1000 Most Common Chinese Words For Beginners: Lesson 22

In this 22nd 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:

• 可以吗 kěyǐ ma ▸ can(?); (is it) okay
• 们 men ▸ suffix used after pronouns or nouns that refer to people, indicating the plural
• 打电话 dǎ diànhuà ▸ v. phr. to make phone call(s)
• 干吗 gànmá ▸ q.pron. to do what
• 天 tiān ▸ n. sky
• 手 shǒu ▸ n. hand (sometimes can be used to refer to forearm)
• 要 yào  ▸ m.v. soon will
• 米饭 mǐfàn ▸ n. cooked rice
• 经常 jīngcháng ▸ adv. frequently; often
• 教 jiāo ▸ v. to teach; to instruct
• 错 cuò ▸ adj. incorrect; wrong
• 欢迎 huānyíng ▸ v. to welcome
• 久 jiǔ ▸ adj. long (for time)
• 每年 měinián ▸ n. phr. every year; each year
• 做饭 zuòfàn ▸ v. phr. to make a meal; to do the cooking
• 牛 niú ▸ n. ox; cow; cattle
• 好听 hǎotīng ▸ adj. "(of people's voice, music, etc.) good-sounding"
• 难听 nántīng ▸ adj. (of sound, music, etc.) unpleasant to listen to; bad-sounding
• 这里 zhèlǐ ▸ pron. here
• 那里 nàlǐ ▸ pron. there