Week one: Introduction to Chinese language Flashcards
我
wǒ: I/me/my
你
nǐ: you (informal)
他
tā: he/him/his
她
tā: she
们
men: plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
叫
jiào: to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by
什么
shén me: what? / something; anything
名字
míng zi: name (of a person or thing)
好
hǎo: good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello
是
shì: to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)
哪国人
nǎ guó rén: which country are you from?
不
bù: no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
也
yě: also; too; as well; (not …) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having
吗
ma: (question particle for “yes-no” questions)
呢
ne: particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word (“What about …?”, “And …?”) / particle for inquiring about location (“Where is …?”) / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board (“ok?”, “are you with me?”) / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation
加拿大
Jiā ná dà: Canada/Canadian
澳大利亚
Ào dà lì yà: Australia
中国
Zhōng guó: China
您贵姓
nín guì xìng: what is your surname? (formal)
同学
tóng xué: to study at the same school / fellow student / classmate
老师
lǎoshī: teacher
说
shuō: to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off
汉语
Hàn yǔ: Chinese language
英语
Yīng yǔ: English language
