Essential Chinese
Here is our bare-minimum essential Chinese list:
| In a taxi | ||
| I want to go to … | 我要去 | wǒ yào qù |
| the airport | 机場 | jī chǎng |
| the train station | 火車站 | huǒ chē zhàn |
| the high-speed train station | 高鐵站 | gāo tiě zhàn |
| the bus station | 汽車站 | qì chē zhàn |
| Turn left | 左轉 | zuǒ zhuǎn |
| Turn right | 右轉 | yòu zhuǎn |
| Stop | 停 | tíng |
| Go straight | 直走 | zhí zǒu |
| Give me the invoice | 給我發票 | gěi wǒ fā piào |
| Here | 這里 | zhè lǐ |
| There | 那里 | nà lǐ |
| Faster | 快点 | kuài diǎn |
| Slower | 慢点 | màn diǎn |
| Shopping | ||
| How much is it? | 多少錢? | duō shǎo qián |
| I want this | 我要這个 | wǒ yào zhè ge |
| I don’t want it | 我不要 | wǒ bú yào |
| Thank you | 謝謝 | xiè xiè |
| You’re welcome | 不客气 | bú kè qì |
| Numbers (usually you add “ge” after you say a number) | ||
| 1 | 一 | yī |
| 2 | 二，两 | èr or liǎng |
| 3 | 三 | sān |
| 4 | 四 | sì |
| 5 | 五 | wǔ |
| 6 | 六 | liù |
| 7 | 七 | qī |
| 8 | 八 | bā |
| 9 | 九 | jiǔ |
| 10 | 十 | shí |
| 100 | 一百 | yī bǎi |
| 1,000 | 一千 | yī qiān |
| 10,000 | 一万 | yí wàn |
| 100,000 | 十万 | shí wàn |