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2018-10-26

Learning Mandarin Size And Quantity


Learning about Size and quantity:



Big


xi
ǎo
Small


cháng
Long


du
ǎn
Short

 
gāo
Tall



Low



kuān
Wide


kuò
Broad

 
Duō
Many


sh
ǎo
A little


几个
j
ǐ
Several


ǎi
Short (body)


高大
gāo dà
Tall and Big



shòu
Thin


féi
Fat

高瘦 
gāo shòu
Tall and thin

矮小
ǎi xiǎo
Short and small

很多
hěn duō
A lot of

很少
hěn sh
ǎo
Very little

不多 
bù duō
Not much

不少
bù sh
ǎo
Not a little
or quite a lot

各种各样
gè zh
ǒng gè yàng
Various

差不多
chà bù duō
almost
or nearly; quite


gòu
Enough

不够
bù gòu
Not enough

狭隘 or 狭窄
xiá ài
or xiá zhǎi
Narrow


sōng
Loose

苗条
miáo tiáo
Slim


 
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Learning Mandarin About Time

 
Learning about time:

时间
Shí jiān
Time

现在
xiàn zài
Now

什么时候
shén me shí hòu
When

马上
m
ǎ shàng
Immediately

多久
duō ji
ǔ
How long

立刻 or 立即
lì kè
or lì jí
Soon


ji
ǔ
Long time

很久
hěn ji
ǔ
Very long time


kuài
Quick


很快
hěn kuài
Very quick

以前
Y
ǐ qián
Before

以后
y
ǐ hòu
After

后来
hòu lái
After that

目前 
mù qián
Currently

然后
rán hòu
Then

几点
j
ǐ diǎn
What time

很慢
hěn màn
Very slow

一点
yī di
ǎn
One o'clock

两点
Li
ǎng diǎn
Two o'clock

两点半
Li
ǎng diǎn bàn
Half past two

两点十五分 
li
ǎng diǎn shí wǔ fēn
Fifteen minutes past two

两点一刻 
li
ǎng diǎn yī kè
A quarter past two

两点差一刻
li
ǎng diǎn chā yī kè
A quarter to two

一刻
yī kè
A quarter

不久
bù ji
ǔ
Not long (time)

不太久
bù tài ji
ǔ
Not too long

太久
tài ji
ǔ
Too long (time)

等一下
děng yī xià
Wait a minute

尽快
j
ǐn kuài
As soon as possible

 
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Learning Mandarin About Number


Learning about Number:



One

 
èr
Two

 
sān
Three

 

Four

 
w
ǔ
Five


liù
Six



Seven



Eight


ji
ǔ
Nine
 
shí
Ten

十一
Shí yī
Eleven

十二
Shí èr
Twelve

十三 
Shí sān
Thirteen

十四
Shí sì
Fourteen

十五
Shí w
ǔ
Fifteen

十六
Shí liù
Sixteen

十七
Shí qī
Seventeen

十八
Shí bā
Eighteen

十九
Shí ji
ǔ
Nineteen

二十
èr shí
Twenty

二十一
èr shí yī
Twenty one

三十
sān shí
Thirty

一百
yī b
ǎi
One hundred

一百零一
Yī b
ǎi líng yī
One hundred and one

一百一十
Yī b
ǎi yī shí
One hundred ten

一百一十一
Yī b
ǎi yī shí yī
One hundred eleven

两百
li
ǎng bǎi
Two hundred

一千
Yī qiān
One thousand

两千
li
ǎng qiān
Two thousand

一万
yī wàn
Ten thousand

一百千 or 十万
Yī b
ǎi qiān or shí wàn
One hundred thousand

一百万 or 一条
Yī b
ǎi wàn or yī tiáo
One million

一千万 or 十条
Yī qiān wàn
or shí tiáo
Ten million

一亿 or 一百条 
yī yì
or Yī bǎi tiáo
One hundred million

十亿
shíshíshí shí yì
One Billion

一万亿 or 一兆
yī wàn yì or yī zhào
One trillion



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