Browse Words — Learn Chinese Through Stories

Every character has an origin. Discover the pictographs, myths, and history behind each Chinese character — with pinyin, stroke order, HSK level, and audio pronunciation.

其他

qí tā

其他 (qí tā) means 'other' or 'else' and functio

他人

tā rén

他人 means 'others' or 'other people' and function

他们

tā men

They is the third-person plural pronoun in Chinese

我俩

wǒ liǎ

‘我俩’ (wǒ liǎ) is an informal, spoken pronoun

我国

wǒ guó

我国 literally means 'I country' — combining 我 (

国际

guó jì

国际 (guó jì) literally means 'nation-to-nation'

自我

zì wǒ

自我 (zì wǒ) literally means 'self'—combining

我们

wǒ men

‘我们’ (wǒ men) is the standard first-person pl

强国

qiáng guó

强国 literally means 'strong country' — combining

国庆

guó qìng

‘国庆’ literally means ‘nation celebration’ —

国籍

guó jí

国籍 (guó jí) literally combines 国 (guó), mean

外国

wài guó

‘外国’ literally means ‘outside country’ — co

祖国

zǔ guó

‘Zǔguó’ (祖国) literally combines ‘zǔ’ (祖)

国家

guó jiā

‘国家’ (guó jiā) literally combines ‘国’ (gu

各色各样

gè sè gè yàng

‘各色各样’ literally means ‘each color, each ki

个体

gè tǐ

个体 literally combines 个 (gè), a general classi

个性

gè xìng

'个性' (gè xìng) literally combines '个' (gè),

个别

gè bié

‘个别’ (gèbié) is an adjective meaning ‘indiv

各个

gè gè

各个 means 'each' or 'respective' and functions as

个人

gè rén

个人 (gè rén) literally combines 个 (gè), a com

上网

shàngwǎng

'Shàngwǎng' literally combines 'shàng' (to go u

上楼

shànglóu

'Shànglóu' literally combines 'shàng' (to go up

上车

shàngchē

'Shàngchē' literally combines 'shàng' (to go up

上班

shàngbān

'Shàngbān' literally combines 'shàng' (to go up

上学

shàngxué

'Shàngxué' literally combines 'shàng' (to go up

上午

shàngwǔ

上午 literally means 'upper (shàng) noon (wǔ)' a

大家

dà jiā

大家 (dà jiā) literally combines 大 (dà, 'big')

大小

dà xiǎo

‘大小’ (dà xiǎo) literally combines ‘big’ (