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 & Measure words

le : particle of change of state

zhī : measure word for small animals