Numbers in Chinese

Food in Chinese

Vegetables

Vegetables
	English	Pinyin	Hanzi
	vegetables	shūcài	蔬菜
	artichoke	yáng jì	洋蓟
	asparagus	lú sǔn	芦笋
	broccoli	xī lánhuā	西兰花
	cabbage	juǎnxīncài	卷心菜
	carrots	hú luó bo	胡萝卜
	cauliflower	huā cài	花菜
	celery	xī qín	西芹
	cucumber	huángguā	黄瓜
	garlic	dà suàn	大蒜
	green beans	sìjì dòu	四季豆
	leek	jiǔcài	韭菜
	lettuce	shēng cài	生菜
	onion	yuán cōng	圆葱
	parsley	qíncài	芹菜
	pepper	qīng jiāo	青椒
	potato	tǔdòu	土豆
	pumpkin	nán guā	南瓜
	spinach	bō cài	菠菜
	zucchini	xī hú lu	西葫芦

Fruit

Lesson 10 - asking how much?

Asking "How Much Money" with 多少钱 (duōshao qián)

• Subj. + 多少钱 ?

Examples: 

多少 钱 ？

Duōshao qián?

How much?

你 的 手机 多少 钱？

Nǐ de shǒujī duōshao qián?

How much was your cell phone?

这 杯 咖啡多少 钱？

Zhè bēi kāfēi duōshao qián?

How much for this cup of coffee?

Stating Quantities of Money

Number + 块 + Number + 毛

Examples:

两 块 五 毛

liǎng kuài wǔ máo

two kuai five mao (2.5)

三 块 八 毛

sān kuài bā máo

three kuai eight mao (3.8)

二十 三 块 八毛

èrshí-sān kuài bā máo

Twenty-three kuai eight mao (23.8)

Time period in Chinese (week, month, year)

Days

• 2 days ago (前天 – qián tiān)
• yesterday (昨天 – zuó tiān)
• today (今天 – jīn tiān)
• tomorrow (明天 – míng tiān)
• in 2 days (后天 – hòu tiān)

Weeks

• 2 weeks ago (两个星期前 – liǎng gè xīng qī qián)

• last week (上个星期 – shàng gè xīng qī)

• this week (这个星期 – zhè ge xīng qī)

• next week (下个星期 – xià gè xīng qī)

• 2 weeks from now (两个星期后 – liǎng gè xīng qī hòu)

Months

• 2 months ago (两个月前 – liǎng gè yuè qián)

• last month (上个月 – shàng gè yuè)

• this month (这个月 – zhè ge yuè)

• next month (下个月 – xià gè yuè)

• 2 months from now (两个月后 – liǎng gè yuè hòu)

Years

• 2 years ago/the year before last (前年 – qián nián)

• last year (去年 – qù nián)

• this year (今年 – jīn nián)

• next year (明年 – míng nián)

• 2 years from now/the year after next (后年 – hòu nián)

Lesson 9- date,day,month

Weeks

• Monday (星期一 – xīng qī yī)

• Tuesday (星期二 – xīng qī èr)

• Wednesday (星期三 – xīng qī sān)

• Thursday (星期四 – xīng qī sì)

• Friday (星期五 – xīng qī wǔ)

• Saturday (星期六 – xīng qī liù)

• Sunday (星期天 – xīng qī tiān); 星期日 – xīng qī rì)

Months

• January (一月 – yī yuè)

• February (二月- èr yuè)

• March (三月 – sān yuè)

• April (四月 – sì yuè)

• May (五月 – wǔ yuè)

• June (六月 – liù yuè)

• July (七月 – qī yuè)

• August (八月 – bā yuè)

• September 九月 – jiǔ yuè)

• October (十月 – shí yuè)

• November (十一月 – shí yī)

• December (十二月 – shí’èr yuè)