PINYIN

ENGLISH

zao3 an

Good morning. (lit. 'early peaceful')

jin tian

today

ni3

you

yao4

want

qu4

go

na3 li3

where

wo3

I, me

xiang3

think

xian

first

chi

eat

tai2 shi4

Taiwanese (Taiwan style)

de

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

zao3 can

breakfast (lit. 'early dish')

hau3

good

zhe4 li3

here, around here

you3

have

hen3 duo

very many

di4 fang

place, places

ke3 yi3

can, may

chi

eat

tai2 wan ren2

Taiwanese people ('ren' = people or person)

dou

all

shen2 ma

what

wo3 men

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

chang2 chang2

often

you2 tiao2 shao bing3

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

or

dan4 bing3

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

he

drink

liu3 cheng2 zhi

orange juice ('zhi'=juice)

ma

a question marker

bu2 shi4

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

dou4 jiang

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

dang

as