Small words, huge payoff. Chinese conjunctions are the thread that stitches your sentences together – without them, you’re just dropping loose bricks. They help you explain why, contrast ideas, add detail, and sound way more like a real speaker instead of a vocabulary robot.
This list hands you around 45 of the most practical Chinese conjunctions you’ll actually use, not the dusty ones from a textbook appendix. We’re talking words like 因为 (because), 但是 (but), and 所以 (so) – the everyday connectors that pop up in chats, emails, and street signs.
Each entry gives you a straightforward meaning and a natural example sentence, so you see exactly how the conjunction works in the wild. No guesswork, just useful vocabulary you can start using today. When you’re ready to study offline, grab the free PDF using the download button right below the table.
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| Connector | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不 | bù | (negative prefix); not; no |
| 不客气 | bù kè qi | you're welcome; impolite; rude |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing; stuff; person |
| 个 | gè | variant of 個|个[gè] |
| 二 | èr | two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect) |
| 会 | huì | can; be possible; be able to |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 八 | bā | eight; 8 |
| 几 | jǐ | how much; how many; several |
| 出租车 | chū zū chē | taxi; (Taiwan) rental car |
| 分钟 | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China; Peking |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc) |
| 后面 | hòu mian | rear; back; behind |
| 和 | hé | and; together with; with |
| 喝 | hē | to drink; My goodness! |
| 回 | huí | to curve; to return; to revolve |
| 多 | duō | many; much; a lot of |
| 多少 | duō shao | how much; how many; which (number) |
| 大 | dà | big; huge; large |
| 好 | hǎo | good; well; proper |
| 家 | jiā | home; family; classifier for families or businesses |
| 对不起 | duì bu qǐ | unworthy; to let down; I'm sorry |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate; job |
| 很 | hěn | (adverb of degree); quite; very |
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