Mandarin midterm
Don't complain.
bu yao baoyuan/falaosao. (Bú yào bàoyuàn/fāláosāo.)
Don't be noisy.
bu yao chao. （Bú yào chǎo.)
Don't laugh/be lazy!
bu yao xiao/lan!(Bú yào xiào/lǎn!)
Start over.
cong [tou] lai. (Cóng [tóu] lái.)
See you shortly.
dai hui er/huitou jian.（Dāi huǐ ér/huítóu jiàn.）
Y'all look here.
dajia kan zher.（Dàjiā kàn zhèr.）
Which tone?
di ji sheng? （Dì jǐ shēng?）
Sorry, it's my fault/mistake/error. = Sorry, my bad.
dui bu qi, shi wode cuo. (Duì bu qǐ, shì wǒde cuò.)
Sorry, I got to go.
dui bu qi, wo dei zou le. （Duì bu qǐ, wǒ děi zǒu le.）
Sorry, I forgot.
dui bu qi, wo wang le. (Duì bu qǐ, wǒ wàng le.)
Dialogue
duihua (Duìhuà)
Comma ，
duo hao/dian（Dòu hào/diǎn）
Teacher, what is...?
laoshi, shenme shi...?(Lǎoshī, shénme shì ... ?)
Sorry for troubling you. Thanks.
mafan ni le. xiexie. (Máfan nǐ le. Xièxiè.)
No problem, no trouble at all.
mei wenti bu mafan.(Méi wèntí bù máfan.)
I didn't bring pencil, either.
wo ye meiyou dai qianbi. (Wǒ yě méiyǒu dài qiānbǐ.)
I had one big pile of homework.
wo you yi da dui de gongke. (Wǒ yǒu yí dà duī de gōngkè.)
We had studied this [one] long time ago.
women hen jiu yiqian xue guo zhege.(Wǒmen hěn jiǔ yǐqián xué guò zhège.)
Write it down.
xie/ji xia lai（Xiě/jì xià lái.）
This [one] is very important.
zhege hen zhongyao.(Zhège hěn zhòngyào.)
Wish you a pleasant trip. = Have a good trip.
zhu ni lutu yukuai.（Zhù nǐ lǚtú yúkuài.）
Wish you a happy birthday/weekend.
zhu ni sheng ri/zhou mo kuaile.(Zhù nǐ sheng rì/zhōu mò kuàilè.)
Listen carefully.
zhuyi ting.（Zhùyì tīng.）
Where were we yesterday?
zuotian women zai nar?（Zuótiān wǒmen zài nǎr?）
Be quiet!
anjing! （Ānjìng!）
Put away your iPhone.
ba nide iPhone shou qi lai (Bǎ nǐde iPhone shōu qǐ lái.)
Take out your textbook.
ba nide keben na chu lai (Bǎ nǐde kèběn ná chū lái.)
Take out your homework.
ba nide zuo ye na chu lai. (Bǎ nǐde zuò yè ná chū lái.)
PLEASE, don't be noisy!
bai tuo, bu yao chao le! (Bài tuō, bú yào chǎo le!)
Memorize the text
bei kewen（Bèi kèwén）
Punctuation mark
biao dian fu hao（Biāo diǎn fú hào）
Sorry.
bu hao yisi. (Bù hǎo yìsi.)
Turn to page...
fan dao di... ye.(Fān dào dì ... yè.)
Turn to next page.
fan dao xia [yi] ye.(Fān dào xià [yí] yè.)
Give me Chinese/English.
gei wo zhongwen/yingwen.(Gěi wǒ zhōngwén/yīngwén.)
It's the same as in English.
gen yingwen yiyang. (Gēn yīngwén yíyàng.)
Check it off.
gou qilai（Gōu qǐlái.）
Okay, let's continue lesson 4.
hao, women jixu di si ke. （Hǎo, wǒmen jìxù dì sì kè.）
Mark it up. (= To underline.)
hua qi/xia lai.（Huà qǐ/xià lái.）
Return to page 47.
huidao di shi qi ye.(Huídào dì sì shí qī yè.)
Today our class comes to here. = That's all for today.
jintian women de ke shang dao zhe er.（Jīntiān wǒmen de kè shàng dào zhè ér.）
Today we study/learn Lesson 1.
jintian women xue di yi ke (Jīntiān wǒmen xué dì yí kè.)
It is the meaning of ....
jiu shi... de yisi. (Jiù shì ... de yìsi.)
Period 。
ju hao（Jù hào）
For example,
ju yi ge lizi (Jǔ yí ge lìzi,)
Sentence/ To make a sentence
juzi/zao ju （Jùzi/zào jù）
Deduct how many points?
kou ji fen?(Kòu jǐ fēn?)
Turn it in tomorrow, but I'll deduct points.
mingtian bu jiao, keshi yao kou fen (Míngtiān bǔ jiāo, kěshì yào kòu fēn.)
You guess.
ni cai cai kan. (Nǐ cāi cāi kàn.)
You are late.
ni chidao le. (Nǐ chídào le.)
You must work harder.
ni dei jia you/yong gong le. (Nǐ děi jiā yóu/ yòng gōng le.)
You still have 5 minutes.
ni haiyou wu fenzhong.（Nǐ háiyǒu wǔ fēnzhōng.）
When did you get up?
ni ji dian qi chuang?(Nǐ jǐ diǎn qǐ chuáng?)
When did you go to bed?
ni ji shui jiao?（Nǐ jǐ diǎn shuì jiào?）
You progressed very well.
ni jinbu de hen hao.（Nǐ jìnbù de hěn hǎo.）
You look tired. (look ≠ see)
ni kan qi lai hen lei. (Nǐ kàn qǐ lái hěn lèi.)
Why are you late?
ni wei shenme chidao? (Nǐ wèi shénme chídào?)
You need to focus/be careful!
ni yao zhuan/xiao xin! (Nǐ yào zhūan/xiǎo xīn!)
You too.
ni ye shi. (Nǐ yě shì.)
Do you have questions?
ni you wenti ma? (Nǐ yǒu wèntí ma?)
What are you doing?
ni zai zuo/gan shenme? (Nǐ zài zuò/gàn shénme?)
What happened to you?
ni zenme le?(Nǐ zěnme le?)
How come you don't have pencils?
ni zenme meiyou qianbi? (Nǐ zěnme méiyǒu qiānbǐ?)
Why are you always late?
ni zenme zong shi chidao? (Nǐ zěnme zǒng shì chídào?)
What are you busy with this weekend?
ni zhege zhuomo mang shenme? (Nǐ zhège zhōumò máng shénme?)
Your grades have improved.
nide chengji you jinbu. （Nǐde chéngjī yǒu jìnbù.）
Do you remember?
nimen ji de ma?(Nǐmen jì de ma?)
Please help me collect the homework, okay?
qing bang wo shuo yi xia zuoye hao ma? （Qǐng bāng wǒ shōu yí xià zuòyè hǎo ma?）
Please don't interrupt me.
qing bu yao da duan wo jiang hua. (Qǐng bú yào dǎ duàn wǒ jiǎng huà.)
Please close/open the door/lights.
qing guan/kai men/ deng. (Qǐng guān/kāi mén/dēng.)
The rest of the time is yours.
qita de shijian shi nimen de. (Qítā de shíjiān shì nǐmen de.)
If you don't mind,...
ruguo ni bu jieyi dehua... (Rúguǒ nǐ bù jièyì dehuà...)
Who would lend me a pencil?
shei jie wo yi zhi qianbi hao ma? (Sheí jiè wǒ yì zhī qiānbǐ hǎo ma?)
Who knows what does this mean?
shei zhidao zhe shi shenme yisi? (Sheí zhīdào zhè shì shénme yìsi?)
When?
shenme shihou? (Shénme shíhou?)
What are they doing?
tamen zai zuo shenme? (Tāmen zài zuò shénme?)
Exclamation !
tan hao （Tàn hào）
Annoying!
tao yan! (Tǎo yàn!)
Stop!
ting!(Tíng!)
Question mark ？
wen hao（Wèn hào）
How much time do I still have?
wo haiyou duo shao shijian?(Wǒ háiyǒu duō shǎo shíjiān?)
May I read other stuff?
wo keyi kan bie de dongxi ma?(Wǒ kěyǐ kàn bié de dōngxi ma?)
May I go to the restroom?
wo keyi qu cesuo ma?(Wǒ kěyǐ qù cèsuǒ ma?)
May I go to drink water?
wo keyi qu he shui ma?(Wǒ kěyǐ qù hē shuǐ ma?)
May I go to pick up something?
wo keyi qu na dongxi ma?(Wǒ kěyǐ qù ná dōngxi ma?)
I'm exhausted / freezing.
wo lei/leng si le. (Wǒ lèi/lěng sǐ le.)
I didn't do anything.
wo mei you zuo/gan shenme. (Wǒ méi yǒu zuò/gàn shénme a.)
May we go outside for class?
women keyi qu waimian shangke ma?(Wǒmen kěyǐ qù wàimiàn shàngkè ma?)
What time is it?
xianzai ji dian le?(Xiànzài jǐ diǎn le?)
It is a study-hall now.
xianzai shi zi xi ke. (Xiànzài shì zì xí kè.)
Shiiii! Keep it down.
xu! xiao sheng dianr.（Xū! Xiǎo shēng diǎnr.）
Talk to you later.
yihou zai liao. （Yǐhòu zài liáo.）
Sometimes.
you de shihou. (Yǒu de shíhou.)
Get set, begin/come.
yubei, kaishi/lai. (Yùbèi, kāishǐ/lái.)
How [do I] say ...
zenme shuo... (Zěnme shuō...)
What is this called?
zhe jiao shenme?(Zhè jiào shénme?)
What color is this?
zhe shi shenme yanse?（Zhè shì shénme yánsè?）
