Lesson 5 Flashcards
mǎi
Buy
mài
Sell
zhè běn shū shì gěi shéi de?
Who is this book for?
Zěn me
How
Zěn me yàng
How
Jīn tiān tiān qì zěn me yàng?
How’s the weather today?
Jīn tiān tiān qì hǎo rè
The weather is very hot today/it’s very hot today
huā
flower
duǒ
measure word for flower
yī duǒ huā
one flower/a flower
Nán
male
nǚ
female
hái
child
Nán hái
boy
Nǚ hái
girl
Hái zi
child
Wǒ yǒu liǎng gè hái zi
I have two kids
wǒ xiǎng yào liǎng gè nǚ ér
I would like to have two daughters
jī
chicken
zhī
measure word for animals
yī zhī jī
one chicken/a chicken
Zuì jìn
recently
nǐ zuì jìn máng ma?
Have you been busy recently?
Wǒ zuì jìn bù máng
I haven’t been busy recently
wǒ zuì jìn qù le zhōng guó
I went to China recently
Yīn wèi
because
xué
study/learn
Yīn wèi wǒ yào xué zhōng wén
because I want to learn Chinese
nǐ mǎi le hěn duō dōng xī ma?
Did you buy a lot of things?
Wǒ mǎi le tài duō dōng xī
I bought too many things
Běi jīng tiān qì zěn me yàng?
How’s the weather in Beijing?
Nà lǐ de dōng xī guì ma?
Are things there expensive?
ài
love
hěn xǐ huān
really like/love
Kàn shū
read/to read
wǒ zài kàn shū
I am reading
kàn diàn shì
watch TV
nǐ dǒng bù dǒng?
Do you understand?
Nǐ dǒng bù dǒng zhōng wén?
Do you understand Chinese?