EMC Lesson 4 Characters and Words

欸

èi — "hey, hi"；欸，老何！Èi, Lǎo Hé! — Hey, Old He!

老

lǎo — be old (of people)；欸，老何！Èi, Lǎo Hé! — Hey, Old He!

小

xiǎo — be small, little, young；小高！Xiǎo Gāo! — Little Gao!

最近

zuìjìn — recently；最近怎么样啊？Zuìjìn zěnmeyàng a? — How've you been lately?

可以

kěyǐ — be O.K.；还可以。Hái kěyǐ. — Pretty good.

是

shì — be；还是老样子。Hái shì lǎo yàngzi. — Still the same as before.

样子

yàngzi — way, appearance；还是老样子。Hái shì lǎo yàngzi. — Still the same as before.

工作

gōngzuò — work；你工作忙不忙？Nǐ gōngzuò máng bu máng? — Is your work keeping you busy?

不

bù — not；不太忙。Bú tài máng. — Not too busy.

太

tài — too, excessively；不太忙。Bú tài máng. — Not too busy.

学习

xuéxí — study, studies；你学习怎么样？Nǐ xuéxí zěnmeyàng? — How are your studies going?

挺

tǐng — quite, very；挺好。Tǐng hǎo. — Quite good.

挺......的

tǐng...de — very, quite；挺紧张的。Tǐng jǐnzhāng de. — Very intense.

紧张

jǐnzhāng — be intense, nervous；挺紧张的。Tǐng jǐnzhāng de. — Very intense.

中文

Zhōngwén — written Chinese, Chinese；中文很难吗？Zhōngwén hěn nán ma? — Is Chinese difficult?

难

nán — be difficult, hard；中文很难吗？Zhōngwén hěn nán ma? — Is Chinese difficult?

容易

róngyi — be easy；中文容易不容易？Zhōngwén róngyi bu róngyi? — Is Chinese easy?

困

kùn — be sleepy；你困吗？Nǐ kùn ma? — Are you sleepy?

高

gāo — be tall, high；他很高。Tā hěn gāo. — He is tall.

矮

ǎi — be short (not tall)；他矮不矮？Tā ǎi bu ǎi? — Is he short?

太太

tàitai — Mrs. (as a title)；谢太太，欢迎，欢迎！Xiè Tàitai, huānyíng, huānyíng! — Mrs. Smith, welcome!

欢迎

huānyíng — "welcome"；谢太太，欢迎，欢迎！Xiè Tàitai, huānyíng, huānyíng! — Mrs. Smith, welcome!

请

qǐng — "please"；请进，请进。Qǐng jìn, qǐng jìn. — Please come in.

进

jìn — enter；请进，请进。Qǐng jìn, qǐng jìn. — Please come in.

请进

qǐng jìn — "please come in"；请进，请进。Qǐng jìn, qǐng jìn. — Please come in.

坐

zuò — sit；请坐，请坐。Qǐng zuò, qǐng zuò. — Please sit down.

请坐

qǐng zuò — "please sit down"；请坐，请坐。Qǐng zuò, qǐng zuò. — Please sit down.

得

děi — must；我有一点事，得走了。Wǒ yǒu yìdiǎn shì, děi zǒu le. — I have something I need to do; I must be going.

谢谢

xièxie — thank；谢谢。Xièxie. — Thank you.

您

nín — you (singular, polite)；李太太，谢谢您了。Lǐ Tàitai, xièxie nín le. — Mrs. Li, thank you.

不客气

bú kèqi — "you're welcome"；不客气。Bú kèqi. — You're welcome.

慢走

màn zǒu — "take care"；慢走啊！Màn zǒu a! — Take care!

老师

lǎoshī — teacher；老师，您好！Lǎoshī, nín hǎo! — Hello, teacher!

小姐

xiǎojie — Miss, Ms. (as a title)；王小姐，你好！Wáng Xiǎojie, nǐ hǎo! — Hello, Ms. Wang!

先生

xiānsheng — Mr. (as a title)；王先生、王太太，你们好！Wáng Xiānsheng, Wáng Tàitai, nǐmen hǎo! — Mr. and Mrs. Wang, hello!

我们

wǒmen — we, us；我们都老了！Wǒmen dōu lǎo le! — We're all old now!

有意思

yǒu yìsi — be interesting；中文很有意思。Zhōngwén hěn yǒu yìsi. — Chinese is interesting.

没意思

méi yìsi — not be interesting；中文没意思吗？Zhōngwén méi yìsi ma? — Is Chinese not interesting?

你们

nǐmen — you (plural)；王先生、王太太，你们好！Wáng Xiānsheng, Wáng Tàitai, nǐmen hǎo! — Mr. and Mrs. Wang, hello!