{"id":5716,"date":"2016-09-09T12:55:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T04:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/?p=5716"},"modified":"2022-06-04T12:17:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T04:17:58","slug":"chinese-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/chinese-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;As That Will Help You Make Chinese Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following on from our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/basic-chinese-phrases-beginners-part-1\/\">previous vocabulary lists for beginners<\/a><\/span>, this list of questions and answers will help you get started making Chinese friends. Amongst the Q&amp;As you will also find useful phrases to ask someone to speaker slower, or to repeat a sentence. These dialogues are invaluable when first learning Chinese, as they will teach you some of the basic sentence patterns and grammar structures that you can use to construct your own questions and answers with your Chinese friends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%82%A8%E8%B4%B5%E5%A7%93&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u60a8\u8d35\u59d3<\/a><\/span>\uff1f (n\u00edn gu\u00ec x\u00ecng) What\u2019s your family name?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E5%A7%93&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u59d3<\/a><\/span>\u3002\u3002\u3002(w\u01d2 x\u00ecng\u2026) My family name is&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BD%A0%E5%8F%AB%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E5%90%8D%E5%AD%97&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4f60\u53eb\u4ec0\u4e48\u540d\u5b57<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(n\u01d0 ji\u00e0o sh\u00e9n me m\u00edng zi) What\u2019s your name?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E5%8F%AB&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u53eb<\/a><\/span>\u3002\u3002\u3002(w\u01d2 ji\u00e0o\u2026) My name is\u2026(I\u2019m called\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%9C%80%E8%BF%91%E3%80%82%E3%80%82%E3%80%82%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%A0%B7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%9C%80%E8%BF%91%E3%80%82%E3%80%82%E3%80%82%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%A0%B7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6700\u8fd1\u3002\u3002\u3002\u600e\u4e48\u6837<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(zu\u00ec j\u00ecn&#8230;z\u011bn me y\u00e0ng) How are you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%9C%80%E8%BF%91%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%A0%B7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6700\u8fd1\u5de5\u4f5c\u600e\u4e48\u6837<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(zu\u00ec j\u00ecn g\u014dng zu\u00f2 z\u011bn me y\u00e0ng) How\u2019s work been recently?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%9C%80%E8%BF%91%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%A0%B7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6700\u8fd1\u751f\u6d3b\u600e\u4e48\u6837<\/a><\/span>\uff1f (zu\u00ec j\u00ecn sh\u0113ng hu\u00f3 z\u011bn me y\u00e0ng) How\u2019s life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%9C%80%E8%BF%91%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%A0%B7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6700\u8fd1\u5b66\u4e60\u600e\u4e48\u6837<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(zu\u00ec j\u00ecn xu\u00e9 x\u00ed z\u011bn me y\u00e0ng) How\u2019re your studies going?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%80%E8%BF%91%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%A0%B7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4f60\u6700\u8fd1\u600e\u4e48\u6837<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(n\u01d0 zu\u00ec j\u00ecn z\u011bn me y\u00e0ng) How have you been lately?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E8%BF%98%E4%B8%8D%E9%94%99&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u8fd8\u4e0d\u9519<\/a><\/span>\u3002(h\u00e1i b\u00f9 cu\u00f2) I\u2019m fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%8C%BA%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u633a\u597d\u7684<\/a><\/span>\u3002(t\u01d0ng h\u01ceo de) I\u2019m good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E5%BE%88%E9%9A%BE%E8%BF%87&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u5f88\u96be\u8fc7<\/a><\/span>\u3002(w\u01d2 h\u011bn n\u00e1n gu\u00f2) I feel sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E5%BE%88%E7%B4%AF&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E5%BE%88%E7%B4%AF&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u5f88<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E5%BE%88%E7%B4%AF&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u7d2f<\/a><\/span>\u3002(w\u01d2 h\u011bn&nbsp;l\u00e8i) I feel tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E5%A4%B4%E7%97%9B&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u5934\u75db<\/a><\/span>\u3002(w\u01d2 t\u00f3u t\u00f2ng) I have a headache.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E4%B8%8D%E5%A4%AA%E8%88%92%E6%9C%8D&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u4e0d\u592a\u8212\u670d<\/a><\/span>\u3002(w\u01d2 b\u00f9 t\u00e0i sh\u016b fu) I feel sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E6%83%B3%E7%9D%A1%E8%A7%89&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u60f3\u7761\u89c9<\/a><\/span>\u3002(w\u01d2 xi\u01ceng shu\u00ec ji\u00e0o) I\u2019m sleepy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%9C%80%E8%BF%91%E5%BF%99%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6700\u8fd1\u5fd9\u4ec0\u4e48<\/a><\/span>\uff1f (zu\u00ec j\u00ecn m\u00e1ng sh\u00e9n me) What have you been up to recently?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%A5%BD%E4%B9%85%E4%B8%8D%E8%A7%81&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u597d\u4e45\u4e0d\u89c1<\/a><\/span>\u3002(h\u01ceo ji\u01d4 bu ji\u00e0n) Long time no see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%2F%E8%8B%B1%E6%96%87%E4%B8%8D%E5%A4%AA%E5%A5%BD&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u7684\u4e2d\u6587\/\u82f1\u6587\u4e0d\u592a\u597d<\/a><\/span>\u3002(w\u01d2 de zh\u014dng w\u00e9n \/ y\u012bng w\u00e9n b\u00fa t\u00e0i h\u01ceo) My Chinese\/English is poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E8%AF%B7%E8%AE%B2%E8%8B%B1%E8%AF%AD%2F%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u8bf7\u8bb2\u82f1\u8bed\/\u4e2d\u6587<\/a><\/span>\u3002 (q\u01d0ng ji\u01ceng y\u012bng y\u01d4\/zh\u014dng w\u00e9n Please speak in English\/Chinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E8%AF%B7%E8%AF%B4%E6%85%A2%E4%B8%80%E7%82%B9&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u8bf7\u8bf4\u6162\u4e00\u70b9<\/a><\/span>\u3002(q\u01d0ng shu\u014d m\u00e0n y\u012b di\u01cen) Please speaker slower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">TOP PHRASE<\/span>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E8%AF%B7%E5%86%8D%E8%AF%B4%E4%B8%80%E9%81%8D&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u8bf7\u518d\u8bf4\u4e00\u904d<\/a><\/span>\u3002(q\u01d0ng z\u00e0i shu\u014d y\u012b bi\u00e0n) Please say it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%82%A8%E7%9A%84%E6%84%8F%E6%80%9D%E6%98%AF%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u60a8\u7684\u610f\u601d\u662f\u4ec0\u4e48<\/a><\/span>? (n\u00edn de sh\u00ec y\u00ec si sh\u00e9n me) What do you mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/qingjin\/8584\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u8bf7\u8fdb<\/a><\/span>\u3002(q\u01d0ng j\u00ecn) Please come in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E8%AF%B7%E5%9D%90&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u8bf7\u5750<\/a><\/span>\u3002(q\u01d0ng zu\u00f2) Please sit down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5%E5%9D%90%E5%90%97&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u53ef\u4ee5\u5750\u5417<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(w\u01d2 k\u011b y\u01d0 zu\u00f2 ma?) May I sit down?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%AA%E4%BD%8D%E7%BD%AE%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%BA%E4%BA%86&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;\u8fd9\u4e2a\u4f4d\u7f6e\u6709\u4eba\u4e86<\/a><\/span>\u3002(zh\u00e8 ge w\u00e8i zhi y\u01d2u r\u00e9n le) Someone is sitting here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BD%A0%E4%BB%8E%E5%93%AA%E6%9D%A5%E7%9A%84&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4f60\u4ece\u54ea\u6765\u7684<\/a><\/span>\uff1f (n\u01d0 c\u00f3ng n\u01ce l\u00e1i de) Where are you from?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E6%9D%A5%E8%87%AA%E8%8B%B1%E5%9B%BD&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u6765\u81ea\u82f1\u56fd<\/a><\/span>\u3002(w\u01d2 l\u00e1i z\u00ec y\u012bng gu\u00f3) I\u2019m from the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BD%A0%E5%81%9A%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4f60\u505a\u4ec0\u4e48\u5de5\u4f5c<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(n\u01d0 zu\u00f2 sh\u00e9n me g\u014dng zu\u00f2) What do you do for a living?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E6%98%AF%E8%80%81%E5%B8%88&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u662f\u8001\u5e08<\/a><\/span>\u3002(w\u01d2 sh\u00ec l\u01ceo sh\u012b) I\u2019m a teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BD%A0%E5%87%A0%E5%B2%81%E4%BA%86&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4f60\u51e0\u5c81<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BD%A0%E5%87%A0%E5%B2%81%E4%BA%86&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4e86<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(n\u01d0 j\u01d0 su\u00ec le) How old are you? (For children)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%82%A8%E5%A4%9A%E5%A4%A7%E4%BA%86&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u60a8\u591a\u5927<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%82%A8%E5%A4%9A%E5%A4%A7%E4%BA%86&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4e86<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(n\u00edn du\u014d d\u00e0 le) How old are you? (For adults)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%82%A8%E8%B4%B5%E5%BA%9A&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u60a8\u8d35\u5e9a<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(n\u00edn gu\u00ec g\u0113ng) How old are you? &nbsp;(for elders)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%82%A8%E9%AB%98%E5%AF%BF&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u60a8\u9ad8\u5bff<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(n\u00edn g\u0101o sh\u00f2u) How old are you? &nbsp;(for elders)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E3%80%82%E3%80%82%E3%80%82%E5%B2%81%E4%BA%86&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u3002\u3002\u3002\u5c81\u4e86<\/a><\/span>\u3002(w\u01d2 su\u00ec le) I\u2019m&#8230;years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of asking an older Chinese friend their age, you might ask what \u2018year\u2019 or \u5c5e (sh\u01d4) they are. From this you can work out which year they were born, without being rude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find out more about the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/year-sheep-chinese-zodiac\/\">Chinese zodiac here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BD%A0%E5%B1%9E%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4f60\u5c5e\u4ec0\u4e48<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(n\u01d0 sh\u01d4 sh\u00e9n me.) What\u2019s your year sign?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E5%B1%9E&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u5c5e<\/a><\/span>\u3002\u3002\u3002(w\u01d2 sh\u01d4\u2026) &nbsp;My year sign is\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/shu\/14836\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u9f20<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(sh\u01d4) Mouse<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/niu\/8112\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u725b<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(ni\u00fa) Ox<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/hu\/8776\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u864e<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(h\u01d4) Tiger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/tu\/19874\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u5154<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(t\u00f9) Rabbit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/long\/5434\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u9f99<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(l\u00f3ng) Dragon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/she\/14371\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u86c7<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(sh\u00e9) Snake<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/ma\/2099\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u9a6c<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(m\u01ce) Horse<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/yang\/11268\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u7f8a<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(y\u00e1ng) Sheep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/hou\/18756\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u7334<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(h\u00f3u) Monkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/ji\/11953\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u9e21<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(j\u012b) Rooster<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/gou\/11450\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u72d7<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(g\u01d2u) Dog<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/zhu\/15395\/1\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u732a<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(zh\u016b) Pig<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BD%A0%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%98%9F%E5%BA%A7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4f60\u4ec0\u4e48\u661f\u5ea7<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(n\u01d0 sh\u00e9n me x\u012bng zu\u00f2) What\u2019s your astrological sign?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E7%99%BD%E7%BE%8A%E5%BA%A7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u767d\u7f8a\u5ea7<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(b\u00e1i y\u00e1ng zu\u00f2) Aries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E9%87%91%E7%89%9B%E5%BA%A7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u91d1\u725b\u5ea7<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(j\u012bn ni\u00fa zu\u00f2) Taurus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%8F%8C%E5%AD%90%E5%BA%A7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u53cc\u5b50\u5ea7<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(shu\u0101ng z\u01d0 zu\u00f2) Gemini<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%B7%A8%E8%9F%B9%E5%BA%A7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u5de8\u87f9\u5ea7<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(j\u00f9 xi\u00e8 zu\u00f2) Cancer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E7%8B%AE%E5%AD%90%E5%BA%A7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u72ee\u5b50\u5ea7<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(sh\u012b zi zu\u00f2) Leo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%A4%84%E5%A5%B3%E5%BA%A7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u5904\u5973\u5ea7<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(ch\u01d4 n\u01da zu\u00f2) Virgo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%A4%A9%E7%A7%A4%E5%BA%A7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u5929\u79e4\u5ea7<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(ti\u0101n ch\u00e8ng zu\u00f2) Libra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%A4%A9%E8%9D%8E%E5%BA%A7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u5929\u874e\u5ea7<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(ti\u0101n xi\u0113 zu\u00f2) Scorpio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%B0%84%E6%89%8B%E5%BA%A7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u5c04\u624b\u5ea7<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(sh\u00e8 sh\u01d2u zu\u00f2) Sagittarius<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%91%A9%E8%9F%B9%E5%BA%A7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6469\u87f9\u5ea7<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(m\u00f3 xi\u00e8 zu\u00f2) Capricorn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%B0%B4%E7%93%B6%E5%BA%A7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6c34\u74f6\u5ea7<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(shu\u01d0 p\u00edng zu\u00f2) Aquarius<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%8F%8C%E9%B1%BC%E5%BA%A7&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u53cc\u9c7c\u5ea7<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(shu\u0101ng y\u00fa zu\u00f2) Pisces<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BD%A0%E5%9C%A8%E8%BF%99%E5%A4%9A%E4%B9%85%E4%BA%86&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4f60\u5728\u8fd9\u591a\u4e45\u4e86<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(n\u01d0 z\u00e0i zh\u00e8 du\u014d ji\u01d4 le) How long have you been here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E5%85%B4%E8%B6%A3%E7%88%B1%E5%A5%BD&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4f60\u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u5174\u8da3\u7231\u597d<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(n\u01d0 y\u01d2u sh\u00e9n me y\u01d2u x\u00ecng q\u00f9 \u00e0i h\u00e0o) What are your interests and hobbies?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E7%88%B1%E5%A5%BD%E6%98%AF&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u7684\u7231\u597d\u662f<\/a><\/span>\u3002\u3002\u3002(w\u01d2 de \u00e0i h\u00e0o sh\u00ec\u2026) My hobbies are\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E5%AF%B9%E3%80%82%E3%80%82%E3%80%82%E6%AF%94%E8%BE%83%E6%84%9F%E5%85%B4%E8%B6%A3&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u5bf9<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E5%AF%B9%E3%80%82%E3%80%82%E3%80%82%E6%AF%94%E8%BE%83%E6%84%9F%E5%85%B4%E8%B6%A3&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u3002\u3002\u3002\u6bd4\u8f83\u611f\u5174\u8da3<\/a><\/span>\u3002(w\u01d2 du\u00ec&#8230;b\u01d0 ji\u00e0o g\u01cen x\u00ecng q\u00f9) I\u2019m interested in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E6%B2%A1%E5%85%B4%E8%B6%A3&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u6ca1\u5174\u8da3<\/a><\/span>\u3002(w\u01d2 m\u00e9i x\u00ecng qu) I\u2019m not interested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%B8%8D%E7%AE%97%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4e0d\u7b97\u4ec0\u4e48<\/a><\/span>\u3002(b\u00f9 su\u00e0n sh\u00e9n me) It means nothing to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u559c\u6b22<\/a><\/span>\u3002\u3002\u3002(w\u01d2 x\u01d0 huan&#8230;) I like\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E4%B8%8D%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u4e0d\u559c\u6b22<\/a><\/span>\u3002\u3002\u3002(w\u01d2 b\u00f9 x\u01d0 huan\u2026) I don\u2019t like\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E8%AE%A8%E5%8E%8C&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u8ba8\u538c<\/a><\/span>\u3002\u3002\u3002(w\u01d2 t\u01ceo y\u00e0n\u2026) I hate\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E6%81%A8&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u6068<\/a><\/span>\u3002\u3002\u3002(w\u01d2 h\u00e8n\u2026) I loathe\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BD%A0%E4%BB%A5%E5%89%8D%E5%81%9A%E3%80%82%E3%80%82%E3%80%82%E8%BF%87%E5%90%97&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4f60\u4ee5\u524d\u505a\u3002\u3002\u3002\u8fc7\u5417<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(n\u01d0 y\u01d0 qi\u00e1n zu\u00f2&#8230;gu\u00f2 ma) Have you done&#8230;before?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BD%A0%E4%BF%A1%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%95%99&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4f60\u4fe1\u4ec0\u4e48\u6559<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(n\u01d0 x\u00ecn sh\u00e9n me ji\u00e0o) What is your religion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/fojiao\/4349\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4f5b\u6559<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(f\u00f3 ji\u00e0o) Buddhist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/daojiao\/86069\/2\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u9053\u6559<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(d\u00e0o ji\u00e0o) Taoist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%9F%BA%E7%9D%A3%E6%95%99&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u57fa\u7763\u6559<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(j\u012b d\u016b ji\u00e0o) Christian<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E5%A4%A9%E4%B8%BB%E6%95%99&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u5929\u4e3b\u6559<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(ti\u0101n zh\u01d4 ji\u00e0o) Catholic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E7%A9%86%E6%96%AF%E6%9E%97&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u7a46\u65af\u6797<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(m\u00f9 s\u012b l\u00edn) Muslim<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%97%A0%E7%A5%9E%E8%AE%BA%E8%80%85&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u65e0\u795e\u8bba\u8005<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(w\u00fa sh\u00e9n l\u00f9n zh\u011b) Atheist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%B8%8D%E4%BF%A1%E6%95%99&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4e0d\u4fe1\u6559<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;(b\u00f9 x\u00ecn ji\u00e0o) No religion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E4%BD%A0%E6%98%AF%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E8%A1%80%E5%9E%8B&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u4f60\u662f\u4ec0\u4e48\u8840\u578b<\/a><\/span>\uff1f(n\u01d0 sh\u00ec sh\u00e9n me xu\u00e8 x\u00edng) What\u2019s your blood type?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Asia, blood type is strongly connected to personality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Type A: Tender, neat and kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Type B: Loving, cute, active and humorous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Type 0: Bad tempered, good decision makers, typical leaders and are wise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Type AB: Weird geniuses and emotional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/#sk=%E6%88%91%E6%98%AFA%E5%9E%8B&amp;svt=pinyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u6211\u662fA\u578b<\/a><\/span>\u3002(w\u01d2 sh\u00ec A x\u00edng) I\u2019m type A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/tag\/beginners\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" 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Amongst the Q&amp;As you will also find useful phrases to ask someone to speaker slower, or to repeat a sentence. 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