Teach Yourself Beginner's Chinese Chapter 4
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- bú kèqi
- you are welcome (not guest air)
- dà
- big
- ...duō dà?
- How old...?
- ...duō dà niánjī?
-
How old...?
(respectful)
(Lit, How old year record.) - gè
- (measure word)
- hé
- and
- jiè hūn
- marry
- ...jiè hūn le ma?
- ..married?
- ...jǐ suì?
-
How old...?
(for children) - jīnnián
- this year
- le
- grammatical marker
- liang
-
two
(of anything) - ...suì
- ...years old; age
- xiàng
- (to look) like
- bū xiàng
- not to look (like) it
- xiÇŽo
- small
- yí ge...yí ge
- one..., the other
- zhēnde
- really
- bàba
- dad, father
- māma
- mom, mother
- érzi
- son
- nǚ'ér
- doughter
- gēge
- elder brother
- jiějie
- elder sister
- dìdi
- younger brother
- mèimei
- younger sister
- xiōngdì
- brothers
- jiěméi
- sisters
- dà dàdi
-
the older of the
younger brothers - xiǎo dìdi
-
younger one of the
younger brothers - shíyī
- eleven
- shí'èr
- twelve
- shísān
- thirteen
- shísì
- fourteen
- shÃwÇ”
- fifteen
- shíliù
- sixteen
- shíqī
- seventeen
- shíbā
- eighteen
- shÃjiÇ”
- ninteen
- érshí
- twenty
- sānshí
- thirty
- síshí
- forty
- wÇ”shÃ
- fofty
- liùshí
- sixty
- qīshí
- seventy
- bāshí
- eighty
- jiÇ”shÃ
- ninety
- yÃbÇŽi
- one hundred
- suì
-
year of age (acts as
measure word) - tiān
-
day (acts as
measure word) - nián
-
year (acts as
measure word) - Wǒ jié hūn le.
- I'm married.
- WÇ’ qÇng tÄ le.
- I invited him.
- WÇ” wèn tÄ le.
- I asked her.
- Ni jié hun le ma?
- Are you married?
-
Nǐ jié hūn le
méi you? - Are you married?
- Wo méi you jié hun.
- I'm not married.
- WÇ’ méi qÇng tÄ.
- I didn't invite him.
- WÇ’ méi wèn tÄ.
- I haven't asked him.
- liǎng ge háizi
- two children
- sēn ge nǚ'ér
- three daughters
- sì běn shū
- four books
- wǔ běn zázhì
- five magazines
- liù zhāng zhuōzi
- six tables
- qī zhāng chuáng
- seven beds
- NÇ yÇ’u mei yÇ’u háizi?
-
Have you any
childern? -
Yǒu liǎng ge (háizi),
yà ge érzi, yà ge
nǚ'ér. -
Two, a son and a
daughter. - Háizi jǐ suì?
-
How old is/are
the children? - TÄ wÇ” suì.
- He/she's five years old.
- Nǐ duō dà?
- How old are you?
- Wǒ èrshà suì.
- I'm twenty.
-
Nǐ bába,
māma duōdà niánjì? -
How old are your
Mom and Dad? -
Bà ba wÇ”shÃsÄn,
mÄma sìshÃjiÇ”. - Dad is 53, Mom is 49.
- shÇ”
- rat
- niú
- ox
- hÇ”
- tiger
- tù
- rabbit
- lóng
- dragon
- shé
- snake
- mÇŽ
- horse
- yáng
- sheep
- hóu
- monkey
- jī
- cockerel
- gÇ’u
- dog
- zhū
- pig
- jiā
- + plus
- chéng
- x times
- jiÇŽn
- - minus
- chú
- / divide