Chinese Vocabulary

Vocabulary:

Putonghua English Gloss
(adv) no, not, (ancient) soar away
cháng (adj) permanent, ordinary, common, (adv) often, (n)(ancient) lord’s banner, rule, principle
chén (n) dust
chū (v) produce, exit, issue, put forward, happen, occur (outward movement)
(pron) here, this
cún (v) exist, live, deposit, store
cùo (v) defeat
dào (n) road, path, way, means, doctrine, Taoism
(n) the earth, land, soil, ground, floor, place
(n) emperor
ér (conj) and, yet
fēi (adv) not, (n) wrongs, evils
fēn (adj) numerous, varied, confused, disorderly
(n) cause, reason, (adj) former, previous
guān (v) observe, (n) view
guāng (n) light, (adj) smooth, glossy, (adv) merely, purely, completely
(n) harmony, peace, (adj)
hùo (conj) or ( adv) perhaps
jiào (n) frontier, border, (v) inspect, patrol
jiě (v) separate, divide, solve, untie, relieve, alleviate,
(v) can, may, approve, (conj) but
liǎng (number) two
mén (n) door, gate, school of thought
miào (adj) wonderful, subtle
míng (n) name, fame, (adj) famous, well known
(n) mother
(pron) he, she, it, this, that (ancient) winnowing basket
rùi (adj) sharp, acute
shéi (pron) who
shǐ (v) begin, start, (n) beginning, start
(v) appear, seem
tiān (n) heaven, God, day
tóng (adj) same, similar, (adv) similarly, together
wàn (adj) myriad, (number) ten thousand, (anc) scorpion
wèi (v) name, call, (n) meaning
(pron) I, we
(adv) without, not
(n) thing, object
(particle indicating a pause)
xiān (Adj) first, before,
xiàng (n) elephant, image
xuán (adj) distant, obscure, dark, abstruse,
(adj) differing, opposing
(ancient) continue, (v) use, (prep) by means of, according to
yíng (v) become full
yòng (verb) use, (noun) usefulness
yòu (adv) both ..and, again
yǒu (v) have, possess, exist, be present, (particle) as
(n) desire, (v) want
yuān (N) abyss, (adj) deep, profound
zhàn (v) immerse, sink, (adj) deep, profound
zhě (pron) person, thing
zhī (v) go, (particle) of, (pron) it
zhī (v) know, (n) knowledge
zhòng (n) crowd
zhong1 small cup or bowl
(n) child, son, egg, seed,
zōng (n) ancestors, religion

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