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English Chinese Pronunciation Sound
Please sit down. Qǐng zuò xia.
Stand up. Zhàn qǐ lái.
Please repeat after me. Qǐng gēn wǒ shuō yí biàn.
What color is this? Zhèi shì shénme yánsè?
Do you understand me? Wǒ shuō de huà nǐ dǒng ma?
It's recess time. Xiànzài shì kè jiān xiūxi.
It's lunch time. Gāi chī wǔfàn le.
Let's wash our hands for lunch. Xǐxi shǒu, gāi chī fàn le.
Stay in line. Pái hǎo duì.
Play nicely with others, please. Qǐng hé dàjiā hǎohao wán.
They want to be your friend. Tāmen xiǎng hé nǐ jiāo péngyou.
This is your friend for the day. Jīntiān tā yào zuò nǐde péngyǒu.
Where is your pencil? Nǐ de qiānbǐ ne?
Get out your pencil and paper. Bǎ nǐde qiānbǐ hé zhǐ ná-chūlái.
Get your book. Bǎ nǐde shū ná guò lái.
You have to return a book in order to borrow a new book. Nǐ děi bǎ shū huán le cái néng zài jiè yì běn.
It's time to go. Gāi zǒu le.
Clean up your area, please.
Qǐng bǎ nǐ nàr nòng gāngjìng.
Please help.
Qǐng bāng-bang máng.
What do you want?
Nǐ xiǎng yào shénme?
How can I help you? Nǐ xiǎng yào wǒ zuò shénme?
Get your homework.
Ná-hǎo nǐde zuòyè.
This is homework.
Zhè shì zuòyè.
Get your backpack. Ná-hǎo nǐde shūbāo.
It's time for...(subject) Gāi shàng ... kè le.
science zìrén kēxué
math shùxué
reading yuèdú
writing xiězuò
social studies shèhuì lìshǐ
spelling pīnxiě
It's time for science. Gāi shàng zìrán kēxué kè le.
It's time for math Gāi shàng shùxué kè le.
It's time for reading Gāi shàng yuèdú kè le.
It's time for writing Gāi shàng xiězuò kè le.
It's time for social studies Gāi shàng shèhuì lìshǐ kè le.
It's time for spelling Gāi shàng pīnxiě kè le.
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Tones of Chinese Pinyin

The numerals 1,2,3,4 at the end of each syllable stands for the different tones, 1 for the flat tone falling rising tone; 2, the rising tone level tone; 3, the falling-rising tone rising tone and 4, the falling tone falling tone. Absence of numerals represent light or no tone.

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