| A | B |
|---|
| 对面 opposite side (of the street, hallway, river, etc.) | duì miàn |
| 春假 spring break | chūn jià |
| 父母 parents; father and mother | fù mǔ |
| 父亲 father | fù qin |
| 母亲 mother | mǔ qin |
| 外公 maternal grandfather | wài gōng |
| 外婆 maternal grandmother | wài pó |
| 阿姨 aunt; mother's younger sister | ā yí |
| 以为 to think (wrongly) | yǐ wéi |
| 亲戚 relative | qīn qi |
| 伯伯 uncle; father's elder brother | bó bo |
| 一家 the whole family | yì jiā |
| 老家 hometown; ancestral home | lǎo jiā |
| 西边 west; west side | xī biān |
| 边 side | biān |
| 城市 city | chéng shì |
| 乡下 countryside | xiāng xià |
| 镇 town | zhèn |
| 人口 population | rén kǒu |
| 左边 left side | zuǒ biān |
| 座 (measure word for mountains, bridges, tall buildings, etc.) | zuò |
| 山 mountain; hill | shān |
| 右边 right side | yòu biān |
| 河 river | hé |
| 种 to seed; to plant | zhǒng |
| 着 verb suffix indicating a static state or action in progress | zhe |
| 树 tree | shù |
| 开满 to bloom abundantly | kāi mǎn |
| 满 full | mǎn |
| 美 beautiful | měi |
| 风景 scenery | fēng jǐng |
| 听起来 to sound like | tīng qǐ lái |
| 季 season | jì |
| 比方说 for example | bǐ fāng shuō |
| 比方 example | bǐ fāng |
| 滑雪 to (snow) ski | huá xuě |
| 滑 to slide; slippery | huá |
| 雪 snow | xuě |
| 欢迎 to welcome | huān yíng |
| 德 virtue | dé |
| 加州 (abbr) (the state of) California | jiā zhōu |
| 旧金山 San Francisco (lit. Old Gold Mountain) | jiù jīn shān |
| 旧 old | jiù |
| 麻州 (abbr) (the state of) Massachusetts | má zhōu |
| 几个月 several months | jǐ gè yuè |
| 生活 life | shēng huó |
| 家乡 hometown | jiā xiāng |
| 啦 (the combination of the particle 了 and the particle 啊 in sound as well as in meaning) | lā |
| 听说 It is said that; (I) heard that | tīng shuō |
| 首都 capital | shǒu dū |
| 政治 politics | zhèng zhì |
| 经济 economy | jīng jì |
| 文化 culture | wén huà |
| 气候 weather | qì hòu |
| 部 part; section | bù |
| 差不多 more or less the same | chà bù duō |
| 分明 distinct | fēn míng |
| 刮风 to be windy | guā fēng |
| 刮 to blow | guā |
| 风 wind | fēng |
| 如果...的话 if... | rú guǒ...de huà |
| 导游 tour guide | dǎo yóu |
| 窗户 window | chuāng hù |
| 摆 to place; to put | bǎi |
| 画 painting; to paint | huà |
| 山水 landscape | shān shuǐ |
| 衣柜 wardrobe; closet | yī guì |
| 餐馆(儿) restaurant | cān guǎn (er) |
| 讲课 to lecture; to teach | jiǎng kě |
| 滑冰 to state | huá bīng |
| 冰 ice | bīng |
| 马路 road; street | mǎ lù |
| 到处 everywhere | dào chù |
| 游客 visitor (to a park, etc.); tourist | yóu kě |
| 季节 season | jì jié |
| 香山 name of a mountain near Beijing; lit. fragrant mountain | xiāng shān |
| 高雄 Kaohsiung (the principle city in southern Taiwan) | gāo xióng |
| 海港 harbor; seaport | hǎi gǎng |
| 一百万 one million | yì bǎi wàn |
| 变化 change | biàn huà |
| 从来 always; at all times (forms emphatic affirmative or negative) | cóng lái |
| 台风 typhoon | tái fēng |
| 波士顿 Boston | bō shì dùn |
| 比较 relatively; fairly | bǐ jiǎo |
