Mandarin/ Chinese Reading Lessons From Zero and Basic For Beginners - Chapter 6 - HSK 1-2 - 41 Vocabularies

In this chapter 6, there will be five exercises and you will study about 41 vocabularies with the pinyin and also the meaning.

Exercise 1: 这是不是你们家的照片? zhè shì bùshì nǐmen jiā de zhàopiàn? (Is this a photo of your family?)

In this part, you will read about two persons who are talking about a photo and then they are starting to talk about their family.

Mandarin Pinyin English Vocabularies (11)
A 这是不是你们家的照片?
B 是啊。
A 我看一下。你们家有几口人?
B 我们家有四口人。这是我爸爸,我妈妈,这是我哥哥和我。你们家呢?
A 我有妈妈,有一个姐姐和两个弟弟。我们家一共有六口人。
B 这是五口人,还有谁?
A 还有贝贝。
B 贝贝是你妹妹吗?
A 不,贝贝是我的小狗。
B 小狗也是一口人吗?
A 贝贝是我们的好朋友,当然是我们家的人。我有一张贝贝的照片,你看。
B 真可爱。
A 你们家有小狗吗?
B 我们家没有小狗。林娜,你有没有男朋友?
A 我有男朋友。
B 他做什么工作?
A 他是医生。
A zhè shì bùshì nǐmen jiā de zhàopiàn?
B shì a.
A wǒ kàn yīxià. Nǐmen jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
B wǒmen jiā yǒu sì kǒu rén. Zhè shì wǒ bàba, wǒ māmā, zhè shì wǒ gēgē hé wǒ. Nǐmen jiā ne?
A wǒ yǒu māmā, yǒuyīgè gè jiějiě hé liǎng gè dìdì. Wǒmen jiā yì gòng yǒu liù kǒu rén.
B zhè shì wǔ kǒu rén, hái yǒu shuí?
A hái yǒu bèi bèi
. B bèi bèi shì nǐ mèimei ma?
A bù, bèi bèi shì wǒ de xiǎo gǒu.
B xiǎo gǒu yěshì yīkǒu rén ma?
A bèi bèi shì wǒmen de hǎo péngyǒu, dāngrán shì wǒmen jiā de rén. Wǒ yǒu yī zhāngbèibèi de zhàopiàn, nǐ kàn.
B zhēn kě'ài.
A nǐmen jiā yǒu xiǎo gǒu ma?
B wǒmen jiā méiyǒu xiǎo gǒu. Línnà, nǐ yǒu méiyǒu nán péngyǒu?
A wǒ yǒu nán péngyǒu.
B tā zuò shénme gōngzuò?
A tā shì yīshēng.
A Is this a photo of your family?
B Yes.
A Let me take a look. How many people are in your family?
B There are four people in our family. This is my dad, my mom, my brother and me. What about your family?
A I have a mother, a sister and two brothers. There are six people in our family.
B This is a family of five, who else is there?
A And Beibei.
B Is Beibei your sister?
A No, Beibei is my puppy.
B Are puppies also a person?
A Beibei is our good friend and of course a member of our family. I have a picture of Beibei, look at it.
B So cute.
A Do you have a puppy at home?
B We don’t have puppies at home. Lin Na, do you have a boyfriend?
A I have a boyfriend.
B What does he do?
A He is a doctor.
Measure Words
口 kǒu (Classifiers for People, Pets)
Names
贝贝 bèibèi Beibei
Verbs
做 zuò Do
Nouns
照片 zhàopiàn Photo, Picture
口 kǒu Mouth
妹妹 mèimei Little Sister
狗 gǒu Dog
工作 gōngzuò Job, Work
Adjectives
可爱 kě'ài Adorable
Adverbs
当然 dāngrán Of Course
Conjunctions
和 hé And

Source: Willyam Wen, Practical Mandarin Reading: Simplified Characters: Volume 1: HSK 1-2; Jerry Schmidt, New Practical Chinese Reader 1: Textbook: Chapter 1 (China: Canadian Consulting Group). 05-96.

Exercise 2: 语言学院大不大? Yǔyán Xuéyuàn Dà Bù Dà? (Is the language Institute Big?)

In this part, you will read a conversation between two person who are talking about their language institute.

Mandarin Pinyin English Vocabularies (0)
A 语言学院大不大?
B 不太大
A 语言学院有多少个系?
B 有十二个系。
A 你喜欢你们外语系吗?
B 我很喜欢外语系
A 你们外语系有多少老师?
B 外语系有二十八个中国老师,十一个外国老师。你们系呢?
A 我们汉语系很大。我们系的老师也很多,有一百个,他们都是中国人。我们系没有外国老师。
A yǔyán xuéyuàn dà bù dà?
B bù tài dà
A yǔyán xuéyuàn yǒu duōshǎo gè xì?
B yǒu shí'èr gè xì.
A nǐ xǐhuān nǐmen wàiyǔ xì ma?
B wǒ hěn xǐhuān wàiyǔ xì
A nǐmen wàiyǔ xì yǒu duōshǎo lǎoshī?
B wàiyǔ xì yǒu èrshíbā gè zhōngguó lǎoshī, shíyī gè wàiguó lǎoshī. Nǐmen xì ne?
A wǒmen hànyǔ xì hěn dà. Wǒmen xì de lǎoshī yě hěnduō, yǒu yībǎi gè, tāmen dōu shì zhōngguó rén. Wǒmen xì méiyǒu wàiguó lǎoshī.
A Is the language institute big?
B Not too big
A How many departments does the School of Languages have?
B It has twelve departments.
A Do you like your foreign language department?
B I like the Department of Foreign Languages very much
A How many teachers do you have in the foreign language department?
B The foreign language department has twenty-eight Chinese teachers and eleven foreign teachers. What about your department?
A Our Chinese department is very large. There are also many teachers in our department, one hundred, and they are all Chinese. There are no foreign teachers in our department.

Source: Willyam Wen, Practical Mandarin Reading: Simplified Characters: Volume 1: HSK 1-2; Jerry Schmidt, New Practical Chinese Reader 1: Textbook: Chapter 1 (China: Canadian Consulting Group). 98.

Exercise 3: 丁力波是学生. Dīng libō Shì Xuéshēng. (Ding Libo is a Student)

In this part, you will read a story about Ding Libo 丁力波 and his family background.

Mandarin Pinyin English Vocabularies (9)
丁力波是学生。他家有五口人: 爸爸, 妈妈, 哥哥, 弟弟和他。他妈妈姓丁, 叫丁云, 是中国人。他爸爸叫古波, 是加拿大人。二十年前古波在加拿大认识了丁云、那时候、丁云学习英语、古波学习汉语。
现在丁云和古波都是汉语教授。他们有三个男孩子、没有女孩子。现在丁力波和他哥哥、弟弟都在北京。丁力波是语言学院的学生、他学习汉语。他很喜欢语言学院。语言学院不太大、有十二个系。 汉语系有一百个中国老师、学生都是外国人。外语系的学生是中国人、外语系有很多外国老师。丁力波的中国朋友都是外语系的学生。丁力波的哥哥学习历史专业、他弟弟的专业是经济。
他们的外婆也在北京。他们常常去外婆家、他们很爱外婆。
Dīnglì bō shì xuéshēng. Tā jiā yǒu wǔ kǒu rén: Bàba, māmā, gēgē, dìdì hé tā. Tā māmā xìng dīng, jiào dīng yún, shì zhōngguó rén. Tā bàba jiào gǔ bō, shì jiānádà rén. Èrshí nián qián gǔ bō zài jiānádà rènshíle dīng yún, nà shíhòu, dīng yún xuéxí yīngyǔ, gǔ bō xuéxí hànyǔ.
Xiànzài dīng yún hé gǔ bō dōu shì hànyǔ jiàoshòu. Tāmen yǒusān gè nán háizi (háizi), méiyǒu nǚ háizi. Xiànzài dīnglì bō hé tā gēgē, dìdì dōu zài běijīng. Dīnglì bō shì yǔyán xuéyuàn de xuéshēng, tā xuéxí hànyǔ. Tā hěn xǐhuān yǔyán xuéyuàn. Yǔyán xuéyuàn bù tài dà, yǒu shí'èr gè xì. Hànyǔ xì yǒu yībǎi gè zhōngguó lǎoshī, xuéshēng dōu shì wàiguó rén. Wàiyǔ xì de xuéshēng shì zhōngguó rén, wàiyǔ xì yǒu hěnduō wàiguó lǎoshī. Dīnglì bō de zhōngguó péngyǒu dōu shì wàiyǔ xì de xuéshēng. Dīnglì bō dí gēgē xuéxí lìshǐ zhuānyè, tā dìdì de zhuānyè shì jīngjì.
Tāmen de wàipó yě zài běijīng. Tāmen chángcháng qù wàipó jiā, tāmen hěn ài wàipó.
Ding Libo is a student. There are five people in his family: father, mother, elder brother, younger brother and him. His mother's surname is Ding, named Ding Yun, and she is Chinese. His father's name is Gubo, who is Canadian. Twenty years ago, Gubo met Ding Yun in Canada. At that time, Ding Yun was learning English and Gubo was learning Chinese.
Now Ding Yun and Gu Bo are both Chinese professors. They have three boys and no girls. Now Ding Libo, his elder brother and younger brother are all in Beijing. Ding Libo is a student at the Language Institute. He studies Chinese. He loved the language academy. The School of Languages is not very large, with twelve departments. There are one hundred Chinese teachers and students in the Chinese Department, all of whom are foreigners. The students in the Department of Foreign Languages are Chinese and there are many foreign teachers in the Department of Foreign Languages. Ding Libo’s Chinese friends are all students in the Department of Foreign Languages. Ding Libo's elder brother majored in history, and his younger brother majored in economics.
Their grandmother is also in Beijing. They often go to grandma's house. They love grandma very much.
Names
丁云 dīngyún Dinyun
古波 gǔbō Gubo
北京 běijīng Beijing
Verbs
爱 ài Love
Nouns
前 qián Front
历史 lìshǐ History
经济 jīngjì Economy
Adverbs
前 qián Ago, Previously
常常 chángcháng Often

Source: Willyam Wen, Practical Mandarin Reading: Simplified Characters: Volume 1: HSK 1-2; Jerry Schmidt, New Practical Chinese Reader 1: Textbook: Chapter 1 (China: Canadian Consulting Group). 104.

Exercise 4: 这是你们新买的电视机吗? Zhè Shì Nǐmen Xīn Mǎi De Diànshìjī Ma? (Is This The New TV You Bought?)

In this part, you will read a conversation between two persons about a new television that one of them has just bought.

Mandarin Pinyin English Vocabularies (12)
A 这是你们新买的电视机吗?
B 是啊。
A 你常看电视吗?
B 常看,我最爱看王英英唱歌儿。
A 对啊,她唱的歌儿都很好听
B 她跳舞也跳得不错。
A 她穿的衣服,我也喜欢
B 听说,她还会唱不少外国歌儿,她的英文、法文都说得很好。
A 我想她一定有很多外国朋友。
A zhè shì nǐmen xīn mǎi de diànshì jī ma?
B shì a.
A nǐ cháng kàn diànshì ma?
B cháng kàn, wǒ zuì'ài kàn wángyīngyīng chànggē er.
A duì a, tā chàng de gē er dōu hěn hǎotīng
B tā tiàowǔ yě tiào dé bùcuò.
A tā chuān de yīfú, wǒ yě xǐhuān
B tīng shuō, tā hái huì chàng bù shǎo wàiguó gē er, tā de yīngwén, fǎwén dōu shuō dé hěn hǎo.
A wǒ xiǎng tā yīdìng yǒu hěnduō wàiguó péngyǒu.
A Is this the new TV you bought?
B Yes.
A Do you often watch TV?
B I watch it often. I love watching Wang Yingying sing the most.
A Yes, the songs she sings are very nice.
B She dances well too.
A I also like the clothes she wears
B I heard that she can also sing a lot of foreign songs, and she speaks English and French very well.
A I think she must have many foreign friends.
Particles
得 dé (Particle which Shows Degree)
Names
王英英 wángyīngyīng Wang Yingying
Verbs
跳舞 tiàowǔ Dance
穿 chuān Wear
Nouns
电视机 diànshìjī TV
机 jī Machine
衣服 yīfú Clothes
Adjectives
错 cuò Wrong, Bad
外 wài Foreign, Outer, External
Adverbs
最 zuì Most
听说 tīngshuō Hearsay
一定 yīdìng Certainly

Source: Willyam Wen, Practical Mandarin Reading: Simplified Characters: Volume 1: HSK 1-2; National Taiwan Normal University. Practical Audio-Visual Chinese: Chapter 1 (Taiwan: Tsai Fong Books, 2008), 139.

Exercise 5: 你在学中国画儿吗? Nǐ Zài Xué Zhōngguó Huàer Ma? (Are You Learning Chinese Painting?)

In this part, you will read a conversation about two persons about Chinese painting.

Mandarin Pinyin English Vocabularies (7)
A 你在学中国画儿吗?
B 是啊,你看,这张就是我画的
A 你画的这张画儿真好看。
B 谢谢
A 教你中国画儿的老师姓什么?
B 他姓钱。 他是很有名的画家。
A 哦,我知道他,他也教书法,对不对?
B 对了,他也教我书法。
A 你为什么学书法?
B 因为我觉得中国书法很美,所以我想学学。
A nǐ zài xué zhōngguóhuà er ma?
B shì a, nǐ kàn, zhè zhāng jiùshì wǒ huà de
A nǐ huà de zhè zhāng huà er zhēn hǎokàn.
B xièxiè
A jiào nǐ zhōngguóhuà er de lǎoshī xìng shénme?
B tā xìng qián. Tā shì hěn yǒumíng de huàjiā.
A ó, wǒ zhīdào tā, tā yě jiāoshūfǎ, duì bùduì?
B duìle, tā yě jiào wǒ shūfǎ.
A nǐ wèishéme xué shūfǎ?
B yīnwèi wǒ juédé zhōngguó shū fǎ hěn měi, suǒyǐ wǒ xiǎng xué xué.
A Are you learning Chinese painting?
B Yes, look, this is what I drew
A This painting you drew is so beautiful.
B Thank you
A What is the last name of the teacher who taught you Chinese painting?
B His surname is Qian. He is a very famous painter.
A Oh, I know him, he also teaches calligraphy, right?
B By the way, he also taught me calligraphy.
A Why do you learn calligraphy?
B Because I think Chinese calligraphy is beautiful, so I want to learn it.
Exclamations
哦 ó Oh
Names
钱 qián Qian
Verbs
画 huà Paint
Nouns
画儿 huàer Painting
画家 huàjiā Painter, Artist
书法 shūfǎ Calligraphy
Adjectives
美 měi Beautiful
Conjunctions
因为 yīnwèi Because
所以 suǒyǐ Therefore

Source: Willyam Wen, Practical Mandarin Reading: Simplified Characters: Volume 1: HSK 1-2; National Taiwan Normal University. Practical Audio-Visual Chinese: Chapter 1 (Taiwan: Tsai Fong Books, 2008), 140.

Congratulations! In this chapter 6, you have learned at least 41 vocabularies and if you combine it from the previous lesson, you have learned at least 246 vocabularies. Keep up your hard work to go to the next level.

ANOTHER MANDARIN/ CHINESE READING LESSONS:
  • Mandarin/ Chinese Reading Lessons From Zero and Basic For Beginners - Chapter 1 - HSK 1-2 - 29 Vocabularies
  • Mandarin/ Chinese Reading Lessons From Zero and Basic For Beginners - Chapter 2 - HSK 1-2 - 33 Vocabularies
  • Mandarin/ Chinese Reading Lessons From Zero and Basic For Beginners - Quiz 1 - HSK 1-2 - 23 Vocabularies
  • Mandarin/ Chinese Reading Lessons From Zero and Basic For Beginners - Chapter 3 - HSK 1-2 - 47 Vocabularies
  • Mandarin/ Chinese Reading Lessons From Zero and Basic For Beginners - Chapter 4 - HSK 1-2 - 34 Vocabularies
  • Mandarin/ Chinese Reading Lessons From Zero and Basic For Beginners - Middle Test - HSK 1-2 - 39 Vocabularies
  • Mandarin/ Chinese Reading Lessons From Zero and Basic For Beginners - Chapter 5 - HSK 1-2 - 36 Vocabularies
  • Mandarin/ Chinese Reading Lessons From Zero and Basic For Beginners - Chapter 6 - HSK 1-2 - 41 Vocabularies

  • MANDARIN/ CHINESE ONLINE COURSES: $15/ 60 MINUTES
    WHATSAPP: +6289646415350

    MY BOOK:
    If you like this lessin and you want the complete version in the form of a book, you can buy it here: Practical Mandarin Reading: Simplified Characters: Volume 1: HSK 1-2 By Willyam Wen

    MY SITES (ENGLISH):
  • Facebook Page (English)
  • Facebook Group (English)
  • Youtube (English)
  • Instagram (English)
  • Tiktok (English)
  • Twitter (English)
  • Whatsapp Group (English)
  • Blogger

  • FREELANCE WRITER SERVICE:
    - 300 Word Original Article: $5
    - 400 Word Original Article: $6
    - 500 Word Original Article: $7
    - 600 Word Original Article: $8
    - 700 Word Original Article: $9
    - 800 Word Original Article: $10
    - 900 Word Original Article: $11
    - 1.000 Word Original Article: $12

    ARTICLE TRANSLATION SERVICE:
    - English to Indonesia: $2.5/ 100 Words
    - Indonesian ke English: $3/ 100 Words
    - Mandarin/ Chinese to Indonesian:$3.5/ 100 Words
    - Indonesian to Mandarin/ Chinese: $4/ 100 Words
    - Mandarin/ Chinese to English: $4/ 100 Words
    - English to Mandarin/ Chinese: $4.5/ 100 Words

    WHATSAPP: +6289646415350

    #mandarin #chinese #reading #writer #blogger #translator #hsk #lessons #blog #blogger #willyamwen

    0 Comments

    Learn Chinese/ Mandarin Language From Zero and Basic For Beginners

    If you like to learn Chinese/ Mandarin language, you can visit this blog