1000 Most Common Chinese Words For Beginners: Lesson 10

In this tenth lesson of our “1000 Most Common Chinese Words For Beginners” Course, we will learn another group of the 1000 Most Common Chinese Words, which contains the following 20 words and phrases that are very useful for daily Chinese conversations:

• 为什么 wèishénme ▸ q.pron. why
• 事情 shìqing ▸ n. thing; matter; affair
• 周末 zhōumò ▸ n. weekend
• 干杯 gānbēi ▸ dry cup; cheers
• 因为 yīnwèi ▸ conj. because
• 所以 suǒyǐ ▸ conj. so; therefore; hence
• 飞机 fēijī ▸ n. plane
• 火车 huǒchē ▸ n. train
• 啊 a ▸ interj. ah; oh
• 远 yuǎn ▸ adj. far
• 近 jìn ▸ adj. close; near
• 玩 / 玩儿 wán / wánr ▸ v. to play; to be entertained; to have fun
• 灯 dēng ▸ n. light; lamp
• 学 xué ▸ v. to learn; to study
• 回 huí ▸ v. to return; to go back to
• 地方 dìfang ▸ n. place
• 老板 lǎobǎn ▸ n. boss; owner of a business
• 可乐 kělè ▸ n. cola
• 儿子 érzi ▸ n. son
• 女儿 nǚ’ér ▸ n. daughter