Chinese III Story Narration Useful Vocab and Phrases

王朋

Wáng Péng-a boy's name

李友

Lǐ Yǒu-a girl's name

妈妈

mā ma - mom

爸爸

bà ba - dad, father

姐姐

jiě jiě -older sister

妹妹

mèi mei -little sister

哥哥

gē ge - older brother

弟弟

dì di - little brother

爷爷

yé ye-grandpa

奶奶

nǎi nai - grandmother

朋友

péng yǒu - friend

家人

jiārén - family members

老师

lǎo shī - teacher

同学

tóng xué - classmates

邻居

lín jū - neighbours

同事

tóng shì - colleague

收银员

shōu yín yuán - cashier

服务员

fú wù yuán - waiter/waitress

售货员

shòu huò yuán - sales clerk

送货员

sòng huò yuán - Delivery person

有一天

yǒu yì tiān - one day

有一个周末

yǒu yī gè zhōu mò-one weekend

一开始

yì kāi shǐ - at the very beginning

这时候

zhè shí hòu - at this moment

正当 sub+verb 的时候

jiùzài sub+verb dè shí hòu - just when somebody is doing something

突然

tū rán - suddenly

然后

rán hòu - then, afterwards

time以后

yǐ hòu - after a certain period of time

action以后

yǐ hòu - after an action

过了一会儿

guò le yì hǔi er- after a little while

找了半天

zhǎo le bǎn tiān - waited for something for a long time

等了半天

děng le bàn tiān - waited for something for a long time

最后

zuì hòu - final; last

发现

fā xiàn - to discover; to find

想起来

xiǎng qǐ lái - remembered

忘了

wàng le - forgot to

带

dài- to bring

subject 把object 落在 location

subject bǎ object là zài location - to leave something somewhere

不知道怎么办

bù zhī dào zěn me bàn - don't know how to handle

subject 把 object 打/摔坏了

subject bǎ object dǎ/shuāi huài le - break something

找不到

zhǎo bu dào - can't find

不见了

bù jiàn le - missing

想到一个好主意/好办法

xiǎng dào yī gè hǎo zhǔ yì / hǎo bàn fǎ - think of a good idea

A 对 B 说

A duì B shuō - A says to B

A 告诉 B

A gào sù B - A tell B

A问B

A wèn B-A ask B