si\ 4

qi- 7

ba- 8

Jiu_ 9

Shi/ 10

Nian/ year

yue\ Moon, month

ri\ Sun, day

Hao\ Number, day

Xing- Star, 1 st part of ‘week’

qi- Period, 2 nd part of ‘week’

Jin- 1 st part of ‘today’

Ming/ Bright, 1 st part of ‘tomorrow’

Tian- Sky, day

dian_ Dot, o’clock

ban\ half

ke\ Carve, sculpt, quarter of an hour

le particle

Shi\ matter

men Plural suffix for pronouns

Zai\ Again, 1 st part of ‘goodbye’

Jian\ see, 2 nd part of ‘goodbye’

Ke_ able, 1 st part of ‘can, able to’

Chi- eat

Cai\ Vegetable, dish, cuisine

Tong/ same, 1 st part of ‘classmate’

Xian\ 1 st part of ‘now’

Zai\ at, 2 nd part of ‘now’

Duo- much, many, 1 st part of ‘how many’

Tai\ Too (much)

Hen_ very

mang/ busy

Zen_ 1 st part of ‘how’

yang\ 2 nd part of ‘how’

Wan_ Late, 1 st part of ‘evening’

Shang(\) Up, on, 2 nd part of ‘evening’

Xi_ 1 st part of ‘like’

Huan- 2 nd part of ‘like’

Sui\ year

Yin- Reason, 1 st part of ‘because’

wei\ For, 2 nd part of ‘because’

Ren\ 1 st part of ‘know (people)’

Shi(/) 2 nd part of ‘know (people)’

Xie\ 1 st part of ‘thank’

Hai/ Still, also