🧊冰 箱 bīng xiāng
refrigerator, fridge
Lesson 4 第四课时
2026-11-12
Picture words: two syllables 看图片，朗读下列双音节词语
🥚鸡 蛋 jī dàn
egg (chicken egg)
🚌司 机 sī jī
driver
⚽足 球 zú qiú
football, soccer
🛫机 场 jī chǎng
airport
🥾爬 山 pá shān
to climb a mountain, to hike
* 爬 pá to climb + 山 shān mountain.
⌚手 表 shǒu biǎo (read shóu biǎo)
wristwatch
* 手 shǒu hand + 表 biǎo watch. 3rd + 3rd: the first is said as a 2nd tone.
🐼熊 猫 xióng māo
panda
* 熊 xióng bear + 猫 māo cat.
手 表 shǒu biǎo and 熊 猫 xióng māo are built from words you know: 手 shǒu hand, 熊 xióng bear.*
Tone sandhi: 3rd tone + 3rd tone 两个三声音节的连读变调
When two 3rd tones meet, the first one is said as a 2nd tone. The spelling keeps both 3rd-tone marks; only the sound changes.*
你 好 nǐ hǎo (read ní hǎo)hello
* 3rd + 3rd: said ní hǎo. The spelling keeps both 3rd-tone marks.
可 以 kě yǐ (read ké yǐ)can, may
* 3rd + 3rd: said ké yǐ.
辅 导 fǔ dǎo (read fú dǎo)to tutor
* 3rd + 3rd: said fú dǎo.
Text: Sorry 课文
A😔
对 不 起 ！
Duì bù qǐ!
(read Duì bu qǐ!)
Sorry!
* The slide writes bù; in speech 不 bu is light and quick here.
B👌
没 关 系 。
Méi guān xi.
It doesn’t matter.
* Also “never mind”. Word for word: “no relation”.
Confirm one's identity: 是 / 不是
🟰是 shì
be
* am, is, are. First met in lesson 2: 我 是 中 国 人 wǒ shì Zhōng guó rén.
🇨🇳
我 是 中 国 人 。
Wǒ shì Zhōng guó rén.
I am Chinese.
❌不 是 bú shì
be not
* am not, is not. 不 bù becomes bú before a 4th tone, so 不 是 bú shì is said (and written) bú shì.
Bái Jiāyuè🙅♀️
我 不 是 安 妮 。
Wǒ bú shì Ān nī.
I am not Annie.
* 不 bù becomes bú before a 4th tone (shì).
Slide 6
白 家 悦 Bái Jiā yuè
Bai Jiayue (a name)
安 妮 Ān nī
Annie (a name)
Bái Jiāyuè🙋♀️
我 是 白 家 悦 。
Wǒ shì Bái Jiā yuè.
I am Bai Jiayue.
Bái Jiāyuè🙅♀️
我 不 是 安 妮 。
Wǒ bú shì Ān nī.
I am not Annie.
* 不 bù becomes bú before a 4th tone (shì).
Ān nī🙋♀️
我 是 安 妮 。
Wǒ shì Ān nī.
I am Annie.
Ān nī🙅♀️
我 不 是 白 家 悦 。
Wǒ bú shì Bái Jiā yuè.
I am not Bai Jiayue.