Lesson 7

开学

kāixué → school opens.

开

kāi → to open

很

hěn → very

高兴

gāoxìng → happy

高

gāo → tall

看

kàn → to look at

问

wèn → to ask

一下

yíxià → [used after a verb to indicate an action]

学院

xuéyuàn → college or institute

名片

míngpiàn → business card

啊

à → ah, oh

教授

jiàoshòu - > professor

教

jiào → to teach; education

谁

shéi → who

来

lái → to come

介绍

jièshào → to introduce; introduction

名字

míngzì → name

中文

zhōngwén → Chinese

爸爸

bàba → father

学习

xuéxí → study

学

xué → to study

专业

zhuānyè → major

美术

měishù → fine arts or visual arts

美

měi → beautiful,

文学

wénxué → literature

系

xì → department or system

明天开学，我很高兴。

míngtiān kāixué, wǒ hěn gāoxìng. → Tomorrow school starts, I am very happy.

你看，他是不是我们学院的老师？

nǐ kàn, tā shì bù shì wǒmen xuéyuàn de lǎoshī? → Look, is he our college teacher?

我问一下

wǒ wèn yīxià → I’ll ask

请问，您是我们学院的老师吗？

qǐngwèn, nín shì wǒmen xuéyuàn de lǎoshī ma? → Excuse me, are you our college teacher?

是，我是语言学院的老师。

shì, wǒ shì yǔyán xuéyuàn de lǎoshī. → Yes, I am a teacher at the Language Institute.

我们认识一下。

wǒmen rènshi yīxià → Let's get to know each other.

这是我的名片。

zhè shì wǒ de míngpiàn → This is my business card.

您是语言学院的教授。

nín shì yǔyán xuéyuàn de jiàoshòu → You are a professor at the Language Institute.

认识您，我们很高兴。

rènshi nín, wǒmen hěn gāoxìng → Nice to meet you.

你们都好吗？

nǐmen dōu hǎo ma? → How are you all?

认识你们，我也很高兴。

rènshi nǐmen, wǒ yě hěn gāoxìng → Nice to meet you all.

你认识不认识他？

nǐ rènshi bù rènshi tā? → Do you know him?

我不认识他。

wǒ bù rènshi tā → I don't know him.

我来介绍一下。

wǒ lái jièshào yīxià → Let me introduce.

请问，你叫什么名字？

qǐng wèn, nǐ jiào shénme míngzì? → May I ask, what is your name?

我的中文名字叫。

wǒ de zhōngwén míngzì jiào → My Chinese name is.

你是不是中国人？

nǐ shì bù shì zhōngguó rén? → Are you Chinese?

你学习什么专业

nǐ xuéxí shénme zhuānyè → What is your major?