Summary: Huan1 ying2! Welcome to the first Mandarin lesson. This is Paul. <br> Chinese consider food is the number one important stuff in life. Who else doesn't ? <br> Food is the basic needs of human being. So let's talk about food in our first lesson. <br> 1) min2 yi2 shi2 wei2 tian1 <br> ( people consider food as heaven ) <br> 2) chi1 fan4 <br> ( eat rice = have a meal ) <br> 3) can1 guan3 <br> ( meal house = restaurant ) <br> 4) ji 1 ( chicken ) <br> 5) niu2 ( cow ) <br> 6) yu2 ( fish ) <br> 7) xia1 ( shrimp ) <br> 8) rou4 ( meat ) 9) cai4 ( dish or vegie ) 10) zhu1 ( pig ) <br> <br> If you master the above words, you may know how to say these: <br> <br> ji1 rou4 (chicken meat) <br> niu2 rou4 (beef) <br> zhu1 rou4 (pork ) <br> yu2 rou4 (fish meat ) <br> <br> We'll learn more next time. See you.
