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 one thousand

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

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

• 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:

• 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 grammar meaning

请问 qǐng wèn may I ask

您 nín pronoun (polite) you

贵姓 guì xìng (polite) surname

名字 míng zì noun name

什么 shénme pronoun what

叫 jiào verb to call

谁 shuí /sheí pronoun who;whom

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:

• 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