INFORMATION

The following vocabulary list is intended to assist teachers in planning their work. It
provides the core generic vocabulary that all students will need to acquire. It is an
essential vocabulary list that students should refer to and build on when preparing
for the duration of their study for the Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9-1) in
Chinese (spoken Mandarin/spoken Cantonese).

However, students entered for the Foundation tier are required to understand and
respond to common or familiar words and/or forms of words that are not on the
vocabulary list. Similarly, students entered for the Higher tier are required to
understand and respond to common or familiar words and/or forms of words that
are not on the vocabulary list and which are less common or familiar than those
used in relation to Foundation tier assessments.

The vocabulary in this spreadsheet is divided into two sections, with vocabulary
separated out into editable tabs for:
Section 1: High-frequency language
Section 2: Topic-specific language

ACCREDITED VERSION April 2017

Section 1: High-frequency language

1. Common verbs
2. Common adjectives
3. Common adverbs
4. Colours
5. Numbers
6. Quantities and measures
7. Time expressions
8. Days of the week
9. Months and seasons of the year
10. Question words
11. Other high-frequency words
12. Countries, continents, nationalities and languages
13. Social conventions
14. Other useful expressions
15. Prepositions
16. Language used in dialogues and messages
1. Common verbs

English Traditional Chinese

should 應該
to arrive, to get to 到
to ask 問
to be 是
to be able to, can 能
to be interested in 對……有興趣
to be quiet 安靜
to begin 開始
to buy 買
to call,to be named 叫
to change 換（錢/車/衣服 etc.）
to close, to switch off 關（燈/電視/門 etc.）
to come 來
to convince 說服

to do, to be/become (occupation) 做

to draw/paint (picture) 畫
to drink 喝
to eat 吃
to enter 進
to find, to look for 找
to forget 忘
to get angry 生氣
to give 給
to give (present), to deliver, to say
goodbye to someone 送
to go 去
to go out 出
to go to bed, to sleep 睡覺
to have 有
to help 幫助
to hold, to conduct, to run 舉辦
to hope 希望
to increase, to add 增加
to invite, to ask, please 請
to jump 跳
to justify 解釋
to know 知道
to know (be familiar with) 認識
to know how to, can 會
to laugh, smile 笑
to learn, to study 學習
to let, to allow, to make 讓
to like 喜歡
to listen/hear 聽
to live 住
to love 愛
to meet 見/見面
to play 玩
to play (ball game), to make (phone
call), to beat 打
to play (football), to kick 踢
to prepare 準備
to put, to set free 放
to remember, to write down 記
to return 回
to ride (a bicycle/horse) 騎
to say, to speak, to talk 說

to see, to read, to watch, to look at 看

to seem 好像
to sell 賣
to send (a letter) 寄（信）
to send （an email） 發（電子郵件）
to sing 唱
to sit 坐
to spend (time/money); flower 花
to stop 停
to switch on, to turn on, to open 開（燈/電視/門 etc.）
to take part 參加
to teach 教
to tell 告訴
to think, to feel 覺得
to try 試
to understand 懂
to use 用
to wait for 等
to want 想
to want, be going to 要
to wash 洗
to wear, to put on 穿
to wish 祝
to write 寫
2. Common adjectives

English Traditional Chinese

advanced 先進
bad 壞
beautiful 漂亮
big 大
bored, boring 無聊/沒意思
busy 忙
clean 乾淨
cold 冷
comfortable 舒服
correct, right 對
dirty 髒
easy 容易
fast, quick 快
fat 胖，肥
full up, eaten to one’s 飽
satisfaction
fun, funny, interesting 有趣
good 好
happy 快樂
hard, difficult 難
hardworking 努力
harmful 有害
healthy, health 健康
high, tall 高
hot 熱
hungry 餓
interesting 有意思
interesting, amusing, cute 好玩
long 長
lovely, loveable 可愛
most 最
near 近
new 新
old 老/舊
pleased, happy 高興/開心
rich 有錢
same 一樣
short 短
slow 慢
small 小
thin 瘦
thirsty 渴
tired 累
useful 有用
wrong 錯
3. Common adverbs

English Traditional Chinese

again 再
almost 差不多
already 已經
around, about, approximately 大約/差不多
to be in the process of 正在
both, all 都
especially 特別
extremely 非常
here 這裡/這兒
immediately 馬上
(for a) long time 很久
more 更
nearby 附近
not 不
not (have) 沒
often 常常
perhaps, possibly 可能
sometimes 有時候
there 那裡/那兒
too 也
too (adjectives) 太……了
very 很
4. Colours

English Traditional Chinese

black 黑
blue 藍
colour 顔色
green 綠
orange 橙
red 紅
white 白
yellow 黃
5. Numbers

English Traditional Chinese

1 – 10 一，二，三，四，五，六，七，八，九，十

11 – 99 十一， 二十， 二十一，三十，……九十九

hundred 百
thousand 千
10 thousand 萬
(for quantity) two + Measure 兩
Word + noun
zero 零
6. Quantities and measures

English Traditional Chinese

measure word for animals 隻
measure word for books 本
measure word for knives 把
measure word for long pieces 條
(hair, branch, trousers etc.)
measure word for table, picture, 張
paper etc.
a bottle of 瓶
a bowl of 碗
a cup of 杯
a packet of, package 包
a pair of 雙
a piece of (garment) 件
few 少
many, how (+adjectives) 多
several 幾個
the most common measure word 個
7. Time expressions

English Traditional Chinese

afternoon 下午
date 號/日
early 早
evening 晚上
everyday 每天，天天
from 從
half 半
hour 小時/鐘頭
in the future, future 將來
in the past, past 過去
last week 上星期
last year 去年
late 晚
midday 中午
minute 分, 分鐘
month 月
morning 早上/上午
next week 下星期
next year 明年
now 現在
o’clock 點
this year 今年
today 今天
tomorrow 明天
week 星期
weekend 週末
yesterday 昨天
8. Days of the week

English Traditional Chinese

Monday 星期一
Tuesday 星期二
Wednesday 星期三
Thursday 星期四
Friday 星期五
Saturday 星期六
Sunday 星期日，星期天
9. Months and seasons of the year

English Traditional Chinese

January 一月
February 二月
March 三月
April 四月
May 五月
June 六月
July 七月
August 八月
September 九月
October 十月
November 十一月
December 十二月
autumn 秋
season 季節
spring 春
summer 夏
winter 冬
10. Question words

English Traditional Chinese

(question marker) used after a 嗎
question sentence e.g. 'Have you had
your dinner?'
(question marker) often used at the 呢
end of a sentence where there is a
statement followed by a question e.g.
'I am very busy, what about you?'

used as an expression at the end of a 吧

statement e.g. 'that's fine'
how many 多少
what 什麼
where 哪裡/哪兒
which 哪（個、本）
who 誰
why 為什麼
11. Other high-frequency words

English Traditional Chinese

he, him 他
I, me 我
Miss 小姐
Mr，sir 先生
Mrs 太太
number 號碼
she, her 她
some 些/一些
that 那
thing 東西
this 這
time 時間
way, method, solution 辦法
we, us, you, they, them 我們, 你們, 他們, 她們
you 你
12. Countries, continents, nationalities and languages

English Traditional Chinese (Foundation Tier) English

Africa 非洲 Canada
America 美洲 Germany
American 美國人 Italy
Asia 亞洲 Malaysia
British 英國人 Singapore
China 中國 Spain
Chinese 中國人
Chinese language 中文
country 國家
English language 英語/英文
Europe 歐洲
foreign language 外語
France 法國
French 法國人
French language 法文
language 語言
nationality 國籍
people, person 人
Standard Chinese language 漢語/普通話
United Kingdom 英國
United States 美國
Traditional Chinese (Higher Tier)
加拿大
德國
意大利
馬來西亞
新加坡
西班牙
13. Social conventions

English Traditional Chinese

excuse me 請問
goodbye 再見
good evening 晚上好
good night 晚安
hello 你好
hello, everyone 大家好
it doesn’t matter 沒關係
see you tomorrow 明天見
sorry 對不起
thank you 謝謝
14. Other useful expressions

English Traditional Chinese

bored, comment about something that 無聊
looks or sounds stupid
it’s bad; how terrible! 糟糕!
not bad; that’s right 不錯
15. Prepositions

English Traditional Chinese

after…… ......以後
before…… ......以前
behind 後（邊）
down 下
during…… ......的時候
in 裡 （邊）
in, at, on 在
in front of 前 （邊）
middle 中間
outside 外 （邊）
up 上
16. Language used in dialogues and messages

English Traditional Chinese

I will put you through 請等等
I’ll be right back 馬上回來
I’m listening 請說
wait a moment 等一下
wrong number 打錯了
Section 2: Topic-specific language

1. Identity and culture: daily life, food and drink, including eating out
2. Words relating to dress and style
3. Words on relations, relationships, personal and physical characteristics
4. Identity and culture: cultural life
5. Identity and culture: using social media
6. Local area, holiday and travel
7. Phrases associated with weather
8. Asking for directions
9. Dealing with problems
10. School
11. Future aspirations, study and work
12. International and global dimension: bringing the world together, environmental issues

Although words are listed under specific topic headings, the words are not exclusive to those
particular headings. Many words also relate to other themes but may be listed in only one
theme. Many common verbs are given in the verb list, with a few others included under a
specific topic.
1. Identity and culture: daily life, food and drink, including eating out

English Traditional Chinese (Foundation Tier) English

advantage 優點/好處 chips
beef 牛肉 choice
bread 麵包 confectionary
breakfast 早飯/早餐 cultural life
cake 蛋糕 daily life
celebration(s)/to celebrate 慶祝 delicious
cheap 便宜 dessert
chicken 雞 disadvantage
chopsticks 筷子 fried
coffee 咖啡 fried rice/noodles
convenient 方便 knife and fork
credit card 信用卡 salad
culture 文化 seafood
customs/traditions 傳統/習俗 self-service (buffet)
delicious 好吃/美味 snack
duck 鴨 sweet
dumpling 餃子 salty
egg 蛋 spicy
evening meal, dinner, supper 晚飯/晚餐 take away restaurant
fast food restaurant 快餐店 vegetarian
film 電影
fish 魚
food and drink 食物和飲料
fruit 水果
fruit juice 果汁
identity 身份
interests/hobbies 興趣/愛好
lunch 午飯/午餐
meat 肉
menu 菜單
milk 牛奶
money 錢
moon cake (related to Mid-Autumn 月餅
festival)
mutton 羊肉
noodle 麵(條)
pork 豬肉
restaurant 餐廳/飯館
rice (cooked/boiled) 米飯
rice dumpling (related to Dragon Boat 粽子
Festival)
role models 偶像
roast 烤
shopping 買東西/購物
soft drinks, fizzy drinks 汽水
soup 湯
sport 運動
tea 茶
to cook, prepare a meal 做飯
to order (from a menu) 點菜
to pay 付錢
vegetable 青菜
wallet, purse 錢包
water 水
wine 酒
yuan 元/塊
Traditional Chinese (Higher Tier)
薯條
選擇
糖果
文化生活
日常生活
好味道
甜點
缺點/壞處
炒
炒飯, 炒麵
刀叉
沙拉
海鮮
自助 (自助餐)
點心, 小吃
甜
鹹
辣
外賣店
素食
2. Identity and culture: what my friends and family are like
Words relating to dress and style

English Traditional Chinese (Foundation Tier) English

shoe 鞋/鞋子 fashion
size (large, medium, small) 號/號碼 (大號, 中號, 小號) hat
skirt 裙子 shirt
sweater/jumper 毛衣
to try on (for size) 試穿/試試
trainers 運動鞋
trousers 褲子
watch 手錶
Traditional Chinese (Higher Tier)
時尚
帽子
襯衣/襯衫
3. Identity and culture: what my friends and family are like
Words on relations, relationships, personal and physical characteristics

English Traditional Chinese (Foundation Tier) English

age 年齡 friendly
bed 床 kitchen
birthday 生日 lamp
bird 鳥 to look after
birth, to be born 出生 neighbour
boy 男孩 polite
cat 貓
chair 椅子
child 孩子/兒童
clock 鐘
clothes 衣服
date of birth 出生日期
dog 狗
door 門
elder brother 哥哥
elder sister 姐姐
elderly people 老年人
eye 眼睛
family, home 家
family (member) 家人
father 爸爸
first name 名字
friend 朋友
fridge 冰箱
full name 姓名
girl 女孩
glasses 眼鏡
grandfather 爺爺
grandmother 奶奶
hair 頭髮
house 房子/房屋
house work 家務
marry 結婚
mother 媽媽
pet 寵物
relationship 關係
self, oneself 自己
sofa 沙發
table 桌子
telephone 電話
television 電視機
window 窗
year 年
……years old ……歲
younger brother 弟弟
younger sister 妹妹
young people 年轻人
Traditional Chinese (Higher Tier)
友好
廚房
燈
照顧
鄰居
有禮貌
4. Identity and culture: cultural life

English Traditional Chinese (Foundation Tier) English

Chinese New Year/Spring Festival 中國新年/春節 athlete, sportsman
Christmas 聖誕節 champion
competition/matches 比賽 dragon boat
concert 音樂會 Easter
cycling 騎自行車(單車) firecracker (related to the Chinese
New Year)
dance 舞 (to) go for a walk/stroll
Dragon Dance 舞龙 socialising
(to) do sports 做運動 summer camp
electronic game 電子遊戲 team
festival 節日 team member, player
free time 有空 The Dragon Boat Festival
ice skating 滑冰
Lion Dance 舞獅
New Year 新年
performance 表演/演出
play a ball game (tennis, basketball… 打球
etc.)
(play) badminton (打)羽毛球
(play) basketball (打)籃球
(play) football (踢)足球
(play) table tennis (打)乒乓球
(play) tennis (打)網球
programme 節目
reading 看書/閱讀
running, jogging 跑步
skiing 滑雪
song 歌
The Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節
to dance 跳舞
to listen to music 聽音樂
to sing, singing 唱歌
swimming 游泳
watch movies 看電影
watch news 看新聞
watch television 看電視
Traditional Chinese (Higher Tier)
運動員
冠軍
龍舟
復活節
鞭炮

散步
社交
夏令營
隊
隊員
端午節
5. Identity and culture: using social media

English Traditional Chinese (Foundation Tier) English

blog 博客 chat room
computer 電腦 desktop computer
e-mail 電子郵件 laptop computer
e-pal 網友 text message
social media 社交媒體 to text
surf the internet 上網 to download
technology 科技 virus
to chat (online, on MSN etc.) 聊天 URL/web address
web page
website
Traditional Chinese (Higher Tier)
聊天室
台式電腦
筆記本電腦
短信
發短信
下載
病毒
網址
網頁
網站
6. Local area, holiday and travel

English Traditional Chinese (Foundation Tier) English

accommodation 住的地方 arrive
activity 活動 asking for help
air-conditioning 空調 coach
airport 飛機場 dealing with problems
bank 銀行 eating out
Beijing 北京 fare
bicycle 自行車/單車 scenic spots, places of interest
boat/ship/ferry 船 service desk
bridge 橋 set off, depart
bus 公共汽車 souvenir
by (car/train/bus/boat etc.) 坐 (車/火車……) stay (number of nights)
calligraphy 書法 stay, stop over
car 汽車 Taipei
car park 停車場 tall building/block/apartments
cathedral/church 教堂 ticket office
cinema 電影院 timetable (transport)
city 城市
Chinese brush 毛筆
Chinese painting 國畫
countryside 農村
court (sports – e.g. football, tennis... 球場 (足球場, 網球場……)
etc.)
destination 目的地
exhibition 展覽會
experience 經驗/經歷
factory 工廠
floor (1st, 2nd…) (一，二，……)層/樓
flower 花
garden 花園
gift, present 禮物
grass 草
Guangzhou 廣州
guest 客人
hill/mountain 山
holiday 假期
Hong Kong 香港
hospital 醫院
hotel 酒店
kite 風箏
lake 湖
library 圖書館
local area 當地
London 倫敦
luggage 行李
map 地圖
museum 博物館
outdoor activities 戶外活動
panda 熊猫
park 公園
passport 護照
place 地方
plane 飛機
police station 警察局
post office 郵局
postcard 明信片
pound sterling 英鎊/鎊
preference 更喜歡
problem 問題
railway station 火車站
region 地區
return journey (ticket) 回程/雙程（票）
river 河
road, line/route, bus number 路
scenery 風景
sea 海
seaside 海邊
Shanghai 上海
shop 商店
shopping centre 購物中心
single journey 單程（票）
sports ground 運動場
square 廣場
stadium 體育館
stamp 郵票
station/stop (public transport) 車站
supermarket 超級市場
swimming pool 游泳池
Taiwan 臺灣
The Great Wall 長城
things to do 可做的事
Tiananmen Square 天安門廣場
ticket 票
to book, to reserve 訂（房，票）
to drive 開車
to get off, to alight 下車
to get on, to board (train, bus etc.) 上車

to rent 租
tourism 旅遊
tourist 遊客
to visit (a place, a museum, etc.) 參觀
to welcome 歡迎
town centre 市中心
train 火車
transport 交通
travel 旅行
tree 樹
underground station 地鐵站
underground train, tube, metro 地鐵
waiter/waitress/attendant 服務員
zoo 動物園
Traditional Chinese (Higher Tier)
到達
找人幫忙/尋求幫助
旅遊車
解決問題
出去吃飯
車費
名勝
服務台
出發
紀念品
住
停留
臺北
高樓
售票處
時刻表
7. Phrases associated with weather

English Traditional Chinese (Foundation Tier) English

autumn 秋天 lowest temperature
cloud 雲 highest temperature
cloudy 多雲 temperature
degree (temperature) 度 weather forecast
fog 霧
foggy 大霧
moon 月亮
rain 雨
snow 雪
spring 春天
sun 太陽
summer 夏天
to rain 下雨
to snow 下雪
weather 天氣
wind 風
windy 刮風/大風
winter 冬天
Traditional Chinese (Higher Tier)
最低氣溫
最高氣溫
氣溫
天氣預報
8. Asking for directions

English Traditional Chinese

behind 後邊
direction 方向
far 遠
go straight on 一直走
in front of 在……前邊
near (in distance)/close by 近
next to 在……旁邊
on foot 走路
on the left 左邊
on the right 右邊
opposite 對面
the next 下一個
to cross (road, bridge, river etc.) 過
to turn (left, right) 轉
towards 向
east 東
north 北
south 南
west 西
9. Dealing with problems

English Traditional Chinese (Foundation Tier) English

to change (to another one) 換 ill/sick/unwell
damaged/broken 壞了 noise
disappear/lost something 不見了 pleased/satisfactory
manager 經理 safe
mistake 不對/錯
noisy 吵
police/policeman 警察
service 服務
Traditional Chinese (Higher Tier)
生病/不舒服
噪音
滿意
安全
10. School

English Traditional Chinese (Foundation Tier) English

book 書 Biology
classroom 教室 break
dictionary 字典 celebrating success
examination 考試 Chemistry
exchange 交換 essay
foreign languages 外語 GCE equivalent
geography 地理 GCSE equivalent
go to school (as a student) 上學 graduate
have a lesson 上課 mark, grade
head teacher 校長 physics
history 歷史 school exchange
homework 作業 school events/school activites
maths 數學 student studying abroad
music 音樂 timetable
P.E. (physical education) 體育 to pay attention
pen 筆 plan, intention
pressure 壓力 plan, to plan
primary school 小學
results, marks, achievement 成績
rule 規定
school 學校
school term 學期
school uniform 校服
schoolmate, classmate 同學
science 科學
secondary school 中學
student 學生
subject 科目
summer holiday 暑假
teacher 老師
university 大學
Traditional Chinese (Higher Tier)
生物
休息
慶祝成功
化學
文章
高考
中學會考
畢業
分數
物理
校際交換
學校活動
留學生
時間表
集中/用心
打算
計劃
11. Future aspirations, study and work

English Traditional Chinese (Foundation Tier) English

actor/actress 演員 beyond the classroom
advert 廣告 building relationships
ambition/ideal 理想 cook/chef
aspiration 心願 confidence
business/trade 做生意 experienced
career 職業 further study
company/office 公司 organisation
doctor 醫生 organiser
driver 司機 pocket money
engineer 工程師 to reduce, to cut back
employment 僱傭 success, successful
famous 有名 work experience
interview 訪問/採訪
(job) interview 面試
introduction, to introduce 介紹
job, work 工作
journalist 記者
magazine 雜誌
news 新聞
newspaper 報紙
nurse 護士
part time 兼職
profession 職業
salary 工資
sales assistant 售貨員
singer 歌星
study 學習
to apply, application 申請
to earn money 賺錢
to recruit, to employ 招請/聘請
training 訓練/培訓
travel agency 旅行社
volunteer 志願者/義工
volunteering 志願服務/義工服務
worker 工人
Traditional Chinese (Higher Tier)
課外
建立關係
厨師
信心
有經驗
進一步學習
組織/機構
組織者
零花錢/零用錢
減少
成功
工作經驗
12. International and global dimension: bringing the world together, environmental issues

English Traditional Chinese (Foundation Tier) English

animals 勳物 climate
audience 觀眾 global warming
being ‘green’ 綠色環保的 pollution, to pollute, to contaminate
campaign 運動 poverty
carry on 繼續 security
charity 慈善 solar power
donate 捐 to save (energy)
good causes 公益 to sort/separate (eg rubbish)
electricity 電 volcano
environment 環境
environmental issues 環境問題
(music) festival (音樂)節
gas 煤氣
global, world wide 全球
important 重要
international 國際
international activity 國際活動
music event 音樂活動
natural resources 自然資源
Olympic Games 奧運會
protection, to protect 保護
recycling 回收
rubbish 垃圾
to save (water) 節約（水）
sports event 運動會
wasteful, to waste 浪費
world 世界
World Cup (football) 世界盃/杯(足球)
Traditional Chinese (Higher Tier)
氣候
全球變暖
污染
貧窮
安全
太陽能
節約(能源)
分類(垃圾)
火山