Telling Daily Schedule in Mandarin
Telling Daily Schedule in Mandarin
Words to Master
No | Mandarin | Pinyin | English |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 早上 | zǎoshang | morning (from sunrise-about 9.00 a.m) |
2 | 上午 | shàngwǔ | morning (9.00 a.m-noon) |
3 | 中午 | zhōngwǔ | noon |
4 | 下午 | xiàwǔ | afternoon |
5 | 晚上 | wǎnshàng | evening (from sunset-12.00 pm) |
6 | 去 | qù | to go |
7 | 公司 | gōngsī | company |
8 | 开会 | kāihuì | to have a meeting |
9 | 路 | lù | road |
10 | 吃饭 | chīfàn | to eat meal |
11 | 见 | jiàn | to meet |
12 | 客户 | kèhù | client/customer |
13 | 学校 | xuéxiào | school |
14 | 学习 | xuéxí | to study |
15 | 汉语 | Hànyǔ | Mandarin |
16 | 非常 | fēicháng | very much |
17 | 高兴 | gāoxìng | happy |
18 | 一起 | yīqǐ | together |
19 |
Greeting People
To greet people in the morning you say 早上好! (Zǎoshang hǎo!) or you just can say 早! (Zǎo!). It has the same meaning as 早上好! (Zǎoshang hǎo!)
Telling Your Daily Activities/Schedule
The following sentences use the same grammatical construction, it is some one sometime goes somewhere does something.
1.我早上去学校学习日语。
Wǒ zǎoshang qù xuéxiào xuéxí Rìyǔ.
2.我上午去医院见医生。
Wǒ shàngwǔ qù yīyuàn jiàn yīshēng.
3.我中午去食堂吃午饭。
Wǒ zhōngwǔ qù shítáng chī wǔfàn.
4.我下午去山路见朋友。
Wǒ xiàwǔ qù Shān lù jiàn péngyǒu.
5.我晚上回家吃晚饭。
Wǒ wǎnshàng huí jiā chī wǎnfàn.
Look at my schedule above. It seems that I am very very busy.
我非常忙。
Wǒ fēicháng máng.
非常(fēicháng) has the same meaning as 很(hěn) but stronger. 很(hěn) means very, 非常(fēicháng) means very much/very very.
Let’s see some other example:
1.她非常漂亮。
Tā fēicháng piàoliang.
2.你非常厉害。
Nǐ fēicháng lìhài.
Read and practice the following dialogue!
X: 早上好!
X: Zǎoshang hǎo!
Y: 早上好!
Y: Zǎoshang hǎo!
X: 你今天忙吗?
X: Nǐ jīntiān máng ma?
Y: 我今天非常忙。我上午去公司开会。下午去山路见客户。晚上去学校学习汉语。
Y: Wǒ jīntiān fēicháng máng. Wǒ shàngwǔ qù gōngsī kāihuì. Xiàwǔ qù Shān lù jiàn kèhù. Wǎnshàng qù xuéxiào xuéxí Hànyǔ.
X: 我们中午一起吃饭吧!
X: Wǒmen zhōngwǔ yīqǐ chīfàn ba!
Y: 好啊!
Y: Hǎo a!