Survival Chinese. Boye Lafayette De Mente

      Wǒ xiǎng qù mǎi dōngxi. 我想去买东西。

      (Woh shee-ang chwee my dohng she)

      ► Can you go with me?

      Nǐ néng hé wǒ yīqǐ qù ma?

      Nee nerng her woh ee-chee chwee mah)

      你能和我一起去吗？

      ► I cannot go now.

      Wǒ xiànzài bù néng qù. 我现在不能去。

      (Woh shee-an-zigh boo nerng chwee)

      have yǒu (you) 有

      ► Do you have it?

      Nǐ yǒu ma? 你有吗？

      (Nee you mah)

      ► I don’t have it!

      Wǒ méi yǒu! 我没有！

      (Woh may you)

      look/see kàn (kahn) 看

      ► May I see it?

      Wǒ néng kàn ma? 我能看吗？

      (Woh nerng kahn mah)

      mistake cuòwù (tswoh-woo) 错误

      ► I made a mistake.

      Wǒ zuò-le yījiàn cuòshì. 我做了一件错事。

      (Woh zwoh-ler ee-jee-an tswoh-shr)

      ► I think that is a mistake.

      Wǒ xiǎng nǎ shì-ge cuòwù. 我想那是个错误。

      (Woh shee-ahng nah shr-guh tswoh-woo)

      ► Can you help me?

      Néng bāng wǒ yīxià ma? 能帮我一下吗？

      (Nerng bahng woh ee-shee-ah mah)

      ► Excuse me! (to get attention)

      Láo jià! 劳驾！

      (Lao jee-ah)

      ► May I ask you a question?

      Néng wèn nǐ yī gè wèntí ma?

      Nerng wern nee ee guh wern-tee mah)

      能问你一个问题吗？

      write xiě (she-eh) 写

      ► Please write it down for me.

      Qǐng xiě xià lai. 请写下来。

      (Cheeng she-eh she-ah lie)

      ► Please write it in Roman letters.

      Qǐng yòng pīnyīn xiě. 请用拼音写。

      (Cheeng yohng peen-een she-eh)

      ► Please write it in Chinese.

      Qǐng yòng Zhōngwén xiě. 请用中文写。

      (Cheeng yohng Johng-wern she-eh)

      want yào (yee-ow) 要

      ► What do you want?

      Nǐ yào shénme? 你要什么？

      (Nee yee-ow shern-mer)

      ► Congratulations!

      Zhùhè nǐ! 祝贺你！

      (Joo-her nee)

      ► Look out!

      Xiǎo xīn! 小心！

      (She-ow sheen)

      ► Help!

      Jiù mìng ā! 救命啊！

      (Jeo meeng ah)

      ► Please call an ambulance!

      Qǐng kuài jiào jiùhùchē! 请快叫救护车！

      (Cheeng kwai jee-ow jeo-hoo cher)

      ► Please take me back to my hotel.

      Qǐng kuài sòng wǒ huí lǚguǎn.

      (Cheeng kwai sohng woh hway lwee-gwahn)

      请快送我回旅馆。

big, large	dà (dah) 大
large size	dà hào (dah how) 大号
medium size	zhōng hào (johng how) 中号
small size	xiǎo hào (shee-ow how) 小号

      ► It’s too big.

      Zhè tài dà-le. 这太大了。

      (Juh tie dah-ler)