写 纸 书包 教室 笔记本 铅笔 橡皮 桌子 椅子 白板
xiě zhǐ shūbāo jiàoshì bǐ jì běn qiānbǐ xiàngpí zhuōzi yǐzi báibǎn
write paper backpack Classroom notebook pencil eraser desk chair whiteboard
请拿出你的铅笔和纸。
qǐng ná chū nǐ de qiānbǐ hé zhǐ
纸巾 zhǐ jīn tissue
湿纸巾 shī zhǐ jīn wet/baby wipe
Grammar Highlight
Sentence Frames
Measuring Words
Measuring Words don't exist in English. In Chinese, it is used between a number and a noun.
Number + MW + Noun
“个” is the most commonly used measuring word.
1. Three backpacks(三个书包 – sān gè shū bāo)
2. That whiteboard (那个白板 – nà gè bái bǎn)
3. Ten students (十个学生 – shí gè xué shēng)
4. One person 一个人
5. twenty classmates 二十个同学
In this lesson, we are going to learn more measuring words:
1. "张zhāng" is a MW that indicates sheet/piece, usually used for photo, paper, drawings, etc.
a piece of paper 一张纸 （yì zhāng zhǐ）
two tables 两张桌子
three tickets 三张票
six photos 六张照片
one card 一张卡片
2. "本běn" is a MW used for books/magazines/brochure.
four book 四本书（sì běn shū）
five magazines 五本杂志（wǔ běn zá zhì）
1. Ask and Answer "what is this/that?这/那是什么？"
“这是什么？”
What is this?
这是书包。
“那是什么？”
What is that?
那是橡皮。
2. Ask and Answer"谁的Whose"
“这是谁的教室？” 这是中文老师的教室。
Whose classroom is this? This is Chinese teacher's classroom.
那是谁的桌子？
这是谁的纸？
那是谁的笔记本？
今天是谁的生日？
她是谁的妈妈？
3. Ask and Answer "what is in ....?" with "有"
yǒu有: have/has, there is/are (Something is somewhere)
我家有四个人。 There are four people in my family.
“书包里有什么？”
What's in the backpack?
书包里有两个铅笔，一个橡皮，三个笔记本，一本书和一个白板。
“教室里有什么？”
What's in the classroom?
教室里有十张桌子，二十个椅子，一个老师和十九个同学。