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Chinese vocabulary list: Video lesson: 的话 (dehuà) for saying “if” in Mandarin Chinese grammar, part 1 of 2

语法：的话、的、话、要、是、如、果、假、倘、若

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Exercises 练习

Words 词

  1. 的(de)话(huà) if
  2. 的(de) of
  3. 话(huà) speech
  4. 要(yào) want
  5. 是(shì) be
  6. 如(rú) as
  7. 果(guǒ) fruit
  8. 假(jiǎ) fake
  9. 倘(tǎng) if
  10. 若(ruò) seem
  11. 明(míng)天(tiān) tomorrow
  12. 下(xià)雨(yǔ) rain
  13. 我(wǒ) I
  14. 就(jiù) then
  15. 不(bù) no
  16. 去(qù) go
  17. 你(nǐ) you
  18. 喜(xǐ)欢(huan) like
  19. 多(duō) many
  20. 吃(chī) eat
  21. 点(diǎn) point
  22. 我(wǒ)们(men) we
  23. 弄(nòng)丢(diū) lose
  24. 了(le) marks a completed action
  25. 怎(zěn)么(me)办(bàn) what's to be done
  26. 要(yào)是(shi) if
  27. 有(yǒu)空(kòng) have time
  28. 给(gěi) give
  29. 打(dǎ)电(diàn)话(huà) make a telephone call
  30. 北(běi)京(jīng) Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China
  31. 一(yī)定(dìng) surely
  32. 爬(pá) crawl
  33. 长(cháng)城(chéng) Great Wall
  34. 如(rú)果(guǒ) if
  35. 有(yǒu) have
  36. 问(wèn)题(tí) question
  37. 请(qǐng) please
  38. 告(gào)诉(su) tell
  39. 非(fēi) not
  40. 在(zài) exist
  41. 这(zhè) this
  42. 份(fèn) classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
  43. 爱(ài) love
  44. 上(shàng) up
  45. 加(jiā)上(shàng) plus
  46. 一(yī)个(ge) a
  47. 期(qī)限(xiàn) time limit
  48. 希(xī)望(wàng) hope
  49. 一(yī) one

Example sentences 例句

  1. 明天下雨的话，我就不去。

    Míngtiān xiàyǔ dehuà, wǒ jiù bú qù.

    If it rains tomorrow, I'm not going.

  2. 你喜欢的话，就多吃点。

    Nǐ xǐhuan dehuà, jiù duō chī diǎn.

    If you like it, eat a bit more.

  3. 我们弄丢了的话，怎么办？

    Wǒmen nòngdiū le dehuà, zěnmebàn?

    If we've lost it, what'll we do?

  4. 要是你有空的话，给我打电话。

    Yàoshi nǐ yǒukòng dehuà, gěi wǒ dǎdiànhuà.

    If you're free, give me a call.

  5. 要是去北京的话，一定要去爬长城。

    Yàoshi qù Běijīng dehuà, yídìng yào qù pá Chángchéng.

    If you go to Beijing, definitely go and climb the Great Wall.

  6. 如果有问题的话，请告诉我。

    Rúguǒ yǒu wèntí dehuà, qǐng gàosu wǒ.

    If there are any problems, please let me know.

  7. 如果非要在这份爱上加上一个期限，我希望是……一万年！

    Rúguǒ fēi yào zài zhè fèn ài shàng jiāshàng yí gè qīxiàn, wǒ xīwàng shì……yí wànnián!

    If I have to put a time limit on this love, I hope it's… ten thousand years!