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谢谢 Thank you
Everyday polite expressions: thanks, you're welcome, sorry, "no problem", goodbye. Introduces 大山 (a new student) and 高老师 (the teacher). No grammar point yet.
Dialogue
谢谢老师 — Thank you, teacher
- 大山 谢谢老师! Thank you, teacher!
- 高老师 不客气。 You're welcome.
Dialogue
对不起 — Sorry
- 大山 对不起! I'm sorry!
- 高老师 没关系。 It's OK.
Dialogue
再见 — Goodbye
- 高老师 再见! Goodbye!
- 大山 老师, 再见! Goodbye, teacher!
Vocabulary
- 谢谢
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verb thank you; thanks
- 不客气
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phrase you're welcome; don't mention it
- 对不起
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phrase sorry; I'm sorry; excuse me
- 没关系
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phrase it's OK; no problem; never mind
- 再见
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verb goodbye; see you again
- 不
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adverb no; not (negation)
- 大山
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pn. Dashan (persona — foreign exchange student, the learner stand-in)
- 高老师
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pn. Teacher Gao (persona — Chinese language teacher)
New characters
- 谢
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to thank; (also a common surname)
谢谢 xièxie — thank you; thanks谢小文 Xiè Xiǎowén — Xie Xiaowen (a person)谢平 Xiè Píng — Xie Ping (persona — 31, software engineer) - 老
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(in 老师 = teacher); old
高老师 Gāo lǎoshī — Teacher Gao (persona — Chinese language teacher)老师 lǎoshī — teacher老人 lǎorén — elderly person - 师
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(in 老师 = teacher); master
高老师 Gāo lǎoshī — Teacher Gao (persona — Chinese language teacher)老师 lǎoshī — teacher何老师 Hé lǎoshī — Teacher He (persona — 50, retired teacher) - 不
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no; not (negation adverb)
不客气 bú kèqi — you're welcome; don't mention it对不起 duìbuqǐ — sorry; I'm sorry; excuse me不是 bú shì — not to be; no - 客
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guest; polite (in 客气 / 不客气 — ch13 vocab; appears here)
不客气 bú kèqi — you're welcome; don't mention it客气 kèqi — polite; courteous客人 kèrén — guest; customer - 气
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air; gas; manner (in 客气 / 没关系 — ch13)
不客气 bú kèqi — you're welcome; don't mention it天气 tiānqì — weather客气 kèqi — polite; courteous - 对
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right; correct (pair with 错)
对不起 duìbuqǐ — sorry; I'm sorry; excuse me反对 fǎnduì — oppose; disagree对...来说 duì ... lái shuō — as for X - 起
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rise; together (in 一起)
对不起 duìbuqǐ — sorry; I'm sorry; excuse me一起 yīqǐ — together起床 qǐ chuáng — get up - 没
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not (with 有)
没关系 méi guānxi — it's OK; no problem; never mind没有 méiyǒu — not have没意思 méi yìsi — not interesting; boring (pair with 有意思) - 关
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close; barrier (in 关系 / 没关系)
没关系 méi guānxi — it's OK; no problem; never mind关上 guān shàng — close关系 guānxi — relationship - 系
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tie; system (in 关系)
没关系 méi guānxi — it's OK; no problem; never mind关系 guānxi — relationship - 再
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then; again
再见 zàijiàn — goodbye; see you again - 见
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see; meet
再见 zàijiàn — goodbye; see you again见面 jiàn miàn — to meet face to face见到 jiàn//dào — meet; encounter — V+到 result complement - 大
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big; (in 大山)
大山 Dàshān — Dashan (persona — foreign exchange student, the learner stand-in)多大 duō dà — how old大学 dàxué — university - 山
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mountain; (in 大山)
大山 Dàshān — Dashan (persona — foreign exchange student, the learner stand-in)文山 Wén Shān — Wen Shan (persona — male university student)山明 Shān Míng — Shan Ming (persona — doctor) - 高
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tall; high; (also a common surname; in 高老师)
高老师 Gāo lǎoshī — Teacher Gao (persona — Chinese language teacher)高兴 gāoxìng — happy; pleased高朋 Gāo Péng — Gao Peng (persona — taxi driver)
Hanzi — writing & recognition
bù no; not (negation adverb) Writing
Originally a pictograph of a plant root. Today used as the universal negation adverb. The most-used negative word in Chinese.
jiǔ nine Writing
qī seven Recognition
liù six Recognition
rén person Recognition
"人" pictographically depicts a standing person seen from the side. One of the most fundamental hanzi — appears as a component in many other characters (你, 他, 们, 介, 个, ...).
kǒu mouth Recognition
"口" depicts the shape of a mouth. Also serves as a radical/component in many characters: 叫 (to call), 吃 (to eat), 喝 (to drink), 问 (to ask), 名 (name).
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