Chinese 3 Lesson 1: Ordinals, Comparison Sentences, and Weather Vocabulary

Vocabulary and structural grammar patterns introduced in Chinese 3 Lesson 1 lecture notes.

Dì (第)

A Chinese character/word used before a number to convert it into an ordinal number (e.g., first, second, third).

Dì Yī Kè

A Chinese phrase meaning 'the first lesson' or 'lesson number one'.

Bǐ (比)

A Chinese comparison word placed between Subject 1 and Subject 2 to compare two entities.

Bǐ Comparison Sentence Formula

$$\text{Subject 1} + \text{bǐ} + \text{Subject 2} + \text{Adjective}$$

Yīyàng (yāng / 一样)

A Chinese word meaning 'the same', used to express similarity between two subjects.

Bù yīyàng (不一样)

A Chinese phrase meaning 'different' or 'not the same', used to express differences between subjects.

Jing Tian (Jīn Tiān / 今天)

The Chinese word for 'today'.

Tian Qi (Tiān Qì / 天气)

The Chinese word for 'weather'.

Zuo Tian (Zuó Tiān / 昨天)

The Chinese word for 'yesterday'.