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ๆ—…้Š

lวšyรณu

Traveling

Nว xวhuฤn lวšyรณu ma?


Do you like traveling?


Nว qรน guรฒ hฤ›n duล dรฌfฤng ma?


Have you been to a lot of places?


Nว qรนguรฒ hฤ›nduล guรณjiฤ ma?


Have you been to a lot of countries?


Nว qรน guรฒ yร zhลu lวšyรณu ma? Hรกishรฌ ลuzhลu? Hรกishรฌ fฤ“izhลu? Hรกishรฌ ร ozhลu? Hรกishรฌ bฤ›i mฤ›izhลu? Hรกishรฌ nรกn mฤ›izhลu?


Have you traveled to Asia before? Or Europe? Or Africa? Or Australia? Or North America? Or South America?


Nว qรน guรฒ nว zรฌjว de guรณjiฤ lว hฤ›n duล de chรฉngshรฌ ma?


Have you been to a lot of cities in your own country?


Nว shร ng cรฌ lวšyรณu shรฌ shรฉnme shรญhรฒu?


When was the last time you travel?


Nว xiร  yฤซ gรจ xiวŽng qรน de guรณjiฤ shรฌ nวŽlว?


Where is the next country that you want to go?


Nว duรณ chรกng lวšyรณu?


How often do you travel?


Nว yว’u mรฉiyว’u zuรฌ nรกnwร ng de lวšyรณu jฤซngyร n? Rรบguว’ yว’u, kฤ›yว fฤ“nxiวŽng yฤซxiร  ma?


Do you have a travel experience that is unforgettable? If so, can you share it?


Nว xiวŽng qรน tรกiwฤn lวšyรณu ma?


Do you want to go travel in Taiwan?


Nว xiวŽng qรน zhลngguรณ lวšyรณu ma?


Do you want to go travel in China?


Nว xวhuฤn zuรฒ fฤ“ijฤซ qรน lวšyรณu ma? Hรกishรฌ zuรฒ chuรกn? Hรกishรฌ zuรฒ yรณulรบn?


Do you like flying to travel? Or by ship? Or by cruise?


Nว xวhuฤn yฤซ ge rรฉn lวšyรณu hรกishรฌ gฤ“n pรฉngyว’u lวšyรณu? Hรกishรฌ gฤ“n jiฤrรฉn lวšyรณu?


Do you like traveling by yourself or with friends? Or with family?


Nว xวhuฤn zรฌyรณu xรญng hรกishรฌ gฤ“n lวšxรญng tuรกn yฤซqว qรน?


Do you like travel independently or with a tour group?


Nว qรน guรฒ yฤซ ge nว bu huรฌ shuล dฤngdรฌ yว”yรกn de guรณjiฤ ma? Rรบguว’ shรฌ, nว zฤ›nme bร n?


Have you been to a country where you don't speak the local language? If so, what do you do?


Nว lวšyรณu de shรญhรฒu bวjiร o xวhuฤn zฤ›nme qรน bรน tรณng de jวngdiวŽn? Nว huรฌ zuรฒ gลngchฤ“, hรกishรฌ dรฌtiฤ›, hรกishรฌ jรฌchรฉngchฤ“?


When you travel how do you like to go to different sites? You'd go by bus, or subway, or taxi?


Nว xวhuฤn qรน shรฉnme tiฤnqรฌ de dรฌfฤng lวšyรณu?


Places of what kind of weather do you like to travel to?


Nว xวhuฤn qรน shฤnqลซ lวšyรณu hรกishรฌ hวŽibiฤn?


Do you like traveling in mountain area or by the ocean?


Nว lวšyรณu de shรญhรฒu xวhuฤn zuรฒ shรฉnme shรฌqรญng?


What do you like doing during travel?


Nว xวhuฤn qรน dร  chรฉngshรฌ lวšyรณu hรกishรฌ xiฤngxiร  (bวjiร o piฤnyuวŽn de dรฌfฤng)?


Do you like traveling in big cities or countryside (more remote area)?


Nว xuรฉ zhลngwรฉn shรฌ yฤซnwรจi nว xiวŽng qรน shuล zhลngwรฉn de guรณjiฤ lวšyรณu ma?


You learning Chinese is it because you want to travel to Chinese-speaking countries?


Nว lวšyรณu de shรญhรฒu xวhuฤn mวŽi jรฌniร npวn ma?


Do you like getting souvenirs during travel?


Nว shรฌ bฤ“ibฤokรจ ma?


Are you a backpacker?


Nว xวhuฤn lรนyรญng ma?


Do you like camping?


Nว xวhuฤn pรกshฤn ma?


Do you like hiking?


Nว xวhuฤn qiรกnshuว ma?


Do you like scuba-diving?


Nว lวšyรณu de shรญhรฒu huรฌ mวŽi lวwรน dร i huรญ guรณ sรฒng gฤ›i qฤซnqฤซ pรฉngyว’u ma?


When you travel would you buy presents to bring back to your own country to give it to your family and friends?


Nว xiวŽng huรกnyรณu shรฌjiรจ ma?


Do you want to travel around the world?


Yว’u mรฉiyว’u yฤซ ge guรณjiฤ shรฌ nว yว’ngyuวŽn bรน xiวŽng qรน de?


Is there a country you'd never want to go?


Yว’u mรฉiyว’u yฤซgรจ guรณjiฤ shรฌ nว tuรฌxiลซ yวhรฒu xiวŽng qรน zhรน de?


Is there a country you want to go live after retirement?


Nว juรฉde zuรฌ shรฌhรฉ tuรฌxiลซ de dรฌfฤng zร i nวŽlว? Shรฉnme guรณjiฤ huรฒ shรฌ shรฉnme chรฉngshรฌ?


Where do you think is the most suitable place to be retired? What country or what city?ย 


Nว xiร ngwวŽng yฤซbiฤn gลngzuรฒ yฤซbiฤn lวšxรญng de shฤ“nghuรณ ma?


Do you long for a lifestyle that you can work while traveling?


Nว xiวŽng dฤng yฤซ ge shรนzรฌ yรณumรญn ma? Wรจishรฉme?


Do you want to be a digital nomad? And why?

ๅทฅไฝœ

gลngzuรฒ

Work

nว zuรฒ shรฉnme gลngzuรฒ?


What do you do for work?


Nว zร i shรฉnme hรกngyรจ gลngzuรฒ?


What industry do you wok in?


Nว de gลngzuรฒ gฤ“n nว de dร xuรฉ zhว”xiลซ yว’u guฤnxi ma?


Is your work related to your college major?


Nว zuรฒ guรฒ jว ge gลngzuรฒ?


How many jobsย  have you had before?


Nว zuรฒ guรฒ shรฉnme gลngzuรฒ?


What kind of jobs have you had before?


Nว de gลngzuรฒ mรกng ma?


Is your work busy?


Nว xวhuฤn nว de gลngzuรฒ ma?


Do you like yoru job?


Nว xiวŽng huร n gลngzuรฒ ma?


Do you want to change your job?


Nว de lวŽobวŽn zฤ›nmeyร ng? Duรฌ nว hวŽo ma?


How's your boss? Are they nice to you?


Nว chรกngchรกng xลซyร o jiฤbฤn ma?


Do you often need to work overtime?


Nว de gลngsฤซ gฤ›i nว hฤ›nduล fรบlรฌ ma?


Does your company give you lots of benefits?


Nว de jiร  duล ma?


Do you have a lot of days off?


Nว yฤซ ge yuรจ kฤ›yว fร ng jว tiฤn de jiร ?


How many days off can you take every month?ย 


Nว yฤซ niรกn kฤ›yว fร ng jว tiฤn de jiร ?


How many days off do you have every year?


Nว jฤซnniรกn hรกi yว’u duลshวŽo jiร  kฤ›yว qวng?


How many days off do you still have this year?


Qวng bรฌng jiร  rรณngyรฌ ma?


Is it easy to apply for a sick day off?


Nว yฤซ ge yuรจ kฤ›yว qวng jว tiฤn de bรฌng jiร ?


How many sick days can you take every month?


Nว shร ng cรฌ qวng jiร  shรฌ shรฉnme shรญhรฒu? Wรจishรฉme?


When was the last time you took a day off? And why?


Nว chรกngchรกng xลซyร o chลซchฤi ma?


Do you often need to go on business trips?


Nว de gลngzuรฒ xลซyร o nว shuล biรฉ de yว”yรกn ma?


Does your job require you to speak other languages?


Nว xวhuฤn nว de tรณngshรฌ ma?


Do you like your coworkers?


Nว chรกngchรกng xลซyร o kฤi huรฌ ma?


Do you often need to have meetings?


Nว xวhuฤn yuวŽnduฤn gลngzuรฒ ma? Hรกishรฌ nว xวhuฤn qรน bร ngลngshรฌ gลngzuรฒ?


Do you like remote work? Or you like going to an office to work?


Nว xiวŽng qรน guรณwร i gลngzuรฒ ma?


Do you want to go work abroad?


Nว miร nshรฌ guรฒ hฤ›n duล jiฤ gลngsฤซ ma?


Have you interviewed in a lot of companies before?


Nว jฤซngguรฒ jว ge miร nshรฌ cรกi dรฉdร o zhรจ ge gลngzuรฒ?


How many interviews have you passed to get this job?


Nว juรฉde miร nshรฌ de shรญhรฒu yฤซnggฤi zhรนyรฌ shรฉnme shรฌqรญng?


What are the things you should pay attention to during an interview?


Nว miร nshรฌ de shรญhรฒu huรฌ jวnzhฤng ma?


Would you get nervous during an interview?

ๅคฉๆฐฃ (ๅคฉๆฐ”) tianqiย 

Weather

Jฤซntiฤn tiฤnqรฌ zฤ›nmeyร ng?

How's the weather today?

Zhลumรฒ de tiฤnqรฌ zฤ›nmeyร ng?

How's the weather on the weekend?

Zuรณtiฤn yว’u mรฉiyว’u xiร  yว”?

Did it rain yesterday?

Mรญngtiฤn huรฌ xiร  yว” ma?

Will it rain tomorrow?

Nว xวhuฤn xiร  yว” de shรญhรฒu ma? Wรจishรฉme?

Do you like it when it rains? Why?

Nว xวhuฤn xiร  xuฤ› de shรญhรฒu ma? Wรจishรฉme?

Do you like it when it snows? Why?

Nว kร nguรฒ xuฤ› ma?

Have you seen snow before?

Nว zhรน dรฌ dรฌfฤng tiฤnqรฌ hวŽo ma?

Does the place that you live have good weather?

Nว zhรน dรฌ dรฌfฤng chรกngchรกng xiร  yว” ma?

Does the place that you live often rain?

Nว zhรน dรฌ dรฌfฤng dลngtiฤn lฤ›ng ma?

Is the winter cold where you live?

Nว zhรน dรฌ dรฌfฤng xiร tiฤn rรจ ma?

Is the summer hot where you live?

Nว zuรฌ xวhuฤn shรฉnme jรฌjiรฉ? Wรจishรฉme?

What's your favorite season? Why?

NวŽ yฤซgรจ jรฌjiรฉ zuรฌ piร oliang?

Which season is the most beautiful?

Nว pรญngchรกng huรฌ kร n tiฤnqรฌ yรนbร o ma?

Do you usually look at weather forecast?

Nว zฤ›nme zhฤซdร o mรญngtiฤn tiฤnqรฌ zฤ›nme yร ng?

How do you know how the weather is tomorrow?

Nว zhรน dรฌ dรฌfฤng dลngtiฤn zuรฌ lฤ›ng dร o jว dรน?

How cold does it get in the winter at where you live?

Nว zhรน dรฌ dรฌfฤng xiร tiฤn zuรฌ rรจ dร o jว dรน?

How hot does it get in the summer at where you live?

Jฤซntiฤn wวŽnshร ng de jiร ngyว” jฤซlวœ shรฌ duลshวŽo?

What's the probability of rain tonight?

Nว zhรน dรฌ dรฌfฤng jว yuรจ qรน lวšyรณu zuรฌ shลซfรบ?

Which month is the most confortable to travel at where you live?

Jฤซntiฤn yว’u mรฉiyว’u chลซ tร iyรกng?

Did the sun come out today?

Jฤซntiฤn tร iyรกng hฤ›n dร  ma?

Is it very sunny today?

Jฤซntiฤn tiฤnqรฌ hฤ›n yฤซn ma?

Is it very cloudy today?

Nว bวjiร o xวhuฤn lฤ›ng de tiฤnqรฌ hรกishรฌ rรจ de tiฤnqรฌ?

Do you like cold weather better or hot weather?

Nว xวhuฤn shรฉnme yร ng de tiฤnqรฌ?

What kind of weather do you like?

Nว bวjiร o pร  lฤ›ng hรกishรฌ pร  rรจ?

Are you more afraid of the cold or the heat?

Nร lว hฤ›n chรกoshฤซ ma?

Is it humid there?

Nร  li yว’u mรฉiyว’u yว”jรฌ?

Is there a rain season there?

Nร  li yว’u mรฉiyว’u tรกifฤ“ng?

Are there typhoons there?

Nว juรฉdรฉ quรกnqiรบ nuวŽn huร  shรฌ zhฤ“n de ma?

Do you think global warming is real?

ๅœจ้คๅปณ (ๅœจ้คๅŽ…) zai canting

In a Restaurant

Traditional characters + Pinyin + English


xiฤnshฤ“ng/ xiวŽojiฤ›, qวngwรจn jว wรจi?

Mr./Ms, may I ask how many people?

Qวngwรจn xiร nzร i yว’u wรจizi ma? Wว’men sฤn ge rรฉn.

May I ask are there seats now? Weโ€™re three people.

Qวngwรจn xiร nzร i qรน, yร o dฤ›ng duลjiว”?

May I ask if (we) go now, how long do (we) need to wait?

Qวngwรจn nวmen jว diวŽn kฤimรฉn? Jว diวŽn guฤnmรฉn?

May I ask what time you guys open? What time does it close?

Nว hวŽo, wว’ xiวŽng dรฌng wรจi. Xฤซngqรญwว” wวŽnshร ng hรกi yว’u wรจizi ma?

Hi, I want to reserve seats. Are there still seats on Friday night?

Qวngwรจn nวmen yว’u yฤซngwรฉn cร idฤn ma?

May I ask if you guys have English menus?

Qวngwรจn nวmen tuฤซjiร n shรฉnme?

May I ask what you guys recommend?

Qวngwรจn nวmen yว’u mรฉiyว’u tuฤซjiร n de cร i? Wว’ dรฌ yฤซ cรฌ lรกi.

May I ask if thereโ€™s a dish you that you recommend? This is the first time I come.

Bรน hวŽoyรฌsi, wว’ de zhลngwรฉn bu tร i hวŽo. Kฤ›yว tuฤซjiร n gฤ›i wว’ yฤซxiฤ“ cร i ma? Wว’ shรฉnme dลu chฤซ.

Excuse me, my Chinese is not very good. Can you recommend some dishes? I eat everything.

Yร o xiฤn diวŽn yฤซxiฤ“ hฤ“ de ma?

Would you like to order something to drink first?

Qวngwรจn nวmen yว’u shรฉnme hฤ“ de?

May I ask what drinks do you guys have?

Wว’ xiวŽngyร o bฤซng hรณngchรก, dร  bฤ“i de, bu yร o tรกng.

I want iced black tea, big one, no sugar.

Kฤ›yว bu yร o jiฤ tรกng ma?

Can you not put sugar in it?

Nวmen zhว”nbรจi hวŽo yร o diวŽn le ma?

Are you guys ready to order?

Yร o diวŽn shรฉnme?

What do you want to order?

Jฤซntiฤn xiวŽng chฤซ shรฉnme?

What would you like to eat today?

Wว’ xiวŽngyร o yฤซ ge dร n chวŽo fร n, yฤซ ge suฤn lร  tฤng, shรญ gรจ shuวjiวŽo, yฤซ ge tร ng qฤซngcร i.

I want an egg fried rice, a sour and spicy soup, ten dumplings, and some cooked greens.

Wว’ chฤซ sรน. Qวngwรจn nวŽ yฤซxiฤ“ shรฌ sรน de?

Iโ€™m a vegetarian. May I ask what are the vegetarian ones?

Qวngwรจn zhรจ ge lวmiร n yว’u jiฤnguว’ ma? Yฤซnwรจi wว’ duรฌ jiฤnguว’ guรฒmวn.

May I ask are there nuts inside of this? Because Iโ€™m allergic to nuts.

Qวngwรจn zhรจ ge hฤ›n lร  ma? Yฤซnwรจi wว’ pร  lร .

May I ask if this is very spicy? Because I donโ€™t like spicy food.

Zhรจ ge kฤ›yว bu yร o lร  ma?

Can you make this not spicy?

Zhรจge kฤ›yว bฤng wว’ zuรฒ dร  lร  ma? Xiรจxie.

Can you make this extra spicy? Thanks.

Qวngwรจn dร gร i xลซyร o dฤ›ng duลjiว”? Yฤซnwรจi wว’men yว’uyฤซdiวŽn gวŽn.

May I ask around how long do I need to wait? Because weโ€™re in a bit of a rush.

Bรน hวŽoyรฌsi, wว’ kฤ›yว dวŽbฤo ma? Kฤ›yว bฤng wว’ dวŽbฤo ma? Wว’ xiวŽng bวŽ shรจngxiร  de dร i huรญ jiฤ, xiรจxiรจ.

Sorry, can I have this for takeout? Can you help me to pack it? I want to bring the rest home, thanks.

Qวngwรจn nวmen shลu xรฌnyรฒng kวŽ ma? Hรกishรฌ nวmen zhว shลu xiร njฤซn?

May I ask if you take credit cards? Or you only accept cash?

Wว’ yร o shuฤ kวŽ, kฤ›yว ma? Xiรจxie.

Iโ€™ll use the card (to pay), can I? Thanks.

Nวmen de cร i hฤ›n hวŽochฤซ. Wว’ huรฌ zร i lรกi!

Your dishes are delicious. Iโ€™ll come again!

่ˆˆ่ถฃ (ๅ…ด่ถฃ) xingquย 

Hobbies

Traditional characters + Pinyin + English

Nว pรญngchรกng mรกng ma?

Are you usually busy?

Nว shรฉnme shรญhรฒu yว’u kรฒng xiลซxรญ?

When do you have time to rest/take a break?

Nว juรฉde nว de shรญjiฤn gรฒu bu gรฒu? Nว xiวŽng yว’u gรจng duล shรญjiฤn ma?

Do you think you have enough time? Do you want to have more time?

Nว zวŽoshang de shรญhรฒu chรกngchรกng yว’u shรญjiฤn ma?

Do you often have time in the mornings?

Nว wวŽnshร ng de shรญhรฒu bวjiร o yว’u kรฒng ma?

Are you more free in the evenings?

Nว xวhuฤn kร n diร nyวng ma? Hรกishรฌ nว bวjiร o xวhuฤn kร n diร nshรฌjรน?

Do you like watching movies? Or do you like watching tv shows more?

Nว bวjiร o xวhuฤn kร n hรกnjรน, rรฌjรน, hรกishรฌ mฤ›ijรน?

Do you prefer K dramas, J dramas, or U.S. tv series?

Nว zhรจge zhลumรฒ yร o zuรฒ shรฉnme?

What are you gonna do this weekend?

Nว pรญngchรกng yว’u kรฒng de shรญhรฒu xวhuฤn zuรฒ shรฉnme?

What do you usually like to do when you're free?

Nว yว’u nวŽxiฤ“ ร ihร o?

What are the hobbies that you have?

Nว xวhuฤn mวŽi dลngxฤซ ma? Rรบguว’ shรฌ, nว xวhuฤn zร i wวŽnglรน shร ng mวŽi, hรกishรฌ qรน guร ngjiฤ“?

Do you like buying stuff? If so, do you like buying it online, or going shopping?

Nว juรฉde zร i nว guรณjiฤ de niรกnqฤซng rรฉn yว’u kรฒng de shรญhรฒu xวhuฤn zuรฒ shรฉnme?

What do you think are the things that young people like doing in their free time in your country?

Zร i nวmen guรณjiฤ de nรกnshฤ“ng chรกngchรกng yว’u nวŽxiฤ“ ร ihร o?

What hobbies do men in your country often have?

Zร i nวmen guรณjiฤ de nวšshฤ“ng chรกngchรกng yว’u nวŽxiฤ“ ร ihร o?

What hobbies do women in your country often have?

Nว xฤซngqรญliรน xวhuฤn zuรฒ shรฉnme? Xฤซngqรญrรฌ ne?

What do you like doing on Saturdays? How about Sundays?

Zhลumรฒ de shรญhรฒu yว’u mรฉiyว’u nว hฤ›n bรน xวhuฤn, kฤ›shรฌ xลซyร o zuรฒ de shรฌqรญng?

On the weekends, are there things that you really don't like, but you have to do?

Nว zuรฌjรฌn yว’u mรฉiyว’u xiวŽng chรกngshรฌ de xฤซn ร ihร o?

Do you have new hobbies that you recently want to try out?

18 .ไฝ ๆœƒไธๆœƒ่ฆบๅพ—ไฝ ่Šฑๅคชๅคš็š„ๆ™‚้–“ๅœจไฝ ็š„ๅทฅไฝœๆˆ–ๆ˜ฏๅญธ็ฟ’ไธŠ้ข๏ผŸ

Nว huรฌ bu huรฌ juรฉde nว huฤ tร i duล de shรญjiฤn zร i nว de gลngzuรฒ huรฒshรฌ xuรฉxรญ shร ngmiร n?

Would you feel that you spend too much time on your work or your study?

19. ๆœ‰ไป€้บผไบ‹ๆƒ…ๆ˜ฏไฝ ไปฅๅ‰ๅ–œๆญกๅš๏ผŒๅฏๆ˜ฏ็พๅœจไธๅšไบ†็š„ไบ‹ๆƒ…๏ผŸ

Yว’u shรฉnme shรฌqรญng shรฌ nว yวqiรกn xวhuฤn zuรฒ, kฤ›shรฌ xiร nzร i bu zuรฒ le de shรฌqรญng?

What are the things that you used to like doing, but now not anymore?

ๅพˆ็…ฉ

hฤ›n fรกn

very annoying

Nว zhรน de dรฌfฤng yว’u mรฉiyว’u rร ng nว juรฉde hฤ›n fรกn de shรฌqรญng?


The place that you live, are there things that annoy you?


Kฤichฤ“ de shรญhรฒu yรน dร o shรฉnme shรฌqรญng huรฌ rร ng nว juรฉde hฤ›n fรกn?


When you're driving, what are the things that annoys you when you come across it?


Gฤ“n jiฤrรฉn zhรน yว’u mรฉiyว’u rร ng nว juรฉde hฤ›n fรกn, hฤ›n tวŽoyร n de shรฌqรญng?


Are there things that make you annoyed, that you really dislike when living with your family?


Nว de jiฤrรฉn yว’u mรฉiyว’u shรฉnme huร i xรญguร n rร ng nว hฤ›n bรน xวhuฤn?


Does your family have any bad habit that you really don't like?


Nว juรฉdรฉ zรฌjว yว’u mรฉiyว’u rร ng biรฉrรฉn juรฉde yว’udiวŽn fรกn de huร i xรญguร n?


Do you think you have bad habits that make people feel a bit annoyed?


Rรบguว’ biรฉrรฉn zร i nว pรกngbiฤn chลuyฤn huรฌ bu huรฌ rร ng nว juรฉde hฤ›n tวŽoyร n?


If someone is smoking next to you, would that make you feel like you really dislike it?


Rรบguว’ biรฉrรฉn zร i zuรฒ yฤซ jiร n rร ng nว juรฉde hฤ›n tวŽoyร n de shรฌqรญng, nว huรฌ zฤ›nme bร n? Nว huรฌ zร i xฤซn lว rฤ›n zhe, hรกishรฌ zhรญjiฤ“ gฤ“n tฤ shuล?


If other people are doing something that you really don't like, what would you do? Would you bear it in your heart, or tell the person directly?


Shรฉnmeyร ng de rรฉn rร ng nว juรฉde hฤ›n tวŽoyร n?


What kind of people you really dislike?


Rรบguว’ nว juรฉde yฤซ ge rรฉn hฤ›n fรกn, nว huรฌ bu huรฌ gฤ“n tฤ shuล?


If you think someone is annoying, would you tell that person?


Rรบguว’ zร i nว pรกngbiฤn shuรฌjiร o de rรฉn chรกngchรกng dวŽhลซ, nว huรฌ bu huรฌ juรฉde hฤ›n fรกn?


If the person sleeping next to you often snore, would you feel annoyed?


Nว zร i dรฌtiฤ› shร ng de shรญhรฒu yว’u mรฉiyว’u yรน guรฒ shรฉnme hฤ›n tวŽoyร n de shรฌqรญng? Xiร ng shรฌ yว’u rรฉn hฤ›n dร shฤ“ng de jiวŽng diร nhuร .


Have you come across an annoying thing on the subway? Like people talking on the phone loudly.

ๆ—ฅๅธธๅฐ่ฉฑ(ๅฏน่ฏ) richang duihuaย 

Daily Conversations

Traditional characters + Pinyin + English


Xiร nzร i jว diวŽn?

What time is it now?

Jฤซntiฤn jว hร o?

What date is it today?

Jฤซntiฤn xฤซngqรญ jว? / Jฤซntiฤn lวbร i jว?

What day is today?

Nว jฤซntiฤn wวŽnshร ng yว’u kรฒng ma?

Are you free tonight?

Nว jฤซntiฤn yร o zuรฒ shรฉnme?

What are you gonna do today?

Nว yร o qรน nวŽlว?

Where are you going?

Nว dฤ›ng yฤซxiร  yร o bu yร o yฤซqว qรน chฤซ wว”cฤn?

Do you want to grab lunch together later?

Nว chฤซ zวŽocฤn le ma?

Have you had breakfast yet?

Nว chฤซ wว”cฤn le ma?

Have you had lunch yet?

Nว chฤซ wวŽncฤn le ma?

Have you had dinner yet?

Nว wว”cฤn xiวŽng chฤซ shรฉnme?

What do you want to eat for lunch?

Nว wวŽncฤn xiวŽng chฤซ shรฉnme?

What do you want to eat for dinner?

Nว yร o qรน mวŽi yวnliร o ma?

Do you want to go get drinks(beverages, for example, bubble tea)?

Kฤ›yว bฤng wว’ mวŽi zhฤ“nzhลซ nวŽichรก ma?

Can you get a bubble tea for me?

Mรญngtiฤn wวŽnshร ng yร o bu yร o yฤซqว qรน chร ng KTV?

Do you want to go to karaoke together tomorrow night?

Nว jฤซntiฤn jว diวŽn xiร bฤn?

What time do you get off work today?

Nว jฤซntiฤn zฤ›nme zhรจme wวŽn lรกi?

How come you came so late today?

Nว kร n qวlรกi hฤ›n lรจi. Nว mรฉi shuรฌ bวŽo ma?

You look tired. You didn't sleep enough?

Nว yว’u mรฉiyว’u tฤซngshuล zuรณtiฤn nร  ge xฤซnwรฉn?

Have you heard of that news from yesterday?

Nว zhลumรฒ zuรฒ le shรฉnme?

What did you do on the weekend?

Nว zhลumรฒ yร o zuรฒ shรฉnme?

What do you want to do on the weekend?

Yร o bu yร o yฤซqว qรน pรกshฤn?

Do you want to go hiking together?

Yร o bu yร o yฤซqว qรน kร n diร nyวng?

Do you want to go watch a movie together?

Nว yร o bu yร o lรกi wว’ jiฤ wรกn? Wว’men kฤ›yว yฤซqว chฤซ wวŽncฤn hรฉ kร n diร nshรฌ. Rรบguว’ hวŽo, nว xiวŽng jว diวŽn lรกi wว’ jiฤ?

Do you wanna come hang out at my place? We can have dinner together and watch tv. If so, what time do you want to come to my place?

Nว gลngzuรฒ zuรฌjรฌn hฤ›n mรกng ma?

Have your work been busy lately?


Traditional Characters


Simplified Characters

ๅœจ้ฃฒๆ–™ๅบ—(้ฅฎๆ–™ๅบ—) zai yinliao dianย 

In a Beverage Shop (that sells bubble tea)

Not many questions yet. suggest some here.


Yร o hฤ“ shรฉnme?

What do you want to drink?


Tiรกn dรน bฤซng kuร i?

How sweet and how much ice do you want?


Possible Answers:

Wว’ yร o yฤซbฤ“i zhฤ“nzhลซ nวŽichรก, dร  bฤ“i de, quรกn tรกng zhรจngchรกng bฤซng.

I want a bubble tea, big, normal sugar normal ice.


Wว’ yร o yฤซbฤ“i hรณngchรก, dร  bฤ“i de, bร n tรกng qรน bฤซng.

I want a black tea, big, half the sugar no ice.


Wว’ yร o yฤซbฤ“i duลduล lวœ, xiวŽo bฤ“i de, wรบ tรกng wฤ“i bฤซng.

I want a green tea with yakult (a popular mix in Taiwan), small, no sugar a bit of ice.

Wว’ yร o yฤซbฤ“i shuวguว’ chรก, zhลng bฤ“i de, wฤ“i tรกng wฤ“i bฤซng.

I want a fruit tea, medium, a bit of sugar, a bit of ice.


wว’ yร o yฤซbฤ“i rรจ kฤfฤ“i, bรนyร o tรกng bรนyร o niรบnวŽi.

I want a hot coffee, no sugar no milk.

็จฎๆ— (็งๆ—) zhongzuย 

Race / Ethnicity

Traditional characters + Pinyin + English


Nว chลซshฤ“ng de guรณjiฤ lว dลu shรฌ tรณng yฤซ ge zhว’ngzรบ de rรฉn ma?

Is your home country ethnically homogenous?

Zร i nว de guรณjiฤ lว, bรน tรณng zhว’ngzรบ de rรฉn shรฌ bรจi zฤ›nmeyร ng duรฌdร i de? Shรฌ bรจi pรญngdฤ›ng de duรฌdร i, hรกishรฌ bรจi qรญshรฌ?

In your country, how are people of different ethnicity treated? They are treated equally, or are they discriminated?

Nว yว’u guรฒ bรจi qรญshรฌ de jฤซngyร n ma? Xiร ng shรฌ xรฌngbiรฉ qรญshรฌ, zhว’ngzรบ qรญshรฌ, niรกnlรญng qรญshรฌ.

Have you had experience being discriminated? Like gender discrimination, racism, age discrimination.

Nว yรน guรฒ biรฉrรฉn zร i nว pรกngbiฤn bรจi qรญshรฌ de jฤซngyร n ma?

Have you had an experience where other people were discriminated around you?

Nว juรฉdรฉ yว’u nวŽxiฤ“ bร nfวŽ kฤ›yว rร ng wว’men jiฤ›juรฉ zhว’ngzรบ qรญshรฌ de wรจntรญ?

What are the solutions you think that can let us solve the problem of racism?

Zhว’ngzรบ qรญshรฌ de rรฉn zฤ›nme duรฌdร i biรฉrรฉn? Tฤmen yว’u nวŽxiฤ“ zhว’ngzรบ qรญshรฌ de xรญngwรฉi?

How do racist people treat other people? What are the racist behaviors they have?

Rรบguว’ yว’urรฉn gฤ“n nว shuล mว’u zhว’ng zhว’ngzรบ bวjiร o yลuyuรจ, nว huรฌ gฤ“n tฤ shuล shรฉnme?

If someone tells you a certain ethnic group is more superior, what would you say to that person?

Simplified Characters

Traditional Characters

็ฟ’ๆ…ฃ (ไน ๆƒฏ) xiguanย 

Habits

Traditional characters + Pinyin + English


Nว xรญguร n jว diวŽn qวchuรกng?

What time are you used to waking up?

Nว zhลumรฒ de shรญhรฒu xรญguร n wวŽn yฤซdiวŽn qวchuรกng ma?

Are you used to waking up later on the weekends?

Nว qวchuรกng yวhรฒu xรญguร n zuรฒ shรฉnme?

What are you used to doing after you wake up?

Nว shuรฌjiร o yวqiรกn xรญguร n zuรฒ shรฉnme?

What are you used to doing before you go to bed?

Nว zวŽocฤn xรญguร n chฤซ shรฉnme?

What are you used to eating for breakfast?

Nว yว’u mรฉiyว’u hฤ›n hวŽo de xuรฉxรญ xรญguร n? Xiร ng shรฌ xuรฉ zhลngwรฉn de shรญhรฒu, mฤ›itiฤn xuรฉ.

Do you have a good study/learning habit? Like when you learn Chinese, learning it everyday.

Nว huรฌ zร i shฤfฤ shร ng shuรฌjiร o ma?

Would you sleep on a sofa/couch?

Nว yว’u mรฉiyว’u huร i xรญguร n? Rรบguว’ yว’u, shรฌ shรฉnme?

Do you have a bad habit? If so, what is it?

Nว chรกngchรกng shuรฌ guรฒtรณu ma?

Do you often oversleep?

Nว yว’u chฤซ xiฤoyรจ de xรญguร n ma?

Do you have a habit of eating late-night snacks?

Nว de yวnshรญ xรญguร n zฤ›nmeyร ng? Jiร nkฤng ma?

How's your diet habit? Is it healthy?

Nว chลu yฤn ma?

Do you smoke?

Nว hฤ“ jiว” ma?

Do you drink (alcohol)?

Nว huรฌ zร i biรฉrรฉn shuลhuร  de shรญhรฒu dวŽduร n biรฉrรฉn ma?

Would you interrupt other people when they're talking?

GวŽi diร o huร i xรญguร n rรณngyรฌ ma?

Is changing bad habits easy?

Zว’ngshรฌ chรญdร o shรฌ yฤซ ge huร i xรญguร n ma?

Is always being late a bad habit?

Yว’u shรฉnme hวŽo xรญguร n nว xiวŽngyร o yว’u?

What are the good habits that you want to have?

Yร o zฤ›nme yวŽngchรฉng yฤซ ge hวŽo xรญguร n?

How to develop a good habit?

Yร o zฤ›nme gวŽi diร o yฤซ ge huร i xรญguร n?

How to change a bad habit?

Simplified Characters


Traditional Characters

Advanced level topics

ๅ‡บ่บซ่ƒŒๆ™ฏๆœƒๆฑบๅฎšๅ€‹ไบบๆˆๅฐฑ๏ผŸไธๅนณ็ญ‰็š„ๆ•™่‚ฒ็’ฐๅขƒ๏ผŒๆ˜ฏๆ€Ž้บผ็”ข็”Ÿ็š„๏ผŸๆœ‰่พฆๆณ•ๆ”น่ฎŠๅ—Ž๏ผŸ

Life acheivement is decided at birth? How does inequality in education occur?

ไธๅฟไบ†๏ผ๏ผๆƒก้„ฐๅฑ…ๅต้ฌงๆŠฝ่ธ๏ผŒ่ฉฒๆ€Ž้บผ่พฆ๏ผŸๆ‰พ็ฎกๅง”ๆœƒๆœ‰็”จๅ—Ž๏ผŸ

What do you do when you have a bad neighbor?

ๆŸฅ็ˆพๆ–ฏ่Šฑ70ๅนดๆ‰ๅณไฝ๏ผŒๅปๅฏ่ƒฝๆ˜ฏๆœซไปฃๅœ‹็Ž‹๏ผŸ็‚บไฝ•่‹ฑๅœ‹ใ€Œๅปข็š‡ใ€่ฒๆตช่ถŠไพ†่ถŠ้ซ˜๏ผŸ

God save the king? Or will the UK abolish the monarchy?

้Ÿ“ๅœ‹ๅถๅƒๅˆฐๅบ•ๅคš่พ›่‹ฆ๏ผŸๅ…‰้ฎฎไบฎ้บ—็š„่ƒŒๅพŒ๏ผŒ็‚บไฝ•ไธ€ๅ†ๆœ‰็•ถ็ด…ๅถๅƒ้Žไธ–๏ผŸ

The dark side of K-Pop: What leads to K-pop idols' deaths?

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