Modern Mandarin Chinese: The Routledge Course

Vocabulary

Dialogue Part A Vocabulary

Audio file					Simplified	Traditional
	bāng	帮	help	verb	帮	幫
	dāng	当	assume the role of, be	verb	当	當
	duì le	对了	by the way	conversational expression	对了	對了
	jiājiào	家jiào	tutor	noun	家教	家教
	lái		come	verb	来	來
	máfan		bother, inconvenience	verb	麻烦	麻煩
	měi		every	quantifier	每	每
	xiūxi		rest	verb	休息	休息
	zhōumò		weekend	noun	周末	週末

Dialogue Part B Vocabulary

Audio file					Simplified	Traditional
	běi*		north	bound noun	北	北
	běibiān		north side	noun	北边	北邊
	chéng*		city	noun	城	城
	chéngshì		city	noun	城市	城市
	dōng*		east	bound noun	东	東
	dōngbiān		east side	noun	东边	東邊
	dōngnán biān		southeast side	noun phrase	东南边	東南邊
	fēijī	fēi机	airplane	noun	飞机	飛機
	fēijīchǎng	fēi机chǎng	airport	noun phrase	飞机场	飛機場
	gěi	给	for, to	preposition	给	給
	gōngyuán		park	noun	公园	公園
	hú		lake	noun	湖	湖
	huà		draw, paint	verb	画	畫
	huǒchē		train	noun	火车	火車
	huǒchē zhàn		train station	noun phrase	火车站	火車站
	jiǎndān		simple	adjectival verb	简单	簡單
	jìn		close	adjectival verb	近	近
	lí		separated from	preposition	离	離
	lóng		dragon	noun	龙	龍
	Lóngtán Gōngyuán		Longtan Park, Dragon Pool Park	place name	龙潭公园	龍潭公園
	nán*		south	bound noun	南	南
	nánbiān		south (side)	noun	南边	南邊
	nǎr	哪儿	where?	content question word	哪儿	哪兒
	shān		mountain	noun	山	山
	shì zhōngxīn	shì 中xīn	city center, center of the city	noun phrase	市中心	市中心
	shì*		city	bound noun	市	市
	xī*		west	bound noun	西	西
	xībiān		west side	noun	西边	西邊
	xīběi biān		northwest side	noun phrase	西北边	西北邊
	xiāng		fragrant	adjectival verb	香	香
	Xiāng Shān gōngyuán		Xiang Shan Park, Fragrant Hills Park	place name	香山公园	香山公園
	xuéxiào	学xiào	school	noun	学校	學校
	yuǎn		far	adjectival verb	远	遠
	zài	在	located at	verb	在	在
	zhàn				站	站
	zhèr	这儿	here	noun	这儿	這兒
	zhōngxīn	中xīn	center	noun	中心	中心

Dialogue Part C Vocabulary

Audio file					Simplified	Traditional
	chē		car, vehicle	noun	车	車
	dàxué	大学	college, university	noun	大学	大學
	dìfang		place	noun	地方	地方
	duō yuǎn	多yuǎn	how far	content question phrase	多远	多遠
	fùjìn		vicinity, close by	noun	附近	附近
	gōnggòng		public	adjective	公共	公共
	gōnggòng qìchē		public bus	noun phrase	公共汽车	公共汽車
	jiù		only	adverb	就	就
	lǐ		Chinese mile (.5 kilometers)	classifier	里	里
	lù		road	noun	路	路
	nàr	那儿	there	noun	那儿	那兒
	qìchē		car		汽车	汽車
	Qīnghuá Dàxué	Qīnghuá大学	Tsinghua University	place name	清华大学	清華大學
	shūdiàn		bookstore	noun	书店	書店
	yīnyuè huì	yīnyuè会	music concert	noun phrase	音乐会	音樂會
	yǒumíng	有míng	famous	adjectival verb	有名	有名
	Zhōngshān	中shān	Sun Yatsen (see notes on Chinese culture)	proper name	中山	中山
	zǒu lù		walk	verb + object	走路	走路
	zuò		sit	verb	坐	坐
	zuò chē		travel by car as a passenger	verb + object	坐车	坐車

Dialogue

Audio file	Dialogue
	Guóqiáng: 你这个星期天做什么，忙不忙？	国强: 你这个星期天做什么，忙不忙？
	大为: 这个星期天我没事，也没功课，jiù xiǎng上上网，看看diànshì，xiūxi xiūxi。	大为: 这个星期天我没事，也没功课，就想上上网，看看电视，休息休息。
	Guóqiáng: 那，星期天lái 我家吃饭，怎么样？	国强: 那，星期天来我家吃饭，怎么样？
	大为: 好a！谢谢！星期天什么时候？我měi个星期天下午都给我爸爸妈妈打diàn话。	大为: 好啊！谢谢！星期天什么时候？我每个星期天下午都给我爸爸妈妈打电话。
	Guóqiáng: 星期天晚上六点半怎么样?	国强: 星期天晚上六点半怎么样?
	大为: 可以。不会太máfan你爸妈吧？	大为: 可以。不会太麻烦你爸妈吧？
	Guóqiáng: 没事。	国强: 没事。
	大为: 你还想请谁？	大为: 你还想请谁？
	Guóqiáng: 我还想请小王，美丽，当然还有你的女朋友小文。	国强: 我还想请小王，美丽，当然还有你的女朋友小文。
	大为: 太好了！	大为: 太好了！
	Guóqiáng: 我也请了陈明，可是他这个 zhōumò fēicháng忙，yīn为他要打工, 他在当英文家jiào。我可以再问一次。对了。美丽有男朋友吗？	国强: 我也请了陈明，可是他这个周末非常忙，因为他要打工, 他在当英文家教。我可以再问一次。对了。美丽有男朋友吗？
	大为: 不 zhīdào。我bāng你问问吧。	大为: 不知道。我帮你问问吧。

Audio file	Dialogue
	大为: 你家 lí 这儿yuǎn吗？	大为: 你家离这儿远吗？
	Guóqiáng: 有一点远。我给你huà一张 jiǎndān的北京chéngshì dìtú。你看，这儿是 shì 中xīn，fēi机 chǎng在dōngbian，北京huǒchē zhàn在dōngnán biān。	国强: 有一点远。我给你画一张简单的北京城市地图。你看，这儿是市中心，飞机场在东边，北京火车站在东南边。
	大为: 我们学xiào在哪儿？	大为: 我们学校在哪儿？
	Guóqiáng: 我们学xiào在xīběi biān，Xiāng shān Gōngyuán也在xīběi biān。我家在nánbiān，lí Lóngtán hú Gōngyuán 很jìn。	国强: 我们学校在西北边，香山公园也在西北边。我家在南边，离龙潭湖公园很近。

Audio file	Dialogue
	大为: 有míng的中shān shūdiàn也在 nánbiān。你家lí中shān shūdiàn 有多yuǎn？	大为: 有名的中山书店也在南边。你家离中山书店有多远？
	Guóqiáng: 不yuǎn。我家lí那儿只有五lǐ lù。	国强: 不远。我家离那儿只有五里路。
	大为: 我下个星期要去Qīnghuá大学 tīng yīnyuè会。Qīnghuá大学在什么dìfang？	大为: 我下个星期要去清华大学听音乐会。清华大学在什么地方？
	Guóqiáng: (pointing to map) Qīnghuá大学就在 fùjìn，你看，lí 我们学xiào很 jìn, 只有半lǐ lù。你可以zuò gōnggòng qìchē去，也可以zǒu lù 去。	国强: (pointing to map) 清华大学就在附近，你看，离我们学校很近, 只有半里路。你可以坐公共汽车去，也可以走路去。

Structure Drills

1. Come to a location to do something(Use and Structure note 11.3)

You will hear a location and an action. You are at the location. Call you friend on the phone and ask her to come to that location to do the action, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: túshūguǎn, fù习中文
You will say: Lái túshūguǎn fù习中文, 怎么样?
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)

2. Talking about actions you do regularly (Use and Structure note 11.4)

You will hear a time expression followed by an action. Say that you do the action every (time) as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: 早上。。。吃早饭
You will say: 我měi 天早上都吃早饭.
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)

3. State the distance (Use and Structure note 11.14)

You will hear two locations and a distance. Combine them into a sentence as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: sùshè, túshūguǎn, 三lǐ lù
You will say: Sùshè lí túshūguǎn有三lǐ lù.
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)

4. Near or far? (Use and Structure note 11.9)

You will hear two locations followed by a question expression. Use the question expression to ask whether the locations are near to or far from each other, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: chēzhàn, 学xiào, yuǎn吗?
You will say: Chēzhàn lí学xiào yuǎn吗?
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)

5. Answering questions about distance (Use and Structure note 11.14)

Your friend is asking you about the distance between two places. You will hear the question followed by a distance. Answer the question by supplying the distance, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: Chēzhàn lí学xiào有多yuǎn? (两lǐ lù)
You will say: Chēzhàn lí学xiào有两lǐ lù.
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)

6. Near or far? (Use and Structure note 11.9)

You will hear two locations followed by the word jìn near or yuǎn far. Form a sentence saying that the two places are near to each other or far from each other, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: chēzhàn, 学xiào, jìn.
You will say: Chēzhàn lí学xiào很jìn.
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)

7. Not close or not far (Use and Structure note 11.9)

You will hear a question asking whether two places are close to or far from each other. Respond “no” and say that they are not, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: Chēzhàn lí 学xiào jìn 吗？
You will say: 不jìn。Chēzhàn lí 学xiào不jìn。
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)

8. Located in the opposite direction (Use and Structure notes 11.11, 11.12)

You will hear a sentence stating the location of a person, place, or thing followed by another compass direction word. Restate the sentence with the opposite direction word, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: Gōngyuán在běibiān.
You will say: Gōngyuán在nánbiān.
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)

9. Where is it located? (Use and Structure notes 11.11, 11.12)

You will hear a sentence stating the location of a person, place, or thing followed by another person, place or thing. Restate the sentence with the new person, place, or thing as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: Gōngyuán在běibiān. (túshūguǎn)
You will say: Túshūguǎn在běibiān.
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)

10. Add a half (Use and Structure note 11.15)

You will hear a phrase that includes a number. Repeat the phrase, increasing the number by half, as in the example.
Example:
You will hear: 一个星期
You will say: 一个半星期
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)

11. Subtract a half. (Use and Structure note 11.15)

You will hear a phrase that includes a number. Repeat the phrase, decreasing the number by one half, as in the example. Before you do this exercise, review how to say half of a noun.
Example:
You will hear: 一个星期
You will say: 半个星期
Click "Response" to hear the correct response
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h)

	Prompt	Response
Example
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)

Sentence Pyramids

The Sentence Pyramids illustrate the use of each new vocabulary item and structure introduced in the lesson. Use them to help you to learn how to form phrases and sentences in Mandarin. Supply the English translation for the last line where indicated.

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	忙	busy
	忙不忙？	busy or not
	你今天忙不忙?	______________________

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	xiūxi	rest
	xiūxi xiūxi	rest a bit
	上上网， xiūxi xiūxi	use the internet for awhile and rest
	我jiù xiǎng上上网， xiūxi xiūxi。	I only plan to use the internet for a while and rest.

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	打工	work (do work)
	zhōumò都打工	weekends always work
	我měi个zhōumò都打工。	I work every weekend.

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	家jiào	tutor
	英文家jiào	English tutor
	当英文家jiào	be an English tutor
	她当英文家jiào。	She is an English tutor.

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	怎么样？	how about it?
	lái 我家吃饭，怎么样？	come to my home to eat, how about it?
	星期天lái 我家吃饭，怎么样？	Sunday, how about coming to my home to eat?

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	爸爸妈妈	dad and mom
	爸妈	dad and mom
	máfan你爸妈	bother your dad and mom
	我不xiǎng 太máfan你爸妈。	I don’t want to bother your dad and mom.

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	男朋友	boyfriend
	高美丽有男朋友吗？	Does Gao Meili have a boyfriend?
	对了，高美丽有男朋友吗？	By the way, does Gao Meili have a boyfriend?

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	问问	ask
	我bāng你问问吧。	I’ll help you ask.
	不 zhīdào。我bāng你问问吧。	I don’t know. I’ll help you ask. (I’ll ask for you.)

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	yuǎn	far
	yuǎn吗？	far?
	lí这儿yuǎn吗？	far from here?
	你家lí这儿yuǎn吗？	Is your home far from here?

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	yuǎn	far
	有一点yuǎn	a little far
	lí 这儿有一点yuǎn	a little far from here
	我家lí 这儿有一点yuǎn。	My home is a little far from here.

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	jìn	close
	很jìn	very close
	lí Lóngtán hú Gōngyuán 很jìn	very close to Longtan Lake Park
	我家lí Lóngtán hú Gōngyuán 很jìn.	My home is very close to Longtan Lake Park.

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	dìtú	map
	jiǎndān的dìtú	simple map
	一张jiǎndān的dìtú	a simple map
	huà一张jiǎndān的dìtú	draw a simple map
	我给你huà一张jiǎndān的dìtú。	I will draw you a simple map.

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	fēicháng大	extremely big
	chéngshì fēicháng大	the city is extremely big
	Běijīng chéngshì fēicháng大。	The city of Beijing is extremely big.

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	shì 中xīn	center of the city, city center
	这儿是shì 中xīn。	here is the center of the city

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	dōngbian	east
	在dōngbian	in the east, to the east
	Fēi机chǎng在dōngbian。	The airport is to the east

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	nán biān	south
	dōngnán biān	southeast
	在dōngnán biān	in the southeast
	huǒchēzhàn 在dōngnán biān	the train station is in the southeast
	Běijīng huǒchēzhàn 在dōngnán biān。	______________________

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	哪儿？	where?
	在哪儿？	is located where?
	Fēi机chǎng在哪儿？	Where is the airport (located)?

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	běi biān	north side
	xīběi biān	northwest side
	在xīběi biān	in the northwest
	gōngyuán也在xīběi biān	the park is also in the northwest
	Xiāng Shān gōngyuán也在xīběi biān。	Fragrant Hills park is also in the northwest.

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	多yuǎn？	how far?
	有多yuǎn？	how far?
	huǒchēzhàn有多yuǎn？	How far is the train station?
	你家lí huǒchēzhàn有多yuǎn？	How far is your home from the train station?

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	两 lǐ lù	two miles
	有两lǐ lù	two miles
	lí shì中xīn有两 lǐ lù	two miles from the center of the city
	我家lí shì中xīn有两lǐ lù。	My home is two miles from the center of the city.

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	半lǐ lù	half a mile
	有半lǐ lù	half a mile
	只有半lǐ lù	only half a mile
	lí 这儿只有半lǐ lù	only half a mile from here
	Lóngtán hú lí 这儿只有半lǐ lù。	______________________

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	dìfang	place
	什么dìfang？	what place?
	在什么dìfang？	at what place? (located where?)
	Qīnghuá大学在什么dìfang？	Where is Qinghua (Tsinghua) University located?

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	yīnyuè 会	music concert
	tīng yīnyuè 会	listen to a music concert
	去那儿tīng yīnyuè 会	go there and listen to a music concert
	我xiǎng去那儿tīng yīnyuè 会。	I want to go there and listen to a music concert.

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	去	go
	zǒu lù去	go by walking, go on foot
	你们可以zǒu lù去。	______________________

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	学xiào	school
	lái学xiào	come to school
	zuò gōnggòng qìchē lái学xiào	take the bus to come to school
	我měi天zuò gōnggòng qìchē lái学xiào。	I take the bus every day to come to school

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	yǒumíng	famous
	很yǒumíng	very famous
	那个shūdiàn很yǒumíng。	That bookstore is very famous.

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	很jìn	very near
	lí 学xiào很jìn	very near to school
	shūdiàn lí 学xiào很jìn	the bookstore is very near school
	有míng的中shān shūdiàn lí学xiào很jìn。	The famous Zhongshan bookstore is very near school.

Audio File	Vocabulary	Translation
	gōngyuán	park
	Xiāng Shān Gōngyuán	Fragrant Hills Park
	去Xiāng Shān Gōngyuán	go to Fragrant Hills Park
	zuò chē去Xiāng Shān Gōngyuán	go by car to Fragrant Hills Park
	下个zhōumò zuò chē去Xiāng Shān Gōngyuán	next week go by car to Fragrant Hills Park
	我们下个zhōumò zuò chē去Xiāng Shān Gōngyuán吧。	______________________

Writing Characters

Chapter 11

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Pronunciation Challenges

1. Tongue Twister

Learn this tongue twister one line at a time. Repeat each line until you can say it quickly without errors.


Tongue twister	Translation	Audio files
Yùnhé hé Tōngzhōu (运河和通州) Nán Tōngzhōu běi Tōngzhōu, 南通州北通州， Nánběi Tōngzhōu tōng nánběi. 南北通州通南北。 Dōng yùnhé xī yùnhé, 东运河西运河， Dōng-xi yùnhé yùn dōngxi. 南北通州通南北。	The Grand Canal and Tongzhou Southern Tongzhou, northern Tongzhou, The south and north of Tongzhou connect south to north. The eastern side of the Grand Canal, the western side of the Grand Canal, From the east to the west the Grand Canal transports goods.

2. Chinese poem: Spring Dawn

The following poem was written by the Tang Dynasty poet Meng Haoran (689-740 AD). Listen to the recording and practice the poem one line at a time until you can recite it smoothly and without error.


Tongue twister	Translation	Audio files
Chūn Xiǎo (春眠) by Mèng Hàorán (孟浩然) Chūn mián bù jué xiǎo, 春眠不觉晓 Chùchù wén tí niǎo. 处处闻啼鸟。 Yè lái fēng yǔ shēng, 夜来风雨声， Huā luò zhī duōshao. 花落知多少？	*Spring Dawn* Asleep in spring I did not heed the dawn, Till the birds broke out singing everywhere. Last night, in the clamour of wind and rain, How many flowers have fallen do you suppose?