Chn tin Spring Dng tin Winter Xi tin

Chūn tiān = Spring Dōng tiān = Winter Xià tiān = Summer dōng = east Qiū tiān = Autumn xī = west

nán = south běi = north Chūn tiān bù lěng bù rè = It is neither cold nor hot in spring.

Shén me shí hòu? = When? What time? . . . De shí hòu = When? jīn nián = this year dì yī cì = (for the) first time

yǐ qián = before yǒu shí hòu = sometimes yǐ hòu = after Běi jīng = Beijing

Shàng hǎi = Shanghai Cháng chéng = Great Wall Xī'ān = Xi'an Gù gong = the Forbidden City Guǎng zhōu = Guangzhou Niǎo cháo = Bird's Nest stadium

Tiān'ān mén guǎng chǎng = Tian'anmen Square Dòng wù yuan = zoo Zhōng lóu = Bell Tower

Bīng mǎ yǒng = Terracotta Army Méi qù guò = I haven’t been to Wǒ qù guò = I have been to kāi mén = to open / opening

guān mén = to close / closing jué de = to think/feel mén piào = entrance ticket fēi cháng = very yǒu míng = famous hào chī = delicious

lèi = tired yī diǎnr = a little bit è = hungry kě = thirsty lǐ wù = present; gift

Wǒ yǒu yī diǎnr è = I am a bit hungry. kuài zi = chopsticks xióng māo = panda míng xìn piàn = postcard

Hàn zì = Chinese character fàng = to set off (firecrackers) huà = to draw/paint; drawing/painting biān pào = firecrackers kě ài = lovable xīn nián = New Year

biān pào = firecrackers xīn nián hǎo = Happy New Year xīn nián = new year hóng bāo = a red paper envelope (containing money as a gift)

Chūn jié = Spring Festival sūn nǚ = granddaughter quán jiā = whole family rè nào = lively sūn zi = grandson jié rì = festival

dǎ diàn huà = to make a phone call gāo xìng = happy, glad rèn shì = to know people/understand/recognise fàn diàn = restaurant/hotel diǎn cài = to order

yīn wèi. . . suǒ yǐ = because… so…

yīn wéi tiān qì hǎo = The weather was good… suǒ yǐ wǒ qù le cháng chéng = … so I went to the Great Wall

Tā xiě hàn zì xiě dé hěn hǎo. = He writes Chinese characters very well.

Chú le, hái/yě. . . = Apart from… also…

Chú le tī zú qiú, … = Apart from football, … Wǒ yě dǎ lán qiú. = … I also play basketball.