day 11the neighbours

the neighbours

Introduce and describe neighbours and family: who they are, their age, who looks after whom.

today’s words

• 阿姨 āyí · auntie
• 叔叔 shūshu · uncle
• 爱人 àiren · husband or wife
• 夫妻 fūqī · husband and wife, a couple
• 姐妹 jiěmèi · sisters
• 大人 dàren · adult, grown-up
• 老人 lǎorén · old person, the elderly
• 男人 nánrén · man
• 女人 nǚrén · woman
• 年轻 niánqīng · young
• 老 lǎo · old; Old (before a surname)
• 结婚 jiéhūn · to marry, get married
• 出生 chūshēng · to be born
• 养 yǎng · to raise; to keep (a pet)
• 照顾 zhàogù · to look after
• 客人 kèrén · guest
• 做客 zuòkè · to visit (as a guest)
• 请客 qǐngkè · to treat (pay for others)

sentences

• 这是我邻居刘阿姨。 · This is my neighbour, Auntie Liu.
• 老王和他爱人结婚四十年了。 · Old Wang and his wife have been married forty years.
• 楼下的年轻夫妻有两个孩子。 · The young couple downstairs have two children.
• 他们的孩子是今年出生的。 · Their baby was born this year.
• 王叔叔养了两只鸟。 · Uncle Wang keeps two birds.