YCT 1 — Basic Level of Chinese for Kids

(v./n.) to love, to like, be prone to; love

(num.) eight, 8 | (radical.) eight

(n.) dad, father

(adv.) no, not

(v.) eat | (v.) live on, depend on; to suffer; to withstand; to eliminate, wipe out | (v.) to absorb (liquid); to exhaust, be a strain on

(adj.) old; eldest | (adj./adv.) strong, important; very, quite | (char.) used in addressing a doctor (not used alone) | (adj.) big, large, huge | (radical.) big

(par.) used with an adjective or an attributive phrase; used to form a noun; used to emphasize the doer, time or place; used to give a positive tone; ...and so on | (char.) (lit) truly, really, without doubt | (char.) target, goal, aim, bull's eye

(m.) o'clock | (n.) drop (of liquid); spot, dot, speck | (n.) dot stroke; appointed time, scheduled time; refreshment, snack | (v.) to mark, to dot; to nod or point (of head or finger); to touch on very briefly; to order or choose (song, food) | (v.) to light, to kindle; to hint, to point at | (v.) to count, to check one by one; to decorate, to adorn | (m.) a little; item, piece (suggestion, advice, etc.)

(adj./v.) many, much, a lot of, more; be greater in quantity than expected | (adv.) (in questions) to what extent, how; (exclamatory sentence) how; to an unspecified extent | (adj.) (used after a number) more than, over; excessive, unnecessary

(num.) two, 2 | (radical.) two | (char.) inconstant; different; (dialect) stupid

(adj.) happy, glad | (v.) feel happy

(m.) a measure word for general use | (char.) single, individual | (n.) size, stature, height (same as 个儿) | (pro.) self

(n.) dog

(adj.) suitable; well; easy; done; OK, right | (v.) to like, to love, be fond of, be apt to | (adv.) quite, very | (adj.) good; kind, friendly; healthy

(n./m.) order, number; size; date; person of a given type; (used to indicate the number of people) | (n./v.) order; brass wind instrument; bugle call; sign, signal mark; (TCM) to feel (the pulse); to give a number to | (n.) assumed name, literary name; name, title; (old) business house, firm | (v.) to howl, roar; to wail

(v.) drink | (v.) shout loudly

(conj.) and | (adj./v./n.) harmonious, friendly; to draw or tie, make peace; (referring to) Japan | (n./prep.) sum; with | (v.) to mix or blend (after adding a liquid to powders/granules) | (v.) to mix and make it sticky (after adding a liquid to powders), to knead (a dough) | (v.) join in the singing; echo what others say | (v.) to win (a mah-jong or card game)

(adv.) very, quite

(pro.) several, a few; how many? | (n.) small table (in Taiwan, pronounced in the tone ji3) | (radical.) small table | (adv.) almost, nearly

(n.) family, home | (char.) school of thought; person who specializes in an area; person with certain identity; party, side; domestic | (m.) measure word for family, enterprise, company, store or bank

(v.) to shout; to name, to be called; to call or summon | (v.) (of animals) to cry, to scream | (v.) to make ...(do...); to ask, to order; to permit, to allow | (prep.) by (introducing the agent in a passive sentence)

(n.) today

(num.) nine, 9 | (char.) many, numerous; each of the nine nine-days period (beginning from the day after the Winter Solstice)

(v.) look (at), watch, see; to read; see (a doctor); treat (a patient); pay a visit; depend on; regard as; try and see (what happens) | (v.) look after, take care of; keep an eye on | (v.) to judge or consider in one's point of view

(n.) teacher

(num.) six, 6

(n.) mom, mother

(par.) used at the end of a question or a rhetorical question; used within a sentence to mark a pause | (char.) (not alone; used in the transliteration) drug name (e.g. morphine) | (pro.) (dialect) what

(n.) cat | (v.) (dialect) to hide oneself

(n.) cooked rice

(n.) tomorrow

(pro.) which, what, who; whichever, whoever, whatever | (pro.) (expressing negation) how can, how is it possible | (par.) used as 啊 but only after words ending with consonant "n" | (char.) only used in the name of a god in Chinese mythology (see 哪吒) | (pro.) which, what, who; whichever, whoever, whatever

(pro.) where | (pro.) where

(pro.) that (used in place of sth or sb further away in distance or time) | (conj.) then, in that case | (pro.) that (refer to a person or thing further away in distance or time)

(pro.) you

(n.) apple

(num.) seven, 7 | (n.) each of the seven seventh-day memorial ceremonies after sb's death

(v.) go; go in order to do; (after a verb) indicating motion away from the speaker or a change in location | (char.) depart from; be lost; be apart (in time or space); last (year), previous; (linguistics) falling tone | (v.) remove; (euphemism) pass away, die; play a part or role (in a play)

(v./n.) recognize, be acquainted, know; understanding, knowledge

(num.) three, 3; third; more than two, several