Mandarin Unit 5 Lesson 1

Chinese characters

Pinyin

Meaning in English

1.  姐姐

jie jie

Older Sister

2.  男

nan

male

3.  女

nu

female

4.  朋友

Pen you

friend

5.  男朋友

nan peng you

boy friend

6.  女朋友

nǚ peng you

girl friend

7.  学生

xue sheng

student

8.  上

shang

to attend (school grade level)

9.   几

ji

(question word) how many

10.  年级

Nian ji

(school) grade

11.  高

gao

High; (in this lesson)short for “high school”

12.  一

yi

one; 高一 is equivalent to 10^th grade

13.  二

er

two; 高二 is equivalent to 11^th grade

14.  三

san

three; 高三is equivalent to 12^th grade

15.  学霸

Xue ba

straight-A student

16.  高

gao

Tall  (in this lesson) used for a person’s height

17.  头发

tou fa

hair

18.  真

zhen

Real; genuine

19.  长

 zhang

long

20.  眼睛

yan jing

Eye

21. 大

da

big

22.  喜欢

Xi huan

To like

23. 马马虎虎

Mama huhu

not very good but not bad

24. 可是

Ke shi

but

25. 都

dou

both; all

26. 非常

fei chang

very

27. 妈妈

mama

Mom; mother

28. 喝

He

and

29. 好

hao

good

30. 很

hen

very