Learning Chinese: Unit 8 vocabulary

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Nouns

māo: cat

gǒu: dog

学校 xuéxiào: school / educational institution

Proper nouns

北京 Běijīng: Beijing (northern capital)

小雨 Xiǎoyǔ: Xiaoyu (given name, "little rain")

Pronouns

大家 dàjiā: everyone, all

: it (animal or object)

它们 tāmen: they (animals or objects)

Verbs

ài: to love, to adore

wán: to play, to have fun

喜欢 xǐhuan: to like, to enjoy

Adjectives

xiǎo: small

xīn: new

漂亮 piàoliang: pretty, beautiful

好玩儿 hǎowánr: fun, funny

Adverbs / Quantity expressions

一点儿 yìdiǎnr: a little (after the verb)

有点儿 yǒudiǎnr: a little (before the verb, negative nuance)

Particles & Classifiers

le: particle of change of state

zhī: classifier for small animals