Duolingo Chinese 2 Word Scramble

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English	Pinyin	Chinese
smile (archaic) \|\| to listen / to hear / to obey / a can (loanword from English 'tin') / classifier for canned beverages \|\| (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow	yǐn	听
music / CL: 張｜张, 曲, 段	yīn yuè	音乐
song / CL: 支, 首 / to sing	gē	歌
sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character)	yīn	音
surname Le \|\| surname Yue \|\| happy / cheerful / to laugh \|\| music	lè	乐
to dance	tiào wǔ	跳舞
to sing / to call loudly / to chant	chàng	唱
to jump / to hop / to skip over / to bounce / to palpitate	tiào	跳
to dance / to wield / to brandish	wǔ	舞
to get out of bed / to get up	qǐ chuáng	起床
to go to school / to attend school	shàng xué	上学
to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office	shàng bān	上班
breakfast / CL: 份, 頓｜顿, 次, 餐	zǎo fàn	早饭
bed / couch / classifier for beds / CL: 張｜张	chuáng	床
surname Ban \|\| team / class / squad / work shift / ranking / CL: 個｜个 / classifier for groups	bān	班
surname Cong \|\| from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / accomplice / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor \|\| second cousin	cóng	从
to go to bed / to sleep	shuì jiào	睡觉
lunch / CL: 份, 頓｜顿, 次, 餐	wǔ fàn	午饭
to sleep / to lie down	shuì	睡
a nap / a sleep / CL: 場｜场 \|\| to feel / to find that / thinking / awake / aware	jiào	觉
to dismiss students at the end of the school day	fàng xué	放学
to finish work / to get off work	xià bān	下班
to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book) \|\| to curve / to return / to revolve	huí	回
evening meal / dinner / supper / CL: 份, 頓｜顿, 次, 餐	wǎn fàn	晚饭
to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)	fàng	放
surname Qian \|\| coin / money / CL: 筆｜笔 / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩｜两	qián	钱
lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units	kuài	块
only / merely / just / but \|\| grain that has begun to ripen / variant of 衹｜只 \|\| classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc	zhǐ	只
to buy / to purchase	mǎi	买
altogether	yī gòng	一共
surname Mao \|\| hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分)	máo	毛
common / general / to share / together / total / altogether / abbr. for 共產黨｜共产党, Communist party	gòng	共
credit card	xìn yòng kǎ	信用卡
to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)	shōu	收
thousand \|\| see 鞦韆｜秋千	qiān	千
letter / mail / CL: 封 / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random	xìn	信
to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore	yòng	用
to stop / to block / card / CL: 張｜张, 片 / calorie / cassette / (computing) (coll.) slow \|\| to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [ka3]	kǎ	卡
expensive / noble / precious / (honorific) your	guì	贵
convenient \|\| cheap / inexpensive / small advantages / to let sb off lightly	biàn yí	便宜
cash	xiàn jīn	现金
plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to 就: then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards \|\| see 便宜	biàn	便
surname Yi \|\| proper / should / suitable / appropriate	yí	宜
surname Jin / surname Kim (Korean) / Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234) \|\| gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音	jīn	金
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely	tài	太
see 万俟 \|\| surname Wan \|\| ten thousand / a great number	mò	万
row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column \|\| to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense	xíng	行
to think / to believe / to suppose / to wish / to want / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)	xiǎng	想
surname Gan \|\| dry / clean / in vain / dried food / foster / adoptive / to ignore \|\| to concern / to interfere / shield / stem \|\| tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar)	gān	干
picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace	yǐng	影
to look at / to regard / to inspect	shì	视
television / TV / CL: 臺｜台, 個｜个	diàn shì	电视
movie / film / CL: 部, 片, 幕, 場｜场	diàn yǐng	电影
newspaper / newsprint / CL: 份, 期, 張｜张	bào zhǐ	报纸
to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net	shàng wǎng	上网
to announce / to inform / report / newspaper / recompense / revenge / CL: 份, 張｜张	bào	报
paper / CL: 張｜张, 沓 / classifier for documents, letter etc	zhǐ	纸
net / network	wǎng	网
cell phone / mobile phone / CL: 部, 支	shǒu jī	手机
news / CL: 條｜条, 個｜个	xīn wén	新闻
surname Ji \|\| machine / engine / opportunity / intention / aircraft / pivot / crucial point / flexible (quick-witted) / organic / CL: 臺｜台	jī	机
abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 or Singapore 新加坡 / surname Xin \|\| new / newly / meso- (chemistry)	xīn	新
surname Wen \|\| to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at	wén	闻
star / celebrity	míng xīng	明星
sports / physical education	tǐ yù	体育
program / item (on a program) / CL: 臺｜台, 個｜个, 套	jié mù	节目
South Korea (Republic of Korea) / Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄｜战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897	hán guó	韩国
body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics)	tǐ	体
see 節骨眼｜节骨眼 \|\| festival / holiday / node / joint / section / segment / part / to economize / to save / to abridge / moral integrity / classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses / CL: 個｜个	jiē	节
Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄｜战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國｜大韩民国 / surname Han	hán	韩
to have children / to raise or bring up / to educate	yù	育
eye / item / section / list / catalogue / table of contents / order (taxonomy) / goal / name / title	mù	目
table / desk / classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc	zhuō	桌
to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change	zhǎo	找
table / desk / CL: 張｜张, 套	zhuō zi	桌子
chair / CL: 把, 套	yǐ zi	椅子
chair	yǐ	椅
room / CL: 間｜间, 個｜个	fáng jiān	房间
icebox / freezer cabinet / refrigerator / CL: 臺｜台, 個｜个	bīng xiāng	冰箱
outside / in addition / foreign / external	wài	外
surname Fang \|\| house / room / CL: 間｜间 / branch of an extended family / classifier for family members (or concubines)	fáng	房
box / trunk / chest	xiāng	箱
position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential	wèi	位
class / rank / grade / equal to / same as / to wait for / to await / et cetera / and so on / et al. (and other authors) / after / as soon as / once	děng	等
(used after a verb) give it a go / to do (sth for a bit to give it a try) / one time / once / in a while / all of a sudden / all at once	yī xià	一下
to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound	jìn	进
surname Zuo \|\| to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座	zuò	坐
menu / CL: 份, 張｜张	cài dān	菜单
English (language)	yīng wén	英文
dish (type of food) / vegetable / cuisine / CL: 盤｜盘, 道 / (coll.) (one's) type / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor	cài	菜
surname Shan \|\| bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL: 個｜个	dān	单
surname Wen \|\| language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67	wén	文
waiter / waitress / attendant / customer service personnel / CL: 個｜个, 位	fú wù yuán	服务员
to order dishes (in a restaurant)	diǎn cài	点菜
to pay the restaurant bill	mǎi dān	买单
to reserve a seat / to book a table / reservation	dìng wèi	订位
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes \|\| dose (measure word for medicine) / Taiwan pr. [fu2]	fú	服
affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means	wù	务
person / employee / member	yuán	员
to agree / to conclude / to draw up / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to order	dìng	订
some / few / several / measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1)	xiē	些
the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙 / Spanish \|\| west	xī	西
surname Dong \|\| east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord	dōng	东
east and west \|\| thing / stuff / person / CL: 個｜个, 件	dōng xī	东西
supermarket / abbr. for 超級市場｜超级市场 / CL: 家	chāo shì	超市
fruit / CL: 個｜个	shuǐ guǒ	水果
to exceed / to overtake / to surpass / to transcend / to pass / to cross / ultra- / super-	chāo	超
market / city / CL: 個｜个	shì	市
fruit / result / resolute / indeed / if really	guǒ	果
to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of 被) / (grammatical equivalent of 把) / (sentence intensifier) \|\| to supply / to provide	gěi	给
apple / CL: 個｜个, 顆｜颗	píng guǒ	苹果
watermelon / CL: 顆｜颗, 粒, 個｜个	xī guā	西瓜
(artemisia) / duckweed \|\| marsiliaceae / clover fern \|\| apple	píng	苹
melon / gourd / squash	guā	瓜
(chicken) egg / hen's egg / CL: 個｜个, 打	jī dàn	鸡蛋
fresh (experience, food etc) / freshness / novel / uncommon	xīn xiān	新鲜
fowl / chicken / CL: 隻｜只 / (slang) prostitute	jī	鸡
egg / CL: 個｜个, 打 / oval-shaped thing	dàn	蛋
fresh / bright (in color) / delicious / tasty / delicacy / aquatic foods \|\| few / rare \|\| fish / old variant of 鮮｜鲜	xiān	鲜
vegetables / produce / CL: 種｜种	shū cài	蔬菜
vegetables	shū	蔬
surname Bao \|\| to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL: 個｜个, 隻｜只	bāo	包
surname Mi \|\| rice / CL: 粒 / meter (classifier)	mǐ	米
bread / CL: 片, 袋, 塊｜块	miàn bāo	面包
pouch / bag / sack / pocket	dài	袋
sugar / sweets / candy / CL: 顆｜颗, 塊｜块	táng	糖
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice) \|\| because of / for / to	wéi	为
surname Xi \|\| to practice / to study / habit	xí	习
to learn / to study	xué xí	学习
Chinese language	zhōng wén	中文
why? / for what reason?	wèi shén me	为什么
because / owing to / on account of	yīn wèi	因为
therefore / as a result / so / the reason why	suǒ yǐ	所以
Spain	xī bān yá	西班牙
cause / reason / because	yīn	因
actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL: 個｜个	suǒ	所
abbr. for Israel 以色列 \|\| to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)	yǐ	以
tooth / ivory / CL: 顆｜颗	yá	牙
trip / journey / tourism / travel / tour / to travel	lǚ yóu	旅游
to like / to take pleasure in / keen on / fond of / interest / hobby / appetite for / CL: 個｜个	ài hào	爱好
Spanish language	xī bān yá yǔ	西班牙语
light / gentle / relaxed / effortless / uncomplicated / to relax / to take things less seriously	qīng sōng	轻松
trip / travel / to travel / brigade (army)	lǚ	旅
light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage	qīng	轻
surname Song \|\| pine / CL: 棵 \|\| loose / to loosen / to relax	sōng	松
camera / CL: 個｜个, 架, 部, 台, 隻｜只	zhào xiàng jī	照相机
India	yìn dù	印度
to take a picture	pāi zhào	拍照
to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music)	pāi	拍
according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) / photo / as requested / as before	zhào	照
surname Yin / abbr. for 印度 \|\| to print / to mark / to engrave / a seal / a print / a stamp / a mark / a trace / image	yìn	印
surname Xiang \|\| each other / one another / mutually \|\| appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)	xiāng	相
to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences \|\| to estimate / Taiwan pr. [duo4]	dù	度
surname Hai \|\| ocean / sea / CL: 個｜个, 片 / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous	hǎi	海
root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc	běn	本
surname Huan \|\| still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else \|\| to pay back / to return	huán	还
Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬｜沪	shàng hǎi	上海
or / still / nevertheless / had better	hái shi	还是
Japan / Japanese	rì běn	日本
meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute	ròu	肉
(cooked) rice	mǐ fàn	米饭
noodles	miàn tiáo	面条
chicken meat	jī ròu	鸡肉
beef	niú ròu	牛肉
pork	zhū ròu	猪肉
mutton / goat meat	yáng ròu	羊肉
drink / beverage	yǐn liào	饮料
hog / pig / swine / CL: 口, 頭｜头	zhū	猪
surname Yang \|\| sheep / goat / CL: 頭｜头, 隻｜只	yáng	羊
to drink \|\| to give (animals) water to drink	yǐn	饮
material / stuff / grain / feed / to expect / to anticipate / to guess	liào	料
worker / workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person) \|\| to do / to grow / to write or compose / to pretend / to regard as / to feel / writings or works	zuō	作
work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor	gōng	工
to accumulate / to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]) / continuous / repeated \|\| tired / weary / to strain / to wear out / to work hard \|\| surname Lei \|\| rope / to bind together / to twist around	lěi	累
to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL: 個｜个, 份, 項｜项	gōng zuò	工作
to think / to feel	jué de	觉得
slightly / a little / somewhat	yǒu diǎnr	有点儿
healthy / at ease \|\| fat / plump	pán	胖
health / healthy	jiàn kāng	健康
don't! / must not	bù yào	不要
healthy / to invigorate / to strengthen / to be good at / to be strong in	jiàn	健
surname Kang \|\| healthy / peaceful / abundant	kāng	康
the body / one's health / CL: 具, 個｜个 / in person	shēn tǐ	身体
to take note of / to pay attention to	zhù yì	注意
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158	shēn	身
to inject / to pour into / to concentrate / to pay attention / stake (gambling) / classifier for sums of money / variant of 註｜注 \|\| to register / to annotate / note / comment	zhù	注
Italy / Italian / abbr. for 意大利 \|\| idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate	yì	意
to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL: 個｜个	kāi shǐ	开始
to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself	duàn liàn	锻炼
to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文｜开尔文 / abbr. for 開本｜开本, book format	kāi	开
to forge / to discipline / wrought	duàn	锻
to begin / to start / then / only then	shǐ	始
to refine / to smelt	liàn	炼
surname Tie \|\| iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)	tiě	铁
inn / shop / store / CL: 家	diàn	店
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct \|\| earth / ground / field / place / land / CL: 片	de	地
wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage / CL: 杯, 瓶, 罐, 桶, 缸	jiǔ	酒
wine shop / pub (public house) / hotel / restaurant / (Tw) hostess club	jiǔ diàn	酒店
subway / metro	dì tiě	地铁
not to allow / to forbid / to prohibit	bù zhǔn	不准
to allow / to grant / in accordance with / in the light of \|\| accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para-	zhǔn	准
taxi / (Taiwan) rental car	chū zū chē	出租车
station / to stand / to halt / to stop / branch of a company or organization / website	zhàn	站
surname Che \|\| car / vehicle / CL: 輛｜辆 / machine / to shape with a lathe \|\| war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)	chē	车
to go out / to come out / to occur / to produce / to go beyond / to rise / to put forth / to happen / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc	chū	出
to hire / to rent / to charter / to rent out / to lease out / rent / land tax	zū	租
can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good	kě yǐ	可以
car / automobile / bus / CL: 輛｜辆	qì chē	汽车
public / common / communal	gōng gòng	公共
boat / vessel / ship / CL: 條｜条, 艘, 隻｜只	chuán	船
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)	gōng	公
steam / vapor	qì	汽
item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc	jiàn	件
clothes / CL: 件 \|\| to dress / to wear / to put on (clothes)	yī	衣
Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC) / surname Shang \|\| commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商, intelligence quotient)	shāng	商
store / shop / CL: 家, 個｜个	shāng diàn	商店
clothes / CL: 件, 套	yī fu	衣服
surname Men \|\| gate / door / CL: 扇 / gateway / doorway / CL: 個｜个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal	derived from Watergate)	mén
to welcome / welcome	huān yíng	欢迎
to welcome / to meet / to face / to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties)	yíng	迎
you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)	nín	您
to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn	bāng máng	帮忙
to need / to want / to demand / to require / requirement / need	xū yào	需要
to require / to need / to want / necessity / need	xū	需
as one wishes / as one pleases / at random / negligent / casual / wanton	suí biàn	随便
surname Sui \|\| to follow / to comply with / varying according to... / to allow / subsequently	suí	随
comma / phrase marked by pause \|\| to read / to study / reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音	dòu	读
idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL: 個｜个 / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc	yì si	意思
to write	xiě	写
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good \|\| disaster / distress / to scold	nán	难
to think / to consider	sī	思
second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit) / (coll.) instantly	miǎo	秒
quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals	kè	刻
difference / discrepancy / to differ / error / to err / to make a mistake \|\| to differ from / to fall short of / lacking / wrong / inferior \|\| to send / to commission / messenger / mission	chā	差
hour / CL: 個｜个	xiǎo shí	小时
minute	fēn zhōng	分钟
small / tiny / few / young	xiǎo	小
surname Shi \|\| o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period	shí	时
surname Zhong \|\| handleless cup / goblet / to concentrate / variant of 鐘｜钟 \|\| clock / o'clock / time as measured in hours and minutes / bell / CL: 架, 座	zhōng	钟
exactly / in good order / whole / complete / entire / in order / orderly / to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb	zhěng	整
cup / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup	bēi	杯
beer	pí	啤
Germany / German / abbr. for 德國｜德国 \|\| virtue / goodness / morality / ethics / kindness / favor / character / kind	dé	德
Germany / German	dé guó	德国
beer (loanword) / CL: 杯, 瓶, 罐, 桶, 缸	pí jiǔ	啤酒
fruit juice	guǒ zhī	果汁
juice	zhī	汁
banana / CL: 枝, 根, 個｜个, 把	xiāng jiāo	香蕉
cake / CL: 塊｜块, 個｜个	dàn gāo	蛋糕
banana \|\| see 蕉萃	jiāo	蕉
cake	gāo	糕
bowl / cup / CL: 隻｜只, 個｜个	wǎn	碗
cup / glass / CL: 個｜个, 隻｜只	bēi zi	杯子
tray / plate / dish / CL: 個｜个	pán zi	盘子
plate / dish / tray / board / hard drive (computing) / to build / to coil / to check / to examine / to transfer (property) / to make over / classifier for food: dish, helping / to coil / classifier for coils of wire / classifier for games of chess	pán	盘
chopsticks / CL: 對｜对, 根, 把, 雙｜双	kuài zi	筷子
surname Dao \|\| knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL: 把 / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs	dāo	刀
fork / pitchfork / prong / pick / cross / intersect / 'X' \|\| to cross / be stuck \|\| to diverge / to open (as legs)	chā	叉
chopstick	kuài	筷
scoop / ladle / CL: 把	sháo zi	勺子
spoon / ladle / CL: 把 / abbr. for 公勺, centiliter (unit of volume)	sháo	勺
surname Shi \|\| room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy	shì	室
to do / to manage / to handle / to go about / to run / to set up / to deal with	bàn	办
classifier for vehicles	liàng	辆
office / business premises / bureau / CL: 間｜间	bàn gōng shì	办公室
bottle / CL: 個｜个	píng zi	瓶子
photograph / picture / CL: 張｜张, 套, 幅	zhào piàn	照片
bottle / vase / pitcher / CL: 個｜个 / classifier for wine and liquids	píng	瓶
disk / sheet \|\| thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc	piān	片
bird / CL: 隻｜只, 群 / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddam	niǎo	鸟
tree / CL: 棵 / to cultivate / to set up	shù	树
surname Bu \|\| a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation	bù	步
(of an animal) to paw (the ground) \|\| to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off	páo	跑
swimming / to swim	yǒng	泳
swimming / to swim	yóu yǒng	游泳
to run / to jog / (military) to march at the double	pǎo bù	跑步
to kick / to play (e.g. soccer) / (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)	tī	踢
soccer ball / a football / CL: 個｜个 / soccer / football	zú qiú	足球
dozen (loanword) \|\| to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from	dá	打
basketball / CL: 個｜个, 隻｜只	lán qiú	篮球
excessive \|\| foot / to be sufficient / ample	jù	足
basket (receptacle) / basket (in basketball)	lán	篮
ball / sphere / globe / CL: 個｜个 / ball game / match / CL: 場｜场	qiú	球
to move / to exercise / sports / exercise / motion / movement / campaign / CL: 場｜场	yùn dòng	运动
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞｜马来西亚 \|\| horse / CL: 匹 / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess	mǎ	马
(Taiwan) saddle horse / mounted soldier \|\| to ride (an animal or bike) / to sit astride / classifier for saddle-horses	jì	骑
to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate	yùn	运
(of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 動詞｜动词, verb	dòng	动
bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) / to puff (on a pipe etc) / (onom.) bang / abbr. for 貼吧｜贴吧 \|\| (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume.	bā	吧
to go out	chū qù	出去
time / period / CL: 段	shí jiān	时间
time / length of time / moment / period	shí hou	时候
empty / air / sky / in vain \|\| to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time	kōng	空
to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next	lái	来
to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days	hòu	候
surname Guo \|\| to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- \|\| (experienced action marker)	guò	过
in the same place / together / with / altogether (in total)	yī qǐ	一起
to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)	bù hǎo yì si	不好意思
to press charges / to file a complaint \|\| to tell / to inform / to let know	gào sù	告诉
to say / to tell / to announce / to report / to denounce / to file a lawsuit / to sue	gào	告

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