Modern Mandarin Chinese: The Routledge Course

Vocabulary

Dialogue Part A Vocabulary

Audio file					Simplified	Traditional
	ba		used for making suggestions	final particle	吧	吧
	běn		classifier for books	classifier	本	本
	běnzi	běn子	notebook	noun	本子	本子
	Hàn zì		Chinese character	noun phrase	汉字	漢字
	hēi		black	adjectival verb	黑	黑
	hēisè		black colored	noun	黑色	黑色
	huáng		yellow	adjectival verb	黄	黃
	huángsè		yellow colored	noun	黄色	黃色
	liànxí		practice	verb	练习	練習
	liànxí běn		notebook	noun	练习本	練習本
	lǜ		green	adjectival verb	绿	綠
	lǜsè		green colored	noun	绿色	綠色
	yánsè		color	noun	颜色	顏色
	yīdiǎn	一diǎn	a little	quantifier phrase	一点	一點
	zì		character (Chinese character)	noun	字	字

Dialogue Part B Vocabulary

Audio file					Simplified	Traditional
	bāo		bag (of)	classifier/noun	包	包
	bǐnggān		cookie(s)	noun	饼干	餅乾
	niánjí		year in school, grade	noun	年级	年級
	qiǎokèlì		chocolate	noun	巧克力	巧克力
	sānmíngzhì		sandwich	noun	三明治	三明治
	shū		book	noun	书	書
	xiǎng		think (about), plan (to), want (to)	verb	想	想
	yī niánjí	一 niánjí	first year level	noun phrase	一年级	一年級

Dialogue Part C Vocabulary

Audio file					Simplified	Traditional
	bǎi		100	number	百	百
	gěi		give	verb	给	給
	yīgòng	一gòng	altogether	adverb	一共	一共
	zhǎo (qián)		make (change)	verb	找（钱）	找（錢）

Dialogue

Audio file	Dialogue
	Zhāng 大为: 那个 běn子多少 qián?	张大为：那个本子多少钱？
	Fúwùyuán: 哪个běn子 yā? 什么 yánsè 的? 我 yǒu huángsè 的, hēisè 的hé lǜsè 的.	服务员：哪个本子呀？什么颜色的？我有黄色的，黑色的和绿色的。
	Zhāng 大为: 那个 hēisè 的 běn子。	张大为：那个黑色的本子。
	Fúwùyuán: 这个 hēisè 的 Hàn zì liànxíběn 六 kuài 八一 běn。你 yào 几 běn?	服务员：这个黑色的汉字练习本六块八一本。你要几本？
	Zhāng 大为: 可以piányi 一 diǎn 吗?	张大为：可以便宜一点吗？
	Fúwùyuán: Mǎi两běn ba。两běn可以mài十二kuài。	服务员：买两本吧。两本可以卖十二块。
	Zhāng大为: 好。	张大为：好。

Audio file	Dialogue
	Fúwùyuán: 你 hái xiǎng mǎi 什么?	服务员：你还想买什么?
	Zhāng 大为: 我 hái yào mǎi 一niánjí 的 Zhōngwén shū.	张大为：我还要买一年级的中文书。
	Fúwùyuán: 这两 běn shū 是一 niánjí 的 Zhōngwén shū.	服务员：这两本书是一年级的中文书。
	Zhāng 大为: 多少 qián?	张大为：多少钱？
	Fúwùyuán: 三十五 kuài。	服务员：三十五块。
	Zhāng 大为: 好。我 hái yào这 bāo qiǎokèlì bǐnggān hé 一个sānmíngzhì。	张大为：好。我还要这包巧克力饼干和一个三明治。
	Fúwùyuán: Qiǎokèlì bǐnggān两 kuài 两 máo 五。三míngzhì 四 kuài 二。	服务员：巧克力饼干两块两毛五。三明治四块二。

Audio file	Dialogue
	Zhāng 大为: 一 gòng 多少 qián?	张大为：一共多少钱？
	Fúwùyuán: Shū 三十五 kuài, 九 zhī qiānbǐ 五 kuài 八 máo 五, Zhōngguó dìtú 七 kuài 二, 五 píng shuǐ 十kuài, 两 tīng kělè 四 kuài 八, 两个 liànxí běn 十二 kuài, bǐ五 kuài, bǐnggān 两 kuài 两 máo 五, 三míngzhì 四 kuài 二, 一gòng 八十六kuài 三máo qián.	服务员：书三十五块，九支铅笔五块八毛五，中国地图七块二，五瓶水十块，两听可乐四块八，两个练习本十二块，笔五块，饼干两块两毛五，三明治四块二，一共八十六块三毛钱。
	Zhāng 大为: Gěi你一 bǎi kuài.	张大为：给你一百块。
	Fúwùyuán: Zhǎo 你十三 kuài 七 máo qián.	服务员：找你十三块七毛钱。
	Zhāng 大为: 好。Zài jiàn.	张大为：好。再见。
	Fúwùyuán: Zài jiàn.	服务员：再见。

Structure Drills

1. One More (Use and Structure note 7.7)

Listen to the string of numbers, and then repeat them, including the next highest number in the series, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: 十三, 十四
You will say: 十三, 十四, 十五
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)	二十八，二十九	二十八，二十九，三十
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)

2. One Less (Use and Structure note 7.7)

Listen to the string of numbers, and then repeat them, including the next lowest number in the series, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: 三十九, 三十八
You will say: 三十九, 三十八, 三十七
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)

3. Which one? (Use and Structure note 7.1)

You will hear a question about the price of an object. Reply by asking which object, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: 那 zhī bǐ 多少 qián?
You will say: 哪 zhī bǐ?
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)

4. Specifier + number + classifier + noun: These two books (Use and Structure note 7.3)

You will hear a question about the price of some item, followed by a number. Restate the question, adding in the number, as in the example
Example:
You will hear: 这 běn shū 多少 qián? (两)
You will say: 这两 běn shū 多少 qián?
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)

5. 100 more (Use and Structure note 7.8)

You will hear a number. Increase the number by 100, as in the example.
Example：
You will hear: 一 bǎi五十
You will say: 两 bǎi 五十
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)

6. Describing nouns with nouns (Use and Structure notes 4.5, 5.9, 7.4)

You will hear a noun followed by a description of the noun. Restate the noun with the description, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: shū … 一niánjí (first year Chinese book)
You will say: 一niánjí 的shū
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)

7. How much is it altogether? (Use and Structure note 7.10)

You will hear the price of one item. Ask how much two items are altogether, as in the example.
Example：
You will hear: 一 běn shū十七 kuài 五.
You will say: 两 běn shū一gòng 多少 qián?
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)

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	Vocabulary	Translation
	běn子	notebook
	哪个běn子	which notebook?
	你 yào mǎi哪个běn子?	Which notebook do you want to buy?

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	piányi	cheap
	哪 běn shū piányi?	Which book is cheap(er)?

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	liànxíběn	practice book
	Hàn zì liànxíběn	Character practice book
	那个Hàn zì liànxíběn	___________________

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	Hàn zì	Chinese characters
	liànxí Hàn zì	practice Chinese characters
	xǐhuān liànxí Hàn zì	like to practice Chinese characters
	我 hěn xǐhuān liànxí Hàn zì.	___________________

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	一 běn	one volume
	六 kuài 八一běn	six dollars and eighty cents a volume
	liànxíběn 六 kuài 八一 běn.	Practice books are six dollars and eighty cents each.
	那个 liànxíběn 六 kuài 八一běn.	Those practice notebooks are six dollars and eighty cents each.

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	一diǎn	a little
	piányi一diǎn	a little cheaper
	可以 piányi一diǎn ma?	can it be a little cheaper
	Mǎi两běn 可以 piányi 一 diǎn ma?	If you buy two can it be a little cheaper?

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	mǎi 什么?	buy what?
	xiǎng mǎi 什么?	want to buy what
	hái xiǎng mǎi 什么?	still want to buy what
	你 hái xiǎng mǎi 什么?	_______________________

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	shū	book
	Zhōngwén shū	Chinese book
	一 niánjí 的 Zhōngwén shū	first year Chinese book

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	一 niánjí 的Zhōngwén shū	first year Chinese book
	mǎi一 niánjí 的Zhōngwén shū	buy first year Chinese book
	yào mǎi一 niánjí 的Zhōngwén shū	want to buy first year Chinese book
	hái yào mǎi一 niánjí 的Zhōngwén shū	in addition want to buy first year Chinese book
	我 hái yào mǎi一 niánjí 的Zhōngwén shū.	____________________________

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	shū	book
	两 běn shū	two books
	这两 běn shū	these two books

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	多少 qián?	how much money?
	bǐnggān多少qián?	cookies are how much money?
	qiǎokèlì bǐnggān 多少 qián?	chocolate cookies are how much money?
	三bāo qiǎokèlì bǐnggān 多少qián?	three bags of chocolate cookies are how much money?
	那三bāo qiǎokèlì bǐnggān 多少 qián?	How much are those three bags of chocolate cookies?

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	Zhōngwén shū	Chinese books
	一 niánjí 的 Zhōngwén shū	first year Chinese books
	这两 běn shū 是一 niánjí 的Zhōngwén shū.	These two books are first year Chinese books.

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	多少 qián?	how much money?
	一gòng多少qián?	altogether how much money?
	这两 běn shū一gòng 多少qián.	How much are these two books altogether?

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	wǔ kuài qián	five dollars
	三十五 kuài qián	thirty five dollars
	一 gòng三十五 kuài qián	altogether thirty five dollars
	这两 běn shū 一gòng 三十五 kuài qián.	_______________________

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	多少 qián?	how much money?
	běn子多少qián?	notebooks are how much money?
	huáng yánsè的 běn子多少 qián?	yellow notebooks are how much money?
	那个 huáng yánsè 的 běn子多少 qián?	How much is that yellow notebook?

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	一 bǎi kuài	￥ 100
	Gěi 你一bǎi kuài.	(I) give you ￥100.

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	四 máo qián	forty cents
	三十 kuài 四máo qián.	thirty dollars and forty cents
	Zhǎo 你三十kuài 四 máo qián.	I am giving you thirty dollars and forty cents in change.

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	guì	expensive
	不太guì	not too expensive
	hēisè 的bǐ 不太guì.	Black pens are not too expensive.

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	五十 kuài	¥50
	两bǎi 五十 kuài	¥250
	shǒujī 两bǎi 五十 kuài	Cell phones are ¥250.
	lǜsè 的 shǒujī 两bǎi 五十kuài.	Green cell phones are ¥250.

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	mǎi 两个 ba	Buy two!
	hěn piányi. Mǎi 两个 ba.	very inexpensive. Buy two!
	Hēi yánsè 的 bǐ hěn piányi. Mǎi 两个ba!	Black pens are very cheap. You should buy two!

Audio file	Vocabulary	Translation
	三míngzhì	sandwich
	chī sānmíngzhì ba!	eat sandwiches!
	xiànzài chī 三míngzhì ba!	eat sandwiches now!
	我们 xiànzài chī 三míngzhì ba!	Let’s eat sandwiches now!

Writing Characters

Chapter 7

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Character practice sheet
PDF Characters stroke-by-stroke
PDF Stroke order chart
JPG Image Focus on Radicals
Word Document

Pronunciation Challenges

Learn these tongue twisters one line at a time. Repeat each line until you can say it quickly and without errors.

A
Tongue twister		Translation	Audio files
44 Lions *Sìshísì zhī sǐ shí shīzi*	四十四只死狮子	Forty-four dead stone lions

B

Tongue twister		Translation	Audio files
4 and 10 sì shì sì，shí shì shí， shísì shì shísì，sìshí shì sìshí， sìshísì shì sìshísì.	四是四，十是十，十四是十四，四十是四十四十四是四十四。	Four is four, ten is ten, fourteen is fourteen, forty is forty forty-four is forty-four