Lesson 5
- 椅子 - yǐ zi (chair)
- 和 - hé (and). See also 暖和 nuǎn huo from L23. And 跟 gēn from L8.
- 桌子 - zhuō zi (table)
- 都 - dōu (all)
- 我們都走了 - wǒ men dōu zǒu le (We’ve all left)
- 一些 - yī xiē (a few)
- 學校 [学校] - xué xiào (school)
- 人們 [人们] - rén men (people)
- 日報 [日报] - rì bào (daily newspaper)
- 畫報 [画报] - huà bào (pictoral)
- 有意思 - yǒu yì si (interesting)
- 日語 [日语] - Rì yǔ (Japanese)
- 用 - yòng (to use)
- 練習[练习] - liàn xí (exercise, to practice)
- 作 - zuò (to do, to make)
- 會 [会] - huì (to know how, to be skillful)
- 漢語 [汉语] - Hàn yǔ (Chinese)
- 還 [还] - huán (to go back to; to give back, repay)
- …還是 [还是]…? - hái shì (…or…?)
- Traditional: 我應該吃這個還是那個 - Wǒ yīng gāi chī zhège háishì nàgè (Should I eat this or that?)
- Simplified: 我应该吃这个还是那个 - Wǒ yīng gāi chī zhège háishì nàgè (Should I eat this or that?)
- see also L13
Lesson 6
- 姓 - xìng (surname)
- 叫 - jiào (shout; call, greet; hire, order)
- 甚麽 [什么] - shén me (what)
- 名字 - míng zi (name)
- 怎麼 [怎么] - zěn me (how/why) See also L15
- Traditional: 這怎麼發生的 - zhè zěnme fāshēng de? (How did this happen?)
- Simplified: 这怎么发生的 - Zhè zěnme fāshēng de? (How did this happen?)
- 以前 - yǐ qián (before)
- 吧 - ba (suggestion particle; request or mild command; indicating consent or approval; indicating some doubt in the speaker’s mind)
- 位 - wèi (measure word for people or position; eg. restaurants, numerical digits)
- 知道 - zhī dào (to know)
- 了解 - liǎo jiě (to understand)
- 懂 - dǒng (to understand). Radical is 重 zhòng from Lessons 14 and 24. And 種 zhǒng from L15.
- 日本 - Rì běn (Japan)
- 第一 - dì yī (ordinal number aka ‘#1’)
- 你是誰 [谁] - nǐ shì shuí (shuí = ‘who’)
- 大學 - dà xué (college)
- 室友 - shì yǒu (roommate)
- 同屋 - tóng wū (roommate)
Lesson 7
- 星期 - xīng qí (week)
- 禮拜 [礼拜] lǐ bài (week) also used for Monday, Tuesday, etc…
- 礼拜一 - lǐ bài yī (Monday)
- 礼拜二 - lǐ bài èr (Tuesday)
- 礼拜三 - lǐ bài sān (Wednesday)
- 礼拜四 - lǐ bài sì (Thursday)
- 年 - nián
- 月 - yu (month)
- 一個月 [一个月]- yī gè yu
- 一天 - yī tiān (one day)
- 一个小時 - yī gè xiǎo shí (one hour)
- 一分鐘 [一分钟] - yī fēn zhōng (one minute)
- 兩點鐘 [两点钟] - liǎng diǎn zhōng (two o’clock)
- 今天 - jīn tiān (today) See main section in L11
- 今年 - jīn nián (this year)
- 日 - rì (day)
- 忙 - máng (busy)
- 去 -qù (to go)
- 來 [来] - lái (to come)
- 過來 [过来]- guò lái (come over here)
- 過[过]- guò (to cross; to pass time)
- 現在 [现在] - xiàn zài (right now)
- 時候 [时候] - shí hòu (time) See also 時間 shí jiān in L18
- 什麼時候 [什么时候] - shénme shíhòu (what time?)
- 零 - líng (zero)
- 一半 - yī bàn (one half)
- 半小時過去了, 我一道題也沒做出來。 - Bàn xiǎoshí guòqu le, wǒ yī dào tí yě méi zuò chūlai. (After half an hour, I hadn’t even finished one question.)