Me & City (Suzhou, China)

It is always glad to know and talk to different people, especially when you are travelling or move to a new place.   Talking to locals is one of the interesting experiences among your whole trip.  So have fun and make more Chinese friends by introducing you in Mandarin. It’s cool:)

我(wǒ)叫(jiào)Jim
My name is Jim.

我(wǒ)是(shì)美国人(měiguórén)
I am American.

我(wǒ)是(shì)工程师(gōngchéngshī)
I am an engineer.

我(wǒ)住(zhù)在(zài) 园(yuán)区(qū)
I live in SIP(Singapore International Park).

我(wǒ)来(lái)苏(sū)州(zhōu)1个(gè)月(yuè)了(le)
I’ve been Suzhou for 1 month.

这(zhè)是(shì)我(wǒ)的(de)太(tài)太(tài)/丈(zhàng)夫(fu)/儿(ér)子(zǐ)/女(nǚ)儿(ér)/爸(bà)爸(ba)/妈(mā)妈(mā)
This is my wife/husband/son/daughter/Dad/Mom

I’m planning to give a series of posts on survival Chinese which may help your trip and life in Suzhou more smooth. Any way, learning a little local language wherever you travel is really cool, isn’t it? Okay, let’s start today from the most basic and frequently used daily words.

I list the Chinese characters, Pinyin(Chinese phonetic transcription) and english together for your studying.

你好 (nǐhǎo) | Hello   
谢谢 (xièxiè) | Thank you
再见 (zàijiàn) | Goodbye 
对不起 (duìbuqǐ) | Sorry
没有 (méiyǒu) | Don’t have   
钱 (qián) | Money
多少 (duōshǎo) 钱 (qián) | How much cost?

块 (kuài) /毛 (máo)/分 (fēn) | yuan/dime/cent

百 (bǎi) /千(qiān) | hundred/thousand

一(yī) 二(èr) 三(sān) 四(sì) 五(wǔ) 六(liù) 七(qī) 八(bā) 九(jiǔ) 十(shí)

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Try and practice and I’m sure you will master them easily.  If you need any help, don’t hesitate to contact HanTao Chinese Language School. We have free 10-Sentences Lesson(Instant Mandarin I for travellers) and other mandarin courses from elementary to advanced.