‘打扫’ (dǎsǎo) is a compound verb meaning ‘to

'Dǎ diànhuà' literally combines three character

‘想想’ is a reduplicated verb formed by repeatin

怎么样 (zěn me yàng) is a versatile, commonly us

怎么 (zěn me) is an interrogative adverb meaning

'很忙' (hěn máng) literally combines 'very' (很)

'很少' (hěn shǎo) literally combines 'very' (很)

很好 (hěn hǎo) literally combines the adverb 很

'Hé yǐng' literally means 'together image' — 'h

师父 (shī fu) is a respectful term meaning 'maste

'Shīfu' (师傅) is a respectful title used to addr

‘Lǎo shī’ literally combines two characters:

少许 (shǎoxǔ) literally combines 少 (shǎo, 'few

'少年' (shàonián) literally combines '少' (shào

‘写真’ (xiě zhēn) literally means ‘writing tr

写作 (xiě zuò) is a noun meaning 'writing' as a

‘写信’ literally means ‘to write + letter’ and

'做客' literally means 'to do guest' — a verb phr

客人 (kè rén) literally combines 客 (kè), meani

Shēng zì literally means 'living character' — b

‘字体’ (zìtǐ) literally means ‘character form

‘认字’ literally means ‘to recognize characters

"Xiě zì" literally means "to write characters" a

老妈 literally combines 老 (lǎo, 'old') and 妈 (m

'Nǎi mā' literally means 'milk-mom' — 奶 (nǎi)

‘干妈’ (gān mā) literally combines ‘干’ (gā

‘姨妈’ (yí mā) is a kinship term meaning ‘mat

‘Dàmā’ (大妈) literally combines ‘dà’ (大),

'Mā ma' is a reduplicated, affectionate term for

'Shī jiě' literally combines 师 (shī, 'teacher'

‘Táng jiě’ refers specifically to a paternal c

‘Biǎo jiě’ refers specifically to a female cou

'Xiǎo gū zi' literally combines 'xiǎo' (small/y

‘Jiějie’ (姐姐) literally combines two identica

‘她俩’ is a colloquial pronoun meaning ‘the two

'Tā bà' is a colloquial, informal noun meaning '

‘她妈’ (tā mā) is a colloquial, informal noun

她的 (tā de) is a possessive pronoun meaning 'her

'男女' literally combines the characters 男 (nán,

'妇女' (fùnǚ) is a formal, respectful noun meani