Notes - Elementary Chinese Reader 1
Notes - Elementary Chinese Reader 1
y fish y fisherman / to fish y rain y to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall sh ten / 10 rn man / person / people sn three / 3 shn what yu moon / month gu country / nation / state / national xio small / tiny / few / young n you (informal) ho good / well ku mouth bi white bi bn whiteboard bi bn b whiteboard marker bi hundred / numerous hi black / dark / sinister gi give li to come / to arrive n men you (plural) mng busy
ma (question tag) hn (adverb of degree) / quite / very nn difficult (to...) / difficult kn to see / to look at / to read / to watch lng cold dng to understand / to know shn t (human) body / health xi xie to thank / thanks / thank you li six / 6 q seven / 7 ji nine / 9 t men they t men they / them (for females) t men they (for inanimate objects) b k qi you're welcome / don't mention it xu x to learn / to study shn me what? w I / me / my Hny Chinese language y also / too w men we / us / ourselves / our wn to ask hu d to reply / to answer / the answer du right / correct zu to do / to make / to produce ne question particle ("What about ...?") xi to write hn z Chinese character nin to read aloud shng c new word (in textbook)
tng l yn
r two / 2 s four / 4 zi jin goodbye / see you again later Bijng zh sh sh n bo hu bo zh ch d t bn zi Beijing this / these is / are / am / yes / to be book / letter / document that / those newspaper pictorial (magazine) paper a ruler map notebook
shng w morning xi w b ba m ma g ge ji jie d di mi mei afternoon (informal) father mommy / mother older brother older sister younger brother younger sister
zhng gu China jio to be called mng zi name (of a person or thing) rng y easy hu ch train zhn ln to exhibit / exhibition / show jn chng to go to town shu jio to go to bed / to sleep sh qing thing / affair / matter fi j chng airport hu ch zhn train station qng jn "please come in" zu to sit / to take a seat h to drink / My goodness! ch tea / tea plant jn tin today / at the present / now q to go nr where? nr there zhr here le (completed action marker) Tin'nmn Tin'nmn Gate zn me yng how? qng please (do sth) jn to enter / to come (or go) into jio sh classroom s sh dormitory / dorm room / hostel r tng child r tng ear-ache r duo ear
j di fu gng rn how much / how many doctor worker
r zi n r hur
y dinr a little / a bit y y raincoat q chung to get out of bed / to get up fng wn to visit / to pay a visit x huan to like / to be fond of nun huo warm / nice and warm zo shang early morning y zi chair yn jing eye yu ho friendly / close friend y f grammar lio ji to understand / to realize d pi qi to play volleyball t z qi to play soccer d din hu to make a phone call mng xn pin postcard kn din yng to watch a film kn din sh to watch TV tng yn yu to appreciate the music chun y fu to on ones clothes zh y f yn zh y shng dio n calm / still / quiet wn n Good night! / Good evening! mn gate / door ji home / family yu to have / there is / there are
to pay attention to tones
zi (located) at / (to be) in y yn language xu yun college / educational institute zhu zi table / desk dng xi thing / stuff / person zh shi knowledge b bo father's elder brother / uncle sh shu father's younger brother / uncle gn jng clean / neat xin sheng Mister (Mr.) y ye (coll.) father's father ni nai wi gng (coll.) mother's father tu head tu fa hair (on the head) b zi nose shu hand k sou to cough ho ba all right wn shang evening / night ti yang sun yu liang the moon y si meaning gun tou canned food png png qi table tennis / ping-pong yu yng swimming / to swim yu yng ch swimming pool
(infml) grandma (paternal grandmother)
zho xing j z xng ch wng j to forget xin zi now jn tin today zu tin yesterday
shi de of / ~'s
who
qin tinthe day before yesterday d qin tin three days ago mng tin tomorrow hu tin the day after tomorrow d hu tin three days from now li xu shng student studying abroad zh paper bn zi book / notebook gng b fountain pen qin b (lead) pencil zhu zi table / desk y zi chair Yng y English language h and / together with / with png you friend Dng L proper name L surname gng chng sh engineer h shi nurse nng mn peasant / farmer yun zh b ballpoint pen z zh magazine c din dictionary d t map
mo b writing brush fn b chalk do zi knife
xu xio school jio sh classroom Wng surname M surname Xbnywn Spanish language lb wn Arabic language Rwn Japanese language Dwn German language wn Russian language mi have not / not rn mn the people g classifier in general wi gu foreign (country) sh ji bookshelf s sh dormitory / dorm room zhng classifier for flat objects hur picture / drawing / painting chung bed / couch bn classifier for books ling two zh classifier for rods b classifier with handle din dng electric light ti dng desk lamp / table lamp