B1 Chinese example sentences

可能是值得的。

Kěnéng shì zhíde de.

Perhaps it was worth it.

吃了这种药15分钟以后就会有效果。

Chīle zhèzhǒng yào shíwǔ fēnzhōng yǐhòu jiù huì yǒu xiàoguǒ.

This medicine takes effect in fifteen minutes.

吃点东西如何？

Chī diǎn dōngxi rúhé?

How about a bite to eat?

吃生蛋可能是危险的。

Chī shēng dàn kěnéng shì wēixiǎn de.

Eating raw eggs could be bad for you.

各种人住在东京。

Gèzhǒng rén zhù zài Dōngjīng.

All sorts of people live in Tokyo.

各种规定让他失去了自由。

Gèzhǒng guīdìng ràng tā shīqùle zìyóu.

All kinds of rules made him lose his freedom.

听到她成功的消息，他很高兴。

Tīngdào tā chénggōng de xiāoxi, tā hěn gāoxìng.

He was happy at the news of her success.

听说他又开始找工作了。

Tīngshuō tā yòu kāishǐ zhǎo gōngzuòle.

I hear he's just begun looking for another job.

听说他父亲去了外国。

Tīngshuō tā fùqīn qùle wàiguó.

I hear that his father is in another country.

听说你要结婚了。

Tīngshuō nǐ yào jiéhūnle.

I heard you are going to get married.

听说她结婚了。

Tīngshuō tā jiéhūnle.

I heard from someone that she got married.

告诉我人生的意义。

Gàosu wǒ rénshēng de yìyì.

Tell me the meaning of life.

告诉我什么时候开始。

Gàosu wǒ shénme shíhou kāishǐ.

Tell me when to start.

告诉我们发生了什么事。

Gàosu wǒmen fāshēngle shénme shì.

Tell us about what happened.

告诉我你如何解决了这个问题。

Gàosu wǒ nǐ rúhé jiějuéle zhège wèntí.

Tell me how you solved the problem.

告诉我你是如果解决这些问题的？

Gàosu wǒ nǐ shì rúguǒ jiějué zhèxiē wèntí de?

Tell me how you got over such troubles?

告诉我你的感受。

Gàosu wǒ nǐ de gǎnshòu.

Tell me how you're feeling.

告诉我发生了什么事。

Gàosu wǒ fāshēngle shénme shì.

Tell me what happened.

告诉我发生什么事。

Gàosu wǒ fāshēng shénme shì.

Please tell me what happened.

告诉我如何解决这个问题。

Gàosu wǒ rúhé jiějué zhège wèntí.

Tell me how to solve the problem.

告诉我怎么玩游戏。

Gàosu wǒ zěnme wán yóuxì.

Tell me how to play the game.

员工在办公室工作。

Yuángōng zài bàngōngshì gōngzuò.

The employees work at the office.

和他们一起训练不是游戏。

Hé tāmen yìqǐ xùnliàn bú shì yóuxì.

Training with them is not a game.

和以前相比，已经进步了很多。

Hé yǐqián xiāngbǐ, yǐjīng jìnbù le hěn duō.

It has greatly improved compared with what it was.

和我保持联系。

Hé wǒ bǎochí liánxì.

Keep in touch with me.

咱们已经花了很久时间了。

Zánmen yǐjīng huāle hěn jiǔ shíjiān le.

We've already spent a lot of time on this.

哪一个最简单？

Nǎ yí gè zuì jiǎndān?

Which one is easier?

哪儿暖和咱们就去哪儿。

Nǎr nuǎnhuo zánmen jiù qù nǎr.

Let's go wherever is warm.

啊，我们没有糖了。

A, wǒmen méiyǒu táng le.

Ah, we have run short of sugar.

回家的路上注意安全。

Huíjiā de lùshang zhùyì ānquán.

Be careful on your way back home.

回答这个问题很容易。

Huídá zhège wèntí hěn róngyì.

It is easy to answer this question.

因为我们值得。

Yīnwèi wǒmen zhíde.

Because we're worth it.

因为那个原因，他失去了工作。

Yīnwèi nàge yuányīn, tā shīqùle gōngzuò.

For that reason, he lost his job.

因此，天气一点也不热。

Yīncǐ, tiānqì yìdiǎn yě bú rè.

So, it isn't hot at all.

因此我跟你说，你不要一个人去。

Yīncǐ wǒ gēn nǐ shuō, nǐ búyào yí gè rén qù.

That's why I told you that you shouldn't go alone.

国家是危险的机器。

Guójiā shì wēixiǎn de jīqì.

A country is a dangerous machine.

在你的纸上画一条线。

Zài nǐ de zhǐ shàng huà yìtiáo xiàn.

Draw a line on your paper.

在哪里发生？

Zài nǎlǐ fāshēng?

Where did it happen?

在城市生活和在农村生活很不同。

Zài chéngshì shēnghuó hé zài nóngcūn shēnghuó hěn bùtóng.

Living in the city is really different to living in the country.

在德国过得如何？

Zài Déguó guò de rúhé?

How's life in Germany?

在我前面走。

Zài wǒ qiánmiàn zǒu.

Walk ahead of me.

在我的部门里有七男四女。

Zài wǒ de bùmén lǐ yǒu qī nán sì nǚ.

There are seven men and four women in my section.

在房间外面等待片刻。

Zài fángjiān wàimiàn děngdài piànkè.

Wait for a moment outside the room.

在日本生活消费很高。

Zài Rìběn shēnghuó xiāofèi hěn gāo.

Life in Japan is expensive.

在法国，名放在姓前面。

Zài Fǎguó, míng fàng zài xìng qiánmiàn.

In France, the first name goes before the surname.

在这个城市，很难打到的。

Zài zhège chéngshì, hěn nán dǎ dào de.

It's very hard getting a taxi in this city.

在这种情况下，他们该做什么？

Zài zhèzhǒng qíngkuàng xià, tāmen gāi zuò shénme?

What should they do in this situation?

在这种情况下，我们没办法成功。

Zài zhèzhǒng qíngkuàng xià, wǒmen méi bànfǎ chénggōng.

Under such circumstances, we cannot succeed.

在那里放下来。

Zài nàli fàng xiàlai.

Set it down there.

地图挂在墙上。

Dìtú guà zài qiáng shàng.

The map is on the wall.

地球上有很多国家和文化。

Dìqiú shàng yǒu hěn duō guójiā hé wénhuà.

There are many countries and many cultures on Earth.

地球的表面有七成是水。

Dìqiú de biǎomiàn yǒu qī chéng shì shuǐ.

The surface of the earth is 70% water.

坐下来休息一会儿。

Zuò xiàlai xiūxi yíhuìr.

Sit down and rest for a while.

坚持下来，你就能成功。

Jiānchí xiàlai, nǐ jiù néng chénggōng.

Stick with it and you'll succeed.

墙上有张地图。

Qiáng shàng yǒu zhāng dìtú.

There is a map on the wall.

墙上还是有血。

Qiáng shàng háishi yǒu xuè.

There's still blood on the wall.

处理这件事要很长时间。

Chǔlǐ zhè jiàn shì yào hěn cháng shíjiān.

It will take a long time to deal with this.

夏天已经结束。

Xiàtiān yǐjīng jiéshù.

Summer has ended.

外面风很大。

Wàimiàn fēng hěn dà.

It's windy outside.

多么强的风啊！

Duōme qiáng de fēng a!

What a strong wind!

多好的主意啊！

Duō hǎo de zhǔyi a!

What a good idea!

多放一点糖。

Duō fàng yìdiǎn táng.

Put in a little more sugar.

大家自己做决定。

Dàjiā zìjǐ zuò juédìng.

Everyone decides for themselves.

大家都同意你。

Dàjiā dōu tóngyì nǐ.

Everybody agrees with you.

大家都在另外的房里等着。

Dàjiā dōu zài lìngwài de fáng lǐ děng zhe.

Everyone is waiting in the other room.

大家都玩爱情游戏。

Dàjiā dōu wán àiqíng yóuxì.

Everybody plays the game of love.

大家都要结婚了吗？

Dàjiā dōu yào jiéhūnle ma?

Is everybody getting married?

大房子不一定适合住。

Dà fángzi bù yídìng shìhé zhù.

Large houses are not necessarily comfortable to live in.

大概会花多少时间？

Dàgài huì huā duōshǎo shíjiān?

About how long will it take?

天气和我们的健康有很大的关系。

Tiānqì hé wǒmen de jiànkāng yǒu hěn dà de guānxi.

The weather has a great deal to do with our health.

天气很冷，我们生起了火。

Tiānqì hěn lěng, wǒmen shēng qǐle huǒ.

It was cold, so we lit a fire.

天气转好了。

Tiānqì zhuǎn hǎole.

The weather turned better.

太久了，我们不能再等。

Tài jiǔle, wǒmen bùnéng zài děng.

It's been too long -- we can't wait any more.

太简单了吗？

Tài jiǎndānle ma?

Was that too easy?

太阳升起来了。

Tàiyang shēng qǐlaile.

The sun is coming up.

女人们不注意他。

Nǚ rénmen bú zhùyì tā.

The ladies don't notice him.

女人往往比男人活得更长。

Nǚrén wǎngwǎng bǐ nánrén huó de gèng cháng.

Women tend to live longer than men.

女人成功了，美国就成功了。

Nǚrén chénggōngle, Měiguó jiù chénggōngle.

When women succeed, America succeeds.

她25岁就结婚了。

Tā èrshíwǔ suì jiù jiéhūnle.

She got married at the age of 25.

她一到，我们就开始。

Tā yí dào, wǒmen jiù kāishǐ.

As soon as she comes, we will begin.

她一开始读那封信就哭了起来。

Tā yì kāishǐ dú nà fēng xìn jiù kūle qǐlai.

As soon as she read the letter, she began to cry.

她一看到我就开始哭了。

Tā yí kàndào wǒ jiù kāishǐ kūle.

The moment she saw me, she burst out crying.

她上女子高中。

Tā shàng nǚzǐ gāozhōng.

She goes to a girls' high school.

她不会活太久。

Tā búhuì huó tài jiǔ.

She won't live much longer.

她不喜欢住在城市里。

Tā bù xǐhuan zhù zài chéngshì lǐ.

She didn't like living in the city.

她不喜欢我说话的方式。

Tā bù xǐhuan wǒ shuōhuà de fāngshì.

She doesn't like the way I speak.

她不害怕任何东西。

Tā bú hàipà rènhé dōngxi.

She is not afraid of anything.

她不得不和这个老男人结婚。

Tā bùdébù hé zhège lǎo nánrén jiéhūn.

She was obliged to marry the old man.

她不必自己做。

Tā búbì zìjǐ zuò.

She won't have to do that by herself.

她不总是高兴。

Tā bù zǒngshì gāoxìng.

She is not always happy.

她不想跟任何人说话。

Tā bùxiǎng gēn rènhé rén shuōhuà.

She didn't want to speak to anyone.

她不断在房间里走来走去。

Tā búduàn zài fángjiān lǐ zǒu lái zǒu qù.

She kept walking about the room.

她不需要做这个工作。

Tā bù xūyào zuò zhège gōngzuò.

She needn't have done the work.

她不需要做那个工作。

Tā bù xūyào zuò nàge gōngzuò.

She didn't need to do that work.

她为她做了一切事。

Tā wèi tā zuòle yíqiè shì.

She did everything for her.

她为她的成功感到高兴。

Tā wèi tā de chénggōng gǎndào gāoxìng.

She is pleased at her success.

她九点开始工作。

Tā jiǔ diǎn kāishǐ gōngzuò.

She works from nine.

她买了一台新电脑。

Tā mǎile yì tái xīn diànnǎo.

She has bought a new computer.

她二十五岁时结婚了。

Tā èr shíwǔ suì shí jiéhūnle.

She got married when she was twenty-five.

她什么时候结婚的？

Tā shénme shíhou jiéhūn de?

When did she get married?