newchinesecards
Terms
undefined, object
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- a
- question particle added to a statement, a polite command, suggestion, or presumption. it presumes the listener agrees.
- bai1
- white
- duo1
- all, both, entirely (AD)
- gao1
- tall, high (SV) (also a surname)
- hao3
- good, well, fine, ok
- ne
- question particle, makes a question out of a portion of speech: "Ni ne" and you?
- xiao2jie
- young unmarried lady, daughter, miss (N)
- ye3
- also, too (AD)
- ba
- final particle, changes a statement to a request or suggestion
- gui4 shing4
- what is your name? (honorable surname)
- guo2
- country, nation (N)
- hua4
- speech, language (N)
- jiu4
- only, merely (AD)
- Mei3 guo
- American, United States (PW)
- quian2
- money (N), also a surname
- qing3
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invite, request, ask, please
TV - qing3 wen4
- may i ask?
- ren2
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people, man, person,
N - shi4, shi
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to be (EV)
only connects two nouns
he is a man
not: he is good - shuo1
- speak, talk, say (TV)
- wang2
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king, also a surname
N - wen2
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inquire, ask
TV - xing2
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to be called, named, have x surname
EV - Ying1 guo
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England
PW - Zhong2 guo
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China
PW -
place negative form of the verb on the end
Ta1 shi4 Ying1guo ren2 bu shi? - split choice type questions
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bu4 dou1
Wo3men bu4 dou1 shi Mei3guo -
not all
not all of us are americans -
dou1 bu
Wo3men dou1 bu4 shi Mei3guo -
all not (none)
None of us are americans -
bu4 hen3
Ta1 bu4 hen2 hao3 -
not very
he's not very good -
hen3 bu4
Ta1 hen3 bu4 hao3 -
very not
hes very bad - ben3
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volume, copy
M - bi3
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pen, pencil
N - duo1shao
- how many? how much? (lit: many few or much little)
- er4
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used in compound numbers
two hundred and two - hai2
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additionally, in addition, still, more
AD - ji3
- how many?
- kuai4
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lump, dollar
M - mai3
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buy
TV - mai4
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sell, sell for
TV - mao2
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dime
M - na4, nei4
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that (thing)
SP - na3, nei3
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which (thing)?
SP - shen2mo, shen2me
- what (thing)?
- shu1
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book
N - wai4guo
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foreign country
PW
lit: outside country - yao4
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want
TV - yi2gong4
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altogether, in all
MA
lit: one together - zhe4, zhei4
- this (thing) SP
- zhi1
- measure for long, slender objects
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nei2
nei4
zhe4, zhei4 -
a specifier: a number that can precede or replace a measure word before a number
ex: which, that, this, these - duo1 shao qian2
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how many?: used as a noun or measure, suggests either an indefinite amount or a large number.
ex: how much money? - ji3kuai4 qian2
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how many?: used only before a measure word. suggests less than ten.
ex: how many dollars? - liang3
- a couple
- san1 si4ben3 shu1
-
three or four books
requires no connecting form (or) - Ta1-yao4 shen2mo-shu1?
- what book does he want? ( he wants what book?)
- Ta1-yao4 shen2mo?
- what does he want?
- Ta1-yao4-duo1shao-qian2?
- How much money does he want?
- Ta1-yao4-duo1shao?
- How much does he want?
- Zhei4ben3-shu1 wu3kuai4-qian2
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sentences without verbs
This book (is) five dollars -
ne
Ta1-hai2-shuo1-hua4-ne -
expresses continuation of an action, especially uf the sentences also contains "hai2"
he's still talking -
Ta1men-mai4-shu1-ma?
Zhei4ben3-shu1 mai4-duo1shao-qian2? - do they sell books?/ how much does this book sell for?
- na3, na4, zhe4/ nei3, nei4, zhei4
- specifiers/ specifiers before measure words
- wan3 an1
- good evening
- dai4 hui4 er4 jian4
- see you soon
- wu an1
- good afternoon
- zou an1
- good morning