Words from Genesis
Words from Genesis — 200 words with pinyin, meaning and example verses from the Bible.
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 说 | shuō | to speakto talkto say | 1 |
| 人 | rén | personpeopleCL:个,位,名 | 1 |
| 地 | dì | earthgroundfield | 1 |
| 给 | gěi | toforfor the benefit of | 1 |
| 神 | shén | goddeitysupernatural | 5 |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son | 1 |
| 要 | yào | to wantto needto ask for | 1 |
| 雅各 | yǎ gè | JacobJames | |
| 约瑟 | yuē sè | Joseph | |
| 去 | qù | to goto go tolast | 1 |
| 来 | lái | to comehitherever since | 1 |
| 父亲 | fù qīn | fatheralso pr.CL:个 | 3 |
| 有 | yǒu | to havethere ishaving | 1 |
| 耶和华 | yē hé huá | Jehovahcompare Yahweh 雅威 and God 上帝 | |
| 那里 | nà li | therethat place | 1 |
| 一 | yì | onesingleas soon as | 1 |
| 亚伯拉罕 | yà bó lā hǎn | AbrahamAbraham, Biblical patriarch regarded as… | |
| 必 | bì | certainlymustwill | 5 |
| 生 | shēng | to growto give birthto produce | 2 |
| 拉 | lā | to pullto playto drag | 2 |
| 使 | shǐ | to maketo causeto enable | 3 |
| 叫 | jiào | to shoutto callto order | 1 |
| 个 | gè | individual | 1 |
| 埃及 | āi jí | Egypt | |
| 亚 | yà | secondnext toinferior | |
| 以撒 | yǐ sā | Isaac | |
| 法老 | fǎ lǎo | pharaoh | |
| 妻子 | qī zǐ | wife and children | 4 |
| 就是 | jiù shì | exactlypreciselyonly | 3 |
| 以扫 | yǐ sǎo | Esau | |
| 见 | jiàn | to seeto meetto appear | 1 |
| 利 | lì | sharpfavorableadvantage | 6 |
| 仆人 | pú rén | servant | |
| 地上 | dì shang | on the groundon the floor | 1 |
| 作 | zuò | to doto engage into write | 6 |
| 一切 | yí qiè | everythingeveryall | 3 |
| 七 | qī | seven | 1 |
| 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter | 1 |
| 死 | sǐ | to dieimpassableuncrossable | 3 |
| 住 | zhù | to liveto resideto stay | 1 |
| 做 | zuò | to maketo produceto write | 1 |
| 同 | tóng | likesamesimilar | 6 |
| 带 | dài | bandbeltgirdle | 2 |
| 班 | bān | teamclassgrade | 1 |
| 拿 | ná | old variant of 拿 | 1 |
| 便 | biàn | plaininformalsuitable | 6 |
| 亚伯兰 | yà bó lán | Abram | |
| 百 | bǎi | hundrednumerousall kinds of | 1 |
| 事 | shì | matterthingitem | 1 |
| 于是 | yú shì | thereuponas a resultconsequently | 4 |
| 主 | zhǔ | ownermasterhost | 7 |
| 年 | nián | yearCL:个 | 1 |
| 迦南 | jiā nán | Canaan | |
| 面前 | miàn qián | in front offacingpresence | 2 |
| 哥哥 | gē ge | older brotherCL:个,位 | 1 |
| 两 | liǎng | twobothsome | 1 |
| 地方 | dì fāng | regionregionallocal | 1 |
| 岁 | suì | variant of 岁, yearyears old | 1 |
| 吃 | chī | to eatto consumeto eat at | 1 |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns re… | 1 |
| 这里 | zhè lǐ | variant of 这里 | 1 |
| 出来 | chū lái | to come outto appearto arise | 1 |
| 往 | wǎng | to gototowards | 2 |
| 行 | xíng | to walkto goto travel | 1 |
| 兄弟 | xiōng dì | brothersyounger brotherCL:个 | 4 |
| 王 | wáng | king or monarchbest or strongest of its typegrand | 4 |
| 若 | ruò | to seemlikeas | 6 |
| 大 | dà | biglargegreat | 1 |
| 母 | mǔ | motherelderly female relativeorigin | 6 |
| 活 | huó | to livealiveliving | 3 |
| 儿 | ér | childson | |
| 起名 | qǐ míng | to nameto christento take a name | |
| 告诉 | gào sù | to press chargesto file a complaint | 1 |
| 后裔 | hòu yì | descendant | 7 |
| 拉结 | lā jié | Rachel | |
| 出 | chū | to go outto come outto arise | 1 |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | to stand upto get upalso pr. | 1 |
| 族长 | zú zhǎng | clan elder | |
| 以色列 | yǐ sè liè | Israel | |
| 挪亚 | nuó yà | Noah | |
| 三 | sān | three | 1 |
| 各 | gè | eachevery | 3 |
| 走 | zǒu | to walkto goto run | 1 |
| 请 | qǐng | to askto inviteplease | 1 |
| 城 | chéng | city wallscitytown | 3 |
| 弟兄 | dì xiong | brotherscomrade | |
| 水 | shuǐ | water... Riverto swim | 1 |
| 只 | zhī | variant of 只 | 2 |
| 的话 | de huà | if | 2 |
| 得 | dé | to obtainto getto gain | 2 |
| 看见 | kàn jiàn | to seeto catch sight of | 1 |
| 凡 | fán | ordinarycommonplacemundane | 7 |
| 日 | rì | sundayday of the month | 1 |
| 还 | hái | stillstill in progressstill more | 1 |
| 天 | tiān | dayskyheaven | 1 |
| 并且 | bìng qiě | besidesmoreoverfurthermore | 3 |
| 主人 | zhǔ rén | masterhostowner | 2 |
| 因 | yīn | old variant of 因 | 6 |
| 手 | shǒu | handto holdperson engaged in certain types of work | 1 |
| 家 | jiā | used in 家伙 and 家俱 | 1 |
| 子 | zǐ | sonchildseed | 1 |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | allto haveto possess | 2 |
| 用 | yòng | to useto make use ofto employ | 1 |
| 看 | kàn | to seeto look atto read | 1 |
| 打发 | dǎ fa | to dispatch sb to do sthto make sb leaveto pass | 6 |
| 撒拉 | sā lā | Salar ethnic group | |
| 求 | qiú | to seekto look forto request | 2 |
| 犹大 | yóu dà | JudasJudah | |
| 好 | hǎo | goodappropriateproper | 1 |
| 妻 | qī | wife | |
| 女子 | nǚ zǐ | womanfemale | 3 |
| 众 | zhòng | crowdmultitudemany | |
| 不要 | bú yào | don't!must not | 2 |
| 巴 | bā | to long forto wishto cling to | |
| 到了 | dào le | at lastfinallyin the end | |
| 二 | èr | twostupid | 1 |
| 名叫 | míng jiào | callednamed | |
| 利百加 | lì bǎi jiā | Rebekah | |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | nowat presentcurrently | 1 |
| 银子 | yín zi | moneysilver | |
| 女 | nǚ | femalewomandaughter | 1 |
| 羊群 | yáng qún | flock of sheep | |
| 罗得 | luó dé | Lot | |
| 多 | duō | manymuchmore | 1 |
| 牲畜 | shēng chù | farm animallivestock | 7 |
| 祝福 | zhù fú | blessingsto wish sb well | 4 |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to knowto become aware ofalso pr. | 1 |
| 照 | zhào | variant of 照to shineto illuminate | 3 |
| 比 | bǐ | to comparemore {adj.} than {noun}ratio | 1 |
| 杀 | shā | to killto slayto murder | 5 |
| 赐给 | cì gěi | to bestowto give | |
| 全 | quán | allwholeentire | 2 |
| 法 | fǎ | variant of 法 | 4 |
| 吩咐 | fēn fu | to tellto instructto command | 7 |
| 玛 | mǎ | used in 玛瑙 | |
| 羊 | yáng | sheepgoatCL:头,只 | 3 |
| 牛 | niú | oxcowbull | 3 |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child | 1 |
| 赐福 | cì fú | to bless | |
| 梦 | mèng | dreamto dream | 4 |
| 井 | jǐng | a wellCL:口neat | 6 |
| 方舟 | fāng zhōu | ark | |
| 愿 | yuàn | honest and prudentvariant of 愿 | 5 |
| 造 | zào | to maketo buildto manufacture | 3 |
| 娶 | qǔ | to take a wifeto marry | 7 |
| 家里 | jiā lǐ | home | 1 |
| 当 | dāng | dongding dong | 2 |
| 听见 | tīng jiàn | to hear | 1 |
| 长 | zhǎng | longlengthstrong point | 2 |
| 中间 | zhōng jiān | the middlethe insidein the middle | 1 |
| 洗 | xǐ | to washto batheto develop | 1 |
| 列 | liè | to arrangeto line upfile | 4 |
| 归 | guī | to returnto go back toto give back to | 4 |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these | 1 |
| 立 | lì | to standto set upto establish | 5 |
| 问 | wèn | to askto inquire | 1 |
| 子孙 | zǐ sūn | offspringposterity | 7 |
| 帐棚 | zhàng peng | variant of 帐篷 | |
| 骆驼 | luò tuo | camelblockheadninny | |
| 不可 | bù kě | cannotshould notmust not | |
| 能 | néng | canto be able tomight possibly | 1 |
| 谁 | shuí | whoalso pr. | 1 |
| 离开 | lí kāi | to departto leave | 2 |
| 勒 | lè | bridlehalterheadstall | 7 |
| 五 | wǔ | five | 1 |
| 喝 | hē | to drinkvariant of 嗬 | 1 |
| 所生 | suǒ shēng | parents | |
| 亚比米勒 | yà bǐ mǐ lè | Abimelech | |
| 受 | shòu | to receiveto acceptto suffer | 3 |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already | 2 |
| 示 | shì | to showto reveal | |
| 群 | qún | variant of 群 | 3 |
| 粮食 | liáng shi | foodstuffcerealsCL:种 | 4 |
| 基 | jī | basefoundationradical | |
| 父 | fù | fathermale relative of father's generationparent | |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | afterlaterafterwards | 2 |
| 饥荒 | jī huāng | crop failurefaminedebt | |
| 妹子 | mèi zi | younger sistergirl | |
| 直到 | zhí dào | until | 3 |
| 一样 | yí yàng | samelikeequal to | 1 |
| 约 | yuē | to make an appointmentto inviteapproximately | 3 |
| 起 | qǐ | to riseto raiseto get up | 1 |
| 领 | lǐng | neckcollarto lead | 3 |
| 放 | fàng | to putto placeto release | 1 |
| 先 | xiān | beforehandfirstearlier | 1 |
| 弗 | fú | notused in transliteration | |
| 驴 | lǘ | variant of 驴 | |
| 以实玛利 | yǐ shí mǎ lì | Ishmael | |
| 所多玛 | suǒ duō mǎ | Sodom | |
| 过 | guò | to crossto go overto pass | 1 |
| 希 | xī | to hopeto admirevariant of 稀 | |
| 甚 | shèn | excessiveundueto exceed | |
| 族 | zú | racenationalityethnicity | 6 |
| 手里 | shǒu lǐ | in handin sb's hands | 4 |
| 树 | shù | treeCL:棵to cultivate | 1 |
| 才 | cái | abilitytalentsb of a certain type | 2 |
| 眼前 | yǎn qián | before one's eyesnowat present | 3 |
| 福 | fú | good fortunehappinessluck | 3 |
| 甲 | jiǎ | first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干firstletter A or roman I in list A, B, C, or… | 5 |
| 童子 | tóng zǐ | boy |