iSpeak CHINESE Mandarin
the Ultimate Audio + Visual Phrasebook for your iPod Alex Chapin and Jin Zhang
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INTRODUCTION The iSpeak Chinese phrasebook turns your iPod or MP3 player into a Chinese translation tool for on-the-spot reference. iSpeak Chinese has more than 1,300 audio tracks, organized into various categories that allow you to communicate in all typical travel situations such as finding accommodations, eating out, or expressing your perceptions and opinions. The iPod’s efficient, intuitive navigational interface allows you to quickly find those words and phrases most useful to you in a given context. Going to the Peking Opera? Review the music album in the Entertainment category, as well as perhaps words and phrases in the Train & Metro album. iSpeak Chinese then allows you to both read and hear how these words and phrases are expressed—the most effective way to replicate native pronunciation and communicate successfully. I remember my first Sony Walkman; how amazing it seemed that I could listen to whatever I wanted, wherever I was. It was also a bit overwhelming, the possible incongruities, walking through, say, Times Square listening to Chopin’s Ballade no. 1 in G Minor. Sony Walkmans and later portable CD players allowed people to create their own soundtrack to any context, making it possible to listen to a foreign language while immersed in its culture—while sitting in a café in Paris, for example. Now, digital mobile audio players such as the iPod introduce radical new ways to refine that immersion as well as add an interactive component to preparing for travel abroad or studying language in a context that will be explained in more detail below.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 1. Connect your iPod to your computer. 2. Start up iTunes. 3. Insert the iSpeak CD into your computer. 4. Locate the “iSpeak Audio” folder/directory on the CD. 5. Click and drag the folder labeled “Copy to iTunes Music Library” into your iTunes library. 6. Sync your iPod to load the iSpeak files onto your iPod.
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Note: users with iTunes on a PC may need to enable the option “Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library” to load files directly to iTunes. This option is found in the Advanced Preferences tab under the Edit toolbar. If you do not wish to enable this option, you need to first copy the files directly to your hard drive, and then drag the files to the iTunes Music Library window.
CHINESE CHARACTERS IN iTUNES In order to view Chinese characters in iTunes, you may need to configure your computer to display Chinese. In Mac OS X, this can be done by choosing Apple > System Preferences... > International. In Microsoft Windows, this can be done by choosing Start > Settings > Control Panel > Regional Options.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR OTHER MOBILE AUDIO DEVICES While the iSpeak Chinese phrasebook was designed to work with iPods, it can be used on any other digital audio player that can play MP3 audio files. iSpeak audio files are loaded in the same way as any other MP3 audio files.
LISTENING TO iSPEAK CHINESE PHRASES Once your iSpeak Chinese audio files have been loaded onto your iPod or other MP3 player, you can locate them in the same way you locate music files or audiobooks, by browsing Artists or Genres. iPods have a scroll wheel that is used to select different options on the screen. Once selected (i.e., highlighted), the center button is used to choose the selected option. The menu button is used to return to a previous menu. Here are the steps:
Locating iSpeak Audio by Artist 1. From your iPod’s main menu, select Music. (Note: the items available from the main menu of your iPod vary with settings and model. If you do not see Music in your main menu, select Artists instead.)
iPod Music Photos Playlists
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> > >
2. From the Music menu, select Artists.
Music Playlists Artists Albums
> > >
Artists iS Chin 01 Conversation iS Chin 02 Travel iS Chin 03 Accommodations
> > >
4. After selecting an artist or category (iS Chin 01 Conversation, for example), choose the appropriate album or subcategory (01 Basics > Conversation, for example).
iS Chin 01 Conversation 01 Basics > Conversation 02 Introductions 03 Occupations
> > >
5. Your iPod screen should now display words and phrases from the selected album or subcategory, with titles in English followed by Chinese. Choose the track or word/phrase you would like to listen to (Hello | Nˇı haˇo, for example).
01 Basics > Conversation Hello. | Nıˇ haoˇ. Good morning. | Zaˇo.shàng haˇo. Good afternoon. | Xiàwuˇ haˇo. Good evening. | Waˇn.shàng haˇo. How are you? | Nıˇ zeˇnmeyàng?
3. Scroll through the alphabetic listing of artists to find the iSpeak Chinese main categories, each of which begins with “iS Chin.” Choose the iSpeak (iS) artist or category that you would like to listen to (iS Chin 01 Conversation, for example).
6. After you have chosen a track, it will begin playing. You will first hear the Chinese phrase followed by the equivalent in English and then followed by Chinese again. Tracks of Chinese words or short phrases also include a full sentence demonstrating how that word/phrase is used.
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Now Playing Hello. | Nıˇ haˇo. 01 Basics > Conversation iS Chin 01 Conversation
Locating iSpeak Audio by Genre If your iPod or MP3 player has many audio tracks by many artists, it may be quicker to locate the iSpeak files by selecting Genres. Here are the steps: 1. From your iPod’s main menu, select Music. (Note: the items available from the main menu of your iPod vary with settings and model. If you do not see Music in your main menu, select Genres instead.)
Music Photos Playlists
2. From the Music menu, select Genres. (Note: the items available from the Music menu of your iPod also vary with settings and model. Genres should appear somewhere in the Music menu.)
Playlists Artists Genres
> > >
3. Scroll through the alphabetic listing of Genres to genres beginning with “Language” (Language-Chinese, for example) and choose the language you would like to listen to.
Genres Language-Chinese Language-Japanese Language-Spanish
> > >
iPod
> > >
Music
4. Follow steps 3 through 5 for “Locating iSpeak Audio by Artist” listed above.
READING iSPEAK CHINESE PHRASES There are a few different ways that you can view the Chinese and English text for each iSpeak audio track. Most MP3 players will display some of this text—usually the Track, Album, and Artist.
Print Booklet If you have an MP3 player with a very small display or no display at all, the print booklet may be helpful, particularly if you want to see how a phrase is written in the language you are studying. The booklet contains the Chinese and English for each phrase that is included in the audio. These are organized by the Artist and Album headings.
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Track, Album, and Artist Display All iPods (and many MP3 players) display a given track’s Title, Album, and Artist while the track is playing. However, small iPods such as the Nano or older iPods may not be able to display as much text immediately on the screen as bigger or newer iPods can. All iPods, however, compensate for the limited number of characters/words they can display by scrolling the title of the track when it is playing or when it is selected. With these limitations in mind, Now Playing iSpeak Chinese was designed so that Hello | Nıˇ haˇo the English phrase is followed by the Chinese for easy navigation. This may Hello. not be immediately visible on other MP3 >> Nıˇ haˇo. | players. Good morning. > Zaˇo.shàng haˇo. | Album List Lyrics Display If you have a newer iPod (5G or later) or Good afternoon. an MP3 player that displays lyrics, then > Xiàwuˇ haˇo. | you will be able to access the complete Good evening. English and Chinese text and information > Waˇn.shàng haˇo. | about other tracks in the given album or How are you? category, as well as other albums. Track “lyrics” can be viewed on 5G or later > Nıˇ zěnmeyàng? | Fine, thanks. iPods as follows: > Hái xíng. | 1. Choose a track to listen to. Pleased to meet you. 2. While the track is playing, click the > Hěn gāoxìng rèn.shí. nıˇ. | center button twice. Each iSpeak Chinese audio track has in its lyrics display both the English text and the Chinese text and Chinese simplified characters immediately below it. The lyrics display also shows the other words and phrases in that same album. Once the lyrics display is selected, it will remain until the center button is clicked again. This allows you to more easily read the words and phrases in both English and Chinese while the
… etc.
> 01 Basics > Conversation 02 Introductions 03 Occupations 04 Interests 05 Opinions 06 Feelings 07 Weather
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audio is playing—not only for the current track but also for upcoming and previous tracks in that album. The current track title is always shown at the top as well as being included in the list of other tracks from the same album. The Chinese of the current track is always preceded by the >> symbol in the track list. The current album is preceded by the > symbol in the album list that follows the track list.
TECHNIQUES FOR USING iSPEAK CHINESE These nearly 1,500 audio tracks are literally at your fingertips for easy reference in common situations. For example, if you need to find an ATM machine in Beijing you would scroll to the Bank album in Services & Shopping where you would find the phrase, “Where is there an ATM near here?” iSpeak Chinese is also an excellent study tool for preparation for an upcoming trip. What follows are some techniques to get the most out of iSpeak Chinese for memorizing phrases and language learning.
Playlists While iSpeak phrasebooks are thematically organized for easy navigation, iPods (and some other MP3 players) also allow you to create your own playlists, which are simply lists of tracks in whatever order you choose from any Artists/Albums in your library. Thus in preparation for an evening out on the town, you can create a playlist of words and phrases from a variety of albums and artists including perhaps Entertainment > Planning, Travel > Bus, Food > Eating Out > Reservations and Eating Out > Ordering, as well as Conversation > Introductions and Conversation > Interests. If you have some music—perhaps some Ku¯nquˇ or Teresa Teng—such tracks can be interspersed with your iSpeak tracks to add variety to the mix. To create a playlist in iTunes, do the following: 1. From the iTunes File menu, choose New Playlist. 2. Locate this new playlist (it will be titled “untitled playlist”) in the Playlist column in iTunes. 3. Rename this new playlist with a name that describes the tracks you will put into it. 4. Locate tracks you would like to add to this new playlist from your iTunes Music Library and drag them on top of your new playlist title.
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Smart Playlists In addition to playlists, the iPod and some other MP3 players will also allow you to make “smart playlists.” Smart playlists are simply playlists based on particular search criteria and ordering. To create one, choose New Smart Playlist from the iTunes File menu. For example, you could create a smart playlist with the following rules: Match all of the following rules: Genre contains Language Album contains Basics Limit to 50 items selected by least often played The above smart playlist would consist of all words and phrases from all the Basics albums (most categories or iSpeak Artists have a Basics album that features key vocabulary for the particular topic) with those words and phrases that you have played the least appearing first and items you have played more frequently appearing later. iPods keep track of how often you play a particular track as well as when you played it last. Thus the above playlist could be modified to order tracks by least recently played and limited only to tracks that you have listened to at least once. Match all of the following rules: Genre contains Language Album contains Basics Play Count is greater than 0 Limit to 50 items selected by least recently played
Ratings iPods also allow you to rate tracks on a scale of one to fi ve stars. You can rate iSpeak words and phrases according to how well you know them, perhaps giving high ratings to those words and phrases you don’t know and need to review and lower ratings to those that are more familiar and need less study. Then you can use these ratings in smart playlists such as the following:
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Match all of the following rules: Genre contains Language Artist contains Conversation My Rating is in the range BBB to BBBBB Limit to 50 items selected by highest rating This smart playlist will include all tracks from the “Conversation” Artist or category that you have rated between three and five stars and will sort these tracks such that tracks with higher ratings (e.g., not as well known) will appear first.
GETTING STARTED WITH CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE The writing system for Chinese consists of tens of thousands of “characters,” some of which are highly stylized pictures of what they represent while most are compounds of meaning and sound that represent a single spoken syllable. In modern Chinese, most words have either one or two syllables. For words with two or more syllables, the syllables are usually put together without any space between them. Pinyin is a system of representing these Chinese characters using the Roman alphabet. The pronunciation of most letters used in Pinyin are similar to their English pronunciation with a few exceptions such as “c” which is pronounced like “ts” as in “cats,” “x” which is pronounced like “sh” as in “sheet.” Many Chinese words have the same basic pronunciation but differ in tonal quality—the rise and fall of pitch when spoken. Chinese has four basic tones: high tone, high rising tone, low-falling rising tone, and high-falling tone as shown in Figure 1 below.
High Tone
High Rising Tone
Low-Falling Rising Tone
Figure 1
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High-Falling Tone
These tones are represented in Pinyin with diacritics as shown in Figure 2. 1st Tone
2nd Tone
3rd Tone
4th Tone
da¯
dá
daˇ
dà
lo¯u
lóu
loˇu
lòu
qia¯o
qiáo
qiaˇo
qiào
m¯ı
mí
mıˇ
mì
Figure 2 Occasionally, how a series of syllables are written may differ from how they are spoken. For example, when there are two low-falling rising tones (i.e., 3rd tone) in a row in a word or phrase, the first one will become a high-rising tone (i.e., 2nd tone). In general, the low-falling rising tone is rarely pronounced in full, but tends to end low instead of rising (this is referred to as a half 3rd tone). As well, some syllables are pronounced in the neutral tone, or a toneless tone, so to speak. In this phrasebook, a dot before a syllable indicates that it should be pronounced in the neutral tone. Mandarin Chinese has many diphthongs or composite vowels. These can be learned by reading the Pinyin while listening to how it is pronounced. You may notice that the pronunciation of some vowels changes in various contexts. For example, whenever the letters “i” or “u” occur before other vowels they are consistently pronounced as “y” or “w,” respectively. You may find it challenging to reproduce many of these tonal variations. However, even if your tones are off, many Chinese listeners will be able to figure out what you are trying to say from context.
STRATEGIES TO MAXIMIZE LANGUAGE LEARNING WITH iSPEAK CHINESE When using iSpeak phrasebooks on your iPod or other MP3 player, pay attention! While a certain amount of language can be learned passively simply by hearing, so much more can be learned through active listening. Ideally your iSpeak tracks should complement your surroundings. For example you could listen to words and phrases in the Buying album while shopping or listen to words and phrases related to food before eating out.
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Listen and Repeat All audio tracks begin with the Chinese word or phrase, followed by the English, and then the Chinese again to help push you to begin “thinking” in your new language. Repeat the Chinese word or phrase immediately after hearing it, and challenge yourself to recall the English before it is played. Most tracks of words or short phrases also contain sentences demonstrating how that word or short phrase is used. Repeat these sentences after hearing them, and again challenge yourself to figure out what these sentences mean before hearing them in English. This may require pausing playback or repeating the playback of a given track.
Change the Context One of the radical innovations of digital audio players such as iPods is that they let you change the order of tracks in endless ways through custom or smart playlists as described above. Take advantage of this functionality to create playlists that focus on particular sets of words and phrases. It is also good to add a certain amount of randomness to your lists or listening habits. You can do this by creating smart playlists that are randomly sorted or simply listen to an album without reading the track titles. Both approaches allow you to quiz yourself by listening and attempting to recall or guess the meaning of a word or phrase before you hear its English equivalent. Again, this may require pausing a track or repeating its playback.
Refresh Your Mind Don’t push yourself too hard! If your attention starts to waver (or you start bumping into people), take a break, listen to some music, or turn off your iPod for a while. Vary your study habits as well, sometimes listening and reading simultaneously, other times just reading or just listening.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Alex Chapin is a curricular technologist at Middlebury College specializing in the development of technologies for second-language acquisition. Jin Zhang is a lecturer in Chinese at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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CONTENTS 01 CONVERSATION 01 Basics > Conversation 02 Introductions 03 Occupations 04 Interests 05 Opinions 06 Feelings 07 Weather
02 TRAVEL 01 Basics > Travel 02 Directions 03 Borders 04 Air 05 Train & Metro 06 Bus 07 Tickets 08 Car > Basics 09 Car > Rental 10 Car > Maintenance
03 ACCOMMODATIONS 01 Basics > Accommodations 02 Finding Accommodations 03 Inquiring About Rooms 04 Reserving a Room 05 Amenities & Service 06 Problems 07 Renting > Basics 08 Renting > Inquiries
04 FOOD 01 Basics > Food 02 Eating Out > Reservations 03 Eating Out > Ordering 04 Eating Out > Service 05 Beverages 06 Meat, Poultry & Fish 07 Vegetables & Grains 08 Fruit & Dairy 09 Preparation
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05 SERVICES & SHOPPING 01 Basics > Services & Shopping 02 Inquiries 03 Assistance 04 Buying 05 Bank 06 Post Office 07 Telephone 08 Internet 09 Medical 10 Pharmacy 11 Emergencies
06 ENTERTAINMENT 01 Basics > Entertainment 02 Inquiries 03 Planning 04 Museums & Galleries 05 Music 06 Films, Theater & Dance 07 Sports
07 REFERENCE 01 Numbers 02 Time & Date 03 Twenty Key Phrases 04 Cool Expressions
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01 CONVERSATION 01 Basics > Conversation Hello. Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. Good night. How are you? Fine, thanks. Pleased to meet you. What is your name? My name is . . . Good-bye. See you later. yes no Pardon. OK. Excuse me. Sorry. Please. Thank you. You’re welcome. I don’t speak Chinese. Do you speak English? Could you speak more slowly? Could you repeat that? I don’t understand. I understand a little Chinese. I know some . . .
Nˇı haˇo. Zaˇo.shàng haˇ o. Xiàwuˇ haˇo. Waˇn.shàng haˇo. Wa˘n’a¯n. Nˇı zeˇnmeyàng? Hái xíng. Heˇn ga¯oxìng rèn.shí nˇı. Nˇı jiào shénme míng.zì? Woˇ jiào… Zàijiàn. Huí jiàn. shì .bú shì Qˇıng zài shuo¯ .yí biàn. Haˇo de. Duì.bùqˇı. Duì.bùqˇı. Qˇıng. Xièxie. Bú kè.qì. Woˇ .bú huì shuo¯ Zho¯ngwén. Ní huì .bú huì shuo¯ Yı¯ngyuˇ? Nˇı néng .bù néng shuo¯de zài màn .yìdiaˇnr? Nˇı néng .bù néng zài shuo¯ .yí biàn? Woˇ .bù doˇng. Woˇ néng tı¯ng doˇng .yìdiaˇnr Zho¯ngwén. Woˇ rèn.shí .yìxie¯…
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I don’t read . . . . . . Chinese characters. . . . simplified characters. . . . traditional characters. How do you say . . . in Chinese? What’s that called in Chinese? Could you write it down? Could you write it down in Pinyin?
Woˇ .bu rèn.shí… … hànzì. … jiaˇntˇızì. … fántˇızì. … Zho¯ngwén zeˇnme shuo¯? … Zho¯ngwén jiào zeˇnme? Nˇı néng .bù néng xieˇ xià.lái? Nˇı néng .bù néng yòng pı¯nyı¯n xieˇ xià.lái?
02 Introductions Hello. My name is . . . What is your name? Pleased to meet you. How are you? Fine, thanks . . . . . . and you? sir miss ma’am This is my . . . . . . wife. . . . husband. . . . partner. . . . son. . . . daughter. . . . friend. . . . girlfriend. . . . boyfriend. . . . colleague. I’m here . . . . . . on vacation. . . . on business.
Nˇı haˇo. Woˇ jiào… Nˇı jiào shénme míng.zì? Heˇn ga¯oxìng rèn.shí nˇı. Nˇı zeˇnmeyàng? Hái xíng. Nˇı ne? xia¯n.she¯ng xiaˇojieˇ dàjieˇ Zhè .shì woˇde… … qı¯zˇı. … zhàng.fu¯. … jia¯tíng bànlüˇ. … érzi. … nüˇ.ér. … péng.yoˇu. … nüˇ péng.yoˇu. … nán péng.yoˇu. … tóngshì. Woˇ lái… … dùjià. … chu¯cha¯i.
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. . . for a conference. . . . to study. I’m here . . . . . . with my family. . . . on my own. Do you live here? Where are you from? I’m . . . . . . from the United States. . . . from Canada. . . . from England. . . . from Australia. I live . . . . . . in New York. . . . in Toronto. . . . in the United States. . . . in Ireland. . . . near London. Are you from . . . . . . Beijing? . . . Shànghai? . . . Guangzhou? . . . Tianjin? . . . Xi’an? . . . Chongqing? . . . Chengdu? . . . Nanjing? . . . Hangzhou? . . . Datong? . . . Shenzhen? . . . Mainland China? . . . Taiwan? . . . Taipei? . . . Macao? . . . Hong Kong?
… ka¯ihuì. … xuéxí. Woˇ .shì… lái de. … ge¯n jia¯rén… … yí ge rén… Nˇı zhù .zài zhèr ma? Nˇı .shì naˇr lái de? Woˇ .shì… … Meˇiguó lái.de. … Jia¯’nádà lái.de. … Yı¯ngguó lái.de. … Àodàlìyà lái.de. Woˇ zhù .zài… … Niuˇyue¯. … Duo¯lúnduo¯. … Meˇiguó. … Àieˇrlán. … Lúndu¯n fùjìn. Nˇı .shì .bú .shì… lái de? … Beˇijı¯ng… … Shànghaˇi… … Guaˇngzho¯u… … Tia¯njı¯n… … Xı¯ ’a¯n… … Cho¯ngqìng… … Chéngdu¯… … Nánjı¯ng… … Hángzho¯u… … Dàtóng… … She¯nzhèn… … Zho¯ngguó dàlù… … Táiwa¯n… … Táibeˇi… … Àomén… … Xia¯nggaˇng…
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03 Occupations What do you do? What are you studying? I’m . . . . . . a student. . . . a writer. . . . a scientist. . . . a consultant. . . . an architect. . . . a mechanic. . . . a designer. . . . a journalist. I work in . . . . . . education. . . . finance. . . . fashion. . . . business. I’m self-employed. I’m between jobs. I’m studying . . . . . . literature. . . . mathematics. . . . sciences. . . . art. . . . humanities. . . . philosophy. . . . psychology. . . . engineering.
Nˇı zuò shénme go¯ngzuò? Nˇı .zài xué shénme? Woˇ .shì… … xué.she¯ng. … zuòjia¯. … ke¯xuéjia¯. … gùwèn. … jiànzhùshı¯. … jìgo¯ng. … shèjìshı¯. … jìzheˇ. Woˇ cóngshì… go¯ngzuò. … jiàoyù… … jı¯nróng… … shízhua¯ng… … sha¯ngyè… Woˇ zìjˇı yoˇu she¯ngyì. Woˇ xiànzài .bù go¯ngzuò. Woˇ .zài xué… … wénxué. … shùxué. … lˇıke¯. … yìshù. … rénwén xuéke¯. … zhéxué. … xı¯nlˇıxué. … go¯ngchéng.
04 Interests What are you interested in? I’m interested in . . . . . . politics. . . . technology.
Nˇı duì shénme yoˇu xìngqù? Woˇ duì… yoˇu xìngqù. … zhèngzhì… … jìshù…
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. . . art. . . . music. . . . photography. . . . reading. . . . cooking. . . . hiking. . . . shopping. . . . sports. What . . . do you like? . . . types of music . . . . . . movies . . . . . . restaurants . . . . . . clubs . . . . . . writers . . . . . . cities . . . . . . painters . . .
… yìshù… … yı¯nyuè… … shèyˇıng… … dúshu¯… … zuòfàn… … de¯ngsha¯n… … gòuwù… … yùndòng… Nˇı xˇı.hua¯n shénme… … yı¯nyuè? … diànyˇıng? … fànguaˇnrr? … jùlèbù? … zuòjia¯? … chéngshì? … huàjia¯?
05 Opinions Did you like it? I like it. It’s good. It’s bad. It’s OK. It’s better. It’s worse. I thought it was . . . . . . entertaining. . . . boring. . . . beautiful. . . . ugly. . . . modern. . . . old-fashioned. I agree. I don’t agree.
Nˇı xˇı.hua¯n ma? Xˇı.hua¯n. Heˇn haˇo. Bù haˇo. Hái xíng. Haˇo .yìxie¯. Chà.yìxie¯. Woˇ juéde… … heˇn haˇowánr. … méi.yoˇu yì.sı¯. … heˇn meˇi. … heˇn nánkàn. … heˇn xiàndài. … heˇn laˇopài. Woˇ tóngyì. Woˇ .bù tóngyì.
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I don’t know. I don’t care. I love Chinese food! The people here are very friendly. It’s a beautiful city. The countryside is beautiful. Your home is lovely.
Woˇ .bù zhı¯dào. Wúsuoˇwèi. Woˇ ài chı¯ Zho¯ngguó cài! Zhèr de rén heˇn yoˇuhaˇo. Shìqu¯ heˇn piào.liaˇng. Nóngcu¯n heˇn piào.liaˇng. Nˇı jia¯ zhe¯n piào.liaˇng.
06 Feelings How are you feeling? Are you . . . ? I’m . . . . . . happy. . . . sad. . . . tired. . . . rested. . . . nervous. . . . relaxed. . . . excited. . . . confused.
Nˇı gaˇnjué ze˘nmeyàng? Nˇı… ma? Woˇ… … heˇn ga¯oxìng. … heˇn nánguò. … heˇn lèi. … xiu¯.xı¯ haˇo le. … heˇn jˇınzha¯ng. … heˇn fàngso¯ng. … heˇn xı¯ngfèn. … heˇn hú.tu.
07 Weather What’s the weather today? It’s . . . . . . sunny. . . . cloudy. . . . hot. . . . cold. It’s snowing. It’s raining. It’s stormy. It’s windy. It’s foggy. What’s the weather forecast?
Jı¯ntia¯n tia¯n.qì zeˇnmeyàng? Tia¯n… … heˇn qíng. … heˇn yı¯n. … heˇn rè. … heˇn leˇng. Yoˇu xueˇ. Yoˇu yuˇ. Yoˇu bàoyuˇ. Fe¯ng heˇn dà. Yoˇu wù. Tia¯n.qù yùbào shuo¯ shénme?
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Will it . . . today? . . . rain . . . . . . snow . . . Tomorrow will be . . . . . . warmer. . . . colder. Is it usually . . . . . . so hot? . . . so humid?
Jı¯ntia¯n huì .bù huì… … xià yuˇ? … xià xueˇ? Míngtia¯n huì… … nuaˇn.huo .yìdiaˇnr. … leˇng .yìdiaˇnr. Zoˇng .shì… ma? … zhème rè… … zhème cháoshı¯…
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02 TRAVEL 01 Basics > Travel ticket passport check-in arrivals departures luggage seat plane flight terminal airport train train station platform bus bus station bus stop car map taxi road street schedule subway
piào hùzhào bànlˇı de¯ngjı¯ shoˇuxù dˇıdá hángba¯n chu¯fa¯ hángba¯n xíng.lˇı zuòwèi fe¯ijı¯ hángba¯n hángzhànlóu fe¯ijı¯chaˇng huoˇche¯ huoˇche¯ zhàn zhàntái go¯nggòng qìche¯ go¯nggòng qìche¯ zoˇng zhàn go¯nggòng qìche¯ zhàn qìche¯ dìtú chu¯zu¯che¯ lù jie¯ shíkèbiaˇo dìtieˇ
02 Directions Excuse me. Could you help me . . . ? Where is . . . ? I’m looking for . . .
Duì.bùqˇı. Nˇı néngbunéng ba¯ng woˇ…? … .zài naˇr? Woˇ .zài zhaˇo…
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left right there here straight ahead first left second right at the intersection at the traffic light at the traffic circle It’s near. It’s far. one kilometer two kilometers Could you take me to . . . sir/ma’am? . . . the Forbidden City, . . . . . . the Palace Museum, . . . . . . Tian’anmen Square, . . . . . . the Great Wall, . . . . . . the Terra Cotta Warriors sites, . . . . . . the Olympic Village, . . . How much is it? I’m in a hurry. I’m not in a hurry.
zuoˇbia¯n yòubia¯n nàr zhèr yìzhí waˇng qián zoˇu dì yı¯ ge lùkoˇu zuoˇ guaˇi dì èr ge lùkoˇu yòu guaˇi .zài lùkoˇu .zài hónglü`de¯ng nàr .zài zhuànpán nàr Heˇn jìn. Heˇn yuaˇn. yì go¯nglˇı liaˇng go¯nglˇı Shı¯.fù, qù… … Zˇıjìnchéng? … Gùgo¯ng Bówùyuàn? … Tia¯n’a¯nmén Guaˇngchaˇng? … Chángchéng? … Bı¯ngmaˇyoˇng? … Àoyùn Cu¯n? Duo¯shaˇo qián? Woˇ gaˇn shíjia¯n. Woˇ .bù gaˇn shíjia¯n.
03 Borders customs border Baggage Control Your . . . please. . . . passport . . . . . . identification . . . I don’t understand. What’s the purpose of your visit?
haˇigua¯n bia¯njiè xínglˇı guaˇnkòng Qˇıng chu¯shì nˇıde… … hùzhào. … she¯nfènzhèng. Woˇ bù doˇng. Nˇı cˇı xíng de mùdì .shì shénme?
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I’m here . . . . . . on business. . . . on vacation. . . . in transit. How long are you staying? I’m staying here . . . . . . two days. . . . one month. . . . three weeks. I’m . . . . . . on my own. . . . with my family. . . . with a group. to declare Do you have anything to declare? I have nothing to declare. I have something to declare. It’s . . . . . . a gift. . . . for personal use. last name first name full name maiden name address date date of birth place of birth nationality occupation signature
Woˇ lái… … chu¯cha¯i. … dùjià. … guòjìng. Nˇı yào da¯i duo¯ cháng shíjia¯n? Woˇ yào zài zhèr da¯i… … liaˇng tia¯n. … yí ge yuè. … sa¯n ge xı¯ngqı¯. Woˇ… … .shì yí ge rén. … .shì ge¯n jia¯rén yìqˇı lái de. … .shì ge¯n bié.rén yìqˇı lái de. she¯nbào Nˇı yoˇu méi.yoˇu yào she¯nbào de do¯ngxı¯ ? Woˇ .méiyo˘u yào she¯nbào de do¯ngxı¯. Woˇ yoˇu yào she¯nbào de do¯ngxı¯. Shì… … .yí ge lˇıwù. … zìjˇı yòng de. xìng míng quán míng niángjia¯ xìng dìzhˇı rìqı¯ chu¯she¯ng rìqı¯ chu¯she¯ng dì guójí zhíyè qia¯nmíng
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04 Air Where is/Where are . . . . . . check-in? . . . baggage claim? . . . the gate? . . . the taxis? . . . the car rental? . . . the buses? . . . the duty-free shops? . . . the restroom? . . . arrivals? . . . departures? . . . the security check? My baggage . . . . . . has been stolen. . . . has been lost. . . . has not arrived.
… .zài naˇr? Bànlˇı de¯ngjı¯ shoˇuxù… Lˇıngquˇ tuo¯yùn xíng.lˇı… De¯ngjı¯ mén… Chu¯zu¯che¯… Qìzhe¯ chu¯zu¯… Go¯nggòng qìche¯… Miaˇnshuì sha¯ngdiàn… Xˇıshoˇujia¯n… Dˇıdá hángba¯n Chu¯fa¯ hángba¯n A¯nquán jiaˇnchá… Woˇde xíng.lˇı… … bèi to¯u le. … diu¯ le. … hái méi dào.
05 Train & Metro Where is the train station? Where is the metro station? Where does the train . . . leave from? . . . for Shànghai . . . What time does . . . . . . the train leave for Nanjing? . . . the train arrive from Beijing? What station is this? What’s the next station? This is your stop. Is this the train for Chengdu? Where is . . . . . . the entrance? . . . the exit?
Huoˇche¯ zhàn .zài naˇr? Dìtieˇ zhàn .zài naˇr? … huoˇzhe¯ .zài naˇr chu¯ zhàn? Qù Shànghaˇi de… … shénme shí.hòu… Qù Nánjı¯ng de huoˇche¯… chu¯ zhàn? Beˇijı¯ng laˇide huoˇche¯… dào zhàn? Zhè .shì shénme zhàn? Xià .yí zhàn .shì shénme zhàn? Nˇı zhèi .yí zhàn xià che¯. Zhè .shì .bú .shì qù Chéngdu¯ de huoˇche¯ ? … .zài naˇr? Rùkoˇu… Chu¯koˇu…
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. . . the information desk? . . . the ticket counter?
Wènxùn chù… Shòupiào chù…
06 Bus Where is . . . . . . the bus station? . . . the bus stop? . . . the next bus to Chongqing? Is this . . . . . . the bus to Mt. Wutai? . . . the center of town? Can I reserve a seat?
… .zài naˇr? Go¯nggòng qìche¯ zoˇng zhàn… Go¯nggòng qìche¯ zhàn… Xià .yí tàng qù Cho¯ngqìng de qìche¯… Zhè shì .bú .shì… … qù Wu˘tái Sha¯n de qìche¯? … shì zho¯ngxı¯n? Woˇ néng .bù néng yùdìng .yí ge zuòwèi?
07 Tickets Where can I buy a ticket? I want to go to Beijing. I would like . . . . . . a one-way ticket. . . . a round-trip ticket. . . . a day ticket. . . . a monthly ticket. . . . an e-ticket. . . . a hard seat. . . . a soft seat. . . . a hard sleeper. . . . a soft sleeper. . . . a window seat. . . . an aisle seat. . . . an express train. . . . an air-conditioned train. How much is it? How long is it valid for? Can it be refunded? Can it be transferred?
Zài naˇr maˇi piào? Woˇ yào qù Beˇijı¯ng. Woˇ yào… … yì zha¯ng da¯nchéng piào. … yì zha¯ng waˇngfaˇn piào. … yì zha¯ng yí rì to¯ngpiào. … yì zha¯ng yuè piào. … yì zha¯ng diànzˇı piào. … yìngzuò. … ruaˇnzuò. … yìngwò. … ruaˇnwò. … kào chua¯ng de zuòwèi. … kào zoˇudào de zuòwèi. … tèkuài che¯. … ko¯ngtiáo che¯. Duo¯shaˇo qián? Duo¯ cháng shíjia¯n zhı¯nèi yoˇuxiào? Néng .bù néng tuì? Néng .bù néng zhuaˇnshòu geˇi bié.rén?
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08 Car > Basics car gasoline gas station oil automatic car manual car road map intersection traffic light
qìche¯ qìyóu jia¯yóu zhàn yóu zìdòng che¯ shoˇudòng che¯ lù dìtú lùkoˇu jia¯oto¯ng de¯ng
09 Car > Rental Where can I rent a car? I need a car . . . . . . for one day. . . . for five days. . . . for a week. . . . with air-conditioning. . . . with four-wheel drive. . . . with automatic transmission. Can you write down . . . . . . the daily charge? . . . the charge per kilometer? . . . the cost of insurance? . . . the deposit to pay?
Zài naˇr keˇyı˘ zu¯ qìche¯? Woˇ xu¯yào zu¯… qìche¯. … yì tia¯n… … wuˇ tia¯n… … yí ge xı¯ngqı¯… … yoˇu ko¯ngtiáo de… … sìlún qu¯dòng de… … zìdòng biànsù de… Qˇıng nˇı xieˇ xià.lái… … meˇitia¯n duo¯shaˇo qián? … yì go¯nglˇı duo¯shaˇo qián? … baˇoxiaˇn duo¯shaˇo qián? … fù duo¯shaˇo ya¯jı¯n?
10 Car > Maintenance Where can I find . . . . . . a gas station? . . . parking? . . . the nearest garage? Fill it up, please. Eight liters of . . .
Woˇ zài naˇr néng zhaˇo .dào… . . . jia¯yóu zhàn? . . . tíngche¯wèi? . . . zuì jìn de qìche¯ xiu¯lˇı chaˇng? Qˇıng jia¯ maˇn. Ba¯ go¯ngshe¯ng…
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Two hundred yuan of . . . . . . unleaded. . . . # 90 gas. . . . # 93 gas. . . . # 97 gas. . . . diesel. I am out of gas. My car won’t start. The battery is dead. I have a flat. I have had an accident. I lost my keys. My car is three kilometers away. Can you help me? Do you repair cars? Can you . . . . . . repair it? . . . give me an estimate? How long will it take? When will it be ready?
Liaˇng baˇi kuài… … wúqia¯n yóu. … jiuˇshí hào yóu. … jiuˇshísa¯n hào yóu. … jiuˇshíiqı¯hào yóu. … cháiyóu. Woˇde che¯ méi.yoˇu yóu le. Woˇde che¯ daˇ .bù zháo huoˇ le. Xùdiànchí méi diàn le. Yoˇu .yí ge che¯ta¯i bieˇ le. Woˇ chu¯ che¯huò le. Woˇde yào.shí diu¯ le. Woˇde che¯ .zài sa¯n go¯nglˇı wài. Nˇı néng .bù néng ba¯ng woˇ? Nˇımen xiu¯ che¯ ma? Nˇı néng .bù néng… … ba¯ng woˇ xiu¯ haˇo? … gu¯ ge jià? Xu¯yào duo¯ cháng shíjia¯n? Shénme shí.hòu néng haˇo?
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03 ACCOMMODATIONS 01 Basics > Accommodations room reservation to reserve hotel vacancies youth hostel single room double room bath bathroom shower bed-and-breakfast key night week breakfast
fángjia¯n yùdìng yùdìng lüˇguaˇn kòng fángjia¯n qı¯ngnián lüˇshè da¯nrénjia¯n shua¯ngrénjia¯n xˇızaˇo yùshì línyù chuáng hé zaˇofàn jia¯tíng lüˇguaˇn yào.shí waˇn.shàng xı¯ngqı¯ zaˇofàn
02 Finding Accommodations Where is there . . . . . . a hotel? . . . a youth hostel? . . . a bed-and-breakfast? . . . a camping ground? Can you recommend something . . . . . . not very expensive? . . . nice? . . . nearby? . . . near the town center? What is the address? How do I get there?
Naˇr yoˇu… … lüˇguaˇn? … qı¯ngnián lüˇshè? … chuáng hé zaˇofàn jia¯tíng lüˇguaˇn? … lùyíng dì? Nˇı néng .bù néng tuı¯jiàn .yí.gè… … .bú tài guì de? … haˇo de? … fùjìn de? … shì zho¯ngxı¯n fùjìn de? Dìzhˇı .shì shénme? Zeˇnme zoˇu?
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03 Inquiring About Rooms Do you have any vacancies? Can I reserve a room?
Nˇımen yoˇu méi.yoˇu kòng fángjia¯n? Woˇ néng .bù néng yùdìng .yí.gè fángjia¯n? Zhù… … yí.ge rén. … liaˇng.ge rén. … yí.ge waˇn.shàng. … liaˇng.ge waˇn.shàng. … yí.ge xı¯ngqı¯. … liaˇng.ge xı¯ngqı¯. Woˇ yào yoˇu… de fángjia¯n. … yì zha¯ng chuáng… … lia˘ng zha¯ng chuáng… … yùga¯ng… … línyù… … yì zha¯ng zhédiéchuáng… … cèsuoˇ… … ko¯ngtiáo… … diànshì… … shàngwaˇng shèbèi… … diànhuà… Woˇ xı¯wàng néng… … ba¯o sa¯n ca¯n. … ba¯o chuángwèi hé zaˇofàn.
It’s for . . . . . . one person. . . . two people. . . . one night. . . . two nights. . . . one week. . . . two weeks. I would like a room with . . . . . . a single bed. . . . a double bed. . . . a bath. . . . a shower. . . . a cot. . . . a toilet. . . . air-conditioning. . . . a TV. . . . an Internet connection. . . . a telephone. I would like . . . . . . full board. . . . bed and breakfast.
04 Reserving a Room I have a reservation. I have made an online reservation. confirmation number My name is . . . How much is it . . . . . . per night? . . . per week?
Woˇ yù dìng le. Woˇ zài waˇng.shàng yùdìng le. quèrèn maˇ Woˇ jiào… … duo¯shaˇo qián? Yí ge waˇn.shàng… Yí ge xı¯ngqı¯…
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. . . per person? . . . for full board? Does the price include . . . . . . breakfast? . . . service and tax? Could you write it down? May I see the room? Do you have anything . . . . . . bigger? . . . cheaper? . . . quieter? . . . warmer? OK, I’ll take it. I won’t take it.
Yí ge rén… Ba¯o sa¯n ca¯n… Zheˇige jià.qián ba¯o .bù ba¯okuò… … zaˇofàn? … fúwùfèi hé shuì? Nˇı néng .bù néng xieˇ xià.lái? Woˇ néng .bù néng kànkan fángjia¯n? Nˇımen yoˇu méi.yoˇu… de? … dà .yìdiaˇnr… … pián.yí .yìdiaˇnr… … a¯njìng .yìdiaˇnr… … nuaˇn.huo .yìdiaˇnr… Haˇo, woˇ yào le. Woˇ .bú yào.
05 Amenities & Service Please, may I have . . . . . . another blanket? . . . another pillow? Please, may I have . . . . . . some soap? . . . a towel? Where is . . . . . . the dining room? . . . the bar? . . . the bathroom? Can I use . . . . . . the kitchen? . . . the laundry? . . . the telephone? Who is it? Just a moment. Come in. Come back later!
Qˇıng zài geˇi woˇ… … yì tiáo taˇnzi? … yí ge zheˇn.tóu? Qˇıng geˇi woˇ… … yídia˘nr xia¯ngzào? … yì tiáo yùjı¯n? … zài naˇr? Ca¯ntı¯ng… Jiuˇba¯… Wèishe¯ngjia¯n… Woˇ néng .bù néng yòng… … chúfáng? … xˇıyı¯ fáng? … diànhuà? Shéi a? Déng .yíxià. Qˇıng jìn. Huítóu zài lái!
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06 Problems . . . doesn’t work. The air-conditioning . . . The fan . . . The toilet . . . The window . . . The heat . . . The lamp . . . The lock . . . The key . . . I’ve lost my key. The bed is not made up. The room is . . . . . . dirty. . . . smelly. . . . cold. . . . hot. The room is noisy. The bill is not correct.
… yoˇu wèn.tí. Ko¯ngtiáo… Diànshàn… Maˇtoˇng… Chua¯ng.hù… Nuaˇnqì… De¯ng… Suoˇzi… Yào.shí… Woˇde yào.shí diu¯ le. Chuáng méi pu¯ haˇo. Fángjia¯n… … heˇn za¯ng. … yoˇu wèir. … heˇn leˇng. … heˇn rè. Fángjia¯n .bù a¯njìng. Zhàngda¯n .bú duì.
07 Renting > Basics room apartment house rent (noun) to rent to let deposit key furnished unfurnished central heating air-conditioning stove
fángjia¯n da¯nyuánfáng biéshù fángzu¯ zu¯ chu¯zu¯ dìngjı¯n yào.shì dài jia¯jù .bú dài jia¯jù zho¯ngya¯ng tiáokòng nuaˇnqì ko¯ngtiáo lúzào
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washing machine refrigerator water heater
xˇıyı¯jı¯ bı¯ngxia¯ng rèshuˇıqì
08 Renting > Inquiries My name is . . . What is your name? What is your address? I’m staying at . . . Is there . . . . . . central heating? . . . air-conditioning? . . . a washing machine? . . . doesn’t work. The refrigerator . . . The telephone . . . The toilet . . . The stove . . .
Woˇ jiào… Nˇı jiào shénme míng.zì? Nˇıde dìzhˇı .shì shénme? Woˇ xiànzài zhù zài… Yoˇu méi.yoˇu… … zho¯ngya¯ng tiáokòng nuaˇnqì? … ko¯ngtiáo? … xˇıyı¯jı¯ ? … yoˇu wèn.tí. Bı¯ngxia¯ng… Diànhuà… Maˇtoˇng… Lúzào…
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04 FOOD 01 Basics > Food food beverage breakfast lunch dinner snack entrée appetizer side dish dessert café bar restaurant waiter waitress I would like . . . Please. Thank you. menu bread meat fruit vegetable fish cheese sandwich hamburger pizza wine beer soda
shíwù yˇınliào zaˇofàn zho¯ngfàn waˇnfàn xiaˇochı¯ zhuˇcài ka¯iwèicài xiaˇocài tiándiaˇn ca¯nguaˇn jiuˇba¯ fànguaˇnr fúwùyuán fúwùyuán Woˇ yào… Qˇıng. Xiè.xiè. càida¯n miànba¯o ròu shuı˘guoˇ shu¯cài yú naˇilào sa¯nmíngzhì hànbaˇoba¯o bˇısàbˇıng pú.táo jiuˇ píjiuˇ qìshuˇır
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purified water salt pepper Western restaurants fast-food restaurants Chinese restaurant kung pao Szechuan cuisine wonton steamed buns rice noodles hot pot dim sum sour sweet bitter spicy salty hot and sour soup egg drop soup Cheers! Bottoms up!
chúnjìng shuˇı yán hújia¯o xı¯ca¯nguaˇn kuàica¯n diàn zho¯ngca¯nguaˇn go¯ngbaˇo Chua¯ncài hún.tún ba¯ozi mˇıfàn miàntiáo huoˇguo¯ zaˇochá sua¯n de tián de ku˘ de là de xián de sua¯n là ta¯ng dàn hua¯ ta¯ng He¯! Ga¯nbe¯i!
02 Eating Out > Reservations Can you recommend . . . . . . a restaurant? . . . a café? . . . a coffee bar? . . . a bar? . . . a traditional restaurant? . . . a vegetarian restaurant? . . . an inexpensive restaurant? . . . a nearby restaurant?
Nˇı néng .bù néng tuı¯jiàn… … .yì jia¯ fànguaˇnr? … .yì jia¯ ca¯nguaˇn? … .yì jia¯ ka¯fe¯iguaˇn? … .yì jia¯ jiuˇba¯? … .yì jia¯ chuántoˇng càiguaˇn? … .yì jia¯ sùcài guaˇn? … .yì jia¯ pián.yí de fànguaˇnr? … .yì jia¯ fùjìn de fànguaˇnr?
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I would like to reserve a table . . . . . . for two. . . . at eight o’clock. . . . for this evening. . . . for tomorrow evening. One moment. I have reserved a table. The name is . . . Smoking or non-smoking?
Woˇ xiaˇng dìng .yì zha¯ng zhuo¯zi,… … liaˇng ge rén de. … ba¯diaˇn de. … jı¯ntia¯n waˇn.shàng de. … míngtia¯n waˇn.shàng de. Qˇıng sha¯o deˇng. Woˇ dìng le .yì zha¯ng zhuo¯zi. Woˇ xìng… Xı¯ ya¯n qu¯ hái.shì wúya¯n qu¯?
03 Eating Out > Ordering I would like . . . We would like . . . . . . the menu. . . . the fixed-price menu. . . . the wine list. . . . a menu in English. Can you recommend . . . . . . an entrée? . . . an appetizer? . . . a soup? . . . a local dish? . . . a bottle of wine? . . . a dessert? I would like . . . on the side. . . . dressing . . . . . . sauce . . . . . . butter . . . I would like . . . . . . a glass of wine. . . . a beer. . . . a coffee. . . . a pot of tea. . . . a cup of tea.
Qˇıng geˇi woˇ… Qˇıng geˇi woˇmen… … càida¯n. … gùdìng càijià de càida¯n. … jiuˇshuˇıda¯n. … Yı¯ngyuˇ càida¯n. Nˇı néng .bù néng tuı¯jiàn… … .yí dào zhuˇcài? … .yí dào ka¯iwèicài? … .yí ge ta¯ng? … .yí dào dìfa¯ng cài? … .yí píng pú.táo jiuˇ? … .yí dào tiándiaˇn? Shàngcaˇi shí, geˇi woˇ lái .yìdiaˇnr… … tiáowèizhı¯. … jiàngzhı¯. … huángyóu. Woˇ yào… … .yì be¯i pú.táo jiuˇ. … píjiuˇ. … ka¯fe¯i. … .yì hú chá. … .yì be¯i chá.
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. . . fruit juice. . . . mineral water. . . . a glass of purified water. I’ll have that. I’m a vegetarian. I’m allergic . . . . . . to shellfish. . . . to seafood. . . . to nuts. . . . to peanuts. . . . to dairy products. . . . to MSG.
… guoˇzhı¯. … kuàngquánshuˇı. … yì be¯i chúnjìngshuˇı. Woˇ yào nèi ge. Woˇ chı¯ sù. Woˇ duì… guòmˇın. … xia¯nbèi… … haˇixia¯n… … guoˇrénr… … hua¯she¯ng… … ruˇzhìpˇın… … wèijı¯ng…
04 Eating Out > Service Waiter! Waitress! I would like . . . please. . . . some more bread, . . . . . . some more wine, . . . . . . some water, . . . . . . some oil, . . . . . . some pepper, . . . . . . some salt, . . . . . . chili sauce, . . . . . . vinegar, . . . That’s not what I ordered. I wanted . . . That’s for me. What’s that? Do you have . . . . . . a knife? . . . a fork? . . . a spoon? . . . a paper napkin? . . . chopsticks?
Fúwùyuán! Fúwùyuán! Qˇıng geˇi woˇ… … zài lái diaˇnr miànba¯o. … zài lái diaˇnr shuˇı. … lái diaˇnr shuˇı. … lái diaˇnr yóu. … lái diaˇnr hújia¯o. … lái diaˇnr yán. … lái diaˇnr làjia¯o jiàng. … lái diaˇnr cù. Woˇ méi yào zhèi ge. Woˇ yào de .shì… Nà .shì woˇde. Nà .shì shénme? Nˇımen yoˇu méi.yoˇu… … da¯ozi? … cha¯zi? … sháozi? … ca¯njı¯nzhˇı? … kuàizi?
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How much longer? I love this dish. That was delicious. Where are the restrooms? The bill, please. How much is it? Is service included? It’s all together. We’d like to pay separately. I think there’s a mistake. Do you take . . . . . . credit cards? . . . traveler’s checks? . . . American money? Can I have a receipt?
Hái yào duo¯ cháng shíjia¯n? Zhèi ge cài zhe¯n haˇochı¯. Heˇn haˇochı¯. Xˇıshoˇujia¯n zài naˇr? Jié zhàng. Duo¯shaˇo qián? Ba¯okuò fúwùfèi ma? Do¯u zài .yìqˇı. Woˇmen gè fù gè de. Woˇ juéde yoˇu ge cuòwù. Nˇımen sho¯u .bù sho¯u… … xìnyòngkaˇ? … lüˇxíng zhı¯piào? … meˇijı¯n? Qˇıng geˇi woˇ yì zha¯ng fa¯piào?
05 Beverages milk juice orange juice apple juice coconut milk almond drink coffee green tea black tea Oolong tea jasmine tea chrysanthemum tea red wine white wine sparkling wine a bottle of wine a glass of wine
niúnaˇi guoˇzhı¯ chéngzhı¯ píngguoˇ zhı¯ ye¯ na˘i xìngrén lù ka¯fe¯i lü` chá hóng chá wu¯lóng chá mòlìhua¯ chá júhua¯ chá hóng pú.táo jiuˇ bái pú.táo jiuˇ qìjiú yì píng pú.táo jiuˇ yì be¯i pú.táo jiuˇ
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an aperitif beer draft beer light beer dark beer Tsingtao beer Yanjing beer Five Star beer local beer Chinese liquor rice wine fruit juice water boiled water ice cubes mineral water purified water vodka rum sherry whiskey gin cocktail
ka¯iwèi jiuˇ píjiuˇ zha¯pí dàn sè píjiuˇ nóng sè píjiuˇ Qı¯ngdaˇo píjiuˇ Ya¯njı¯ng píjiuˇ Wuˇxı¯ng píjiuˇ da¯ngdì píjiuˇ báijiuˇ mˇıjiuˇ guoˇzhı¯ shuˇı ka¯i shuˇı bı¯ng kuàir kuàngquánshuˇı chúnjìngshuˇı fútèjia¯ lángmuˇjiuˇ xueˇlìjiuˇ we¯ishìjì dùso¯ngzˇı jiuˇ jı¯weˇijiuˇ
06 Meat, Poultry & Fish meat beef lamb veal steak ham bacon sausage rabbit
ròu niúròu yángròu xiaˇo niúròu niúpái huoˇtuˇı péige¯n xia¯ngcháng tùròu
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poultry chicken turkey duck seafood salmon shrimp tuna tilapia freshwater fish sea fish swordfish lobster sea bass trout free range
jia¯qín jı¯ròu huoˇjı¯ròu ya¯ròu haˇixia¯n sa¯nwényú xia¯ jı¯nqia¯ngyú lúyú dànshuı˘ yú haˇiyú jiànyú lóngxia¯ shíba¯nyú guìyú fàngyaˇng de
07 Vegetables & Grains vegetables organic rice potatoes eggplant mushrooms onions carrots garlic scallions cilantro ginger lettuce tomatoes peppers napa cabbage
shu¯cài yoˇujı¯ mˇıfàn tuˇdòu qiézi mó.gu¯ yángco¯ng húluó.bo suàn co¯ng xia¯ngcài jia¯ng she¯ngcài xı¯hóngshì làjia¯o dà báicài
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bok choy spinach celery corn daikon peas snow peas green beans broccoli cauliflower squash pumpkin lentils cucumber tofu
xiaˇo báicài bo¯cài qíncài yùmˇı bái luó.bo qı¯ngdòu Hélán dòu sìjì dòu xı¯ lánhua¯ càihua¯ càigua¯ nángua¯ xiaˇo biaˇndòu huáng.gua¯ dòu.fu
08 Fruit & Dairy fruit apples oranges grapefruit bananas grapes strawberries cherries peaches plums melon lemon papaya apricot pineapple coconut lychee
shuĭguoˇ píngguoˇ chéngzi pú.táo yòu xia¯ngjia¯o pú.táo caˇoméi yı¯ng.táo táozi lˇızi gua¯ níngméng mùgua¯ xìngr bo¯luó ye¯zi lìzhı¯
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pomegranate kiwi fruit dates persimmon dairy milk ice cream cheese
shí.liú míhóutáo zaˇor shì.zi ruˇzhìpˇın niúnaˇi bı¯ngjı¯ líng naˇilào
09 Preparation cooked raw fresh rare medium rare medium medium well well done grilled roasted smoked sautéed baked boiled fried steamed breaded stir-fried pan-fried stewed
shú de she¯ng de xı¯n.xia¯n de èr fe¯n shú sa¯n fe¯n shú wuˇ fe¯n shú qı¯ fe¯n shú jiuˇ fe¯n shú sha¯okaˇo de kaˇo de xu¯n de sha¯o de kaˇo de zhuˇ de zhá de zhe¯ng de guo˘ le miànba¯o feˇn de chaˇo de jia¯n de dùn de
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05 SERVICES & SHOPPING 01 Basics > Services & Shopping shopping store shopping center market peasants’ market free market supermarket department store clothing store bookstore to buy to sell price receipt refund sale expensive cheap checkout bank Internet café bakery butcher pharmacy jeweler liquor store post office hospital hairdresser barber travel agency
gòuwù sha¯ngdiàn gòuwù zho¯ngxı¯n shìchaˇng nóngmào shìchaˇng zìyóu shìchaˇng cha¯ojí shìchaˇng baˇihuò go¯ngsı¯ fúzhua¯ng diàn shu¯ diàn maˇi mài jià.qián fa¯piào tuìhuò jiaˇnjià guì pián.yí fù qián yínháng waˇngba¯ ga¯obˇıngdiàn ròudiàn yàodiàn zhu¯baˇodiàn jiuˇdiàn yóujú yı¯ yuàn meˇifà diàn lı˘fà diàn lüˇxíngshè
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02 Inquiries Where is there . . . near here? . . . a supermarket . . . . . . a pharmacy . . . . . . a bank . . . . . . a hospital . . . Where is there . . . . . . a good clothing store? . . . a good bookstore? . . . a good travel agent? Where can I buy . . . . . . produce? . . . batteries? . . . souvenirs? . . . wine? . . . cigarettes? . . . food? What time do you . . . . . . open? . . . close?
Fùjìn naˇr yoˇu… … cha¯ojí shìchaˇng? … yàodiàn? … yínháng? … yı¯yuàn? Naˇr yoˇu… … bˇıjiào haˇo de fúzhua¯ngdiàn? … bˇıjiào haˇo de shu¯diàn? … bˇıjiào haˇo de lüˇxíngshè? Zài naˇr néng maˇi .dào… … nóngchaˇnpˇın? … diànchí? … jìniànpˇın? … pù.táo jiuˇ? … ya¯n? … chı¯.de? Nˇımen shénme shí.hòu… … ka¯imén? … gua¯nmén?
03 Assistance I’m just looking. Excuse me. Can you help me? What is . . . . . . that? . . . this? What are . . . . . . these? . . . those? Can I look at . . . . . . this? . . . that?
Wó jiuˇ.shì kàn.kàn. Duì.bùqˇı. Nˇı néng .bù néng ba¯ng woˇ? … .shì shénme? Nà… Zhè… … .shì shénme? Zhèi xie¯… Nèi xie¯… Woˇ néng .bù néng kàn.kàn… … zhèi ge? … nèi ge?
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Not that. Like that. Is that all? That’s enough. More, please. Less, please. That’s fine.
Bú.shì nèi ge. Nèi yàng de. Hái xu¯yào biéde ma? Gòu le. Qˇıng zài lái .yìdiaˇnr. Qˇıng shaˇo .yìdiaˇnr. Méi shénme.
04 Buying How much is . . . . . . this? . . . that? I would like . . . . . . one like that. . . . two of those. That’s too much. Do you have something . . . . . . better? . . . cheaper? . . . different? . . . smaller? . . . larger? Do you have it in . . . . . . black? . . . white? . . . blue? . . . yellow? . . . red? . . . pink? . . . green? . . . gray? . . . brown? How much is it? That’s too expensive. Can you give me a discount?
… duo¯shaˇo qián? Zhèi ge… Nèi ge… Woˇ xiaˇng yào… … .yí ge nèi yàng de. … liaˇng ge nèi ge. Tài duo¯ le. Nˇımen yoˇu méi.yoˇu… de? … ha˘o .yìdiaˇnr… … pián.yí .yìdiaˇnr… … .bù yíyàng… … xiaˇo .yìdiaˇnr… … dà .yìdiaˇnr… Nˇımen yoˇu méi.yoˇu… de? … he¯isè… … báisè… … lánsè… … huángsè… … hóngsè… … feˇnsè… … lü`sè… … huı¯sè… … zo¯ngsè… Duo¯shaˇo qián? Tài guì le. Da˘ ge zhé ba?
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Could you write it down? Where do I pay? Do you take . . . . . . credit cards? . . . traveler’s checks? . . . American money? Is there a guarantee? Can I have . . . . . . a bag? . . . a receipt?
Nˇı néng .bù néng xieˇ xià.lái? Zài naˇr jia¯o qián? Nˇımen sho¯u .bù sho¯u… … xìnyòngkaˇ? … lüˇxíng zhı¯piào? … meˇijı¯n? Néng .bù néng tuìhuàn? Qˇıng geˇi woˇ… … .yí ge dàizi? … .yì zha¯ng fa¯piào?
05 Bank Where is there . . . near here? . . . a bank . . . . . . an ATM . . . . . . a currency exchange . . . Where can I . . . . . . cash a check? . . . change money? . . . withdraw money? I would like to cash . . . . . . this check. . . . these traveler’s checks. What’s the exchange rate? I would like to change . . . . . . dollars into RMB. . . . pounds into RMB. RMB (Chinese currency) New Taiwan currency Hong Kong dollar money dollar Here’s my . . . . . . ATM card. . . . passport.
Fùjìn naˇr yoˇu… … yínháng? … zìdòng guìyuán jı¯ ? … duìhuàn wàibì de? Zài naˇr néng… … duìxiàn zhı¯piào? … huàn língqián? … quˇ qián? Woˇ xiaˇng duìxiàn… … zhèi zha¯ng zhı¯piào. … zhèi xie¯ lüˇxíng zhı¯piào. Duìhuànlü` .shì duo¯shaˇo? Woˇ xiaˇng ba˘… duìhuàn chéng… … meˇijı¯n… rénmínbì. … yı¯ngbàng… rénmínbì. rénmínbì xı¯n táibì gaˇngbì qián kuài Zhè .shì woˇde… … tíkuaˇnkaˇ. … hùzhào.
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I’ve lost . . . . . . my ATM card. . . . my traveler’s checks. . . . my wallet. . . . my passport.
… diu¯ le. Woˇde tíkuaˇnkaˇ… Woˇde lüˇxíng zhı¯piào… Woˇde qiánba¯o… Woˇde hùzhào…
06 Post Office Where is there . . . near here? . . . a post office . . . . . . a mailbox . . . I would like to send this . . . . . . to the United States. . . . to Canada. . . . to England. . . . to Australia. letter postcard airmail express mail priority mail registered mail I would like to buy . . . . . . an aerogram. . . . an envelope. . . . some stamps.
Fùjìn naˇr yoˇu… … yóujú? … yóutoˇng? Woˇ xiaˇng baˇ zhèige jì .dào… … Meˇiguó. … Jia¯’nádà. … Yı¯ngguó. … Àodàlìyà. xìn míngxìnpiàn hángko¯ng yóujiàn tèkuài zhua¯ndì yo¯uxia¯n chu˘lˇı yóujiàn guàhào yóujiàn Woˇ xiaˇng maˇi… … .yí ge yóujiaˇn. … .yí ge xìnfe¯ng. … .yì xie¯ yóupiào.
07 Telephone Where is the nearest public phone? I would like to buy a phone card. I would like to call . . . . . . long distance. . . . collect. . . . the United States. . . . Canada. . . . this number.
Zuìjìn de go¯ngyòng diànhuà zài naˇr? Woˇ xiaˇng maˇi .yì zha¯ng diànhuà kaˇ. Woˇ xiaˇng daˇ… … chángtú. … duìfa¯ng fùfèi diànhuà. … .dào Meˇiguó. … .dào Jia¯’nádà. … zhèige hàomaˇ.
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The number is . . . What’s the . . . . . . area code for Tsingtao? . . . country code for China? How much is . . . . . . a three-minute call? . . . a five-minute call? May I speak to . . . ? I don’t speak Chinese. Do you speak English? Who’s calling? It’s . . . Sorry, wrong number. I’ve been cut off. The connection is bad. Thank you, I’ll call back. Don’t hang up.
Hàomaˇ .shì… … .shì shénme? Qı¯ngdaˇo de qu¯hào… Zho¯ngguó de guójì diànhuà dàimaˇ… … duo¯shaˇo qián? Daˇ sa¯n fe¯nzho¯ng… Daˇ wuˇ fe¯nzho¯ng… Qˇıngwèn… zài ma? Woˇ .bú huì shuo¯ Zho¯ngwén. Ní huì .bú huì shuo¯ Yı¯ngyuˇ? Qˇıngwèn nˇı .shì shéi? Woˇ .shì… Duì.bùqˇı, daˇ cuò le. Diànhuà duàn xiàn le. Xìnhào .bù haˇo. Xiè.xiè, woˇ huítóu zài daˇ. Bié guà.
08 Internet Where is the nearest Internet café? I would like . . . . . . to check my e-mail. . . . to get Internet access. . . . to use a printer. . . . to use a scanner. How much is it? How much per hour? When do I pay? How do I . . . . . . log on? . . . get online? It’s not working. It’s crashed. I’m finished.
Zuì jìn de waˇngba¯ zài naˇr? Woˇ xiaˇng… … chá diànzˇı yóujiàn. … shàng waˇng. … yòng daˇyìnjı¯. … yoˇng saˇomiáoyí. Duo¯shaˇo qián? Yí ge xiaˇoshí duo¯shaˇo qián? Shénme shí.hòu jia¯o qián? Zeˇnme… … de¯nglù? … liánwaˇng? Bù néng yòng. Sˇı jı¯ le. Woˇ haˇo le.
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What’s your . . . . . . e-mail address? . . . IM? . . . MSN? . . . blog address? . . . is not working. The keyboard . . . The mouse . . . flash drive hard drive hardware software external hard drive firewire USB port digital camera to connect to copy to cut to paste to delete to download to upload to save to receive to send
Nˇıde… .shì shénme? … diànyóu dìzhˇı… … IM… … MSN… … bókè dìzhˇı… … .bù néng yòng. Jiànpán… Shuˇbia¯o… sha˘ncún yìngpán yìngjiàn ruaˇnjiàn wàizhì yìngpán huoˇxiàn USB dua¯nkoˇu shùmaˇ xiàngjı¯ liánjie¯ kaˇobèi jiaˇnqie¯ zha¯ntie¯ sha¯nchú xiàzaˇi shàngchuán cúnpán sho¯u fè
09 Medical Where is there . . . near here? . . . a hospital . . . . . . a pharmacy . . . . . . a medical center . . . . . . a clinic . . . . . . a doctor . . . . . . a dentist . . .
Fùjìn naˇr yoˇu… … yı¯yuàn? … yàodiàn? … yı¯ liáo zho¯ngxı¯n? … zheˇnsuoˇ? … kànbìng de dì.fa¯ng? … yáyı¯ zheˇnsuoˇ?
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I’m sick. It hurts. I need a doctor who speaks English. I have insurance. I have pain in my . . . . . . chest. . . . stomach. . . . back. . . . leg. . . . arm. . . . ear. . . . eye. . . . head. . . . foot. . . . neck. I have pain here. I have a toothache. I’ve lost a filling. I feel . . . . . . dizzy. . . . feverish. . . . sick. . . . weak.
Woˇ bìng le. Heˇn téng. Woˇ xu¯yào .yí ge huì shuo¯ Yı¯ngyuˇ de yı¯she¯ng. Woˇ yoˇu baˇoxiaˇn. Woˇ… téng. … xio¯ngkoˇu… … dùzi… … bèi… … tuˇı… … ge¯.bo… … ér.duoˇ… … yaˇn.jı¯ng… … tóu… … jiaˇo… … bózi… Woˇ zhèr téng. Woˇ yá téng. Woˇ buˇyá de do¯ng.xı¯ diào le. Woˇ juéde… … tóu yu¯n. … yoˇu diaˇnr sha¯o. … eˇxı¯n. … heˇn xu¯.
10 Pharmacy I need a new prescription. My prescription is for . . . I have insurance. I need . . . . . . aspirin. . . . pain reliever. . . . antacid. . . . antiseptic.
Wó xu¯yào zài ka¯i diaˇnr yào. Woˇde yàofa¯ng .shì… Woˇ yoˇu baˇoxiaˇn. Woˇ xu¯yào… … A¯ sı¯pˇılín. … zhˇıtòngyào. … zhì wèisua¯n de yào. … xia¯odújì.
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. . . bandages. . . . allergy medicine. I need . . . . . . toothpaste. . . . a toothbrush. . . . shampoo. . . . deodorant. . . . soap. . . . tissues. . . . tampons. . . . condoms.
… be¯ngdài. … guòmˇın yào. Woˇ xu¯yào… … yága¯o. … yáshua¯. … xˇıfàyè. … xia¯ngtˇılù. … xia¯ngzào. … miànjı¯nzhˇı. … wèishéngmián. … a¯nquántào.
11 Emergencies Help! Go away! Fire! Thief! It’s an emergency! Dial . . . . . . 110! . . . 112! Call the police! Call an ambulance! Call a doctor! I’ve been . . . . . . hurt. . . . robbed. . . . assaulted. . . . raped. I’m . . . . . . lost. . . . ill. I’ve lost my . . . . . . money. . . . passport.
Lái rén na! Zoˇu ka¯i! Zháo huoˇ le! Zhua¯ zéi! Zhè heˇn jˇınjí! Daˇ… … yia¯o yia¯o líng! … yia¯o yia¯o èr! Bào jˇıng! Jiào jiùhùche¯! Daˇ diànhuà jiào yı¯.she¯ng! Woˇ… … shòu sha¯ng le. … beˇi qiaˇngjié le. … bèi rén daˇ le. … bèi qiángbào le. Woˇ… … mílù le. … bìng le. Woˇde… diu¯ le. … qián… … hùzhào…
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. . . wallet. . . . purse. . . . bags. Where’s the . . . . . . hospital? . . . police station? I didn’t see anything. I am innocent. I apologize. I don’t understand. I am an American citizen. I want to . . . . . . report an offense. . . . contact my embassy. . . . contact my consulate. . . . call a lawyer.
… qiánba¯o… … shoˇutíba¯o… … ba¯or do¯u… … zài naˇr? Yı¯yuàn… Go¯ng’a¯njú… Wó shénme .yeˇ meˇi kàn.jiàn. Woˇ .shì yua¯n.wang de. Woˇ daˇoqiàn. Woˇ .bù doˇng. Woˇ .shì Meˇiguó go¯ngmín. Woˇ xiaˇng… … bào àn. … ge¯n woˇde dàshˇıguaˇn liánxì. … ge¯n woˇde lˇıngshìguaˇn liánxì. … daˇ diànhuà zhào ge lü`shı¯.
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06 ENTERTAINMENT 01 Basics > Entertainment modern music art dance classical music sports museum cinema art gallery concert hall theater nightclub Peking opera local opera musical play concert karaoke bar ballet film or movie stadium park garden zoo beach swimming pool boat
xiàndài yı¯nyuè yìshù wuˇdaˇo guˇdiaˇn yı¯nyuè yùndòng bówùguaˇn diànyˇıngyuàn meˇishùguaˇn yı¯nyuè tı¯ng jùyuàn yèzoˇnghuì jı¯ngjù dìfa¯ng xì yı¯nyuèjù huàjù yı¯nyuèhuì kaˇla¯ OK tı¯ng ba¯léi diànyˇıng tˇıyùchaˇng go¯ngyuán hua¯yuán dòngwùyuán sha¯ta¯n yóuyoˇngchí chuán
02 Inquiries Where can we go? What’s there to do?
Woˇmen yoˇu shénme dì.fa¯ng keˇ yı˘ qù? Zài nàr keˇyı˘ zuò shénme?
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I want to go . . . . . . to the ballet. . . . to a concert. . . . to a party. . . . to the theater. What’s on . . . . . . locally? . . . this weekend? . . . today? . . . tonight? Can you recommend . . . . . . a museum? . . . a concert? . . . a play? . . . a film? Is there a a local entertainment guide?
Woˇ xiaˇng qù… … kàn ba¯léi. … tı¯ng yı¯nyuèhuì. … ca¯njia¯ pàiduì. … kàn diànyˇıng. … yoˇu shénme huódòng? Dìfa¯ng .shàng… Zhèi ge zho¯umò… Jı¯ntia¯n… Jı¯ntia¯n waˇn.shàng… Nˇı néng .bù néng tuı¯jiàn… … .yí ge bówùguaˇn? … .yì chaˇng yı¯nyuèhuì? … .yì chu¯ huàjù? … .yí bù diànyˇıng? Yoˇu méi.yoˇu dìfa¯ng yúlè zhˇınán?
03 Planning What do you want to do? Do you have plans? What are you doing . . . . . . now? . . . today? . . . this evening? . . . tomorrow? . . . next week? Would you like to . . . . . . go for a walk? . . . go to the zoo? . . . see a movie? Do you want to come? Sure. Yes, I would love to. I can’t today.
Nˇı xiaˇng zuò shénme? Nˇı yoˇu méi.yoˇu a¯npái? … nˇı zuò shénme? Xiànzài… Jı¯ntia¯n… Jı¯ntia¯n waˇn.shàng… Míngtia¯n… Xià ge xı¯ngqı¯… Nˇı xiaˇng .bù xiaˇng… … qù sànbù? … qù dòngwùyuán? … qù kàn diànyˇıng? Nˇı xiaˇng .bù xiaˇng lái? Haˇo a. Haˇo, tài haˇo le. Jı¯ntia¯n bù xíng.
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Maybe some other time. What about tomorrow? What time shall we meet? Where shall we meet? Are you ready? What time does . . . open? What time does . . . close? . . . the art gallery . . . . . . the club . . . . . . museum . . . What time does . . . start? . . . the concert . . . . . . the game . . . . . . the play . . . How much is it . . . . . . for an adult? . . . for a child?
Gaˇi tia¯n ba. Míngtia¯n zeˇnmeyàng? Woˇmen shénme shí.hòu jiàn? Woˇmen .zài naˇr jiàn? Nˇı haˇo le ma? … shénme shí.hòu ka¯imén? … shénme shí.hòu gua¯nmén? Meˇishùguaˇn… Jùlèbù… Bówùguaˇn… … shénme shí.hòu ka¯ishˇı? Yı¯nyuèhuì… Bˇısài… Huàjù… … duo¯shaˇo qián? Dàrén… Xiaˇo háizi…
04 Museums & Galleries What exhibitions . . . . . . are showing? . . . are new? What’s in the collection? Do you have . . . . . . a guidebook? . . . a program? Who is . . . . . . the artist? . . . the sculptor? . . . the photographer? I like the works of . . . . . . Impressionist art. . . . modern art.
… zhaˇnlaˇn? Yoˇu shénme… Yoˇu shénme xı¯n… Yoˇu shénme zhaˇnpˇın? Nˇımen yoˇu méi.yoˇu… … daˇoyóu shoˇucè? … jièshào? … .shì shéi? Huàjia¯… Dia¯osùjia¯… Shèyˇıngjia¯… Woˇ xˇı.hua¯n… zuòpˇın. … yìnxiàngpài yìshù… … xiàndàipài yìshù…
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. . . classical art. . . . Renaissance art.
… guˇdiaˇnpài yìshù… … wényì fùxı¯ng yìshù…
05 Music What music do you like? I like . . . I don’t like . . . . . . classical music. . . . electronic music. . . . jazz. . . . rock. . . . pop. . . . world music. . . . traditional music. . . . punk. . . . blues. . . . reggae. . . . R&B. . . . country. . . . opera. Which orchestra is playing? What band is playing? What are they playing? Who is . . . . . . the conductor? . . . the soloist? . . . the lead singer?
Nˇı xˇı.hua¯n shénme yı¯nyuè? Woˇ xˇı.hua¯n… Woˇ .bù xˇı.hua¯n… … guˇdiaˇn yı¯nyuè. … diànzı˘ yı¯nyuè. … juéshìyuè. … yáogu˘nyuè. … liúxíng yı¯nyuè. … shìjiè yı¯nyuè. … chuántoˇng yı¯nyuè. … péngkè yı¯nyuè. … bùluˇsı¯. … léiguˇı. … jiézòu yuˇ bùluˇsı¯. … xia¯ngcu¯n yı¯nyuè. … ge¯jù. Neˇige jia¯oxiaˇng yuètuán yaˇnzòu? Neˇige yuèduì biaˇoyaˇn? Yo˘u shénme jiémù? Shéi .shì… … zhˇıhuı¯ ? … dúzòu de? … zhuˇchàng?
06 Films, Theater & Dance What’s playing . . . . . . at the movie theater? . . . at the theater? . . . tonight?
… yaˇn shénme? Diànyı˘ngyuàn… Jùyuàn… Jı¯ntia¯n waˇn.shàng…
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Is the film . . . . . . dubbed? . . . subtitled? . . . in original English? . . . in Chinese? Who is . . . . . . the lead actor? . . . the lead actress? . . . the director? Are those seats taken? Did you like . . . . . . the movie? . . . the play? . . . the show? I liked it.
Diànyˇıng… … yoˇu méi.yoˇu pèiyı¯n? … yoˇu méi.yoˇu zìmù? … .shì .bú .shì Yı¯nwén yuánbaˇn de? … .shì .bú .shì Zho¯ngwén de? … .shì shéi? Nán zhuˇyaˇn… Nüˇ zhuˇyaˇn… Daˇoyaˇn… Nèi xie¯ zuòwèi yoˇu rén zuò ma? Nˇı juéde… zeˇnmeyàng? … diànyˇıng… … huàjù… … ya˘nchu¯… Woˇ heˇn xˇı.hua¯n.
07 Sports Do you like sports? What sports do you play? I play . . . . . . soccer. . . . golf. . . . volleyball . . . . basketball. . . . ping-pong. Which team do you support? Would you like to . . . . . . go hiking? . . . go mountain biking? . . . go sailing? . . . go waterskiing? . . . go fishìng? . . . play soccer?
Nˇı xˇı.hua¯n yùndòng ma? Nˇı zuò shénme yùndòng? Woˇ… … tı¯ zúqiú. … daˇ ga¯oeˇrfu¯ qiú. … daˇ páiqiú. … daˇ lánqiú. … daˇ pı¯ngpa¯ngqiú. Nˇı xí.hua¯n shénme qiúduì? Ní xiaˇng .bù xiaˇng… … qù de¯ngsha¯n? … qù sha¯n.shàng qí sha¯ndìche¯? … qù wánr fa¯nchuán? … qù huáshuˇı ? … qù diàoyú? … tı¯ zúqiú?
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I would like to take lessons in . . . . . . skiing. . . . snowboarding. . . . surfing. Can I rent . . . . . . some skis? . . . a boat? Who’s playing? Who’s winning? What’s the score?
Woˇ xiaˇng shàng… kè. … huáxueˇ… … da¯nbaˇn huáxueˇ… … cho¯nglàng… Woˇ xiaˇng zu¯… … huáxueˇbaˇn? … chuán? Shéi bˇısài? Shéi lˇıngxia¯n? Bˇıfe¯n .shì duo¯shaˇo?
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07 REFERENCE 01 Numbers one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty twenty-one twenty-two twenty-three thirty forty fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety one hundred
yı¯ èr sa¯n sì wuˇ liù qı¯ ba¯ jiuˇ shí shíyı¯ shíeˇr shísa¯n shísì shíwuˇ shíliù shíqı¯ shíba¯ shíjiuˇ èrshí èrshí yı¯ èrshí èr èrshí sa¯n sa¯nshí sìshí wuˇshí liùshí qı¯shí ba¯shí jiuˇshí yì baˇi
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101 102 five hundred one thousand one million one billion first second third fourth fifth a little many some more less
yì baˇi líng yı¯ yì baˇi líng èr wuˇ baˇi yì qia¯n yì baˇiwàn shí yì dì yı¯ dì èr dì sa¯n dì sì dì wuˇ .yìdiaˇnr heˇnduo¯ .yìxie¯ gèng duo¯ gèng shaˇo
02 Time & Date day date When is it? today yesterday tomorrow tonight morning midday afternoon evening night month year week weekend
tia¯n rìqı¯ Shénme shí.hòu? jı¯ntia¯n zuótia¯n míngtia¯n jı¯ntia¯n waˇn.shàng zaˇo.shàng zho¯ngwuˇ xiàwuˇ waˇn.shàng yè.lˇı yuè nián xı¯ngqı¯ zho¯umò
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What day of the week is it? Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday What time is it? It’s one o’clock. It’s half past two. It’s quarter to three. It’s quarter past four. It’s noon. It’s midnight. a.m. (roughly 0 till 2) a.m. (roughly 3 till 5) a.m. (roughly 6 till 9) a.m. (roughly 10 till 12) p.m. (roughly 12 till 1) p.m. (roughly 2 till 5) p.m. (roughly 6 till 12) What month is it? January February March April May June July August September October November
Jı¯ntia¯n xı¯ngqı¯ jˇı? xı¯ngqı¯yı¯ xı¯ngqı¯èr xı¯ngqı¯sa¯n xı¯ngqı¯sì xı¯ngqı¯wuˇ xı¯ngqı¯ liù xı¯ngqı¯ tia¯n Jˇı diaˇn le? Yı¯ diaˇn le. Liaˇng diaˇn bàn le. Liaˇng diaˇn sa¯n kè le. Sì diaˇn yí kè le. Zho¯ngwuˇ shíèr diaˇn le. Yè.lˇı shíèr diaˇn le. yè.lˇı língchén zaˇo.shàng shàngwuˇ zho¯ngwuˇ xiàwuˇ waˇn.shàng Jˇı yuè le? Yı¯yuè Èryuè Sa¯nyuè Sìyuè Wuˇyuè Liùyuè Qı¯yuè Ba¯yuè Jiuˇyuè Shíyuè Shíyı¯yuè
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December What season is it? summer autumn winter spring
Shíèryuè Xiànzài .shì shénme jìjié? xiàtia¯n qiu¯tia¯n do¯ngtia¯n chu¯ntia¯n
03 Twenty Key Phrases Hello. Good-bye. Excuse me. Please. Thank you. Yes, please. No, thank you. I don’t speak Chinese. Do you speak English? What is it called in Chinese? My name is . . . What is your name? Where is . . . ? Is it nearby? I would like . . . How much is it? Could you repeat that? Could you say it more slowly?
Nˇı haˇo. Zàijiàn. Duì.buqı˘. Qˇıng. Xiè.xiè. Haˇo, xiè.xiè. Bù le, xiè.xiè. Woˇ .bú huì shuo¯ Zho¯ngwén. Nˇı huì .bú huì shuo¯ Yı¯ngyuˇ? Zhèi.ge Zhongwén zeˇnme shuo¯? Woˇde mı¯ng.zì .shì… Nˇı jiào shénme míng.zì? … .zài naˇr? Shì .bú .shì .zài fùjìn? Woˇ xiaˇng yào… Duo¯shaˇo qián? Nˇı néng .bù néng zài shuo¯ .yí biàn? Nˇı néng .bù néng shuo¯de zài màn .yìdiaˇnr? Duì.bùqˇı, woˇ .bù doˇng. Lái rén na!
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04 Cool Expressions How are things? See you tomorrow! Take care!
Zeˇnmeyàng? Míngtia¯n jiàn! Baˇozhòng!
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Me, too! So, so. What a mess! top spot Really? No way! Is that so? Great! cool What’s up? It’s the best.
Woˇ .yeˇ .yíyàng! Maˇmaˇ hu¯hu¯. Zhe¯n gòu luàn de! dì yı¯ Zhe¯n de? Bù keˇnéng! Shì ma? Tài haˇo le! kù Zeˇnmeyàng? Zuìha˘o de.
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