| A | B |
| 公共 : gong(1) gong(4) | public |
| 汽车 : qi(4) che(1) | automobile; car |
| 以前 : yi(3) qian(2) | before |
| 商店 : shang(1) dian(4) | shop; store |
| 买 : mai(3) | buy |
| 一点儿 : yi(1) dian(3) er(2) | a bit |
| 东西 : dong(1) xi(1) | thing; creature |
| 美国 : mei(3) guo(2) | United States |
| 午饭 : wu(3) fan(4) | lunch |
| 信 : xin(4) | letter |
| 写: xie(3) | write |
| 知道 : zhi(1) dao(4) | know |
| 同事 : tong(2) shi(4) | colleague; fellow worker |
| 真的? : zhen(1) de | for real? |
| 来 : lai(2) | come |
| 星期 : xing(1) qi(1) | week |
| 二 : er(4) | two |
| 十 : shi(2) | ten |
| 美国人 : mei(3) guo(2) ren(2) | American (person or people) |
| 中国人 : zhong(1) guo(2) ren(2) | Chinese (person or people) |
| 华盛顿 : hua(2) sheng(4) dun(4) | Washington |
| 星期三 : xing(1) qi(1) san(1) | Wednesday |
| 太太 : tai(4) tai(4) | Madam; the mistress if a household |
| 一 : yi(1) | one |
| 星期一 : xing(1) qi(1) yi(1) | Monday |
| 一起 : yi(1) qi(3) | together |
| 电影 : dian(4) ying(3) | film; movie |
| 五 : wu(3) | five |
| 六 : liu(4) | six |
| 上海 : shang(4) hai(3) | Shanghai |
| 京剧 : jing(1) ju(4) | Beijing opera |
| 开始 : kai(1) shi(3) | begin; start |
| 十五 : shi(2) wu(3) | fifteen |
| 分 : fen(1) | minute; unit of money in China == cent |