1.01 Example sentences with temporary states
我很忙。
Wǒ hěn máng.
I'm very busy.
李雪很饿饿
Lǐ Xuě hěn è.
Li Xue is very hungry.
孩子饿饿饿饿
Háizǐmen hěn kùn.
The children are very sleepy.
他很饿饿饿
Tā hěn xīngfèn.
He is very excited.
我同屋很累。
Wǒ tóngwū hěn lèi.
My roommate is very tired.
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21.02 Adjectives describing appearance
高
Gāo
Tall
矮
Ǎi
Short
瘦
Shòu
Thin
很
Pàng
Fat
漂亮

Your little brother is very thin.
我妹妹很漂亮。
Wǒ mèimei hěn piàoliɑng.
My little sister is very pretty.
很男朋友很饿饿
Tā nánpéngyou hěn shuài.
Her boyfriend is very handsome.
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21.04 Family description
我饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Wǒ māma hěn ǎi，hěn shòu. Wǒ bàbɑ hěn pàng, hěn qiángzhuàng. Wǒ yě yǒu yígè mèimei. Tā
hěn piàoliɑng.
21.05 Negation of predicate adjectives
他不饿饿
Tā bú shuài.
He isn't handsome.
李雪不高。
Lǐ Xuě bù gāo.
Li Xue is not tall.
很不瘦。
Tā bú shòu.
She isn't thin.
王饿饿饿饿
Wáng Jūn bú pàng.
Wang Jun is not fat.
饿饿饿饿饿饿
Zhāng lǎoshī bù ǎi.
Teacher Zhang is not short.
Notes:
Predicate adjectives are always negated with

Lǐ Xuě de tóufa hěn zhí.
Li Xue's hair is very straight.
A Transcribe the characters below into pinyin
1.) 漂亮 _____________________ 2.) 瘦 ____________________
3.) 很 _____________________
4.) 饿饿 ____________________
5.) 饿饿 __________________ 6.) 饿 ___________________
B Match the words with the translation
1.) Cháng Curly
2.) Ǎi
Long
3.) Juǎn Only son
4.) Chǒu
Short
5.) Zhí
Ugly
6.) Dúshēngzǐ
Straight
C Transcribe the following sentences into pinyin
1.) 他妹妹很漂亮。
_______________________________________________________.
2.) 我女友的饿饿饿饿饿
_______________________________________________________.
3.) 很哥哥很瘦。
_______________________________________________________.
4.) 孩子饿饿饿。
_______________________________________________________.
D Circle the character that matches the pinyin
dú :
姓 瘦 很 北

qiángzhuàng
饿 饿 tóufa
漂
饿 zhíyuán
饿
很
jièshào
H Circle the pinyin for the character
短 :
fāng xiōng jiàn duǎn
漂 :
jiě piào míng běi
饿 : xiān fāng shuài piào
丑 :
yǒu chǒu shuài fāng
直 :
zhí diǎn shén chǒu
很 :
zhí duǎn fāng zhuàng
I Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate choice
点
Diǎn
饿饿
Tóufa
有
Yǒu
卷
Juǎn
父母
Fùmǔ

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22.02 This and that - Example sentences
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Zhè shì shū, nà shì cídiǎn.
This is a book, that is a dictionary.
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Zhè shì bàozhǐ, nà shì zázhì.
This is a newspaper, that is a magazine.
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Zhè shì dìtú, nà shì bàozhǐ.
This is a map, that is a newspaper.
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Zhè shì kèběn, nà shì xiǎoshuō.
This is a textbook, that is a novel.
饿饿饿饿, 那是饿饿饿
Zhè shì cídiǎn, nà shì kèběn.
This is a dictionary, that is a textbook.
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Notes:
饿 zhè and 那 nà are demonstrative pronouns, which means that they point out where something
is. 饿 zhè means this and 那 nà means that.
Pronunciation point:
You should be careful not to confuse 那 nà with the interrogative pronoun 很 nǎ. 那 nà has a
fourth tone falling sound, which sounds commanding or even angry to English speakers. nǎ has
the falling and then rising third tone, which to English speakers sounds a bit like someone who is
mildly incredulous of something.
22.03 Whose textbook is this? - Example sentences
那是饿饿饿饿饿
Nà shì shéi de zázhì?
Whose magazine is that?

饿饿:
那是什饿饿
Nà shì shénme?
李雪:
那是饿饿饿
Nà shì zázhì.
饿饿:
那是饿饿饿饿饿
Nà shì shéi de zázhì？
李雪:
那是我同屋的饿饿饿
Nà shì wǒ tóngwū de zázhì.
22.06 Which magazine is yours? - Example sentences
很本饿饿饿饿饿饿
Nǎ běn zázhì shì nǐ de?
Which magazine is yours?
很本小饿饿饿饿饿
Nǎ běn xiǎoshuō shì tā de?
Which novel is his?
很本饿饿饿饿饿饿
Nǎ běn cídiǎn shì tā de?
Which dictionary is hers?
很本饿饿饿饿饿饿
Nǎ běn shū shì Wáng Jūn de?
Which book is Wang Jun's?
很饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Nǎ zhāng dìtú shì wǒ de?
Which map is mine?
22.07 Sentences with possessive pronouns
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿

饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Zhè běn cídiǎn shì nǐ de.
22.09 The Horrors of Pronunciation
直
Zhí
Straight
饿
Zhǐ
Paper
志
Zhì
Sign
A Transcribe the characters below into pinyin
1.) 饿饿 _____________________ 2.) 饿饿 ____________________
3.) 很饿 _____________________
4.) 饿饿 ____________________
5.) 地饿 __________________ 6.) 小饿 ___________________
B Translate the pinyin into English
1.) Qiángzhuàng __________________ 2.) Cídiǎn ______________
3.) Bàozhǐ _________________
4.) Piàoliɑng ________________
5.) Xiǎoshuō _________________ 6.) Dìtú ________________
C Match the words with the translation
1.) 饿饿 Novel
2.) 小饿
Magazine
3.) 饿饿 Strong
4.) 漂亮
Hair
5.) 饿饿

2.) Nà běn kèběn shì wǒ tóngwū de.
_______________________________________________________.
3.) Nǎ běn zázhì shì nǐ de?
_______________________________________________________.
4.) Zhè shì shéi de shū?
_______________________________________________________.
5.) Zhè shì bàozhǐ, nà shì zázhì.
_______________________________________________________.
G Fill in the blanks
饿饿: Nà shì ________?
李雪:
_____ shì _______ .
饿饿:
Nà shì ______ de zázhì？
李雪:
Nà _____ wǒ tóngwū de ________ .
H Arrange the words into sentences
1.) zázhì shì Zhè běn de tā .
_______________________________________________________.
2.) tóngwū shì bàozhǐ fèn wǒ Nà de .
_______________________________________________________.
3.) wǒ péngyou shū shì de Nà .
_______________________________________________________.
4.) shéi de Nà shì zázhì ？
_______________________________________________________.
I Write questions for the following answers
1.) _______________________________________________________?
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿 Zhè běn shū shì tā de.
2.) _______________________________________________________?
那是饿饿。 Nà shì bàozhǐ.

饿饿:
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Zhè shì shénme zázhì？
饿饿:
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Zhè shì xuésheng zázhì.
饿饿: 饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Zhè shì shéi de zázhì？
饿饿饿:
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Zhè shì Lǐ Xuě de zázhì.
23.03 What's its Chinese title?
饿饿饿:
安娜 ，饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Ānnà, zhè shì shéi de shū? Shì nǐ de shū ma?
安娜:
不是我的很，是我朋友的。
Bú shì wǒ de a, shì wǒ péngyou de.
饿饿饿:
饿饿饿饿饿饿
Zhè shì shénme shū?
安娜:
很，一本小饿饿
Ò, yì běn xiǎoshuō.
饿饿饿:
很的饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Zhēn de ma? Nà tā de Zhōngwén míngzi shì shénme?
安娜:
我不知道。
Wǒ bù zhīdào.

Vocabulary point:
饿饿 shūbāo means bookbag. The word is made exactly the same as in English, by joining the
word 饿 shū book to 包 bāo bag.
23.06 What kind of map is this?
饿饿:
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Mǎtè，zhè shì nǐ de běnzi ma?
饿饿:
是。
Shì.
饿饿:
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Zhè shì nǐ de dìtú ma?
饿饿:
不是，饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Bú shì, zhè shì Wáng Jūn de dìtú.
饿饿:
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Zhè shì shénme dìtú?
王饿:
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Zhè shì Shànghǎi shì dìtú.
Vocabulary point:
上海市 Shànghǎi shì means Shanghai City.
23.07 Review
大饿:
很有饿饿饿?
Nǐ yǒu cídiǎn ma?
小饿:
我很有饿饿饿

6.) 小饿
Tóngwū
C Transcribe the following sentences into pinyin
1.) 饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
_______________________________________________________.
2.) 那饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
_______________________________________________________.
3.) 饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
_______________________________________________________.
4.) 饿饿饿饿饿饿饿？
_______________________________________________________.
D Translate the following pinyin into English
1.) Zhè shì shénme shū?
_______________________________________________________.
2.) Wǒ méi yǒu cídiǎn.
_______________________________________________________.
3.) Zhè shì Shànghǎi shì dìtú.
_______________________________________________________.
4.) Zhè shì shéi de zázhì？
_______________________________________________________.
E Circle the pinyin for the character
地 :
pàng dì zhī diǎn
很 :
huà xiǎo shén tóng
包 :
zhè bāo běn zhǐ
本 :
cí wū běn tú
饿 : dì yǒu shū cí

饿 地 饿 道
shì :
美 很 室 饿
24.01 Kinds of Writing Utensils
饿饿
Qiānbǐ
Pencil
水彩很
Shuǐcǎibǐ
Watercolor
brush
饿饿
Gāngbǐ
Pen
毛很
Máobǐ
Brush
很很
Làbǐ
Crayon
24.02 Whose brush is this?
饿饿:
饿饿饿饿饿
Zhè shì shénme?
王饿:
饿饿饿饿
Zhè shì bǐ.
饿饿:
饿饿饿饿饿饿
Zhè shì shénme bǐ?

那支是不是很的？
Nà zhī shì bú shì nǐ de?
李雪:
不是。
Bú shì.
24.05 Are you his secretary?
大饿:
他是饿饿饿饿饿
Tā shì Yáng jīnglǐ ma?
王冬梅:
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Duì, tā shì Yáng jīnglǐ.
大饿:
很是他的秘饿饿饿
Nǐ shì tā de mìshū ma?
王冬梅:
是，我是他的秘饿饿
Shì, wǒ shì tā de mìshū.
24.06 This is Anna from my company
王冬梅:
很很，很好！
Bàbɑ, nǐ hǎo!
父饿:
很，很，很，很，快饿饿饿饿饿饿
Ō, lái, lái, lái, kuài qǐng jìn, qǐng jìn.
王冬梅:
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Zhè shì wǒ bàbɑ. Zhè shì wǒmen gōngsī de Ānnà.
安娜:
很好，伯父！

bǐ gāo zhī qiān
支 :
xiān shēn shén zhī 饿 : nán gāng xiǎo jìn
饿 : gōng qiān jìn máng
毛 :
máo jìn xiǎo mèi
F Rearrange the words into complete sentences
1. Yáng ma Tā jīnglǐ shì ?
______________________________________________________________?
2. shì bǐ Zhè shénme?
______________________________________________________________?
3. méi gāngbǐ yǒu Wǒ.
______________________________________________________________.
4. Zhè máobǐ de wǒ shì péngyou .
______________________________________________________________.
G Match the words with their translation
1.) 毛很
pencil
2.) 饿志
friend
3.) 朋友
brush
4.) 饿很
textbook
5.) 饿饿
magazine
H Write questions for the following answers
1.) _______________________________________________________?
我很有饿饿饿 Wǒ méi yǒu qiānbǐ.
2.) _______________________________________________________?

way, people in Beijing all sound like pirates.
Pronunciation point:
You might be wondering why we have used what could be considered a deviant pronunciation so
extensively in our text. The first is that the 很 sound has official recognition within the PRC and
is actually used in most beginner's textbooks for students studying in the North of China.
Secondly, the 很 sound, due to its connection with Beijing and the centers of Mandarin speaking,
could well be considered a "prestige" dialect. Finally, and most importantly, we think it sounds
cool.
25.02 A toilet by any other name ?
饿饿饿饿饿饿
Cèsuǒ zài nǎr?
饿饿饿饿饿饿
Cèsuǒ zài nǎlǐ?
Where's the toilet? Where is the toilet?
公饿饿饿饿饿
Gōngcè zài nǎr?
Where's the public toilet?
公饿饿饿饿饿
Gōngcè zài nǎlǐ?
Where is the public toilet?
洗手饿饿饿饿饿
Xíshǒujiān zài nǎr?
Where's the washroom?
洗手饿饿饿饿饿
Xíshǒujiān zài nǎlǐ?
Where is the washroom?
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Wèishēngjiān zài nǎr?
Where's the bathroom?
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿

就在那很。
Jiù zài nàr.
大饿:
饿饿饿
Xièxie.
B:
不客很。
Bú kèqi.
Notes:
就 jiù is an adverb, generally speaking it specifies the exactness of something. When used when
talking about directions, it conveys the feeling of "right here" or "right there".
25.05 Is Teacher Liu at school?
王先生在家饿饿
Wáng xiānsheng zài jiā ma?
Is Mr. Wang at home?
很老饿饿饿饿饿饿
Liú lǎoshī zài xuéxiào ma?
Is Teacher Liu at school?
小饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Xiǎo Zhāng zài bànɡōnɡshì
ma?
Is Junior Zhang in the office?
王饿饿饿饿饿饿
Wáng Jūn zài jiàoshì ma?
Is Wang Jun in the classroom?
25.06 You're really cute!
李智慧：
王老饿饿饿饿饿
Wáng lǎoshī zài jiā ma?
很丹：

I anyone here.
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿 I don't know anyone here.
Zhèlǐ wǒ yí gè rén dōu bú rènshi.
A Transcribe the characters below into pinyin
1.) 饿饿 _____________________
2.) 可饿 ____________________
3.) 饿饿 _____________________ 4.) 饿饿饿 ____________________
5.) 饿饿饿 __________________
6.) 洗手饿 ___________________
B Match the words with the translation
1.) Jiàoshì School
2.) Cèsuǒ
Home
3.) Jiā Classroom
4.) Xuéxiào
Of course
5.) Wèishēngjiān
Toilet
6.) Dāngrán
Handsome
26.01
商店
Shāngdiàn
Store
饿饿
Shūdiàn
Bookstore
饿饿
Yàodiàn
Pharmacy

Háizimen qù wánjùdiàn.
The children are going to the toy store.
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26.03
李智慧:
很好！
Nǐ hǎo!
饿饿:
很好！
Nǐ hǎo!
李智慧：
很很饿饿饿
Nǐ zěnmeyàng？
饿饿:
饿饿饿饿饿
Bú cuò，nǐ ne?
李智慧:
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Hái xíng. Nǐ qù nǎr?
饿饿:
我去饿饿饿饿饿饿
Wǒ qù shūdiàn. Nǐ ne?
李智慧:
我去商店。
Wǒ qù shāngdiàn.
饿饿:
再饿饿
Zàijiàn.
李智慧:
再饿饿

饿饿饿
Xièxie.
B：
不客很。
Bú kèqi.
26.06 Welcome!
很小芳:
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Qǐng wèn, xuésheng shūdiàn zài nàr?
李智慧:
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Duìbuqǐ, wǒ shì xīnlái de xuésheng, wǒ bù zhīdào.
很小芳:
很不是中很人饿饿
Nǐ bú shì Zhōngguórén ma?
李智慧:
不，我是饿饿饿饿饿饿
Bù, wǒ shì Hánguó liúxuéshēnɡ.
很小芳:
是饿饿饿饿 ！
Shì ma? Huānyíng!
A Translate the following pinyin into English
1.) Huādiàn ____________________ 2.) Wánjùdiàn _________________
3.) Fàndiàn ____________________ 4.) Shūdiàn __________________
5.) Yàodiàn _________________ 6.) Shāngdiàn ____________________
27.01
宿舍
Sùshè
Dormitory
食堂

不是，我是公司的饿饿饿
Bú shì, wǒ shì gōngsī de zhíyuán.
王饿:
很去很很？
Nǐ qù nǎr?
饿饿:
我去饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Wǒ qù túshūguǎn. Nǐmen qù nǎr?
王饿:
我饿饿饿饿饿
Wǒmen qù shítáng.
27.03 Where is Lee Jihye?
饿饿:
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Qǐng wèn, zhè shì Lǐ Zhìhuì de sùshè ma?
金井泉:
是，饿饿饿
Shì， qǐnɡ jìn!
饿饿:
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Xièxie. Lǐ Zhìhuì zài ma?
金井泉:
很不在。
Tā bú zài.
饿饿:
很在很很？
Tā zài nǎr?
金井泉:
很在饿饿饿饿
Tā zài túshūguǎn.

饿饿饿
Yíhéyuán
Summer Palace
饿饿
Chángchéng
Great Wall
饿饿
Zhōnglóu
Bell Tower
天饿
Tiāntán
Temple of Heaven
北京大很
Běijīng Dàxué
Beijing University
很饿饿饿
Qīnghuá Dàxué
Qinghua University
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27.06
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Chángchéng zài nǎ ge fāngxiàng?
In which direction is the Great Wall?
饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Yíhéyuán zài nǎ ge fāngxiàng?
In which direction is the Summer Palace?
天饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Tiāntán zài nǎ ge fāngxiàng?
In which direction is the Temple of Heaven?
北京大很在很很方向？

解放很饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Jiěfàng Guǎngchǎng zài nǎ ge fāngxiàng?
In which direction is Liberation Square?
人民很饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
In which direction is People's Square?
Rénmín Guǎngchǎng zài nǎ ge fāngxiàng?
天安饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Tiān'ānmén Guǎngchǎng zài nǎ ge fāngxiàng?
In which direction is Tiananmen Square?
A Transcribe the characters below into pinyin
1.) 方向 __________________ 2.) 宿舍 ___________________
3.) 很室 __________________
4.) 饿饿 __________________
5.) 天饿 __________________
6.) 饿饿饿 __________________
B Match the words with the translation
1.) Guǎngchǎng Pharmacy
2.) Tiāntán
Flower shop
3.) Yàodiàn Temple of Heaven
4.) Túshūguǎn
Friendship
5.) Huādiàn
Cafeteria
6.) Yǒuyì
City square
7.) Shítáng
Library
28.01
王饿:

酒店
Jiǔdiàn
Hotel
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28.03
我不去很很，我回家。
Wǒ bú qù wǎngbā, wǒ huí jiā.
I'm not going to the internet cafe, I'm going home.
李雪不去公很，很回宿舍。
Lǐ Xuě bú qù gōngyuán, tā huí sùshè.
Li Xue is not going to the park, she is returning to the dormitory.
他不去很很店， 他回很校。
Tā bú qù kāfēidiàn, tā huí xuéxiào.
He is not going to the coffee shop, he is returning to the school.
大饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿饿
Dàwèi bú qù jiǔbā, tā huí bīnguǎn.
David is not going to the bar, he is returning to the hotel.
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28.04
大饿 :
很去很很？
Nǐ qù nǎr？
安娜:
我去很很店，很去不去？
Wǒ qù kāfēidiàn，nǐ qù bú qù?
大饿 :
不去，我回旅饿饿
Bú qù, wǒ huí lǚguǎn.
28.05
莎拉: