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English	Mandarin Pinyin	Pronunciation
Numbers
zero	ling/	leeng
one	yi–	ee
two	er\	urh
two of …	liang\/ ge\	lee–ahng guh
two (measure)	liang\/ tian–	lee–ahng tee–in
three	san–	sahn
four	si\	suh
five	wu\/	wuu
six	liu\	leo
seven	qi–	tchee
eight	ba–	bah
nine	jiu\/	jeo
ten	shi/	shr
eleven	shi/ yi–	shr ee
twelve	shi/ er\	shr urh
hundred	bai\/	buy
thousand	qian–	tchee–in
ten thousand	wan\	wahn
hundred thousand (use 1 wan)	shi/ wan\	shr wahn
million (use 1 wan)	bai\/ wan\	buy wahn
ten million (use 1 wan)	qian– wan\	tchee–in wahn
hundred million (use 1 wan wan)	wan\ wan\ (yi\)	wahn wahn
billion (use 1 wan wan)	shi/ wan\ wan\	shr wahn wahn
ten billion (use 1 wan wan)	bai\/ wan\ wan\	buy wahn wahn
hundred billion (use 1 wan wan)	qian– wan\ wan\	tchee–in wahn wahn
how many (less than ten)	ji\/	jee
how many?	duo– shao\/	dwaw shou
how many? (quantity)	duo– shao\/ hao\	dwaw shou how
how many people?	ji\/ wei\	jee way
how many things?	ji\/ ge\	jee guh
how much money?	duo– shao\/ qian/	dwaw shou tchee–in

Time
year	nian/	nee–in
year, two ago	qian/ nian/	tchee–in nee–in
year, last	qu\ nian/	tchuu nee–in
year, this	jin– nian/	jeen nee–in
year, next	ming/ nian/	meeng nee–in
year, two from now	hou\ nian/	hoe nee–in
year 1999	yi– jiu\/ jiu\/ jiu\/ nian/	ee jeo jeo tchee nee–in
seasons	si\ ji\	suh jee
spring	chun– tian–	chwun tee–in
summer	xia\ tian–	shee–ah tee–in
autumn, fall	qiu– tian–	tcheo tee–in
winter	dong– tian–	doong tee–in
month	yue\	yu–eh
month, two ago	shang\ shang\ ge yue\	shahng shahng guh yu–eh
month, last	shang\ ge yue\	shahng guh yu–eh
month, this	zhei\ ge yue\	jay guh yu–eh
month, next	xia\ ge yue\	shee–ah guh yu–eh
month, two from now	xia\ xia\ ge yue\	shee–ah shee–ah guh yu–eh
one month	yi– ge yue\	ee guh yu–eh
January	yi– yue\	ee yu–eh
February	er\ yue\	urh yu–eh
March	san– yue\	sahn yu–eh
April	si\ yue\	suh yu–eh
May	wu\/ yue\	wuu yu–eh
June	liu\ yue\	leo yu–eh
July	qi– yue\	tchee yu–eh
August	ba– yue\	bah yu–eh
September	jiu\/ yue\	jeo yu–eh
October	shi/ yue\	shr yu–eh
November	shi/ yi– yue\	shr ee yu–eh
December	shi/ er\ yue\	shr urh yu–eh
week	li\/ bai\ (or) xing– qi/	lee buy (or) sheeng tchee
week, two ago	shang\ shang\ ge xing– qi/ (li\/ bai\)	shahng shahng guh sheeng tchee
week, last	shang\ ge xing– qi/ (li\/ bai\)	shahng guh sheeng tchee
week, this	zhei\ ge xing– qi/ (li\/ bai\)	jay guh sheeng tchee
week, next	xia\ ge xing– qi/ (li\/ bai\)	shee–ah guh sheeng tchee
week, two from now	xia\ xia\ ge xing– qi/ (li\/ bai\)	shee–ah shee–ah guh sheeng tchee
day	tian–	tee–in
day, before yesterday	qian/ tian–	tchee–in tee–in
day, yesterday	zuo/ tian–	zwaw tee–in
day, this; today	jin– tian–	jeen tee–in
day, tomorrow	ming/ tian–	meeng tee–in
day, after tomorrow	hou\ tian–	hoe tee–in
day of the month	hao\	how
day, every	tian– tian–	tee–in tee–in
Monday	xing– qi/ yi– (li\/ bai\ yi–)	sheeng tchee ee
Tuesday	xing– qi/ er\ (li\/ bai\ er\)	sheeng tchee urh
Wednesday	xing– qi/ san– (li\/ bai\ san–)	sheeng tchee sahn
Thursday	xing– qi/ si\ (li\/ bai\ si\)	sheeng tchee suh
Friday	xing– qi/ wu\/ (li\/ bai\ wu\/)	sheeng tchee wuu
Saturday	xing– qi/ liu\ (li\/ bai\ liu\)	sheeng tchee leo
Sunday	xing– qi/ tian (li\/ bai\ tian)	sheeng tchee tee–in
time of day
early morning 3am to 6 am	qing– chen/	tcheeng chun
morning 6 am to 9 am	zao\/ chen/	zow chun
before noon 9 am to 11 am	shang\ wu\/	shahng wuu
noon time 11 am to 1 pm	zhong– wu\/	joong wuu
afternoon 1 pm to 6 pm	xia\ wu\/	shee–ah wuu
evening 6 pm to 11 pm	wan\/ shang\	wahn shahng
night 11 pm to 3 am	ye\ li\/	yeh lee
hours	dian\/ (zhong–)	dee–in joong
o'clock	dian\/ (zhong–)	dee–in joong
hour of time	xiao\/ shi/	shee–ow shr
hour of time	zhong– tou/	joong toe
half past …	… dian\/ ban\ (zhong–)	… dee–in bahn joong
half an hour of time	ban\ ge zhong– tou/	bahn guh joong toe
quarter hour, first	yi/ ke\ (zhong–)	ee kuh joong
quarter hour, third	san– ke\ (zhong–)	sahn kuh joong
quarter hour, fourth	si\ ke\ (zhong–)	suh kuh joong
minutes	fen– (zhong–)	fin joong
seconds	miao\/ (zhong–)	mee–ow joong
time, next	xia\ ci\	shee–ah tsu
What time is it?	Ji\/ dian\/ zhong–?	jee dee–in joong
time (number hour:number minutes)	(number) dian\/ (number) fen–	… dee–in … fin

Location
north	bei\/	bay
north side	bei\/ bian–	bay bee–in
east	dong–	doong
east side	dong– bian–	doong bee–in
south	nan/	nahn
south side	nan/ bian–	nahn bee–in
west	xi–	she
west side	xi– bian–	she bee–in
direction from one place to another	zai\ (place)de (direction)bian–	zign …duh …bee–in
before	yi\/ qian/	ee tchee–in
after	yi\/ hou\	ee hoe
above, upper part	shang\ tou	shahng toe
above surface	shang\ mian\	shahng mee–in
above edge	shang\ bian	shahng bee–in
below, lower part	xia\ tou	shee–ah toe
below surface	xia\ mian\	shee–ah mee–in
below edge	xia\ bian–	shee–ah bee–in
front of, in	qian/ tou	tchee–in toe
front of surface, in	qian/ mian\	tchee–in mee–in
front of edge, in	qian/ bian–	tchee–in bee–in
back of, in; rear	hou\ tou	hoe toe
back of surface, in; behind, rear	hou\ mian\	hoe mee–in
back of edge, in; rear	hou\ bian–	hoe bee–in
left side, at the	zuo\/ bian–	zwaw bee–in
between in, middle	zhong– jian–	joong jee–in
right side, at the	you\ bian–	yoe bee–in
inside	li\/ tou	lee toe
inside surface	li\/ mian\	lee mee–in
inside edge	li\/ bian–	lee bee–in
outside	wai\ tou	wigh toe
outside surface	wai\ mian\	wigh mee–in
outside edge	wai\ bian–	wigh bee–in

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