English - Hanzi	Pinyin	Phonetics	Sound
ugly - 难看	nánkàn	nan-kan
understand (situation) - 明白	míngbai	meeng-bye
understand (to) - 懂	dǒng	dawng
unit/piece; lump (of earth) - 块	kuài	kway
upright; proper; punctuality; sharp; in the midst of - 正	zhèng	djung
urgent - 急	jí	djee
urgent; emergency - 紧急	jǐnjí	ji:in-tchee
us; we - 我们	wǒmen	wahw-men
use (to) - 用	yòng	yawng
use/apply with (to) - 以	yǐ	ee
usually; more often than not - 多半	duōbàn	dwaw-ban
utmost; extremely - 最	zuì	dyoo:eh