A Phrase Book of Chinese

Chinese	Audio	English
Ni³ shi⁴ na³ guo² ren²? you be which country person		Which country are you from?
Wo³ shi⁴ fa³ guo² ren². I be France country person		I am a Frenchman.
Ni³ shuo² ying¹ yu³ ma? you speak English qw		Do you speak English?
Wo³ neng² shuo¹ yi⁴ dian³r. I can speak a little.		I can speak a little.
Ni³ neng² kan⁴ zhong¹-wen² shu¹ ma? you can read Chinese book qw		Can you read Chinese?
Bu⁴ neng². Han⁴ zi⁴ hen³ nan² xue². not can. han character very difficult learn		I cannot. Chinese characters are too difficult to learn.

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Ni³ shi⁴ na³ guo² ren²?
you be which country person

Which country are you from?

Wo³ shi⁴ fa³ guo² ren².
I be France country person

I am a Frenchman.

Ni³ shuo² ying¹ yu³ ma?
you speak English qw

Do you speak English?

Wo³ neng² shuo¹ yi⁴ dian³r.
I can speak a little.

I can speak a little.

Ni³ neng² kan⁴ zhong¹-wen² shu¹ ma?
you can read Chinese book qw

Can you read Chinese?

Bu⁴ neng². Han⁴ zi⁴ hen³ nan² xue².
not can. han character very difficult learn

I cannot. Chinese characters are too difficult to learn.

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