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ProficientUser

TY

Level6

CEFR

LEVELC

2

Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Cansummarise information from dierent spoken and written sources,

reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation.Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely,dierentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.

TY

Level5

CEFR

LEVELC1

Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recogniseimplicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously

without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use languageflexibly and eectively for social, academic and professional purposes.

Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects,

showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors andcohesive devices.

IndependentUser

TY

Level4

CEFR

LEVELB

2

(A

Level)

Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete

and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of

specialisation. Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity thatmakes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without

strain for either party. Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of

subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantagesand disadvantages of various options.

TY

Level3

CEFR

LEVELB1

(HigherGCSE)

Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiarmatters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can dealwith most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the

language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics which

are familiar or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events,dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations

for opinions and plans.

BasicUser

TY

Level2

CEFR

LEVEL

A2:

(FoundationGCSE)

Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to

areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and familyinformation, shopping, local geography, employment). Can communicate

in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange ofinformation on familiar and routine matters. Can describe in simple termsaspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in

areas of immediate need.

TY

Level1

CEFR

LEVELA1

Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basicphrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Can

introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions

about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knowsand things he/she has. Can interact in a simple way provided the other

person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

Council of Europe. www.coe.int/lang.

Extract reproduced with the permission of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg

Global scale of the Common European Framework of Reference

for Languages: learning, teaching, assessment (CEFR) Speak Mandarin

Chinese withconfidence

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71Grammar index

addressing people 1

asking the way 6

buying souvenirs 9

buying train tickets 6

colours 2

directions, asking and giving 5, 6

eating out 4

food and drink 3

greetings 1

illness 8

introducing yourself 1

numbers 2

parts of the body 8

pharmacy 8

phone calls 2

polite form for you 1

shopping 9

sightseeing 7

telling the time 6

weather 7

Subject index

Numbers in the right-hand column refer to the conversation numbers onCDs 1 and 2 that include the material.

adjectives 7, 8

counting: 110 2, 5

1199 9

100+ 4

have, to 2

location 5

measure words:

general (g) 4

item of clothing (jin) 9

long, thin objects (tio) 9

polite form for people (wi) 4

thin and flat, e.g. ticket (zhng) 6

ordinal numbers (d) 6

position/place words 5

possessive (de) 2

questions 1, 2

time 5, 6

Grammar index

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Essential vocabulary

NUMBERS

0 lng 10 sh 20 rsh (two tens) 100 y b ai

1 y 11 shy 30 snsh (three tens) 200 r b ai or

2 r 12 shr 40 ssh 200 liang bai

3 sn 13 shsn 50 wush

4 s 14 shs 60 lish

5 wu 15 shwu 70 qsh

6 li 16 shli 80 bsh

7 q 17 shq 90 jiu sh

8 b 18 shb

9 jiu 19 sh jiu

DAYS OF THE WEEK

xngqy Monday

xngqr Tuesday

xngqsn Wednesday

xngqs Thursday

xngqwu Friday

xngqli Saturday

xngqr orxngqtin Sunday

MONTHS OF THE YEAR

yyu January qyu July

ryu February bayu August

snyu March jiuyu September

syu April shyu October

wuyu May shyyu November

liyu June shryu December

SEASONS

chntin spring

xitin summer

qitin autumn

dngtin winter

Speak Mandarin

Chinese withconfidenceElizabeth Scurfield and Song Lianyi

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69EnglishChinese glossary

walk, to go zou

want xiang

watershu

we women

weathertinqi

week xngq

welcome hunyng (youre) welcome b xi

western medicine Xyo

what?shnme?

what about?ne?

when, what time?shnme shhou

where?nar?

which country (person)?ni / na gu(rn)?

Which day?Ni tin?

which (ordinal) number?d j?

which one?ni ge? / na ge?

white bi

why?wishnme?

wind force fngl

wine ptaoji u

woollen sweatermoy

would like, want yo

would like to xiang

yes du

you n

you (plural) nmen

you (polite form) nn

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Olympic Games oynhu

over there nibin / nbin

pagoda ta

pair (a) y dur

Palace Museum Ggng

particle indicating possession or belonging de

past gu

pharmacyyofng

platform zhnti

please qng; please wait for a moment qngdng-yi-dng

Please speak a little slower. Qng shu mnydi anr.

pretty, good looking, beautifulhaokn

question particle ma?

rain (n) yu

rain (v) xi yureallyzhn

receive shu

red (black for tea) hng

return, come back hulai

right side yubin

room fngjin

scale (of wind force)j

scarftujn

Shanghai Shnghai

she t

shouldynggi

single person dnrnslow, slowlymn

smallxia o

so tile

sorry (Im sorry) dubuq

sort zhong (acts as a measure word)

speak shu

stadium yndngcha ng

stayzh

stomachache dzi tng

straight yzh

strange qgui

sweet and sour (fish) tngc (y)

Tai Chi tijqun

take (bus or train) zu

tallgo

taxi chzch

tea ch

teachjio

telephone dinhu

temperature (of weather) qwn

temple mio

Terracotta ArmyBng- ma-yong

thank you xixie

Thats too much / expensive. Ti gu le.

that one ni ge / n ge

these zhixi / zhxi

this zhi / zh

ticket pio

tie (noun) lngdi

time (as in three times) c (what) time?j dia n?

todayjntin

tofu dufu

toilet csuo

tomorrowmngtin

too tile

towerta

trac lights hngl dng

train huoch

train station huo chzhn

try it shshi

two (of something) liang

two persons / twin shungrn

us women

vehicle (a general word) ch

veryhn

Wait for a while. Dng-yi-xi.

walk (literally: walk road) zou l

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Contents

Track listing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiIntroducing the authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Only got a minute? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Only got five minutes? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Only got ten minutes? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Conversation 1: Getting to know people. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Part 1: Getting to know people (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Part 2: Getting to know people (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Conversation 2: Exchanging information and asking for a

telephone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Part 1: Exchanging information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16Part 2: Asking for a telephone number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16Conversation 3: Having a drink and having a meal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Part 1: Having a drink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18Part 2: Having a meal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Conversation 4: Booking a room and booking a table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Part 1: Booking a room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Part 2: Booking a table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22Conversation 5: Asking for directions and going to a local attraction . 24Part 1: Asking for directions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24Part 2: Going to a local attraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24Conversation 6: Taking a train and getting a bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Part 1: Taking a train . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26Part 2: Getting a bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Conversation 7: Sightseeing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Part 1: Going sightseeing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28Part 2: More sightseeing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Conversation 8: Being ill and seeing a doctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Part 1: Being ill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32Part 2: Seeing a doctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32Conversation 9: Going shopping and buying a souvenir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Part 1: Going shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Part 2: Buying a souvenir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

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Conversation 10: Making friends and keeping in touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Part 1: Making friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Part 2: Keeping in touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Conversation 3/1: Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Conversation 3/1: Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Conversation 3/2: Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Conversation 3/2: Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Conversation 3/3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Conversation 3/4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Conversation 3/5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Conversation 3/6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Conversation 3/7: Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Conversation 3/7: Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Conversation 3/8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Conversation 3/9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Conversation 3/10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Cultural information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Use of apostrophe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Hyphens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Use of pausemark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Listening skills: Survival phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61ChineseEnglish glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62EnglishChinese glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Essential vocabulary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Subject index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Grammar index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

If you want to learn Chinese script, try Read and Write Chinese Script inthe Teach yourselfrange.

67EnglishChinese glossary

go ahead (literally towards front walk) wangqin zou

goodbye zijin

good morning zaoshang hao

good: pretty goodbcuGreat WallChngchng

green l

Guangzhou Guangzhu

halfbn

have you

he t

headache tu tng

hello n hao

hello (respectful) nn hao

hello (when answering a telephone call) wi

hert

here zhrhim t

hope (v) xwng

hospitalyyun

hot r

hotelfndin

how?znme

how about?znmeyng?

how many? (small number)j?

How many days are you staying?Zh j tin?

hundredba i

I wo

ice lantern bngdngis it?shma?

kind (acts as a measure word) zho ng

knowzhdo

know how to hu

lantern dnglong

learn xu

left side zuo bin

let me have a look wo li knkan

lets ...ba

like (to) xhuan

(a) little bit youyi dia nr oryoudianr

live (to) zh

London Lndn

looks yngzi

lowd

matter: it doesnt mattermi gunxi; whats thematter (with you)?(n) znme le?

may I ask?qng wn?

me wo

meaning ysi

measure word (for an item of clothing)jin

measure word (for general use) g

measure word (for long, thin objects) tio

measure word (for people (polite)) wi

measure word (for tickets) zhng

meat rumedicine yo

meet, toji

minute (literally division or divide clock)

fnzhng

Miss xiaojie

mobile (telephone) shouj

month yu

most: the most zu

Mrxinsheng

name cardmngpin

nearjn

nearbyfjnnext yearmngnin

nice bcu

night-time, during the night yjin

no, not b

noodles mintio

not (have) mi

not to be in b zi

numberhoma

oclock dian

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a little (bit) (y) dianraccept (to) shu

again zi

aheadqinbin

also y

American person Migu-ren

appearance yngzi

(not) badbcu

be (am / are / is) sh

be able to hu

be at or in za

beautiful, handsome pioliang

beerpji uBeijing Bijng

big d

book (v) dng

bring di

building lu

bus gnggng qch

bus stop, station chzhn

but ksh

buymai

call (to)jio

can ky

cant understand (by listening) tng-bu-dongchickenj

China, Chinese Zhnggu

Chinese language Zhngwn

Chinese medicine Zhngyo

closejn

cloudyyn

coldlng

colouryns

come li

comfortable shfucorrect du

Could you please say that again?Qng n zishu y c.

credit cardxnyng ka

crispy chicken xings j

currency, Chinese kui

date (of a month) ho

daytin

daytime bitin

degree d

delicious (good to drink) haoh; (good to eat)haoch

diarrhoea (to have) l-dzi

dicult nn

do Tai Chi da tijqun

drink h

drizzle, (lit.) little rain xiao yu

dumpling (boiled)ji aozi

eat ch

e-maildinz yujin, ymier

eective youxio

English (language) Yngwn

English / British person Ynggu-rn

evening wansha ng

faryua n

fine (of weather), clear skyqng

first xin

fish y

footballzqi

friendpngyou

front (literally front side) qinbin

give gi

go q

EnglishChinese glossary

viiTrack listing

Track listing

CD1

Tracks 12: Introduction and tonesTracks 312: Conversation 1: Getting to know peopleTracks 1321: Conversation 2: Exchanging information and asking for

a telephone numberTracks 2228: Conversation 3: Having a drink and having a mealTracks 2936: Conversation 4: Booking a room and booking a tableTracks 3739: Conversation 5: Asking for directions and going to a

local attraction (beg.)

CD2

Tracks 14: Conversation 5: Asking for directions and going to a localattraction (conc.)

Tracks 512: Conversation 6: Taking a train and getting a bus

Tracks 1319: Conversation 7: SightseeingTracks 2026: Conversation 8: Being ill and seeing a doctorTracks 2734: Conversation 9: Going shopping and buying a souvenirTracks 3541: Conversation 10: Making friends and keeping in touch

CD3

Track 1: IntroductionTrack 2: Conversation 1: Part 1

Track 3: Conversation 1: Part 2Track 4: Conversation 2: Part 1Track 5: Conversation 2: Part 2Track 6: Conversation 2: Part 3Track 7: Conversation 3Track 8: Conversation 4Track 9: Conversation 5Track 10: Conversation 6Track 11: Conversation 7: Part 1Track 12: Conversation 7: Part 2Track 13: Conversation 8

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Track 14: Conversation 9Track 15: Conversation 10

Recorded at Alchemy Studios, London.Cast: Hongzhen An, Wen Cheng, Guoxu Dong, Sarah Sherborne,

Zizhou Zhao

65ChineseEnglish glossary

zhng measure word for tickets

zhntiplatform

zh / zhi this

zhi / zh this

zhixi / zhxithese

zhn really

zhr here

zhxi / zhixithese

zhdo to know

zho ng kind as in sort, variety (acts as a measureword)

Zhnggu China, Chinese

Zhngwn Chinese language

Zhngyo Chinese medicine

zh to stay, to live

Zh j tin? How many days are you staying?

zou to walk, to go

zou l to walk (literally walk road)

zu the most

zu to take (bus or train)

zuobin left side

zqi football

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shshi try it, have a go

shu to receive, to accept

shoujmobile (telephone)

shungrn two persons / twin

shfu comfortable

shu water

shuto speak

the, she, him, her

ta tower, pagoda

tile too / so

Ti gu le. Thats too much / expensive.

tngc (y) sweet and sour (fish)

tin day

tinqi weather

tio measure word for long, thin objects

tng-bu-dong cant understand (by listening)

tu tng headache

tujn scarf

wang qin zou walk or go ahead (literallytowards front walk)

wanshang evening

wi hello when answering a call

wi measure word for people

wishnme? why?

wo I,me

wo li knkan let me have a look

women we, us

xi yu to rain

xin firstxia ng would like to, want

xings jcrispy chicken

xinsheng Mr

xia o small

xiao yu drizzle, (lit.) little rain

xiaojie Miss

xixie thank you

xhuan to like

xngqweek

xnyng ka credit card

xwng to hope

Xyo western medicine

xu to learn

yngzi looks, appearance

yns colour

yo would like, want

yo medicine

yofngpharmacy

ytoo, also

yjin night time, during the night

y dur a pair

ydi anr a little bit

ymier e-mail

yn cloudy

ynggi should

Ynggu-rn English / British person

Yngwn English (language)

ysi meaning

yyun hospital

yzh straight

you have

you xi o eective

yubin right side

youdi anr a little bit

youyi dia nr a little bit

y fish

yu rain

yua n far

yu month

yndngch ang stadium

zi again

zi to be at or in

zijin goodbye

zaosha ng hao good morning

znme how, in what way

znmeyng? how about?

(n) znme le? whats the matter (with you)?

1Introducing the authors

Introducing the authors

Elizabeth Scurfield and Song Lianyi are both experienced andenthusiastic teachers of Chinese. Elizabeth Scurfield graduated witha First Class Honours degree in Chinese from the School of Oriental

and African Studies in London and has taught Chinese for nearly 40years, 30 of them at university level. She was co-founder of the ChineseDepartment at the University of Westminster (1974) at the age of23and brought new ideas and enthusiasm to its creation. She has madenumerous short and extended visits and study trips to China since herfirst visit in 1976 as the only woman participant on a delegation ofyounger sinologists.

Song Lianyi (Song being the surname) grew up in China. He obtainedhis BA in China and his MA and PhD in the UK. Currently he is

Principal Teaching Fellow in Chinese at the School of Oriental andAfrican Studies, University of London, where he has taught Chinesefor over 15 years. He has been an active member of the British ChineseLanguage Teaching Society and is a life member of the InternationalSociety for Chinese Language Teaching.

Elizabeth Scurfield and Song Lianyi were colleagues in the sameuniversity nearly 20 years ago and their fruitful collaboration hascontinued ever since. In addition to Speak Mandarin Chinese withconfidence, their current titles in the Teach Yourselfseries include GetStarted in Mandarin Chinese and Read and Write Chinese Script.

Elizabeth Scurfield and Song Lianyi

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63ChineseEnglish glossary

jchicken

j scale (of wind force)

j? how many (small number)?

j dia n? what time?

jin measure word for an item of clothing

jio teach

jio to be called, to call

ji aozi (boiled) dumpling

jito meet

jn near, close

jntin today

ksh but

ky can

kui (basic unit of) Chinese currency

l-dzi to have diarrhoea

li to come

lng cold

liang two (of something)

lngdi tie (noun)

lu building

lgreen

Lndn London

ma? question particle

mai to buy

mn slow, slowly

moywoollen sweater

mi not (have)

mi gunxi it doesnt matter

Migu-rnAmerican person

mintio noodles

mio temple

mngnin next year

mngpin name card

mngtin tomorrow

na ge / ni ge? which one?

n ge / ni ge that one

na gu(rn)? which country (person)?

nbin / nibin over there

nn dicult

nar? where?

ne? what about?

ni ge? / na ge? which one?

ni g / n ge that one

ni gu(rn)? which country (person)?

Ni tin? Which day?

nibin / nbin over there

nyou

n ha o hello

nmenyou (plural)

nnyou (polite form)

nn hao hello (respectful)

pngyou friend

pio ticket

pioliang beautiful, handsome (can refer to

men as well as women)

pji u beer

ptaojiu wine

qinbin the front, ahead (literally front side)

qgui strange

qng fine (of weather), clear sky

qngplease

qng dng-yi-dngplease wait for a moment

Qng n zi shu y c. Could you please saythat again?

Qng shu mn yd ianr. Please speak a littleslower.

qng wn? may I ask?

qwn (weather) temperature

q go

r hot

ru meat

Shnghai Shanghai

shnme? what?

shnme shhou when, what time?

sh to be (am / are / is)

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oynhu the Olympic Games

bayoud better or letsba i hundred

bi white

bitin daytime

bn half

Bijng Beijing

bngdng ice lantern

Bng- ma-yong Terracotta Army

b no, not

b xiyoure welcome

b zi not to be in

bcupretty nice / good, not bad

csuo toiletch tea

Chngchng the Great Wall

cha general word for vehicle

chzhn bus stop, station

chto eat

chzchtaxi

c time (as in three times)

d big

da ti jqun do Tai Chi

di to bring

dnrn single person / single

de a little word indicating possession orbelonging

Dng-yi-xi. Wait for a while.

dnglong a lantern

d used before numerals to form ordinalnumbers like first, second, etc.

d j ? which (ordinal) number?

dlow

dia n oclock

dinhu telephone

-di anr a little (short forydianr)

dinz yujin e-maildng to book

dufu tofu

d degree

du correct, yes

dubuq (Im) sorry

dzi tng stomachache

fndin hotel

fngjin room

fngl wind force

fnzhng minute (literally division or divideclock)

fjn nearby

go tall

g measure word (for general use)

gi to give

gnggng qchbus

Guangzhu Guangzhou

Ggng the Palace Museum.

gupast

ho date (of a month)

haoch(good to eat) delicious

haoh(good to drink) delicious

haokn pretty, good looking, beautiful

homa number

hto drink

hn very

hng red (black for tea)

hngl dng trac lights

hunyng welcome

hu beable to, know how to

hulai to return, come back

huo chtrain

huo ch zhn train station

ChineseEnglish glossary

3Only got a minute?

Only got a minute?

Chinese, in one form or another, is spoken by more people

around the globe than any other language and China is now

starting to claim a major role for itself in the global economy.

For these reasons alone, it is worthwhile trying to learn at least

a little of the language. It is also the worlds oldest language

still in use and its cultural history can be traced back over

3,500 years. Mandarin Chinese, which you will be learning in

this course, is the Chinese language with the most speakers;

and even those Chinese for whom Mandarin is not the mother

tongue will be proficient in Mandarin, as it is the dominant

language of the Peoples Republic of China. It is also the

main language of Taiwan and one of the ocial languages in

Singapore.

While you may have an idea that Mandarin will

be a dicult language to learn, this is not necessarily true,

at least as far as speaking it is concerned. Its grammar is

remarkably simple and regular. For example, there is only



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ever one form of the verb, unlike in English, where we have

to be, am, is, are, was, were,will be In Mandarin one verb

form covers all these functions. Some learners worry that

they wont be able to learn the tones of Mandarin: but if

you learn the tone every time you learn a new word, you will

soon find that you produce the correct tone automatically.

Even if your tones are not brilliant, people can still

understand you fairly easily when they are actually speaking

with you.

We hope that, with the aid of this course, you should

have a decent grounding in spoken Mandarin Chinese and

that, by the end of the course, you will have the confidence

to give it a go when you go to China, whether that be for

business or for pleasure.

61Listening skills: Survival phrases

Use of apostrophe

An apostrophe () is used to show where the break comes betweentwo syllables if there is any possible ambiguity in pronunciation. Forexample, shr (not shr), ymier (not ymier).

Hyphens

We have used hyphens to show you that two syllables are closely linkedtogether. This will encourage you to say them together. For example wo-de, n-de, Migu-rn.

We have also inserted a hyphen in numbers, where we think that by

doing so it makes it clearer for you. For example rsh-s is 24 and ba-bai is 800. We have also done this for telephone numbers, for exampleyo-sn-r (132) s-li-b-wu (4685) and so on.

Use of pausemark

In a list, even if it only consists of two items, for example tujnlngdi,the Chinese use a form of pausemark () between the items and not acomma. This also applies when we say seven or eight (minutes for

example). In Chinese this would be qb (fnzhng). The comma isused for longer pauses.

Listening skills: Survival phrases

Please say it again. Qng zi shu y c.Slowly, please. Qng shu mn ydianr.Is that right? Du bu du?What does it mean? Sh shnme ysi?I dont understand. Tng-bu-dong.



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Tones

Chinese is a tonal language. Every syllable in Chinese has its own tone.Mandarin Chinese has four distinct tones plus a neutral tone. Thismeans that syllables that are pronounced the same but have different

tones will mean different things.

The four tones are represented by the following marks which are putover the vowel or over the main vowel of a syllable where there are twoor three vowels:

1st tone, high and level 2nd tone, rising 3rd tone, falling then rising` 4th tone, falling

TONE CHANGES

Occasionally syllables may change their tone. When two 3rd tones occurtogether, the first one is said as a 2nd tone to make it easier to say. Wehave still marked this as a 3rd tone in the booklet otherwise you maythink that it is always a 2nd tone which it isnt. For example, N haoHello is actually said N hao.

If three 3rd tones occur together, the first two are normally said as 2ndtones: Wo y xhuan is said as W y xhuan.

5Only got a minute?Only got five minutes?

5Only got five minutes?

Now that China is starting to claim a major role for itself in the globaleconomy, it seems like a really good time to get to grips with learningat least some of the language. After all, China is not only the largestcountry in the world, it is also the most populous (1.3 billion people,at the last census), and so it stands to reason that more people speakChinese worldwide than speak any other language. Further estimatesfrom various sources have Mandarin Chinese as being spoken bysomething in the order of900 million people as their mother tongue.The official language is spoken in Hong Kong and Taiwan, in additionto China itself and, as is the case with many other widely spokenlanguages, each of these places has its own variation. There are also

immigrant populations spread across the world, in Australia, the UnitedKingdom, the United States and Canada to name but four of the largest.

The cultural heritage of China is very old indeed and once you have goteven the smallest amount of knowledge under your belt, you will finda world of delight in the literature and art that abound in that cultureand until such time as you decide to learn a little written Chinese, thetranscribed form of Chinese, known as pinyin, exists as an aid in allsorts of places: look out for road signs, street names and so on, as thesewill help you get around on any visits you may make to China and, ofcourse, the big international players in the modern globalized world

have an instantly recognizable look, whether their names are written in

Chinese or not!

The Chinese we will be learning on this course is known as MandarinChinese and you may well be trying the course for the very reasonthat you are familiar with this term this is, obviously, not the termthe Chinese themselves use for the language spoken by the majority ofChinese people but, rather, an historical, perhaps somewhat derogatory,term that was applied by non-Chinese and was originally used todescribe the language, because that was what westerners heard spoken



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at the Chinese court, i.e. by the mandarins who ruled the country atthe time. Later the term was used to encompass the majority of thepopulation (the Han). It has since come to be regarded as national

Chinese, as more than 70% of Chinese people speak it, in one dialect oranother. The Chinese themselves call this language putonghua, whichmeans common speech. Although the term Mandarin Chinese is still in

common usage, we in the west are starting to use the expression ModernStandard Chinese (MSC) instead, which is possibly more acceptable toour PC ears. Throughout this course, you will be getting quite a broadexposure to it!

This national language, just referred to as putonghua, is what is taughtin educational institutions across the country and is used in China-wide media of all types, including film. This is particularly useful foryou, as a learner, as wherever you happen to find yourself in this largecountry, you should be able both to understand what is being said to

you and also make yourself understood when you respond to what isbeing said. Of course, there is always the problem of regional variationsin dialect and accent, but persevere! In the countries referred to in theopening paragraph, putonghua is also spoken (although, naturally, thepeople refer to it by another name!) and it is definitely the language ofchoice in Hong Kong now, which may be a decider for you should yoube planning a trip to the Far East and China seems, perhaps, a littledaunting. Hong Kong is, after all, an international hotspot for culture,nightlife and tourism as well as being at the forefront of global tradingactivities.

We have mentioned pinyin earlier, too: this is the name given to themethod of transcribing the Chinese characters into an acceptablephonetic alphabet for western learners. This system did not come intoregular commission until the late 1950s but has now reached the stageof widespread use in the west. It helps with native Chinese childrenin teaching pronunciation and, as a phonetic way of transliteratingthe characters, it is very effective in transmitting the complexi ty of thelanguage in a relatively straightforward way. We mentioned street signswith pinyin on them in China in fact, you do not have to stray thatfar away from home to see something similar. Should you find yourself

59Cultural information

CHINESE MEDICINE

Chinese medicine is still very much part of peoples everyday life.

Although Chinese people usually go to a general hospital, rather thana hospital specializing in Chinese medicine, they often use ready-madeChinese medicine (powders, pills, balls, plaster, etc.) for a variety of

daily illnesses. People can purchase these medicines in pharmacieswithout a prescription.

SIZE MATTERS!

In China, sizes of clothes and shoes are measured in centimetres.

LOAN WORDS

Dinz yujin or ymier both mean e-mailin English. They are both

loan words. Dinz yujin is the literal translation into Chinese ofelectronic mailwhereas ymier is the transliteration of the word e-mailinto Chinese. Increasingly people are using both the English words aswell as their Chinese translation. For example, Chinese people will useWTO for Shji Moy Zuzh, the World Trade Organization, bye-bye forzijin, etc. As you can imagine, young people tend to use the Englishwords.



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Cartons of cigarettes have always been favoured as small gifts to smoothyour way through small-scale negotiations of many kinds. Some ruralwomen, doing physical labour either in the town or country, smoke

quite heavily but generally more men smoke than women.

WHICH WAY TO GO?

It is common when people give you directions that they tell you to gonorth, south, east, or west rather than left, right, etc. The four directionsare: dng (east), x(west), nn (south) and bi (north).

Note the order in which the Chinese say these dng (east) first becauseChina is in the East and that is therefore the most important referencepoint, followed by x(west), nn (south), and lastly bi (north). Peoplesay wang dng zou, for goeast, literally towards east walk, or wang nnzou, for go south, etc.

SINGLE OR RETURN?

In China, it is still not easy to book return tickets for train and coachjourneys. You may now book return flights but there is usually nodiscount, that is, its simply twice the single fare.

DIRECT OR INDIRECT?

Many westerners may find the Chinese impolite in that they makenegative comments about things either directly to you or in front of

you to somebody else. For example, they might say to you, You aretoo thin for this dress. They believe it to be a fact, at least to themand therefore not at all impolite. They also like to suggest to you, forexample, when it is cold, that you need to put on more clothes. This, toa Chinese person, is a sign of care and concern.

Although this has changed a great deal in cities and among the youngergeneration, it is still fairly common in daily life.

7Only got a minute?Only got five minutes?

in London with time to kill, take a stroll through Chinatown. Youwill see plenty of signs here in Chinese characters with transliterationunderneath, but unfortunately the transliteration is mostly in Cantonese

spelling. You will notice that even the telephone boxes have Chinesecharacters on them! Fortunately most of the waiters and waitresses inthe restaurants are able to speak Mandarin. A very useful and practical

way in which to practise what you have learned and interesting, too,for you can see the Chinese community in London at work and at playin a cosmopolitan capital city.

The characters that make up Chinese are essentially monosyllabic andthere are over 400 basic sounds, there being so comparatively fewbecause of simplification over the 3,500 years in which Chinese has beenevolving and developing. Although monosyllabic, Chinese is also tonal,so the complexity that arises is due to the combination of these twoaspects in conjunction: there are four tones, therefore we end up with

four times the number of monosyllables that we started this paragraphwith, i.e. we now have about 1,400 different sounds as some soundand tone combinations dont exist. The word stock in Chinese is alsoenriched and enhanced by combining different characters with oneanother. In actual communication, always in a given context, confusionand ambiguity rarely occur.

We hope that this short introduction has encouraged you to let yourselfgo and have a go!



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10 Only got ten minutes?The Chinese language

Chinese can now be considered as very much an international languageand is one of the six official languages of the United Nations, alongsideArabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish. With over 1.4 billionmother tongue speakers spread across the globe, Chinese is, quitepossibly, the fastest growing spoken language in the world, in terms ofnumbers. In addition to its being an official language of the UN (and,obviously, in China itself), Chinese is also the official language in HongKong (with the spoken language being Cantonese of course, rather thanMandarin, with English as the other official language), Taiwan and

Macau (with Portuguese the other official language) and one of the fourofficial languages spoken in Singapore (but it is not the main languagein this last country). It is recognized as a regional language in Malaysiaand, interestingly enough, in the United States of America. The largeimmigrant population is obviously the reason for this and it can beseen that similar immigrant populations to other parts of the globe arehaving the same sort of effect.

Although written Chinese is a very different proposition, spokenChinese has a high level of internal diversity, and even though all spokenregional varieties have tonality in common, the number of tones may

differ. There are generally considered to be around 13 main dialectic/language (even this distinction is controversial) groups but the languagethat is spoken by the most people by far is the language we are goingto be learning in this course: Mandarin Chinese, which is spoken as amother tongue by approximately 900 million people. Other groupingsinclude Wu and Cantonese, the latter being spoken by 6070 millionpeople. Furthermore, it is usually thought that these main groupings aremutually unintelligible.

Chinese as it is spoken within China shows huge variations, as wehave just seen, from north to south, west to east. It is, therefore, to be

57Cultural information

TEA VS. COFFEE

Tea is by far the most popular drink in China, although coffee and other

soft drinks are becoming more and more popular among the youngergeneration.

DUMPLINGS OF ALL KINDS

The Chinese love food with stuffing, i.e. dumplings of all kinds.

Jiaozi are the most popular, particularly in the north. Other types ofdumplings are bozi (steamed dumplings), xinbng (fried pancakes) andguti (fried dumplings).

Eating lots of meat is something of a status symbol it shows you havemoney. Not so long ago, most rural Chinese survived on rice or noodles

with vegetables and ate very little meat. Meat was only eaten on specialoccasions as it was so expensive. Nowadays many more Chinese canafford to eat meat so not eating meat might be seen as an indication thatyou are poor, so this might also be a reason why compared to the westthere are far fewer vegetarians in China.

CREDIT CARDS

Plastic cards are popular in China. Recent statistics show there arenearly 100 million of them in China. However, these are mostly cardsfor drawing cash out at ATMs, not full credit cards. Although big hotels

and restaurants in big cities take credit cards, its still much less commonin China than it is in the west. Therefore, you probably need to ask

Shu xnyng ka ma? quite often if you dont carry much cash with you.And certainly before you sit down in a nice restaurant for a meal withseveral friends!

SMOKING

There is not much awareness at present in China about the dangersmoking poses to health and even less awareness of the dangers ofpassive smoking. What brand of cigarette you smoke is a status symbol

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Cultural information

N VS. nn

The difference between n and nn is similar to tu and vous in French.Nn is used for people senior to you (generally a generation aboveyou), people with higher social status (e.g. teachers, officials) and yoursuperior at work. Many Chinese will probably use nn hao for foreignerswhen they say hello. When people know each other well, they preferto use n. This is especially true for young people. However, there areindividual differences, i.e. some people tend to use nn more than others.

SURNAME FIRST

In most western names the given name comes first, hence first name,

and the family name comes last, hence last name. In Chinese, surnamesalways come first. This is because a surname is shared by all membersof the family, and is regarded as being the most important. What isimportant should come first. Your given name is your own, thus onlysecondary. If you address someone with his or her titl e, such as Dr,Mr, Miss, Professor, etc. the title comes after the surname or full name:

Wng xinsheng, for Mr Wang, Chn Yngyng xiaojie for Miss YingyingChen.

NAME CARDS

In China, exchanging name cards or business cards is far more commonthan it is in the West. If you decide to do business in China, a businesscard with your name, title and contact details in Chinese on it will makethe initial encounter a little smoother and convince the Chinese peopleyou deal with that you really mean business!

TELEPHONE ETIQUETTE

In China, the most common greeting when picking up the phone is wi,although these days more and more people say wi followed by n hao.

Its very unusual to say your number when picking up the phone.9Only got ten minutes?

expected that there is no one form of Chinese when it is spoken as themain language in another country (see earlier for these other countries) each of these countries has its own dialect and once more we findthat even within these countries, there are marked differences fromone region to another, whether this be accent, pronunciation or moremarked and profound differences that might render a speaker of one

dialect not understood by a speaker of another.

With Chinas expansion into the global market, the numbers of non-Chinese people, businesspeople and other people alike, who are turningto the learning of Chinese as an essential medium of communication forthe future, are booming. With so much manufacturing taking place inChina nowadays and outsourcing of other industries and with Chinasown push to leave the third world behind and try to forge entry for itselfand its people into the first, it makes enormous sense for westerners tolearn at least the basics of Chinese, because protocols are very different

from those of the west and, if we wish to avoid antagonizing ourfriends, business colleagues and other people, these protocols must belearned, too.

Of course, there are so many native speakers of Chinese because of thesize of the Chinese population: some 1.4 billion worldwide. Until fairlyrecently, Chinese government policy included a one child requirementfor families, in order to try and keep population growth within bounds.This requirement has now been dropped and the expectation is,therefore, that Chinas population will swell even more rapidly. Anotherreason to learn some Chinese, because you will have many more people

to practise your language skills with!

So, we can see that globalization, international trade and, now, tourismhave all played a huge role in contributing to the continuing and widespread of Chinese and, of course, Beijings staging the Olympic Gamesin 2008 has boosted Chinas image on the worldwide stage, in additionto its possessing some of the most famous tourist attractions in theworld (the Great Wall being but one).

Written documentation on the development of Chinese goes back for

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And, as the speakers of the language have developed and changed overthis time, so, too, has the language itself. Probably the main changewould be the apparent simplification of the form of the language,resulting in the alphabet consisting of a mere 400 or so syllables.And yet, the language continues to be vibrant and evolving, due to the

extensions possible through compounding and tonal additions.

Other languages spoken in China

We have mentioned that, in addition to regional variations and dialects,there are several other actual languages spoken in China althoughMandarin is spoken by the overwhelming majority of the population.The second language, in terms of numbers speaking it, is Wu, whichis estimated to be spoken by anywhere between 90 and 100 million,e.g. in Shanghai and surrounding regions, Min, spoken by a further

6070 million (estimated number, e.g. in Fujian Province and Taiwan)and, the other language you have undoubtedly heard of, Cantonese,which is also spoken by approximately 6070 million people (e.g. inHong Kong and Guangdong Province). Then there are two reasonablywidespread languages that are spoken in China, namely, Xiang andHakka, although, as we referred to briefly earlier, there is somecontroversy as to whether these constitute languages as such or whetherthey are really dialects. Xiang (known also as Hunanese, as it is spokenpredominantly (but not exclusively) in Hunan Province) is a languagethat has been profoundly influenced by Mandarin and is spoken byabout 3540 million people in Hunan and also Sichuan Province. (It

may be of interest to know that Mao Zedong was born in HunanProvince and belief has it that, although a native speaker of Xiang, hewas not at all fluent in Mandarin!) Hakka is spoken mainly in the southof China and was originally confined to the Hakka people, but is nowalso predominant in Taiwan and in Chinese immigrant populationsaround the world (very approximate numbers of Hakka speakers 3540million).

55Conversation 3/10

M1 This is my name card.F1 Thank you. You are British, arent you?M1 Yes. Do you have a name card?F1 Sorry, I didnt bring it with me. Ill leave you my phone number.M1 Im ready.F1 131.M1 131.F1 7425.M1 7425.F1 6900.M1 6900.F1 You are welcome to come and visit China again.

M1 Ill definitely come again in 2008.F1 Yes. Come to Beijing to watch the Olympic Games.M1 I hope you will go to Britain in 2012.F1 Yes. To watch the Olympic Games in London.



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Conversation 3/10

L CD3, TR15

M1 Zhi sh wo-de mngpin.F1 Xixie. N sh Ynggu-rn ba?M1 Sh. N you mngpin ma?F1 Dubuq, wo mi di. Wo gi n wo-de dinhu ba.M1 N shu ba.F1 Yo-sn-yo.M1 Yo-sn-yo.F1 Q-s-r-wu.M1 Q-s-r-wu.F1 Li-jiu-lng-lng.M1 Li-jiu-lng-lng.F1 Hunyng n zi li Zhnggu.

M1 r-lng-lng-b nin wo ydng z i li.F1 Du. Li Bijng kn oynhu.M1 r-lng-y-r nin xwng n q Ynggu.F1 Du. Q Lndn kn oynhu.

11Only got ten minutes?

Grammar: the essentials

The fundamental building block of the Chinese language is the character,a single-syllable morpheme whereby each individual character forms oneidea. And there are in the region of400 of these basic monosyllables inChinese when these individual cells of the language are combined,

they form homophones, in which Chinese abounds. Unfortunately, thisis what adds to the complicated nature of the language. This difficulty(for us as learners of Chinese) is ameliorated somewhat by Chinesesbeing a tonal language. Putonghua has four tones, so our original paltry400 odd monosyllables become over 1,400 different sounds (as somesound plus tone combinations dont exist) in one fell swoop. But alsothe characters that in Chinese we find combined in this way have similarmeanings when used to form the new word confusion here is avoidedsince, when used separately, individual characters may take on anothermeaning, in combination, they can usually only mean one thing.

Most syllables in Chinese consist of two elements: an initial and a final,the former being a consonant at the beginning of the syllable and thelatter, the rest of the syllable.

Initials

There are some 21 initials in Modern Standard Chinese (MSC), whichis what you will be learning on this course. The semi-vowels w andy are considered by some to be initials, too. In addition, there is ng,a sound that occurs at the end of a syllable, as the same sound does in

English. This sound includes six aspirated initials and six unaspiratedinitials, all 12 of which are voiceless. When making an aspirated sound,a feather or a sheet of paper held in front of your mouth will move;when making an unaspirated one, it should not. Lack of vibration inyour vocal chords renders the initial voiceless.

Finals

Chinese has 36 finals, which are composed of a simple or compoundvowel or a vowel plus a nasal consonant. Some syllables may lack theinitial consonant but none lack a vowel.



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Tones

The four tones in Chinese (remember from our earlier discussion thattheir presence multiplies the number of possible sounds available toabout 1,400) are variations in pitch rising, continuing and falling.

Each syllable in the language has its own specific tone, so they are animportant component in word formation.

The first tone is high and level, the second is rising, the third tone is ashort fall followed by a rising tone and the fourth tone is a falling tone.(Note, however, that you do not have to produce a particular sort ofsound in your own speech all the tones occur naturally within thevoice range.)

There is also a neutral tone, i.e. the syllable is toneless: all particles are

neutral, the second half of a repeated word may be in neutral tone,fill-in syllables are neutral and the second syllable in a compound maybe neutral (but on other occasions, not, so this neutrality has to beindicated in the text). One example is xixie, thank you.

In the spoken language, you will find that it is rare for tones to be giventheir full value, but this doesnt let you off the hook! You should stilllearn them as if they were and, also, be aware that learning the wordswith their tone takes time, practise, and lots of listening and repetitionon your part. So do persevere!

Some additional points

Here are a couple of little extras, to cheer you up as you are about toembark on this course its all in the mind, you know:

One way in which to ask questions in Chinese is to use both positiveand negative forms of the verb together. And then the correspondinganswer is neitheryes nor no but either the positive or negative form ofthat verb.

53Conversation 3/9

F1 Would you like to take Chinese medicine or western medicine?M1 Can I have a look at the medicine?F1 This kind of Chinese medicine is good, very eective.M1 How do you take it?F1 (You) take it three times a day.M1 For how many days?F1 Two to t hree days.M1 How much does it cost?F1 29 kuai.

F2 Whats this called in Chinese?M2 A lantern.F2 Lantern. Its beautiful. How much is it?M2 Theyre 100 kuai each.F2 Thats too much/expensive.M2 80 kuai. Is that okay?F2 Okay. Ill have one.M2 Why not have two? One for 80 kuai, two for 150 kuai.F2 I dont want two.M2 You should buy a pair.F2 Sorry, I dont understand.M2 A pair.F2 What does yi duir mean?M2 Yiduir means a pair.F2 Okay. Ill have two then.M2 160 kuai.F2 Thats not correct, is it? It should be 150 kuai.M2 Sorry. Its 150 kuai.



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F1 N xia ng chZhngyo, chXyo?M1 Wo k nkan sh shnme yo, ky ma?F1 Ky. Zhi zhong Zhngyo hn hao, hn you xio.M1 Znme ch?F1 Y tin chsn c.M1 Chj tin?F1 Lia ng, sn tin.M1 Dushao qin?F1 r-sh-ji u kui .

Conversation 3/9

L CD3, TR14

F2 Zhi ge Zhngwn jio shnme?M2 Dnglong.F2 Dnglong. Zhn haokn. Dushao qin?M2 Y-ba i ku i y ge.F2 Ti gu le.M2 B sh kui , hao bu hao?F2 Hao ba. Wo mai y ge.M2 Mai li ang ge ba. Y ge b sh kui . Liang ge y -ba i wu sh kui.F2 Wo bu yo l iang ge.M2 Ynggi mai y dur.F2 Dubuq. Wo tng-bu-dong.M2 Y dur.F2 Y dur sh shnme ysi?M2 Y dur ji sh liang ge.F2 Hao ba . Wo mai liang g e.M2 Y-bai li sh ku i.F2 B du ba. Ynggi sh y-ba i wu sh k ui.M2 Dubuq. Sh y-b ai wu sh kui .

13Only got ten minutes?

As you know by now, Chinese does not have a phonetic alphabetand pinyin is the nearest we in the west get to a recognizable formof transcribing it. It will be very useful for you in this course, as itprovides a relatively accurate guide to correct pronunciation.

Where names in the west appear in the form title, given name,

surname, in Chinese they appear totally the other way around, viz.surname, given name, title. Hence, Mao, to whom we referred earlieron in this section, is the Chinese leaders surname and Zedong isactually his given name.

Some adjectives function as verbs, a form known as stative verbs,meaning that, in a to be verb, there is no need for the to be bit of it.

Unlike in English, an adverb will always go in front of the verb it isqualifying.

One feature of the language that should please you immensely(especially if you have learned other languages in the past or if Englishis not your first language and you have had to struggle with thisaspect) is that all verbs are invariable meaning that they remainexactly the same, no matter what else is going on! Another feature ofverbs that you will like is that (with one exception the verb to have

you), negation comes through the use ofb, which precedes the verb.

We hope that this short introduction has kindled that spark of interestthat led you to pick up this book in the first place.



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Conversation 1: Getting to know people

PART 1: GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE 1

L CD1, TR3

Wang Nn hao!Brown N hao!Wang Nn sh Bla ng xinsheng ma?Brown Sh.Wang Wo jio Wng L l.Brown Wo jio Pe ter Brown.Wang Blang xinsheng, hunyng nn li Bijng.Brown Xixie.

InsightAre tones important?

Yes and no. In a given context, people can understandyou even though your tones might not be great but tones areimportant, especially when it comes to names, in particularpeoples names or place names.

As different tones for the same sound, e.g. b, b, ba, b,mean completely different things, everybody would like his orher name to sound the way it is intended, e.g. Xiao Wng meanslittle Wang but Xio Wng could mean exterminate Wang.

PART 2: GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE 2

L CD1, TR8

Leigh Qng wn, n sh Chn x iaojie ma ?Chen Sh. Wo jio Chn Yngyng. N sh?Leigh Wo jio Pat Leigh . Wo li ji n.Chen A, L xinsheng, n hao!Leigh Chn xi aojie, h unyng n li Lndn.Chen Xixie n li ji wo .

The four symbols `refer to the Chinese tones. See Tones near theback of the booklet for a full explanation.

51Conversation 3/8

M1 Its a lovely day.F1 A little hot.M1 I like hot weather.F1 I dont like hot weather. I like cold weather.M1 Where are we going today?F1 We can go to the Great Wall or we can go to the Palace

Museum.

M1 The Great Wall and the Palace Museum.F1 Which one do you want to go to first?M1 Will it rain today?F1 There is no rain today. There will be rain tomorrow.M1 The weather is good today, so lets go to the Great Wall.

F1 Okay.

F2 Daytime today. The weather is fine. Wind force will be 1to 2. In the evening, there will be showers. The highest

temperature will be 26 degrees (Celsius). Night-time today,

cloudy. The lowest temperature will be 13 degrees (Celsius).

Daytime tomorrow. It will be fine. Wind force will be 2 to 3.

The highest temperature will be 24 degrees (Celsius).

F1 Can I help you?M1 My stomach doesnt feel right.F1 Are you having diarrhoea?M1 A little.



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Conversation 3/7: Part 1

L CD3, TR11

M1 Tinqi zhn hao.F1 Youdianr r.M1 Wo x huan r tinqi.F1 Wo b x huan r tinqi . Wo xhuan lng tinqi.M1 Jntin women q nar?F1 Women ky q Chngchng, y ky q

Ggng.M1 Chngchng Ggng.F1 N xia ng x in q ni ge?M1 Jntin xi yu ma?F1 Jntin mi you yu , mn gtin you y u.M1 Jntin tinqi ha o, women q Chngchng ba.

F1 Xng.


L CD3, TR12

F2 Jntin bitin, qng, fngl, y, r j. Wanshang you xi ao yu , zugo qwn r-sh-li d. Jntin yjin, yn, zu dqwn shsnd. Mngtin bitin, qng, fngl, r, sn j. Zu go qwn r-sh-s d.

Conversation 3/8

L CD3, TR13

F1 Nn x iang yo mai sh nme?M1 Wo-de d zi b shfu.F1 L dzi ma?M1 Youydianr.

15Conversation 1: Getting to know people

Wang Hello.Brown Hello.Wang Are you Mr Brown?Brown Yes.Wang My name is Wang Lili.Brown My name is Peter Brown.Wang Mr Brown, welcome to Beijing.Brown Thank you.

Leigh Excuse me, are you Miss Chen?Chen Yes, my name is Chen Yingying. You are?Leigh My name is Pat Leigh. Ive come to meet you.Chen Ah, Mr Leigh, hello.Leigh Miss Chen, welcome to London.Chen Thank you for coming to meet me.



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InsightChinese people hardly ever address people whom they are notfamiliar with by their first name. For such people they mightuse nn (the polite form foryou). Although nn is used less thanit used to be, it is still widely used. The general rule is that youuse it for people who are senior to you in age and social status,

for example, people one generation above you, your boss, andvery often teachers, regardless of their age.

Conversation 2: Exchanging information and asking for atelephone number

PART 1: EXCHANGING INFORMATION

L CD1, TR13

Brown N you mngpin ma?Wang Dubuq. Mi you.Brown Mi gunxi.Wang Zh sh wo-de di nhu.Brown Lng-yo-r-sn q-b-ji u li -w u-s .Wang Du.Brown Xixie n.Wang Nn-de dinhu ne?Brown Lng yo r sn qb jiu s sn li.Wang Xixie, xixie.

PART 2: ASKING FOR A TELEPHONE N UMBERL CD1, TR18

Chinese woman Wi, n hao!Brown Sh Chn Yngyng ma?Chinese woman B sh. Chn Yngyng b zi.Brown N you t-de shoujdinhu ma?Chinese woman You. Q ng dng-yi-dng.(A moment later.)

Chinese woman Yo-sn-r.49Conversation 3/6

M1 On the left (side).F1 Sorry. Its on the right.M1 On the right.F1 Yes, on your right.M1 Thank you.F1 Dont mention it.

M2 Can I book train tickets here?F2 Yes. Where are you going?M2 To Guangzh ou.

F2 How many (tickets)?M2 Two.F2 Two tickets to Guangzhou, is that right?M2 Thats right.F2 For today?M2 No. Its for Thursday.F2 Thursday May 6th.M2 Thats right.F2 7.30 in the morning (or 7.30 am).M2 Are there tickets for evening trains?F2 11.08 in the evening (or 11.08 pm).M2 Thats fine.F2 640 kuai.

M2 How much?F2 640 kuai.



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M1 Zuobin.F1 Dubuq. Sh yubin.M1 Yubin.F1 Du. N-de yubin.

M1 Xixie.F1 B yng xi.

Conversation 3/6

L CD3, TR10

M2 Wo ky zi zhr dng huoch pio ma?F2 Ky. Q nar?M2 Q Guangzhu.

F2 J zhng?M2 Lia ng zhng.F2 Lia ng zhng q Guangzhu de huoch pio, du ma?M2 Du.F2 Jntin de ma?M2 B sh. Xngqs.F2 Xngqs, wu yu li ho.M2 Du.F2 Zaoshang qdia n bn.M2 You me i you wanshang de?F2 Wanshang sh ydian lng b fn.M2 Ky.F2 Li-bai ss h ku i.

M2 Dushao qin?F2 Li-bai ss h ku i.

17Conversation 2: Exchanging information and asking for a telephone number

Brown Do you have a name card?Wang I am sorry. I dont (have one).Brown It doesnt matter. (No problem.)Wang This is my telephone (number).Brown 0123 789 654.Wang Correct.Brown Thank you.Wang What about your telephone number?Brown 0123 789 436.Wang Thank you.

Chinese woman Hello.Brown Are you Chen Yingying?Chinese woman No. She is not in.Brown Do you have her mobile phone number?Chinese woman Yes. A moment, please.(A moment later.)

Chinese woman 132.



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Brown Yo-sn-r.Chinese woman S-li-b-wu.Brown Li-b-wu.Chinese woman B du, s-li-b-wu.

Brown S-li-b-wu.Chinese woman Lng-s-yo-q.Brown Lng-s-yo-q.Chinese woman Du.Brown Yo-sn-r s-li-b-wu l ng-s-yo-q.Chinese woman Du.Brown Xixie n.Chinese woman B xi.

See Hyphens near the back of the booklet for a full explanation of theuse of the hyphen.

Conversation 3: Having a drink and having a meal

PART 1: HAVING A DRINK

L CD1, TR22

Waitress Nmen h shnme?Wang Women h ch.Waitress H shnme ch?Brown Wo h hng ch.Waitress Nn ne?

Wang Wo h l ch.Waitress Qng dng-yi-dng.Brown Xixie.(Waitress comes with the tea.)

Waitress Zh sh nn-de hng ch.Brown Xixie.Waitress Zh sh nn-de l ch.Wang Xixie.Brown Zhn haoh.

47Conversation 3/5

F1 Hello. Beijing Hotel.M1 Do you have any rooms available, please?F1 Which day?M1 Today.F1 How many (of you)?M1 Three.F1 How many days are you staying?M1 Two days.F1 Single rooms (or) double rooms?M1 One single room, one double room.F1 600 kuai a day for the single room, and 800 kuai a day for the

double room.

M1 Im sorry, could you please say that again?F1 600 kuai a day for the single room, and 800 kuai a day for thedouble room.

M1 Do you take credit cards?F1 Yes.M1 Okay.

M1 Excuse me, is that the train station?F1 No, its not. The train station is up ahead.M1 Is it far?F1 No. It's 5 or 6 minutes on foot.M1 5 or 6 minutes?F1 Past the trac lights, and then straight ahead.M1 Past the trac lights.F1 Yes. Keep going straight ahead.M1 Straight ahead.F1 Yes, the (train) station is on your left.



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Conversation 3/4

L CD3, TR8

F1 Nn hao. Bijng Fndin.M1 Qng wn, you fngjin ma?F1 Ni tin?M1 Jntin.F1 J wi?M1 Sn wi.F1 Zh j tin?M1 Lia ng t in.F1 Dnrn fngjin, shungrn fngjin?M1 Y ge dnrn fngjin, y ge shungrn fngjin.F1 Dnrn fngjin li-ba i kui y tin, shungrn fngjin b-bai

kui y tin.

M1 Dubuq, qng n zi shu

y c.F1 Dnrn fngjin li-ba i kui y tin, shungrn fngjin b-baikui y tin.

M1 Shu xnyng ka ma?F1 Shu.M1 Hao.

Conversation 3/5

L CD3, TR9

M1 Qng wn, ni sh huochzhn ma?F1 B s h. Huochzhn zi qinbin.M1 Yuan bu yua n?F1 B yuan. Zou l wuli fnzhng.M1 Wu, l i fnzhng?F1 Gu hngl dng, wang qin zou.M1 Gu hngl dng.F1 Du. Yzh wang qin zou .M1 Wang qin zou.F1 Du. Huochzhn zi n-de zuobin.

19Conversation 3: Having a drink and having a meal

Brown 132.Chinese woman 4685.Brown 685.Chinese woman No, its 4685.

Brown 4685.Chinese woman 0417.Brown 0417.Chinese woman Correct.Brown 132 4685 0417.Chinese woman Correct.Brown Thank you.Chinese woman Youre welcome.

Waitress What will you drink?Wang Well have tea.Waitress What kind of tea?Brown Ill have black tea.Waitress What about you?

Wang Ill have green tea.Waitress A moment, please.Brown Thank you.(Waitress comes with the tea.)

Waitress This (here) is your black tea.Brown Thank you.Waitress This (here) is your green tea.Wang Thank you.Brown Its really delicious.



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InsightChinese people, especially those from the north, tend to saythe number 1 (y) as yo when giving you telephone numbers,or numbers in an e-mail address, etc. This is largely because y

sounds similar to q(7).

PART 2: HAVING A MEAL

L CD1, TR26

Waiter Nmen chshnme?Wang T chjia ozi.Waiter Nn ne?Wang Wo chmintio.Brown Women b chru.Waiter Nmen h shnme?

Brown Pj iu.Waiter Qng dng-yi-dng.(A little while later the waiter brings the food but not the beer.)

Waiter Zh sh nn-de jiaozi .Brown Xixie.Waiter Zh sh nn-de mintio.Wang Pj iu ne?Waiter Dubuq. Qng dng-yi-dng.(A little later.)

Brown Jiaozi zhn h aoch.Wang Pj iu y zhn haoh.

Conversation 4: Booking a room and booking a table

PART 1: BOOKING A ROOM

L CD1, TR29

Receptionist Nn hao.Brown Qng wn, you fngjin ma?Receptionist You. J wi?Brown Liang wi.

45Conversation 3/3

F1 Yes, a moment please.[short pause]

F1 133 721 9546.M1 Please speak a little slower.

F1 133 721 9546.M1 133 721 9576.F1 No, its 9546.M1 9546.F1 Thats correct.M1 Thank you.F1 Youre welcome.

M2 (waiter) What would you like to eat?M1 Wed like to have a fish (dish).M2 What (kind of) fish?M1 Sweet and sour fish.F2 Also a chicken (dish).M2 What (kind of) chicken?F2 Crispy chicken.M1 Also a tofu.M2 A tofu. What would you like to drink?

M1 Id like some wine.M2 Red wine or white wine?M1 Red wine.M2 What about you?F2 Water for me.M2 (Very) good. It wont be long.



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F1 You. Qng dng-yi-dng.[short pause]

F1 Yo-sn-sn q-r-yo jiu-wu -s -li .M1 Qng shu mn ydi anr.

F1 Y-sn-sn q-r-yo jiu-wu-s- li.M1 Y-sn-sn q-r-yo j iu wu qli.F1 B du , ji u wu s l i.M1 Jiu -wu -s -li.F1 Du.M1 Xixie n.F1 B xi.

Conversation 3/2: Part 3 is audio only.

Conversation 3/3L CD3, TR7

M2 (waiter) Nmen chshnme?M1 Women yo y ge y.M2 Shnme y?M1 Tngc y.F2 Zi li y ge j.M2 Shnme j?F2 Xings j.M1 Zi li y ge dufu.M2 Dufu. Nmen h dianr shnme?

M1 Wo h dia nr ptaoj iu .M2 Hng ptaoji u, bi p taoji u?M1 Hng ptaoji u ba .M2 Nn ne?F2 Wo h shu.M2 Hao. Qng dng-yi-hur.

21Conversation 4: Booking a room and booking a table

Waiter What would you like to eat?Wang Hell have boiled dumplings.Waiter What about you?Wang Ill have noodles.Brown We dont eat meat. (We are vegetarian.)Waiter What would you like to drink?

Brown Beer.Waiter Please wait for a moment.(A little while later the waiter brings the food but not the beer.)

Waiter These are your boiled dumplings.Brown Thanks.Waiter These are your noodles.Wang What about the beer?Waiter Im sorry. Please wait for a while.(A little later.)

Brown The boiled dumplings are tasty.Wang The beer is delicious too.

Receptionist Hello.Brown Do you have any rooms available, please?Receptionist Yes, we do. (For) how many?Brown Two people.



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Receptionist J tin?Brown Lia ng t in.Receptionist Dnrn fngjin, shungrn fngjin?Brown Lia ng ge dnrn fngjin.

Receptionist Y ge fngjin, b-bai ku i y tin.Brown Shu xnyng ka ma?Receptionist Shu.

InsightFor most countable nouns, the Chinese use different measurewords between the number and the noun which go some wayto describing what sort of a noun it is whether the object isrectangular and flat or long and thin, for example. Examplesof this are: y zhng zhuzi (onetable), sn zhb (3 pens), yge rn (one person). Like nn, the polite form for you, there is apolite measure word forpeoplewi, which is used for teachers,

ladies and gentlemen, and often when addressing foreigners,etc. You have encountered wi in Conversation 4.1.

InsightEven though there are dozens of measure words, ge is by farthe most common one. Generally speaking, it is better to use

ge even if it is not the correct measure word rather than notusing a measure word at all where there should be one.(The standard measure word for a (hotel) room isjin, but wehave used ge in this conversation to make it easier for you.)

PART 2: BOOKING A TABLEL CD1, TR33

Waiter Nn hao. J wi?Brown Liang wi.Waiter Ydng le ma?Brown Mi you.Waiter X-yn ma?Brown B x-yn.Waiter Qng do zhibin.

43Conversation 3/2: Part 2

M1 Is Mr Wang in please?F1 Just a minute please.M1 Thank you.F2 Is Miss Li in please?M2 I am sorry she is not in.

F1 Hello.M1 Is that Chen Yingying?F1 No, she is not in.M1 When will she be back?F1 I dont know.M1 Do you have her mobile phone number?



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InsightThere are two ways of saying your name in Chinese. One istransliteration. The Chinese might use characters/syllableswhich sound similar to the syllables in your name.

The other way is to give you a proper name with a syllable/character for your surname and one or two syllables/characters

for your given name, with the surname first.For example Smith is translated as Sh-m-s(for thats what

it sounds like in Chinese), but it could simply be translated asSh, which is itself a Chinese surname. Another example wouldbe White, translated as Hui-t, two syllables (as Chinese doesnot end with a consonant, except for n or ng). However,White could also be translated as the colour white, which is Bi.


L CD3, TR4

M1 Wng xinsheng zi ma?F1 Zi, qng dng-yi-xi.M1 Xixie.F2 Wi, L xiaojie z i ma?M2 Dubuq. T b zi.


L CD3, TR5

F1 Wi, n hao!M1 Sh Chn Yngyng ma?F1 B sh. Chn Yngyng b zi.M1 T shnme shhou hulai?F1 B zhdo.M1 N you t-de shoujhoma ma?

23Conversation 4: Booking a room and booking a table

Receptionist For how many days?Brown Two days.Receptionist Single rooms (or) double rooms?Brown Two single rooms.

Receptionist 800 kuai a day per room.Brown Do you take credit cards?Receptionist Yes.

Waiter Hello. How many?Brown Two.Waiter Have you reserved?Brown No.Waiter (Do you) smoke?Brown No.Waiter Please come this way.



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(At the end of the dinner.)

Brown Shu xnyng ka ma?Waiter Dubuq, b shu. Zh shu xinjn.

Conversation 5: Asking for directions and going to a localattraction

PART 1: ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS

L CD1, TR37

Leigh Qng wn, chzhn zi n ar?Passer-by Zi qinbin.Leigh Yuan bu yuan?Passer-by B yuan. Zou l sh fnzhng.Leigh S fnzhng?Passer-by Sh fnzhng.Leigh Sh fnzhng.Passer-by Du. Yzh wang qi n zou.Leigh Wang qi n zou.Passer-by Du. Chzhn zi n-de yubin.Leigh Yubin.Passer-by Du. B yuan.Leigh Xixie.

InsightThe Chinese tend to use east, west, south and north, which aredng, x, nn and bi, respectively, when they give directions.

For example, they will tell you to go east, turn south, etc. Itmight be helpful for you to find out which direction is which inrelation to where you are staying, e.g. from your hotel.

PART 2: GOING TO A LOCAL ATTRACTION

L CD2, TR2

Brown Qng wn, yndngcha ng zi nar?Passer-by Ni ge yndngcha ng?

41Conversation 3/1: Part 2

F1 Hello.M1 Hello.F1 Are you Mr Brown?M1 Yes.F1 Ive come to meet you.M1 Thank you. You are ?F1 My name is Qian Yufeng.M1 My name is Peter.F1 Peter, welcome to Shanghai.M1 Thank you.

M2 Hello. Are you Miss Lee?F2 Yes.M2 My name is Zhang Yifei. Ive come to meet you.F2 Whats your name? Please say it again.M2 Zhang Yifei.F2 Zhang Yfi. Is that right?M2 No, its Zhang Yfi.F2 Zhang Yfi. Is that right?

M2 Yes. Very good.F2 Thank you. My name is Claire Lee. Please call me Claire.M2 Claire, were pleased to welcome you here to Handan to teach

English.

F2 Sorry, please speak a little slower.M2 Were pleased to welcome you here to Handan to teach

English.

F2 Thank you.M2 Lets go.



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L CD3, TR2

F1 Nn hao!M1 N hao!F1 Nn sh bu sh Blang xinsheng?M1 Sh.F1 Wo li ji nn.M1 Xixie n. N sh ?F1 Wo jio Qin Yfng.M1 Wo j io Peter.F1 Peter, hunyng nn li Sh nghai.M1 Xixie.


L CD3, TR3

M2 Nn ha o! Nn sh L xiaojie ma?F2 Sh.M2 Wo jio Zhng Yfi. Wo l i ji nn.F2 N jio shnme? Qng zi shu y c.M2 Zhng Yfi.F2 Zhng Yfi, du bu du?M2 B du. Sh Zhng Yfi.F2 Zhng Yfi, du ma?

M2 Du. Hn hao!F2 Xixie n. Wo j io C laire Lee. Jio wo C laire ba.M2 Claire, hunyng nn li Hndn jio

Yngwn.F2 Dubuq. Qng shu mn ydi anr.M2 Hunyng nn li Hndn jio

Yngwn.F2 Xixie.M2 Women zou ba.

25Conversation 5: Asking for directions and going to a local attraction

(At the end of the dinner.)

Brown Do you take credit cards?Waiter Sorry, no (credit cards). Only cash.

Leigh Excuse me, where is the station?Passer-by Up ahead.Leigh Is it far?Passer-by Not far. Ten minutes on foot.Leigh Four minutes?Passer-by Ten minutes .Leigh Ten minutes?Passer-by Yes. Go straight ahead.Leigh Straight ahead.Passer-by Yes. The station is on your right.Leigh Right side.Passer-by Yes. Not far.Leigh Thank you.

Brown Excuse me, where is the stadium?Passer-by Which stadium?



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Brown Zhnggu zqi yndngchang.Passer-by O, zi nibin.Brown Yuan bu yuan?Passer-by B yuan. Zou l qb fnzhng.

Brown Q, b fnzhng.Passer-by Du. Zi chzhn de zu obin.Brown Chzhn de zu obin.Passer-by Du. B yuan.Brown Xixie n.

Conversation 6: Taking a train and getting a bus

PART 1: TAKING A TRAIN

L CD2, TR5

Clerk Q nar?Leigh Q Xn.Clerk J zhng?Leigh Liang zhng.Clerk Liang zhng q Xn de huoch pio du ma?Leigh Du.Clerk Jntin de ma?Leigh Du.Clerk Wanshang sh di an lng qfn.Brown Ni ge zhnti?Clerk D-qzhnti.Brown D j zhnti?

Clerk D-q.Brown Qng wn, csuo zi nar?Clerk Zi nibin.

See Use of apostrophe near the back of the booklet for a fullexplanation of the use of the apostrophe.

39Conversation 10: Making friends and keeping in touch

Leigh Yes. Here are our e-mail addresses.Local Thank you.Brown This is my telephone (number).Local Thank you.

Brown Docome to Britain next year (literally: Welcome younext year go Britain).

Local Do come to China again (literally: Welcome youagain come China).

Leigh Goodbye.Local Goodbye.Leigh/ Brown Goodbye.



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Leigh You. Zh i sh women-de di nz-yujin.Local Xixie nmen.Brown Zhi sh wo-de di nhu.Local Xixie nn.

Brown Hunyng nn mngnin qYnggu.Local Hunyng nmen zi li

Zhnggu.Leigh Zijin.Local Zijin.Leigh / Brown Zijin.

27Conversation 6: Taking a train and getting a bus

Brown The Chinese national football stadium.Passer-by Oh, over there.Brown Is it far?Passer-by Not far. Seven or eight minutes on foot.

Brown Seven or eight minutes.Passer-by Yes. On the left of the station.Brown Left of the station.Passer-by Yes. Not far.Brown Thank you.

Clerk Where are you going?Leigh To Xian.Clerk How many (tickets)?Leigh Two.Clerk Two train tickets to Xian, is that right?Leigh Thats correct.Clerk For today?Leigh Yes.Clerk 10.07 this evening.Brown Which platform?Clerk Platform number 7.Brown Which one?

Clerk Number 7.Brown Excuse me, where is the toilet?Clerk Over there.



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PART 2: GETTING A BUS

L CD2, TR10

Brown Qng wn, q Bng-ma -yong zu shnme

ch?Receptionist Chzch.Brown You gnggng qch ma?Receptionist You.Brown J dian?Receptionist Qdia n, qdia n sh fn, b dian.Leigh Gnggng qchzhn zi n ar?Receptionist Zi nibin.Brown Yuan bu yuan?Receptionist B yuan, zou l sn fnzhng.Brown Xixie n.Receptionist B xi.

Conversation 7: Sightseeing

PART 1: GOING SIGHTSEEING

L CD2, TR13

Leigh Jntin zhn lng.Brown Zhn lng.Leigh N xhuan zhxi bngdng ma?Guide Hn xhuan.Leigh N xhuan ni ge?

Guide Ni ge.Leigh Ni ge?Guide Ni ge hng-de.Brown Zhn pioliang.Leigh Peter, n xhuan ni ge?Brown Wo zu x huan ni ge go-de.Guide Wa, ti pioliang le.Leigh Wo y xhuan.

37Conversation 10: Making friends and keeping in touch

Brown A little too big.Vendor No, no, not big.Brown OK, Ill have this one.

Brown Good morning!Local Good morning! Which country are you from?Brown Im British.Local What about you?Leigh Im an American.Local Can you do Tai Chi?Brown / LeighNo.Local Would you like to learn?Leigh Yes, but its too hard.Local No, no, not hard. Come on, let me teach you.

Local This is my name card.Leigh Im sorry, I dont have one.Local It doesnt matter.Brown Neither do I.Local Do you have (an) e-mail?

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