Chinese (Mandarin)/Lesson 14

Lesson 13: Drinking tea / 第十四课/第十四課：喝茶 Chinese-lesson-14-dialogue.ogg Dialogue yes Traditional Characters Simplified Characters中国很多人喜欢喝茶。茶是他们生活中很重要的一部分。 中国是茶的故乡。中国的茶种类很多。 最著名的有绿茶、红茶、乌龙茶和普洱茶。 不同的人喜欢不同的味道：绿茶清香，红茶醇厚，乌龙茶浓郁。 很多人也喜欢和朋友一起喝茶。周末的时候，大家坐在一起，一边喝茶，一边聊天。 一杯热茶，总能带给人们最简单的快乐。中國很多人喜歡喝茶。茶是他們生活中很重要的一部分。 中國是茶的故鄉。中國的茶種類很多。 最著名的有綠茶、紅茶、烏龍茶和普洱茶。 不同的人喜歡不同的味道：綠茶清香，紅茶醇厚，烏龍茶濃郁。 很多人也喜歡和朋友一起喝茶。週末的時候，大家坐在一起，一邊喝茶，一邊聊天。 一杯熱茶，總是能帶給人們最簡單的快樂。 Pīnyīn EnglishZhōngguó hěnduō rén xǐhuān hē chá. Chá shì tāmen shēnghuó zhōng hěn zhòngyào de yībùfèn. zhōngguó shì chá de gùxiāng. Zhōngguó de chá zhǒnglèi hěnduō. zuì zhùmíng de yǒu lǜchá, hóngchá, wūlóngchá hé pǔ'ěr chá. bùtóng de rén xǐhuān bùtóng de wèidào: Lǜchá qīngxiāng, hóngchá chúnhòu, wūlóngchá nóngyù. hěnduō rén yě xǐhuān hé péngyǒu yīqǐ hē chá. Zhōumò de shíhòu, dàjiā zuò zài yīqǐ, yībiān hē chá, yībiān liáotiān. yībēi rè chá, zǒng shì néng dài jǐ rénmen zuì jiǎndān de kuàilè. Many people in China enjoy drinking tea; it is an important part of their lives. China is the birthplace of tea, and there are many varieties available. The most famous types include green tea, black tea, oolong tea, and Pu'er tea. Different people prefer different flavors: green tea is fresh and fragrant, black tea is mellow, and oolong tea is rich and robust. Many people also enjoy drinking tea with friends; on weekends, they often sit together, chatting while they sip their tea. A cup of hot tea can always bring people the simplest of pleasures. Vocabulary Trad. Chinese Simp. Chinese Pinyin English 喝茶 = hē chá drinking tea 生活 == means there are no differences in characters. shēnghuó life 種 种 zhǒng kind/type (means "to farm" when the pronunciation is "zhòng") 常見 常见 chángjiàn Common 家鄉 家乡 jiāxiāng birthplace/hometown 聊天 = liáotiān chat (literal: chat sky) 简单 簡單 jiǎndān easy/simple (literal: simple basic) 清香 = qīngxiāng fresh and fragrant 醇厚 = chúnhòu mellow 浓郁 濃郁 nóngyù rich and robust