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1 ABSOLUTE BEGINNER

Conversational Patterns
S Speaking

Can Talk About Well-Being

你好吗？ 我很好。
Nǐ hǎo ma? Wǒ hěn hǎo.
How are you? I'm good.

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good 好 hǎo so-so 一般 yībān not good 不好 bù hǎo

great 棒 bàng tired 累 lèi bad 差 chà

in good 健康 jiànkāng sleepy 困 kùn terrible 糟糕 zāogāo

health

happy 快乐 kuàilè bored 无聊 wúliáo busy 忙 máng

Can Talk About The Weather

TIP
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天气怎么样？
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Tiānqì zěnme yàng? the place whe out the weather in
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[地方]现在的
How's the weather? 天气怎么样？
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天气晴朗。
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天气________。
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It's sunny. Tiānqì ________ .

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sunny 晴朗 qínglǎng cloudy 多云 duōyún rainy 有雨 yǒu yǔ

warm 暖和 nuǎnhuo windy 有风 yǒu fēng cold 冷 lěng

hot 炎热 yánrè chilly 寒冷 hánlěng snowy 有雪 yǒu xuě

nice 很好 hěn hǎo gloomy 阴暗 yīn’àn bad 很坏 hěn huài

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Can Talk About Your Hobby

你的爱好是什么？ 我喜欢逛街。
Nǐ de àihào shì shénme? Wǒ xǐhuān guàngjiē.
What's your hobby? It’s shopping.

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shopping 逛街 guàngjiē music 音乐 yīnyuè

reading
读书 dúshū
books

travel 旅行 lǚxíng piano 钢琴 gāngqín taking

拍照 pāizhào
pictures

sport 运动 yùndòng guitar 吉他 jíta drawing 画画 huà huà

movies 电影 diànyǐng karaoke 卡拉OK kǎlā ok singing 唱歌 chànggē

Can Talk About Things You Like

TIP
To continue
你喜欢猫吗？
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Nǐ xǐhuan māo ma?
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Do you like cats? (formal)
ín ne?
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(nǐ), wich m ion of 你
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是的，我喜欢 ______。 to address th
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Shì de, wǒ xǐhuan māo. in business people
contexts.
Yes, I like cats. Shì de, wǒ xǐhuan ______.

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猫 京剧
cats māo
spring roll 春卷 chūnjuǎn Beijing opera jīngjù

动物
animals dòngwù
Mapo tofu 麻婆豆腐 mápó dòufu Chinese 书法 shūfǎ
calligraphy
Black 黑豹乐队 Hēi bào
月饼
Panther yuèduì mooncake yuèbǐng Chinese 武术 wǔshù
martial arts
milk 牛奶咖啡 niúnǎi kāfēi wonton 云吞面 yún tūn
儒家思想
coffee noodles miàn Confucianism Rújiāsīxiǎng