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菜 Ts-eye (like 'tie' with a 'ts' sound)
vegetable; dish; groceries
noun 分享 Fun-she-ang
to share
verb 它 Tah (like 'ta' in taco)
it
pronoun 篮子 lan-dzuh (like 'lawn' followed by 'ds' sound)
basket
noun 只要 Jer-yow (Jer as in 'her' with a j-sound; Yow as in 'yacht' with a falling tone)
just need, only want
verb phrase 面包 Mee-en-bao (Mee-en with a falling tone; Bao with a high, flat tone)
bread
noun 一下 yee-shyah
a little bit/once/for a moment
measure word/complem 谢谢 Shieh-shieh
thank you
interjection 一共 Yee-gong (like 'gong' in 'gong show')
altogether; in total
adverb 给 gei (like 'get' without the 't' but with a long 'a' sound)
to give, to let
verb 十 shir (like 'sure' without the 'r' sound)
ten
number 块 kwai (like 'quaff' without the 'ff' sound)
measure word for currency unit (Yuan/dollar)
measure word 钱 chee-en (like 'chi' from 'chip' followed by 'en' from 'ten')
money
noun 百 Bye (as in 'buy')
Hundred
noun 这样 'Juh-yahng' (zhè sounds like 'juh' in 'jump'; yàng sounds like 'yahng')
like this/in this way
pronoun 六 lee-oh (like 'Leo' with a falling-rising tone)
six
number 分钟 fen-jong (Fen like 'fun'; Zhong like 'j-ong' with a high-level tone)
minute(s)
noun 够 goh (like 'go' but with a deeper, lower tone)
enough; sufficient
verb 长 chahng (like 'ch' in 'change' + 'a' in 'car' + 'ng' in 'song')
long
adjective 人 Run (like 'wren' the bird)
person; people
noun 还有 High Yo
still have, there is/are still
verb/adverb + verb p 多少 Dwo Shao
how many, how much
pronoun 选择 shwan-zuh
choice; option
noun 次 tsuh (like 'ts' in 'cats', then 'uh')
time (occurrence), instance
measure word 五 Woo (like in 'woo-hoo')
five
number 他 Tah (like the 'ta' in 'target')
He, him
pronoun 总是 Zong-shrr (Zong like 'song' but with a 'dz' sound; shrr like 'sure' without the 'e')
always
adverb 迟到 Chur-dao (Chur like 'chirp' without the 'p'; dao like 'dow' in 'down')
to be late, to arrive late
verb 自动取款机 Dzih-dong Chü-kwan Jee
ATM
noun 等 Dung (as in 'young' with a 'd')
wait
verb 装修 jwahng-shyoo
renovation/to renovate
noun/verb 惊人 jing-ren
astonishing/surprising
adjective 迟早 Chrr-zow
eventually/sooner or later
adverb 修好 Syoo-how
to fix successfully/to repair well
verb (V-C compound) 六个月 Lyoo guh yueh
six months
time phrase 事 Shrr
matter/thing/affair
noun 只有 Juh-yoh (Juh like 'j'ump, yoh like 'yo'ga)
only
adverb 一半 Ee-bahn (Ee like 'e'at, bahn like 'bahn' mi)
half
noun/quantifier 满 Mahn (like 'man' but with a falling tone)
full, satisfied
adjective 第 dee
prefix for ordinal numbers ('the Nth')
prefix 一直 Yee-juh
keeps/always
adverb 漏水 Loh-shway
to leak water/a leak
verb/noun 担心 Dahn-shin
to worry/to be worried
verb 以后 Yee-hoh
later/from now/after
postposition/adverb 其实 Chee-shur
actually, in fact
adverb 挺 Ting (like 'sing' but with a 'T')
quite, very
adverb 经常 Jing-chang (like 'jeen' + 'chung')
often, frequently
adverb 常 'Chung' like 'chasm' + 'ong' sound, rising tone.
often, frequently
adverb 几点 Jee-dee-en (Jee as in 'jeep', dee-en as in 'dian' from 'Diana')
What time
noun/phrase 你 Nee (like the English word 'knee')
You
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