P 05 Chit Chat-How to speak chinese in 10 hours - dummy's way to speak chinese

Part 5 Chit Chat

聊天 Liáotiān

How to Speak Mandarin in 10 Hours:

Basic Conversational Chinese 300 Sentences

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97A Is your job busy?Lit: You job busy ?

你工作忙吗？Nǐ gōng zuò máng ma?

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97B My job is not busy.

Lit: I job not busy

我工作不忙Wǒ gōng zuò bù máng


98A How is your health ?

Lit: You body good ?

你身体好吗？Nǐ shēn tǐ hǎo ma?



98B My health is very good.

Lit: I body very good

我身体很好 Wǒ shēn tǐ hěn hǎo



99 Is David at home?Lit: David at home ?

大卫在家吗？Dà wèi zài jiā ma?



99A David is at home Lit: David at home

大卫在家 Dà wèi zài jiā

99B David is not at home Lit: David not at home

大卫不在家 Dà wèi bù zài jiā



100 What’s your mother’s job?

Lit: You mother do what job ?

你妈妈做什么工作？Nǐ mā mā zuò shén me gōng zuò?



101 My mother work in a bank. Lit:

WHO WHERE DO WHATSubject location Verb

I mother at bank work

我妈妈在银行工作Wǒ mā mā zài yín háng gōng zuò


102 My mother is a doctor.

Lit: I mother is doctor

我妈妈是医生Wǒ mā mā shì yī shēng.




103A What family member do you have?

Lit: You house has who ?

你家有谁？Nǐ jiā yǒu shuí?


104 What family member do you have?

Lit: You house has what people ?

你家有什么人？ Nǐ jiā yǒu shé me rén



103B (Same as 52) My family has four people: father, mother, elder brother and me.

I family have 4 (MW) people

我家有四口人 : Wǒ jiā yǒu sì kǒu rén?

Father, mother, elder brother and me

爸爸妈妈哥哥和我。 Bà ba, mā mā, gē gē hé wǒ


Basic Chinese ABC:Daily Life


105A What do you do on Sunday (usually)?

Lit: Sunday you do what?

星期天你做什么 ?Xīng qí tiān nǐ zuò shén me?



105B What will you do on Sunday?

Lit: Sunday you will do what?

星期天你要做什么 ? Xīng qí tiān nǐ yào zuò shén me?



106 Do you have sister?

Lit: You have sister ?

你有姐姐吗？Nǐ yǒu jiě jie ma?



106 Do you have …….?


(elder) brother

younger brother.

elder sister; sister

younger sister; sister

哥哥弟弟姐姐妹妹

Gē ge

Dì di

Jiě jie

Mèi mei


107 What time you wake up?

Lit: You what time up bed?

你几点起床？Nǐ jǐ diǎn qǐ chuáng?




108 Where is your house?

Lit: You house at where ?

你家在哪儿？Nǐ jiā zài nǎ'er?



109 What’s your nationality?

Lit: You are which country people?

你是哪国人？ Nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?



110 I am an American.

Lit: I am USA person

我是美国人 Wǒ shì měi guó rén.



110 I am ….

Britain

France

Germany

MalaysiaSingapore

Japan

Korea

英国法国德国马来西亚新加坡日本韩国

Yīng guó

Fà guó

Dé guó

Mǎ lái xī yà

Xīn jiā pō

Rì běn

Hán guó



111 Can you speak Chinese?Lit: You can speak Chinese language ?

你会说汉语吗 ? Nǐ huì shuō hàn yǔ ma?



111 Can you speak … ?

French

German

MalayJapanese

Korean

法语德语马来语日语韩语

Fǎ yǔ

Dé yǔ

Mǎ lái yǔ

Rì yǔ

Hán yǔ


112 Where do you stay?Where do you live?

Lit: You stay at where?

你住在哪儿 ? Nǐ zhù zài nǎ'er?



113 I live at No. 54, 68 Street.

Lit: I live at 68 street 54 No.

我住在 68 街 54 号Wǒ zhù zài liù shí bā jiē wǔ shí sì hào



114 I live at Room 18, 9th Floor, Hiton HotelLit:

I live at Hiton hotel, 9th Floor, 18 No. room

我住在 Hiton 饭店 9 楼 18 号房间 Wǒ zhù zài Hiton fàn diàn jiǔ lóu shí bā hào fáng jiān.


The address is started from big to small, like you are finding a place through Google Earth.

More useful nouns for address:


ChattingVocabulary Camping

Country

City

District

County

国市区县

Guó

Shì

Qū

Xiàn



Township

Town

Village

Street

Alley

No. (#)

乡镇村街巷号

Xiāng

Zhèn

Cūn

Jiē

Xiàng

Hào


115 Are you living here?

Lit: You live here? … ?

你住这里吗？ Nǐ zhù zhè lǐ ma?



116 Do you like here?

Lit: like here ?

喜欢这里吗？ Xǐ huan zhè lǐ ma?



117 I like here very much.

Lit: I very like here

我很喜欢这里 Wǒ hěn xǐ huan zhè lǐ


118 Are you used to be here? Lit: You at here use (ed) ?

你在这儿习惯了吗？ Nǐ zài zhè'er xí guàn le ma?


习惯 xíguàn 1 ( 动 ) get used (or accustomed)

to: 2 ( 名 ) habit; custom:


119 Are you here on trip?

Lit: You come here travel ?

你来这里旅游吗？ Nǐ lái zhè lǐ lǚ yóu ma?



120 I am here on trip.

Lit: I come here travel

我来这里旅游 Wǒ lái zhè lǐ lǚ yóu



Lit: I come here ……


on business trip

Study abroad

on holiday

visit friends

attend a meeting

do business

looking for work

出差留学度假看朋友开会做生意找工作

Chū chāi

Liú xué

Dù jià

Kàn péng yǒu

Kāi huì

Zuò shēng yì

Zhǎo gōng zuò


121 How long will you stay here?

Lit: You will at here stay how long?

你要在这里住多久？ Nǐ yào zài zhè lǐ zhù duō jiǔ ?



122 I will stay for four weeks.

Lit: I will stay 4 MV week.

我要住四个星期 Wǒ yào zhù sì gè xīng qí.



123 How long have you stay here?

Lit: You at here stay (ed) how long?

你在这里住了多久？ Nǐ zài zhè lǐ zhù le duō jiǔ?



124 Where are you from?

Lit: You from where come?

你从哪儿来？ Nǐ cóng nǎ'er lái?



125 I come from … …

Lit: I from …… come

我从 ... 来 Wǒ cóng ... ... lái.



125 I come from Canada

Lit: I from Canada come

我从加拿大来。 Wǒ cóng jiā ná dà lái.



Lit: I from … … come


Australia

New Zealand

Thailand

Indonesia

Italy

澳大利亚新西兰泰国印度尼西亚意大利

Ào dà lì yà

Xīn xī lán

Tài guó

Yìn dù ní xī yà

Yì dà lì


126 How is the weather tomorrow?

Lit: Tomorrow weather how

明天天气怎么样？ Míng tiān tiān qì zěn me yàng?



127 How is it to watch movie tomorrow?

Lit: We tomorrow go watch movie how is it?

我们明天去看电影 , 怎么样？ Wǒ men míng tiān qù kàn diàn yǐng, zěn me yàng?



128 Can you understand?

Lit: You can listen understand ?

你能听懂吗？ Nǐ néng tīng dǒng ma?



129 I can’t understand

Lit: I listen no understand

我听不懂 Wǒ tīng bù dǒng



130 I can understand

Lit: I can listen understand

我能听懂 Wǒ néng tīng dǒng.



131 What do you like to eat?

Lit: You like eat what?

你喜欢吃什么？ Nǐ xǐ huan chī shén me?



132 I like rice and noodle

Lit: I like rice and noodle

我喜欢米饭和面条 Wǒ xǐ huan mǐ fàn hé miàn tiáo



133 Can you speak English?

Lit: You can speak English ?

你会说英文吗？ Nǐ huì shuō yīng wén ma?



134 Anybody can speak English here?

Lit: Have who can speak English ?

有谁会说英文吗？Yǒu shuí huì shuō yīng wén ma?



135 I can speak little bit

Lit: I can speak little bit

我会说一点 Wǒ huì shuō yīdiǎn.



136 Are you clear? Or Do you understand?

Lit: You understand ?

你明白吗？ Nǐ míngbái ma?



137A Understand

明白 Míng bái

137BI don’t understandLit: I no understand

我不明白 Wǒ bù míng bái



138 What’s your job?

Lit: You do what job.

你做什么工作？ Nǐ zuò shénme gōngzuò?



139A I am ….

Lit: I work as …

我当 ... ... Wǒ dāng... ...

139B I am accountant.

Lit: I work as accountant

我当会计 Wǒ dāng kuàijì



139C I am …. Lit: I work as …

Chef

Engineer

Reporter

Teacher

Lawyer

Architect

厨师工程师记者老师律师建筑师

Chú shī

Gōng chéng shī

Jì zhě

Lǎo shī

Lǜ shī

Jiàn zhù shī



140 I am businessman.

Lit: I do business

我做生意 Wǒ zuò shēng yì



141 I am a salary man.

Lit: I work

我打工 Wǒ dǎ gōng

打工 dǎgōng: work for others; be employed:



142 I work as

Lit: I do … work

我做 ... 工作 Wǒ zuò ... ... gōng zuò.



143 I am a secretary.

Lit: I do secretary job

我做秘书工作 Wǒ zuò mì shū gōng zuò.



144 I work in healthcare industry.

Lit: I do medical healthcare job

我做医疗保健工作 Wǒ zuò yī liáo bǎo jiàn gōng zuò.



145 I do marketing.

Lit: I do market marketing job

我做市场营销工作 Wǒ zuò shì chǎng yíng xiāo gōng zuò.



146A I … … Lit: I

我 ... 了 Wǒ ... ... Le

146B I retired Lit: I retire (ed)

我退休了。 Wǒ tuì xiū le.



147 I am self-employed

Lit: I down sea

我下海了 Wǒ xià hǎi le.

下海 xià hǎi: is a new term for the people who resign their job and do business;



148 I am jobless.

Lit: I off post

我下岗了 Wǒ xià gǎng le



149 What’s your major?

Lit: You study what?

你学什么？ Nǐ xué shénme?



150 I study artsLit: I study arts

我学文科 Wǒ xué wénkē

Chinese

Science

Trading

Computer

中文理科贸易电脑

Zhōng wén

Lǐ kē

Mào yì

Diàn nǎo



151 Do you have girlfriend?

Lit: You have girl friend ?

你有女朋友吗？ Nǐ yǒu nǚ péngyǒu ma?



152A ILit: I … …

我… … Wǒ ... ... .

152BI am singleI single body

我单身。 Wǒ dān shēn.



152C I married. Lit: I marry (ed)

我结婚了 Wǒ jiéhūn le.

152D I divorce (ed).

我离婚了。 Wǒ líhūn le.



152E I just break with my friends.

Lit: I separate hand

我分手了 Wǒ fēn shǒu le.



153 What’s your religion?

Lit: You believe what religion?

你信什么宗教？ Nǐ xìn shénme zōngjiào?



154A I am Buddhist.

Lit: I believe Buddha religion

我信佛教 Wǒ xìn fó jiào.



154B I am … …Lit: I believe … …

Catholic

Christian

Hinduism

Judaism

Islam

天主教基督教印度教犹太教伊斯兰教

Tiān zhǔ jiào

Jī dū jiào

Yìn dù jiào

Yóu tài jiào

Yī sī lán jiào



155 I am an atheist.

Lit: I am no God theory

我是无神论 Wǒ shì wú shén lùn.



156 I don’t believe God.

Lit: I not believe God

我不信上帝Wǒ bú xìn shàng dì



157 I don’t believe astrology.

Lit: I not believe star phenomena

我不信星象Wǒ bú xìn xīng xiàng



158 I don’t believe fate

Lit: I not believe life lucky

我不信命运 Wǒ bú xìn mìng yùn



159 I believe Fengshui

Lit: I believe wind water

我信风水 Wǒ xìn fēng shuǐ


160 I don’t have any believe.

Lit: I not believe what

我没信什么 Wǒ méi xìn shénme



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