Pimsleur Chinese Flashcards

Question

一点东西

Answer 1

yīdiǎr dōngxi [Something] “a little thing”

Answer 2

hē (to) drink

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yě also; too

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wǒnàr my place (colloquial)

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shénme shíhòu What is the time? [When?]

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shíhòu time; moment; period

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xiànzài [Now]

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guò yīhuǐr later; in a while

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kāfēi café

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fàndiàn restaurant

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fàn rice; meal; food

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diàn shop; store

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háishi Or (for questions) Note: There are many different uses for 还是.

Answer 14

píjiǔ beer

Answer 15

Běijīng Beijing

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zhūròu pork

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niúròu beef

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ròu sī shredded meat

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jī chicken

Answer 20

jīròu chicken meat

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yāròu duck meat

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jiàng sauce

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málà spicy

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xīnlà spicy

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nǎichá milk tea

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wǔfàn lunch

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liǎng two (of a thing)

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bēi glasses (for drinking)

Answer 29

wó xiǎng yào I would like... (at a restaurant)

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zuò (to) do

Answer 31

jiǔdiàn hotel

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jiǔ liquor

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diàn shop

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gēn shéi yīqǐ along with whom?

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shéi who; whom

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yīqǐ along; together

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huòzhě or (for a statement)

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jídiǎn zhōng At what time? Note: Note: both 几 and 点 are 3rd tone, so 几 turns into a 2nd tone.

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diǎn zhōng o'clock

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diǎn drop; a spot; a stroke

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zhōng bell

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yīdiǎn zhōng

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bùxíng impossible

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xiànzài jídiǎn zhōng [What time is it?]

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yào going to Note: Answer an “Are you going to... ?” question with “It is.” or 是 (shì)

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wǒ a As for me...

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Nà ma In that case...

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ba let’s say (e.g. 那吗... 吧; in that case, let's say...)

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jīntiān today

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wǎnshàng night; evening

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jīntiān wǎnshàng this night; this evening

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wǎnfàn [Dinner] evening meal

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míngtiān tomorrow

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míng next Note: There are many other uses for 明.

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wǎn late; night

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duōshǎo [how much; how many] a lot, a little?

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qián money

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rénmínbì The people's currency [Chinese money]

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kuài unit

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shíyī 11

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shí'èr 12

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méiyǒu don't have

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nuò here you are (informal)

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hěnduō much; a lot

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bié kèqì don't mention it

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bú kèqì don't mention it

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yíhuǐr jiàn See you later Note: yī goes to yí because followed by a fourth tone.

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géinǐ de for you

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kéyǐ can Note: kě goes to ké because followed by a third tone. Note: Huì means know how to, whereas kéyǐ means am able to.

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bù kéyǐ can't Note: kě goes to ké because followed by a third tone.

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Chéng Chéng

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Róng Róng

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tài wǎnle too late

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tài duōle too much

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gòu enough

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Wó yǒu gòu le I have enough

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Wó yǒu gòu qiánle I have enough money

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guì expensive

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tài guìle It's too expensive

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bú tài guì It's not too expensive Note: You drop the “le” in the negative.

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kuài quickly Note: different from 块 (kuài), which means unit.

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bàozhǐ newspaper

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yībǎi one hundred

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bǎi hundred

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bǐjiào relatively

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xiānshēng husband; mister

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tàitài wife

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shuǐ water

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máfan nǐ [Sorry for troubling you]

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nǐmen you (plural)

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qǐng jìn please enter

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jìn enter

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zhù live; dwell

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wǒ de tàitài hé wǒ My wife and I

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Huáshèngdùn Washington

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xiǎo'ér children

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xiǎo small; younger; young

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jǐ gè how many...? Note: 个 (gè) is a measure word used when referring to the size of a group of people, e.g. we have three children is 我们有三个小儿

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nǚ'ér daughter

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dà grown up; big Note: With children, 大 relates to maturity, not size.

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wǒ de érzi hěn dà le My son is very big

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děng yī huǐ wait one moment

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huǐ moment

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zhēndé really Note: To ask this as a question, add a question intonation at the end.

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xǐzǎo jiān bathroom

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jiārén family

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zàishuō yībiàn [say again] repeat

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jiā li [my home inside] ...in my family

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fēijī airplane

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zuò fēijī qù take a plane

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Xiānggǎng Hong Kong

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fēijī chǎng plane field

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qiān thousand

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xiǎoshí hour

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bānjī flight

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nǎ which...?

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nǎge bānjī which flight?

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zhí straight

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qián before

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yīzhí wǎng qián zǒu keep going straight ahead

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zhège bānjī this flight

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