MANDARIN CHINESE VOCABULARY AND CHINESE CHARACTERS

Independent Schools Examinations Board

COMMON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION at 11+ and 13+

MANDARIN CHINESE VOCABULARY AND CHINESE CHARACTERS

FOR USE WITH COMMON ENTRANCE SYLLABUS

? Independent Schools Examinations Board

CORE CHARACTERS FOR LEVEL 1

Activities:

Adjectives:

Adverb:

The body:

Chinese places:

Clothes:

Colours:

Food and drink:

Home:

Family:

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Numbers:

(numbers 11-99)

Time and date:

School and classroom:

Question words:

Verbs:

CORE CHARACTERS FOR LEVEL 2

There is no fixed list of core characters at Level 2. It is hoped that candidates will learn as wide a range of characters as possible.

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Candidates must be able to read and understand the word in Chinese characters at this level.

Candidates will not have to read the word in Chinese characters at this level. * They must, however, know the pinyin and understand the word aurally. They

may also need to be able to say the word.

(blank) When the Level 1 box is blank, the word is needed only at Level 2.

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Pinyin

English

Level 1 Level 2

Activities

zu? f?n

to cook

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ch f?n

to eat/have a meal

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k?n di?nsh?

to watch television

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pob?

to run, to jog

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t (z?qi?)

to play (football)

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z?qi?

football

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k?n di?nyng

see a film

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y?nd?ng

to exercise; sport

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y?ng di?nno

to use the computer

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sh?ng wng

surf the net

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bs?i

to compete; competition *

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d pngpngqi?

to play ping pong

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d wngqi?

to play tennis

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y?uyng

to swim

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d l?nqi?

to play basketball

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q? m

to ride a horse

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Adjectives

d?

big

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hoh

delicious/good to drink R

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hoch

delicious/good to eat

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how?n

fun

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ho

good

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xn

new

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xio

small

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English

yu y?si

interesting

lo

old

mil?/pi?oliang

beautiful

w?li?o

boring

pi?nyi

cheap

cngm?ng

clever

gu?

expensive

p?ng

fat

gox?ng

happy

bishng

sad

i

short

go

tall

sh?u

thin

l?i

tired

Adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions

z?i

to be in/located in

b?/b?

no; not

hn

very

fich?ng

very

gn

with

y

also

h?

and

bji?o

quite

d?nsh?

but

The body

shu

hand

gbo

arm

rduo

ear

ynjng

eyes

jio

foot

tu

leg

zuba

mouth

b?zi

nose

China and the world

Zhnggu?

China

Bijng

Beijing

Ch?ng Ch?ng

The Great Wall 4

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English

H?ny

Chinese

Zhngw?n

Chinese

Migu?

America

Ynggu?

Britain

Fgu?

France

Sh?nghi

Shanghai

Yngy

English

Xing Gng

Hong Kong

L?ndn

London

G?gng

The Forbidden City

Tinnm?n

Tiananmen Square

Hu?ng H?

Yellow River

Migu?r?n

American person

Zhnggu?r?n

Chinese person

Ynggu?r?n

English person

Fgu?r?n

French person

Clothes

m?ozi

hat

m?oy

jumper

ji?k?

jacket

ch?nshn

shirt

xi?zi

shoes

q?nzi

skirt

t?x?shn

T shirt

w?zi

socks

k?zi

trousers

yfu

clothing

Colours

hi

black

l?n

blue

l

green

h?ng

red

b?i

white

hu?ng

yellow

Directions

sh?ngmian

above/on

h?umian

behind

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