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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 BE LOCATED |
| English: | To be located (verb) | |
| Chinese: | dzie |
| English: | In China | |
| Chinese: | dzie johng-gwoh | |
| Literally: | located China |
| English: | To live / to stay (somewhere) | |
| Chinese: | joo |
| English: | I live in China | |
| Chinese: | woh joo dzie johng-gwoh | |
| Literally: | I live located China |
| English: | She lives in American | |
| Chinese: | tah joo dzie may-gwoh | |
| Literally: | she lives located America |
| English: | We live in Beijing | |
| Chinese: | woh-men joo dzie bay-jeeng | |
| Literally: | we live located Beijing |
| English: | Here | |
| Chinese: | jar |
| English: | Is it here? | |
| Chinese: | shih dzie jar mah | |
| Literally: | is located here +? |
| English: | Yes, it is here | |
| Chinese: | shih, shih dzie jar | |
| Literally: | is, is located here |
| English: | Here (alternate) | |
| Chinese: | juh-lee / jeu-lee | |
| Literally: | this place |
| English: | Do you live here? | |
| Chinese: | nee joo dzie juh-lee mah | |
| Literally: | you live located here +? |
| SECTION: WHERE |
| English: | Where | |
| Chinese: | nar |
| English: | Where (alternate - heard in Southern China) | |
| Chinese: | nah-lee |
| English: | Where is it? | |
| Chinese: | dzie nar | |
| Literally: | located where |
| English: | Where is she? | |
| Chinese: | tah dzie nar | |
| Literally: | she located where |
| English: | Where do you live? | |
| Chinese: | nee joo dzie nar | |
| Literally: | you live located where |
| English: | Where are we going? | |
| Chinese: | woh-men tchoo nar | |
| Literally: | we going where? |
| English: | Where would you like to go? | |
| Chinese: | nee see-ahng tchoo nar | |
| Literally: | you would like to go where? |
| English: | Hotel (small hotel/hostel) | |
| Chinese: | loo-gwahn |
| English: | Hotel (large hotel) | |
| Chinese: | djee-oh-dee-en |
| English: | I would like to go to the hotel | |
| Chinese: | woh see-ahng tchoo djee-oh-dee-en | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | I'm staying at a hotel | |
| Chinese: | woh joo dzie djee-oh-dee-en | |
| Literally: | I living located hotel |
| English: | Where is the Beijing Hotel? | |
| Chinese: | bay-jeeng djee-oh-dee-en dzie nar | |
| Literally: | Beijing hotel located where? |
| English: | Where are we going to eat? | |
| Chinese: | woh-men tchoo nar chih | |
| Literally: | we go where to eat? |
| English: | Where would you like sit? | |
| Chinese: | nee see-ahng dzoh dzie nar | |
| Literally: | you would like located where to sit? |