Chinese link textbook

1. Chinese Link Lesson I
Vocabulary
你好
Joanne Chen
IVC Chinese Instructor

2. Characters
人(Form )
• rén (Sound)
• Person, human
(meaning)

3. Chinese Link
Lesson 1 Vocabulary
Textbook Page 2

4. nǐNǐ = You
Nǐ hǎo!
How are you?

5. hǎo
Hǎo = Good
Nǐ hǎo!
Hello!

6. shì
shì = to be, is, are, yes
Wǒ shì xué shēng.
I am student.

7. 学生
xuéshēng
xuéshēng
Student

8. ma
Nǐ hǎo ma?
How are you?
Nǐ shì xuéshēng ma?
Are you a student?
Ending word for a question

9. wǒ
Wǒ = I, me
Wǒ shì lǎoshī .
I am a teacher.

10. 呢 ne
Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne?
I am fine, how about you?
A ending particle for tag question

11. 也 yě
Nǐ shì xuéshēng,
Wǒ yě shì xuéshēng.
You are a student, and I am also a student.
Also

12. tā
tā
He
tā

13. bù or bú
bú = No, not
Wǒ bú shì lǎoshī.
I am not a teacher.

14. 老师
lǎoshī
Teacher
Tā shì lǎoshī.
He is a teacher.

15. hěn
Hěn =Very
Hěn hǎo!
Very good.
Hěn hǎo!

16. 他是老师吗？
tā shì lǎoshī ma?
Is he a teacher?
是，他是老师。
Shì，tā shì lǎoshī.
Yes, he is a teacher.

17. 他是学生吗？
tā shì xuéshēng ma?
Is he a student?
是， 他是。
Shì,tā shì.
Yes, he is.