Lesson: Numbers
零
líng
0
zero
一
yī
1
one
二
èr
2
two
三
sān
3
three
四
sì
4
four
五
wŭ
5
five
六
liù
6
six
七
qī
7
seven
八
bā
8
eight
九
jiŭ
9
nine
十
shì
10 ten
一百
yìbăi
100 one hundred
一千
yì qiān
1,000
一万
yí wàn
10,000 ten thousand
十万
shí wàn
100,000 one hundred thousand
一百万
yì băi wàn
1,000,000 one million
一千万
yì qiān wàn
10,000,000 ten million
一亿
yí yì
100,000,000 one hundred million
one thousand
Lesson : Greeting
Vocabulary:
Chinese characters
pinyin
grammar
meaning
你
nǐ
pronoun
you
我
wŏ
pronoun
I, me
她
tā
pronoun
she
学生
xuéshēng
noun
student
老师
lăoshī
noun
teacher
是
shì
verb
Yes; am/are/is
也
yě
adverb
also
不
bù
adverb
No; not
Text:
A: 你好！
B: 你好！
A: 你是学生吗？
B: 我是学生，你呢？
A: 我也是学生。
B: 她呢？她也是学生吗？
A: 不，她不是学生。她是老师。
Grammar
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吗 is the interrogative particle. The most common way to turn a sentence into
a question is to place the particle 吗 at the end of the sentence.
呢 is the modal particle. It is used after a noun, pronoun, or phrase to turn the
sentence into a question.
是 is a linking verb. It acts like an equal sign between nouns, pronouns, or
noun and pronoun.
也 is an adverb place before a verb. 也 cannot be placed at the beginning or
end of a sentence.
Chinese sentences usually consist of a subject and a predicate. e.g., 你好. 好 is
an adjective. In Chinese, adjective are stative verbs that can be used as a
predicate.
你，我，她（他） are pronouns.
不 is an adverb. It is used to form a negative.
Vocabulary:
Chinese characters
pinyin
grammar
meaning
好
hăo
adjective
good, well
很
hěn
adverb
very
谢谢
xièxie
Thank you
马马虎虎
mămăhu
so so
很好
hěn hăo
fine
还好
hái hăo
all right
不错
bú cuò
adverb
not bad
再见
zài jiàn
adverb
Good-bye
Text:
A: 你好吗？
B: 很好，谢谢。你呢？
A: 马马虎虎*, 谢谢，再见。
B: 再见.
Grammar:
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谢 is often used in the compound form (reduplicated form). The reduplicated form s
are very common in Chinese. In fact, certain terms must be in such forms in order to
covey meaning.
Vocabulary:
Chinese characters
pinyin
请问
qǐng wèn
您
nín
贵姓
guì xìng
名字
míng zì
noun
name
什么
shénme
pronoun
what
叫
jiào
verb
to call
谁
shuí /sheí
pronoun
who;whom
grammar
meaning
may I ask
pronoun
(polite) you
(polite) surname
Text:
A: 你好！
B: 你好！请问您贵姓？
A: 我姓黄。
B: 你叫什么名字？
A: 我叫小龙。
B: 他是谁？
A: 他是李杰。
B: 谢谢，再见！
A: 再见！
Grammar:
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您 is the polite form of 你 (singular) It is normally used to address one's elders or
those with a higher social status.
您贵姓 is the polite way to ask someone's surname. To answer this question it is
commonly replies with his/her surname or his/her full name.
什么 is the interrogative pronouns. It can be used alone to ask "what?" It is
commonly placed before a general noun when requesting more specific
information. In Chinese, the question word (who, what, where, which, when, how)
occurs where the expected answer would be
e.g. 你叫什么名字?
我叫小龙。
• 谁 is the interrogative pronoun. It is used as 什么.
Core Vocabulary :
谁
谢谢
名字
贵姓
我
请问
再见
什么
叫
你
他
她
学生
老师
也