Colloquial Chinese Flashcards
欢迎
huānyíng
To welcome
吃吧
chī ba
Please eat!
(吧）
Polite way to say please (casual)
一路
yīlu
Trip/Journey
顺利
shùnlì
eg: 你的一路顺利吗
Nǐ de yīlù shùnlì ma
Smooth/Nice
Did you have a nice trip
有一点
yǒu yīdiǎn
A little bit
不想来
bù xiǎng lái
Not to come
Eg: I don’t want to come to China
太…..了
tài…..le
（Eg： 我不太累了）
Too
Eg: I am not too tired
猜
cāi
（eg: 你猜！）
You guess
Have a guess!
看上去
kàngshangqu
eg: 你的看上去只有二十五岁左右
eg: 你看上去有一点累
To appear/seems like
Eg: You only look 32 years old.
eg: You seem a little tired
只有
zhǐyǒu
only
年轻
niánqīng
To be Young
左右
zoǔyòu
Eg: 我的经理四十左右
Note: To be used at end of sentence
About/Approximately
My manager is about 40
出门
chūmén
她昨天出门了
To be away/to go away
Eg: Yesterday she went away.
还好
háihǎo
To be all right
真可惜
zhēn kěxī
What a pity/shame!
退休
tuìxiū
to retire/retired
专业
zhuānyè
Subject/Major
管理
guǎnlǐ
Management
当
dāng
To be become/To act as…
轮到
lúndào
It is 【Somebody’s】turn to…
你在干什么？
nǐ gàn shénme
What are you doing? (Right now?)
父母
Fùmǔ
Parents
季节
jìjié
season (winter/summer etc)
春天
chūntiān
spring
