Unit 1

Part I: Listen and Learn 1

Click on the speaker icon of each sentence and listen to the recording. The Chinese characters are in big5 format.

1. Nǐ hǎo!

Hello!
你好﹗

2. Wǒ xìng Xiè.

My last name is Xie.
我姓謝。

3. Wǒ jiào Xiè Tiānwèi.

My full name is Xie Tianwei.
我叫謝天蔚。

4. Wǒ shì lǎoshī.

I am a teacher.
我是老師。

5. Zàijiàn!

Good-bye!
再見﹗

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Notes

• For Pinyin (Romanized spelling system), please see the Learning Pronunciation Section of the Learning Chinese Online Page.
• Both "xìng" and "jiào" in Chinese are verbs. "Wǒ xìng..." means "I am surnamed..." The English sentence "My last name is Smith" would be "Wo xing Smith."
• There is no articles before nouns in Chinese. "I am a teacher." in English would be "Wǒ shì lǎoshī." in Chinese

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