SECTION: TO SPEAK |
English: | To speak (verb) | |
Pinyin: | shu艒 |
English: | To know how (verb) | |
Pinyin: | hu矛 |
English: | You know how to speak | |
Pinyin: | n菒 hu矛 shu艒 | |
Literally: | (same) |
English: | You know how to speak English | |
Pinyin: | n菒 hu矛 shu艒 y墨ng-w茅n | |
Literally: | (same) |
English: | Do you know how to speak English? | |
Pinyin: | n菒 hu矛 shu艒 y墨ng-w茅n ma | |
Literally: | you know how to speak English +? |
English: | They cannot speak English | |
Pinyin: | t膩-men b煤 hu矛 shu艒 y墨ng-w茅n | |
Literally: | they not know how to speak English |
English: | I know how to speak Chinese | |
Pinyin: | w菕 hu矛 shu艒 zh艒ng-w茅n | |
Literally: | (same) |
English: | I don't know how to speak Chinese | |
Pinyin: | w菕 b煤 hu矛 shu艒 zh艒ng-w茅n | |
Literally: | (same) |
English: | A little | |
Pinyin: | y墨-di菐n |
English: | A little (alternate - as heard in Northern China) | |
Pinyin: | y墨-di菐nr |
English: | A little Chinese | |
Pinyin: | y墨-di菐n zh艒ng-w茅n | |
Literally: | (same) |
English: | I know how to speak a little Chinese | |
Pinyin: | w菕 hu矛 shu艒 y墨-di菐n zh艒ng-w茅n | |
Literally: | (same) |
English: | She can speak some English | |
Pinyin: | t膩 hu矛 shu艒 y墨-di菐n y墨ng-w茅n | |
Literally: | she knows how to speak a little English |
English: | Please repeat that | |
Pinyin: | q菒ng z脿i shu艒 y铆-bi脿n | |
Literally: | please again speak one time |
SECTION: WHAT |
English: | What | |
Pinyin: | sh茅n-me |
English: | What's the matter? | |
Pinyin: | sh茅n-me sh矛 | |
Literally: | what is |
English: | What did you say? | |
Pinyin: | n菒 shu艒 sh茅n-me | |
Literally: | you said what |
English: | What did he say? | |
Pinyin: | t膩 shu艒 sh茅n-me | |
Literally: | he said what |
English: | To do (verb) | |
Pinyin: | zu貌 |
English: | What are you doing? | |
Pinyin: | n菒 zu貌 sh茅n-me | |
Literally: | you doing what |