chinese vocab ncea level 1

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Chinese NCEA Level 1

Appendix for external assessment

The appendix indicates language Words and expressions) which students need to be able torecognise for Level 1 Chinese examinations:

1.1 Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken Chinese texts on areas of mostimmediate relevance

1.4 Demonstrate understanding of a variety of Chinese texts on areas of most immediate

relevance

The texts will reflect the communication achievement objectives levels 5 and 6 for learninglanguages:

Communicate information, ideas, and opinions through different text types.

Respond to personal ideas and opinions.

Communicate appropriately in different situations.

Students are expected to understand more complex language which goes beyond theimmediate context e.g. past and future events. Students are expected to understand a variety oftext types.This will involve sentences and frequently used expressions related to basic personal

information in areas of most immediate relevance. The texts will reflect the relationship between

language and culture and be adapted as appropriate.

Note: The language which students use to communicate in internal assessment activities willreflect the Chinese teaching and learning in each individual classroom.

NOTES TO TEACHER:

Students are expected to be able to recognise:

1. Obvious cognates and loan words;2. Numbers, days of the week and months of the year; and

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No Pinyin Characters English Compounds/ Examples

1 !i short My sister is shorter thanme.

2 i love, lovable, cute3 ba used at the end of a

sentence to indicateconsultation,suggestion, request orrecommendation.

! Lets go!

4 b" eight eight hundred

5 b dad, father his dad, father

6 bi white daylight

7b!i

hundred

million8 b"n class, team, shift, a Chinese class;

to go to work

to finish work

9 bn half half a day;

1:30

10 b"ng help, assist help

11 b"o bag, bundle, school bad

red pocketbread

12 b#i North northern part/regions;

Beijing

13 bi to prepare, get ready to prepare, get ready

14 b#n Mw for book(s) five books (or copies)

15 b$ compare . She is taller than me.

16 b$ pen brush pen

17 bi"n side, edge east;

beach

18 pinbin

(piny) cheap

convenient

19 bi!o form, table, (wrist) watch;

20 bi other, dont other/s

not at all

21 bng sick, ill be ill, get sick


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22 b no, not is not

is not good

23 b step make progress,running

24 ci vegetable Chinese food

to stir-fry vegetable

25 chng long long hair

The Great Wall

26 chng often often, frequently

27 ch!ng place, site market

airportsports ground

28 chng to sing to sing a song

29 ch!o to stir fry fried rice

30 ch% vehicle bus

bus stop

train station

31 chng city, town city;

downtown32 ch& eat to have a meal;

to take medicine

33 ch' go or come out to go out, to get out;

to be born

to come out

34 ch place every where;

35 chu"n wear, put on to wear clothes, put on

clothes36 chung bed to get up, to get out of bed

37 ch'n Spring Spring

the Spring Festival

38 c order, sequence; time twice

39 cng from from...to

40 cu wrong You are wrong.

not bad


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41 d to reply answer

42 d! to strike, hit to play ball;

to make a phone call;to open;

43 d big, large everybody;

university;

44 di to take, bring . Ill take you (there)

45 d"ng to work as, become to work as a teacher

46 dn but but, yet

47 do way, path, road to know

48 do arrive, to go arrive homewalk to school

49 d!o island north island

50 d particle; possessiveparticle

big

new,

my, mine;

ours

51 d degree .My mum cooks well.

52 d%ng lamp, lantern electric light

53 d#ng wait wait a minute

54 d earth, land, soil; place;

55 d indicate ordinalnumber

first,

second

56d

younger brother

younger brotherlittle brother

57 di!n oclock, drop, dot () a little bit;

5 oclock

snack

58 din shop store, shop

book store

hotel, high class restaurant

59 din electricity computer;TV


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movie

trolley bus

60 dng* surely, definitely certainly61 d(ng east thing

Tokyo

62 d(ng Winter winter

63 d)ng understand ? (do you) understand?

64 dng move activity

animal

sports

65 d(u all, (inclusive) . We all went.

66 du correct, oppositesorry

opposite

sorry

67 du( more, how many, a lot;

many thanks;

how much;

how old;

68 hungry, starve . I am hungry.

69 r son

daughter

a while

herethere

70 r not only but also

71 r two twenty dollars

72 f" hair; hair;

73 fn cooked rice, meal,food

have a meal;

to cook

boiled/cooked rice;

restaurant

74 f"ng square place

75 fng to put, place finish school

76 f%i extremely

77 f%i to fly airplane


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airport

78 f%n minute; cent (money) five minutes

25 cents79 f%ng wind strong wind

80 ff

clothes clothes

school uniform

81 f father father

parents

82 g"i should ought, should

83 gn do, work ? What are you doing?

84 g"o tall, high happy

85 go to tell tell me

86 g% a song sing a song

87 g% older brother older brother

88 g#i give to ?Who gave it to you?

89 g(ng work worker

work, job

90 g(ng homework

91 g(ng public bus

park

92 gng total altogether

93 g) puppy

94 gu"n shut never mind

to close the door

95 gun certain service restaurant library

96 gu expensive very expensive

What is your surname?

97 gu country nation, country

China

98 gu) fruit Juice

if

fruit


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99 hi still, also, return thing so so;

furthermore, also;

100 hi child child/children101 h!i sea Shanghai

beach;

the sea

102 hn the largest ethnicgroup indigenous toChina

Chinese language;

Chinese characters

103 h!o good, fine, easy to good looking;

() fun;

delicious;

easy to learn

104 ho number, date

No 18, Shanghai Road.

105 h% drink drink coke

drink water

drink tea

106 h and; with you and I/me

107 h#n very very good108 hng red red

red apple

109 hu behind behind

day after tomorrow

later

after

110 hu sometimes

. when..? when?

111 hu" flower; garden

112 hu speech, language speak

Chinese language

113 hu draw, picture to draw a picture

114 hu"n happy like

welcome115 hu return answer


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go back

go home

116 hu meeting

can; able to; be likelyto

to have a meetingpartyball

I can drive.

a little while

117 hu) fire train

volcano

118 j& machine airplane

cell phoneairplane

119 j extreme !Extremely good!

Wonderful

120 j$ how many, several ?what time?

?how many?

?how old? (used in asking

childrens age 10 years or younger)

121j$

self, oneself

oneself

122 ji" home, family, family members

nation

123 jin see good bye

124 jio be called He is called....

125 jujio

feel,sleep

feel, think

sleep

126 ji"n room, mwGaps or duration intime or space

Mmddle

time

period of time

127 jio to teach teaching Chinese

teacher

classroom

128 ji festival, holiday the Spring Festival;

festival;

season;


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129 ji% to receive,catch

pick me up for home

130ji#

older sister

older sister;Miss, Ms.

131 j&n present today;

this year

132 jn enter come in;

go in;

Please come in

133 jn near very close

134 j&ng capital Beijing;

Nanjing;

Tokyo

135 ji* nine Nine people are

going to China

136 ji* wine, liquor Red wine

white wine

drink wine

137 k"i open boiled water

begin

drive a vehicle

happy

When will the shop

open?

138 kn look at; read read a book;

good looking

139 k# may, can can, may;but;

coke

lovely

140 k class; lesson Chinese class

text;

textbook;

attend class/class begins.

finish the class/ class is over.


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141 k guest, guest,

142 k quarter of a hour a quarder past three

(three fifteen)143 k(ng unoccupied have free time

144 k)u Mw for people,mouth

There are 5 people

in my family

population

145 kui fast; run fast

happy

146kui

dollar;

one dollar;

147 li come; arrive ? Are you coming?

148 ln orchid orchid;

New Zealand

149 l!o old old people;

old friend;

teacher

150 li tired Im tired151 l#ng cold Its cold outside.

152 l leave, from leave, depart

from; far from.

153 l$ inside, in here

insider

in the park

154 l$ surname luggage

155 li!n face to wash ones face

156 Lin to practise to practise

157 li!ng two, a couple two people

158 li six six dogs

159 l road cross the road

160 m" mother mother

161 m! horse immediately

162 ma question particle ?Are you going?163 m!i to buy go shopping


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164 mi to sell All sold out

165 mn slow He drives very

slowly.166 mng busy .Im busy.

167 m"o can kitten

168 mo hair, except forhuman head hair;wool; ten cents unit

brush pen

wool;

woollen jumper

40cents

169 me used as suffix what?

in that manner; then; sohow about it?

170 mi have not do not have

have no time

171 m#i each, every every day

172 m#i beautiful beautiful

173 mi younger sister younger sister

little sister, little girl

174 mn door, gate entrancegate

175 mn plural suffix forpeople

we, us

people

176 m$ rice cooked rice

177 m fan of..lost

ball game fan

lost way

178 min side,flour, noodles

front

breadnoodles

179 mng name famous

name

180 mng bright next year

tomorrow

understand

181 m* mother mother

parents182 m wood wood


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183 n!n#i

which which student

/where

184 n hold, take carry/take things185 n

ni that over there

186 n!i milk milk

grandmother

187 nn male male, man

male student

boyfriend

boys school188 nn South Southern region;

Nanjin

nan dao

189 nn difficult, hard ugly

difficult to learn

190 ne question particle what about you?

191 n$ you How are you ?

192 nin year New year

next year

last year

year level

193 nn you (polite form) What is your surname

(polite form)

194 ni cattle, ox Milk

195 n* female daughter

girl friend

female student

girls school

196 nu!n warm warm

197 p be afraid, fear not afraid

I am afraid of dogs

198 png side beside

199 png fat, plump (forpeople)

He is plump

200 p!

o run jogging201 png friend friend


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old friend

good friend

little friend202 pi"o to float pretty

203 pio ticket buy a ticket

door ticket

bus/train ticket

204 png common, usual usual, generally

usually

205 q& seven July

seven days later206 q& period of time week

Monday

207 q$ to get up,rise

get up, get out of be

together

208 q air get angry

weather

209 q steam petrol engined vehicle,car etc

210 qin cash, money how much?211 qin front, forward in front of

before, formerly

the day before yesterday

212 qi# and also, but also ---not only but also

213 q&n* dear/intimate mother

dear

214 q$ng please,invite, request

may I ask?

He invited me to his home.215 qi' autumn Autun

the Mid-autumn Festival

( moon festival)

216 qi a ball soccer

criket

217 qi"n thusand two thousand dollars

218 q go to go to school

last year219 qun whole, complete the whole class


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the whole family

220 rn then, after that, afterwards

221 rng to make/let someone(do something)

The doctor toldhim to drink more water

Not allowed, to forbid

222 r hot hot water

hot dog

223 rn person, people population

224 rn to recognize, toidentify

to recognise, to know

225 r the Sun, day day

date

226 rng easy, easily

227 r for example

228 s"n three three days later

229 s colour red

green

230 sh"n mountain, hill go up the mountain

go down the mountain

on the hill/mountain

at the bottom of the

hill/mountain

231 sh"ng business, commerce shop, store

businessman

232 shng up, top, above last month

last week

attend school

at work/ go to work

early morning

late morning

233 sh!o little, few how much?

234 shi/shu

who ?Who are you?

235 sh%n body/health body

236 shn what

why237 sh%ng be born, give birth to birthday


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be born

be angry

studentMr / husband

238 sh% teacher, master teacher

chef

239 sh ten after Octorber

240 sh time when

Ttme

241 shi* to know, knowledge to know

242 sh to be this is243 sh vision television

244 sh affair, matter have things to do

its nothing

245 sh market, city food market

city

246 sh room classroom

247 sh)u hand cell phone248 sh' book schoolbag

library

249 sh tree a big tree

250 shu$ water fruit

hot water

251 shu to sleep to sleep

252 shu( speak talk

/ to talk about253 s& to think meaning

interesting

embarrassed

254 s$ die, dead; expressstrong degree ofsomething

my dog died

its extremely hot

extremely hungry

extremely happy

255 s four 4th April256 sng to send send me to school


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257 su& though, although although

258 su year of age two years old

259 su) place toiletbecause (so.)

therefore;

260 t" he his mum

261 t" she She is my sister

262 t" It it is black.

263 ti overMrs.

!too expensive!

wife, Mrs

264 t& to kick play soccer265 t topic problem, question

266 t$ body body

PE

267 ti"n sky /everyday

268 t&ng listen listen and speaking

dictation

269 tng stop stop the carcar park

270 tng the same fellow students

the same class

agree

at the same time

271 tu head hair

272 t picture library

map273 wi outside outside

foreign country

forreign language

274 wn end, be over, finish finished homework

275 wn to Play,to have fun

to play,

fun

276 w!n late in time Evening

to be latean evening party


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277 wn ten thousand 30,000

Million

278 wng king (surname) Miss Wangthe King

279 w!ng in the direction of.towards

turn left

go forward

280 wng forget I forgot

281 wi for because

why

282 wn written language Chinese language

culture;283 wn ask to send regards

to ask the teacher;

problem/question

284 w) I, me I am a student

285 w* five I have five people in

my family.

286 w* noon midday;

lunch;afternoon

287 x& west to the western side

288 xi rest to rest

289 x practice to study,to learn

290 x happy, joyful like

291 xi take off, next, later,finish, down, under,fall(of rain, snow

etc.)

get off a vehicle

next week;

to rain, rainingsnowing

next month;

finish class;

below, under;

a little

292 xi"n first firstthen ;

Mr.Wang

293 xin present now294 xi!ng to think think it over,think about it


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would like to ? Where would you like

to go

295 xi!o small, young primary schoolchild ;

296 xio school school ;

school uniform

school bus

297 xio Smile, laugh joke

298 xie some, plural particle several ;

these

those299 xi# write to write character

to write a letter

300 x&n new new clothes

301 x&n heart happy

302 xn letter write a letter

303 x&ng star week ;

304 xng Okay ? Is that OK ?

305 xng surname, familyname

? What is your surname?

306 xng happy

307 xi' rest take a rest

308 x* permit; Many

Dont talk!

309 xu to study, to learn studentto learn, to study

310 xu# show snowing

311 yng sheep wool

312 yng the same;

? how about it? how is...?

313 yo want, dont / dont want

314 y grandfather paternal grandfather

315 y#

also, too . Im also a student.316 y& clothes clothes,


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coat, jacket

swimming tug

night gown317 y& one a little bit;

altogether;

the same;

altogether;

a little while;

as soon as;

318 y cheap

319 y$ already already320 y$ after, later

a month later

321 y easy easy

322 y meaning, idea meaning

interesting

to agree

323 y unit of numbers billion

324 y&n cause because, for325 y&n sound music

326 yng should ought, should

327 y&ng English

328 yng welcome

329 yng to use,with

useful

to write with a pen

330 y)u have, there is(are) be famouse;

interesting,somesome

331 y)u friend friend;

friendly

332 yu list several conditions both and

333 yu right the right side

334 y* rain raining

rain coat

a rainy day


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335 y* language, word Chinese language

language

336 yun unit of currencyChinese (dollar)

one Chinese Yen

337 yun park a park

a garden

338 yu!n far; distant not far

339 yu/l music; happy music;

happy;

340 yu mouth; moon May

341yn motion, movement;

sports;342 zi again goodbye

343 zi in, at at school

now

344 z!o early early morning

breakfast;

345 z#n (why, what, how) how;

?how about it?

346 zhn bus stop; station, stop, depot347 zh"ng surename Miss Zhang

348 zho worry

349 zh!o look for; give change look for a job

. Here is the $5 change

350 zhzhi

this recently

these

351 zh%n really really good

352 zhng in the process ofdoing

is on the phone.

353 zh& know know, realise

354 zh& only only have;

can only

only like

He only wrote

one character;

355 zh(ng time, oclock three oclock

356 zh(ng middle middlemidday


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college,

middle school

ChineseChina

357 zhng heavy important

358 zh live, reside I live in Beijing

359 zh*n approve, allow,permit

prepare, get ready

360 zhu( table, desk table, desk

361 z$ son, child son

child

362 z character, word write characters;

363 z oneself bicycle;

myself; yourself

364 z)u walk; go; be off,leave

walk outside

has left, has gone

365 z foot football

366 zu most recently

last lastly

youd better

367 zu yesterday yesterday

368 zu) left /left side

369 zu make, do do the cooking, prepare a meal;

do home work

370 zu sit take a bus, by bus;

please sit down

Measure words

No Pinyin Characters English Examples

1 g General measure

word

two people

2 k)u Mouth or counter for

people

How many people in

your family?

3 zh& Measure word for I have three birds.


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certain animals

4 tio Measure word for

long and flexible

animals

I bought two fish.

5 p& Counter for horses Five horses.

6 b#n Counter for books Three books

7 zh"ng Couner for sheets Four pieces of paper.

8 png Counter for bottlles

of liquid

Ten bottles of wine.

9b%i

Counter for cups of

liquid Six cups of water.

10 g(ngj&n kilogram One kilogram of rice.

11 kui Piece or counter for

currency unit

One piece of cake.

One dollar.

12 b"o pack Three packs of candy.

13 jin Counter for clothes Two pieces of clothes.

Expressions

Daily greetings n$h!o/z!o /

n$h!oma ?

w)h#nh!,xixie

l!oyye,nnh!o !

Goodbye zijin

mngti"n jin !

Chinese New Year and

birthday greetings

g(ngx$f"ci !

x&nnin kuil !

Sh%ngr kuil !


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zhn$men xngf.

Thanks and apologies dubq$

mi gu"nxi

xixi n$

byng xi

du(xi

byng kq

bi kq

zh%n boqin

mi shnme

After a compliment n!li,n!li

bxng,bxng

Classroom instructions g"i shu(shi) le?

g"i n$le!/g"i t"l%! /

du bdu? du./bdu. / /

hnh!o/f%ichng h!o. /

ql ! / q$ngzu ! /

q$ng jn.

q$ng "njng!

d sh%ng di!n.

zi shu(y c.

Introducing

themselves

and others

Pronoun + shi

+name .

I am Xiao ming

Pronouns: ()

What is your family name?Asking forand giving

personal

details:

What is your name?

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- I am

How old is Xiao ming?

about age name + interrogative/number

What zodiac sign are you?

Pronoun +shi +n+ country + ren?Askingaboutnationality Pronoun +shi + country + ren

Pronoun + zhu +zai +nar/nail /Askingwhere

someone

lives

Pronoun + zhu +zai +place/city

Subject + zuo+shenme

Pronoun + shi +occupation

Asking

about

occupationSubject +shi +occupation +ma /

How many family members do youhave?

My famili has ?

What family members do you have?

Asking

about family

Fathermother and one little brother.

/// Who/what is this/that? This is my grandfather.

Who is he?

Identifyingpeople,

things

Zhe /na /ta +shi+interrogative/noun

He is my father.

Using

numbers I can count 0 to one hundred

What is the time?

When?

Time

expressions

Oclock/a quarter/half/ three quarters

What is the day today? Today is Monday /SaturdayWeekdays

/ Today is Sunday.

Year / month/ date

What is the date today?

Dates

When is your birthday?

Money/cent/dollar

Subject +

How much is a hotdog?

money

2.35Shopping +noun+/


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+measure

word +noun+

?

How much is this sweater?This sweater is $100.

y!o = y"

Hello // May I ask?Wait for a moment // telephone number//What number // wrong number // sorry // itdoesnt matter.

Telephone

expressions

Person wanted +zai +place

Excuse me, is MissWang at home?

Pronoun/name

+de Whose book is this?Possessions

My /your/his/her/its//your/our/their

Subject + h#n+

adjective

He is tall.

Subject +b

+adjective

She is not tall.

Describing

people

Subject +you

measure word +adjective + noun

He has a big head.

Where is this?

This is my house.

Describing

places

Subject +you

+measure word

+noun

My house has a living room.

My family has a black dog.Describingthings and

animals My schoolbag is pretty.

Is this your house?Zhe shi

+place +

nar Where is this?

Person /Place /thing +?

Asking

where

Zai+place +

Time noun +tianqi +hen

+adjective

/

/---

Today the weather is

fine /cold /hot---.

Talking

aboutweather Time noun + verb phrase. / /

.

It rained/snowed/ iswindy today

Person +verb

+zai nar

Where does he live?

Subject + verb

+ zai +place He lives in Beijing .

Subject + zai

nar

Where is my schoolbag?

Location

/position

expressions

zai + place + On the table.


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location word

Subject + zai

nar +

verb phrase

Where do you eat?

Subject + zai

+noun+verb

We eat at home.

Some

position

words

Zai shang xia

qianmian/bian /

houmian/bian/ zuo/

you / dui

pangbiandong/xi

/nan/bei/

In/on/under /front /back/left/right/ opposite/nearby/east /west/south/east

Place + zai nar

Where is the office?

place+ zai +

(place)+position word

The office is beside the library.

Simple

directions

Wang+

position word+verb

//

Go ahead/turn left/ turn right

Subject +

zenmele

?

Whats wrong with him?

Subject+adjective + le

He is hungry.

Subject+ hen

Subject +

She is very hungry.

How do you think about this book?Subject +

zenmeyang

Very interesting.

Subject + (bu)xihuan/ai

/

+verb/noun

I (dont) like watching TV.

Subject +hui/neng/keyi/

//

+verb

//

I can sing.

He plays no well.

Why?

Because he can not run fast.

Feelings and

opinions

Subject+verb+

de+adverb

I play piano very well


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Subject A +bi

+ Subject B+adjective

I am taller than Lanlan

Subject A +

meiyou+

Subject B +adjective

I am not as fat as Lanlan

Subject A +he

+ Subject B

+yiyang

+adjective

Lanlan is the same age as me.

Subject plural

+doushi+

noun phrase.

All of us are 12 years old.

Comparing

and

contrasting

Subject +

xihuan+object A +

haishi +

+object

B

Which do you like, trousers or skirt?

Why didnt you go to see a movie?Subject +

weishenme

+ verb

phrase/adjectivephrase

Why didnt Dawei go to school?

Because I have homework to do.

Expressing

opinions

with reasons

yinwei +verb phrase/adjective phrase

He is sick, so he didnt go to school.

Subject+ verb +

noun +ma /

Do you want fried noodles?

When do you want to go to China?Subject + xiang

+time word +

verb I want to go next year.

Intentions

and future

plans

Subject /timeword+ verb

phrase+zenme

yang

/haoma

How about going to the park tomorrow?

Good idea!

I agree.

Agreement

and

disagreemen

t I dont agree.

Question

formation

Some interrogative words

Shenme ji jisui jikou shui/shei duoda na narzainar nali jidian xingqiji jiyue jihao nanian


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zenmelejicizenmeyangduoshaoshenmeshihou

weishenmezenmezheme zenmename

Use of ma Subject+ verb+ ma

Use of ni ne Statement + ni ne?

Some time

words and

sequence

expressions

Mingtian houtian jintian zuotian qiantian

shangxingqi xiaxingqi meitian pingchang zaoshang

shangwu zhongwu xiawu wanshang yiqianyihou

qunian shanggeyuegangcaixianzaizuijinxian

ranhouyijingcongqianconglai

Subject +zai+verb +shenme

What are you doing?

Subject +zai+

verb phrase

I am listening to music.

Events in thepresent

(use zai toexpress

continuous

present) Subject +timewords + verb

phrase

Do you go to school every day?

Time word +subject + verb

+guo+ nounphrase

I read this book beforeEvents in thepast (using

time wordsand guo/le) Time word +

subject + verb

+l +verb

object

Yesterday I watched TV.

Zai nar shenmeshiho

zenme jici

Where /When/how/how often

Subject +interrogative + verb phraseSubject +place/position word + verb phrase

Subject +time words + verb phrase.Subject +time word+ verb +number +ci+noun.

Shenme dou daochu doushi shenme shihou dou

zenmezhemezenmename

Subject +question word

+dou + verb

phrase

He knows everything.

Subject +question word

+dou+ noun

Everywhere is dust.

Other usage

of question

words

Subject + How could you be so slow!


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question word+ adjective

Ba +noun +

verb phrase

Take

Subject +bang

+someone+verb

I help my mother doing washing.

Asking

someone to

do someth

ing

Bang +

someone+ Ba

+noun + verb

(-phrase)

May you help me take the vegetable to myhome?

How things

are done or

used

Yong +noun

+ verb phrase

I use knife to cut vegetable.

Bu meiyou bushi

mei +verb +guo (for pasttense)

He hasnt been to China.

Negatives

Verb +bu+verb

adjective+bu + adjective (for

questions)

She doesnt eat meat.

Is it cold today?

chinese vocab ncea level 1

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