Mandarin · Chapter 12
Numbers, time, dates, currency
9 vocabulary lessons, 2 grammar primers, 1 story milestone.
Start this chapterLesson 1 · Words 902-914
Words 902 to 914
902 正是zhèng shì exactly, precisely is other 903 不必bú bì need not, not necessary adverb 904 最大zuì dà biggest, largest, greatest adjective 905 幸运xìng yùn lucky, fortunate adjective 906 丢diū to lose, to throw away verb 909 长cháng long; to grow adjective 911 而是ér shì but rather, instead conjunction 912 住手zhù shǒu stop it, hands off verb 913 动物dòng wù animal noun 914 弟弟dì di younger brother noun Lesson 2 · Words 915-924
Words 915 to 924
915 道歉dào qiàn to apologise verb 916 严重yán zhòng serious, severe adjective 917 人家rén jiā other people; I (coquettish) pronoun 918 坚持jiān chí to insist, to persist verb 919 想象xiǎng xiàng to imagine; imagination verb 920 按àn to press; according to verb 921 礼物lǐ wù gift, present noun 922 每次měi cì every time, each time adverb 923 将军jiāng jūn general (military rank) noun 924 剩下shèng xià to be left over, remaining verb Lesson 3 · Words 925-937
Words 925 to 937
925 有事yǒu shì to have something to do, to be busy verb 926 老爸lǎo bà dad, old man (affectionate) noun 928 系统xì tǒng system noun 929 全都quán dōu all, entirely adverb 930 组织zǔ zhī to organise; organisation verb 932 敌人dí rén enemy noun 933 看上去kàn shàng qù to look, to seem, to appear verb 935 老天lǎo tiān good heavens, oh my god interjection 936 认真rèn zhēn serious, conscientious, earnest adjective 937 分fēn minute; point; to divide measure-word Lesson 4 · Words 938-947
Words 938 to 947
938 书shū book noun 939 往wǎng toward, in the direction of preposition 940 关心guān xīn to care about, to be concerned with verb 941 坏huài bad; broken adjective 942 骗piàn to deceive, to cheat verb 943 中国zhōng guó China noun 944 生意shēng yì business, trade noun 945 上去shàng qù to go up verb 946 值得zhí dé to be worth, deserving verb 947 搞定gǎo dìng to get done, to sort out (colloquial) verb Lesson 6 · Words 948-957
Words 948 to 957
948 寻找xún zhǎo to search for, to look for verb 949 派对pài duì party noun 950 许多xǔ duō many, a lot of adjective 951 学生xué shēng student noun 952 查理chá lǐ Charlie (name) noun 953 下次xià cì next time noun 954 通知tōng zhī to notify; notification verb 955 救命jiù mìng help! save my life! interjection 956 表现biǎo xiàn performance; to show, to display verb 957 利用lì yòng to use, to take advantage of verb Lesson 7 · Words 958-968
Words 958 to 968
958 受伤shòu shāng to be injured, to be wounded verb 959 后来hòu lái afterwards, later adverb 960 早上好zǎo shàng hǎo good morning interjection 961 精神jīng shén spirit, mind, vigour noun 962 居然jū rán unexpectedly, surprisingly adverb 963 受到shòu dào to receive, to suffer verb 964 大学dà xué university noun 965 那时nà shí at that time, then adverb 966 既然jì rán since, as, given that conjunction 968 有时yǒu shí sometimes adverb Lesson 8 · Words 969-980
Words 969 to 980
969 米mǐ rice (uncooked); metre noun 970 总zǒng always; general, overall adverb 972 第一个dì yī gè the first one other 973 真相zhēn xiàng the truth, the real situation noun 974 恨hèn to hate verb 975 卡kǎ card; to be stuck noun 977 远yuǎn far, distant adjective 978 警官jǐng guān police officer noun 979 属于shǔ yú to belong to verb 980 什shén what (component of 什么) pronoun Lesson 10 · Words 981-992
Words 981 to 992
981 可不是kě bú shì exactly, isn't it just interjection 982 怪guài strange; to blame adjective 984 怀疑huái yí to suspect, to doubt verb 985 笨蛋bèn dàn fool, idiot noun 986 战斗zhàn dòu to fight; battle verb 987 承认chéng rèn to admit, to acknowledge verb 989 法律fǎ lǜ law noun 990 别说bié shuō do not say; let alone verb 991 简体jiǎn tǐ simplified (Chinese characters) adjective 992 记录jì lù to record; record verb Lesson 13 · Vocabulary
Measure words: cupfuls and things you grip
杯 for what fills a cup, 把 for what fills a hand. A round of matching in both directions, over every pairing your first thousand words can feed.
34 把bǎ to take, handle; disposal marker preposition 62 个gè general measure word for people and things measure-word 161 只zhī only, just; (measure word for animals) adverb 348 家jiā home, family, household noun 693 本běn measure word for books; originally, this measure-word 1394 份fèn portion, copy (measure word) measure-word 1551 件jiàn (measure word for items, matters, clothing) measure-word 1709 条tiáo (measure word for long thin things), strip, item measure-word 1738 张zhāng (measure word for flat objects), to open, to spread, a surname measure-word 1916 位wèi polite measure word for people, place, position, seat measure-word 2721 杯bēi cup, glass; a cup of, a glass of measure-word