Mandarin Language Note

Chinese Character Meaning Chinese Character Meaning

Numbers
一 1 八 8
yī bā
二、两 2 九 9
èr , liǎng jiǔ
三 3 十 10
sān shí
四 4 十一 to 十九 11 – 19
sì shí yī - shí jiǔ
五 5 二十 to 九十 20 – 90
wǔ èr shí - jiǔ shí
六 6 二十一 to 九十九 21 – 99
liù èr shí yī - jiǔ shí jiǔ
七 7 零 0
qī líng

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Greetings
您 You (older person) 我 I
nín wǒ
好 Good 什么 What
hǎo shénme
您好 Hello (to older person) 名字 Name
nín hǎo míng zi
你 You 在 At
nǐ zài
再 Again 马来西亚 Malaysia
zài mǎ lái xī yà
见 See / meet 住 Lived
jiàn zhù
再见 See you again 中学生 secondary school
zài jiàn zhōng xué shēng student
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Dates
月 Moon / month 昨天 Yesterday
yuè zuó tiān
（一）月 January 今天 Today
yuè jīn tiān
星期 Day 明天 Tomorrow
míng tiān
星期（一） Monday 今年 This year
jīn nián
天 Day time 几号？ What is the day (day
jǐ hào in date)
日 Hot 几月？ What is the month?
jǐ yuè (Month in date)
星期(天) Sunday 今天星期几？ What day is today?
jīn tiān xīng qī jǐ
or
星期(日）

今天几月几号？ What is the date

jīn tiān jǐ yuè jǐ hào today?

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Age
在 At / in 岁 Age
zài suì
出 Out 几岁？ How old?
chū jǐ suì
出生 Born 他 He (fokus on the 1st
chū shēng tā letter)
生日 Birthday 她 She
shēng rì tā

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Phone Numbers
电话 Handphone 多少 How many
diàn huà duō shǎo
号码 Number 哪里？ Where
hào mǎ ná lǐ
电话号码 Phone number 你住在哪里？ Where do you live?
diàn huà hào mǎ nǐ zhù zài nǎ lǐ
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Time
点 O’clock 刻 Quarter
diǎn kè
（十）点 (Ten) o’clock 一刻 1 Quarter / 15
shí diǎn yī kè minutes
分 Minute 半 Half / 30 minute
fēn bàn
（二十）分 (20) Minutes 三刻 3 quarter / 45
èr shí fēn sān kè minutes
两点 Two o’clock 现在 Now
liǎng diǎn xiàn zài

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Daily Routine
早 Early / Morning 吃 Eat
zǎo chī
早上 Early Morning 饭 、餐 Meal / Rice
zǎo shàng fàn , cān
午 Noon （早）饭，（早）餐 Breakfast
wǔ zǎo fàn , zǎo cān
中午 Afternoon 去 Go
zhōng wǔ qù
下午 Evening 上课 Start class
xià wǔ shàng kè
晚上 Night / Late night 上学 Start school
wǎn shàng shàng xué
晚 Late / Night 放学 Finish school
wǎn fàng xué
起床 Wake up 睡觉 Sleep
qǐ chuáng shuì jiào