A Bit of Something

一, 点, 儿, 东, 西

一点儿东西 (yi dian er dong xi) == a bit of something.

dong xi == something

dong == east

xi == west

Up and Down the Mountain

上, 下, 山

上 (shang) == up!

下 （xia) == down

山 (shan）== mountain

When ah...

现, 在, 明, 昨

现在 (xianzai) == now!

明天 (mingtian) == tomorrow

昨天 (zuotian) == yesterday

Work, Work, Work

工, 人, 作, 厂

Work never ceases!

工 == "gong", related to work

工人 == "gong ren", worker

工作 == "gong zuo", work or job

工厂 == "gong chang" == factory

This is mine, isn't that correct?

对, 这, 那, 个

对　（ｄｕｉ）　＝＝　ｒｉｇｈｔ　
对不对 ＝＝　ｄｕｉ　ｂｕ　ｄｕｉ？（ｃｏｒｒｅｃｔ　ｏｒ　ｎｏｔ？）

这　（ｚｈｅ）　＝＝　ｔｈｉｓ

这个是我的　＝＝　ｚｈｅ　ｇｅ　ｓｈｉ　ｗｏ　ｄｅ　（ｔｈｉｓ　ｉｓ　ｍｉｎｅ）

那　（ｎａ）　＝＝　ｔｈａｔ

那个是我的　＝＝　ｎａ　ｇｅ　ｓｈｉ　ｗｏ　ｄｅ　（ｔｈａｔ　ｉｓ　ｍｉｎｅ）



　　

We Love You Too

们, 爱, 也

们 (men) == plural for pronouns 我们 (wo men) == "we"

爱 (ai) == love

也 (ye) == "too"

"我爱你们“ wo ai ni men == "love y'all"

“我们也爱你” wo men ye ai ni == "we luv ya too"

Beautiful! How Much?

美, 多, 少

美 (mei) == beautiful 美国 (mei guo) == the US
多 (duo) == many 很多 (hen duo) == a LOT!
少 (shao) == few 多少？ (duo shao?) == how many/much?

Can you speak English?

会, 英, 吗

会 (hui) == able to
英 (ying) == english/england
吗 (ma) == used in question

你会说英文吗? (ni hui shuo ying wen ma?) == Can you speak English?

Fire, Water, and Cloud

火, 水, 云

火 (huo) == fire
水 (shui) == water
云 (yun) == cloud

15 Characters in One Go!

说, 很, 百, 千, 两, 万, 有, 没, 中, 国, 文, 可, 是, 为, 什, 么

OK, Jey pointed out that I had skipped 5 days according to her record, so I have to learn 15 chars tonight! *gulp*

Let's see...

1. 说 (shuo). Means to speak. “我说的不好” wo shuo de bu hao == "my speech is not good."

2. 很 (hen). Means "very". “ 你说得很好" ni shuo de hen hao == "your speech is very good"

more numbers:
3. 百 (bai). Means "hundred".

4. 千 (qian) . Means "thousand". 两千 liang qian == "two thousand"

5. 万 (wan). Means "ten thousand".

6 + 7. 有 (you) and 没 (mei) "有没有?“ you mei you? == "is there or isn't there?"

8 + 9 + 10. 中 (zhong). Means "middle". 国 (guo). Means "country". 文 (wen). Means "language". "中国“ (zhong guo) and “中文” (zhong wen) == "China" and "Mandarin"

11 + 12. 可是 (ke shi) . Means, "but..."

13 + 14 + 15. 为什么? (wei shen me?). Means "why". "shen me?" means "what?"

PHEW!

Do You Want To Eat?

要, 不, 吃, 饭

Characters of the day:

你要不要吃饭 == "Do you want to eat"?

要 = "yao". Means "want"
不 = "bu". Means "no"
吃 = "chi". Means "eat"
饭 = "fan". Means "rice"

So literally, the phrase above translates to: "You want or don't want to eat rice?". But "吃饭" is usually used to mean just "to eat".

First Three Characters!

我, 的, 你

我 = "wo". Means "I"
的 = "de". Means... difficult to describe, but sometimes marks possessive. Like "我的爱人" == "wo de ai ren" means "my beloved/dear/honey"
你 = "ni". Means "you"