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: INVITATIONS / SUGGESTIONS |
| English: | We go | |
| Chinese: | woh-men tchoo | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | Would you like to go? | |
| Chinese: | nee see-ahng tchoo mah | |
| Literally: | you would like to go +? |
| English: | (This word makes a phrase into a suggestion) | |
| Chinese: | bah |
| English: | Let's go ('bah' makes it a suggestion) | |
| Chinese: | woh-men tchoo bah | |
| Literally: | we go + 'bah' |
| English: | Let's eat (suggestion) | |
| Chinese: | woh-men chih fahn bah | |
| Literally: | we eat + 'bah' |
| English: | Is it good? | |
| Chinese: | hau mah | |
| Literally: | good +? |
| English: | How about we eat? | |
| Chinese: | woh-men chih fahn, hau mah | |
| Literally: | we eat, good +? |
| SECTION: PLEASE |
| English: | Please | |
| Chinese: | tcheeng |
| English: | To come in (verb) | |
| Chinese: | jeen |
| English: | Please come in | |
| Chinese: | tcheeng jeen | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | To sit | |
| Chinese: | dzoh |
| English: | Please sit down | |
| Chinese: | tcheeng dzoh | |
| Literally: | please sit |
| English: | Do you want to sit down? | |
| Chinese: | nee yau dzoh mah | |
| Literally: | you want sit +? |
| English: | To listen | |
| Chinese: | teeng |
| English: | Please listen | |
| Chinese: | tcheeng teeng | |
| Literally: | (same) |