Basics, Numbers & Time
Basics
| I | wo
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| You (Singular) | ni
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| He/She/It | ta
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| We | women
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| You (Plural) | nimen
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| They | tamen
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| Yes | shi
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| No (isn't) | bushi
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| Hello/How are you | ni hao
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| Please help me | qing bang wo
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| Thank you | xiexie
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| Goodbye | zai jian
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| Sorry | duibuqi
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| Is it possible...? | kebukeyi...?
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| It is (not) possible | (bu) keyi
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| Are there any...? OR do you have...? | you meiyou...?
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| There are | you
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| There aren't | mei you
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| I want | wo yao
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| I don't want | wo bu yao
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Numbers
| Zero | ling
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| One | yi/yao
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| Two | er/liang
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| Three | san
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| Four | si
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| Five | wu
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| Six | liu
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| Seven | qi
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| Eight | ba
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| Nine | jiu
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| Ten | shi
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| Eleven | shiyi
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| Twelve | shi er
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| Twenty | ershi
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| Twenty one | ershiyi
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| One hundred | yibai
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| One thousand | yiqian
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| Ten thousand | yiwan
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| One hundred thousand | shiwan
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| One million | yibaiwan
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| One hundred million | yiyi
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| One billion | shiyi
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| First | di yi
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| Second | di er
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Time
| Monday | xingqi yi
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| Tuesday | xingqi er
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| Wednesday | xingqi san
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| Thursday | xingqi si
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| Friday | xingqi wu
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| Saturday | xingqi liu
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| Sunday | xingqi tian
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| Morning | zaoshang
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| Afternoon | xiawu
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| Evening | wanshang
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| Now | xianzai
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| Later | yi hou
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| Today | jintian
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| Tomorrow | mingtian
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| Yesterday | zuotian
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| The day after tomorrow | houtian
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| Week/month/year | xingqi/yue/nian
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| What's the time? | ji dian
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| 1:11 | yidian shiyifen
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| ...hour...minute | ...dian...fen
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Months are formed by adding numbers to the root word month (yue). March will therefore be sanyue. To say three months the measure word ge (frequently used between numbers and nouns) will be added (i.e. san ge yue = three months).