Vocabulary for Lesson 5

Nouns

rén : person, human

guó : (country) not used alone

中国 Zhōngguó : China

法国 Fǎguó : France

英国 Yīngguó : England

美国 Měiguó : United States

汉语 Hànyǔ : Chinese (spoken language)

中文 Zhōngwén : Chinese (written and spoken language)

汉字 Hànzì : Chinese characters

Personal pronouns

nín : you (polite form)

我们 wǒmen : we

你们 nǐmen : you (plural)

他们 tāmen : they, them (masculine)

她们 tāmen : they, them (feminine)

Verbs

shuō : to speak, to say

xiě : to write

xué : to study, to learn

huì : to know how to (do something)

Adverbs & Particles

dōu : all, both

men : plural suffix

是的 shìde : that's correct

Interrogatives

: which, what (countable)