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: TO BE LOCATED |
| English: | To be located (verb) | |
| Pinyin: | zài |
| English: | In China | |
| Pinyin: | zài zhōng-guó | |
| Literally: | located China |
| English: | To live / to stay (somewhere) | |
| Pinyin: | zhù |
| English: | I live in China | |
| Pinyin: | wǒ zhù zài zhōng-guó | |
| Literally: | I live located China |
| English: | She lives in American | |
| Pinyin: | tā zhù zài měi-guó | |
| Literally: | she lives located America |
| English: | We live in Beijing | |
| Pinyin: | wǒ-men zhù zài běi-jīng | |
| Literally: | we live located Beijing |
| English: | Here | |
| Pinyin: | zhèr |
| English: | Is it here? | |
| Pinyin: | shì zài zhèr ma | |
| Literally: | is located here +? |
| English: | Yes, it is here | |
| Pinyin: | shì, shì zài zhèr | |
| Literally: | is, is located here |
| English: | Here (alternate) | |
| Pinyin: | zhè-lǐ | |
| Literally: | this place |
| English: | Do you live here? | |
| Pinyin: | nǐ zhù zài zhè-lǐ ma | |
| Literally: | you live located here +? |
| SECTION: WHERE |
| English: | Where | |
| Pinyin: | nǎr |
| English: | Where (alternate - heard in Southern China) | |
| Pinyin: | nǎ-lǐ |
| English: | Where is it? | |
| Pinyin: | zài nǎr | |
| Literally: | located where |
| English: | Where is she? | |
| Pinyin: | tā zài nǎr | |
| Literally: | she located where |
| English: | Where do you live? | |
| Pinyin: | nǐ zhù zài nǎr | |
| Literally: | you live located where |
| English: | Where are we going? | |
| Pinyin: | wǒ-men qù nǎr | |
| Literally: | we going where? |
| English: | Where would you like to go? | |
| Pinyin: | nǐ xiǎng qù nǎr | |
| Literally: | you would like to go where? |
| English: | Hotel (small hotel/hostel) | |
| Pinyin: | lǔ-guǎn |
| English: | Hotel (large hotel) | |
| Pinyin: | jiǔ-diàn |
| English: | I would like to go to the hotel | |
| Pinyin: | wǒ xiǎng qù jiǔ-diàn | |
| Literally: | (same) |
| English: | I'm staying at a hotel | |
| Pinyin: | wǒ zhù zài jiǔ-diàn | |
| Literally: | I living located hotel |
| English: | Where is the Beijing Hotel? | |
| Pinyin: | běi-jīng jiǔ-diàn zài nǎr | |
| Literally: | Beijing hotel located where? |
| English: | Where are we going to eat? | |
| Pinyin: | wǒ-men qù nǎr chī | |
| Literally: | we go where to eat? |
| English: | Where would you like sit? | |
| Pinyin: | nǐ xiǎng zuò zài nǎr | |
| Literally: | you would like located where to sit? |