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Top 50 Essential Words

Start your Chinese journey with the most important everyday words.

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你好 vocabulary illustration

你好

/nǐ hǎo/

Hello, Hi

谢谢 vocabulary illustration

谢谢

/xièxie/

Thank you, Thanks

请 vocabulary illustration

请

/qǐng/

Please

是 vocabulary illustration

是

/shì/

Yes, To be

不 vocabulary illustration

不

/bù/

No, Not

再见 vocabulary illustration

再见

/zàijiàn/

Goodbye

早上好 vocabulary illustration

早上好

/zǎoshang hǎo/

Good morning

晚上好 vocabulary illustration

晚上好

/wǎnshang hǎo/

Good evening

晚安 vocabulary illustration

晚安

/wǎn'ān/

Good night

对不起 vocabulary illustration

对不起

/duìbuqǐ/

Sorry

没关系 vocabulary illustration

没关系

/méi guānxi/

No problem, You're welcome

水 vocabulary illustration

水

/shuǐ/

Water

食物 vocabulary illustration

食物

/shíwù/

Food

家 vocabulary illustration

家

/jiā/

House, Home

时间 vocabulary illustration

时间

/shíjiān/

Time

天 vocabulary illustration

天

/tiān/

Day

夜晚 vocabulary illustration

夜晚

/yèwǎn/

Night

好 vocabulary illustration

好

/hǎo/

Good

坏 vocabulary illustration

坏

/huài/

Bad

大 vocabulary illustration

大

/dà/

Big, Large

小 vocabulary illustration

小

/xiǎo/

Small, Little

新 vocabulary illustration

新

/xīn/

New

旧 vocabulary illustration

旧

/jiù/

Old

男人 vocabulary illustration

男人

/nánrén/

Man

女人 vocabulary illustration

女人

/nǚrén/

Woman

孩子 vocabulary illustration

孩子

/háizi/

Child

朋友 vocabulary illustration

朋友

/péngyou/

Friend

家人 vocabulary illustration

家人

/jiārén/

Family

吃 vocabulary illustration

吃

/chī/

To eat

喝 vocabulary illustration

喝

/hē/

To drink

说 vocabulary illustration

说

/shuō/

To speak, To say

写 vocabulary illustration

写

/xiě/

To write

读 vocabulary illustration

读

/dú/

To read

去 vocabulary illustration

去

/qù/

To go

来 vocabulary illustration

来

/lái/

To come

有 vocabulary illustration

有

/yǒu/

To have, There is

做 vocabulary illustration

做

/zuò/

To do, To make

能 vocabulary illustration

能

/néng/

Can, To be able

想 vocabulary illustration

想

/xiǎng/

To want, To think

知道 vocabulary illustration

知道

/zhīdào/

To know

工作 vocabulary illustration

工作

/gōngzuò/

Work, Job

钱 vocabulary illustration

钱

/qián/

Money

城市 vocabulary illustration

城市

/chéngshì/

City

国家 vocabulary illustration

国家

/guójiā/

Country

世界 vocabulary illustration

世界

/shìjiè/

World

生活 vocabulary illustration

生活

/shēnghuó/

Life

爱 vocabulary illustration

爱

/ài/

Love

书 vocabulary illustration

书

/shū/

Book

今天 vocabulary illustration

今天

/jīntiān/

Today

明天 vocabulary illustration

明天

/míngtiān/

Tomorrow