HSK 1 Standard Course
Lesson 1: “Hello”
Vocabulary
Nǐhǎo - Hello
Nǐhǎo ma? - How are you?
Hěn hǎo, nǐ ne? - Very good, and you?
● Hǎo - Good, Fine
Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? - What’s your name?
Wǒ jiào Denise. - I am called Denise.
Duìbuqǐ - Sorry
Méi guānxi - That’s okay / Not a problem
Pronouns
● In Mandarin, subject and object pronouns are the same.
Wǒ - I Wǒmen - we
Nǐ - you (singular, informal) Nǐmen - you (plural, informal)
Nín - you (singular, formal) Nínmen - you (plural, formal)
Tā - he, she, it Tāmen - they
Initials and Finals (1)
Initials Finals
b p m f i u ü er
d t n l a ia ua
g (/q/) k h j o uo
q (/chi/) x (/si/) e ie üe
c (/ts/) z (/ds/) ai uai
ei uei (ui)
ao iao
*Note* – Chinese verbs only have one basic form, used for every person and tense. Chinese
verbs do not conjugate.
, Four Tones
● If the vowel has no tone (i.e. neutral tone), the syllable is short, simple, and light.
● The sequence of tone marking is a, o, e, i, u, ü.
Lesson 2: “Thank you”
Vocabulary
Xièxie (nǐ) - Thank you
Bú xiè / Bú kèqi - You’re welcome, Don’t mention it
● Bù - No, Not
Zàijiàn - Goodbye, See you later
Initials and Finals (2)
Initials Finals
zh (/dj/) ch sh r ou iou (iu)
z (/ds/) c s an ian (/ien/) uan üan
en in uen (un) ün
● If these initials are followed by an i, ang iang uang
the i is mute. eng ing ueng
ong iong
*Note* – When i or ü acts as a syllable by itself, y is added before it, with the two dots on the
top of ü being removed; when u acts as a syllable by itself, w is added before it.
Characters (1)
diǎn héng shù piě nà shù gōu
Numbers (1)
líng - 0
Lesson 1: “Hello”
Vocabulary
Nǐhǎo - Hello
Nǐhǎo ma? - How are you?
Hěn hǎo, nǐ ne? - Very good, and you?
● Hǎo - Good, Fine
Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? - What’s your name?
Wǒ jiào Denise. - I am called Denise.
Duìbuqǐ - Sorry
Méi guānxi - That’s okay / Not a problem
Pronouns
● In Mandarin, subject and object pronouns are the same.
Wǒ - I Wǒmen - we
Nǐ - you (singular, informal) Nǐmen - you (plural, informal)
Nín - you (singular, formal) Nínmen - you (plural, formal)
Tā - he, she, it Tāmen - they
Initials and Finals (1)
Initials Finals
b p m f i u ü er
d t n l a ia ua
g (/q/) k h j o uo
q (/chi/) x (/si/) e ie üe
c (/ts/) z (/ds/) ai uai
ei uei (ui)
ao iao
*Note* – Chinese verbs only have one basic form, used for every person and tense. Chinese
verbs do not conjugate.
, Four Tones
● If the vowel has no tone (i.e. neutral tone), the syllable is short, simple, and light.
● The sequence of tone marking is a, o, e, i, u, ü.
Lesson 2: “Thank you”
Vocabulary
Xièxie (nǐ) - Thank you
Bú xiè / Bú kèqi - You’re welcome, Don’t mention it
● Bù - No, Not
Zàijiàn - Goodbye, See you later
Initials and Finals (2)
Initials Finals
zh (/dj/) ch sh r ou iou (iu)
z (/ds/) c s an ian (/ien/) uan üan
en in uen (un) ün
● If these initials are followed by an i, ang iang uang
the i is mute. eng ing ueng
ong iong
*Note* – When i or ü acts as a syllable by itself, y is added before it, with the two dots on the
top of ü being removed; when u acts as a syllable by itself, w is added before it.
Characters (1)
diǎn héng shù piě nà shù gōu
Numbers (1)
líng - 0
