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dà-jiā-hǎo
hello everybody
hěn-dūo
a lot of
朋友
friend
qǐ-lái
to get up
yīng-gāi
should
喝
drink
呢
what about ...?
hái-shì
still, nevertheless
qí-shí
in fact; actually
zhè-ge
this one
yǐjīng...le
have...already
讲
to speak; communicate; emphasise; pay attention
……de-shí-hou
when ... (in statements)
也
also
跟
with; to follow
都
all; even
jìdé
to remember
yí-ge
one of (something)
wǒ bù zhīdào
I don't know
cì
... time(s)
ér qiě
and also
dì...
...th; ...nd; ...rd (prefix indicating ordinal number)
dì-èr
second (ordinal number)
fēnzhōng
minute
dì-sān
the third
sāngè
three of (something)
bú shì
no; not
睡
to sleep
rú-guǒ
if
nà-ge
that one
nàme...
in that case...；such, so
fēi-cháng
very; extremely
ránhòu
then; after
再
again (future action)
dàn-shì
but; however
zhī-qián
before
wèi-shén-me?
why?
吗
it is (asking question)
yīn-wèi
because
wǎnshang
night
完
to end; complete
zài...shàngmiàn
over...
nǐ-de
yours; your
shíwù
food
洗
to wash
suó-yǐ
so; therefore
wǒmen
we; us
duō-shǎo
how many; how much
tōng-guò
via, through; pass
gěi nǐ
here you go; give you; to you
zhēn-de
really
búhuì
will not; cannot
búyào!
don't!
nǎ gè
which one？
méiyǒu wèntí
don’t have any questions; don’t have any problems
yī-diǎn
a little
měitiān
every day
bù-guǎn
no matter, regardless of
夏
summer
zhōng-wǔ
noon
最
the most
两
two; Chinese unit of weight
yí-dìng
surely, definitely
…… diǎn zhōng
...o'clock
kāi-shǐ
to start; a start
tóu-fà
hair
半
half
hái-yǒu
still; in addition
tǐng
quite; very; rather
àn-zhào
according to
shēng-huó
life
fāng-shì
method; style
gēn-běn
fundamental; at all; radically
zì-jǐ
oneself
xiè-xie
thanks
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