Modern Mandarin Chinese: The Routledge Course

Vocabulary

Dialogue Part A Vocabulary

Audio file					Simplified	Traditional
	dēng		light	noun	灯	燈
	dì		ordinal prefix	prefix	第	第
	duìmiàn	对miàn	across from	noun	对面	對面
	hóng lǜ dēng		traffic light (red-green light)	noun phrase	红绿灯	紅綠燈
	jiù		old (things)	adjectival verb	旧	舊
	lùkǒu	路口	intersection	noun	路口	路口
	shénme de	什么的	and other things like that	noun phrase	什么的	什麼的
	tiáo		(classifier for streets)	classifier	条	條
	yě jiù shì shuō	也就是说	in other words	conversational expression	也就是说	也就是說
	zázhì		magazine(s)	noun	杂志	雜誌

Dialogue Part B Vocabulary

Audio file					Simplified	Traditional
	bié		don’t	negation	别	別
	dìzhǐ		address	noun	地址	地址
	hòu*	后	behind	directional particle	后	後
	hòubiān	后biān	behind	noun	后边	後邊
	huì	会	will	modal verb	会	會
	Lóngtán hú	Lóngtán 湖	Longtan Lake， Dragon Pool Lake	place name	龙潭湖	龍潭湖
	pángbiān	pángbiān	next to, beside, alongside	noun	旁边	旁邊
	qián*	前	front	directional particle	前	前
	qiánbiān	前biān	in front of	noun	前边	前邊
	ránhòu	然后	afterwards	adverb	然后	然後
	shízì lùkǒu	十字路口	four-way intersection	noun phrase	十字路口	十字路口
	yínháng		bank	noun	银行	銀行
	yīzhí	一zhí	continuously	adverb	一直	一直

Dialogue Part C Vocabulary

Audio file					Simplified	Traditional
	duō jiǔ	多久	how long?	question phrase	多久	多久
	rúguǒ		if	adverb? connecting word?	如果	如果
	yīhuìr	一会儿	a short period of time	time phrase	一会儿	一會(兒)
	yīhuìr jiàn	一会儿见	see you soon	conversational expression	一会儿见	一會(兒)見

Dialogue

Audio file	Dialogue
	大为: 国强，你说话说得太快。我不懂，请你说慢一点儿。	大为: 国强，你说话说得太快。我不懂，请你说慢一点儿。
	国强: 好。车站的对miàn有一个书店叫学友书店，学生的学，朋友的友，那个书店卖jiù书，门口也卖车票、zázhì什么的。你看见了吗？	国强: 好。车站的对面有一个书店叫学友书店，学生的学，朋友的友，那个书店卖旧书，门口也卖车票、杂志什么的。你看见了吗？
	大为: 看见了。你昨天就告诉我了。	大为: 看见了。你昨天就告诉我了。
	国强: 你过马路到书店去。过了马路以后往东走。在dì三个路口有一个hónglǜ dēng。那 tiáo 路是公园路。在那儿过了马路往左guǎi。	国强: 你过马路到书店去。过了马路以后往东走。在第三个路口有一个红绿灯。那条路是公园路。在那儿过了马路往左拐。
	大为: 往左guǎi也就是说往北guǎi，对不对？	大为: 往左拐也就是说往北拐，对不对？
	国强: 对。	国强: 对。

Audio file	Dialogue
	国强: 一zhí 往北走。前biān有一个十字路口。	国强: 一直往北走。前边有一个十字路口。
	大为: 还要过马路吗？	大为: 还要过马路吗？
	国强: Bié 过马路。在那儿往右guǎi。也就是说，往东guǎi。	国强: 别过马路。在那儿往右拐。也就是说，往东拐。
	大为: 好。然后呢？	大为: 好。然后呢？
	国强: 然后你会看见一个 yínháng。那tiáo路叫中山路，我家就在yínháng 的 pángbiān，我家的后biān有一个很大的公园，那就是Lóngtán公园。公园里有一个很piàoliang的湖，叫Lóngtán 湖。我家的dìzhǐ是中山路一bǎi líng八号。	国强: 然后你会看见一个银行。那条路叫中山路，我家就在银行的旁边，我家的后边有一个很大的公园，那就是龙潭公园。公园里有一个很漂亮的湖，叫龙潭湖。我家的地址是中山路一百零八号。

Audio file	Dialogue
	大为: 好。知道了。不会很难找。从车站到你家走路要走多久？	大为: 好。知道了。不会很难找。从车站到你家走路要走多久？
	国强: 不远，就一里半路。差不多十五分zhōng就可以到。Rúguǒ你走快一点，十分zhōng就到了。	国强: 不远，就一里半路。差不多十五分钟就可以到。如果你走快一点，十分钟就到了。
	大为: 那，我现在就往你家走。	大为: 那，我现在就往你家走。
	国强: 好，我们děng你。一会儿见。	国强: 好，我们等你。一会儿见。
	大为: 再见。	大为: 再见。

Structure Drills

1. Describing how an action with an object is performed. (Use and Structure note 14.1)

You will hear a statement describing how some action is performed, followed by a verb and object. Restate the description, including the verb and object, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: 你说得很快。（说话）
You will say: 你说话说得很快。
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)

	Prompt	Response
Example
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2. Practice with ordinal numbers (Use and Structure note 14.5)

You will hear a phrase saying that someone or something is first, second, third, etc. Restate the phrase increasing the order by one, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: dì三个人
You will say: dì四个人
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
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3. Talking about sequence with 以hòu after (Use and Structure notes 12.13, 14.9)

You will hear two actions. Restate the actions in a single sentence, using 以hòu after to say that after the first action happens, the second action happens, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: 你过马路, 往北走.
You will say: 你过马路以后，往北走。
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
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4. Talking about one person doing two actions in a sequence (Use and Structure notes 12.13, 14.9)

You will hear two actions performed by the same person. Restate the actions in a single sentence using 了 and 就, to say that after the first action happens, the second action happens, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: 你过马路, 往北走.
You will say: 过了马路, 你就往北走。
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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5.Talking about actions performed by two different people that occur in sequence (Use and Structure notes 12.13, 14.9)

You will hear two actions performed by different people. Restate the actions in a single sentence using了 and 就, indicating that after the first action happens, the second action happens, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: 老师来. 我们上课.
You will say: 老师来了, 我们就上课.
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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6. Talking about sequences of actions that were completed in the past (Use and Structure notes 12.13, 14.9)

You will hear two actions performed by two different people that were completed in the past. Restate the actions in a single sentence using了 and 就, indicating that after the first action happened, the second action happened, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: 老师来. 我们上课.
You will say: 老师来了, 我们就上课了.
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
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7.Talking about sequences of actions using 了, 以hòu, and 就. (Use and structure notes 12.13, 14.9)

You will hear two actions. Restate the actions in a single sentence using了, 以hòu, and 就, to indicate that after the first action happens, the second action happens, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: 你过dì三个路口，往北走。
You will say: 过了dì三个路口以后，你就往北走。
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
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8. Do a little more adjectival verb (Use and Structure note 14.2)

You will hear a description about how someone performs an activity. Restate the description and add that they should do it in a little more in the opposite way, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: 你说得太快。
You will say: 你说得太快。请你说慢一点。
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
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9. 然后 Afterwards (Use and Structure note 14.9)

You will hear a sentence saying what someone will do after they do something else. Restate the information, saying that the person will first do one action and then afterwards do the other action, as in the example.
Example
You will hear: 你买了票以后上车。
You will say: 你xiān买票，然后上车。
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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10. Rúguǒ …就… if (one subject) (Use structure note 14.13)

You will hear two sentences. Restate the sentences using rúguǒ and就 to say if the first one happens, the second one happens, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: 你学中文。你会学得很好。
You will say: Rúguǒ你学中文，你就会学得很好。
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
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11. Rúguǒ就… … if (two different subjects) (Use structure note 14.13)

You will hear two sentences. Restate the sentences using rúguǒ and就 to say if the first one happens, the second one happens, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: 你学中文。我也学中文。
You will say: Rúguǒ 你学中文，我就学中文。
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
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Sentence Pyramids

The Sentence Pyramids illustrate the use of each new vocabulary item and structure introduced in the lesson. Use them to help you to learn how to form phrases and sentences in Mandarin. Supply the English translation for the last line where indicated.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	快	fast
	太快	too fast
	说得太快	speak too fast
	说话说得太快	speak too fast
	你说话说得太快。	You speak too fast.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	慢	slow
	慢一点儿	a little slower
	说慢一点儿	speak a little slower
	请你说慢一点儿。	______________________

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	对miàn	across
	车站的对miàn	across from the station

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	书店	bookstore
	有一个书店	there is a bookstore
	对miàn 有一个书店	across there is a book store
	车站的对miàn 有一个书店。	Across from the station there is a bookstore.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	学	“xue”
	学生的学	the “xue” of “xuesheng”
	学生的学，朋友的友	the “xue” of “xuesheng” and the “you” of “pengyou”

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	jiù 书	old books
	卖 jiù 书	sells old books
	那个书店卖 jiù 书。	______________________

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	什么的	and things like that
	zázhì什么的	magazines and things like that
	书店门口卖车票、zázhì什么的。	At the entrance of the bookstore they sell tickets, magazines, and things like that.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	dēng	light
	hónglǜ dēng	red-green light (traffic light)
	有一个hónglǜ dēng	there is a traffic light
	在路口有一个hónglǜ dēng	at the intersection there is a traffic light
	在dì三个路口有一个hónglǜ dēng。	At the third intersection there is a traffic light.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	路口	intersection
	十字路口	4-way intersection
	有一个十字路口	there is a 4-way intersection
	前biān有一个十字路口。	Ahead there is a 4-way intersection.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	guǎi	turn
	往左guǎi	turn left
	在那儿往左guǎi。	Turn left there.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	往北guǎi	turn north
	也就是说往北guǎi	in other words, turn north
	往左guǎi，也就是说往北guǎi。	Turn left, in other words, turn north.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	中山路	Zhongshan Road
	叫中山路	is called Zhongshan Road
	那tiáo路叫中山路。	That road is called Zhongshan Road.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	往北走	go north
	一zhí 往北走。	Keep going north.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	马路	road
	过马路	cross the road
	Bié 过马路。	Don’t cross the road.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	往北走	go north
	一zhí往北走	keep going north
	过了马路以后一zhí往北走。	After you cross the street keep going north.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	yínháng	bank
	一个 yínháng	a bank
	你会看见一个 yínháng	you will see a bank
	然后你会看见一个 yínháng。	Afterwards, you will see a bank.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	pángbiān	beside, next to
	yínháng 的 pángbiān	next to the bank
	在 yínháng 的 pángbiān	located next to the bank
	就在 yínháng 的 pángbiān	located right next to the bank.
	我家就在 yínháng 的 pángbiān。	______________________

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	公园	park
	大的公园	big park
	有一个很大的公园	there is a big park
	后biān有一个很大的公园	behind there is a big park
	我家的后biān有一个很大的公园。	Behind my house there is a big park.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	湖	lake
	很piàoliang的湖	very pretty late
	有一个很piàoliang的湖	there is a very pretty lake
	公园里有一个很piàoliang的湖。	Inside the park there is a very pretty lake.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	Lóngtán 湖	Longtan Lake
	那就是Lóngtán 湖。	That is Longtan Lake.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	一bǎi líng八号	Number 108
	中山路一bǎi líng八号	108 Zhongshan Road
	dìzhǐ是中山路一bǎi líng八号	address is 108 Zhongshan Road
	我家的dìzhǐ是中山路一bǎi líng八号。	My home’s address is 108 Zhongshan Road.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	多久？	how long?
	走多久？	walk how long?
	要走多久？	have to walk how long?
	走路要走多久？	(as for walking) have to walk how long?
	从车站到你家走路要走多久？	How long do I have to walk from the train station to your home?

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	到	arrive
	可以到	can arrive
	就可以到	can arrive
	差不多十五分zhōng就可以到。	You can arrive in about 15 minutes.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	就到了	arrived
	十分zhōng就到了	arrived in (as soon as) 10 minutes
	Rúguǒ你走快一点，十分zhōng就到了。	If you walk a little faster, you can arrive in (as soon as) 10 minutes.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	děng你	wait for you
	在那儿děng你	wait for you there
	我们在那儿děng你。	We will wait for you there.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	见	see
	一会儿见。	See you soon.

Audio File	Translation	Translation
	一会儿	a short amount of time
	děng 一会儿	wait for a little while.
	请 děng 一会儿。	Please wait for little while.

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