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Measure words
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bă
|
objects with a handle
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toothbrush, knife, umbrella, chair
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băo
|
parcel, packet
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cigarettes, noodles
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bēi
|
cup, glass
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tea, orange juice
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běn
|
volume
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book, dictionary
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bù
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film, encyclopedia
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fèn
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newspaper, report
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fēng
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letter
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gè
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people, things which do not fall into other categories
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girl, man
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jiā
|
organisation
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company, factor
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jiān
|
space
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room
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jiàn
|
piece
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jumper, luggage
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jù
|
phrase
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remarks, comments
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kē
|
plants, trees
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tree, spring onion
|
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kuài
|
square piece
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soap, field
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liàng
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things with wheels
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bus, car, bike
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ping
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bottles, jars
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beer, jam
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qún
|
crowd
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people, cattle
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tái
|
machines
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television, washing machine
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tào
|
set
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flat, furniture
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tiáo
|
long and winding
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fish, river
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tóu
|
big animals
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pig, elephant
|
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wèi
|
people (polite)
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teacher, leader
|
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zhāng
|
flat
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paper, map, ticket, blanket
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zhāng
|
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chapter
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zhī
|
small animals
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chicken, cat
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zuò
|
solid things, architecture
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mountain, bridge
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Personal Pronouns
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Pronoun
|
Possessive
|
English
|
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wŏ
|
wŏde
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I, me/my mine
|
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nĭ
|
nĭde
|
you (sing)/your
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nín
|
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you (polite)
|
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tā
|
tāde
|
he,she, him, her/his, her, hers
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wŏmen
|
wŏménde
|
we, us/our, ours
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nĭmen
|
nĭménde
|
you (pl)/your, yours
|
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tāmen
|
tāménde
|
they/their, theirs
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Demonstrative Pronouns
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zhè
|
this
|
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nà
|
that
|
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zhèxiē
|
these
|
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nàxiē
|
those
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Cardinal Numbers
|
líng
|
0
|
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yī
|
1
|
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èr (liăng)
|
2
|
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sān
|
3
|
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sì
|
4
|
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wŭ
|
5
|
|
liù
|
6
|
|
qī
|
7
|
|
bā
|
8
|
|
jiŭ
|
9
|
|
shí
|
10
|
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shíyī
|
11
|
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shí’èr
|
12
|
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shísān
|
13
|
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shísì
|
14
|
|
shíwŭ
|
15
|
|
shíliù
|
16
|
|
shíqī
|
17
|
|
shíbā
|
18
|
|
shíjiŭ
|
19
|
|
èrshí
|
20
|
|
èrshíyī
|
21
|
|
èrshí’èr
|
22
|
|
èrshísān
|
23
|
|
sānshí
|
30
|
|
sìshí
|
40
|
|
wŭshí
|
50
|
|
liùshí
|
60
|
|
qīshí
|
70
|
|
bāshí
|
80
|
|
jiŭshí
|
90
|
|
yībăi
|
100
|
|
èrbăi
|
200
|
|
sānbăi
|
300
|
|
yīqiān
|
1,000
|
|
èrqiān
|
2,000
|
|
sānqiān
|
3,000
|
|
yīwàn
|
10,000
|
|
èrwàn
|
20,000
|
|
sānwàn
|
30,000
|
|
yībăiwàn
|
1,000,000
|
|
èrbăiwàn
|
2,000,000
|
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