A Video: DailyNoodles_Learn to introduce your family家jiā in Mandarin Chinese
IC1 Lesson 2 Dialogue 1: Looking at a Family Photo
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 |
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| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 那 | nà | that | |
| 2 | 的 | de | of; ~’s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute) | |
| 3 | 照片 | zhào piàn | photograph; picture; Classifiers: 张 | |
| 4 | 这 | 這 | zhè | this; these; (commonly pr. before a classifier, esp. in Beijing) |
| 5 | 爸爸 | bà ba | (informal) father; Classifiers: 个 | |
| 6 | 妈妈 | 媽媽 | mā ma | mama; mommy; mother; Classifiers: 个 |
| 7 | 个 | 個, | gè/ge | (measure word for many common everyday objects) ; classifier for people or objects in general; variant of 个 |
| 8 | 女 | nǚ | female | |
| 9 | 孩子 | hái zi | child | |
| 10 | 谁 | 誰 | shéi | who |
| 11 | 她 | tā | she; her | |
| 12 | 姐姐 | jiě jie | older sister; Classifiers: 个 | |
| 13 | 男 | nán | male | |
| 14 | 弟弟 | dì di | younger brother; Classifiers: 个 | |
| 15 | 他 | tā | he; him | |
| 16 | 大哥 | dà gē | eldest brother | |
| 17 | 儿子 | 兒子 | ér zi | son |
| 18 | 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be | |
| 19 | 女儿 | 女兒 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 20 | 没 | 沒 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs); not |
| 21 | 高文中 | gāo wénzhōng | (a personal name) | |
| 22 | 高 | gāo | surname Gao; high; tall; |
Characters
| No. | Chinese | Pinyin | Definition |
| 1 | 那 | nà/nèi | that, that one, those, then, in that case |
| 2 | 的 | de | (a possessive or descriptive particle) |
| 3 | 照 | zhào | according to,in accordance with,to shine,to illumine,to reflect,photograph |
| 4 | 片 | piàn/piān | card; slice,splinter,strip,piece |
| 5 | 这 | zhè | this,these,such,here,the |
| 6 | 爸 | bà | father,dad,pa,papa |
| 7 | 妈 | mā | mother, mom, mommy |
| 8 | 个 | gè/gě | individual,(measure word),this,that,piece,single |
| 9 | 男 | nán | male |
| 10 | 女 | nǚ | female,woman,feminine |
| 11 | 孩 | hái | child,baby,kid,children |
| 12 | 子 | zǐ/zi | son,child,seed,egg,child,small thing,noun suffix(zi5) |
| 13 | 谁 | shéi/shuí | who,whom,whoever |
| 14 | 他 | tā | him,he,other,another |
| 15 | 她 | tā | she,her |
| 16 | 哥 | gē | elder brother |
| 17 | 姐 | jiě | elder sister,young lady |
| 18 | 弟 | dì | younger brother,junior male |
| 19 | 妹 | mèi | younger sister |
| 20 | 大 | dà/dài | big,huge,large |
| 21 | 儿 | ér | son |
| 22 | 有 | yǒu | to have,there is,there are,to be,to own, to possess |
| 23 | 没 | méi/mò | not, have not, |
| 24 | 高 | gāo | high,tall |
| 25 | 中 | zhōng/zhòng | central,center,middle,in the midst of,during, China |
Vocabulary (two-character combinations)
| No. | Chinese | Pinyin | Definition |
| 1 | 照片 | zhào piàn | picture |
| 2 | 爸爸 | bà bà | father, dad |
| 3 | 妈妈 | mā mā | mother, mom |
| 4 | 孩子 | hái zǐ | child |
| 5 | 女孩 | nǚ hái | girl |
| 6 | 男孩 | nán hái | boy |
| 7 | 哥哥 | gē gē | older brother |
| 8 | 姐姐 | jiě jiě | older sister |
| 9 | 弟弟 | dì dì | younger brother |
| 10 | 妹妹 | mèi mèi | younger sister |
| 11 | 儿子 | ér zǐ | son |
| 12 | 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 13 | 没有 | méi yǒu | do not have |
| 14 | 高文中 | gāo wén zhōng | Gao Wenzhong |
| 15 | 兄弟姐妹 | xiōng dì jiě mèi | siblings |
Dialogue
A: 高文中，那是你的照片吗？
B：是。这是我爸爸，这是我妈妈。
A：这个女孩子是谁？
B：他是我姐姐。
A：这个男孩子是你弟弟吗？
B：不是，他是我大哥的儿子。
A：你大哥有女儿吗？
B：他没有女儿。
Quizlet for IC1 L2D1
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