n simplified traditional pinyin meaning 1 想 想 xiang3 1: to desire; to want (to) 2 喝 喝 he1 1: to drink 3 茶 茶 cha2 "1: tea 2: tea plant" 4 吃 吃 chi1 "1: to eat; to consume 2: to eat at (a cafeteria etc) 3: to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)" 5 米饭 米飯 mi3 fan4 1: (cooked) rice 6 下午 下午 xia4 wu3 1: afternoon 7 商店 商店 shang1 dian4 1: store; shop 8 买 買 mai3 1: to buy 9 个 個 ge3 "1: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5] 2: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) 3: (bound form) individual 4: variant of 個|个[ge4]" 10 杯子 杯子 bei1 zi5 1: cup 11 这 這 zhe4 "1: (pronoun) this; these 2: (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3: (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing) 4: (coll.) this" 12 多少 多少 duo1 shao3 1: how much?; how many? 13 钱 錢 Qian2 1: money 14 块 塊 kuai4 1: (coll.) classifier for money and currency units 15 那 那 Na1 "1: (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]) 2: (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) 3: then (in that case)"