220 Mandarin Chinese words for daily routines (CEFR A2 / HSK 2-3). Household chores, cooking, shopping, hygiene, hobbies, technology, and work routines. All words and example sentences include pinyin romanization alongside simplified characters.
| Word | Translation | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 起床 (qǐchuáng) | to get up / to get out of bed | 我每天六点半起床。 (Wǒ měitiān liù diǎn bàn qǐchuáng.) I get up at six thirty every day. |
| 闹钟 (nàozhōng) | alarm clock | 我的闹钟七点响。 (Wǒ de nàozhōng qī diǎn xiǎng.) My alarm clock goes off at seven. |
| 睡觉 (shuìjiào) | to go to sleep | 我一般十一点睡觉。 (Wǒ yìbān shíyī diǎn shuìjiào.) I usually go to sleep at eleven. |
| 午睡 (wǔshuì) | afternoon nap | 中午我喜欢午睡半个小时。 (Zhōngwǔ wǒ xǐhuān wǔshuì bàn ge xiǎoshí.) I like to nap for half an hour at noon. |
| 熬夜 (áoyè) | to stay up late | 不要经常熬夜，对身体不好。 (Bùyào jīngcháng áoyè, duì shēntǐ bù hǎo.) Don't often stay up late, it's bad for your health. |
| 上班 (shàngbān) | to go to work | 我每天八点上班。 (Wǒ měitiān bā diǎn shàngbān.) I go to work at eight every day. |
| 下班 (xiàbān) | to get off work | 你几点下班？ (Nǐ jǐ diǎn xiàbān?) What time do you get off work? |
| 加班 (jiābān) | to work overtime | 他今天要加班。 (Tā jīntiān yào jiābān.) He has to work overtime today. |
| 请假 (qǐngjià) | to ask for leave | 我明天想请假。 (Wǒ míngtiān xiǎng qǐngjià.) I want to ask for leave tomorrow. |
| 迟到 (chídào) | to be late | 上班不能迟到。 (Shàngbān bù néng chídào.) You can't be late for work. |
| 开会 (kāihuì) | to have a meeting | 下午两点要开会。 (Xiàwǔ liǎng diǎn yào kāihuì.) There's a meeting at two in the afternoon. |
| 同事 (tóngshì) | colleague / coworker | 我和同事一起吃午饭。 (Wǒ hé tóngshì yìqǐ chī wǔfàn.) I eat lunch with my colleagues. |
| 老板 (lǎobǎn) | boss | 老板今天不在办公室。 (Lǎobǎn jīntiān bù zài bàngōngshì.) The boss is not in the office today. |
| 办公室 (bàngōngshì) | office | 他在办公室工作。 (Tā zài bàngōngshì gōngzuò.) He works in the office. |
| 工资 (gōngzī) | salary / wages | 每个月的工资什么时候发？ (Měi ge yuè de gōngzī shénme shíhou fā?) When is the salary paid each month? |
| 任务 (rènwu) | task / assignment | 我今天有很多任务要完成。 (Wǒ jīntiān yǒu hěn duō rènwu yào wánchéng.) I have many tasks to complete today. |
| 完成 (wánchéng) | to complete / to finish | 我已经完成了作业。 (Wǒ yǐjīng wánchéng le zuòyè.) I have already completed the homework. |
| 报告 (bàogào) | report | 我要写一份报告。 (Wǒ yào xiě yí fèn bàogào.) I need to write a report. |
| 打扫 (dǎsǎo) | to clean / to sweep | 周末我打扫房间。 (Zhōumò wǒ dǎsǎo fángjiān.) I clean my room on weekends. |
| 擦 (cā) | to wipe / to clean | 请帮我擦一下桌子。 (Qǐng bāng wǒ cā yíxià zhuōzi.) Please help me wipe the table. |
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