Chapter 1

Text Pinyin Characters English Hindi

Text A Nǐ hǎo 你好 Hi
1
B Nǐ hǎo 你好 Hi

Text A Nín hǎo 您好 Hello

2
B Nǐ men hǎo 你们好 Hello everyone

Text A Duì bù qǐ 对不起 Sorry

3
B Méi ɡuān xi 没关系 Its Ok
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Text A Xièxiè 谢谢 Thanks
1
B Bù xiè 不谢 No thanks

Text A Xièxiè nǐ 谢谢你 Thank you

2
B Bù kèqì 不客气 You are welcome

Text A Zàijiàn 再见 See you again

3
B Zàijiàn 再见 See you again
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Text A Nǐ jiào shénme 你叫什么名字? What’s your
1 mínɡzi? name?
B Wǒ jiào Lǐyuè 我叫李月. My name is Li
Yue

Text A Nǐ shì lǎoshī 你是老师吗？ Are you a

2 ma? teacher?
B Wǒ bú shì 我不是老师，我是学生。 I am not a
lǎoshī, wǒ teacher, I am a
shì xuéshenɡ student

Text A Nǐ shì 你是中国人吗？ Are you a

3 Zhōnɡɡuó rén Chinese?
ma?
B Wǒ bú shì 我不是中国人，我是美国人. I am not
Zhōnɡɡuó rén, Chinese, I am
wǒ shì Měiɡuó American.
rén
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Text A Tā shì sheí? 她是谁? Who is she?
1
B Tā shì wǒ de 她是我的汉语老师，她叫李月. She is my
Hànyǔ lǎoshī, Chinese
tā jiào Lǐyuè teacher. Her
name is Li Yue.

Text A Nǐ shì nǎɡuó 你是哪国人? Which country

2 rén? are you from? /
Which country
person are you?
B Wǒ shì Měiɡuó 我是美国人，你呢? I am American,
rén, nǐ ne? What about
you?
A Wǒ shì 我是中国人. I am Chinese.
Zhōnɡɡuó rén.

Text A Tā shì shuí? 他是谁？ Who is he?

3
B Tā shì wǒ 他是我同学。 He is my
tónɡxué classmate
A Tā ne? Tā shì 她呢? 她是你同学吗? What about
nǐ tónɡxué her? Is she your
ma? classmate?
B Tā bú shì wǒ 她不是我同学，她是我朋友。 She isn’t my
tónɡxué. Tā classmate, she
shì wǒ is my friend
pénɡyou.
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Text A Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ 你家有几口人？ How many
1 kǒu rén? people are
there in your
family?
B Wǒ jiā yǒu sān 我家有三口人. My family has 3
kǒu rén. people

Text A Nǐ nǔ’ér jǐ suì 你女儿几岁了？ How old is your

2 le? daughter?
B Tā jīnnián sì 她今年四岁了 She is 4 years
suì le. old this year.

Text A Lǐ lǎoshī duō 李老师多大了？ How old is Li

3 dà le? Teacher?
B Tā jīnnián 她今年五十岁了 She is 50 years
wǔshí suì le. old this year
A Tā nǔ’ér ne? 她女儿呢？ What about her
daughter?
B Tā nǔ’ér 她女儿今年二十岁了 Her daughter is
jīnnián èrshí 20 years old
suì le. this year
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Text A Nǐ huì shuō 你会说汉语吗？ Can you speak
1 hànyǔ ma? Chinese
Language?
B Wǒ huì shuō 我会说汉语 I can speak
hànyǔ Chinese
Language.
A nǐ māmā huì 你妈妈会说汉语吗？ Can your mom
shuō hànyǔ speak Chinese
ma? Language?
B Tā bù huì shuō 她不会说 She cannot
speak

Text A Zhōngguó cài 中国菜好吃吗？ Is Chinese

2 hào chī ma? cuisine
delicious?
B Zhōngguó cài 中国菜很好吃 Chinese cuisine
hěn hào chī is very delicious
A nǐ huì zuò 你会做中国菜吗? Can you cook
zhōngguó cài Chinese
ma? cuisine?
B Wǒ bù huì zuò 我不会做 I cannot cook

Text A Nǐ huì xiě 你会写汉字吗？ Can you write

3 hànzì ma? Chinese
Characters?
B Wǒ huì xiě 我会写 I can write
A zhège zì 这个字怎么写？ How to write
zěnme xiě? this character?
B Duìbùqǐ, zhège 对不起，这个字我会读，不会写 Sorry, I can
read this
zì wǒ huì dú, character,
bù huì xiě cannot write it.
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Text A Qǐngwèn 请问今天几号？ Excuse me,
1 jīntiān jǐ hào? what’s the date
today?
B Jīntiān jiǔ yuè 今天九月一号 Today is
yī hào September 1st
A jīntiān xīngqí 今天星期几？ What day of the
jǐ? week is it
today?
B Xīngqísān 星期三 Wednesday

Text A Zuótiān shì jǐ 昨天是几月几号？ What was the

2 yuè jǐ hào? date yesterday?
B Zuótiān shì bā 昨天是八月三十一号，星期二 Yesterday was
yuè sānshíyī August 31st ,
hào, xīngqí'èr Tuesday
A míngtiān ne? 明天呢？ What about
tomorrow?
B Míngtiān shì jiǔ 明天是九月二号，星期四 Tomorrow is
yuè èr hào, September 2nd ,
xīngqísì Wednesday.

Text A Míngtiān 明天星期六，你去学校吗？ Tomorrow is a

3 xīngqíliù, nǐ qù Saturday, Are
xuéxiào ma? you going to
school?
B Wǒ qù xuéxiào 我去学校 I am going to
school
A nǐ qù xuéxiào 你去学校做什么？ You’re going to
zuò shénme? school to do
what?
B Wǒ qù xuéxiào 我去学校看书 I am going to
school to read
kànshū books.
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Text A Nǐ xiǎng hē 你想喝什么? What would you
1 shénme? like to drink?
B Wǒ xiǎng hē 我想喝茶 I would like to
chá drink tea
A nǐ xiǎng chī 你想吃什么？ What would you
shénme? like to eat?
B Wǒ xiǎng chī 我想吃米饭 I would like to
mǐfàn eat rice

Text A Xiàwǔ nǐ xiǎng 下午你想做什么？ What would you

2 zuò shénme? like to do in the
afternoon?
B Xiàwǔ wǒ 下午我想去商店 I would like to
xiǎng qù go to the store
shāngdiàn in the afternoon
A nǐ xiǎng mǎi 你想买什么？ What would you
shénme? like to buy?
B Wǒ xiǎng mǎi 我想买一个杯子 I would like to
yīgè bēizi buy a cup

Text A Nǐ hǎo zhège 你好!这个杯子多少钱？ Hi! how much is

3 bēizi duōshǎo this cup for?
qián?
B 28 Kuài 28 块 28 yuan
A nàgè bēizi 那个杯子多少钱？ How much is
duōshǎo qián? that cup for？
B Nàgè bēizi 18 那个杯子 18 块钱 That cup is for
18 Yuan
kuài qián
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Text A Xiǎo māo zài 小猫在哪儿? Where is the
1 nǎ'er? kitten?
B Xiǎo māo zài 小猫在那儿 The kitten is
nà'er there
A xiǎo gǒu zài 小狗在哪儿？ Where is the
nǎ'er? puppy?
B Xiǎo gǒu zài 小狗在椅子下面 The puppy is
under the chair
yǐzi
xiàmiàn

Text A Nǐ zài nǎ'er 你在哪儿工作？ Where do you

2 gōngzuò? work?
B Wǒ zài xuéxiào 我在学校工作 I work at a
gōngzuò school
A nǐ érzi zài 你儿子在哪儿工作？ Where does
nǎ'er your son work?
gōngzuò?
B Wǒ érzi zài 我儿子在医院工作，他是医生 My son works at
yīyuàn a hospital, he is
gōngzuò, tā a doctor.
shì yīshēng

Text A Nǐ bàba zàijiā 你爸爸在家吗？ Is your father at

3 ma? home?
B Bù zàijiā 不在家 Isn’t at home
A tā zài nǎr ne? 他在哪儿呢？ Where is he?
B Tā zài yīyuàn 他在医院 He is at the
hospital
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Text A Zhuōzi shàng 桌子上有什么？ What is there
1 yǒu shénme? on the
desk/table?
B Zhuōzi shàng 桌子上有一个电脑和一本书 There is a
yǒu yīgè computer and a
diànnǎo hé yī book on the
běn shū desk/table
A bēizi zài nǎ'er? 杯子在哪儿？ Where is the
cup?
B Bēizi zài 杯子在桌子里 The cup is
zhuōzi lǐ inside the desk

Text A Qiánmiàn 前面那个人叫什么名字 What’s the

2 nàgè rén jiào name of the
shénme person in the
míngzì front?
B tā jiào wáng 她叫王方，在医院工作 Her name is
fāng, zài Wang Fang,
yīyuàn works at the
gōngzuò hospital
A hòumiàn nàgè 后面那个人呢？他叫什么名字？ What about the
rén ne? Tā jiào person at the
shénme back? What is
míngzì? his name?
B Tā jiào xiè 他叫谢朋，在商店工作 His name is Xie
péng, zài Peng, works at
shāngdiàn a store
gōngzuò

Text A Zhèr yǒu rén 这儿有人吗？ Is there a

3 ma? person here? /
is someone
here?
B Méiyǒu 没有 There isn’t. / no
A Wǒ néng zuò 我能坐这儿吗？ May I sit here?
 zhèr ma?
B Qǐng zuò 请坐 Please sit

Lesson 11

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Text A Xiànzài jǐ diǎn? 现在几点？ What is the
1 time now?
B Xiànzài shí 现在十点十分 Its 10:10 now
diǎn shí fēn
A Zhōngwǔ jǐ 中午几点吃饭？ What time are
diǎn chīfàn？ we eating food
in noon?
B Shí'èr diǎn 十二点吃饭 At 12
chīfàn

Text A Bàba shénme 爸爸什么时候回家？ When is father

2 shíhòu huí jiā? returning
home?
B Xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn 下午五点 At 5 PM
A Wǒmen 我们什么时候去看电影？ When are we
shénme going to see the
shíhòu qù kàn movie?
diànyǐng?
B Liù diǎn sānshí 六点三十分 At 6:30
fēn

Text A Wǒ xīngqī yī 我星期一去北京 I am going to

3 qù běijīng Beijing on
Monday
B Nǐ xiǎng zài 你想在北京住几天？ How many days
běijīng zhù jǐ would you like
tiān？ to stay in
Beijing?
A Zhù sān tiān 住三天 For 3 days
 B Xīngqīwǔ qián 星期五前能回家吗？ Can you return
home before
néng huí jiā Friday?
ma?
A Néng 能 I can

Lesson 12

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Text A Zuótiān běijīng 昨天北京的天气怎么样？ How was the
1 de tiānqì weather in
zěnme yàng? Beijing
yesterday?
B Tài rè le 太热了 It was too hot
A Míngtiān ne? 明天呢？明天天气怎么样？ What about
Míngtiān tiānqì tomorrow? How
zěnme yàng? will the weather
be like
tomorrow?
B Míngtiān tiānqì 明天天气很好，不冷不热 Tomorrow the
hěn hǎo, bù weather is
lěng bù rè good, neither
cold nor hot

Text A Jīntiān huì xià 今天会下雨吗？ Will it rain

2 yǔ ma? today?
B Jīntiān bù huì 今天不会下雨 It wont rain
xià yǔ today
A Wáng xiǎojiě 王小姐今天会来吗？ Will Ms. Wang
jīntiān huì lái come today?
ma?
B Bù huì lái, 不会来，天气太冷了 Wont come, the
tiānqì tài lěng weather is too
le cold
Text A Nǐ shēntǐ 你身体怎么样？ How is your
3 zěnme yàng? health?
B Wǒ shēntǐ bù 我身体不太好。天气太热了，不爱吃 My health isn’t
tài hǎo. Tiānqì 饭 too good. The
tài rèle, bù ài weather is too
chīfàn hot, I don’t like
eating food
A Nǐ duō chī xiē 你多吃些水果，多喝水 Eat more fruits
shuǐguǒ, duō and drink more
hē shuǐ water
B Xièxiè nǐ, 谢谢你，医生 Thank you,
doctor
yīshēng

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Text A Wèi, nǐ zài zuò 喂，你在做什么呢？ Hello, what are
1 shénme ne？ you doing?
B Wǒ zài kànshū 我在看书呢 I am reading a
ne book
A Dàwèi yě zài 大卫也在看书吗？ Is david also
kànshū ma? reading books?
B Tā méi 他没看书，他在学做中国菜呢 He isn’t reading
kànshū, tā books, he is
zàixué zuò learning to cook
zhōngguó cài Chinese cuisine
ne

Text A Zuótiān 昨天上午你在做什么呢？ What were you

2 shàngwǔ nǐ zài doing yesterday
zuò shénme morning?
ne?
B Wǒ zài shuìjiào 我在睡觉呢。你呢？ I was sleeping.
ne. Nǐ ne? What about
you?
A Wǒ zàijiā kàn 我在家看电视呢。你喜欢看电视吗？ I was watching
 diànshì ne. Nǐ tv at home. Do
xǐhuān kàn you like
diànshì ma? watching tv?
B Wǒ bù xǐhuān 我不喜欢看电视，我喜欢看电影 I don’t like
kàn diànshì, watching tv, I
wǒ xǐhuān kàn like watching
diànyǐng movies

Text A Bā èr sān líng 82304155，这是李老师的电 82304155, is

3 sì yāo wǔ wǔ, 话吗？ this Li teacher’s
zhè shì lǐ phone number?
lǎoshī de
diànhuà ma?
B Bùshì. Tā de 不是。她的电话是 No, her phone
diànhuà shì Bā 82304156 number is
èr sān líng sì 82304156
yāo wǔ liù
A Hǎo, wǒ 好，我现在给她打电话 Okay. I’ll call
xiànzài gěi tā her now
dǎ diànhuà
B Tā zài gōngzuò 她在工作呢，你下午打吧 She is working.
Call her in the
ne, nǐ xiàwǔ afternoon
dǎ ba

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Text A Zuótiān 昨天上午你去哪儿了？ Where did you
1 shàngwǔ nǐ qù go yesterday
nǎr le? morning?
B Wǒ qù 我去商店买东西了 I went to the
shāngdiàn mǎi store to buy
dōngxī le things
A Nǐ mǎi shénme 你买什么了？ What did you
le? buy？
B Wǒ mǎi le 我买了一点儿苹果 I bought a few
yīdiǎnr apples
píngguǒ

Text A Nǐ kànjiàn 你看见张先生了吗？ Did you see Mr.

2 zhāng Zhang?
xiānshēng le
 ma?
B Kànjiàn le, tā 看见了，他去学开车了 I saw him, he
qù xué kāichē went to learn
le car driving
A Tā shénme 他什么时候能回来？ When can he
shíhòu néng come back?
huílái?
B Sìshí fēnzhōng 40 分钟后回来 He’ll be back
hòu huílái after 40 mins.

Text A Wáng fāng de 王方的衣服太漂亮了 Wang fang’s

3 yīfú tài clothes are too
piàoliang le pretty
B Shì a, tā mǎi 是啊，她买了不少衣服 Yeahh, she
liǎo bù shǎo bought quite a
yīfú few clothes.
A Nǐ mǎi shénme 你买什么了？ What did you
le? buy?
B Wǒ méi mǎi, 我没买，这些都是王方的东西 I dint buy. All
these are Wang
zhèxiē dōu shì Fang’s things.
wáng fāng de
dōngxi

Lesson 15

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Text A Nǐ hé lǐ xiǎojiě 你和李小姐是什么时候认识的？ When did you
1 shì shénme and Ms. Li
shíhòu rènshí meet?
de?
B Wǒmen shì èr 我们是 2011 年 9 月认识的 We met in
líng yī yī nián September,
jiǔ yuè rènshí 2011
de
 A Nǐmen zài nǎr 你们在哪儿认识的？ Where did you
rènshí de? guys meet?
B Wǒmen shì zài 我们是在学校认识的，她是我大学同 We met in
xuéxiào rènshí 学 university, she
de, tā shì wǒ was my
dàxué tóngxué university
classmate.

Text A Nǐmen shì 你们是怎么来饭店的？ How did you all

2 zěnme lái come to the
fàndiàn de? restaurant?
B Wǒmen shì 我们是坐出租车来的 We came by a
zuò chūzū chē cab
lái de
A Lǐ xiānshēng 李先生呢？ What about Mr.
ne? Li?
B Tā shì hé 他是和朋友一起开车来的 He and his
péngyǒu yīqǐ friend came by
kai chē lái de car together

Text A Hěn gāoxìng 很高兴认识您！李小姐 Very glad to

3 rènshí nín! Lǐ meet you ! Ms.
xiǎojiě Li
B Rènshí nǐ wǒ 认识你我也很高兴 Very glad to
yě hěn meet you too
gāoxìng
A Tīng zhāng 听张先生说，您是坐飞机来北京的？ Heard from Mr.
xiānshēng Zhang that you
shuō, nín shì came to Beijing
zuò fēijī lái by plane?
běijīng de?
B Shì de 是的 Yes