1000 Most Common Chinese Words For Beginners: Lesson 23

In this 23rd 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:

• 过 guo ▸ p. aspect particle suggesting that an action or event is something that has happened before
• 行吗 xíng ma ▸ (will it) work; (will it) be okay
• 又 yòu ▸ adv. again; more over; once more (for something already happened once)
• 哪里哪里 nǎlǐ nǎlǐ ▸ "where-where"(a humble and polite way to deflect praise and show modesty)
• 元 yuán ▸ m.w. measure word for money
• 块 kuài ▸ m.w. (colloq.) measure word for money
• 明白 míngbai ▸ v. to know; to understand; to make sense of
• 上午 shàngwǔ ▸ n. morning; before noon
• 中午 zhōngwǔ ▸ n. noon
• 下午 xiàwǔ ▸ n. afternoon
• 卧室 wòshì ▸ n. bedroom
• 见面 jiànmiàn ▸ v. / v. phr. to meet face to face
• 外面 wàimiàn ▸ n. outside; the outer or external part
• 差 chà ▸ adj. bad; not good
• 挺 tǐng ▸ adv. pretty; very
• 来自 láizì ▸ v. to come from; to be from
• 鸡 jī ▸ n. chicken
• 客厅 kètīng ▸ n. living room; family room
• 关机 guān jī ▸ v. phr. to turn off (an electronic device)
• 开机 kāi jī ▸ v. phr. to turn on (an electronic device)