<< HSK Level 1 Lessons
第3课:
No.1
“Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì?”
“wǒ jiào lǐ yuè.”
“你叫什么名字？”
“我叫李月。”
"What's your name?"
"My name is Li Yue."
语法点： Subject + Verb + 什么？ | Subject + Verb + 什么 + Noun?
The interrogative pronoun "什么" can be used in questions, serving as the object or together with a nominal element following it.
It is used to ask for information about people or things.
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It is used to ask for information about people or things.
- Wǒ xiǎng bù qǐ tā jiào shénme.
我想不起他叫什么。
I can't think of what his name was. - Nǐ mǎile shénme shū?
你买了什么书？
What books did you buy?
No.2
“Nǐ shì lǎoshī ma?”
“wǒ bùshì lǎoshī, wǒ shì xuéshēng.”
“你是老师吗？”
“我不是老师，我是学生。”
"Are you a teacher?"
"I'm not a teacher, I'm a student."
语法点： Subject + 是 + Object | Subject + 不是 + Object
是 indicates that the Subject equals or belongs to the Object, or the latter explains the former.
The negative form of 是 is 不是.
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The negative form of 是 is 不是.
- Zhè shì yī běn hǎo shū.
这是一本好书。
This is a good book. - Tā búshì wǒ de érzi.
他不是我的儿子。
He is not my son.
No.3
“Nǐ shì zhōngguó rén ma?”
“wǒ bùshì zhōngguó rén, wǒ shì rìběn rén.”
“你是中国人吗？”
“我不是中国人，我是日本人。”
"Are you Chinese?"
"No, I'm not. I'm Japanese."
语法点： Sentence + 吗? | 是 Sentence + 吗?
The particle 吗 can be used at the end of a declarative sentence to raise a question.
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- Tā qùle ma?
他去了吗？
Did he go? - Tā shì běijīng rén ma?
她是北京人吗?
Is she from Beijing?
No.4
“Nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?”
“wǒ shì měiguó rén. Nǐ ne?”
“wǒ shì zhōngguó rén.”
“你是哪国人？”
“我是美国人。你呢？”
“我是中国人。”
"Which country are you from?"
"The United States. What about you?"
"I'm Chinese."
语法点： 哪 + (Numeral) + Measure Word
The interrogative pronoun 哪 can be used in a questions in which there is a fixed or limited set of answers.
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- Nǎge shì wǒ de? Xiǎo yīdiǎn de nàgè?
哪个是我的？小一点的那个？
Which one is mine? That smaller one? - Nǐ xǐhuān nǎ běn shū?
你喜欢哪本书？
Which book do you like?
No.5
“Tā shì shéi?”
“tā shì wǒ de hànyǔ lǎoshī, tā jiào lǐ yuè.”
“她是谁？”
“她是我的汉语老师，她叫李月。”
"Who is she?"
"She is my Chinese teacher. Her name is Li Yue."
语法点： Subject + 是+谁 | 谁 + Verb + Object
The interrogative pronoun 谁 is used in questions as the subject or object, when asking which person or people, or when asking what someone's name is.
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- Nǐ shì shéi?
你是谁？
Who are you? - Shuí gàosu nǐ de?
谁告诉你的?
Who told you that?
No.6
“Tā shì shéi?" "Tā shì wǒ tóngxué.”
“Tā ne? Tā shì nǐ tóngxué ma?”
“Tā bùshì wǒ tóngxué, tā shì wǒ péngyǒu.”
“他是谁？" "他是我同学。”
“她呢？她是你同学吗？”
“她不是我同学，她是我朋友。”
"Who is he?" "He is my classmate."
"What about her? Is she your classmate?"
"No, she isn't. She is my friend."
语法点： Sentence。 Subject (+ Verb) + 呢？
The modal particle 呢 can be used to ask about the situation mentioned previously.
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- .... Nǐ kàn ne?
......。你看呢？
.... What do you think? - "Nǐ hǎo ma?" "Wǒ hěn hǎo, duōxiè, nǐ ne?"
"你好吗？" "我很好，多谢，你呢？"
"How are you?" "Fine, thanks, How are you?"
部首 Chinese Radical
kǒu
口
mouth
【口】 俗称“口字旁”，“口字旁”的字多与口（嘴）有关。
The radical "口" is commonly known as 口字旁(kǒu zì páng). Chinese characters with the radical "口" are often related to mouth.
139 HSK Characters containing 口.
独体字 Single-Component Character
bù/fǒu
不
not | no | (negative prefix)9 HSK Characters
词根 Word Root
shēng
生
to grow | to give birth | to get | living | vivid | unfamiliar | life | noun suffix (person)
生(shēng) appeared thousands of years ago. In the Oracle Bone script and Bronze script, 生 depicts grass growing from soil.
The original meaning of 生 is "to grow", and it has many other extended meanings, such as: to give birth, to get, living, vivid, unfamiliar and life. 生 also can be used as a noun suffix referring to person.
There are 34 words containing 生 in HSK level 1-6.
34 HSK words containing 生