Mandarin Chinese Lessons (Standard Pinyin)
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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: THING / SOMETHING |
| English: | Thing | |
| Pinyin: | dōng-xi |
| English: | You are nothing (can be said as an insult) | |
| Pinyin: | nǐ bú shì dōng-xi | |
| Literally: | you not are thing |
| English: | To shop | |
| Pinyin: | mǎi dōng-xi | |
| Literally: | to buy things |
| English: | I would like to go shop | |
| Pinyin: | wǒ xiǎng mǎi dōng-xī | |
| Literally: | I would like to buy things |
| English: | Something | |
| Pinyin: | yī-diǎn dōng-xi | |
| Literally: | little thing |
| English: | I would like to eat something | |
| Pinyin: | wǒ xiǎng chī yī-diǎn dōng-xi | |
| Literally: | I would like to eat something |
| English: | I would like to buy something | |
| Pinyin: | wǒ xiǎng mǎi yī-diǎn dōng-xi | |
| Literally: | I would like to buy something |
| SECTION: TO GO |
| English: | To go | |
| Pinyin: | qù |
| English: | I'm going | |
| Pinyin: | wǒ qù | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | He's not going | |
| Pinyin: | tā bú qù | |
| Literally: | he not going |
| English: | Are we going? | |
| Pinyin: | wǒ-men qù ma | |
| Literally: | we going +? |
| English: | Are you going? | |
| Pinyin: | nǐ qù ma | |
| Literally: | you going +? |
| English: | What are you going there to do? | |
| Pinyin: | nǐ qù nàr zuò shén-me | |
| Literally: | you go there do what? |
| English: | I would like to go | |
| Pinyin: | wǒ xiǎng qù | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | Would you like to go? | |
| Pinyin: | nǐ xiǎng qù ma | |
| Literally: | you would like to go +? |
| English: | Let's go eat, okay? | |
| Pinyin: | wǒ-mén qù chī-fàn, hǎo ma | |
| Literally: | we go eat rice, good +? |
| English: | Beijing | |
| Pinyin: | běi-jīng |
| English: | I'm going to Beijing | |
| Pinyin: | wǒ qù běi-jīng | |
| Literally: | I go Beijing |
| English: | I would like to go to Beijing | |
| Pinyin: | wǒ xiǎng qù běi-jīng | |
| Literally: | I would like to go Beijing |