Linking Words and Connectors in Traditional Chinese

Traditional Chinese conversations don’t move one word at a time-they flow because of small, hardworking connectors. Without words like 因為 (because), 但是 (but), and 所以 (so), your sentences just stack up without any real direction. This list hands you around 45 of the most common linking words and connectors you’ll actually need, whether you’re writing a message, reading a sign, or trying to sound less like a textbook robot.

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Connector	Pinyin	Meaning
棒	bàng	good; fine; excellent, great!
棒球	bàngqiú	baseball
比	bǐ	to compare; compared to, than
比較	bǐjiào	comparatively; to compare
爸爸	bàba	father
班	bān	Measure word for a group of organized people.
白	bái	white/ to be white
百	bǎi	hundred
百貨公司	bǎihuògōngsī	department store
矮	ǎi	short (of stature ), low
筆	bǐ	pen
被	bèi	a passive voice indicator
辦公室	bàngōngshì	office
辦法	bànfǎ	method, way of doing something
遍	biàn	Measure word for the course of an action from the beginning to the end.
邊	biān	side
錶	biǎo	watch
阿姨	āyí	one's mother's sister, auntie
飽	bǎo	to be full (after eating )
餅乾	bǐnggān	biscuit, cracker, cookie