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(n): you (informal, as opposed to courteous)

(nn): you (courteous, as opposed to informal ) 197

, ?(Hoji bjin, nn shnt ho m?): Long time no see. How are you doing?

(shnt): (human) body; health

(shn): body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; measure wordfor sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158

(t): body; form; style; system

(ji): (long) time; (long) duration of time

(bjin): not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing

(b):(negative prefix); not; no

(jin): to see; to meet; to appear (to be something); to interview

(Wn'n): Good night!; Good evening!

(Wn):evening; night; late

(n): content; calm; still; quiet; safe; secure; in good health; to find a place for; to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge againstsomebody); to pacify; security; safety; peace; ampere; (Chinese surname)

!(Nmen zo): Good morning everybody!

(Zoshang ho): Good morning!

(shng):on top; upon; above; upper; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class oruniversity)


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(zo): early; morning; Good morning!

(men): adjunct pronoun indicate plural

(mn): gate; door; gateway; doorway; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack(truco, maa); family; house; (religious)sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); measure word for large guns; measure word for lessons,

subjects, branches of technology; (Chinese surname)

(Qngjn): Please come in! (formal)

!(jnli): Come in! (impolite, command)

!(jnliba): Come in! (informal)

(ba): (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume. !!!(b): bar (loanword) (serving

drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff(hojaldre, soplo) (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for (tib):electronic message board; web forum

(ti): to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food orhousing); sticker; measure word for sticking plaster: strip (pegarse; pegar; para publicar (por ejemplo, en un blog), para mantenerse

cerca de; para que encaje perfectamente; subsidiar; asignacin (por ejemplo, dinero para la comida o la vivienda); etiqueta engomada;palabra medida de esparadrapo: Tira)

(jnli): to come in

(jn): to advance; to enter; to come (or go) into; to receive or admit; to eat or drink; to submit or present; (used after a verb)into, in; to score a goal

(li): to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next

(Li losh): teacher Liu : Teacher Liu (polite, to a teacher)

(Li shfu): Master Liu (polite, to skilled worker)


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(Li k zhng): Section Chef Liu (formal)

(shfu):master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men

(lo Li ): Liu (older than speaker, familiar)

((xio Li): Liu (younger than speaker, familiar)

(Li xinshng): Mr. Liu (normal, formal)

(xio): small; tiny; few; young

(k): branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to meteout (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine somebody ( rama de estudio, la seccin administrativa; divisin; campo; sucursal;

acotaciones; familia (taxonoma); normas, las leyes, para imponer (castigo); para imponer (impuestos, etc); multar a alguien)

(zhng): chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance chng: length; long; forever; always; constantly

(fu): tutor; (Chinese surname)

(Li ): surname; kill, destroy

(lo): prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or t oindicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past;

very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough

(sh): teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops; (Chinese surname)

(N titi):Your wife (normal)

(Nn titi):Your wife (a bit formal)

(Nn fren): Your wife (formal)

( fren): lady; madam; Mrs.

( f): husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)


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(W xinshng): My husband

(W ni kuzi? : My wife (to familar people)

(W lo i): My wife (to familar people)

(W lo bn er)(Also means my husband)

(Hizi t m): My wife (to familiar people)

(W irn): My wife (common in PRC)

(W qzi): My wife (normal)

(W titi): My wife (normal now)

(W zhngfu): My husband (normal)

(W xinshng): My husband (normal now)

(zhng): ten feet

(fu): husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)

( q):wife

(zi):(noun suffix)

(hi ): child

(bn): old variant of(bn): to mix; to mix in; totoss(tirar) (a salad)

wo laobnr (also means my husband)


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(ni)which? interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier

(n):how, which

(na): (particle equivalent to(a) after noun ending in -n)

(ku): mouth; measure word for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); measure word for bites ormouthfuls

(z): son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5thJanuary), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility

wo ni

?(Znme yng a?): How are you (informal)

(homa): How are you( normal)

! (N ho ): How are you( normal)

!(nn ho ): How are you( more polite)

(zn): how

(yng): manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape

(a): modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent

( ): interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!


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(): interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer; Eh?; what?; to show realization; to stress

(): interjection of surprise or doubt; Eh?; My!; what's up?

(): interjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK; expression of recognition; Oh, it's you!

? (N j sule?): How old are you? (to children)

?(N dudle?): How old are you? (to adults)

?(Nn dud sushule?): How old are you? (to older people)

, ?(Qngwn, nn dud ninj?): How old are you? (polite, to older people)

, ?(Qngwn, nn gugng?): How old are you? (extremely polite)

(gu): expensive; noble; your (name); precious

(gng): age; seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems ; seventh in order; letter "G" or roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II,III" etc; hepta

(ninj):age (ninj):grade; year (in school, college etc)(j): level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); classifier:step, level

(nin): year; (Chinese surname)

(j): discipline; age; era; period; order; record

(qng):to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal etc); to request

(wn): to ask

(sushu):


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(su): measure word for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)

(shu): to count; to enumerate; to criticize (i.e. enumerate shortcomings-deficiencias, defectos)

(j su): some years; How many years?; How old are you? (familiar, or to child, equivalent to for older person)

(j ):how much; how many; several; a few

(su): measure word for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests -cosechas)

(le, la): (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)

(dud): how big; how much; how old etc

(du): many; much; often; a lot of; numerous; more; in excess; how (to what extent); multi -; Taiwan pr. [duo2] when it means"how"

(d): big;huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; older (than); oldest; eldest; greatly; very much; (dialect) father; father's elder oryounger brother

?(H din er shnme?): What would you like to drink? (informal)

? (Nn h din er shnme ynlio?): What would you like to drink? (more formal)

(yo hde): to order drinks (informal)

(din ynlio ): to order beverages (more formal)

(din): point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order (food in arestaurant); to touch briefly; to hint; to light; to ignite; to pour a liquid drop by drop; (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch ( gng) ;

dot stroke in Chinese characters; measure word for items

(ynlio): drink; beverage


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(yn):to drink

(lio): material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess

(yo): important; vital; to want; to ask for; will; going to (as future auxiliary); may; must; (used in a comparison) must be ;

probably; if (yo): to demand; to request; to coerce

(h): to drink; My goodness!(Dios mo)=(h): to shout(gritar) loudly

( dd q): To go by taxi (informal)

(zu ch zch q ): To go by taxi (normal)

(zu, tooa): to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; variant of; (Chinese surname) =(zu): seat;base; stand; measure word for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects

zu chzch q

(ch): to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; measure word for dramas,

plays, operas etc !!!()ch variant of:measure word for plays or chapters of classical novels)

(zch; zuch): to rent a car

(z): to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax (contratar, alquilar, alquilar, rentar, arrendar, alquilar,impuesto a la tierra)

(ch): car; vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe(torno) ; (Chinese surname)(


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(dd): (coll.) to take a taxi; to go by taxi

to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate;

to play (a game); since; from

(q): togo; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (somebody); to remove; to get rid of; (when used either before or after averb) to go in order to do something; to be apart from in space or time; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the

speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed

(W fqn):father; also pr. with light tone [fu4 qin5] My father (normal)

(W bba): My father (normal, less formal)

(nnfqn): Your father (more formal)

(W mqn): mother; alsopr. with light tone [mu3 qin5] My mother (normal)

(W mma): My mother, normal,less formal)

( Nn mqn): Your mother (more formal)

(kn pngyou): To visit a friend (normal)

to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to consider; to regard as; to view as; to treat as; to judge; (after repeated verb) to give it a try;

depending on (how you're judging); to visit; to call on; to treat (an illness); to look after; Watch out! (for a danger)

(bifng losh): To visit the teacher (more formal)

to pay a visit; to call on

to pay respect; worship; visit; salute

to visit; to call on; to seek; to inquire; to investigate

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection

or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of

meat etc) tough

teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops; (Chinese surname)


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(mma): mama; mommy; mother

(ch gunzi): To eat a t a restaurant (informal)

(ch): to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer

(gunzi): restaurant; theatre (old)

building; shop; term for certain service establishments; embassy or consulate; schoolroom (old)

(noun suffix)

( zi fn'gun chfn):

(fn'gun):

food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal

building; shop; term for certain service establishments; embassy or consulate; schoolroom (old)

(chfn): to eat a meal

food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal

(N sh shi):Who are you?

(N sh m xinshng?): Are you Mr. Ma?

(W sh m xinshng): I am Mr. Ma

(W bsh m xinshng): I'm not Mr. Ma

(W sh dnn'rwng):I am Daniel King

Shnme sh n de xng?)= What is your sruname


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()(W de xng sh wng): My surname is Wang

?(T sh shi): Who is he/she?

(T m xinshng): He is Mr. Ma

(T sh m titi): She is Mrs Ma

(T sh m xioji): She is Miss Ma

(T sh m tngzh): He is comrade Ma

(N sh guxng?): Yor surname (polite)

( N jio shnme?): What is your given name?

(W jio dnn'r): My name is Daniel

?(N ho?):How are you?

. (W hn ho. N ne?,): I am fine. And you?

(Hn ho, xixi): Fine, thank you

(N sh zhnggu rn ma?): Are you Chinese?

(Sh): yes (I am)

(Bsh):No (I am not)

, ?(ndsn xinshng, n sh n'er rn?): Where are you from, Mr, Anderson?

(N cng n'er li, ndsn?)


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(N sh nl rn?): Where are you from?

(W sh dzhu rn): I am from Texas

(ndsn frn ne?): And Mrs. Anderson?

(T ysh dzhu rn):She is from Texas too.

(T sh ynggu rn ma?): Is he English?

(T irn ne?): And his wife?

(Ty bsh ynggu rn):She isn't english either

, ? (Qngwn, n loji zi n'er?): May I ask, where are your family from?

(Jitng);(Jiz): family

(Banm zi zh'er ma?): Is Panama here? (pointnig to a map

;(Banm bzi n'er; zi zh'er): Panama isn't here; it's there (pointing to a map)

?(N irn xinzi n'er?): Where is your spouse(husband) now?

(T cng n'er li?):Where is he from?

(Shnme sh t de guj?): what is his nationality?

(Qngwn, n zi nl zh?):May ask where are you staying?


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(Rzh)(Tngli)

(W zh zi bijng fndin): I am staying at the Beijing Hotel

(Zh ji jidin sh nn rzh?): Which hotel are you staying at?

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