Tuesday, 7 July 2009

Part 3 - Asking Directions

1

什麼地方       

shen1me di4fang1

QP

what place

2

怎麼  

zen3 me 

QP

How to

3

/ 走路

zou3 

V

to go/ walk

(originally means”to walk” )

4

    

qu4

V

to go

5

       

xiang3

Adv.

would like to; think

6

知道      

zhi1 dao4

V

to know

7

                   

da1

V

to take (vehicles)

8

公車                  

gong1 che1

N

bus

9

捷運  

jie2 yun4

N

MRT

10

還是  

hai2 shi4

Conj.

or

11

      

zai4  

V

to exist; at

12

附近    

fu4 jin4 

N

nearby

13

右邊  

you4 bian1

N

the right side

14

左邊     

zuo3 bian1

N

the left side

15

前面

qian2 mian4

N

front

16

後面 

hou4 mian4

N

back

17

對面

dui4 mian4

N

the opposite side

18

yuan3

adj

far

19

 

Jian4

adj

near

20

幾分鐘

Ji3 fen1 zhong1

 

How many minutes

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Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Part 2 - Hobbies & Inviting

1

喜歡       

xi3 huan1

V

to like; to prefer

 

negative: bu4+喜歡

2

覺得

Jue2 de 

V

to feel; think that…

3

怎麼樣  

 

Zen3 me yang4 

question pronoun

is it OK? ; how does that sound?

4

有意思    

you3 yi4 si

adj

interesting

5

不錯       

bu2 cuo4

adj

pretty good

6

睡覺      

shui4 jiao4

V

to sleep

7

吃飯                   

chi1 fan4

V

to eat(a meal)

8

看書                  

kan4 shu1

V

to read(books)

9

看電影  

kan4 dian4 ying3

V

to see a movie

10

看電視  

kan4 dian4 shi4

V

to watch TV

11

唱歌      

chang4 ge1  

V

to sing(a song)

12

跳舞    

tiao4 wu 3 

V

to dance

13

聽音樂  

ting1 yin1 yue4

V

to listen to music

14

打球     

da3 qiu2

V

to play ball

15

常常

chang2 chang2

adv

often

16

有時候 

 

you3 shi2 hou4

common expression

sometimes

17

週末

zhou1 mo4

N

weekend

18

有空

you3 kong4

V

to have free time

19

 

Jian4

V

to meet (someone)

20

太好了

tai4 hao3 le

common expression

(sounds) great! (for me)

 

21

hen3

adv

very

22

mang

adj

busy

 

negative: bu4+

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Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Part 1 - Possible Words

1

不是

是不是…?

?

shi4

bu2 shi4

shi4 bu2 shi4

 shi4…ma1

Is

Is not

Are you…? (is it…?)

2

沒有

有沒有?

?

you3

mei2 you3

you3 mei2 you3

you…ma1

have

have not

do you have…?

3

學生

老師

xue2 sheng1

lao3 shi1

student

teacher

4

美國人

英國人

法國人

台灣人

哪國人

mei3 guo2 ren2

ying1 guo2 ren2

fa4 guo2 ren2

tai2 wan1 ren2

na3 guo2 ren2

American(people)

English

French

Taiwanese

Which country(people)

5

家人

哥哥

弟弟

姊姊

妹妹

Jia1 ren2

ge1 ge

di4 di

jie3 jie

mei 4mei

family member

older brother

younger brother

older sister

younger sister

6

朋友

peng2 you3

friend

7

一個/兩個

幾個

幾個人

ge

yi2 ge / liang3 ge

ji3 ge

ji3 ge ren2

(measure word)

one/two

how many

how many people

8

jiao4

to be called

9

名字

中文名字

ming2 zi

zhong1 wen2 ming2 zi

name

Chinese name

10

什麼

shen2 me

what

11

zuo4

do

12

工作

gong1 zuo4

job

13

工程師

gong1 cheng2 shi

engineer

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