1.1 What do you know about China?
1. The largest city in China is Shanghai.
2. The largest nationality in China is Han
3. China’s population is 10 million
4. China’s longest border is with Russia
5. China is much larger than Australia
6. Which animal is not found in China? Giraffe.
1.2 Hello
Hello! (Ni hao)
Peter, hello! (Bide, Ni hao!)
Teacher, hello! (Laoshi, Ni hao!)
Mother, hello! (Mama, Nin hao!)
Hello everyone! (Ni hao
Schoolmates, hello everyone. (Tongxuemen, Ni hao
Teacher, goodbye! (Laoshi, zaijian!)
Father, goodbye! (Baba, zaijian!)
1.3 How are you?
1. A: Ni hao ma? (How are you?)
1. B: Ting hao de, Nin ne? (Quite good, you?)
1. A: Ye ting hao de. (Also quite good).
2. Bide: Wei, Lin Fang! (Hey, Lin Fang!)
Lin Fang: Bide! (Peter)
Bide: Ni hao mi? (How are you?)
Lin Fang: Ting hao de, Ni ne? (Quite good, you?)
Bide: Hai Keyi. (All right).
1. Mali: Bide! (Peter!)
Qing Jin, Qing Jin! (Please enter, please enter!)
Bide: Ni hao ma? (How are you?)
Mali: Ting hao de, Ni ne? (Quite good, you?)
Bide: Hai Keyi. (All right).
Mali: Qing zuo. (Please to sit).
Bide: Xiexie. (Thank you).
Find the Chinese
I’m fine, too. (Ting hao de, ye).
I’m all right. (Wo shi hai keyi).
How about you? (Ni zenmeyang?)
I’m fine. (Ting hao de).
How are you? (Ni hao ma?)
2. Lin Fang: Ni hao mi? (How are you?)
Zhang Jianhua: Hai Keyi (All right)
Ni zenmeyang, hao mi? (How are thing with you?)
Lin Fang: Ting hao de. (Quite good).
Zuo ba. (To sit)
Find the Chinese
Thank you (Xiexie)
Please come in (Qing Jin)
Do sit down (Qing zuo)
How are things with you? (Ni zenmeyang, hao mi?)
Mary (Mali)
1.4 What is your name?
Wo jiao Lin Fang (My name is Lin Fang)
Wo jiao Li Guohua. (My name is Li Guohua).
Wo jiao Zhang Jianhua. (My name is Zhang Jianhua).
(What is her name?)
Ta jiao Anna (Her name is Anna)
Ta xing shenme? (What is her family name?)
Ta xing Zhang (Her family name is Zhang)
Ta ne (Her)
Ta xing Lin (Her family name is Lin)
Qingwen, Ni de xing shenme? Please may I ask, what your family name is?
Ni Jiao shenme mingzi? (What is your family name?)
Wo jiao Zhang Jianhua, Bide. (My name is Zhang Jianhua, Peter.)
Nin gui xing? (polite way of asking someone’s family name)
Wo xing Zhang Shimisi. (My surname is Zhang Smith).
Find the Chinese
What is his name? (Ta Jiao shenme mingzi?)
May I ask..? (Qingwen..?)
Her family name is Lin (Ta xing Lin)
My name is Lin Fang (Wo jiao Lin Fang)
1. Wo jiao Bide (My name is Peter)
Wo shi xuesheng (I am a student)
2. Tongxuemen hao! (Schoolmates good!)
Wo jiao Li Guohua. (My name is Li Guohua).
Wo shi Laoshi. (I am a teacher)
3. Wo jiao Zhang Jianhua. (My name is Zhang Jianhua).
Wo bu shi Laoshi. (I am not a teacher).
Wo shi xuesheng. (I am a student).
4. Wo shi Lin (I am Lin Fang)
Wo ye shi xuesheng (I’m also a student)
Ta shi shei? (Who is he?)
Ta shi Bide. (He is Peter)
Ta shi wo de tongxue. (He is my schoolmate).
Ta shi shei? (Who is she?)
Ta shi wo de Laoshi. (She is my teacher).
Tamen shi shei? (Who are they?)
Tamen shi wo de pengyou. (They are my friend).
Ni shi shei? (Who are you?)
Wo shi Ni de Hanyu Laoshi! (I am your Chinese teacher!)
Tamen de pengyou (Their friend)
