | |

## O

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| owner | 主人 | zhǔrén | noun | |

## P

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| please | 请 (請) | qǐng | interjection | |
| person | 人 | rén | noun | |

## Q

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| quilt | 被子 | bèizi | noun | |

## R

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| rain | 雨 | yǔ | noun | |
| rice | 米 | mǐ | noun | |

## S

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| sand | 沙子 | shāzi | noun | |

## T

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| sunny day | 晴天 | qíngtiān | noun | |

## U

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| up | 上 | shàng | adverb, preposition | |

## V

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| volcano | 火山 | huǒshān | noun | |

## W

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| water | 水 | shuǐ | noun | |
| we, us | 我们 (我們) | wǒmen | pronoun | 1 |
| week | 星期, 周 | xīngqī, zhōu | noun | |
| what | 什么 (什麼) | shénme | pronoun | 1 |
| which, what | 哪个 | nǎgè | pronoun | 1 |
| who, whom | 谁 (誰) | shéi | pronoun | 1 |
| winter | 冬天 | dōngtiān | noun | |

## X

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| xylophone | 木琴 | mùqín | noun | |

## Y

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| yoga | 瑜伽 | yújiā | noun | |

## Z

| English | Simp. (Trad.) | Pīnyīn | Part of speech | Lesson Introduced |
| zebra | 斑马 (斑馬) | bānmǎ | noun | |