On this page, you will find the three lessons of Unit 4
Lesson 4.1
In this lesson, you will learn how to ask about someone’s age and wish them a happy birthday.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Date/ week day/ birthday/ New Year/ Age
- Happy New Year!
- Happy birthday!
- When is your birthday? On what day?
- How old are you this year.
- today/ tomorrow
新xīn new
年nián year
快kuài 乐lè happy
是shì to be
生shēng 日rì birthday
岁suì years old
几jǐ 岁suì how old
今jīn 年nián this year
明míng 年nián next year
Lesson 4.2
This lesson concentrates on strengthening your abilities to talk about time and dates.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Strengthening the time, date and actions
- It’s time to go to school/ go to work/ go to bed/ go home
- half-past ….. (time), a quarter (time)
上shàng 学xué to go to school
回huí to return 家jiāhome
回huí 家jiā to go home
上shàng 班bān to go to work
上shàng 课kè
下xià 课kè
Lesson 4.3
In this lesson, you learn to introduce yourself.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Self-introduction
- My name is ….
- surname
- What’s your (honourable) name?
- same age
姓xìng family name
丘qiū hill, a family name
贵guì honourable, expensive
贵guì 姓xìng
麦mài wheat, a family name
玉yù jade 芬fēn fragrance of flowers
叫jiào call, to be called
什shé 么me what
名míng 字zi name
德dé virtue 乐lè happiness
贵guì 姓xìng 大dà 名míng
Your full name (formal)
同tóng same 同tóng 年nián same year/ age
Audio Review
The help you consolidate what you have learned in the first unit, we have put together a quick audio review recording. The audio review will help you with your listening comprehension and remind you of some Chinese sentence patterns and vocabulary.