All 160 TOCFL Novice 1 words
| Word | Pinyin | Zhuyin | Part of speech | Topic | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 我 | wǒ | ㄨㄛˇ | N | 個人資料 | I; me |
| 你/妳 | nǐ | ㄋㄧˇ | N | 個人資料 | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2]) |
| 他/她 | tā | ㄊㄚ | N | 個人資料 | (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him |
| 我們 | wǒ men | ㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄇㄣ | N | 個人資料 | we; us |
| 你們/妳們 | nǐ men | ㄋㄧˇ ˙ㄇㄣ | N | 個人資料 | you (plural) |
| 他們/她們 | tā men | ㄊㄚ ˙ㄇㄣ | N | 個人資料 | they; them |
| 您 | nín | ㄋㄧㄣˊ | N | 個人資料 | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) |
| 誰 | shéi | ㄕㄟˊ | N | 個人資料 | who; also pr. [shui2] |
| 姓名 | xìng míng | ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ | N | 個人資料 | — |
| 人 | rén | ㄖㄣˊ | N | 個人資料 | person; people |
| 國 | guó | ㄍㄨㄛˊ | N | 個人資料 | country; nation |
| 中國 | zhōng guó | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ | N | 個人資料 | China |
| 美國 | měi guó | ㄇㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ | N | 個人資料 | United States; USA |
| 日本 | rì běn | ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ | N | 個人資料 | Japan |
| 台灣/臺灣 | tái wān | ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢ | N | 個人資料 | Taiwan |
| 名字(˙ㄗ) | míng zi | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ | N | 個人資料 | name (of a person or thing) |
| 家 | jiā | ㄐㄧㄚ | N | 個人資料 | home; family |
| 電話 | diàn huà | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | N | 個人資料 | telephone; phone call |
| 時間 | shí jiān | ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢ | N | 個人資料 | (concept of) time; (duration of) time |
| 小時 | xiǎo shí | ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ | N | 個人資料 | hour |
| 現在 | xiàn zài | ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄞˋ | N | 個人資料 | now; at present |
| 今年 | jīn nián | ㄐㄧㄣ ㄋㄧㄢˊ | N | 個人資料 | this year |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | ㄐㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄢ | N | 個人資料 | today; the present time |
| 明天 | míng tiān | ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ | N | 個人資料 | tomorrow |
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | ㄗㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄢ | N | 個人資料 | yesterday |
| 早上 | zǎo shàng | ㄗㄠˇ ㄕㄤˋ | N | 個人資料 | early morning |
| 上午 | shàng wǔ | ㄕㄤˋ ㄨˇ | N | 個人資料 | morning |
| 中午 | zhōng wǔ | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨˇ | N | 個人資料 | noon; midday |
| 下午 | xià wǔ | ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˇ | N | 個人資料 | afternoon; p.m. |
| 晚上 | wǎn shàng | ㄨㄢˇ ㄕㄤˋ | N | 個人資料 | evening; night |
| 一 | yī | ㄧ | N | 個人資料 | one; single |
| 二 | èr | ㄦˋ | N | 個人資料 | two; 2 |
| 三 | sān | ㄙㄢ | N | 個人資料 | three; 3 |
| 四 | sì | ㄙˋ | N | 個人資料 | four; 4 |
| 五 | wǔ | ㄨˇ | N | 個人資料 | five; 5 |
| 六 | liù | ㄌㄧㄡˋ | N | 個人資料 | six; 6 |
| 七 | qī | ㄑㄧ | N | 個人資料 | seven; 7 |
| 八 | bā | ㄅㄚ | N | 個人資料 | eight |
| 九 | jiǔ | ㄐㄧㄡˇ | N | 個人資料 | nine; 9 |
| 十 | shí | ㄕˊ | N | 個人資料 | ten; 10 |
| 兩 | liǎng | ㄌㄧㄤˇ | N | 個人資料 | two; both |
| 時候 | shí hòu | ㄕˊ ㄏㄡˋ | N | 個人資料 | time; length of time |
| 百 | bǎi | ㄅㄞˇ | N | 個人資料 | hundred; numerous |
| 半 | bàn | ㄅㄢˋ | N | 個人資料 | half; semi- |
| 千 | qiān | ㄑㄧㄢ | N | 個人資料 | thousand |
| 爸爸/爸 | bà ba | ㄅㄚˋ ˙ㄅㄚ | N | 個人資料 | (coll.) father; dad |
| 媽媽/媽 | mā ma | ㄇㄚ ˙ㄇㄚ | N | 個人資料 | mama; mommy |
| 哥哥/哥 | gē ge | ㄍㄜ ˙ㄍㄜ | N | 個人資料 | older brother |
| 弟弟/弟 | dì di | ㄉㄧˋ ˙ㄉㄧ | N | 個人資料 | younger brother |
| 姊姊/姐姐/姊/姐 | jiě jie | ㄐㄧㄝˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄝ | N | 個人資料 | older sister; Taiwan pr. [jie3 jie5] |
| 妹妹/妹 | mèi mei | ㄇㄟˋ ˙ㄇㄟ | N | 個人資料 | younger sister; young woman |
| 小孩(子) | xiǎo hái | ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄞˊ | N | 個人資料 | child |
| 的 | de | ˙ㄉㄜ | Ptc | 個人資料 | of; ~'s (possessive particle) |
| 第 | dì | ㄉㄧˋ | Det | 個人資料 | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed |
| 分 | fēn | ㄈㄣ | M | 個人資料 | to divide; to separate |
| 點 | diǎn | ㄉㄧㄢˇ | M | 個人資料 | to touch briefly; to tap |
| 個 | ge | ˙ㄍㄜ | M | 個人資料 | used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]; (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) |
| 歲 | suì | ㄙㄨㄟˋ | M | 個人資料 | classifier for years (of age); year |
| 年 | nián | ㄋㄧㄢˊ | M | 個人資料 | year |
| 住 | zhù | ㄓㄨˋ | V | 個人資料 | to live; to reside |
| 來 | lái | ㄌㄞˊ | V | 個人資料 | to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) |
| 是 | shì | ㄕˋ | Vst | 個人資料 | to be (followed by substantives only); correct |
| 姓 | xìng | ㄒㄧㄥˋ | Vst | 個人資料 | family name; surname |
| 覺得 | jué de | ㄐㄩㄝˊ ˙ㄉㄜ | Vst | 個人資料 | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 喜歡 | xǐ huān | ㄒㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄢ | Vst | 個人資料 | to like; to be fond of |
| 打電話 | dǎ diàn huà | ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | Vi | 個人資料 | to make a telephone call |
| 漂亮 | piào lìang | ㄆㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ | Vs | 個人資料 | pretty; beautiful |
| 高 | gāo | ㄍㄠ | Vs | 個人資料 | high; tall |
| 老 | lǎo | ㄌㄠˇ | Vs | 個人資料 | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people) |
| 好 | hǎo | ㄏㄠˇ | Adv | 個人資料 | good; appropriate |
| 很 | hěn | ㄏㄣˇ | Adv | 個人資料 | very; quite |
| 真 | zhēn | ㄓㄣ | Adv | 個人資料 | really; truly |
| 電腦 | diàn nǎo | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄠˇ | N | 工作 | computer |
| 老師 | lǎo shī | ㄌㄠˇ ㄕ | N | 工作 | teacher |
| 買 | mǎi | ㄇㄞˇ | V | 工作 | to buy; to purchase |
| 忙 | máng | ㄇㄤˊ | Vs | 工作 | busy; hurriedly |
| 學生 | xué shēng | ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄥ | N | 教育 | student; schoolchild |
| 大學 | dà xué | ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ | N | 教育 | the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism; university |
| 學校 | xué xiào | ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ | N | 教育 | school |
| 中文 | zhōng wén | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ | N | 教育 | Chinese language |
| 同學 | tóng xué | ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ | N | 教育 | to study at the same school; fellow student |
| 字 | zì | ㄗˋ | N | 教育 | letter; symbol |
| 筆 | bǐ | ㄅㄧˇ | N | 教育 | writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]) |
| 學 | xué | ㄒㄩㄝˊ | V | 教育 | to learn; to study |
| 問 | wèn | ㄨㄣˋ | V | 教育 | to ask; to inquire |
| 說 | shuō | ㄕㄨㄛ | V | 教育 | to speak; to talk |
| 寫 | xiě | ㄒㄧㄝˇ | V | 教育 | to write |
| 聽 | tīng | ㄊㄧㄥ | V | 教育 | to listen to; to hear |
| 對 | duì | ㄉㄨㄟˋ | Vs | 教育 | right; correct |
| 能 | néng | ㄋㄥˊ | Vaux | 教育 | can; to be able to |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ | Vaux | 教育 | can; may |
| 上課 | shàng kè | ㄕㄤˋ ㄎㄜˋ | V-sep | 教育 | to go to class; to attend class |
| 知道 | zhī dào | ㄓ ㄉㄠˋ | Vst | 教育 | to know; to become aware of |
| 電視(機) | diàn shì | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ | N | 房屋與家庭、環境 | television; TV |
| 水 | shuǐ | ㄕㄨㄟˇ | N | 房屋與家庭、環境 | Shui ethnic group; water |
| 久 | jiǔ | ㄐㄧㄡˇ | Vs-pred | 日常生活 | (of a period of time) long |
| 早 | zǎo | ㄗㄠˇ | Vs | 閒暇時間、娛樂 | early; morning |
| 再 | zài | ㄗㄞˋ | Adv | 閒暇時間、娛樂 | again; once more |
| 書 | shū | ㄕㄨ | N | 閒暇時間、娛樂 | book; letter |
| 電影 | diàn yǐng | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄥˇ | N | 閒暇時間、娛樂 | movie; film |
| 以前 | yǐ qián | ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ | N | 閒暇時間、娛樂 | before; formerly |
| 以後 | yǐ hòu | ㄧˇ ㄏㄡˋ | N | 閒暇時間、娛樂 | after; later |
| 走 | zǒu | ㄗㄡˇ | V | 閒暇時間、娛樂 | to walk; to go |
| 等 | děng | ㄉㄥˇ | V | 閒暇時間、娛樂 | to wait for; to await |
| 看 | kàn | ㄎㄢˋ | V | 閒暇時間、娛樂 | to see; to look at |
| 就 | jiù | ㄐㄧㄡˋ | Adv | 閒暇時間、娛樂 | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then |
| 什麼/甚麼 | shén me | ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜ | N | 與他人的關係 | what?; something |
| 朋友 | péng yǒu | ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ | N | 與他人的關係 | friend |
| 東西 | dōng xi | ㄉㄨㄥ ˙ㄒㄧ | N | 與他人的關係 | thing; stuff |
| 吧 | ba | ˙ㄅㄚ | Ptc | 與他人的關係 | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right? |
| 呢 | ne | ˙ㄋㄜ | Ptc | 與他人的關係 | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds |
| 嗎 | ma | ˙ㄇㄚ | Ptc | 與他人的關係 | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 找 | zhǎo | ㄓㄠˇ | V | 與他人的關係 | to try to find; to look for |
| 做 | zuò | ㄗㄨㄛˋ | V | 與他人的關係 | to make; to produce |
| 再見 | zài jiàn | ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ | Vi | 與他人的關係 | goodbye; see you again later |
| 怎麼樣 | zěn me yàng | ㄗㄣˇ ˙ㄇㄜ ㄧㄤˋ | Vs | 與他人的關係 | how?; how about? |
| 叫 | jiào | ㄐㄧㄠˋ | Vst / V | 與他人的關係 | to shout; to call |
| 謝謝 | xiè xie | ㄒㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄝ | Vst | 與他人的關係 | to thank; thanks |
| 對不起 | duì bù qǐ | ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ | 與他人的關係 | I'm sorry; excuse me | |
| 請問 | qǐng wèn | ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄣˋ | 與他人的關係 | Excuse me, may I ask...? | |
| 這 | zhè | ㄓㄜˋ | Det | 旅行 | (pronoun) this; these |
| 那 | nà | ㄋㄚˋ | Det | 旅行 | (specifier) that; the |
| 公共汽車/公車 | gōng gòng qì chē | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄔㄜ | N | 旅行 | bus |
| 車(子) | chē | ㄔㄜ | N | 旅行 | car; vehicle |
| 到 | dào | ㄉㄠˋ | V | 旅行 | to reach; to arrive |
| 去 | qù | ㄑㄩˋ | V | 旅行 | to go; to go to (a place) |
| 回 | huí | ㄏㄨㄟˊ | V | 旅行 | Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); to go back |
| 坐 | zuò | ㄗㄨㄛˋ | Vi | 旅行 | to sit; to take a seat |
| 這裡/這裏/這兒 | zhè lǐ | ㄓㄜˋ ㄌㄧˇ | N | 旅行 | here |
| 那裡/那裏/那兒 | nà lǐ | ㄋㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ | N | 旅行 | there; that place |
| 哪裡/哪裏/哪兒 | nǎ lǐ | ㄋㄚˇ ㄌㄧˇ | N | 旅行 | where?; somewhere |
| 開車 | kāi chē | ㄎㄞ ㄔㄜ | V-sep | 旅行 | to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online |
| 錢 | qián | ㄑㄧㄢˊ | N | 購物 | coin; money |
| 多少 | duō shǎo | ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ | N | 購物 | number; amount |
| 給 | gěi | ㄍㄟˇ | V | 購物 | to; for |
| 貴 | guì | ㄍㄨㄟˋ | Vs | 購物 | short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]; expensive |
| 便宜 | pián yí | ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ | Vs | 購物 | cheap; inexpensive |
| 大 | dà | ㄉㄚˋ | Vs | 購物 | big; large |
| 小 | xiǎo | ㄒㄧㄠˇ | Vs | 購物 | small; tiny |
| 難 | nán | ㄋㄢˊ | Vs | 購物 | difficult (to...); problem |
| 容易 | róng yì | ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄧˋ | Vs | 購物 | easy; straightforward |
| 有 | yǒu | ㄧㄡˇ | Vst | 購物 | to have; there is |
| 想 | xiǎng | ㄒㄧㄤˇ | Vst | 購物 | to think (about); to think of |
| 幾 | jǐ | ㄐㄧˇ | Det | 飲食 | how many; how much |
| 塊 | kuài | ㄎㄨㄞˋ | M | 飲食 | lump; chunk |
| 位 | wèi | ㄨㄟˋ | M | 飲食 | position; location |
| 飯 | fàn | ㄈㄢˋ | N | 飲食 | cooked rice; meal |
| 吃 | chī | ㄔ | V | 飲食 | to eat; to consume |
| 請 | qǐng | ㄑㄧㄥˇ | V | 飲食 | to ask; to invite |
| 也 | yě | ㄧㄝˇ | Adv | 其他 | also; too |
| 不 | bù | ㄅㄨˋ | Adv | 其他 | no; not so |
| 沒 | méi | ㄇㄟˊ | Adv | 其他 | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 都 | dōu | ㄉㄡ | Adv | 其他 | all; both |
| 只 | zhǐ | ㄓˇ | Adv | 其他 | only; merely |
| 可是 | kě shì | ㄎㄜˇ ㄕˋ | Conj | 其他 | but; however |
| 還是 | hái shì | ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋ | Conj | 其他 | still (as before); had better |
| 了 | le | ˙ㄌㄜ | Ptc | 其他 | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 得 | de | ˙ㄉㄜ | Ptc | 其他 | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 過 | guò | ㄍㄨㄛˋ | Ptc | 其他 | to cross; to go over |
| 沒有 | méi yǒu | ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ | Ptc | 其他 | haven't; hasn't |
Part-of-speech codes follow SC-TOP’s list: N noun, V action verb, Vi intransitive action verb, Vs state verb (adjective-like), Vst transitive state verb, Vp process verb, Vaux auxiliary verb, Adv adverb, Prep preposition, Conj conjunction, Ptc particle, M measure word, Det determiner, -sep suffix: separable verb.
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