Chinese Dictionary

The following are words/phrases that I know or am learning in Chinese and, hopefully, will be added to regularly. Readers can ignore this post since it is solely for my own purposes.

HELLO---ni hao
GOOD MORNING---zao shang hao
GOOD EVENING---wan shang hao
GOODNIGHT---wan an
GOODBYE---zai jian
WATCH YOUR STEP---man zou

HOW ARE YOU?---ni hao ma
I’M FINE---wo hen hao
I’M HAPPY---wo hen kuai le
WHAT’S WRONG?---you shen me wen ti
I FEEL SAD---wo jue de nan guo
I FEEL TIRED---wo jue de lei
LONG TIME NO SEE---hao jiu bu jian

YOUR FAMILY NAME?...Nin gui xing
WHAT’S YOUR NAME?...ni jiao shen me ming zi
MY NAME IS…wo jiao
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?...ni cong na lai de
WHAT’S YOUR HOBBY?...ni you shen me ai hao

YES...shi de
NO...bu
PLEASE...qing
THANK YOU...xie xie
YOU’RE WELCOME...bu xie
DON’T MENTION IT...bu ke qi
I’M SORRY...dui bu qi
IT’S NO PROBLEM...mei wen ti
DON’T WORRY...bu yong dan xin

I...wo
YOU...ni
HE/SHE/IT....ta
WE...wo men
YOU (PLURAL)...ni men
THEY...ta men

PEOPLE...ren
AMERICAN...mei guo ren
I AM AMERICAN...wo shi mei guo ren
FOREIGNER...lao wei OR wei guo ren
CHINESE...zhong guo ren
MY CHINESE IS POOR...wo de zhong wen bu hao
JUST SO SO...mamahuhu
I UNDERSTAND....wo ming bai OR wo dong
I DON’T UNDERSTAND....wo bu ming bai le OR wo bu dong le

FOOD...chi de
HUNGRY...e
WATER...shui
THIRSTY...ke
ENOUGH?...gou le ma
I’VE HAD ENOUGH...wo chi bao le
EAT SOME MORE...duo chi dian er
THIS IS DELICIOUS...zhe ge hen hao chi
CHEERS...gan bei

TO BE...shi
TO WANT...yao
TO LIKE...xi huan

HOW MUCH?...duo shou qian
TOO EXPENSIVE...tai gui le
VERY CHEAP...hen pian yi
ARE YOU CRAZY?...ni feng le ma

GOD...Shang Di
GOD BLESS YOU...Shang Di bao you ni OR Shang Di zhu fu ni
JESUS...Ye Su
BIBLE...Sheng Jing
CHURCH...Jiao Tang
PASTOR...Mu Shi
WHAT’S YOUR RELIGION?...Ni xin shen me jiao
CHRISTIAN...Ji du jiao

TEACHER...lao shi
STUDENT...xue sheng
FARMER...nongmin
LAZY PERSON...lan chong
MATCHMAKER...mei po

CUTE...ke ai
PRETTY...piao liang
BEAUTIFUL...mei li
HANDSOME GUY...shuai ge
VERY KIND...hen san liang
VERY MEAN...hen xiong
UN-EMOTIONAL...zi bi zheng

I LIKE YOU...wo xi huan ni
I LOVE YOU...wo ai ni
I’M CRAZY ABOUT YOU...wo wei ni feng kuang
I MISS YOU...wo xiang ni
WIFE...tai tai (qi zi)
HUSBAND...zhang fu (lao gong)

NORTH...bei
EAST...dong
SOUTH...nan
WEST...xi

ONE...yi
TWO...er
THREE...san
FOUR...si
FIVE...wu
SIX...liu
SEVEN...qi
EIGHT...ba
NINE...jiu
TEN...shi

WHO?...shei
WHAT?...shen me
WHERE?...na li/na er/zai na er
WHEN?...shen me shi hou
WHY?...wei shen me
HOW?...zen me yang

PHONE...dian hua
FLOWER...hua
INTERNET CAFÉ...wang ba
I AM LOST...wo mi lu le

GO...li qu
STOP...ting
THIS...zhe ge
THAT...na ge

I HAVE AN IDEA...wo you ban fa
GOOD IDEA...hao zhu yi
I AGREE WITH YOU...wo tong yi
WE AGREE ON THIS...wo men de xiang
VERY GOOD...hen hao

I BELIEVE IT...wo xiang xin
I DON’T BELIEVE IT...wo bu xiang xin
REALLY?...zhen de ma
THAT’S A LIE!...na shi huang hua OR na shi sha huang
TELL THE TRUTH!...shuo zhen de OR shuo shi hua

qing ren yan li chu xi shi a
beauty is in the eyes of the beholder

wan shi kan tou nan
The hardest part is getting started