In this Chinese lesson I’ll be showing you how you can introduce yourself and your family as well as a few other useful words that you can use in your daily life.
First you will learn the words that you can use to describe your family as well as the other useful words and after that I will show you a few conversations that you can make with the words that you have learnt so far.
| English | Pinyin | Chinese | Pronounce as |
|---|---|---|---|
| I / me | wǒ | 我 | wo |
| very | hěn | 很 | hen |
| too, also | yě | 也 | yea |
| father | bàba | 爸爸 | baba |
| mother | māma | 妈妈 | mahmah |
| both / all | dōu | 都 | dough |
| they / them | tāmen | 他们 | tah men |
| older brother | gēge | 哥哥 | guhguh |
| he / him | tā | 他 | tah |
| older sister | jiějie | 姐姐 | dyea dyea |
| she / her | tā | 她 | tah |
| husband or wife | àiren | 爱人 | I ren |
| younger brother | dìdi | 弟弟 | dee dee |
| younger sister | mèimei | 妹妹 | may may |
| busy | máng | 忙 | mahng |
| tired | lèi | 累 | lay |
| hungry | è | 俄 | uh |
| thirsty | kě | 渴 | kuh |
| A word used at the end of a question | ma | 吗 | mah |
| a word used at the end of an alternative, or rhetorical question | ne | 呢 | nuh |
Conversations
Conversation 1
A – Nǐ hǎo ma? (你好吗?) (How are you?)
B – Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne? (我很好，你呢?) ( I’m very good, and you?)
A – Wǒ yě hěn hǎo. (我也很好.) (I’m very good too.)
B – Nǐ bàba, māma dōu hǎo ma? (你爸爸，妈妈都好吗?) (How are your father and mother?)
A – Tāmen yě dōu hěn hǎo. (他们也都很好.) (They are both doing very good as well.)
Conversation 2
A – Nǐ lèi ma? (你累吗?) (Are you tired?)
B – Wǒ bù lèi (我不累) (I’m not tired.)
