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WordPinyinZhuyinPart of speechTopicMeaning
nánㄋㄢˊN個人資料(bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
ㄋㄩˇN個人資料female; woman
孩子hái ziㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄗN個人資料child
小姐xiǎo jiěㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇN個人資料young lady; miss
先生xiān shēngㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥN個人資料teacher; gentleman
太太tài taiㄊㄞˋ ˙ㄊㄞN個人資料married woman; Mrs.
女兒nǚé rㄋㄩㄝˊ ˙ㄦN個人資料daughter
兒子ér ziㄦˊ ˙ㄗN個人資料son
大家dà jiāㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚN個人資料everyone; influential family
ㄌㄨˋN個人資料road (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey
手機shǒu jīㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧN個人資料cell phone; mobile phone
明年míng niánㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊN個人資料next year
去年qùn iánㄑㄩㄣˋ ㄧㄢˊN個人資料last year
生日shēng rìㄕㄥ ㄖˋN個人資料birthday
yuèㄩㄝˋN個人資料moon; month
ㄖˋN個人資料(bound form) sun; day
星期xīng qíㄒㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊN個人資料week; day of the week
星期天/星期日xīng qí tiānㄒㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄊㄧㄢN個人資料Sunday
禮拜天lǐ bài tiānㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄞˋ ㄊㄧㄢN個人資料Sunday
週末/周末zhōu mòㄓㄡ ㄇㄛˋN個人資料weekend
hàoㄏㄠˋM個人資料(literary) to call out; to command
tiānㄊㄧㄢN / M個人資料day; sky
cóngㄘㄨㄥˊPrep個人資料from; through
zàiㄗㄞˋPrep / Vst個人資料to exist; to be alive
àiㄞˋVst個人資料to love; to be fond of
快樂kuài lèㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄌㄜˋVs個人資料happy; joyful
tàiㄊㄞˋAdv個人資料highest; greatest
公園gōng yuánㄍㄨㄥ ㄩㄢˊN個人資料park (for public recreation)
國家guó jiāㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄚN個人資料country; nation
分鐘fēn zhōngㄈㄣ ㄓㄨㄥM個人資料minute
家人jiā rénㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊN個人資料family member; (old) servant
pàngㄆㄤˋVs個人資料fat; plump
ǎiㄞˇVs個人資料(of a person) short; (of a wall etc) low
shòuㄕㄡˋVs個人資料thin; to lose weight
wànㄨㄢˋN個人資料ten thousand; a great number
鐘頭zhōng tóuㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄡˊN個人資料(coll.) hour
wǎnㄨㄢˇN個人資料evening; night
前天qián tiānㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢN個人資料the day before yesterday
後天hòu tiānㄏㄡˋ ㄊㄧㄢN個人資料the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1])
前年qián niánㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊN個人資料the year before last
後年hòu niánㄏㄡˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊN個人資料the year after next
自己zì jǐㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇN個人資料oneself; (attributive) one's own
ㄊㄚN個人資料it
它們tā menㄊㄚ ˙ㄇㄣN個人資料they; them
zuìㄗㄨㄟˋAdv個人資料(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...
ㄆㄚˋVst個人資料to be afraid; to fear
měiㄇㄟˇVs個人資料(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])
應該/應yīng gāiㄧㄥ ㄍㄞVaux個人資料ought to; should
真的zhēn deㄓㄣ ˙ㄉㄜAdv個人資料really; truly
非常fēi chángㄈㄟ ㄔㄤˊAdv個人資料very; really
工作gōng zuòㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋN工作to work; (of a machine) to operate
醫生/醫師yī shēngㄧ ㄕㄥN工作doctor; medical practitioner
一點/一點兒/一點點yī diǎnㄧ ㄉㄧㄢˇDet教育a bit; a little bit
一些yī xiēㄧ ㄒㄧㄝDet教育some; a few
běnㄅㄣˇM教育(bound form) root; stem
zhāngㄓㄤM教育to open up; to spread
英文yīng wénㄧㄥ ㄨㄣˊN教育English (language)
zhǐㄓˇN教育paper (CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]); classifier for documents, letters etc
問題wèn tíㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄧˊN教育question; problem
意思yì siㄧˋ ˙ㄙN教育idea; opinion
餐廳/飯館cān tīngㄘㄢ ㄊㄧㄥN教育dining hall; dining room
畫/畫兒huàㄏㄨㄚˋV / N教育to draw; to paint
ㄉㄨˊV教育to read out; to read aloud
huìㄏㄨㄟˋVaux教育can; to have the skill
為什麼wèi shén meㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄜVs教育why?; for what reason?
下課xià kèㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄎㄜˋV-sep教育to finish class; to get out of class
說話shuō huàㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄨㄚˋV-sep教育to speak; to say
考試kǎo shìㄎㄠˇ ㄕˋV-sep / N教育to take an exam; exam
dǒngㄉㄨㄥˇVst教育to understand; to comprehend
念/唸niànㄋㄧㄢˋV教育to read; to study (a subject)
ㄎㄜˋN教育subject; course
jiāoㄐㄧㄠV教育to teach; to instruct
告訴gào sùㄍㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋV教育to press charges; to file a complaint
cuòㄘㄨㄛˋVp教育mistake; wrong
功課gōng kèㄍㄨㄥ ㄎㄜˋN教育homework; assignment
教室jiào shìㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄕˋN教育classroom
句子jù ziㄐㄩˋ ˙ㄗN教育sentence
休息xiū xíㄒㄧㄡ ㄒㄧˊVi教育rest; to rest
房(子)fángㄈㄤˊN房屋與家庭、環境house; room
房間fáng jiānㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄢN房屋與家庭、環境room
lóuㄌㄡˊM房屋與家庭、環境house with more than 1 story; storied building
ménㄇㄣˊN房屋與家庭、環境gate; door
門口mén kǒuㄇㄣˊ ㄎㄡˇN房屋與家庭、環境doorway; gate
桌(子)zhuōㄓㄨㄛN房屋與家庭、環境table; desk
椅(子)ㄧˇN房屋與家庭、環境chair
chuángㄔㄨㄤˊN房屋與家庭、環境bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1])
kāiㄎㄞV房屋與家庭、環境to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
ㄉㄧVs房屋與家庭、環境low; beneath
不錯bù cuòㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄨㄛˋVs房屋與家庭、環境correct; right
天氣tiān qìㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧˋN房屋與家庭、環境weather
空氣kōng qìㄎㄨㄥ ㄑㄧˋN房屋與家庭、環境air; atmosphere
lěngㄌㄥˇVs房屋與家庭、環境cold
ㄖㄜˋVs房屋與家庭、環境to warm up; to heat up
ㄩˇN房屋與家庭、環境rain
下雨xià yǔㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄩˇV-sep房屋與家庭、環境to rain
fēngㄈㄥN房屋與家庭、環境wind; news
shānㄕㄢN房屋與家庭、環境mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])
花/花兒huāㄏㄨㄚN房屋與家庭、環境flower; blossom
zhīM房屋與家庭、環境branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
ㄩˊN房屋與家庭、環境fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]); used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4 yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4 yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1 yu2])
ㄐㄧN房屋與家庭、環境fowl; chicken
niúㄋㄧㄡˊN房屋與家庭、環境ox; cow
zhūㄓㄨN房屋與家庭、環境hog; pig
咖啡kā fēiㄎㄚ ㄈㄟN日常生活(loanword) coffee
cháㄔㄚˊN日常生活tea; tea plant
yòngㄩㄥˋV日常生活to use; to make use of
穿chuānㄔㄨㄢV日常生活to bore through; to pierce
起床qǐ chuángㄑㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄤˊVp日常生活to get out of bed; to get up
方便fāng biànㄈㄤ ㄅㄧㄢˋVs日常生活convenient; suitable
睡覺shuì jiàoㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋV-sep日常生活to go to bed; to sleep
起來qǐ láiㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊVp日常生活to stand up; to get up
xiānㄒㄧㄢAdv閒暇時間、娛樂beforehand; first
常常/常cháng chángㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊAdv閒暇時間、娛樂frequently; often
měiㄇㄟˇDet閒暇時間、娛樂each; every
ㄉㄚˇV閒暇時間、娛樂to hit; to strike
wánㄨㄢˊV閒暇時間、娛樂to play; to have fun
運動yùn dòngㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋVi / N閒暇時間、娛樂to move; to exercise
走路zǒu lùㄗㄡˇ ㄌㄨˋV-sep閒暇時間、娛樂to walk; to go on foot
唱歌chàng gēㄔㄤˋ ㄍㄜV-sep閒暇時間、娛樂to sing a song
tiàoㄊㄧㄠˋVi閒暇時間、娛樂to jump; to hop
háiㄏㄞˊAdv閒暇時間、娛樂still; still in progress
chàngㄔㄤˋV閒暇時間、娛樂to sing; to call loudly
ㄍㄜN閒暇時間、娛樂song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]); (bound form) to sing
跳舞tiào wǔㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄨˇV-sep閒暇時間、娛樂to dance
yòuㄧㄡˋAdv閒暇時間、娛樂(once) again; also
qiúㄑㄧㄡˊN閒暇時間、娛樂ball; sphere
介紹jiè shàoㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄠˋV與他人的關係to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation
沒關係(˙ㄒㄧ)méi guān xiㄇㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄒㄧVs與他人的關係it doesn't matter
事/事兒shìㄕˋN與他人的關係matter; thing
怎麼zěn meㄗㄣˇ ˙ㄇㄜAdv與他人的關係how?; what?
ㄋㄚˇDet旅行how; which
裡面/裏面lǐ miànㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋN旅行inside; interior
上(面)shàngㄕㄤˋN旅行(bound form) up; upper
下(面)xiàㄒㄧㄚˋN旅行down; downwards
外(面)wàiㄨㄞˋN旅行outside; in addition
外頭(˙ㄊㄡ)wài touㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄊㄡN旅行outside; outdoors
前(面)qiánㄑㄧㄢˊN旅行front; forward
後(面)hòuㄏㄡˋN旅行back; behind
左(邊)zuǒㄗㄨㄛˇN旅行left; the Left (politics)
右(邊)yòuㄧㄡˋN旅行(bound form) right; right-hand side
旁(邊)pángㄆㄤˊN旅行one side; other
裡/裏ㄌㄧˇN旅行lining; interior
zhōngㄓㄨㄥN旅行(bound form) China; Chinese
地方dì fāngㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤN旅行region; regional (away from the central administration)
附近fù jìnㄈㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋN旅行nearby; neighboring
dàiㄉㄞˋV旅行band; belt
ㄋㄚˊV旅行to hold; to seize
zhànㄓㄢˋVi旅行station; to stand
kuàiㄎㄨㄞˋVs旅行rapid; quick
mànㄇㄢˋVs旅行slow
計程車jì chéng chēㄐㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄔㄜN旅行(Tw) taxi; cab
火車huǒ chēㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜN旅行train
飛機fēi jīㄈㄟ ㄐㄧN旅行airplane
liàngㄌㄧㄤˋM旅行classifier for vehicles
chūㄔㄨV旅行to go out; to come out
jìnㄐㄧㄣˋV旅行to go forward; to advance
外國wài guóㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊN旅行foreign country
shǒuㄕㄡˇN健康及身體照護hand; (formal) to hold
jiǎoㄐㄧㄠˇN健康及身體照護foot; leg (of an animal or an object)
身體shēn tǐㄕㄣ ㄊㄧˇN健康及身體照護the body; one's health
眼睛yǎn jīngㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥN健康及身體照護eye
鼻(子)ㄅㄧˊN健康及身體照護nose
yàoㄧㄠˋN健康及身體照護medicine; drug
lèiㄌㄟˋVs健康及身體照護tired; weary
tóuㄊㄡˊN健康及身體照護head; hair style
耳朵ěr duoㄦˇ ˙ㄉㄨㄛN健康及身體照護ear; handle (on a cup)
感冒gǎn màoㄍㄢˇ ㄇㄠˋVp健康及身體照護to catch cold; (common) cold
生病shēng bìngㄕㄥ ㄅㄧㄥˋVp-sep健康及身體照護to fall ill
èㄜˋVs健康及身體照護hungry; to starve (sb)
tòngㄊㄨㄥˋVs健康及身體照護ache; pain
嘴巴/嘴zuǐ baㄗㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄅㄚN健康及身體照護mouth (CL:張|张[zhang1]); slap in the face
bìngㄅㄧㄥˋN健康及身體照護illness; disease
看病kàn bìngㄎㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋV-sep健康及身體照護to visit a doctor; to see a patient
yuánㄩㄢˊM購物Yuan dynasty (1279–1368); currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
鞋(子)xiéㄒㄧㄝˊN購物shoe
衣服/衣yī fúㄧ ㄈㄨˊN購物clothes
ㄅㄧˇPrep購物Belgium; Belgian
yàoㄧㄠˋV / Vaux購物to want; to need
chángㄔㄤˊVs購物long; (bound form) length
xīnㄒㄧㄣVs購物new; newly
一樣yī yàngㄧ ㄧㄤˋVs購物same; like
jiànㄐㄧㄢˋVpt購物to see; to meet
看見kàn jianㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄐㄧㄢV購物to see; to catch sight of
聽見tīng jiànㄊㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˋVpt購物to hear
diànㄉㄧㄢˋN購物inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1])
duǎnㄉㄨㄢˇVs購物short; brief
bǎoㄅㄠˇVs購物to eat till full; satisfied
jiùㄐㄧㄡˋVs購物old; opposite: new 新
xiàngㄒㄧㄤˋVst購物to resemble; to be like
一共/共yī gòngㄧ ㄍㄨㄥˋAdv購物in total; altogether
gòuㄍㄡˋVs-pred飲食enough (sufficient); enough (too much)
筷(子)kuàiㄎㄨㄞˋN飲食chopstick
jiànㄐㄧㄢˋM飲食item; component
bēiㄅㄟM飲食cup; trophy cup
杯(子)bēiㄅㄟN飲食cup; trophy cup
càiㄘㄞˋN飲食vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])
ròuㄖㄡˋN飲食meat; flesh
jiǔㄐㄧㄡˇN飲食wine (esp. rice wine); liquor
ㄏㄜV飲食to drink
shǎoㄕㄠˇVs-pred飲食few; less
duōㄉㄨㄛVs-pred / Adv飲食many; much
小吃xiǎo chīㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔN飲食street food; snack
牛奶niú nǎiㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄞˇN飲食cow's milk
dànㄉㄢˋN飲食egg; oval-shaped thing
餃(子)jiǎoㄐㄧㄠˇN飲食dumplings with meat filling
miànㄇㄧㄢˋN飲食flour; noodles
tāngㄊㄤN飲食soup; hot or boiling water
包子bāo ziㄅㄠ ˙ㄗN飲食baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
蛋糕dàng āoㄉㄤˋ ㄠN飲食cake
麵包miàn bāoㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄠN飲食bread
水果shuǐ guǒㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄛˇN飲食fruit
香蕉xiāng jiāoㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄠN飲食banana
食物shí wùㄕˊ ㄨˋN飲食food
飲料yǐn liàoㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋN飲食drink; beverage
果汁guǒ zhīㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄓN飲食fruit juice
tiánㄊㄧㄢˊVs飲食sweet; (fig.) pleasant
菜單cài dānㄘㄞˋ ㄉㄢN飲食menu
巧克力qiǎo kè lìㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋN飲食(loanword) chocolate
wǎnㄨㄢˇN / M飲食bowl; cup
bīngㄅㄧㄥN飲食ice; to chill sth
一起yī qǐㄧ ㄑㄧˇAdv其他(in) the same place; together
因為yīn wèiㄧㄣ ㄨㄟˋConj其他because; owing to
ㄏㄜˊConj其他(joining two nouns) and; together with
所以suǒ yǐㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇConj其他therefore; as a result
gēnㄍㄣConj其他heel; to follow closely
一定yī dìngㄧ ㄉㄧㄥˋAdv其他surely; certainly
可能kěn éngㄎㄣˇ ㄥˊVaux其他might (happen); possible
邊/邊兒biānㄅㄧㄢN其他side; edge
biéㄅㄧㄝˊAdv其他to leave; to part (from)
馬上mǎ shàngㄇㄚˇ ㄕㄤˋAdv其他at once; right away
然後rán hòuㄖㄢˊ ㄏㄡˋAdv其他then; after that
děiㄉㄟˇVpt其他to have to; must
zhe˙ㄓㄜPtc其他aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
有點/有一點/有一點兒yǒu diǎnㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇAdv其他a little

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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How many words are in TOCFL Novice 2?

TOCFL Novice 2 adds 234 words to SC-TOP’s official vocabulary list, for a cumulative total of 394 words up to and including Novice 2.

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