Simple Sentences 简单的句子 (jiǎn dān de jù zi)

Tone Marks
First ā
Second á
Third ǎ
Fourth à
Neutral a

Pinyin and Characters

Pinyin use the tone marks to indicate the corresponding characters. More than one character can be in the same form of Pinyin, with the same tone marks.

Side Note:
  • Although “室" is translated as “room”, there are more than one character and phrases that can also be translated into the word “room”. Such as "间" and "房间".
  • The phrase “房间” is often translated as the word “room”, and using the character “间” alone is usually used as a measure word for rooms.

Polyphonic Word 多音字 (duō yīn zì): ***

  • Many of the same Chinese characters has more than one way to pronounce.
  • Although it may not be any different when translated into English, the meaning of the character may vary from one pronunciation to another when used in Chinese.
  • Example: 教
    教 jiāo - to teach
    教 jiào - to instruct

    Reference: 教_百度百科
On the other hand, there are characters with the same pronunciation yet with different meanings: *
  • 是 vs 室 vs 世, these characters all has the fourth tone mark and the same Pinyin: shì
  • The character "是" can mean "yes" and "不是" means "no".
  • The character "室" means "room" such as in "教室" which means "classroom" or in "卧室" which means "bedroom".
  • The character "世" means "generation, world, era".

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Sentences below are formed from the characters and phrases showed on other pages of the site. Some are also taken from the lyrics of the music videos that were not translated into Chinese.

Sentences 句子 (jù zi)
中文 pīn yīn English
你有没有?/你有没有...? Do you have it?/Do you have ...? nǐ yǒu méi yǒu?
我没有。 I do not have (it). wǒ méi yǒu。
你有没有工作? Do you have a job? nǐ yǒu méi yǒu gōng zuò？
我没有工作。 I do not have a job. wǒ méi yǒu。
你有没有上班? Do you have work? nǐ yǒu méi yǒu shàng bān？
你有没有上课? Do you have class? nǐ yǒu méi yǒu shàng kè？
(进)来教室里。** Come in the classroom. (jìn) lái jiào shì lǐ. **
他的房间。 His room. tā de fáng jiān.
他的房子里有三间卧室。 Inside his house there are three bedrooms. tā de fáng zi li yǒu sān jiān wòs hì.
因为我不喜欢，所以我没（有）买。** Because I don’t like it, so/therefore I didn’t buy it. yīn wèi wǒ bù xǐ huān, suǒ yǐ wǒ méi (yǒu) mǎi. **
如此糟糕，没有人能阻止她。 So bad, no one can stop her. rú cǐ zāo gāo, méi yǒu rén néng zǔ zhǐ tā.
哦，她想要我，哦，她得到了我。 Oh she wants me, oh she’s got me. ó, tā xiǎng yào wǒ, ó, tā dé dào le wǒ.
她伤害了我。 She hurts me. tā shāng hài le wǒ.
谁叫（一）下医生。** Someone call the doctor. shuí jiào (yī) xià yī shēng. **
叫（一）下医生。** Call the doctor. jiào (yī) xià yī shēng. **
我不能停止。 I can’t stop. wǒ bù néng tíng zhǐ.
你在我的心里。 You’re in my heart. nǐ zài wǒ de xīn lǐ.
你不知道吗？ You didn’t know? nǐ bù zhī dào ma?
我很认真的。 I’m so serious. wǒ hěn rèn zhēn de.
我是认真的。 I am serious. wǒ shì rèn zhēn de.
谁关心我？ Who care about me? shuí guān xīn wǒ?

**The characters within the parenthesis can be omitted and the sentence still reserves the same meaning.

Chinese character stroke order rules

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