Family Members

爷爷 (ye2ye) paternal grandfather (father’s father)外公 (wai4gong1) maternal grandfather (father’s mother) 奶奶 (nai3nai) paternal grandmother (father’s mother)外婆 (wai4po2) maternal grandmother (mother’s mother) 爸爸 (ba4ba) father 妈妈 (ma1ma) mother哥哥 (ge1ge) elder brother 姐姐 (jie3jie) elder sister弟弟 (di4di) younger brother 妹妹 (mei4mei) younger sister孩子 (hai4zi) child兄弟姐妹 (xiong1di4jie3mei4) siblings

Family Tree

Father’s side Mother’s side 爷爷 奶奶 外公 外婆 (Ye2ye) (nai3nai) (wai4gong1) (wai4po2)(grandfather, grandmother) (grandfather, grandmother)

爸爸 (ba4ba) 妈妈 (ma1ma) (father) (mother)

孩子 (hai4zi) child (children)

哥哥 (ge1ge) 姐姐 (jie3jie) 弟弟 (di4di) 妹妹 (mei4mei) (elder brother) (elder sister) (younger brother) (younger sister)

兄弟姐妹 (xiong1di4jie3mei4) siblings

Vocabulary 1

男 (nan2) male 女 (nu: 3) female朋友 (peng2you3) friend男朋友 boyfriend女朋友 girlfriend只 (zhi1) measure word for certain animals, or for one of a pair

宠物 (chong3wu4) pet 狗 (gou3) dog 猫 (mao1) cat

一只狗 （ a dog ) 一只猫 (a cat )爱 ai4 v. love 纽约 (niu3yue1) New York 中国 (zhong1guo2) China 纽约 (I love New York ) 我爱 中国 (I love China )

Vocabulary 2工程师 (gong1cheng2shi1) engineer商人 (shang1ren2) businessman医生 (yi1sheng1) doctor护士 (hu4shi) nurse律师 (lu:4shi1) lawyer厨师 (chu2shi1) chef家庭 (jia1ting2) home, family主妇 (zhu3fu4) wife 家庭主妇 housewife

辆 (liang4) measure word, 车 (che1) car 一辆车 a car, 两辆车 two cars

在 (zai4) V. to be at, to be in, Prep. at, in 在家 at home, 在纽约 in New York我家在纽约 My home is in New York, 你在家吗？ Are you home? 我在家。 I am at home

从 (cong2) Prep. from从中国来 coming from China. 他从中国来。 He comes from China.

工作 (gong1zuo4) N. job, V. work我在纽约工作。 (I work in New York)