Mandarin/Mandarin One/Lesson Three 第三课

Chapter Three Vocabulary - 生字

 * nǐ hǎo 你好 (hello)
 * nín hǎo 您好 (formal hello)
 * xuéshēng 学生 (student)
 * lǎoshī 老师 (teacher)
 * nǐ 你 (you)
 * nín 您 (formal you)
 * jiào 叫 (to call, to be named)
 * shénme 什么 (what)
 * míngzì 名字 (name)
 * wǒ 我 (I, me)
 * de 的 (possessive particle)
 * shì 是 (to be, is)
 * hǎo 好 (good)
 * hěn 很 (very)
 * rènshi 认识 (to meet)
 * gāoxìng 高兴 (happy, glad)
 * yǒu 有 (to have)
 * wèntí 问题 (question, problem)
 * ma 吗 (question particle)
 * méiyǒu 没有 (to be without/do not have)
 * xiè xiè 谢谢 (thanks, thank you)
 * zàijiàn 再见 (goodbye, lit. see you again)

Chinese Names - 名字

 * Zhāng 张 (Family Name)
 * Lǐ 李 (Family Name)

Dialogue － 对话

 * 李老师：学生，你好.
 * 小张：您好老师.
 * 李老师：你叫什么名字？
 * 小张：我的名字是小张.
 * 李老师：很好. 我叫李老师. 认识你很高兴.
 * 小张：认识你很高兴.
 * 李老师：你有问题吗？
 * 小张：没有. 谢谢您！
 * 李老师：再见.
 * 小张：再见.

Introductions - 介绍

 * 你好 consists of two characters 你 and 好. Together they form the idiomatic expression for "Hello".
 * 您好 uses 您 to show respect from the speaker to the audience. In this case, the student is showing respect for the teacher.
 * The 老 in 老师 literally means old and often indicates respect.
 * The 学 in 学生 is the verb to study.
 * In the Dialogue above Mr. Zhang introduces himself as 小张 (Small Zhang). This is an indication of familiarity, and is commonly used as a nickname.
 * "认识你很高兴" literally translates to "Pleased to meet you."
 * In Mandarin Chinese, there are many ways to ask a question.
 * Question Particle: "你有问题吗？" uses a statement with the question particle 吗. Question particles always come at the end of a sentence.
 * Question Pronoun: The 什么 In the sentence "你叫什么名字？" indicates that this is a question. When a question pronoun is used a question particle is not.

Numbers 11-99 － 号码 十一到九十九
The order of numbers in Chinese fits into a very clearly defined pattern. With the ability to count from 1-10 you can then easily count from 11 to 99. Every increment of ten is stated as the incremental value followed by ten, then the single digit value. The number 45 for example can be thought of as four-tens five, sì shí wǔ 四十五. For 11 to 19 the yī 一 does not need to be included.


 * shí yī 十一 (11)
 * shí èr 十二 (12)
 * shí sān 十三 (13)
 * shí sì 十四 (14)
 * shí wǔ 十五 (15)
 * shí liù 十六 (16)
 * shí qī 十七 (17)
 * shí bā 十八 (18)
 * shí jiǔ 十九 (19)


 * èr shí 二十 (20)
 * èr shí yī 二十一 (21)
 * èr shí èr 二十二 (22)
 * èr shí sān 二十三 (23)
 * èr shí sì 二十四 (24)
 * èr shí wǔ 二十五 (25)
 * èr shí liù 二十六 (26)
 * èr shí qī 二十七 (27)
 * èr shí bā 二十八 (28)
 * èr shí jiǔ 二十九 (29)


 * sān shí 三十 (30)
 * sān shí yī 三十一 (31)
 * sān shí èr 三十二 (32)
 * sān shí sān 三十三 (33)
 * sān shí sì 三十四 (34)
 * sān shí wǔ 三十五 (35)
 * sān shí liù 三十六 (36)
 * sān shí qī 三十七 (37)
 * sān shí bā 三十八 (38)
 * sān shí jiǔ 三十九 (39)


 * sì shí 四十 (40)
 * sì shí yī 四十一 (41)
 * sì shí èr 四十二 (42)
 * sì shí sān 四十三 (43)
 * sì shí sì 四十四 (44)
 * sì shí wǔ 四十五 (45)
 * sì shí liù 四十六 (46)
 * sì shí qī 四十七 (47)
 * sì shí bā 四十八 (48)
 * sì shí jiǔ 四十九 (49)


 * wǔ shí 五十 (50)
 * wǔ shí yī 五十一 (51)
 * wǔ shí èr 五十二 (52)
 * wǔ shí sān 五十三 (53)
 * wǔ shí sì 五十四 (54)
 * wǔ shí wǔ 五十五 (55)
 * wǔ shí liù 五十六 (56)
 * wǔ shí qī 五十七 (57)
 * wǔ shí bā 五十八 (58)
 * wǔ shí jiǔ 五十九 (59)


 * liù shí 六十 (60)
 * liù shí yī 六十一 (61)
 * liù shí èr 六十二 (62)
 * liù shí sān 六十三 (63)
 * liù shí sì 六十四 (64)
 * liù shí wǔ 六十五 (65)
 * liù shí liù 六十六 (66)
 * liù shí qī 六十七 (67)
 * liù shí bā 六十八 (68)
 * liù shí jiǔ 六十九 (69)


 * qī shí 七十 (70)
 * qī shí yī 七十一 (71)
 * qī shí èr 七十二 (72)
 * qī shí sān 七十三 (73)
 * qī shí sì 七十四 (74)
 * qī shí wǔ 七十五 (75)
 * qī shí liù 七十六 (76)
 * qī shí qī 七十七 (77)
 * qī shí bā 七十八 (78)
 * qī shí jiǔ 七十九 (79)


 * bā shí 八十 (80)
 * bā shí yī 八十一 (81)
 * bā shí èr 八十二 (82)
 * bā shí sān 八十三 (83)
 * bā shí sì 八十四 (84)
 * bā shí wǔ 八十五 (85)
 * bā shí liù 八十六 (86)
 * bā shí qī 八十七 (87)
 * bā shí bā 八十八 (88)
 * bā shí jiǔ 八十九 (89)


 * jiǔ shí 九十 (90)
 * jiǔ shí yī 九十一 (91)
 * jiǔ shí èr 九十二 (92)
 * jiǔ shí sān 九十三 (93)
 * jiǔ shí sì 九十四 (94)
 * jiǔ shí wǔ 九十五 (95)
 * jiǔ shí liù 九十六 (96)
 * jiǔ shí qī 九十七 (97)
 * jiǔ shí bā 九十八 (98)
 * jiǔ shí jiǔ 九十九 (99)

Asking for Help － 问题
生字：


 * 吗 - (no translation)
 * 谁 - Who
 * 什么 - What
 * 什么时候/时间 - When
 * 哪 - Where
 * 怎么 - How
 * 为什么 - Why

吗：Some Chinese questions in a 吗 to signify a question. These questions usually aren't related to who/what/when/where/how. Examples are:


 * 你饿了吗？ (Are you hungry?)
 * 你会唱这首歌吗？(Can you sing this song?)