Are you struggling with remembering new Chinese vocabulary? Here is a new method for you: Try to remember words together with their opposite. For example, when you learn the word “day” also learn the word “night”. Here are 15 noun pairs for you to start with. In some sentences you will see the word 与 (yǔ) in other you will see 和 (hé). Both mean “and”. ![]() day and night: 日与夜 rì yǔ yè beginning and end: 开始和结束 kāishǐ hé jiéshù peace and war: 战争与和平 zhànzhēng yǔ hépíng win and loss: 输和赢 shū hé yíng question and answer: 问题和答案 wèntí hé dá'àn girl and boy: 女孩和男孩 nǚhái hé nánhái dawn and dusk: 黎明与黄昏 límíng yǔ huánghūn east and west: 东向和西向 dōngxiàng hé xīxiàng heaven and hell: 天堂和地狱 tiāntáng hé dìyù right and left: 左与右 zuǒ yǔ yòu north and south: 北和南 běi hé nán optimist and pessimist: 乐观主义者和悲观主义者 lèguān zhǔyì zhě hé bēiguān zhǔyì zhě possible and impossible: 可能和不可能 kěnéng hé bù kěnéng top and bottom: 上和下/顶部和底部 shàng hé xià/dǐngbù hé dǐbù truth and lie: 事实与谎言 shìshí yú huǎngyán |