Lesson 11 vocabulary (English-Mandarin) Flashcards
Good morning
早安 (早,你早)
zǎo-ān (zǎo, nǐ zǎo)
Good evening
晚上好
wǎn-shàng hǎo
Good night
晚安
wǎn-ān
young lady/Miss
小姐
xiǎo-jiě
Mr
先生
xiān-shēng
生 sounds like the neutral tone, even though it’s written as the first
teacher
老师
lǎo-shī
fortunately
好在
hǎo zài
How are you?
好吗?
Hǎo ma?
Are you busy?
忙吗?
Máng ma?
- I’m well
- I’m all right
还好
hái hǎo
- never mind
- no problems
- no worries
没关系
méi-guān-xì
It doesn’t matter
不要紧
Bù-yào-jǐn
- You’re welcome
- not at all
- 不用谢
- 别客气
1. bù-yòng xiè
2. bié kè-qì
- Ok
- all right
- it’ll do
- may be
可以
kě-yǐ
- but
- emphasize the speaker’s opinion on something. It’s like saying “Tell you what” at the beginning of the sentence.
可是
kě-shì
可是 (kěshì) can be considered the weaker version of 但是 (dànshì). It works pretty much the same, it just sounds more casual. Therefore, 可是 (kěshì) is primarily used in spoken Chinese, rather than in writing.
Most of the time, you can use 可是 (kěshì) interchangeably with 但是 (dànshì).
可是 (kěshì) is often shortened to a simple 可 (kě) in spoken conversation, which sounds even more casual.
Also, it’s usually associated with negative sentiments (e.g. disappointment, frustration, regret, pity, etc). In English, this might be expressed with “but unfortunately”, or “but regretfully”.
Example:
我喜欢她,可她不喜欢我 (Wǒ xǐ-huan tā, kě tā bù xǐhuan wǒ)。I like her, but (unfortunately) she doesn’t like me.
- Example:
这可是马来西亚最有趣的旅游景点 (Zhè kě-shì Mǎ-Lái-Xī-Yà zuì yǒu-qù de lǚ-yóu jǐng-diǎn)。This is the most interesting tourist attraction in Malaysia