The document describes a typical daily routine in Chinese: - It wakes up at 7am, eats breakfast, goes to school, eats lunch, goes home, eats dinner, does homework, watches TV, sleeps every day. - It also goes to work, finishes work, and uses time phrases like before and after to discuss the daily schedule. - Common daily activities like waking up, eating meals, going to school/work, doing homework, watching TV, and sleeping are presented.

1. qǐ chuáng
我早上七点起床
I get up at 7 in the morning

2. Time and Activity
起床
qǐ chuáng
吃早饭
chī zǎo fàn
get up eat breakfast

3. 上学
shàng xué
吃午饭
chī wǔ fàn
go to school have lunch

4. 回家
huí jiā
看电视
kàn diàn shì
go home watch TV

5. 吃晚饭
chī wǎn fàn
做作业
zuò zuò yè
have dinner do homework

6. 睡觉
shuì jiào
每天
měi tiān
go to sleep everyday

7. 上班
shàng bān
下班
xià bān
go to work finish work

8. 都
dōu
开始
kāi shǐ
both/all start

9. 以前
yǐ qián
以后
yǐ hòu
before after

10. 起床 Get up 吃早饭 Have breakfast
上学 Go to school 吃午饭 Have lunch
回家 Go home 吃晚饭 Have dinner
开始 Start 做作业 Do homework
上班 Go to work 下班 Finish work
每天 Everyday 看电视 Watch TV
以前 Before 以后 After
睡觉 Sleep/ go to bed 都 Both/all
shàng xué
qǐ chuáng
huí jiā
kāi shǐ
shàng bān
měi tiān
yǐ qián
chī zǎo fàn
chī wǔ fàn
chī wǎn fàn
zuò zuò yè
xià bān
dōu
yǐ hòu
shuì jiào
kàn diàn shì

11. Practise:
• A: 你几点起床？
• B: 我早上_______起床(qǐ chuáng) 。
• A: 你几点回家(huí jiā)？
• B: 我下午_______点回家(huí jiā) 。
• A: 你几点_________？
• B: 我上/ 下午_______点_________。
jǐ diǎn qǐ chuáng
daily routine
daily routine
time
time
time
七点

12. Grammar: Use of 都
• 都 means “both” or “all”. It must be placed
directly before the verb or verb-adjective.
• For example:
我和弟弟都喜欢踢足球。
今天和明天都下雨。
• When 每(every) is used in a sentence, it is usually
followed by 都。For example:
• 我每天都吃早饭。(I have breakfast every day.)
• 我每天都很忙。(I am busy every day.)
(My little brother and I both like football.)
(It’s going to rain both today and tomorrow.)

13. Characters with more than one meaning
• Chinese characters may have more than one
meaning, which is good news: you don’t need to
learn too many characters. However, you always
need to pay attention to the context.
• Look at the different meanings for 班 (bān) /上 / 有：
• 我们班
• 上班
• 上课
• 桌子上
• 我有书
• 椅子上有书
our class
go to work
start class
On the table
I have a book.
There are some books on the chair.