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IC1 L2D2 Asking about Someone’s Family

IC1 Lesson 2 Dialogue 2: Asking about Someone’s Family

Vocabulary

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ID Chinese Trad. Pinyin English Definition
ID Chinese Trad. Pinyin English Definition
1 家 jiā family, house
2 几 幾 jī, ji3 ji3: how many
3 口 kǒu mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
4 哥哥 gē ge older brother; Classifiers: 个
5 两 兩 liǎng two
6 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister;  Classifiers: 个
7 和 hé and (also pronounced as han4)
8 大姐 dà jiě eldest sister
9 二 èr two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
10 姐 jiě older sister
11 做 zuò to do
12 工作 gōng zuò to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; Classifiers: 个
13 律师 律師 lǜ shī lawyer
14 英文 yīng wén English (language)
15 都 dōu all; both
16 大学生 大學生 dà xuéshēng university student; college student
17 大学 大學 dà xué university; college; Classifiers: 所
18 医生 醫生 yī shēng doctor; Classifiers: 个
19 白英爱 白英愛 bái yīngài a person’s name

Characters

No. Chinese Pinyin Definition
1 家 jiā house,home
2 几 jǐ/jī how many
3 口 kǒu mouth,measure word for things with mouths such as people
4 哥 gē elder brother
5 两 liǎng both,two
6 妹 mèi younger sister
7 和 hé/hè/huò/huó and,together with,with
8 大 dà/dài big
9 姐 jiě elder sister
10 做 zuò work, make, do
11 工 gōng work
12 作 zuò/zuō make,work,compose,write,act,perform
13 律 lǜ law
14 师 shī teacher,master,expert,specialist
15 英 yīng brave,a hero;wise,England,English
16 文 wén language,culture,writing,formal,literature
17 都 dōu/ dū all,both
18 大 dà/dài big,huge,large
19 学 xué learn,study
20 生 shēng to be born,to give birth
21 医 yī medical,medicine,doctor,to cure,to treat
22 生 shēng to be born,to give birth,life,to grow
23 白 bái white, surname Bai,Kangxi radical 106
24 爱 ài to love

Vocabulary  (two-character combinations)

ID Chinese Trad. Pinyin English Definition
ID Chinese Trad. Pinyin English Definition
1 家人 jiā rén household; (one’s) family
2 哥哥 gē ge older brother; Classifiers: 个
3 弟弟 dì di younger brother; Classifiers: 个
4 姐姐 jiě jie older sister; Classifiers: 个
5 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister; young woman; Classifiers: 个
6 大姐 dà jiě big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)
7 二姐 èrjiě second oldest sister
8 小姐 xiao3 jiě miss
9 工作 gōng zuò to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; Classifiers: 个
10 律师 律師 lǜ shī lawyer
11 医生 醫生 yī shēng doctor; Classifiers: 个
12 英文 yīng wén English (language)
13 中文 zhōng wén Chinese; Chinese written language; Chinese writing
14 老师 老師 lǎo shī teacher; Classifiers: 个
15 都是 dōu shì are all; are both; are entirely;
16 不都是

都不是

 bu4 dou2 shì

dou1bu2shi4

 not all are

All are not…; Both are not…
17 大学 大學 dà xué the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism; university; college; Classifiers: 所
18 大学生 大學生 dà xué shēng university student; college student
19 白英爱 白英愛 bái yīng ài

Dialogue

Listen and fill in the blanks.

李友: 白英爱，你家有_____口人？

白英爱：我家有六  _____ 人。我爸爸、我妈妈、一个_______、两个_____和我。李友，你家有几口人？

李友：我家有五口人。爸爸、妈妈、大姐、二姐和我。你爸爸妈妈做什么________？

白英爱：我爸爸是__________，妈妈是__________，哥哥、妹妹都是______。

李友：我妈妈也是__________，我爸爸是_______。

Please answer the following questions based on the dialogue:

1. 白英爱家有几口人？

2. 李友家有几口人？

3. 白英爱有几个兄弟姐妹？

4. 李友有没有妹妹？

5. 李友有几个姐姐？

6. 李友的爸爸妈妈做什么工作？

7. 白英爱的妈妈和李友的妈妈都是老师吗？

8. 白英爱的爸爸和李友的爸爸都是医生吗？

Lesson 2 Dialogue 2: Asking about Someone’s Family

Quizlet for IC1 L2D2

Quizlet for IC Lesson 2 (the entire lesson)

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