Free Mandarin Chinese Lessons
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These Mandarin Chinese lessons have been designed to provide practical travel vocabulary and a foundation for basic conversational skills. You may also download a complete audio transcript for listening in your car. |
| SECTION: TO SPEAK |
| English: | To speak (verb) | |
| Chinese: | shoh / shwoh |
| English: | To know how (verb) | |
| Chinese: | way |
| English: | You know how to speak | |
| Chinese: | nee way shoh | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | You know how to speak English | |
| Chinese: | nee way shoh yeeng-wuhn | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | Do you know how to speak English? | |
| Chinese: | nee way shoh yeeng-wuhn mah | |
| Literally: | you know how to speak English +? |
| English: | They cannot speak English | |
| Chinese: | tah-men boo way shoh yeeng-wuhn | |
| Literally: | they not know how to speak English |
| English: | I know how to speak Chinese | |
| Chinese: | woh way shoh johng-wuhn | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | I don't know how to speak Chinese | |
| Chinese: | woh boo way shoh johng-wuhn | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | A little | |
| Chinese: | ee-dee-en |
| English: | A little (alternate - as heard in Northern China) | |
| Chinese: | ee-dee-ar |
| English: | A little Chinese | |
| Chinese: | ee-dee-en johng-wuhn | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | I know how to speak a little Chinese | |
| Chinese: | woh way shoh ee-dee-en johng-wuhn | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | She can speak some English | |
| Chinese: | tah way shoh ee-dee-en yeeng-wuhn | |
| Literally: | she knows how to speak a little English |
| English: | Please repeat that | |
| Chinese: | tcheeng dzie shoh ee-bee-en | |
| Literally: | please again speak one time |
| SECTION: WHAT |
| English: | What | |
| Chinese: | shun-muh |
| English: | What's the matter? | |
| Chinese: | shun-muh shih | |
| Literally: | what is |
| English: | What did you say? | |
| Chinese: | nee shoh shun-muh | |
| Literally: | you said what |
| English: | What did he say? | |
| Chinese: | tah shoh shun-muh | |
| Literally: | he said what |
| English: | To do (verb) | |
| Chinese: | dzoh |
| English: | What are you doing? | |
| Chinese: | nee dzoh shun-muh | |
| Literally: | you doing what |