Lesson 9.1
Going to visit your Chinese teacher.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Using ‘wh-‘ and ‘how’ in a real and practical small talk: talking about a Chinese teacher who teaches spoken Chinese.
- to speak/ to write
- no wonder….
- so good
- why are you going ‘ somewhere’?
- It is O.K. but ….
- using ‘哪里 (where)’ when you hear a compliment to you
教jiào to teach
说shuō 话huà to speak
说shuō to speak
话huà spoken language
普pŭ 通tōng common
普pŭ 通tōng 话huà Mandarin
你nǐ 说shuō 哪nă 国guó 话huà
写xiě to write
字zì word
学xué 生shēng student
同tóng 学xué classmate
那nà么me then, so
这zhè么me so
难nán 怪guài no wonder
到dào to arrive
我wǒ 家jiā my home
问wèn to ask
问wèn 题tí question/ problem
认rèn 真zhēn to be dedicated/ serious
哪nă 儿ér 的de 话huà nonsense
哪nă 里lǐ where
一yì 起qǐ together
好hăo 是shì 好hăo okay….(but)
不bú 过guò but
先xiān first
给gěi to give
打dă 电diàn 话huà to make a phone call
Lesson 9.2
Talking about a new colleague
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Talking about a new colleague and introducing her to your friend
- who is that person?
- don’t you know her?
- Let me introduce you.
- Nice to meet you/ How do you do (formal)
那nà 位wèi that person
小xiăo 姐jiě Miss
认rèn 识shì to know (somebody)
真zhēn truly, honestly
新xīn new
同tóng 事shì colleague
介jiè 绍shào to introduce/ introduction
给gěi
新xīn new
到dào arrive
我wǒ 来lái let me do (it)
几jǐ 位wèi how many people, here means some people
幸xìng 会huì how do you do?
多duō much
指zhǐ 教jiào to enlighten (me)
指zhǐ to indicate
Lesson 9.3
Introducing two people to each other.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Introducing two people and they try to get to know each other by asking about their families
- Who are in your family?
- How many siblings have you got?
- the use of 就 (only, just)
- to live
- sentence pattern: location + action
家jiā 里lǐ in family
有yǒu to have/ there are
些xiē a bit/ some
哪nă 些xiē which ones; which kinds
在zài to be located; still with us
兄xiōng older brother (classical)
就jiù only; as many as/ as much as
个ge general measure word
哪nă 里lǐwhere
哪nă 里lǐ 人rén person from where
美měi 国guó U.S.
住zhù （在zài ）to live in
上shàng 海hăi Shanghai
南nán 京jīng Nanjing
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.