208 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1
- Chinese sayings
Rewrite these Chinese sayings in characters to match the English translations. (Rewrite the
words in parentheses in Pinyin.)
a. qC shàng bA（xià） seven-up-eight-down
= an unsettled state of mind
b. yC jiA（zhC）（ zhJ） one-family’s-master
= head of a household
c. tiAn shBng yC duì heaven-born-one-couple (same character as “correct”)
= born for each other
- Pinyin to characters
Rewrite this conversation, writing the underlined words in Chinese characters.
A: Xià ge xCngqC nH yIu jH ge kFoshì？
B: WI zhH yIu yC ge。
A: Nà，zhè ge xCngqCtiAn lái wI jiA chC wJfàn，zGnmeyàng？
B: HFo。JH diFn？
A: Shí’èr diFn。
B: WFn yC diFn kGyH ma？ZFoshang wI hái yIu shì。
A: Zhèyàng，wImen chC wFnfàn ba。QC diFn bàn，hFo bù hFo。
B: Tài hFo le。Xièxiè。
Focus on structure
1. It happens all the time (Use and Structure note 11.4)
This is what Xiao Gao did at some point in time. Rewrite each sentence to say she does the
action every day, every week, or every month, as in the example:
Example:
小 GAo 這個星期有中文 kFoshì。 → 小 GAo mGi 個星期都有中文 kFoshì。