2008年6月26日 星期四

17.兄弟姊妹--Sibling

--xiong
ㄒㄩㄥ
elder brother
a common address from one man to another in more-or-less the same generation

--di
ㄉㄧˋ
a younger brother
[Formal] a reference to oneself in correspondence nearly used by all males

--jie
ㄐㄧㄝˇ
an older sister

--mei
ㄇㄟˋ
a younger sister

兄弟姊妹--Sibling

2008年6月25日 星期三

16.兒子、女兒 -- Son,Daughter

--er
ㄦˊ
a child
son
a "suffix" placed after many commonly used nouns to avoid employing one-syllable terms in speech

--zi
ㄗˇ
a son
a person
seed
an egg
a "suffix" for a small piece
an unaccentuated "suffix" for commonly used one syllable nouns
the first of the twelve Earthly Branches which the ancients used to denote years, months, and days in combination with the ten Heavenly Stems

--nV
ㄋㄩˇ
a female; a girl; a woman


兒子--er zi
ㄦˊ ㄗ˙
a son; a boy

女兒--nV er
ㄋㄩˇ ㄦˊ
a daughter

2008年6月24日 星期二

15.父母 -- Father Mother

--fu
ㄈㄨˋ
father

--mu
ㄇㄨˇ
a mother
(used in combination) the female of animal

父母--fu mu
ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇ
father and mother; folks

2008年6月20日 星期五

14.家--Home

--
jia
ㄐㄧㄚ
a family; a household
a home
(as "suffix") designating specialty of a person

2008年6月19日 星期四

東南西北 --East South West North

--dong
ㄉㄨㄥ
east; eastern
an owner (of)
a host

--nan
ㄋㄢˊ
south

西--xi
ㄒㄧ
west
Western

--bei
ㄅㄟˇ
north

2008年6月15日 星期日

Lesson 12 -- 足球隊 Football Team

--zu
ㄗㄨˊ
a foot
sufficient or plentiful
as much as

--qiu
ㄑㄧㄡˊ
a sphere
a ball or something shaped like one
the globe

--dui
ㄉㄨㄟˋ
a line of people
a team; a group

足球隊--zu qiu dui
ㄗㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋ
a football team

2008年6月14日 星期六

Lesson 11-- 橘子、橘色 -- Orange , Orange Color

--ju
ㄐㄩˊ
the mandarin orange; the Chinese orange; a tangerine

--zi
ㄗˇ
a son
a person
seed
an egg

橘子--ju zi
ㄐㄩˊ ㄗ˙
a tangerine; a mandarin orange

--se
ㄙㄜˋ
color
facial expression

橘色--ju se
ㄐㄩˊㄙㄜˋ
orange color

2008年6月13日 星期五

Lesson Ten -- 先生 -- Mr.

先--xian
ㄒㄧㄢ
ahead, before, earlier, first, or in advance
an earlier generation
(of one's own) the late

生--sheng
ㄕㄥ
to give birth to
to produce
to grow
to live
life
living
uncooked
not ripe
unfamiliar
unprocessed; unrefined
a student; a pupil

先生--xian sheng
ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ
(addressing) Mr.; Mister; sir
a gentleman
a teacher
one's husband

2008年6月8日 星期日

Lesson nine -- 我是...小姐-- I Am Miss...

小--xiao
ㄒㄧㄠˇ
small; little
briefly; for a short while
the young
(polite speech) my; our

姐--jie
ㄐㄧㄝˇ
one's elder sister or sisters
a general term for women, usually young

小姐--xiao jie
ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
Miss
a young lady

我是...小姐--wo shi...xiao jie
ㄨㄛˇㄕˋ...ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
I am Miss...(always us family name).

2008年6月7日 星期六

Lesson Eight -- 我來自...-- I Come From...

來--lai
ㄌㄞˊ
to be at; to come to
to take place
future; coming; the next
around; about (a given figure)

自--zi
ㄗˋ
self
from; since
naturally

來自--lai zi
ㄌㄞˊ ㄗˋ
to originate in; to come from; to spring from; to derive from

我來自...-- wo lai zi...
ㄨㄛˇㄌㄞˊ ㄗˋ...
I come from... ( country's name or city's name).

2008年6月4日 星期三

Lesson Seven -- 我的名字是....

是-- shi
ㄕˋ
[Formal] that
correct; right
am, is, or are

我的名字是....
wo de ming zi shi....
ㄨㄛˇㄉㄜ˙ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗˋㄕˋ....
My name is .....

姓 -- xing
ㄒㄧㄥˋ
a surname; a family name

姓名--xing ming
ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
a full name

我姓...名....
wo xing...ming....
ㄨㄛˇㄒㄧㄥˋ...ㄇㄧㄥˊ....
My name is ....( Use on chinese name)
Chinese name first word is family name than is given name.

2008年6月3日 星期二

Lesson Six -- 我的

我--wo
ㄨㄛˇ
I, me, my
we or our

的--de
ㄉㄜ˙
a bound subordinate particle translatable by "s" or with terms inter- changed by "of"
by "-ly"
by an adjectival ending, a prepositional phrase, or a relative

我的--wo de
ㄨㄛˇㄉㄜ˙
my ,myself,mine

2008年6月2日 星期一

Lesson Five -- 名字

名--ming
ㄇㄧㄥˊ
a name
a given name
fame
famous; celebrated
to describe

字--zi
ㄗˋ
a written Chinese character
a word

名字--ming zi
ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗˋ
a name (of a person); a given name; the first name; a Christian name
a name (of a thing); a title

2008年6月1日 星期日

Lesson four -- 希望

希--xi
ㄒㄧ
rare; scarce
[Formal] hope

望--wang
ㄨㄤˋ
to look afar
to look over
to expect
prestige
full moon
the 15th day of a month in the lunar calendar

希望--xi wang
ㄒㄧ ㄨㄤˋ
hope; a wish
to hope; to wish; to want; to be desirous of
(a) promise (of sth.); a chance

Lesson Three -- 人生

人--ren
ㄖㄣˊ
human being
a person
people
person in a particular line of work
others; other people

生--sheng
ㄕㄥ
to give birth to
to produce
to grow
to live
life
living
uncooked
not ripe
unfamiliar
unprocessed; unrefined
a student; a pupil

人生--ren sheng
ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ
life; human life