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93 Cards in this Set
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zhōng
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Middle
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中
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rén
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person
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人
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wǒ
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I, me
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我
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shì
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to be, is
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是
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Nĭ
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you (singular)
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你
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gúo
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kingdom
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Zhōng gúo
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China (middle kingdom)
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Tā
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he, she, it
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她 他
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dōu
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both, all
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都
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hé
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and
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和
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mĕi
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beautiful
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Mĕi gúo
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America
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men
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plural
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们
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ma?
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question participle
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吗 ?
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yīng
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brave
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yīng gúo
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England
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kĕshì
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but
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Nĭ ne?
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and you?
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你呢 ?
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máng
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busy
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忙
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bù
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not, no
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不
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hĕn
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very
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很
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Nĭ hăo!
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hello, (lit. you good)
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你好!
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yĕ
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also
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也
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bú shì
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is not
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不是
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wèi shén me?
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why?
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kàn
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look, see
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shū
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book
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xiàn zài
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right now
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zài
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at this very moment (e.g. zài kàn shū). at, in, on.
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在
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xiăng
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would like to
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jiàn
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to get together, see somebody
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tài
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too much
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néng
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can, able to do
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能
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yīn wei
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because (n.b. wei is 4th tone in some places)
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-de
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possessive particle (e.g. womende)
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的
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péng yǒu
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friend (the 'you' is generally pronounced as neutral)
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wén
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literature, culture, language
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Zhōng wén
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Chinese language
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Yīng wén
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English Language
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kàn diàn shì
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watch TV
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diàn shì
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TV (lit. electric vision)
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zhè
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this
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这
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nà
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that
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tàitai
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wife
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shén me?
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what?
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什么?
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shūo
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speak
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说
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hùi
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be able to (involves ability, skill e.g. speak a language)
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会
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yì diănr
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a little bit of
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dāng rán
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of course
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shéi?
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who/whom?
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谁 ?
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xúe shēng
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student
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学生
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zhēn de
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really
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zhēn de ma?
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Really?
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māmā
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mum/mother
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ge
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classifier e.g. this (ge) man
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个
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nǚ
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female (always appended to another noun e.g. nǚrén)
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yí ge
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an, one (e.g. yí ge rén)
Yī (one) changes to second tone when followed by 4th or 5th tones. Yī changes to fourth tone when followd by 1st - 3rd tones. |
一个
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jiā
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at home
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zài jiā
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at home
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Năr?
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where?
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xúe
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study
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yŭan
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far
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dà gài
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maybe
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shàng hăi
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Shanghai (literally 'on the sea')
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shàng
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on
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上
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hăi
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the sea
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Bĕi jīng
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Beijing
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zhù
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to live, stay
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zhù zài
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to live at, stay
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yǒu
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to have
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有
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nán
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male
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cè sŭo
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toilet
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méi yǒu
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don't have
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nà me
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'well, in that case...'
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tài hăo le
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wonderful (lit. too good)
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zài jīa lĭ
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inside the house (lĭ is usually pronounced with neutral tone unless emphasising 'inside', or used alone)
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lĭ
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inside
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里
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zhūo zi
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table
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yào
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want
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bú yào
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don't want
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hĕn dūo
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a lot of
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zhè ge
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this one
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nà ge
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that one
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wǒ yào zhè ge
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I want this one
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wǒ yào nà ge
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I want that one
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qù
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to go
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rèn shi
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to meet, be acquainted with
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jīntiān
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today
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qĭngwèn
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excuse me (lit. please, to ask)
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qĭng
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please
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wèn
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to ask
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aiya!
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Oh no! Too bad!
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kànjiàn
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to notice, see something specific
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