L2 VOCAB Flashcards
那 // 这
na (that) // zhe (this)
的
possessive particle
照片
zhoapian (photo)
孩子
haizi (child)
谁
Shei (who)
我们 // 他们
women // tamen (we//they)
姐姐
jiejie (older sister)
男
nan (male)
弟弟
didi (younger brother)
儿子 // 女儿
erzi (son) // nu’er (daughter)
没
mei (not)
有
you (have)
高文中
Goa Wenzhong (name)
家
jia (family)
几
ji (how many)
两
liang (pair/two)
妹妹
younger sister
和
he (and)
大姐 // 大(ge) /////// 二姐
dajie // dage (oldest sister // oldest brother ////// second oldest…)
做
zuo (to do)
工作
gongzuo (job/to work)
律师 // 医生
Lushi (lawyer) // yisheng (doctor)
英文
yingwen (English language)
都
dou (both/all)
大学生 // 大学
daxuesheng // daxue (college student / college)
白英爱
Bai Ying’ai (name)
个 // 位 // 口
ge / wei / kou (measure words: general, respectable, family)
basic word order
subject + verb + object
PINYIN SPELLING RULES
- No initial consonant before i = i written as semi vowel [y]
ia, iao, ie, iu, ian, in, iang, ing, iong = ya, ye, yao, you, yan, yin, yang, ying - No initial consonant before ü = add y and drop dots
ü, üe, üan, ün = yu, yue, yuan, yun - No initial consonant before u = u becomes w
- Initial preceding ueng = ueng becomes ong
COMPOUND FINALS
Ai, ai, ao, ou
An, ang, en, eng, ong
ia, iao, ie, iu, ian, in, iang, ing, iong
Ua, uo, uai, ui, uan, un, uang, ueng
Üe, üan, ün
Er
CONSONANTS
B, p, m, f
D, t, n, l
G, k, h
J, q, x
Z (like ds), c (like ts), s
Zh (like in jerk), Ch (like in chirp), sh, r
all do not have // not all have
dou mei you // bu dou you