Lesson 15

Question 1

gāng (刚)

Answer 1

1) hard/strong

2) Just

Question 2

刚才

Answer 2

just now/a couple minutes before now

gāngcái

Question 3

快

Answer 3

1) fast

2) soon/almost

Question 4

以前

Answer 4

before

yǐqián

Question 5

xiàngpiān

Answer 5

picture/photo

Question 6

qiézí

Answer 6

eggplant

Question 7

wife

Answer 7

1) qīzi

2) tàitai

Question 8

来

Answer 8

to arrive/to come

lái

Question 9

以后

Answer 9

later/after

yǐhòu

Question 10

āyí

Answer 10

aunt

Question 11

often

Answer 11

cháng

常

Question 12

stir-fried cabbage

Answer 12

chǎo bǎicài

Question 13

everyone

Answer 13

dàjiā

大家

Question 14

red-simmered chicken

Answer 14

hóngshāojī

Question 15

twice-cooked pork

Answer 15

huígguōròu

Question 16

What are the characters for bàba (father)?

Answer 16

爸爸

Question 17

What is the character for jiào (call)?

Answer 17

叫

Question 18

What are the characters for America?

Answer 18

美国

Question 19

Translate: Let me introduce you (all/both).

Answer 19

我给你们 jièshào一下.

Question 20

Translate: I should go home to eat.

Answer 20

我 yīnggāi 回家吃饭.

Question 21

Translate: Suíbiàn 吃。Bié kèqi。

Answer 21

Eat whatever you want. Don’t be polite.

Question 22

Translate: 多吃一点

Answer 22

Eat a little more.

Question 23

Translate: Before we eat, lets take a photo.

Answer 23

我们吃饭以前先 zhào 一张 zhàopiàn 吧.

Question 24

Translate: We should have invited you to our home sooner.

Answer 24

我们早就yīnggāi请你到我们家来.

Question 25

Translate: 我妈妈的 jiějie，mèimei 是我的 āyí。

Answer 25

My mother’s older and younger sisters are my aunts.

Question 26

Translate: Can you use chopsticks to eat Chinese food?

Answer 26

你会 yòng kuài字 吃中国饭吗?

Question 27

Translate: Do you prefer to eat twice cooked pork or red-simmered chicken?

Answer 27

你 xǐhuan 吃回 guō ròu 还是吃 hóngshāo jī?

Question 28

Translate: I’ve already eaten a lot. I can’t eat any more.

Answer 28

我已经吃了很多. 我不再吃了.

Question 29

Translate: I have to buy a few things before I return home.

Answer 29

回家以前我得买一 xiē 东西.

Question 30

What is the character for gāng (just)?

Answer 30

刚

Question 31

How do you say, “dish”?

Answer 31

cài

Question 32

Before I came to China, I hadn’t eaten dumplings.

Answer 32

我来中国以前没吃过 jiǎo子。

Question 33

After coming to China, I eat dumplings often.

Answer 33

我来中国以后cháng吃jiǎo子。

Question 34

Sit anywhere.

Answer 34

Suíbiàn 坐。

Question 35

cháng

Answer 35

(adj.) long

Question 36

improve

Answer 36

jìnbù