Unit 1 Guidebook: name basic food and drink


KEY PHRASES

Name basic food and drink

茶和水
tea and water

茶和咖啡
tea and coffee

这是冰茶。
This is iced tea.

这是水。
This is water.

你的汤
your soup

这是你的水。
This is your water.
TIP

的 (de)

In English, we say The doctor’s phone number, but in Chinese, you’d say 医生电话号码 (yīshēng de diànhuà hàomǎ). (de) is also used after words like 我 (wǒ) and 你 (nǐ) to mean my and your.

茶。
(Wǒ de chá.) My tea.
水。
(Nǐ de shuǐ.) Your water.
医生电话号码。
(Yīshēng de diànhuà hàomǎ.) The doctor’s phone number.​
学生。
(Tā de xuéshēng.) Her student.