🌸 TOCFL Novice 1 - Chinese Dictionary

🌸 TOCFL Novice 1 - Chinese Dictionary

TOCFL is Taiwan's standard Chinese test for non-native speakers. Novice 1 is the starting point with about 150 essential words - perfect for beginners just dipping their toes into Mandarin!

我 (wǒ)

你 (nǐ)

他 (tā)

我 (wǒ)们 (men)

你 (nǐ)们 (men)

他 (tā)们 (men)

they, them (male / mixed)

您 (nín)

谁 (shuí)

人 (rén)

中 (zhōng)国 (guó)

美 (měi)国 (guó)

日 (rì)本 (běn)

台 (tái)湾 (wān)

名 (míng)字 (zì)

家 (jiā)

電 (diàn)話 (huà)

telephone, phone

现 (xiàn)在 (zài)

今 (jīn)年 (nián)

今 (jīn)天 (tiān)

明 (míng)天 (tiān)

昨 (zuó)天 (tiān)

早 (zǎo)上 (shàng)

上 (shàng)午 (wǔ)

中 (zhōng)午 (wǔ)

下 (xià)午 (wǔ)

晚 (wǎn)上 (shàng)

一 (yī)

二 (èr)

三 (sān)

四 (sì)

五 (wǔ)

六 (liù)

七 (qī)

八 (bā)

九 (jiǔ)

十 (shí)

零 (líng)

两 (liǎng)

时 (shí)候 (hòu)

百 (bǎi)

半 (bàn)

爸 (bà)爸 (ba)

妈 (mā)妈 (ma)

哥 (gē)哥 (ge)

弟 (dì)弟 (di)

younger brother

姊 (zǐ)姊 (zǐ)

妹 (mèi)妹 (mei)

的 (de)

第 (dì)

ordinal number marker

分 (fēn)

to divide; minute; fraction

点 (diǎn)

o'clock, point, dot

个 (gè)

generic quantifier

岁 (suì)

住 (zhù)

live, reside, stay

来 (lái)

是 (shì)

be (am, is, are)

姓 (xìng)

surname, family name

觉 (jué)得 (de)

喜 (xǐ)欢 (huan)

打 (dǎ)电 (diàn)话 (huà)

make a phone call

高 (gāo)兴 (xìng)

漂 (piào)亮 (liang)

beautiful, pretty

好 (hǎo)

good, well, okay

很 (hěn)

真 (zhēn)

电 (diàn)脑 (nǎo)

老 (lǎo)师 (shī)

买 (mǎi)

忙 (máng)

学 (xué)生 (shēng)

大 (dà)学 (xué)

university, college

学 (xué)校 (xiào)

笔 (bǐ)

pen, writing instrument

问 (wèn)

说 (shuō)

speak, say, talk

写 (xiě)

听 (tīng)

练 (liàn)习 (xí)

to practice, exercise

能 (néng)

can, be able to

可 (kě)以 (yǐ)

上 (shàng)課 (kè)

to attend class

知 (zhī)道 (dào)

电 (diàn)视 (shì)

水 (shuǐ)

再 (zài)

again, once more

书 (shū)

电 (diàn)影 (yǐng)

以 (yǐ)前 (qián)

以 (yǐ)後 (hòu)

after, later, in the future

走 (zǒu)

等 (děng)

看 (kàn)

look, see, read, watch

什 (shén)么 (me)

朋 (péng)友 (yǒu)

东 (dōng)西 (xī)

吧 (ba)

呢 (ne)

question particle

吗 (ma)

question particle

找 (zhǎo)

做 (zuò)

再 (zài)见 (jiàn)

怎 (zěn)么 (me)样 (yàng)

叫 (jiào)

call, be called

谢 (xiè)谢 (xiè)

thank you, thanks

对 (duì)不 (bù)起 (qǐ)

請 (qǐng)問 (wèn)

may I ask, excuse me

这 (zhè)

那 (nà)

公 (gōng)共 (gòng)汽 (qì)车 (chē)

到 (dào)

去 (qù)

回 (huí)

return, go back

坐 (zuò)

sit, take (transportation)

開 (kāi)車 (jū)

to drive (a car)

钱 (qián)

多 (duō)少 (shǎo)

how many, how much

给 (gěi)

贵 (guì)

便 (pián)宜 (yi)

小 (xiǎo)

难 (nán)

difficult, hard

容 (róng)易 (yì)

easy, likely to

有 (yǒu)

想 (xiǎng)

want, think, miss

几 (jǐ)

块 (kuài)

飯 (fàn)

rice, meal, food

吃 (chī)

也 (yě)

没 (méi)

都 (dōu)

只 (zhī)

only; measure word

可 (kě)是 (shì)

还 (hái)是 (shì)

or, still, nevertheless

了 (liǎo)

completed action marker

过 (guò)

auxiliary particle