| A | B |
|---|
| 对不起 : dui(4) bu(4) qi(3) | excuse me; beg your pardon |
| 请 : qing(3) | please (polite) |
| 问 : wen(4) | ask; |
| 你 : ni(3) | you; yourself |
| 会 : hui(4) | can |
| 说 : shuo(1) | speak; talk |
| 英文 : ying(1) wen(2) | English(language) |
| 不会 : bu(4) hui(4) | be unable; can not |
| 我 : wo(3) | I; myself |
| 一点儿 : yi(1) dian(3) er(2) | a little bit |
| 美国人 : mei(3) guo(2) ren(2) | American(person); American(people) |
| 是 : shi(4) | be |
| 你好 ni(2) hao(3) | how are you |
| 普通话 : pu(3) tong(1) hua(4) | Mandarin (common language) |
| 不好 : bu(4) hao(3) | not good |
| 很好 : hen(3) hao(3) | very good |
| 谢谢 : xie(4) xie(4) | thank you |
| 人 : ren(2) | person; |
| 可是 : ke(3) shi(4) | but; however |
| 请问 : qing(3) wen(4) | one should like to ask |
| 路 : lu(4) | road |
| 学院 : xue(2) yuan(4) | college; |
| 在 : zai(4) | at; exist |
| 哪儿 : na(3) er(2) | where |
| 那儿 na(4) er(2) | there |
| 街 : jie(1) | street |
| 这儿 : zhe(4) er(2) | here |
| 明白 : ming(2) bai(2) | understand |
| 什么 : shen(2) me | what |
| 中国人 : zhong(1) guo(2) ren(2) | Chinese(person); Chinese(people) |
