This document provides basic Chinese phrases for greetings, numbers, transportation, places in Beijing, hotel issues, gifts, food, drinks, pictures, and medical issues. It includes the Chinese characters and pinyin romanization for common words. Examples include greetings like "Ni Hao" (Hello), numbers like "Yi" (one), places like "Tushugan" (library), transportation like "Ditie" (subway), medical issues like "Fashao" (fever), and describing problems at a hotel.

1. By: Dallas C. Conner
Chinese 2A
Final Review PPT

3. Visiting a senior home in China,
even if you don’t know anyone
there is something you should
do while in China. Although
senior homes are a new concept
in China, they are a great
example of how the Chinese and
Americans are becoming more
alike. Volunteering is also a
great way to connect with some
of China’s elderly and learn
about history from someone who
experienced it.

4. The Sichuan Opera is a Chinese
national treasure. The opera is
a combination of both music
and the costume displays, one
of the signature attractions to
the opera is the face changing
by actors, it’s a timeless
tradition and every actor Is
unique. It is truly something to
see while in China.

6.  Yi 一 one
 Er 二 two
 San 三 three
 Si 四 four
 Wu 五 five
 Liu 六 six
 Qi 七 seven
 Ba 八 eight
 Jiu 九 nine
 Shi 是 ten

7. Ni Hao! 你好！ Hello!
Zaijian! 再见！ Goodbye!
Wo 我 I
Ni 你 You
Meiguo 美国 America
Zhonguo 中国 China
Xiexie 谢谢 Thankyou
Qingwen 请问 excuse me
Duibuqi 对不起 Sorry

8.  Wo men fei zai zhongguo zai beijing jichang.
From the jichang, you can take many forms
of transportation downtown beijing:
Di tie 地铁 Chuan 船 Chuzu che 出租车
Gongjiao che 公交车 Huoche 火车 Zixingche 自行车

9.  Common places for xuesheng to go are:
Ditie chezhan 地铁车站
Tushugan 图书干
Tiyu changguan 体育场馆 Gongjiao chang zhang 公交场站

10.  Ifyou have a problem with something while
staying at the hotel, call the front desk. The
front desk will ask, “qingwen ninde fang jian
hao shi dou shao?” Respond with your room
number, and then describe the problem.
 Huaile 坏了 broken
 Reshuiqi 热水器 water heater
 Xiu 修 repair

11.  Gifts you can give  Gifts you cannot
 Qaiokeli 巧克力 give
 Bing gan 饼干  闹钟 nao zhong
 Hua 华  伞 san
 梨 li

12.  Popular types of 中国菜:
Huntun tang 馄饨汤
Mifan 米饭
Miantiao 面条 Jiaozi 饺子

13. Kele 可乐 Kafei 咖啡
Shui 水

14.  Words and phrases about pictures:
 Zhaopian
 picture
 Pai zhao
 To take a picture
 Kanzhe li
 Look here
 Women yizhang heying ba zhao
 Let’s take a group picture
 Mafan ninbang wo pai yi zhang he ying haoma?
 Excuse me, can you please take a picture for me?

15. How do describe your symptoms
Fa shao 发烧- FEVER
Du zi 苏子 – Stomach problems
Ganmao 感冒 Have a cold

16.  Ifyou are very sick, you may need to go to
the 医院 to go see a 医生.
 医药的中国 （Chinese medicine) is extremely
different from western medicine like that of
美国。However, some 医院 have western
medicine for foreigners.