1. Pinyin: more dictation
2. Greetings: hello, how are you, what’s your name, nationality…
3. Strokes: write one to ten, your name
4. Numbers, date and time
5. Talk about family members and occupations
6. Eating out and ordering food and Chinese money
Hotel lu3 guan3
Kong4 vacant
Fang2 jian1 room
Yu4 ding4 reserve
Zhu4 stay
Zhe4 this
Na4 that
Zher4 here
Nar4 there
Dan1 ren2 jian 1 single room
Shuang1 ren2 jian1 double room
Da4 ting1 lobby
Jie1 dai4 yuan2 receptionist
Xing1 li3 luggage
Fang2 jian1 hao4 ma3 room number
Fang2 jian1 yao4 shi1 room key
Bao1 kuo4 include
You3 kong4 fang2 jian1 ma? Do you have any vacancies/room?
Wo3 yu4 ding4 le fang2 jian1. I have a reservation.
Wo3 xiang3 yao4 yi1 ge4 dan1 ren2 jian1, zhu4 san1 tian1. I’d like a single room for three nights.
Zhu4 yi1 wan3 duo1 shao3 qian2? What is the charge per night?
Mei3 tian1 duo1 shao3 qian2? What’s the rate per day?
Bao1 kuo4 wan3 fan4 ma? Is dinner included?
Sightseeing guan1 guang1
Lu3 you2 travel, tour
Lai2 come
Kai1 men2 open
Guan2 men2 closed
Ru4 chang3 fei4 admission fee
Zuo3 left
You4 right
Gong1 yuan2 park
… Zai4 na3 li? Where is…?
Wo3 mi2 lu4 le. I’m lost.
Ni3 neng2 gao4 su4 wo3 dao4 … delu4 ma? Can you tell me the way to …?
Telephone dian4 hua4
A: Wei2 hello？(used when answering the phone)
B: wei2? Ni3 zhao3 shui2? Whom are you looking for?
Or
wei2? na3 yi1 wei4? Who’s speaking?
A: Ping zai4 ma? Is Ping home?
Or
wo3 zhao3 Ping. I am looking for Ping.
A. deng3 yi1 xia4. Wait a minute.
日 day
月 month
年 year
Today’s date: 2010年 7月 12日
谢 谢 thank you
再 见 goodbye
Write a journal entry to talk about this class: what you have learned (list topics) and what you are able to say in Chinese now, (be specific) who your teacher and classmates are (names and occupations), how you like the class, (comparing with other methods, such as Rosetta Stone or Pimsleur), what you would like to learn more …. Please translate what you write in English so it will help me to understand you better.
You can start with the date of today, such as 2010年7月12日9点52分 and end with your name in Chinese. Then email it to me.
Some useful words
Bi3 hua4 stroke
Shun4 xu4 order
Zi4 dian3 dictionary
Xie3 write
neng2 be able to
shuo1 speak
ting1 listen
Yong4 use