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| English | Pinyin | Chinese | | language | yǔ yán | 语言 |
| to read | yuè lǎn | 阅览 |
| to write | xiě zuò; chuàng zuò | 写作; 创作 |
| to type | dǎ zì | 打字 |
| to print | dǎ yìn | 打印 |
| to erase | cā chú; qīng chú | 擦除; 清除 |
| to speak | jiǎng huà; shuō qǐ | 讲话; 说起 |
| to say | jiù …ér lùn, jiàn yú | 就…而论, 鉴于 |
| to talk | tán huà | 谈话 |
| | to ask | xún wèn; yào qiú | 询问; 要求 |
| to spell | pīn xiě | 拼写 |
| to draw | huà huà | 画画 |
| noun | míng cí | 名词 |
| verb | dòng cí | 动词 |
| adjective | xíng róng cí | 形容词 |
| adverb | fù cí | 副词 |
| pronoun | dài cí | 代词 |
| alphabet | zì mǔ biǎo, zì mǔ xì tǒng | 字母表, 字母系统 |
| letter | zì mǔ | 字母 |
| *upper case, capital | dà xiě zì mǔ | 大写字母 |
| *lower case | xiǎo xiě zì mǔ | 小写字母 |
| number (mathematical) | shù zì | 数字 |
| number (telephone, house) | hào mǎ | 号码 |
| number (quantity) | shù liàng | 数量 |
| symbol | xiàng zhēng; fú hào; biāo zhì | 象征; 符号; 标志 |
| word | dān cí | 单词 |
| reading | yuè dú, lǎng dú | 阅读, 朗读 |
| spelling | pīn xiě; pīn zì | 拼写; 拼字 |
| writing | shū xiě | 书写 |
| sentence | jù zi | 句子 |
| *clause | zǐ jù | 子句 |
| *subject | zhǔ tí | 主题 |
| *object | mù biāo | 目标 |
| saying | yàn yǔ; yán lùn | 谚语; 言论 |
| phrase （expression) | cuò cí | 措词 |
| phrase (language) | duǎn yǔ | 短语 |
| proverb | yàn yǔ, gé yán | 谚语, 格言 |
| statement | shēng míng; chén shù | 声明; 陈述 |
| question | wèn tí, yí wèn | 问题, 疑问 |
| text | wén běn; kè wén | 文本; 课文 |
| paragraph | duàn luò | 段落 |
| chapter | zhāng, huí | 章, 回 |
| grammar (language) | yǔ fǎ | 语法 |
| grammar (book) | yǔ fǎ shū | 语法书 |
| apostrophe | shěng luè fú hào | 省略符号 |
| full stop | jù hào | 句号 |
| comma | dòu hào | 逗号 |
| colon | mào hào | 冒号 |
| semi colon | fēn hào | 分号 |
| hyphen | lián zì hào | 连字号 |
| tense | shí tài | 时态 |
| past tense | guò qù shì | 过去式 |
| present tense | xiàn zài shì shí tài | 现在式时态 |
| future tense | jiāng lái shí tài | 将来时态 |
| perfect tense | wán chéng shì | 完成式 |
| past perfect tense | guò qù wán chéng shí | 过去完成时 |
| present perfect tense | xiàn zài wán chéng shì | 现在完成式 |
| future perfect tense | jiāng lái wán chéng shí | 将来完成时 |
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| Literature | wén xué | 文学 |
| book | shū jí | 书籍 |
| comic | lián huán màn huà | 连环漫画 |
| dictionary | zì diǎn; cí diǎn | 字典; 词典 |
| language dictionary | yǔ yán zì diǎn | 语言字典 |
| *english-japanese dictionary | yīng rì zì diǎn | 英日字典 |
| *japanese-english dictionary | rì yīng zì diǎn | 日英字典 |
| leaflet | chuán dān | 传单 |
| letter | xìn jiàn | 信件 |
| magazine | zá zhì | 杂志 |
| newspaper | bào zhǐ | 报纸 |
| pamphlet | xiǎo cè zǐ | 小册子 |
| textbook | jiāo kē shū, kè běn | 教科书, 课本 |
| tome | dà běn shū | 大本书 |
| report | bào gào | 报告 |
| short story | duǎn piān xiǎo shuō | 短篇小说 |
| biography | zhuàn jì | 传记 |
| document | wén jiàn | 文件 |
| story | gù shì, xiǎo shuō | 故事, 小说 |
| novel | xiǎo shuō | 小说 |
| poem | shī gē | 诗歌 |
| horror | kǒng bù de | 恐怖的 |
| comedy | xǐ jù | 喜剧 |
| romance | làng màn gù shì, chuán qí | 浪漫故事, 传奇 |
| sci-fi | kē huàn xiǎo shuō | 科幻小说 |
| type | dǎ zì | 打字 |
| font | zì tǐ; zì xíng | 字体; 字形 |
| typeface | zì xíng | 字型 |
| stationery | wén jù; xìn zhǐ | 文具; 信纸 |
| pen | gāng bǐ | 钢笔 |
| pencil | qiān bǐ | 铅笔 |
| paper | zhǐ zhāng | 纸张 |
| ink | mò shuǐ | 墨水 |
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| talk | shuō huà | 说话 |
| gossip | liú yán fēi yǔ | 流言蜚语 |
| debate | biàn lùn | 辩论 |
| discussion | tǎo lùn | 讨论 |
| argument | zhēng lùn | 争论 |
| conversation | tán huà | 谈话 |
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