MANDARIN LEVEL 1: VOCAB LIST

Last Update: Thursday, March 29, 2012

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CHAPTER 1: HELLO WORLD CONVERSATION 1: Ni hao (Hello/How do you do?) Ni hao ma? (How are you?) Ni jiao shenme mingzi? (What is your name?) Hen gaoxing renshi ni. (Please to meet you) Xie xie (Thank you) SENTENCE PATTERN 1: [ni | ta] [de] <insert person> shenme mingzi? 1. ni jiao shenme mingzi? (what is your name?) 2. ta jiao shenme mingzi? (what is his name?) 3. ni de baba jiao shenme mingzi? (what is your fathers name?) 4. ni de mama jiao shenme mingzi? (what is your mothers name?) 5. ni de laoshi jiao shenme mingzi? (what is your teachers name?) SENTENCE PATTERN 2: Wo jiao <insert name> 1. Wo jiao Aiman (my name is Aiman) 2. wo jiao Halin (my name is Halim) 3. wo jiao Luosilan (my name is Roslan) SENTENCE PATTERN 3: [ni | ta |-men | <name, title>] hao ma? 1. ni hao ma? (how are you?) 2. nimen hao ma? (how are you?) 3. ta hao ma? (how is he/she?) 4. tamen hao ma? (how are they?)

5. Hashan xiansheng hao ma? (how is Mr Hassan?) 6. Wang xiaojie hao ma? (how is Miss Wang?) VOCABULARIES 1: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Xiaojie (miss) xiansheng (mr) mingzi (name) ni (you) wo (i/me) shenme (what) jiao (to be called) renshi (to know) hen (very) bu (not, no) ye (also, too) hao (good; well; fine) hai hao (not bad) mang (busy) gaoxing (glad; pleased) ne *aux ma *aux (-kah) wo men (we; us) ni men (you all) ta men (they) ta (he; she; it) baba (father) mama (mother) laoshi (teacher) hao jiu bu jian (Havent seen for ages)

CHAPTER 2: IDENTIFYING PEOPLE CONVERSATION 1: A: zaoshang hao (good morning) B: zaoshang hao () SENTENCE PATTERN 1: Ta shi wo de <insert person> 1. ta shi wo de laoshi (He is my teacher) 2. ta shi wo de jingli (He is my manager) 3. Jenifer shi shei? (who is Jenifer?) 4. Ta shi shei? (who is she?) 5. Ta shi wo de taitai. (she is my wife) SENTENCE PATTERN 2: Ni de <insert person> shi shei? 1. Ni de laoshi shi shei? (who is your teacher?) 2. Ni de jingli shi shei? (who is your manager?) 3. Ni de nuy pengyou shi shei? (who is your girlfriend?) SENTENCE PATTERN 3: ni de <insert person> zai ma? 1. Wang jingli zai ma? (is manager Wang in?) 2. Ni de baba zai ma? (is your father in?)

3. Ni de nuy pengyou zai ma? (is your girlfriend in?) SENTENCE PATTERN 4: <name | title>, qing deng yixia. 1. Li xiansheng, qing deng yixia. (Mr. Li, please wait a moment) 2. Hashan xiansheng, qing deng yixia. (Mr. Hasan, please wait a moment) VOCABULARIES 2: 1. pengyou (friend) 2. mishu (secretary) 3. jingli (manager) 4. Li (a surname) 5. Shi (is; are; am; to be) 6. (in) 7. Qing (please) 8. Deng (wait) 9. Ta (he; she; it) 10. Shei/shui (who) 11. Zhe (this) 12. Zheli (here) 13. Yixia (for a while) 14. De *aux 15. Zaoshang (morning) 16. Xiawu (afternoon) 17. Hao de (okay) 18. Wanshang (evening) 19. Wanan (good night) 20. Zaijian (goodbye) 21. Xizhuren (head of the programme) 22. Nan pengyou (boyfriend) 23. Nuy pengyou (girlfriend) 24. Xiansheng (husband) 25. Taitai (mrs; wife) 26. Nushi (madam)

CHAPTER 3: NUMBERING VOCABULARIES: 1. Ling zero 2. Yi 1 3. Er 2 4. San 3 5. Si 4 6. Wu 5 7. Liu 6 8. Qi 7 9. Ba 8 10. Jiu 9 11. Shi 10 12. Yishi 11 13. Ershi 12 14. Ershiyi 21 15. Sanshiwu 35

16. 17. 18. 19.

Shi - puluh Bai hundred Qian thousand Wan ten thousand

20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34.

Shuyishu cuba kira You has; have Duoshao how much; how many Ge measure word for person Xuesheng student Meiyou do not have Lai come Shangke attend He and Bangongshi office Zai at Ji how many; how much Lou floor; level Dianhua telephone Haoma number

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Ji hao what number Shouji handphone Xuesheng zheng student card Chuanzhenji fax machine Shenfen zheng identity card Chepai car reg number Menpai house number

CHAPTER 4: FAMILY VOCABULARIES: 1. Dajie eldest sister 2. Jiejie elder sister 3. Erjie second elder sister 4. Meimei younger sister 5. Dage eldest brother 6. Erge second elder brother 7. Gege elder brother 8. Didi younger brother 9. Fuqin father (formal) 10. Muqin mother (formal) 11. Nuyer daughter 12. Erzi son 13. Haizi child 14. Xiongdi jiemei siblings 15. Ren people 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. Kuaijishi accountant Jiating zhufu housewife Jiangshi lecturer Luyshi lawyer Shuji clerk Yisheng doctor Gongwuyuan govn servant Hushi nurse Jilongpo Kuala Lumpur Yinghang bank Daxue university Yiyuan hospital Kuaiji gongsi accounting firm

29. Jia rumah 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. Zhu live; stay Nali where Liang two Zuo do Gongzuo work; to work Bushi not Lao old Ji sui how old Sui year (age) Piaoliang pretty Jiehun get married Le *aux Hai meiyou not yet Zhidao know Yingjun handsome Congming clever Keai cute Qushi pass away

CHAPTER 5: DATE VOCABULARIES: 1. Hao day 2. Jintian today 3. Mingtian tomorrow 4. Zuotian yesterday 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Nian year Jinnian this year Mingnian next year Qunian last year Yue month Xiageyue next month Zhegeyue this month Shanggeyue last month Yiyue January Eryue February Sanyue March Siyue april Wuyue may Liuyue june Qiyue july Bayue august Jiuyue September Shiyue October Shiyiyue November Shieryue December Nayi which one Sheng born Shengri birthday Shenme shihou when O oh Dinghun engaged Mala gongyi daxue UiTM

CHAPTER 6: CALENDAR VOCABULARIES: 1. Xinqi tian Sunday 2. Xingqi yi Monday 3. Xingqi er Tuesday 4. Xingqi san Wednesday 5. Xingqi si Thursday 6. Xinqi wu Friday 7. Xingqi liu Saturday 8. Wanshang evening; night 9. Zaoshang morning 10. Xiawu afternoon 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Kan shu reading; read (book) Da dianhua make a phone call Kan yisheng see a doctor Chifan eat (meal) Nianshu study Qing invite/treat sb Mai buy Da baolingqiu play bowling Maicai do marketing Paobu jogging Kan visit/watch Yao want; want to do sth Shangban go to work Xingqi week Xingqiji what day Qu go Dianshi television Women we; us Gongyuan park Hao ma what about Duibuqi sorry Basha market Na then/so/kalau begitu Gouwu zhongxin shopping centre Dongxi things

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Dianying movie Hao ba OK Canting cafeteria Yaofang clinic Tushuguan library

CHAPTER 7: TIME VOCABULARIES: 1. Dian oclock 2. Fen minute 3. Ban half (30 fen) 4. Ke quarter (3 ke = 45 fen) 5. Miao second 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. Banye midnight Baitian daytime Lingchen before dawn; subuh Bangwan toward evening; senja Zhongwu noon Xianzai now Ji dian what time Xiaban go home after work Hui return Yaofang clinic Kan see Yisheng doctor Lu road Zaijian good-bye Jian see Jiaoshi/keshi classroom Xiake dismiss class Yiqi together Qu section

CHAPTER 8: WHAT ARE YOU DOING? VOCABULARIES: 1. Sushe asrama 2. Zai sedang 3. Shuijiao tidur 4. Kan membaca 5. Baozhi surat khabar 6. Da dianhua menelefon 7. Gei kepada; untuk 8. Keyi boleh 9. You kong ada masa lapang 10. de shihou apabila; semasa 11. Xihuan suka 12. Shangwang melayari internet 13. Changchang selalu 14. Tushuguan perpustakaan 15. Henshao jarang 16. Tongxue rakan sekelas 17. Ti sepak (bermain) 18. Zuqiu bola sepak 19. Caochang padang 20. Tamen mereka 21. Nimen kamu semua 22. Daxue university 23. Landuo lazy 24. Changchang jinjiu long lasting 25. Tuixiu bersara 26. Xiaoxue sekolah rendah 27. Aihao hobi 28. Changge menyanyi 29. Ting yinyue mendengar muzik 30. Liaotianr bersembang; berborak 31. Hecha minum (teh) 32. Youyong berenang 33. Da yumaoqiu bermain badminton 34. Qichuang bangun tidur 35. Xiaqi bermain catur 36. Bashi - bas