Lesson 1; Numbers, Pronouns, Please, 5 senses

Initials

声母 - shēngmǔ

Finals

韵母 - yùnmǔ

Tone

声调 - shēngdiào

b, p, m, f

‘o’ sound, initials

d, t, n, l

‘e’ sound, initials

g, k, h

‘e’ sound, initials

j, q, x

‘i’ sound, initials

zh, ch, sh, r

‘e’ sound, roll the ‘h’, initials

z, c, s

‘e’ sound, initials

Question and answer structure

…+吗 = subject+不+verb+object

Excuse me

请问 - qǐngwèn

Please

请 - qǐng

To sit down

坐 - zuò

To speak

说 - shuō

To hear

听 - tīng

To read

读 - dú

To write

写 - xiě

To look

看 - kàn

To come in

进 - jìn

Ask for last name (politely)

（你）贵姓 - guìxìng

Panda

熊猫 - xíongmāo

Are you happy?

你很高兴吗？nǐ hěn gāoxìng ma？

Pretty

好看 - hǎo kàn

漂亮 - piào liàng

Cute

可爱 - kě ài

Big

大 - dà

Small

小 - xiǎo

Which

那个 - nǎ gè

Where

哪儿 - nǎ er

Where

哪里 - nǎlǐ

Long

长 - cháng

Short

短 - duǎn

tall

高 - gāo

Short

矮 - ǎi