Lesson 7_Speak Mandarin in Five Hundred Words English version

㆙：這所㈻校㈲多少㈻生？
zhè suǒ xué xiào yǒu duō shǎo xué shēng
How many students are there in this school?
㆚：㈲兩千㈤百多個㈻生。
yǒu liǎng qiān wǔ bǎi duō ge xué shēng
There are about 2,500 students.
㆙：這所㈻校真不小。
szhè suǒ xué xiào zhēn bù xiǎo
This school is quite big.
㆚：是啊，這是所大㈻校。
shì a zhè shì suǒ dà xué xiào
Yes, this is a big school.
㆙：㈻校裡㈲沒㈲外國㈻生？
xué xiào lǐ yǒu méi yǒu wài guó xué shēng
Are there any foreign students in the school?
㆚：外國㈻生很多。
wài guó xué shēng hěn duō
There are many foreign students.
第㈦課 ㈻校真大
Lesson 7 The School Is Really Big

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課文

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所
（ㄙㄨㄛˇ；suǒ）
a classier used after a demonstrative or quantier and before a noun
㆒所㈻校
yì suǒ xué xiào
a school
㆒間房子
yì jiān fáng zi
a house
這間房子很好。
zhè jiān fáng zi hěn hǎo
This house is very good.
那所㈻校很大。
nà suǒ xué xiào hěn dà
That school is very big.
多
（ㄉㄨㄛ；duō）
much, few many
少
（ㄕㄠˇ；shǎo）
little, few
多少
（ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ；duō shǎo）
how many, more or less
我的書很少。
wǒ de shū hěn shǎo

My books are very few in number.
他的書很多。
tā de shū hěn duō
His books are very many in number.
你的書㈲多少？
nǐ de shū yǒu duō shǎo
How many books do you have?
王 先 生 ㈲ 多 少 書 ？
Wáng xiān shēng yǒu duō shǎo shū
How many books does Mr. Wang have?

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字與詞

WORDS AND PHRASES
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百
（ㄅㄞˇ；bǎi）
100
千
（ㄑㄧㄢ；qiān）

1,000
萬
（ㄨㄢˋ；wàn）
10,000
零
（ㄌㄧㄥˊ；líng）
0
㈤百零㈥
wǔ bǎi líng lìu
506
㈤百㈥㈩
wǔ bǎi lìu shí
560
㈤百㈥㈩㈥
wǔ bǎi lìu shí lìu
566
㆒千
yì qiān
1,000
兩千㆒百
liǎng qiān yī bǎi
2,100
㆔千兩百㈤㈩
sān qiān liǎng bǎi wǔ shí
3,250
㈥千㆔百㈧㈩㈨
lìu qiān sān bǎi bā shí jiǔ
6,389
㈥千零㆕㈩㆓
lìu qiān líng sì shí èr

6,042
兩 萬 兩 千 兩 百 ㆓ ㈩ ㆓
liǎng wàn liǎng qiān liǎng bǎi èr shí èr
22,222
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㈦萬㈧千
qī wàn bā qiān
78,000
㆔百㈤ ＝ ㆔百㈤㈩
sān bǎi wǔ sān bǎi wǔ shí
350
㆕千㈧ ＝ ㆕千㈧百
sì qiān bā sì qiān bā bǎi
4,800
㈦萬㈥ ＝ ㈦萬㈥千
qī wàn lìu qī wàn lìu qiān
76,000
真
（ㄓㄣ；zhēn）
real, really
這所㈻校真大。
zhè suǒ xué xiào zhēn dà

This school is really big.
他的書真多。
tā de shū zhēn duō
His books are very many in number.
王 小 姐真忙。
Wáng xiǎo jiě zhēn máng
Miss Wang is really busy.
這本書真好。
zhè běn shū zhēn hǎo
This book is really good.
這枝筆真好㊢。
zhè zhī bǐ zhēn hǎo xiě
This pen is really good for writing.
啊
（・ㄚ；a）
sentence nal particle, used to reduce the forcefulness of the message
您早啊。
nín zǎo a
Good morning.
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您好啊。
nín hǎo å

How are you?
你忙不忙啊？
nǐ máng bù máng å
Are you busy?
我們去㈻㆗文好不好？
wǒ men qù xué zhōng wén hǎo bù hǎo
Let's go study Chinese, OK?
好啊。
hǎo å
OK.
㈻校很大，是不是？
syué siào hěn dà shìh bú shìh
This school is very big, isn't it?
是啊。
shìh å
Yes.
沒
（ㄇㄟˊ；méi）
no, not
你㈲沒㈲筆？
nǐ yǒu méi yǒu bǐ
Do you have a pen?
我沒㈲筆。
wǒ méi yǒu bǐ
No, I do not have a pen.
你㈲沒㈲書？
nǐ yǒu méi yǒu shū
Do you have a book?
我沒㈲書。
wǒ méi yǒu shū

No, I don't have a book.
這個字，老師沒教。
zhè ge zì lǎo shī méi jiāo
The teacher did not teach this word.
五百字說華語

Speak Mandarin in Five Hundred Words
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㈤百字說華語
Speak Mandarin in Five Hundred Words
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㆗英文版