PINYIN

CHINESE

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zao3 an

早安

Good morning. (lit. 'early peaceful')

jin tian

今天

today

ni3

你

you

yao4

要

want

qu4

去

go

na3 li3

那裡

where

wo3

我

I, me

xiang3

想

think

xian

先

first

chi

吃

eat

tai2 shi4

台式

Taiwanese (Taiwan style)

de

的

'de' marks possession and serves the function of 'of'.

zao3 can

早餐

breakfast (lit. 'early dish')

hau3

好

good

zhe4 li3

這裡

here, around here

you3

有

have

hen3 duo

很多

very many

di4 fang

地方

place, places

ke3 yi3

可以

can, may

chi

吃

eat

tai2 wan ren2

台灣人

Taiwanese people ('ren' = people or person)

dou

都

all

shen2 ma

甚麼

what

wo3 men

我們

we ('men' is a plural marker for personal pronouns.)

chang2 chang2

常常

often

you2 tiao2 shao bing3

油條燒餅

This is a piece of roasted bread inside a sliced piece of fried bread. Literally: you2=oil, tiao3=strip, long narrow piece, shao=roast, roasted, bing3=a round, flat cake.

huo4 zhe3

或者

or

dan4 bing3

蛋餅

egg cake (an egg fried on top of a flour thing)

he

喝

drink

liu3 cheng2 zhi

柳橙汁

orange juice ('zhi'=juice)

ma

嗎

a question marker

bu2 shi4

不是

no. ('bu' is a negative marker and may appear with various tones.)

dou4 jiang

豆菜

soybean milk ('dou'=bean, 'jiang'=sauce)

dang

當

as