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.
2
WORD LIST
Key
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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.
Chinese
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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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Pinyin
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
Level 1 Level 2
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Chinese
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Pinyin
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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