How to Pronounce Chinese — Sound by Sound
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我们wǒ menI; me什么shén me现在xiàn zài时候shí hou工作gōng zuò怎么zěn me喜欢xǐ huan今天jīn tiān东西dōng xīsurname Dong朋友péng you学校xué xiào认识rèn shi分钟fēn zhōngto divide; to separate明天míng tiān多少duō shǎomany; much电影diàn yǐng昨天zuó tiān先生xiān shengearly; prior医院yī yuàn学生xué sheng儿子ér zi电视diàn shì下午xià wǔdown; downwards学习xué xí老师lǎo shīprefix 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医生yī shēng名字míng zi看见kàn jiànto look after; to take care of女儿nǚ ér说话shuō huà漂亮piào liangto float; to drift高兴gāo xìngsurname Gao睡觉shuì jiào电脑diàn nǎo飞机fēi jī打电话dǎ diàn huà后面hòu mian怎么样zěn me yàng衣服yī fu小姐xiǎo jiesmall; tiny天气tiān qì前面qián miàn同学tóng xué星期xīng qī上午shàng wǔused in 上声苹果píng guǒ中午zhōng wǔ出租车chū zū chēto go out; to come out水果shuǐ guǒsurname Shui商店shāng diàn没关系méi guān xihave not; not桌子zhuō zi椅子yǐ zi下雨xià yǔdown; downwards杯子bēi zi火车站huǒ chē zhànsurname Huo米饭mǐ fànsurname Mi饭馆fàn guǎn不客气bù kè qino; not so可以kě yǐ已经yǐ jīng因为yīn wèi知道zhī dào问题wèn títo ask; to inquire但是dàn shì可能kě néng时间shí jiān开始kāi shǐto open; to start所以suǒ yǐactually; place觉得jué de一起yī qǐone; single希望xī wàng大家dà jiābig; large非常fēi chángabbr. for 洲, Africa孩子hái zi公司gōng sī第一dì yī告诉gào sùto say; to tell事情shì qing准备zhǔn bèi女人nǚ rén小时xiǎo shísmall; tiny男人nán rén正在zhèng zàifirst month of the lunar year帮助bāng zhù晚上wǎn shang快乐kuài lèrapid; quick身体shēn tǐ介绍jiè shào欢迎huān yíng眼睛yǎn jing手机shǒu jī去年qù niánto go; to go to意思yì si早上zǎo shang回答huí dáto circle; to go back运动yùn dòng妻子qī zǐ休息xiū xi房间fáng jiān丈夫zhàng fu上班shàng bānused in 上声生日shēng rì姐姐jiě jie哥哥gē ge咖啡kā fēi考试kǎo shì旁边páng biān颜色yán sè妹妹mèi mei报纸bào zhǐ机场jī chǎng弟弟dì di好吃hǎo chīgood; appropriate旅游lǚ yóu起床qǐ chuáng便宜biàn yíplain; informal唱歌chàng gē右边yòu bian牛奶niú nǎi自行车zì xíng chē鸡蛋jī dàn游泳yóu yǒng跳舞tiào wǔ生病shēng bìng左边zuǒ bian公斤gōng jīn教室jiào shìsurname Jiao服务员fú wù yuán手表shǒu biǎo跑步pǎo bù西瓜xī guāthe West; Spanish羊肉yáng ròu公共汽车gōng gòng qì chē打篮球dǎ lán qiú自己zì jǐ如果rú guǒ需要xū yàoto require; to need还是hái shisurname Huan认为rèn wéi应该yīng gāi发现fā xiànto send out; to show一定yī dìngone; single一直yī zhíone; single为了wèi leas; to take sth as一样yī yàngone; single世界shì jiè而且ér qiěand; as well as重要zhòng yàoto repeat; repetition必须bì xū地方dì fāng-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct其他qí tā比赛bǐ sàiBelgium; Belgian然后rán hòu担心dān xīnto undertake; to carry为什么wèi shén meas; to take sth as关系guān xisurname Guan出现chū xiànto go out; to come out了解liǎo jiě过去guò qùsurname Guo参加cān jiā国家guó jiā决定jué dìng选择xuǎn zé或者huò zhě机会jī huì别人bié rensurname Bie其实qí shí以后yǐ hòuold variant of 以要求yāo qiúto demand; to coerce当然dāng rándong; ding dong相信xiāng xìn虽然suī rán解决jiě jué关于guān yúsurname Guan完成wán chéngto finish; to be over结束jié shù努力nǔ lì以前yǐ qiánold variant of 以办法bàn fǎ特别tè bié注意zhù yìto inject; to pour into离开lí kāimythical beast以为yǐ wéiold variant of 以城市chéng shì影响yǐng xiǎng游戏yóu xì比较bǐ jiàoBelgium; Belgian最近zuì jìnvariant of 最终于zhōng yú除了chú leto get rid of; to remove总是zǒng shì突然tū rán检查jiǎn chá容易róng yì明白míng bai根据gēn jùroot; basis记得jì de简单jiǎn dān愿意yuàn yì