VERBS (DÒNG CÍ)

• Most commonly use verbs • Come – Lái

• Go to – Qù
• Have – Yǒu
• Don’t have – Méi yǒu
• Want – Xǐ huān
• Don’t – Bù xǐ huān
• Want – yào
• Would like – Xiǎng yào
• Work – zuò
• Ask – Wèn
• To live – zhù
• Can – kě yǐ/ hui
• Can’t – Bù néng/ bu hui
• To watch – Kàn
• Buy – Mǎi
• Sell--Mài
• Give – Gěi
• Use – yòng
• Speak – Shuō huà
• Listen – Tīng
• Please – Qǐng
• Help – Bāng
• Learn/Study – Xué xí
• To know / be acquainted
with – Zhī dào
• Eat – Chī
• Drink – Hē
• Write – Xiě
• Read – Dú
• Walk-- Zǒu
• Rest –Xiū xí
PLACES (DÌ DIǍN)
• School – Xué xiào • Airport – Fēi jī chǎng
• College – Xué yuàn • Book store – Shū diàn
• University – Dà xué • Drug store – Yào diàn
• Classroom – Jiào shì / Kè tang • Restaurant – Cān tīng
• Library – Tú shū guǎn • Cinema – Diàn yǐng yuàn
• Office – Bàn gong shì
• Church – Jiào huì
• Auditorium – Lǐ tang
• Gymnasium – Jiàn shēn fang
• Home – Jiā
• Hotel – Fàn diàn
• Park/Plaza – Gōng yuán
• Mall – Shang chang
• Bank – Yín hang
COUNTRIES (GUÓ JIĀ)
• Philippines – Fēi lǜ bīn
• China – Zhōng guó – Zhōng – middle, guó – country
• USA – Měi guó – Měi – beautiful
• Japan – Rì běn – Rì – sun
• France – Fà guó – the word Fà comes from pronunciation of
the 1st syllable of France
• England – Yīng guó
• Germany – Dé guó – the word Dé comes from pronunciation
of Deutsch or Deutschland.
• Korea – Hán guó – the word Hán comes from their national
language which isHangul. But when we
say North Korea its Běi hán.
• Thailand – Tài guó
• Countries pronounce by syllables
• Taiwan – Tái wān
• Singapore – Xīn jiā pō
• Malaysia – Mǎ lái xī yà
• Indonesia – Yìn dù ní xī yà
• Italy – Yì dà lì
• Spain – Xī bā nyá
• Canada – Jiā ná dà

• For us to make it a nationality (guó jí/guó rén) we just simply put the
word Rén or person on the end of every name of the country.
• E.g. Filipinos – Fēi lǜ bīn + rén = Fēi lǜ bīn rén
American – Měi guó + rén = Měi guó rén
OBJECTS
 Cellphone – Shǒu jī (hàomǎ) guǎn jiā /Kōngjiě
 Phone – Diàn huà  Pilot – Fēi xíng yuán
 Laptop – Bǐ jì běn diàn nǎo  Journalist – Jì zhě
 Money – Qián  Basketball – Lán qiú
 Eyeglass – Yǎn jìng  Volleyball – Pái qiú
 Bag – Dài zi  Badminton – Yǔ máo qiú
 Books – Shū  Soccer – Zú qiú
 Car – Qìchē  Travel – Lǚ xín
 Engineer – Gōng chéng shī  Vlogging – Yǐng yīn wǎng zhì
 Accountant – Kuài jì  Hobbies – Ài hào
 Doctor – Yīs hēng  Mobile Legends – Yí dòng chuán qí
 Nurse – Hù shì
 Lawyer – Lǜ shī
 Flight Steward/attendant – Fēi xíng