老家 [lao3 jia1] /native place/place of origin/home state or region/
在 [zai4] /(located) at/in/exist/
那里 [na4 li5] /there/that place/
出生 [chu1 sheng1] /to be born/
成长 [cheng2 zhang3] /mature/grow up/
童年 [tong2 nian2] /childhood/
少年 [shao4 nian2] /juvenile/youngster/
青年 [qing1 nian2] /youth/
时期 [shi2 qi1] /a period in time or history/period/time (interval)/phase/
上 [shang4] /on/on top/upon/first (of two parts)/previous or last (week, etc.)/upper/higher/above/previous/to climb/to go into/above/to go up/
小学 [xiao3 xue2] /primary school/
中 [zhong4] /hit (the mark)/
学 [xue2] /learn/study/science/-ology/
的 [di4] /aim/clear/
部 [bu4] /ministry/department/section/part/division/troops/board/(a measure word)/(a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)/
方 [fang1] /square/quadrilateral/direction/just/
离 [li2] /(distant) from/to leave/
公里 [gong1 li3] /kilometer/
两 [liang3] /both/two/ounce/some/a few/tael/
小时 [xiao3 shi2] /hour/
交通 [jiao1 tong1] /(automobile) traffic/communication/
不 [bu4] /(negative prefix)/not/no/
便 [pian2] /advantageous/cheap/
国 [guo2] /country/state/nation/
首都 [shou3 du1] /capital (city)/
州 [zhou1] /(United States) state/province/sub-prefecture/
省 [xing3] /comprehend/introspect/visit/
首府 [shou3 fu3] /capital city of an autonomous region/
政治 [zheng4 zhi4] /politics/political/
经济 [jing1 ji4] /economy/economic/
文化 [wen2 hua4] /culture/civilization/cultural/
中心 [zhong1 xin1] /center/heart/core/
第 [di4] /(prefix before a number, for ordering numbers, eg, "first", "number two", etc)/
大城市 [da4 cheng2 shi4] /major city/big city/metropolis/metropolis/large city/
大 [dai4] /doctor/
乡下 [xiang1 xia4] /country (as opposed to town or city)/rural/
人口 [ren2 kou3] /population/
万 [wan4] /(surname)/10,000/
百万 [bai3 wan4] /million/millions/
千万 [qian1 wan4] /ten million/millions and millions/very many/
海洋 [hai3 yang2] /ocean/
候 [hou4] /wait/
乾燥 [gan1 zao4] /dry/arid/
潮湿 [chao2 shi1] /damp/moist/
冷 [leng3] /cold/
热 [re4] /heat/to heat up/feverent/hot (of weather)/warm up/
闷 [men4] /melancholy/
凉快 [liang2 kuai5] /nice and cold/pleasantly cool/
暖和 [nuan3 huo2] /warm/nice and warm/
温度 [wen1 du4] /temperature/
摄 [she4] /assist/collect/absorb/
氏 [shi4] /clan name/maiden name/
度 [du4] /capacity/degree/standard/
沙漠 [sha1 mo4] /desert/
内陆 [nei4 lu4] /inland/interior/
沿海 [yan2 hai3] /coastal/
平原 [ping2 yuan2] /field/plane/
高原 [gao1 yuan2] /plateau/
盆地 [pen2 di4] /basin (low-lying geographical feature)/depression/
江 [jiang1] /river/
河 [he2] /river/
湖 [hu2] /lake/
海 [hai3] /ocean/sea/
岛 [dao3] /island/
信 [xin4] /letter/true/to believe/sign/evidence/
佛教 [fo2 jiao4] /Buddhism/
伊斯兰教 [yi1 si1 lan2 jiao4] /Islam/
基督教 [ji1 du1 jiao4] /Christianity/Christian/
天主教 [tian1 zhu3 jiao4] /Catholic church/
北方 [bei3 fang1] /north/the northern part of the country especially the area north of the Yellow River (Huang-He)/
南方 [nan2 fang1] /south/the southern part of the country/the South/
广东 [guang3 dong1] /Guangdong province, China/
福建 [fu2 jian4] /Fujian (province of China)/
台湾 [tai2 wan1] /Taiwan/
说 [shuo1] /to speak/to say/
话 [hua4] /dialect/language/spoken words/speech/talk/words/conversation/what someone said/
语 [yu4] /tell to/
方言 [fang1 yan2] /dialect/
服装 [fu2 zhuang1] /dress/clothing/costume/clothes/
音乐 [yin1 yue4] /music/
出产 [chu1 chan3] /output/
特产 [te4 chan3] /special local product/(regional) specialty/
风味 [feng1 wei4] /local flavor/local style/
菜 [cai4] /dish (type of food)/vegetables/
小吃 [xiao3 chi1] /snack/refreshments/
有 [you3] /to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be/
名 [ming2] /name/(measure word for persons)/place (e.g. among winners)/
风景 [feng1 jing3] /scenery/landscape/
旅游 [lu:3 you2] /trip/journey/tourism/travel/tour/
业 [ye4] /business/occupation/study/
发达 [fa1 da2] /developed (country, etc.)/flourishing/to develop/
基地 [ji1 di4] /(military) base/
怀念 [huai2 nian4] /to cherish the memory of/to think of/
家人 [jia1 ren2] /household/(one's) family/
亲戚 [qin1 qi5] /(a) relative (ie, family member)/