|
PINYIN |
CHINESE |
ENGLISH |
|
zao3 an |
早安 |
Good morning. (lit. 'early peaceful') |
|
jin tian |
今天 |
today |
|
ni3 |
你 |
you |
|
yao4 |
要 |
want |
|
qu4 |
去 |
go |
|
na3 li3 |
那裡 |
where |
|
wo3 |
我 |
I, me |
|
xiang3 |
想 |
think |
|
xian |
先 |
first |
|
chi |
吃 |
eat |
|
tai2 shi4 |
台式 |
Taiwanese (Taiwan style) |
|
de |
的 |
'de' marks possession and serves the function of 'of'. |
|
zao3 can |
早餐 |
breakfast (lit. 'early dish') |
|
hao3 |
好 |
good |
|
zhe4 li3 |
這裡 |
here, around here |
|
you3 |
有 |
have |
|
hen3 duo |
很多 |
very many |
|
di4 fang |
地方 |
place, places |
|
ke3 yi3 |
可以 |
can, may |
|
chi |
吃 |
eat |
|
tai2 wan ren2 |
台灣人 |
Taiwanese people ('ren' = people or person) |
|
dou |
都 |
all |
|
shen2 ma |
甚麼 |
what |
|
wo3 men |
我們 |
we ('men' is a plural marker for personal pronouns.) |
|
chang2 chang2 |
常常 |
often |
|
you2 tiao2 shao bing3 |
油條燒餅 |
This is a piece of roasted bread inside a sliced piece of fried bread. Literally: you2=oil, tiao3=strip, long narrow piece, shao=roast, roasted, bing3=a round, flat cake. |
|
huo4 zhe3 |
或者 |
or |
|
dan4 bing3 |
蛋餅 |
egg cake (an egg fried on top of a flour thing) |
|
he |
喝 |
drink |
|
liu3 cheng2 zhi |
柳橙汁 |
orange juice ('zhi'=juice) |
|
ma |
嗎 |
a question marker |
|
bu2 shi4 |
不是 |
no. ('bu' is a negative marker and may appear with various tones.) |
|
dou4 jiang |
豆菜 |
soybean milk ('dou'=bean, 'jiang'=sauce) |
|
dang |
當 |
as |