| A | B |
| 九月 September | jiǔ yuè |
| 月 month | yuè |
| 十二 twelve | shí èr |
| 号 number in a series; day of the month | hào |
| 星期四 Thursday | xīng qī sì |
| 星期 week | xīng qī |
| 天 day | tiān |
| 生日 birthday | shēng rì |
| 生 to give birth to; to be born | shēng |
| 日 day; the sun | rì |
| 今年 this year | jīn nián |
| 年 year | nián |
| 多大 how old | duō dà |
| 多 how many/much; to what extent | duō |
| 大 big; old | dà |
| 十八 eighteen | shí bā |
| 岁 year (of age) | suì |
| 请 to treat (somebody); to invite | qǐng |
| 吃 to eat | chī |
| 晚饭 dinner; supper | wǎn fàn |
| 晚 evening; night; late | wǎn |
| 饭 meal; (cooked) rice | fàn |
| 吃饭 to eat (a meal) | chī fàn |
| 怎么样 Is it O.K.? What is it like? How does that sound? | zěn me yàng |
| 太... (了) too; extremely | tài… (le) |
| 谢谢 thank you | xiè xie |
| 喜欢 to like, like to; to prefer, prefer to | xǐ huān |
| 还是 or | hái shì |
| 可是 but | kě shì |
| 好 good; O.K. | hǎo |
| 我们 we | wǒ mén |
| 点 钟 o'clock | diǎn zhōng |
| 点 o'clock(lit. point, thus"points on the clock") | diǎn |
| 钟 clock | zhōng |
| 半 half; half an hour | bàn |
| 晚上 evening; night | wǎn shàng |
| 再见 goodbye; see you again | zài jiàn |
| 见 to see | jiàn |
| 再 again | zài |
| 现在 now | xiàn zài |
| 刻 15 minutes | kè |
| 事 matter; affair; business | shì |
| 明天 tomorrow | míng tiān |
| 忙 busy | máng |
| 今天 today | jīn tiān |
| 很 very | hěn |
| 为什么 why | wèi shén me |
| 为 for | wèi |
| 因为 because | yin wéi |
| 还有 also there are | hái yǒu |
| 还 also; too; as well | hái |
| 同学 classmate | tóng xué |
| 认识 to know (someone); to recognize | rèn shi |
| 分 minute | fēn |
| 差to be short of; to be lacking | chà |
| 昨天 yesterday | zuǒ tiān |
| 前天 the day before yesterday | qián tiān |
| 后天 the day after tomorrow | hòu tiān |
| 明天 tomorrow | míng tiān |
| 去年 last year | qù nián |
| 早 early | zǎo |
| 前年 the year before last | qián nián |
| 后年 the year after next | hòu nián |
| 下(个)月 next month | xià (ge) yuè |
| 表 watch; clock | biǎo |
| 早饭 breakfast | zǎo fàn |
| 中饭 lunch | zhōng fàn |
| 一月 January | yī yuè |
| 二月 February | èr yuè |
| 三月 March | san yuè |
| 四月 April | si yuè |
| 五月 May | wu yuè |
| 六月 June | liu yuè |
| 七月 July | qi yuè |
| 八月 August | ba yuè |
| 九月 September | jiu yuè |
| 十月 October | shi yuè |
| 十一月 November | shi yi yuè |
| 十二月 December | shi er yuè |