Common Phrases 👥

Question 1

how old are you?

Answer 1

nín duō dà le?

duō dà = “how old”
le = indicates a completed action or a change of situation.

Question 2

This year, I am ___ years old

Answer 2

jīnnían wǒ [èr shí èr] suì

jīnnían = “this year”
suì = “years old”

Question 3

My phone number is…

Answer 3

Wǒ de diànhuà hàomǎ shì…

wǒ de = my
diànhuà = telephone/ phone
hàomǎ = number

Question 4

How does ___ look like?

Answer 4

[tā] zhǎng shénme yàng?

zhǎng = to look like/ to appear
shénme = what
yàng = appearance/ look

Question 5

[Somebody] looks like…

Answer 5

[tā] zhǎng dé [adjective] + [noun]

Ex: tā zhǎng dé bù gāo.

“zhǎng” = to appear/ to grow.
“dé” = a structural particle in Mandarin Chinese used to link a verb or adjective to its complement (for example, above its linking the verb to the adjective)

Question 6

where were you born?

Answer 6

nǐ zài nǎr chū shēng?

zài nǎr = where
chū shēng = born

Question 7

This is easy

Answer 7

Zhè gè jiǎn dān

Question 8

This is hard

Answer 8

Zhè gè nán

Question 9

This year, how old are you?

Answer 9

nǐ jīn nián duō dà le?

jīn nián = this year
duō dà = how old
le - A particle indicating a change of state or a completed action, often used in questions about age to denote the current age.

Question 10

I am __ years old

Answer 10

wǒ __ suì

suì = years old

Question 11

What grade are you in?

Answer 11

shàng jǐ nián jí?

上 shàng - Attend/ go to (in this context, it means to be in a particular grade)
几 jǐ - Which/ how many
年级 niánjí - Grade/ year in school

Question 12

Where were you born?

Answer 12

nǐ zài nǎr chū shēng?

[sb]+place+verb

你 (nǐ) - “You”
在 (zài) - “At” or “in”
哪儿 (nǎr) - “Where”
出生 (chū shēng) - “Born”

Question 13

Which country are you from?

Answer 13

nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?

你 (nǐ) - “You”
是 (shì) - “Are” or “is” (to be)
哪国 (nǎ guó) - “Which country”
人 (rén) - “Person” or “people”

Question 14

How does [sb] go to work?

Answer 14

[sb] zuò shén me gōng zuò?

zuò = “to take”
shén me = “what”

Question 15

How does [sb] go to work? (another version)

Answer 15

[sb] zěn me shàng bān?

zěnme = “how”
shàng bān = “go to work”

Question 16

What time do you get up in the morning?

Answer 16

nǐ zǎo shang jǐ diǎn qǐ chuáng?

你 (nǐ) - “You”
早上 (zǎoshang) - “Morning”
几点 (jǐ diǎn) - “What time”
起床 (qǐ chuáng) - “Get up” or “rise from bed”

Question 17

What time do you go to school?

Answer 17

jǐ diǎn qù shàng xué?

几点 (jǐ diǎn) - “What time”
去 (qù) - “Go”
上学 (shàng xué) - “To school”

Question 18

How do you go to school?

Answer 18

nǐ zěn me shàng xué?

你 (nǐ) - “You”
怎么 (zěnme) - “How”
上学 (shàng xué) - “Go to school”

Question 19

What languages can you speak?

Answer 19

nǐ huì shuō shén me yǔ yán?

Question 20

Which countries have you visited?

Answer 20

nǐ qù guo shén me guó jiā?

Question 21

Which countries are your favourites?

Answer 21

nǐ xǐhuan shén me guó jià?

Question 22

I have gone to countries such as…

Answer 22

wǒ qù guo guó jiā bī rù…

qù guo = “have experienced/ have gone to…”
guó jiā = country
such as = bī rù

Question 23

How are you?

Answer 23

nǐ jīntiān zěnme yàng?

你 (nǐ) - “You”
今天 (jīntiān) - “Today”
怎么样 (zěnme yàng) - “How” or “How is.”Indicates the condition or state of something.

Question 24

Which country are you from?

Answer 24

nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?

你 (nǐ) - “You”
是 (shì) - “Are” or “am” (to be)
哪 (nǎ) - “Which”
国 (guó) - “Country”
人 (rén) - “Person”

Question 25

I didn’t eat

Answer 25

wǒ méi chīfàn

méi - absence of an action/ something/ experience

Question 26

I’m hungry, I want to it.

Answer 26

Wǒ è le, wǒ xiǎng chī dōngxi.

我 (Wǒ) - “I”
饿了 (è le) - “Hungry” (literally “hungry already”)
我想 (wǒ xiǎng) - “I want”
吃 (chī) - “to eat”
东西 (dōngxi) - “food” or “something to eat”