Vocab
Hello
ni3 hao3 你好
Good afternoon!
xia4 wu3 hao3 下午好
Excellent!
hen3 hao3 很好/hen3 bang4 很棒
fei1 chang2 hao3 非常好
fei1 chang2 bang4 非常棒
Thank you.
xie4 xie (ni3)
谢谢（你）
Good
hao3 好
True or false: Panda spend majority of a day eating.
True. 10-16 hours/day
am not/is not/are not
bu2 shi4 不是
And you?/What about you?
ni3 ne？ 你呢？
what
shen2 me 什么
Bye./See you.
zai4 jian4 再见
am, are, is
shi4 是
True or False: The word “Mandarin” originates from Sanskrit.
True. “Mandarin” comes from the Portuguese word mandarim. Mandarim is derived from the Malay word menteri, which originates from the Sanskrit word mantrin, meaning minister.
To call, to be called
jiao4 叫
What is your name?
ni3 jiao4 shen2 me ming2 zi4? 你叫什么名字？
teachers
lao3 shi1 men 老师们
Yang is a teacher.
Yang shi4 lao3 shi1. Yang 是老师。
“please” in Mandarin
请 qing3
True or False: The Forbidden City is almost 800 years old.
False.
How to write "the crowd"? (one character)
众 zhong4
Very nice to meet you.
hen3 gao1 xing4 ren4 shi ni3 很高兴认识你。
Please write down the character "They".
ta1 men 他们
You are welcome.
bu2 ke4 qi4 不客气
bu2 yong4 xie4 不用谢
Student
xue2 sheng1 学生
How to write "forest"? (one character)
森 sen1
How to write "everyone" in Chinese characters?
大家 da4 jia1
Please write down the sentence "They are not teachers."
他们不是老师。ta2 men bu2 shi4 lao3 shi1
Please write down the characters of "name" and then read them aloud
ming2 zi4 名字
Please write down the sentence "Please stand up everyone."
qing3 da4 jia1 qi3 li4 请大家起立。
happy/nice
gao1 xing4 高兴
kai1 xin1 开心
When is the biggest shopping festival in China?
November 11th 十一月十一日