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Lessons 1-4
| Mandarin | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 贵姓 | guì xìng | What's your honorable last name? |
| 我姓李 | wǒ xìng lǐ | I surname Li. |
| 你是美国人吗? | nǐ shì měi guó rén ma | Are you American? |
| 我是纽约人。 | wǒ shì niǔ yuē rén | I am from New York. |
| 家庭 | jiā tíng | family |
| 庭 | tíng | court |
| 照片 | zhào piàn | photo |
| 女孩 | nǚ hái | girl |
| 男孩 | nán hái | boy |
| 哥哥 | gē ge | older brother |
| 姐姐 | jiě jie | older sister |
| 弟弟 | dì di | younger brother |
| 妹妹 | mèi mei | younger sister |
| 姐妹 | jiě mèi | older and younger sisters |
| 姐弟 | jiě dì | older sister and younger brother |
| 兄妹 | xiōng mèi | older brother and younger sister |
| 兄弟 | xiōng dì | older and younger brothers |
| 弟妹 | dì mèi | younger brother's wife |
| 兄姐 | xiōng jiě | older brother and older sister |
| 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 有没有 | yǒu méi yǒu | have or not |
| 几口人 | jǐ kǒu rén | how many people in the family |
| 你爸爸做什么工作? | nǐ bà ba zuò shén me gōng zuò | What does your father do (as a career)? |
| 律师 | lǜ shī | lawyer |
| 英文老师 | yīng wén lǎo shī | English teacher |
| 大学生 | dà xué shēng | college/university student |
| 高中生 | gāo zhōng shēng | high school student |
| 初中生 | chū hōng shēng | middle school student |
| 中学生 | zhōng xué shēng | middle and/or high school student |
| 小学生 | xiǎo xué shēng | elementary school student |
| 也是 | yě shì | is also |
| 是也 | shì yě | it is |
| 视野 | shì yě | vision/visivility |
| 医生 | yī shng | doctor |
| 九月十二号 | jiǔ yuè shí èr hào | Sept. 12 |
| 九月十二日 | jiǔ yuè shí èr rì | Sept. 12 |
| 星期几 | xīng qī jǐ | What day in the week? |
| 你今年多大? | nǐ jīn nián duō dà | How old are you this year? |
| 请你吃饭 | qǐng nǐ chī fàn | invite you for a meal |
| 怎么样? | zěn me yàng | How's that? |
| 太好了。 | tài hǎo le | Terrific. |
| 中国还是美国? | zhōng guó hái shì měi guó | China or the US? |
| 你还是吃了吧。 | nǐ hái shì chī le ba | You had better eat it. |
| 几点 | jǐ diǎn | what time? |
| 七点半 | qī diǎn bàn | 7:30 |
| 五点三刻 | wǔ diǎn sān kè | 5:45 |
| 有事儿 | yǒu shì ér | have something to do |
| 忙不忙 | máng bù máng | busy or not? |
| 有事儿吗? | yǒu shì ér ma | What's up? |
| 为什么? | wéi shén me | why? |
| 因为 | yīn wéi/wèi | because |
| 是吗? | shì ma | Is that so? |
| 还请谁? | hái qǐng shéi | Whom else did you also invite? |
| 喜欢看电视 | xǐhuān kàn diàn shì | like to watch TV |
| 你呢? | nǐ ne/nē | how about you? |
| 唱歌跳舞 | chàng gē tiào wǔ | to sing and dance |
| 还喜欢听音乐 | hái xǐ huān tīng yīn yuè | also like to listen to music |
| 看书 | kàn shū | reading |
| 对不对? | duì bú duì | Correct? |
| 喜欢不喜欢 | xǐ huān bù xǐ huān | like or not |
| 喜不喜欢 | xǐ bù xǐ huān | like or not |
| 周末 | zhōu mò | weekend |
| 常常 | cháng cháng | often/frequently |
| 看电影 | kàn diàn yǐng | to watch movie |
| 看一部外国电影 | kàn yí bù wài guó diàn yǐng | to watch a foreign movie |
| 我请客。 | wǒ qǐng kè | It's on me. |
| 因为 ...... 所以 | yīn wéi/wèi ...... suǒ yǐ | because ...... therfore |
| 好久不见 | hǎo jiǔ bú jiàn | Long time no see. |
| 我很好。你怎么样? | wǒ hěn hǎo。 nǐ zěn me yàng | I am very good. How about you? |
| 我也不错。 | wǒ yě bú cuò | I am not bad, either. |
| 想不想和我去看电影? | xiǎng bù xiǎng hé wǒ qù kàn diàn yǐng | Would you like to watch movie with me? |
| 没有意思。 | méi yǒu yì si/sī | not interesting |
| 算了 | suàn le | Forget it. |
| 这个算了吗?算了。 | zhè ge suàn le ma/mā? suàn le。 | Have you charged this one? Yes, I have. |