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Learn Chinese 5 : Where are you from?
| Click on the speaker icon of each sentence and listen to the recording. Each sentence follows this pattern : Pinyin (that's Chinese written in Latin characters), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and the English translation of the sentence.
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| Wáng xiānsheng shì nálǐ rén? |
| 王先生是哪里人﹖ |
| 王先生是哪裡人﹖
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| Where is Mr. Wang from? |
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| Tā shì Nánjīng rén. |
| 他是南京人。 |
| 他是南京人。
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| He is from Nanjing. |
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| Tā bàba māma, xiōngdì jiěmèi dōu zài Zhōngguó ma? |
| 他爸爸妈妈﹐兄弟姐妹都在中国吗﹖ |
| 他爸爸媽媽﹐兄弟姐妹都在中國嗎﹖
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| Are his parents and siblings all in China? |
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| Tā bàba māma dōu zài Zhōngguó. |
| 他爸爸妈妈都在中国 |
| 他爸爸媽媽都在中國
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| His parents are all in China. |
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| Tā méiyou jiějie mèimei,yě méiyou gēge, zhǐyǒu yí ge dìdi. |
| 他没有姐姐妹妹﹐ 也没有哥哥﹐只有一个弟弟。 |
| 他沒有姐姐妹妹﹐也沒有哥哥﹐只有一個弟弟。
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| He doesn't have sisters, and he doesn't have (elder) brothers. He has only one (younger) brother. |
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| Tā dìdi shì gōngchéngshī, zài Guǎngzhōu gōngzuò. |
| 他弟弟是工程师﹐在广州工作。 |
| 他弟弟是工程師﹐在廣州工作。
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| His (younger) brother is an engineer and works in Guangzhou. |
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| Tā bàba zuò shénme gōngzuò? |
| 他爸爸作什么工作﹖ |
| 他爸爸作什麼工作﹖
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| What job does his father do? |
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| Tā tuìxiū le, zhù zài Nánjīng, tā māma shì lǎoshī. |
| 他退休了﹐住在南京﹐他妈妈是老师。 |
| 他退休了﹐住在南京﹐他媽媽是老師。
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| He has retired and lives in Nanjing. His mother is a teacher. |
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| Wáng xiānsheng jiéhūn le méiyou? |
| 王先生结婚了没有﹖ |
| 王先生結婚了沒有﹖
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| Is Mr. Wang married? |
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| Jiéhūn le, yǒu yí ge érzi, yí ge nǚer. |
| 他结婚了﹐有一个儿子﹐一个女儿。 |
| 他結婚了﹐有一個兒子﹐一個女兒。
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| He is married and he has a son and a daughter. |
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| Notes |
- 'xiōng dì jiě mèi' refers to all siblings one has. Note that 'xiōng' is used instead of 'gē'. 'xiōng' is not used independently.
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