Dialogues
Dialogue 1
杨勋：你今天好吗？
Yáng Xūn: Nǐ jīntiān hǎo ma?
Yang Xun: How are you today?
何铭：我很好。
Hé Míng: Wǒ hěn hǎo.
He Ming: I'm very good.
杨勋：你吃饭了吗？
Yáng Xūn: Nǐ chīfàn le ma?
Yang Xun: Have you eaten yet?
何铭：还没。
Hé Míng: Hái méi.
He Ming: Not yet.
杨勋：要不要一起去吃饭？
Yáng Xūn: Yào bú yào yīqǐ qù chīfàn?
Yang Xun: Would you like to go eat together?
何铭：好啊。我昨天看到你跟一个女生去图书馆，她是谁？
Hé Míng: Hǎo ā. Wǒ zuótiān kàndào nǐ gēn yīge nǚshēng qù túshūguǎn, tā shì shuí?
He Ming: Sure. Yesterday, I saw you going to the library with a girl, who is she?
杨勋：她是我的女朋友，她叫陈洁。
Yáng Xūn: Tā shì wǒ de nǚpéngyǒu, tā jiào Chén Jié.
Yang Xun: She is my girlfriend, her name is Chen Jie.
何铭：原来你有女朋友，这么厉害啊！
Hé Míng: Yuánlái nǐ yǒu nǚpéngyǒu, zhème lìhài a!
He Ming: All along you have had a girlfriend, it's so good!
杨勋：哪里，不敢当。我们要去哪里吃饭？
Yáng Xūn: Nǎli, bùgǎndāng. Wǒmen yào qù nǎli chīfàn?
Yang Xun: Thanks, that's flattering. Where do you want to go to eat?
何铭：都可以。
Hé Míng: Dōu kěyǐ.
He Ming: Anywhere is fine.
Dialogue 2
王明：我叫王明。你叫什么名字？
Wáng míng: Wǒ jiào wáng míng. Nǐ jiào shén me míng zì?
Wang Ming: My name is Wang Ming. What is your name?
李红：我叫李红。
Li hóng: Wǒ jiào li hóng.
Li Hong: My name is Li Hong.
王明：她的名字是什么？
Wáng míng: Tā de míng zì shì shén me?
Wang Ming: What is her name?
李红：她的名字是周朱丽。
Li hóng: Tā de míng zì shì zhōu zhū lì.
Li Hong: Her name is Zhou Zhuli.
王明：周朱丽是一个很好的名字。
Wáng míng: Zhōu zhū lì shì yī gè hěn hǎo de míng zì.
Wang Ming: Zhou Zhuli is a very good name.
李红：是，但是我比较喜欢你的名字。
Li hóng: Shì, dàn shì wǒ bǐ jiào xǐ huan nǐ de míng zì.
Li Hong: Yes, but I like your name better.
王明：为什么比较喜欢我的名字？
Wáng míng: Wèi shé me bǐ jiào xǐ huan wǒ de míng zì?
Wang Ming: Why do you like my name better?
李红：因为你的名字听起来很聪明。
Li hóng: Yīn wèi nǐ de míng zì tīng qǐ lái hěn cōng míng.
Li Hong: Because your name sounds very intelligent.
王明：哪里，我不敢当。
Wáng míng: Nǎ lǐ, wǒ bù gǎn dāng.
Wang Ming: Oh no, I wouldn't say that.
Vocabulary
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S.No.
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Simplified
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Pīnyīn
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Part of speech
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English [m.]
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1
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周朱丽
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Zhōu Zhūlì
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(proper noun)
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Person's Name
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2
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但是
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dànshì
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(conjunction)
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But, However
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3
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比较
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bǐjiào
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by comparison
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4
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喜欢
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xǐhuan
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(verb)
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to like
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5
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为什么
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wèishénme
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(adverb)
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Why (lit. "because of what?").
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6
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因为
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yīnwèi
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(conjunction)
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because
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7
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听起来
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tīng qǐlai
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(phrase)
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Sounds like
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8
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聪明
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cōngmíng
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(adjective)
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intelligent
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9
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哪里
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nǎli
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(noun)
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lit. Nowhere, can be used as a polite response to a complement.
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10
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不敢当
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bùgǎndāng
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(phrase)
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I don't accept (not at all) / polite response to a compliment
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11
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还没
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háiméi
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(conjunction)
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not yet
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12
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图书馆
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túshūguǎn
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(noun)
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library
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13
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名字
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míngzi
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(noun)
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name
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14
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女朋友
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nǚpéngyǒu
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(noun)
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girlfriend
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15
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昨天
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zuótiān
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(noun)
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yesterday
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