People in Chinese Learn how to identify a third party relationship to you and learn words for friend, family, coworker, etc. Chinese English 朋友 péng yǒu friend 教授 jiào shòu professor 老师 lǎo shī teacher 学生 xué shēng student 同学 tóng xué classmate 同事 tóng shì colleague 邻居 lín jū neighbor 亲戚 qīn qī relative […]
Home Address in Chinese Learn to ask and answer questions about where you live. Chinese English X 路X lù X road X 街X jiē X street X 大街X dà jiē X avenue 123 号123 hào house number 123 123 号楼123 hào lóu apartment building number 123 123 室123 shì room 123 you also need to
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Phone Number and Email in Chinese Learn to ask and answer questions about phone number and email!!! 1. Phone number If you need to review numbers first, click here. Chinese phone numbers are formatted in the same way as English; just list out each digit. Example: 123-456-7890 一二三四五六七八九零 2. Exchanging home phone number Q: What
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Birthdays in Chinese Learn how to talk about birthdays!!! 1. When is your birthday? Here are 2 ways to ask and answer when is your birthday: Q: Your birthday is what month and what day? A: My birthday is February 3rd. 你的生日是几月几号？nǐ de shēng rì shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào? 我的生日是二月三号。wǒ de shēng rì shì
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Dates in Chinese Learn how to talk about month, day, year. Year The year follows this format: each digit of the year + 年. Here are examples: Chinese English 二零零八年èr líng líng bā nián 2008 二零二四年èr líng èr sì nián 2024 Month Months are: number month + 月. Here are all the months: Chinese English
Discussing Age in Chinese Learn how to ask someone how old they are, tell someone your age, and respond to someone’s age. 1. Asking for someone’s age Here are four ways to ask “How old are you?”. Which one you choose to use is dependent on the tone you want to convey and the age
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Forming Questions with 吗 Learn how to form questions. 1. 吗 ma Placing 吗 at the end of a statement turns it into a question. Here are a couple examples: Example Explanation 你叫 Mary 吗？nǐ jiào Mary ma?Is your name Mary? 你叫 Mary.Your name is Mary. 她喜欢读书吗？tā xǐhuān dúshū ma?Does she like to read books?
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Numbers in Chinese Learn numbers 0-99 in Chinese! This is zero: 零 líng zero These are numbers 1-10: 一 yī one 二 èr two 三 sān three 四 sì four 五 wǔ five 六 liù six 七 qī seven 八 bā eight 九 jiǔ nine 十 shí ten Numbers 11-19 follow this pattern: 十 +
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Negation with 不 in Chinese Learn how to negate verbs with 不. Original Negated Explanation 我叫 Mary。wǒ jiào Mary.My name is Mary. 我不叫 Mary。wǒ bù jiào Mary.My name is not Mary. Verb：叫Negated verb：不叫 我爱你。wǒ ài nǐ.I love you. 我不爱你。wǒ bù ài nǐ.I don’t love you. Verb：爱Negated verb: 不爱 我知道。wǒ zhī dào.I know. 我不知道。wǒ bù zhī
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Expressing Confusion and Understanding in Chinese Chinese English 你懂吗？ Do you understand? 你懂不懂？ Do you understand or not understand? 我懂。 I understand. 我不懂。 I don’t understand. 你知道吗？ Do you know? 我知道。 I know. 我不知道。 I don’t know.
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