Lesson 12.1
An introduction to very large numbers
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Talking about how many people there are in your family, firm or country.
Introducing big numbers: thousand/ ten thousand / million
- Have/ there is/ there are
- Large numbers to go with population
- 差不多 more or less
家jiā home/ house
有yǒu to have; there is/ are
个ge the most common measure word
口kǒu mouth; used to count population
公gōng 司sī company
千qiān thousand
百băi hundred
员yuán 工gōng employee
只zhǐ 有yǒu only have
差chà 不bù 多duō more or less
30 多duō 个ge over 30
经jīng 理lǐ manager
国guó 家jiā country
亿yì hundred million
人rén 口kǒu population
万wàn ten thousand
十shí 万wàn hundred thousand
百băi 万wàn million
千qiān 万wàn ten million
条tiáo measure word, for something long and winding
街jiē street
商shāng 店diàn shop
家jiā measure word, for counting shops
不bù 少shăo quite a few
包bāo bag, purse
可kě 是shì but
信xìn 用yòng 卡kă credit card
Lesson 12.2
What’s for dinner?
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
What’s for dinner?
- Before/ after doing something…
- 用 to be used as ‘with’ the means
- Haven’t done something for a long time
- Introduce the time marker ‘when’, ….. 的时候
….前qián before….
先xiān first
….后hòu after …..
Verb + 完wán+ Noun to finish doing sth.
用yòng to use
筷kuài 子zi chopsticks
碗wăn bowl
盘pán 子zi plate
调tiáo 羹gēng spoon
刀dāo 子zi knife
叉chā 子zi fork
土tŭ 豆dòu potato
好hăo 久jiŭ 没méi ….了le
haven’t done something for a long time
时shí 候hòu time suffix
…..的de 时shí 候hòu when/ at that time….
嘴zuǐ 巴bā mouth
说shuō 话huà to speak
用yòng 心xīn to put your heart into it
学xué 习xí to study
Lesson 12.3
Waiting for guests
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Expecting guests who are late
- 不用 means ‘ do not need’
- Normally and sometimes
- Expand the use of the time marker ‘when’, ….. 的时候
哪nă 些xiē what sort
到dào to arrive
打dă 电diàn 话huà to make a phone call
别bié don’t! (imperative)
手shǒu 机jī cell phone
电diàn 脑năo computer
电diàn 算suàn 机jī computer
不bú 用yòng do not need
不bú 用yòng 钱qián free of charge
骑qí 车chē to ride (a bicycle)
坐zuò 车chē to take the public transport
一yì 般bān normal/ normally
有yǒu 时shí 候hòu sometimes
时shí 候hòu time suffix
什shé 么me 时shí 候hòu when, as a question word
下xià 雨yŭ to rain
下xià 雪xuě to snow
…..的de 时shí 候hòu when/ at that time….
八bā 成chéng 80 percent
换huàn 车chē to change transportation
快kuài quick/ soon/ nearly
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.