1000 Most Common Chinese Words For Beginners: Lesson 28

In this 28th 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:

• 呢 ne ▸ p. used at the end of adeclarative sentence to indicate that an action or situation is continuing
• 一路顺风 yílù-shùnfēng ▸ may a favorable wind send you safely home; have a pleasant trip
• 该不该 gāi bu gāi ▸ should (or) not should
• 总是 zǒngshì ▸ adv. always; invariably; forever; all the time [indicating an action or an event has been happening repeatedly or extremely frequently in the time being]
• 试 shì ▸ v. to try; to try out
• 从 cóng ▸ prep. from
• 袜子 wàzi ▸ n. sock
• 橙子 chéngzi ▸ n. orange
• 得到 dédào ▸ v. to get; to receive; to obtain; to gain
• 困难 kùnnan ▸ adj. difficult
• 容易 róngyì ▸ adj. easy
• 一半 yí bàn ▸ num. one half
• 一共 yígòng ▸ adv. altogether; in all; in total
• 电影 diànyǐng ▸ n. movie; film
• 分钟 fēnzhōng ▸ n. minute
• 帮助 bāngzhù ▸ v. to help
• 饭店 fàndiàn ▸ n. 1) restaurant (usually bigger and nicer) 2) hotel
• 班 bān ▸ n. class
• 生气 shēngqì ▸ v. to get angry; to get upset
• 开玩笑 kāi wánxiào ▸ v. phr. to make a joke