Vocabulary of Lesson 8

Nouns

māo : cat

gǒu : dog

学校 xuéxiào : school / educational establishment

Proper nouns

北京 Běijīng : Beijing (capital of the north)

小雨 Xiǎoyǔ : Xiaoyu (first name, “little rain”)

Pronouns

大家 dàjiā : everyone, everybody

: it (animal or object)

它们 tāmen : they (animals or objects)

Verbs

ài : to love (romantically), to adore

wán : to play, to have fun

喜欢 xǐhuan : to like, to enjoy

Adjectives

xiǎo : small

xīn : new

漂亮 piàoliang : pretty, beautiful

好玩儿 hǎowánr : funny, amusing

Adverbs / Quantity expressions

一点儿 yìdiǎnr : a little (placed after the verb)

有点儿 yǒudiǎnr : a little (placed before the verb, with a negative nuance)

Particles & Classifiers

le : situation-change particle

zhī : small-animal classifier