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| 王 | | | surname Wang | |
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| 先生 | | | teacher / gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor / CL: 位 | HSK 1 |
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| 王 | | | surname Wang | |
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| | | | king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great | HSK 4 |
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| 生 | | | to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student | HSK 2 |
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| 早晨 | | | early morning / CL: 個｜个 / also pr. [zao3chen5] | HSK 2 |
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！ Morning |
, Mr. Wong(Wang) 7. |
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| 李 | | | surname Li | |
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| 太 | | | highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely | HSK 1 |
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| 早晨 | | | early morning / CL: 個｜个 / also pr. [zao3chen5] | HSK 2 |
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！ Morning |
, Mrs. Li (Lee). 8. |
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| 呢 | | | particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation | HSK 1 |
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| 位 | | | position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential | HSK 2 |
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| 系 | | | to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary) | HSK 3 |
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| | | | system / department / faculty | HSK 3 |
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| | | | to tie / to fasten / to button up | HSK 4 |
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| | | | to connect / to arrest / to worry | HSK 3 |
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| 係 | | | to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary) | HSK 3 |
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| 我 | | | I; me; my | HSK 1 |
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| 嘅 | | | possessive particle (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 的 | |
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| 经理 | | | | HSK 2 |
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| 谭 | | | surname Tan | |
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| 生 | | | to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student | HSK 2 |
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。This is my manager Mr. Tan (Tam). 9. |
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| 谭 | | | surname Tan | |
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| 经理 | | | | HSK 2 |
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| 欢迎 | | | to welcome / welcome | HSK 2 |
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| 你 | | | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) | HSK 1 |
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| | | | you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) | HSK 1 |
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！Welcome |
, Manager Tam! 10. |
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| 李 | | | surname Li | |
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| 太 | | | highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely | HSK 1 |
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| 多谢 | | | many thanks / thanks a lot | |
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| 你 | | | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) | HSK 1 |
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| | | | you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) | HSK 1 |
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| 的 | | | of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs | HSK 1 |
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| | | | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士) | |
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| | | | really and truly | |
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| | | | (bound form) bull's-eye; target | |
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| 邀请 | | | to invite / invitation / CL: 個｜个 | HSK 5 |
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。Mrs. Lee |
,thank you for your invitation. Note: We tend to read “ |
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| 的 | | | of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs | HSK 1 |
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| | | | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士) | |
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| | | | really and truly | |
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| | | | (bound form) bull's-eye; target | |
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”as “ |
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| 嘅 | | | possessive particle (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 的 | |
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” in Cantonese. In Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) |
, we tend to address people by their titles such as Manager |
, Director |
, Teacher |
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