By Ling-Ling Lisa Shih
From Ling-LingChinese.com
IC1 Lesson 1 Dialogue II: Asking about Someone’s Nationality
Vocabulary
Click on the word to hear the sound and its stroke animation, and examples of word combinations and sentences
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition |
| 1 | 是 | shì | is; are; am; yes; to be | |
| 2 | 老师 | 老師 | lǎo shī | teacher; Classifiers: 个 |
| 3 | 吗 | 嗎 | mǎ | see 吗啡 , morphine |
| 4 | 不 | bù | (negative prefix); not; no | |
| 5 | 学生 | 學生 | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 6 | 也 | yě | too | |
| 7 | 人 | rén | people; Classifiers: 个 | |
| 8 | 中国 | 中國 | zhōng guó | China |
| 9 | 北京 | běi jīng | Beijing | |
| 10 | 美国 | 美國 | měi guó | United States |
| 11 | 纽约 | 紐約 | niǔ yuē | New York |
List of Characters
(Click on the words to see their stroke animation).
| No. | Chinese | Pinyin | Definition |
| 1 | 是 | shì | is,are,am,yes,to be |
| 2 | 老 | lǎo | old |
| 3 | 师 | shī | teacher, master |
| 4 | 吗 | ma | final interrogative particle |
| 5 | 不 | bù | no, not |
| 6 | 学 | xué | learn, study |
| 7 | 生 | shēng | to be born,to give birth |
| 8 | 也 | yě | also, too |
| 9 | 人 | rén | man,person,people,mankind |
| 10 | 中 | zhōng/zhòng | middle, China |
| 11 | 国 | guó | country |
| 12 | 北 | běi | north |
| 13 | 京 | jīng | capital, Beijing (abbr.) |
| 14 | 美 | měi | beautiful, America |
| 15 | 纽 | niǔ | button, knob,tie, to turn, to wrench |
| 16 | 约 | yuē | treaty, agreement |
Dialogue
Integrated Chinese Lesson 1 Dialogue 2 in Chinese Character, Pinyin and English
| No. | Chinese | Pinyin | Definition |
| 1 | 王先生，你是老师吗？ | wáng xiān shēng nǐ shì lǎo shī ma | Mr. Wang, are you a teacher? |
| 2 | 我不是老师。 | wǒ bù shì lǎo shī | I am not a teacher. |
| 3 | 我是学生，你呢？ | wǒ shì xué shēng nǐ ne | I am a student, and you? |
| 4 | 我也是学生。 | wǒ yě shì xué shēng | I am also a student. |
| 5 | 你是中国人吗？ | nǐ shì zhōng guó rén ma | Are you a Chinese? |
| 6 | 是，我是北京人。 | shì wǒ shì běi jīng rén | Yes. I am from Beijing. |
| 7 | 你是美国人吗？ | nǐ shì měi guó rén ma | Are you an American? |
| 8 | 是，我是纽约人。 | shì wǒ shì niǔ yuē rén | Yes, I am from New York. |
