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HSK 1 Vocabulary: 20 Words for Food and Shopping

HSK 1 Vocabulary · part 4 · 20 words 6:37 Mandarin audio · every word and sentence on screen with pinyin and English

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吃 chī: to eat. It's noon. What shall we eat? 中午了,我们吃什么? Zhōngwǔ le, wǒmen chī shénme?
喝 hē: to drink. What will you drink? 你喝什么? Nǐ hē shénme?
米饭 mǐfàn: rice (cooked). I'll eat rice. 我吃米饭。 Wǒ chī mǐfàn.
菜 cài: dish, food; vegetable. I like Chinese food. 我喜欢中国菜。 Wǒ xǐhuan Zhōngguó cài.
水 shuǐ: water. I'll drink water. 我喝水。 Wǒ hē shuǐ.
茶 chá: tea. Dad drinks tea. 爸爸喝茶。 Bàba hē chá.
饭馆 fànguǎn: restaurant. This restaurant is very big. 这个饭馆很大。 Zhège fànguǎn hěn dà.
水果 shuǐguǒ: fruit. Do you like eating fruit? 你喜欢吃水果吗? Nǐ xǐhuan chī shuǐguǒ ma?
苹果 píngguǒ: apple. I really like apples. 我很喜欢苹果。 Wǒ hěn xǐhuan píngguǒ.
想 xiǎng: to want to; to think. I want to eat an apple. 我想吃苹果。 Wǒ xiǎng chī píngguǒ.
太 tài: too. This apple is too big! 这个苹果太大了! Zhège píngguǒ tài dà le!
能 néng: can, to be able to. I can eat three! 我能吃三个! Wǒ néng chī sān ge!
东西 dōngxi: thing, stuff. What is this thing? 这是什么东西? Zhè shì shénme dōngxi?
买 mǎi: to buy. This afternoon I want to buy some things. 下午我想买东西。 Xiàwǔ wǒ xiǎng mǎi dōngxi.
商店 shāngdiàn: shop. This shop is very big. 这个商店很大。 Zhège shāngdiàn hěn dà.
衣服 yīfu: clothes. These clothes are very pretty. 这些衣服很漂亮。 Zhè xiē yīfu hěn piàoliang.
哪 nǎ: which. Which one do you like? 你喜欢哪个? Nǐ xǐhuan nǎ ge?
怎么样 zěnmeyàng: how is it?, what do you think?. How about this one? 这个怎么样? Zhège zěnmeyàng?
块 kuài: yuan (money, spoken). This one is eighty yuan. 这个八十块。 Zhège bāshí kuài.
钱 qián: money. I have no money left! 我没有钱了! Wǒ méiyǒu qián le!

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