rén person, people; 人民 rén mín the people, CL:个[gè]; 人员 rén yuán staff, crew, personnel, CL:个[gè]; 个人 gè rén individual, personal, oneself dāo knife; 一刀切 yī dāo qiē lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity, one solution fits a diversity of problems, one size fits all; 大刀 dà dāo broadsword, large knife, machete; 开刀 kāi dāo to perform or have an operation, to operate on or to be operated on lì power; 能力 néng lì capability, capable, able, ability, CL:个[gè]; 努力 nǔ lì great effort, to strive, to try hard; 力量 lì liang power, force, strength yòu again, right hand; 又一次 yòu yī cì yet again, once again, once more; 又称 yòu chēng also known as; 一次又一次 yī cì yòu yī cì repeatedly, over and over again kǒu mouth, # number of family members; 人口 rén kǒu population; 出口 chū kǒu an exit, CL:个[gè], to speak, to export, (of a ship) to leave port; 进口 jìn kǒu to import, imported wéi enclose, surround tǔ earth; 土地 tǔ dì land, soil, territory, CL:片[piàn]; 国土 guó tǔ country's territory, national land; 稀土 xī tǔ rare earth (chemistry) xī sunset; 前夕 qián xī eve, the day before; 除夕 chú xī (New Year's) Eve; 朝夕 zhāo xī morning and night, all the time dà big; 大学 dà xué the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书[sì shū] in Confucianism; 重大 zhòng dà great, important, major, significant; 大家 dà jiā everyone, influential family, great expert nǚ woman, female; 女儿 nǚ ér daughter; 妇女 fù nǚ woman; 女性 nǚ xìng woman, the female sex zǐ son; 孩子 hái zi child; 电子 diàn zǐ electronic, electron; 房子 fáng zi house, building (single- or two-story), apartment, room, CL:栋[dòng],幢[zhuàng],座[zuò],套[tào] cùn inch; 英寸 yīng cùn inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.); 尺寸 chǐ cun size, dimension, measurement; 分寸 fēn cùn propriety, appropriate behavior, proper speech or action, within the norms xiǎo small; 小时 xiǎo shí hour, CL:个[gè]; 小组 xiǎo zǔ group; 小学 xiǎo xué primary school, CL:个[gè] gōng labor, work; 工作 gōng zuò job, work, construction, task, CL:个[gè],份[fèn],项[xiàng]; 工程 gōng chéng engineering, an engineering project, project, undertaking, CL:个[gè],项[xiàng]; 工业 gōng yè industry yāo small, tiny; 老幺 lǎo yāo youngest gōng bow; 弓长岭 gōng cháng lǐng Gongchangling district of Liaoyang city 辽阳市[liáo yáng shì], Liaoning; 惊弓之鸟 jīng gōng zhī niǎo lit. bird startled by a bowshot (idiom); fig. a frightened person; 弓长岭区 gōng cháng lǐng qū Gongchangling district of Liaoyang city 辽阳市[liáo yáng shì], Liaoning xīn heart; 中心 zhōng xīn center, heart, core, CL:个[gè]; 核心 hé xīn core, nucleus; 关心 guān xīn to care for sth, caring, concerned gē dagger-axe, surname; 戈尔 gē ěr Gore (name), Al Gore (1948-), US vice-president 1993-2001 under Bill Clinton, subsequently environmental campaigner and Nobel Peace laureate; 戈壁 gē bì Gobi (desert); 戈尔巴乔夫 gē ěr bā qiáo fū Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1931-), last president of the Soviet Union 1991-1995 shǒu hand; 手机 shǒu jī cell phone, mobile phone, CL:部[bù],支[zhī]; 手段 shǒu duàn method, means (of doing sth), strategy, trick, CL:个[gè]; 对手 duì shǒu opponent, adversary, match rì sun; 日本 rì běn Japan, Japanese; 昨日 zuó rì yesterday; 日前 rì qián the other day, a few days ago yuè moon, month; 月份 yuè fèn month; 月底 yuè dǐ end of the month; 每月 měi yuè each month mù wood; 乌鲁木齐 wū lǔ mù qí Ürümqi or Urumqi prefecture level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region 新疆维 吾尔自治区 in west China; 木材 mù cái wood; 树木 shù mù trees shuǐ water; 水平 shuǐ píng level (of achievement etc), standard, horizontal; 水利 shuǐ lì water conservancy, irrigation works; 污 水 wū shuǐ sewage huǒ fire, flame, thriving, flourishing; 火箭 huǒ jiàn rocket, CL:枚[méi]; 火车 huǒ chē train, CL:列[liè],节[jié],班[bān],趟[tàng]; 火灾 huǒ zāi fire (that burns buildings etc) tián field, (radical); 农田 nóng tián farmland, cultivated land; 油田 yóu tián oil field; 丰田 fēng tián Toyota or Toyoda (name), Toyota, Japanese car make mù eye (radical); 目前 mù qián at the present time, currently; 项目 xiàng mù item, project, sports event, CL:个[gè]; 目标 mù biāo target, goal, objective, CL:个[gè] shì show (radical); 表示 biǎo shì to express, to show, to say, to state, to indicate, to mean; 显示 xiǎn shì to show, to illustrate, to display, to demonstrate; 展示 zhǎn shì to reveal, to display, to show, to exhibit sth mì fine silk ěr ear; 土耳其 tǔ ěr qí Turkey; 耳朵 ěr duo ear, CL:只[zhī],个[gè],对[duì]; 耳目 ěr mù eyes and ears, sb's attention or notice, information, knowledge, spies yī clothing; 衣服 yī fu clothes, CL:件[jiàn],套[tào]; 洗衣 xǐ yī laundry; 洗衣机 xǐ yī jī washer, washing machine, CL:台[tái] yán speech, (radical); 发言 fā yán to make a speech, statement, utterance, CL:个[gè]; 而言 ér yán with regard to (preceding phrase); 发言人 fā yán rén spokesperson bèi cowrie shell; 贝尔 bèi ěr Bell (person name); 诺贝尔 nuò bèi ěr Nobel (prize); 宝贝 bǎo bèi treasured object, treasure, darling, baby, cowry, good-for-nothing or queer character zǒu to go by way of, to walk, Let's go!; 走向 zǒu xiàng direction, strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology), inclination, trend, to move towards, to head for; 走出 zǒu chū to move away from, to walk away from; 走进 zǒu jìn to enter zú foot; 不足 bù zú insufficient, lacking, deficiency, not enough, inadequate, not worth, cannot, should not; 满足 mǎn zú to satisfy, to meet (the needs of), satisfied, content; 足够 zú gòu enough, sufficient jīn gold; 资金 zī jīn funds, funding, capital; 金融 jīn róng banking, finance, financial; 基金 jī jīn fund mén door, (# for academic courses); 部门 bù mén department, branch, section, division, CL:个[gè]; 专门 zhuān mén specialist, specialized, customized; 政府部门 zhèng fǔ bù mén government branch zhuī short-tailed bird yǔ rain; 暴雨 bào yǔ torrential rain, rainstorm, CL:场[cháng],阵[zhèn]; 降雨 jiàng yǔ precipitation, rainfall; 风雨 fēng yǔ wind and rain, the elements, trials and hardships shí to eat; 食品 shí pǐn foodstuff, food, provisions, CL:种[zhǒng]; 粮食 liáng shi foodstuff, cereals, CL:种[zhǒng]; 食品安全 mǎ horse, 7th zodiac; 马克 mǎ kè Mark (name); 马克思 mǎ kè sī Marx (name), Groucho Marx (the star of Duck Soup, 1933), Karl Marx (1818-1883), German socialist philosopher, political activist and founder of Marxism; 马克思主义 mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì Marxism líng zero yī, yì, yí one; 一些 yī xiē some, a few, a little; 第一 dì yī first, number one; 一步 yī bù (single) step èr two; 第二 dì èr second, number two, next; 二十 èr shí twenty, 20; 十二 shí èr twelve, 12 sān three; 第三 dì sān third, number three; 三次 sān cì third, three times, (math.) degree three, cubic (equation); 三十 sān shí thirty, 30 sì four; 四川 sì chuān Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都; 第四 dì sì fourth, number four; 四川省 sì chuān shěng Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都 wǔ five; 十五 shí wǔ fifteen, 15; 第五 dì wǔ fifth; 五一 wǔ yī 5-1 (May 1st) liù six; 十六 shí liù sixteen, 16; 第六 dì liù sixth; 六十 liù shí sixty, 60 qī seven; 十七 shí qī seventeen, 17; 第七 dì qī seventh; 七十 qī shí seventy, 70 bā eight; 十八 shí bā eighteen, 18; 第八 dì bā eighth; 八十 bā shí eighty, 80 jiǔ nine; 第九 dì jiǔ ninth; 十九 shí jiǔ nineteen, 19; 九十 jiǔ shí ninety shí ten; 十分 shí fēn to divide into ten equal parts, very, hundred percent, completely, extremely, utterly, absolutely; 十一 shí yī eleven, 11; 十七 shí qī seventeen, 17 nǐ you; 你们 nǐ men you (plural); 你好 nǐ hǎo Hello!, Hi!, How are you?; 迷你 mí nǐ mini (as in mini-skirt or Mini Cooper) hǎo, hào fine, good, ok, nice, it's settled; 良好 liáng hǎo good, favorable, well, fine; 更好 gèng hǎo better, more; 最好 zuì hǎo best, (you) had better (do what we suggest) qǐng please, offer, to treat (sb), to invite (sb); 申请 shēn qǐng to apply for sth, application (form etc), CL:份[fèn]; 邀请 yāo qǐng to invite, invitation, CL:个[gè]; 请求 qǐng qiú request, CL:个[gè] wèn to ask (a question); 问题 wèn tí question, problem, issue, topic, CL:个[gè]; 访问 fǎng wèn to visit, to call on, to interview, CL: 次[cì]; 询问 xún wèn to inquire guì honorable, expensive; 贵州 guì zhōu Guizhou province (Kweichow) in south central China, abbr. to 黔[qián] or 贵[guì], capital Guiyang 贵阳[guì yáng]; 宝贵 bǎo guì valuable, precious, to value, to treasure, to set store by; 珍贵 zhēn guì precious xìng to be surnamed, surname; 百姓 bǎi xìng common people; 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people, the "person in the street", CL: 个[gè]; 姓名 xìng míng name and surname, CL:个[gè] wǒ I, me; 我们 wǒ men we, us, ourselves, our; 我国 wǒ guó our country, China; 自我 zì wǒ self-, ego (psychology) ne ne; 着呢 zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree, quite, rather; 花呢 huā ní tweed, checkered cloth; 呢喃 ní nán onomat. twittering of birds, whispering, murmuring jiě older sister; 小姐 xiǎo jie young lady, miss, (slang) prostitute, CL:个[gè],位[wèi]; 姐姐 jiě jie older sister, CL:个[gè]; 姐妹 jiě mèi sisters jiào to be called, to call; 名叫 míng jiào called, named; 叫做 jiào zuò to be called, to be known as; 叫好 jiào hǎo to applaud, to cheer shén what; 什么 shén me what?, who?, something, anything; 为什么 wèi shén me why?, for what reason?; 布什 bù shí Bush (name), George H.W.